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By MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWITER
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On Sept. 4, the Kansas football team began the season with 11 games to play. Now, the Jayhawks have a 3-4 record and a new approach to the last four games.
“It’s a four-game season,” said sophomore guard Bob Whitaker.
The Jayhawks, with four games left on their schedule, want to put the first seven games behind them and focus on what they can control. The team's seniors came up with the idea to separate the remaining games.
"These seniors have a sense of urgency about this four-game season, as they're calling it," said Kansas coach Mark Mangino.
He said the seniors had used practice time to set an example for improvement during the last four games.
"These kids truly want to be better and want to get better," Mangino said. "They really have ratcheted it up on the practice field and in the meeting room."
Junior quarterback Jason Swanson stumbles as Oklahoma senior defensive end Dan Cody attempts to take him down. Swanson split time at quarterback with sophomore Adam Barmann, ran for 10 yards, and completed five of 13 passes for 24 yards during the Jayhawks' 41-10 loss against the Sooners Saturday in Norman, Okla.
The first test of the four-game season will come Saturday against Iowa State. The Jayhawks have split the last two contests with the Cyclones, winning last year 36-7. A victory Saturday in Ames, Iowa, would keep Kansas in contention in a wide-open Big 12 North Both Nebraska and Missouri are 2-2 in the Big 12. The other four Big 12 North teams sit at 11-3.
Mangino said his team was very aware that the division was up for grabs.
"We don't dwell on it, but we bring it up," Mangino said. "It's like 'It's wide open, lets keep going.'"
Whitaker said the team understood that it could not afford to overlook any opponents.
"We have to take it one game at
a time," Whitaker said. "We have to take Iowa State first and can't look past them for anything else."
After Saturday's matchup against the Cyclones, the Jayhawks will play back-to-back home games against Colorado and Texas. They will close the season out on the road against Missouri. Since 2000, Kansas is 4-10 against those four opponents. The Jayhawks did not face Texas in 2002 or 2003 because the Longhorns are a Big 12 South team.
become more aggressive since the first game.
Mangino said his team had
"These guys are more intense now than when we opened up against Tulsa," Mangino said.
The players said Saturday's game would require more intensity to post an essential victory.
"If we don't win, we won't have a chance for the postseason," said junior tackle Matt Thompson. "That was a goal at the beginning of the season."
— Edited by Bill Cross
FOOTBALL
Chiefs looking forward to rematch against Colts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dick Vermill would prefer not to hear the "R" word — you know, "revenge" — tossed around
Arrowhead Stadium this week.
Yes, the 38-31 playoff loss to Indianapolis last Jan. 11 was one of the most disappointing in Kansas City memory. Yes, the Colts did not have to punch once while ruining the Chiefs' 13-3 regular season campaign, which had earned the team home-field
advantage in the playoffs.
And yes, Peyton Manning and the Colts will be back in town Sunday for a much-anticipated rematch that could have nearly 80,000 fans thirsting for revenge.
But Vermeil would never call it a revenge game for his team.
The Associated Press
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