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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
Big upsets; three students kick Kealing
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004
Kiss those national title hopes good-bye.
Four or five teams in last week's Kick the Kansan came into the weekend with legitimate designs on a berth in the FedEx Orange Bowl, this year's championship game.
Two teams, however, choked badly and saw their hopes drift up into the air just like the balloons that Nebraska fans launched when their team scored a touchdown this weekend.
Those two teams, Ohio State and West Virginia, both lost games to unranked opponents
who have struggled all season. Ohio State lost to a Northwestern team whose only victory came at the expense of Kansas, and West Virginia lost to Virginia Tech.
Speaking of Nebraska, the Cornhuskers led the way for me as I went an improved, but still not-quite-good-enough 9-4.
The winners this week went 11-2, and included two new faces and one old-timer who is beginning to get on my nerves.
Adam Shaul and now two time Kick the Kansan winner Brent Uhrig picked Ohio State over Northwestern and West
KICK THE KANSAN
JONATHAN KEALING
jikealing@kansan.com
Virginia over Virginia Tech for their only two misses of the weekend.
The other winner, Blake Hamilton, picked Ohio State, as well as Notre Dame over Purdue.
In case you've forgotten, Uhrig won last week, and
claims he gave his roommate the winning picks from the week before that. If you ask me, Uhrig has too much time on his hands.
Between the three of them, they covered three of my four losses. The only other game that I messed up was Colorado at Missouri.
To be completely honest though, I can live with that.
I guess I let my extreme disdain and disgust for the kittens from Columbia color my judgment.
Overall, this week was acceptable and a step in the right direction. Next week's games should prove very exciting with conference showdowns all around the country.
The week also features the return of the sunflower showdown between Kansas and Kansas State.
Until Friday, keep reading,
keep trying and keep working.
I'll give you a preview of my pick for that game: I'm thinking upset.
If you haven't won, this just might be your week — but don't bet on it.
— Edited by Steve Schmidt
DEFENSE:No moral victories for Kansas
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Ultimately, the physical changes were minor, but the mental situation seemed to be different.
"They got off the ball a lot better this week." Randle said.
With an anemic offense and a defense that consistently gave the Jayhawks good field position, field goals became a prime opportunity for points.
After freshman kicker Scott Webb missed a kick on Kansas' opening drive Saturday, Mangino pulled him in favor of senior Johnny Beck. Beck went two-for-two.
So far this season, Kansas is just 6-13 on field goal attempts. Beck is four-for-eight, and Webb is two-for-five.
Afterward, Beck said that he approached the game in the same way he has his entire career.
"I don't think I've taken a snap in two weeks, then they call on me," Beck said. "I go out there and convert two field goals. It gives those coaches confidence that I can go out there and get the job done."
Beck has been the subject of criticism in the press, as well as on campus, for his contributions to many Kansas losses over the past two seasons.
While he started off his college career promisingly, his last two seasons have been difficult.
Overall, Kansas was just a couple of third down conversions, a made field goal or an extra defensive stop from winning any of their last three games, but the improvement offers Mangino little in comfort.
"I go out there, and I just try to do my job." Beck said. "If I don't succeed, nobody else takes it harder than I take it myself."
"There are never moral victories," Mangino said, "and there won't be as long as I'm the head coach at the University of Kansas."
Kansas has not scored a touchdown for six consecutive quarters.
Games Notes
Nebraska's total attendance was 77,637.
That's the most fans to see a Kansas team play since the Jayhawks played the Texas Longhorns in Austin on Nov. 10,2001.
- Kansas next faces in-state rival Kansas State this Saturday. Kick off is set for 6:20 p.m.
NEBRASKA BREAKDOWN
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Kansas 2 3 3 0 8 Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14
1st 14:48 KU - TEAM safety: KU 2 - NU 0
Scoring Summary;
2nd 10:47 KU - Beck, Johnny 36 yd field goal: 10 plays, 54 yards, TOP 5:13,KU 5- NU 0
yards, TOP 5:13, KU 5 - NU 0
2:57 NU - Ross,Cory 18 yd run (DeAngelis,Sandr kick): 5
plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:40, KU 5 - NU 7
3rd 6:59 KU - Beck, Johnny 39 yd field goal: 13 plays, 51 yards,
TOP 8:22, KU_8 - NU_7
4:12 NU - Ross,Cory 14 yd pass from Dailey,Joe (DeAngelis,Sandro kick): 8 plays,77 yards, TOP 2:43, KU 8- NU 14
This will be the team's 102nd meeting, with Kansas owning a 61-35-5 lead in the series.
The last time Kansas beat K-State was on Oct. 10, 1992 in Lawrence. The score was 51-7.
With Saturday's loss, Kansas' record falls to 2-3.
including an 0-2 mark in the Big 12.
- Edited by Ryan Greene
HUSKER: Ross leads Nebraska past Kansas
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In the third quarter, Ross caught a 14-yard screen pass from quarterback Joe Dailey and took it in for the game winning score. The pass came on third and six.
The Jayhawks blitzed on the play, which Ross said enabled him to get into the end zone.
"We caught them on a blitz, any time you get a screen pass on a blitz you are going to get a lot of yards," Ross said. "As soon as I caught the ball I saw nothing but green."
Ross caught three passes for 37 yards on the night. However, on the touchdown reception, Ross was scared that the Kansas secondary might put a big hit on him as soon as he caught the football.
"It kind of scared me because the ball was hanging up there too long," Ross said. "I was like 'oh my god, I think I'm about to get killed.'"
The five-foot-six Ross used his shifty moves to break tackles all night. Ross lost thirty pounds in the off-season, enabling him to be more versatile.
"He put a lot of work and effort in the off-season to get where he is. And as a result you can see his performance is beyond great," Dailey said. "Cory lost thirty pounds in the off season to make big plays, and that is exactly what he did tonight."
The touchdown grab was his first career touchdown reception. Last season, he was the third leading rusher on the team, with more than 500 yards on the season.
Edited by Ryan Greene
SOCCER: Smith impressive in Jayhawks' weekend victories
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It was the first goal of the year for Karfonta, who told her teammates before the game that she would break out the gymnastics if she did something special.
"I promised my teammates that after I scored I'd do a flip," Karfonta said. "I was a gymnast and cheerleader in high school, and it's kind of expected that if I score I do a flip."
It looked like it was going to be a good day for Kansas from the very beginning, as the team jumped out early and never looked back. The Jayhawks were quicker than the Red Raiders and seemed have the offensive edge throughout the contest.
Kansas got started 14 minutes into the game when freshman defender Afton Sauer headed a free kick from senior mid-fielder Lauren Williams past the Texas Tech goalie. Sauer's header was the first goal of her career. Seven minutes later, sophomore midfielder Nicole Cauzillo increased the lead with a perfectly placed bending free kick that hit the upper left portion of the net from 25 vards out.
Caroline Smith capped off an impressive first half of soccer when she took a pass from senior forward Monica Brothers, slashed through two defenders
and rolled the ball into the unprotected left side of the goal.
With a three-goal lead in the second half, the Jayhawks continued to attack like they did in the opening period. Senior forward Rachel Gifillan scored in the 57th minute when she took a pass from Caroline Smith and sent a shot past the attacking goalie. Karfonta added the finishing touches of the 5-0 win in the 78th minute with her goal.
Francis called off the dogs for the last 30 minutes of the game as he began plugging in the reserves. Even Miller was taken out of the game to give freshman Colleen Quinn and junior Erin Ferguson a chance to play in goal.
Miller probably could have taken the day off, as Kansas attacked virtually the entire game. She recorded one save, but only saw two shots.
"Those are my favorite games when I don't have to do a single thing," Miller said. "I like letting these guys do all the work."
"Before the game we showed the girls a video of the goals Tech scored against us last year," Francis said. "They wanted vengeance."
The team was fired up more than usual for the game. Francis said avenging last season's loss to Texas Tech was the main reason.
SOCCER BOXSCORE
Goals bv period
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Baylor 0 0 0
Kansas 1 2 3
The Jayhawks are now 11-2
Shots by period
Shots by period
Baylor 1 2 Tot
Kansas 3 6 9
Kansas 8 7 15
1 2 Tot
Baylor 3 4 7
Kansas 2 2 4
Saves by period
Corner kicks
1 2 Tot
Baylor 1 2 3
Kansas 1 6 7
Pools
1 2 Tot
Baylor 4 6 10
Kansas 5 4 9
Scoring Summary
1. 13:45 KU
Kilpatrick, Jessica
Smith, Caroline;
Geha, Amy
header off a cross.
2. 81:03 KU
Smith, Caroline
Geha, Amy.
3. 81:51 KU
Smith,Caroline,Penalty kick
on the season and 3-1 in the Big. 12. Kansas' next game is Friday at Missouri at 7 p.m.
— Edited by Steve Schmidt
GREENE: Selling bracelets detracts from cause
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Then I remembered when I first had a conversation with a friend about Lance Armstrong's "Wear Yellow" program in June.
Lance teamed up with Nike, who produced the bands, with a goal of selling six million of them for $1 each, with all proceeds going to the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the ongoing effort to find a cure for cancer.
There was no better spokesperson for this type of effort than Lance, a cancer survivor who rebounded by winning six consecutive Tour de France titles.
So far, Armstrong's foundation has more than doubled its goal with orders still being made
After reading up on some information on the foundation's Web site, www.laf.org, I decided to donate to the fund, and less than a week later an envelope with ten bracelets arrived on my doorstep.
I put one on my right wrist, and began to spread the word to friends and family, giving out the rest of my bracelets and trying to raise awareness.
In my life, I have seen more than my share of how cancer can break people down and make families stronger than
When I was 12 years old, my uncle, Guy, lost a long battle with cancer.
Aside from being one of the greatest human beings I've ever known, the words he delivered just before his final hours about preparing for the certainty of death and being happy with your life in front of a national audience on Oprah were an unbelievable inspiration.
Then just a couple of years ago, one of my dad's closest friends in the world, Paul, passed away after battling what was thought to be a nonfatal form of skin cancer.
After all I have seen and experienced, I figured that donating $10, wearing my band and spreading some info was the least I could do.
Then, in the Sept. 23 edition of The University Daily Kansan, I read about Adam Strauss, a KU student who bought the bracelets, and sold them on eBay, making upwards of $1,000 this summer.
When I read this, I seriously felt the vomit come half-way up my throat.
It also made me realize that it's losers like Strauss who are 1) too lazy to get an actual job and work over the summer and 2) the reason that what began as an outstanding cause to raise
ever.
money and awareness turned into something just as trendy as the popped collar.
"I gave enough money to cancer research," Strauss said in the article. "They were in high demand. I was helping people that wanted to support cancer research."
He also said his conscience is clean. How is that possible? He did not help those people one bit.
Instead, he's one of the thousands of vendors you find on eBay who have turned the "LiveStrong" bands into a Beanie Baby-like frenzy.
To those of you who still wear the yellow bands for the right reason, thank you.
To Adam Strauss, I hope someday you can really see how immoral your "business venture" really is.
Do I still own my bracelet?
Yes.
When will I wear it again?
When it's no longer a trend and once again an actual cause.
Greene is a Vernon Hills, Ill. senior in journalism
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