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have to keep your head up when you go to make a tackle, or he is going to go right by you."
Sproles' season has not been without miscues, however.
In the game against Texas A&M, Sproles lost two fumbles on punt returns.
In the Wildcats' two losses to Fresno State and Texas A&M, Sproles had a combined 98 yards rushing.
"You know how Darren is — he wants to make a play every time he gets a chance," said
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder. "There were some errors in judgment on his part as to where he was to catch the ball."
The Kansas defense is not preparing for Sproles any differently than it has for other running backs it has faced this season.
son.
"He's a good back," said senior Kansas defensive lineman Travis Watkins. "You can't say enough about how good he is. I think that a lot of the backs we face in the Big 12 are going to be pretty good backs. I think we have good backs to go against in
Watkins faces sophomore running back John Randle everyday in practice. Randle and Sproles have similar traits because they are both very quick and can break tackles.
practice."
Watkins did joke about another way that they could potentially stop Sproles.
"I admire the gay." Randle said. "He's a real good ball player, real shifty."
powerhouse." "Maybe we could slip him some bad food or something," Watkins said.
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TURNOVERS: Kansas offense doesn't dwell
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fourth quarter.
On Nebraska's second offensive possession of the fourth quarter, Harris intercepted a pass by Joe Dailey, Nebraska sophomore quarterback, at the Kansas 49 yard line and returned it to the Nebraska 26 yard line, giving Kansas excellent field position.
The Jayhawks gained two yards on the next three plays and faced a fourth down and eight situation. With about nine minutes to go in the game and his team down by six points.
Mangino opted to go for it on fourth down instead of kicking the field goal. The attempt failed, and the Jayhawks came away with no points.
Mangino said the team's inability to gain yardage on first and second down hurt its chances of converting turnovers.
"We think about it like all of the little things that we could do better," Randle said. "All of the little things come back to haunt you at the end of the game."
"Off of getting a turnover, we have got to come out and bam, make a good play on first and 10," Mangino said.
For the last two games, those things have been turnovers. Floodman said that regardless of the offense's inability to create points off turnovers, the defense remained supportive
10. Randle said the offense didn't look back on a game and point out specific plays that could have won the game.
"We understand that the offense has given us opportunities in the past," Floodman said. "We have to do a better job of playing as a team this week."
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