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After falling last week to Oklahoma, Kansas looks to rebound with a Big 12 Conference road victory, which has eluded them since coach Mark Mangino came to Kansas. When the team faces Iowa State tomorrow in Ames, Iowa, the team will have its best opportunity to end that streak.
Iowa State's offense has struggled and is currently ranked last in scoring total offense in the Big 12. Kansas' offense has not been much better. The team is ranked 11th in total offense in the Big 12. Expect the Jaihawk defense to continue to impress and shut down the Cyclone offense. Kansas should get its first Big 12 road victory under Mangino against Iowa State.
Pick: Kansas
Offensive Line
Kansas' offensive line has struggled at times this season in giving quarterbacks time to throw the football or open up holes for the Jayhawk running backs. What they have done a decent job of is protecting their quarterback, allowing just 12 sacks on the season, compared to the Cyclone offensive line which has allowed 24. If the Jayhawks want to have a chance to win tomorrow they need the offensive line to give time for Adam Barmann to deliver the football to his wide receivers. The Cyclones have struggled to open holes for their running backs as they have averaged under three yards per carry. With the insecurity on the Cyclone defensive line, Kansas gets the edge.
Rideau is the team leader in touchdowns with five and leads the team in receiving yards with 383 yards on 55 catches. The difference in the teams' receivers is Iowa State has three players with more than 10 catches while the Jayhawks have six. With their ability to spread the football around, the Jayhawks get the edge.
Edge: Kansas
Freshman Todd Blythe leads Iowa State's wide receivers with eight touchdowns this season. Unfortunately for the Cyclones, they have only one other passing touchdown. Blythe has caught 23 passes on the year for nearly 500 yards. Kansas senior Brandon Rideau's 78-yard touchdown catch last week against Oklahoma was the team's high point in the game.
Edge: Kansas
Quarterback
Wide Receiver
The Kansas offense has not played to the level of the defense this season.
Quarterbacks Adam Barmann, sophomore, and Jason Swanson, junior have taken turns leading the offense.
Neither has fantastic numbers. John
Last week, coach Mark Mangino tried playing both. It did not exactly work.
Mangino said the team had been putting its energy into preparing Adam Barmann to start this week. Mangino was not ready to declare a definite starter, indications point toward Barmann reassuming control of the position.
Iowa State has had a dual-quarterback system of its own. Freshman Brett Meyer is listed as the starter, but sophomore Austin Flynn has played in six of the team's seven games. Meyer ranks 10th in the Big 12 in passing efficiency. He has six touchdowns and three interceptions this season.
Iowa State's situation is not ideal, but until a Kansas quarterback steps up, it's hard to give Kansas the advantage.
Randle's 959 all-purpose yards ranks fifth in the Big 12.
After last week's game, Mangino said both sophomore John Randle and junior Clark Green were trying to recover from their injuries. They appear to be prepared for this week's game, but their injuries have limited their recent effectiveness. Randle, the regular starter, has averaged 4 yards per carry this season, for a total of 473 yards rushing.
and he has seven touchdowns in seven games.
Edge: Iowa State
Running Back
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Defensive Line
The Kansas defensive line has set the tone for the rest of the Ja y ha w k
defense all season. Last week, they sacked Oklahoma senior quarterback Jason White. Before that game, opposing teams had sacked Oklahoma's quarterback only three times all season. The Jayhawks have 14 sacks this season, led by senior David McMillan who has four. The defensive line has enabled Kansas to be stingy against the run, allowing 108.1 yards per game, good for third-best in the conference. The Iowa State rushing defense is strong as well, giving up 124.3 yards per game, which is the team's best run defense performance since 1982. Expect the Kansas defensive line to be successful pressuring the quarterback because Iowa State has allowed 24 sacks on the season.
which has 12 interceptions this season. The Kansas secondary may not have many opportunities for deep interceptions because Iowa State has a seasonlong pass reception of 47 yards this season. The Cyclone defense has nine interceptions this season. They are allowing just more than 208 yards passing per game while the Jayhawks are ranked 11th in the Big 12 in the category, allowing more than 250 yards per game.
Edge: Kansas
Secondary:
Kansas junior cornerback Theo Baines was injured last week for the secondstraight game, but Mangino said Baines would play tomorrow. Baines and sophomore corner back Charles Gordon lead the unit.
The Jayhawks' struggle in recent weeks against the pass, gives the edge to the Cyclones.
Edge: Iowa State
Kansas' linebackers are the foundation of its solid defense. All season long, the defense has kept the team in close games, and had the third-most success stopping the run in the Big 12.
Junior Nick Reid has led the Big 12 in tackling for most of the season and is currently seven tackles behind Nebraska' Barrett Ruud. Reid leads the big 12 in tackles for loss with 8.5. With 149 tackles, Kansas' linebackers have 19 more tackles than Iowa State's.
the run. Iowa State's rushing defense is ranked fifth, allowing 124.3 yards per game on the ground. This season, Iowa State has given up nine touchdowns on the ground, fifth most in the Big 12. There is no shortage of experience in Iowa State's linebackers, including senior Brandon Brown, who was an honorable-mention All-Big 12 selection last season and was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week last week.
Edge: Kansas
Special Teams
Iowa State's field goal kickers actually have a worse conversion rate than Kansas'. At just 3 for 11, Iowa State has completed only 27 percent of its field goals
Kansas seems to have a handle on its kicking situation. The team has settled on freshman Kyle Tucker at punter, freshman Scott Webb kicking points after touchdowns and senior Johnny Beck kicking field goals. Since adopting the current scheme, the team has converted its field goals and improved its punting.
and is ranked last in the Big 12. Kansas, at 8 for 15 has completed 53 percent and is ranked 11th.
Iowa State's Dan McCarney has coached the Cyclones for 10-consecutive years, the second longest tenure in the Big 12 and the 13th-longest in Division I-A. He has coached Seneca Wallace, a 3000-yard passer, Troy Davis, a 2000-yard rusher and Lane Daniels, a 1000-yard receiver. He has won bowl games and has led his team to high rankings in the Associated Press poll.
Coaches
Mangino is regarded for his coaching potential and his work as an assistant. He has already brought Kansas a long way from the dumps in which he found it. A bowl game, and a victory against Kansas State are just two of his accomplishments. Mangino is on the way up, but he still hasn't proven his team can win on the road.
Edge: Iowa State
Edited by Anna Clovis
Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
TOMORROW
- Soccer vs. lowe State, 3 p.m.
- Swimming at southwest Missouri
State, 6 p.m., Springfield, Mo.
Swimming at Missouri, 1 p.m., Columbia, Mo.
Volleyball at Kansas State, 1:30 n.m. Manhattan
Football at Iowa State, 1 p.m.,
Ames, Iowa
Cross Country, Big 12 Championships, 10 a.m., Topeka
Cross Country, Big 12
FOOTBALL
Rowing at Iowa City, Iowa, TBA
Arrowhead agreement for'Hawks not reached
Contrary to an announcement by the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday, no agreement has yet been
reached about Kansas and Oklahoma playing a football game at A rrow he ad Stadium, next season, said associate athletics director Jim Marchiony
"We've had great conversations with the Chiefs but nothing has been worked out yet," Marchiony said.
The game, scheduled for Oct. 15, may be played at Arrowhead, but as of now the agreement is simply an outline of something both organizations would like to do.
If Kansas was to play a Arrowhead, it would be the
team's first game played in an NFL stadium since the Jayhawks participated in the Kickoff Classic on Aug. 28, 1993.
Kansas was shut out by Florida State 42-0.
Kansas remains in contention for a trip to the Big 12 Title game, which is also played in Arrowhead, at the end of this season.
Jonathan Kealing
NBA
Mourning plays again after kidney transplant
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Alonzo Mourning played in a game for the first time since a kidney transplant in December, and he scored 12 points in 19 minutes for the New Jersey Nets in a 96-94 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers last night.
Mourning, 34, peeled off his sweat pants midway through the first quarter and walked into the preseason game with 6:15 to play.
About half the fans in the sparsely filled Continental Airlines Arena gave him a standing ovation.
The cheers got louder 4 seconds later when Richard Jefferson found Mourning at the foul line and he swished a jumper.
Mourning was supposed to play 8-to-10 minutes, but he remarkably almost doubled that. Coach Lawrence Frank even asked him at one point in the second quarter if he was OK. Mourning smiled and said "Yes."
The 12-year-veteran was 3-of-5 from the field and 6-of-10 from the free throw line.
"I count my blessings every day and I realize how fortunate I am," Mourning said before the game. "Sometimes you've got to look back and I look back very often in order to look forward. In looking back, I'm able to build
"Just doing all the right things to prepare myself, making the changes I had to make in my life, from the standpoint of my diet and rest and my mental and physical approach toward preparation has made a big difference in my progress," the seven-time All-Star said.
Frank led the cheers as Mourning walked off the court.
off of where I was and where I am now.
Mourning is attempting to be the second pro athlete to return from a kidney transplant.
The first was former San Antonio Spurs swingman Sean Elliott, who played 71 games over two seasons after undergoing a transplant in 1999.
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