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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 2012
FOOTBALL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Senior safety Bradley McDougald motions for the Kansas fans to make some noise as the football team makes its way into the Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State University last Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Jayhawks lost 16-56.
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Sophomore halfback Tony Pierson looks for an opening during the first half during the game against the Kansas State Wildcats last Saturday.
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Junior linebacker Huldon Tharp tackles Kansas State junior running back Morgan Burns in the endzone resulting in a safety during the second half of the game against the Wildcats.
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Senior quarterback Dayne Crist walks off of the field in frustration after throwing an interception during the second half of the game against Kansas State last Saturday.
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Sophmore halfback Tony Pierson misses his pass from senior quarterback Dayne Crist during the Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State. Pierce had six receives and 63 receiving yards.
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Before the interceptions from senior quarterback Dayne Crist, before freshman Tre' Parmalee's kick return blunders and Kansas dug itself into a 40-point deficit, the Jayhawks appeared as good as its counterpart.
MANHATTAN, KAN. — For three possessions, the Kansas football team looked like it had it figured out for Saturday's game.
bschuster@kansan.com
After holding the Wildcats to a three-and-out on the first drive of the game, Crist and the offense came out and confidently moved the ball — thanks to sophomore running back Tony Pierson's bubble screen routes.
The Wildcats answered with an 83-yard touchdown drive on its next possession, tying the game at seven. While the offense tried to apply more pressure, two incomplitions and a failed run left nothing for Kansas to do but punt.
Yes, early in the Kansas State Wildcats 56-16 victory over Kansas, the Jayhawks found a game plan that worked and unconventional plays that succeeded.
"We were going into the game to be methodical," coach Charlie Weis said. "We weren't going in there to try to throw the ball up and down the field on them. The game plan was to nickel and dime them and grind it out."
Ron Donerty came out to pun
as the jayhawks faced fourth-and-8
Pierson had four receptions for 46 yards on the first drive capped off by a 19-yard touchdown catch. That run gave Kansas an early 7-0 lead. However, Pierson ended up leaving the game with an undisclosed injury.
— with only the Kansas sideline knowing *Wesn* wasn't punting.
Doherty awkwardly received a high snap, but instead of setting himself for the boot, he tucked the ball and ran 13 yards for a first down.
And for most of the first half, many wondered what kind of Kansas team arrived in Manhattan.
The Jayhawks' bench exploded with excitement, the fake punt had worked.
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Crist went back under center and continued, his work with Pierson. The duo raked up another 27 yards before the Wildcats halted the drive at the 23-yard line with time running out in the first quarter.
If Weis had called a timeout, hed have a chance of a field goal with the wind in his favor, but field goals don't
give teams a decisive advantage.
The advantage comes when a coach can turn a field goal into a touchdown — which is exactly what Weis did.
On the first play of the second quarter — as backup quarterback Blake Jablonski set up to hold for a field goal attempt by Doherty — Jablonski rolled out of the pocket and hit defensive end Toben Opurum for a 12-yard gain.
Sims commanded the lajhwaks' fourth drive. Weis gave him the ball 10 times with only two consecutive pass attempts to break his action.
It was a throwback to last season when Sims was heavily relied on to keep a weak Kansas offense afloat. Sims averaged 5.2 yards per carry on the drive that began to stall in the red zone.
"Coach told me whenever I get the ball, don't look for the big play just keep moving the chains," Sims said.
Facing fourth-and-6, Weis came on Dohertyforhisjobaskicker, buthe missed a 24-vard field goal wide left.
After Sims trucked his way to the red zone, the Jayhawks came away with nothing.
When Sims was running the ball and Pierson was catching it, there was little the Wildcats could do to slow the Jayhawks down. Kansas moved the chains, worked the clock and tricked Kansas State enough to put points up.
"When you're playing a team of this caliber, you've got to be willing to take some risks," Weis said. "We did two in a drive, and it gives you a touchdown. You're up 14-7, and now you're hanging around with the team believing you have a chance."
The fake field goal set up a one-yard touchdown by junior James Sims, giving Kansas a 14-7 lead.
After starting on its 25-yard line, Sims ran the Jayhawks all the way to the Wildcats' goal line.
But Weis wouldn't look to Pierson to bail him out of the 21-14 hole; he called on Sims instead.
It took all of four plays for the Wildcats to even the score, and another three plays for Kansas State to take the lead — on consecutive drives.
"KU did a nice job of moving the ball against us and kept us off the field," Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. "We did a miserable job to start the ballgame."
Of course, that was before the interceptions, the blunders and the 40-point deficit.
Edited by Christy Khamphilay
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