TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2004
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Men's Open Law School Dorks def. Bubb Rub 25-18
Men's Res Hall Pearson def. 6th Floor 39-0
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Kathy Says Okay def. Bruce Hall 26-0
Men's Greek
Sigma Nu def. Delta Chi 1 (3-0)
SPORTS
- Women's Greek
Chi Omega def. Alpha Gamma Delta (7-1)
SOCER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's Open
Hawks def. AICHE (3-2)
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Sonic Death Monkey def. Oliver 1 (3-1)
FLOOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Beta A-3 tied GP (3-3)
Phi P1 def. Fiji 3 (1-0)
1122 def. AE PI (8-3)
Theta Chi 1 def. SAE 1 (2-1)
CoRec CoRec Floor Hockey Team def. NSCS (1-0)
- Women's Greek
  Alpha Chi Omega def. Douthart (12-0)
  Kappa Alpha Theta def. Alpha Gamma
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Firing of Florida coach effective at season's end
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Ron Zook was fired yesterday but will finish the season, a university source said.
The move comes after Florida lost 38-31 on Saturday to Mississippi State, which was just 1-5 entering that game.
It was Florida's 13th loss in three seasons under Zook, hired in 2002 to replace Steve
Spurrier, who led Florida to a national championship in 1996.
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley told The Gainesville Sun that he and school president, Bernie Machen, met Sunday, then informed Zook of the decision yesterday morning,the newspaper reported on its Web site.
Calls to Foley by The Associated Press were not immediately returned. The Associated Press
The Associated Press
NORTH: Balance of power tips heavily toward Big 12 South
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have a good chance at the title. Winning out would guarantee Kansas at least the same conference record as Missouri, with the Jayhawks owning the tie-breaker. Nebraska would then have to go no better than 2-2 over the rest of the season and be 6-5, 4-4 in the Big 12.
While that scenario is not likely, a 6-5, 4-4 Kansas team would still win the North if Missouri recorded the same record and lost to the Jayhawks, and Nebraska went 1-3 down the stretch.
Also interesting is that reigning Big 12 champ Kansas State plays three of five North teams in the next four games. If Kansas State wins out, the only team that could beat it for the North title is Kansas, if it also wins out.
"It says it's wide open, perhaps," he said.
Every other team in the Big 12 North has its own secret formula for generating success. For Mangino, having such odds late in the season says one thing.
Part of the reason for the confused picture in the North is its failure against Big 12 South teams. So far this season, North teams are 3-0 against Baylor, but 0-11 against the rest of the South. The situation left many Big 12 North coaches without much of an explanation.
"Their record is a little better than ours, but I think, in time, the North will have similar numbers," Pinkel said.
Pinkel and Mangino offered a similar explanation as to why this sort of situation arises.
"I'm not sure there is a scientific reason, just that things go
in cycles," Mangino said.
With the improvement of teams like Kansas and Missouri, which had struggled for many years, the teams at the top could no longer count on drawing the same level of local talent.
Perhaps the real reason for the North's struggles is something the NFL has been dealing with for some years: parity.
With the talent from the north more spread out, the teams at the top fell a little bit, and the teams at the bottom improved even more with big victories.
Talent is more abundant in southern states, especially Texas. A large portion of each Big 12 teams' players come from Texas.
Last season, Missouri knocked off Nebraska for the first time in 24 years. This season it was Kansas' turn, knocking off KSU for the first time in 11 years.
"In college football, I see parity coming across the board. I see teams coming up and down all around the country," Callahan said. "I think it's so much harder now to reload for any program."
When Nebraska hired Bill Callahan as its coach, athletics director Steve Pederson said that Nebraska would not be allowed to "gravitate to mediocrity." However, maybe by no fault of the 'Huskers, Big 12 North teams have caught up on its own.
*.. Edited by Steve Vockrodt
Court is in session
LACROSSE
Nebraska struck first in extra minutes, but KU fired three straight goals to seal the 10-8
KU's lacrosse victory ends 2-1 preseason run
Cindy Yeo/KANSAN
Summer Shiflett, Overland Park freshman, practices with friend Matt Gumming, Overland Park freshman, yesterday afternoon at the tennis courts near Robinson Center. Although they both used to play tennis in high school, Shiflett said this was the first time they had played together.
An overtime victory against Nebraska helped the KU women's lacrosse team finish its fall preseason with a 2-1 record.
KU faced Nebraska on Saturday at Shenk Field for the last game of the preseason. The Jayhawks rallied from a 6-1 halftime deficit to tie the game at 7-7 with less than two minutes remaining. A stick-side upper-corner shot by Tasha Treffa, Parker, Colo., senior, sent the game to overtime.
victory.
KU's official spring season starts in Lincoln, Neb., on Feb. 26.
KU was led by Lisa Allen, Highlands Ranch, Colo., freshman, who scored five goals and added an assist. Littleton, Colo., sophomore Sarah Fiske put in three goals of her own.
Kansan staff report
Women's basketball season tickets are now on sale to the general public for the 2004- 2005 season. Of the 18 games
Women's basketball tickets on sale now
BASKETBALL
Adult season ticket packages cost $96, faculty and staff pay $77 and senior citizens, 55 and older and youth, 17 and younger, pay $48. Individual game tickets cost $6 for adults and $3 for youth. The Jan. 8 contest against Kansas State is a premium game so all tickets are on sale for $15.
at Allen Fieldhouse, the schedule includes two exhibition games, eight nonconference games and eight Big 12 Conference match-ups.
Students are admitted to all home games for free with a valid KUID.
Tickets are available by calling 1-800-34-HAWKS or by visiting kuathletics.com.
Paul Brand
BIG 12
Big 12 recognizes three for players of the week
DALLAS — Vince Young of Texas, Iowa State's Brandon Brown and Todd Pegram of Texas A&M were named Big 12 players of the week yesterday.
Young ran for 158 yards and four touchdowns and threw for 142 yards and another score in a 51-21 victory against Texas Tech.
Brown had 13 tackles, forced one fumble, recovered two fumbles and a sack in a 26-25 victory against Baylor.
Pegram made five field goals to give Texas A&M a 29-26 victory against Colorado.
The Associated Press
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