TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14, 2004 INSIDE SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN BIG 12: Colorado and Kansas 2-0 CONTINUED FROM 1B was the way his team lost that concerned him. cerned him. "We were well-embarrassed by a very good football team," Snyder said. good football team. Olyne The loss could also have implications for Kansas State running back Darren Sproles, who has been touted as a Heisman candidate going into the season. Sproles struggled against the Fresno State defense and finished the game with 41 yards on 11 carries. "We never had a football team that just got beat up as badly as we did today, and that also needs to say an awful lot about Fresno State," Snyder said. Missouri, who has its own Heisman candidate in quarterback Brad Smith, lost to a Troy team, 24-14, who first entered Division I-A football in 2001. Nebraska, under first-year coach Bill Callahan, fell 21-17 and dropped its first non-conference home loss since 1991. in 2001. "It was a very difficult loss for us," said Missouri coach Gary Pinkle. "Troy did an outstanding job." Meanwhile, Colorado was picked to finish fourth in the six-team division, and Kansas was picked to finish last, but it hasn't looked that way for the Buffalos or the Jayhawks so far this season. Colorado defeated Colorado State in its first game of the season, 27-24, and snuck by Washington State last weekend. 20-12. Kansas has defeated Tulsa, 21-3, and beat Toledo Saturday, 63-14, to move to 2-0 for the first time since 1997. The team hopes to continue its winning ways this weekend when Kansas plays its first road game against Northwestern. Edited by Johanna M. Maska CONTINUED FROM 1B WEINSTEIN: Randle is essential allowing Barmann to do whatever he wanted in the passing game on Saturday. If defenses key in on Randle for the rest of the season, Barmann could become the next great KU quarterback. If defenses attack the passing game, Randle will be that much more dangerous. rangorous. Randle is incredibly athletic, fast, elusive and surprisingly strong. When he's in the game, things just happen. His play on the field in Lawrence has been productive, but his behavior off it has been controversial. has been controversial. Randle has managed to find himself in trouble with the law on more than one occasion. Mangino sat Randle out during the first half of the Tula game as punishment for his run-ins with police. punishment for his run-ins with police John Randle is entirely too important for the Jayhawks this season. They can ill afford another off-field incident. As Kansas' feature back, Randle is a big play threat on every down. Weinstein is an Overland Park senior in English. His role is vital to how well the Jayhawk offense performs this season. Without Randle, let's face it: The Jayhawk offense won't scare many opponents. Would it scare you? Tennis menace Josh Osborne, Wichita sophomore, returns a ball to Andrew Duncan, also a Wichita sophomore, yesterday evening. "We're not good, but we're trying to get better," Osborne said of the two. They play tennis together two to three times a week. Royals whip Yankees, 17-8 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Buck hit a three-run homer and Angel Berroa had two hits and scored twice in a 10-run fifth inning that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 17-8 rout of the New York Yankees on Monday night. ers in the biggest inning against the Yankees since Boston scored 11 in a 13-7 victory on May 31, 1998. It was the Royals second big inning in a week. They scored 11 runs in the third inning of a 26-5 victory Wednesday over the Detroit Tigers. night. The Royals sent 15 men to the plate against four pitch- Tigers: Yesterday, Kansas City scored on a walk, a balk, two wild pitches, a home run and three singles. three singles. Berroa wound up with five hits and scored five runs and Buck also had a single and two doubles and a career-best five RBIs for the Royals, who had lost six in a row to the Yankees and beaten them only twice in their last 10 meetings at home. meetings and Brian Anderson (4-11) went six innings and gave up nine hits and three runs. The Yankees — who lost 22-0 on Aug. 31 to Cleveland — saw their lead in the AL East shrink to three games over idle Boston. The Yankees scored five times in the ninth. Dioner Navarro had an RBI single for his first major league hit, Ruben Sierra had a base-loaded triple and Miguel Cairo added a run-scoring hit. Free for All Call 864-0500 Free for All callers have 20 seconds to speak about any topic they wish. Kansan editors reserve the right to omit comments. Slanderous and obscene statements will not be printed. Phone numbers of all incoming calls are recorded. I just want to let everyone know that if you didn't have a ticket to the game on Saturday it's only $5 at the front. Just wanted everybody to know that. Go 'Hawks! Ryan Greene's sports article kept me on the edge of my seat. I wish it was longer. Oh wait, I forgot, you can't read sarcasm in print. Nevermind. I don't know which is worse: Ryan Greene's hair, the way he kisses up to Keith Langford, or the total waste of space yesterday in the sports article. hard to keep Bush at bat but More than a dozen current and former owners and family members are among the president's top re-election fundraisers, an Associated Press review found. Ryan Greene: If only you had worn your jean shorts, you would have dominated Langford. On another thought, I don't think so; Langford's the man. hard to keep Bush at bat but More than a dozen current and former owners and family members are among the president's top re-election fundraisers, an Associated Press review found. hard to keep Bush at bat but More than a dozen current and former owners and family members are among the president's top re-election fundraisers, an Associated Press review found. What happened to the "Sports Free for All"? 图 Tell us your news. Contact Danielle Hiliss or Joe Bant at 864-4858 or sports@kansan.com TALK TO Ue Kansas athletics calendar TODAY Soccer at Illinois, noon Volleyball at UMKC, 7 p.m. Women's golf at New Mexico, all day TOMORROW FRIDAY Soccer vs. Mississippi, 5 p.m. Volleyball at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Tennis at Wilmington, N.C., all day Women's golf at New Mexico, all day Democratic nominee John Kerry, by contrast, has taken in money from only a handful of baseball interests. 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