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Dear Mom, I hope you are well. I miss you a lot. Remember to stay connected with your friends and family. You will be missed greatly.
ROAD KILL AHEAD
Weekend holds a bad beating for Kansas or calamity for K-State
BLAKE SCHUSTER
bschuster@kansan.com
After three years of futility against the in-state rival, Kansas coach Charlie Weis needed to try something different if he wanted to give his team any chance in the 111th Sunflower Showdown.
So Weis changed up his practices by making it full contact for everyone-even the quarterbacks.
“Everything was full speed, including going against my own normal patterns,” Weis said. “The quarterbacks were live the whole week, too. They probably hit more last week than they hit any week this entire season.”
There were two reasons for the change. Most importantly, the coaches felt the players needed to get better at finishing on all levels — tackles, quarters and games.
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