THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
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Oklahoma tries to prove worth against K-State
NORMAN, Okla. - It's time for No. 6 Oklahoma to be put to the test.
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After getting nudged down the rankings in the first three weeks of the season, the Sooners (2-0) emerge from an off week to play No.15 Kansas State (3-0) on Saturday night in Norman.
In front of a national television audience, it'll be a chance for Oklahoma to prove it deserves to be ranked higher — it was at No. 4 in the preseason poll. It could provide more ammunition for voters who questioned the Sooners enough to bump Oregon, Georgia and Florida State ahead of them already this season.
"I just know that the intensity this week is going to be a little bit different," left tackle Lane Johnson said Monday.
The Sooners were anything but spectacular in an opening 24-7 win at UTEP, putting the game away with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. After that, the Sooners cruised to an easy 69-13 win against Florida A&M of the Championship Subdivision.
With a week off, they've made it to late September without the country knowing what this largely remade team is all about. An overhauled receiving corps, a shuffled offensive line that's already given up seven sacks and a defense retooled under new coordinator Mike Stoops will all get stiffer competition against the Wildcats.
"Now we're getting into our Big 12 Conference and we'll see how we've progressed through the year and these last two games," quarterback Landry Jones said.
Coach Bob Stoops would only concede that he'll know more about his team "to a degree" after facing a Top 25 opponent. Even while watching Kansas State play three
games, he found it hard to gauge this week's opponent. The Wildcats obliterated Miami 52-13, but only led Missouri State by seven and North Texas by eight heading into the fourth quarter.
"What do you know yet? In the end, I think it takes a lot more than three games to really know." Stoops said. "I think you're still working through some pieces and trying to improve."
The Sooners practiced four days last week, taking off Friday through Sunday, getting some early looks at Kansas State while trying to shore up their own issues — pass blocking on offense, eliminating the big play on defense and preventing another blocked punt on special teams.
"Our focus has definitely changed a little bit," Johnson said. "We know we've got to play better and I think once we start firing on all cylinders and playing to the best of our ability. I think things will definitely show out there on Saturdays."
Under Stoops, Oklahoma is 14-0 against Top 25 opponents on Owen Field and has won all of those games by double digits except the last time the Wildcats brought a ranked team to Norman in 2001 and lost 38-37. The Sooners have won those games, including visits from top-ranked Nebraska in 2000 and No. 2 Texas Tech in 2008, by a combined 602-218 — or by an average score of 43-16.
"I don't think there's anything that we do. As we kind of work through the week, we like to call it the process of winning, is pretty standard how we do it," Stoops said.
"Hopefully, I'd like to think that our guys' attention to detail and focus is the same. But sometimes, for whatever reason, some games here we've played pretty well. I don't think there's any exact science to it."
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Oklaima running back Damien Williams is taken down by UTEP defensive lineman James Davidson (18) during an NCAA college football game in El Paso, Texas. When Oklahoma experienced a mini-exodus at the running back position last season, the search for reinforcements began. The fifth-ranked Sooners found their man in Williams, a top junior college talent who led the team in rushing in the season opener.
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MLB
White Sox top Tigers 5-4 in make-up game
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Chicago increased its lead in the AL Central to three games.
CHICAGO — Omar Infante's throwing error on a potential double play helped Chicago scored two runs in the fifth inning Monday and the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in a pivotal makeup game.
Nate Jones (8-0) pitched two 2-3 innings of one-hit relief and the White Sox won their fourth straight game.
The game had been postponed by rain last Thursday and Monday's makeup was the final meeting of the season between the two front runners in the division.
rant throw that got by Prince Fielder as two runs scored, giving Chicago the lead.
Trailing 4-3, the White Sox loaded the bases for a third straight inning in the fifth, driving out Detroit starter Doug Fister (9-9).
Addison Reed, the last of three relievers in the ninth, got the final out for his 27th save in 31 chances.
Detroit won the season series 12-6 and captured nine of the final 11 games between the teams, including two of three last week before the four-game series finale was postponed.
Each team has 16 games remaining. Chicago heads to Kansas City and Anaheim to finish out this week while Detroit goes home to face the Athletics and Twins.
When Dayan Vicchio hit a one-out grounder to short, the "Tigers" tried to turn the inning-ending double play, but Alex Rios slid into second baseman Infante and forced an er-
Neither starter got out of the fifth. Jose Quintana, who beat the Tigers a week ago in his previous start, gave up seven hits and four runs in four.
Delmon Young drove in three runs for the Tigers with a pair of singles, but Detroit couldn't hold on to an early 3-0 lead. Tigers pitcher walked six and hit two batters.
Chicago loaded the bases again in the eighth and was on the verge of adding an insurance run when Adam Dunn hit a fly ball to left with one out. But before Gordon Beckham could cross the plate, Dewayne Wise was thrown out trying to go from second to third — a double play that ended the inning.
And Fister, who defeated the White Sox last Tuesday, gave up eight hits and five runs — four — earned, also in four innings.
Avisail Garcia, Gerald Laird and Austin Jackson hit consecutive singles to open the third for a 1-0 Detroit lead. After a sacrifice, Quintana intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera to the bases. He then struck out Prince Fielder, but Young hit a two-run single to put the Tigers up three.
The White Sox had three singles off Fister to load the bases in the bottom half but the 6-foot-8 right-hander struck out Kevin Youkilis and Dunn to end the threat. Chicago tied it in the fourth when Beckham was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Wise had a two-run single.
Young followed with another RBI single to put the Tigers ahead 4-3.
Cabrera led off the fifth with a double and Fielder was ruled safe at first when Dunn fielded his grounder and flipped to Quintana covering. Chicago manager Robin Ventura came out for an explanation from first base umpire Mike Muchlinski and replays appeared to show that Quintana beat Fielder to the bag by a step.
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Detroit Tigers second baseman Omar Infante is upended trying to complete the double play by Chicago White Sox's Alex Rios during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, in Chicago. Rios was out at second but foiled the double play allowing Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko to score off a fielder's chance hit by Dayan Viciedo.
CRIME
Shaun White charged with public intoxication-
with public intoxication-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism, accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a Nashville hotel and ending up in the hospital after he hit his head.
Officers responded to the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. Sunday after a drunken man identified as the 26-year-old White pulled a fire alarm, forcing the hotel to evacuate all guests. An employee also reported seeing White destroy a hotel phone.
called. According to police, White kicked at the man before running away. The man chased him and they collided when White turned around. White, who is also one of the world's top skateboarders, fell back and hit his head against a fence, police said.
White tried to leave the hotel in a cab before being stopped by a hotel guest who told the driver police had been
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