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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004
Jayhawks blast Rockets
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Jermial Ashley, junior defensive end, sacks Bruce Gradkowski, Toledo quarterback, during the first half. Kansas had two sacks in Saturday's game.
Offensive rhythm leads to trouble for Toledo defense
BY JONATHAN KEALING
jkealeng@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRIETER
Kansas proved two things in Saturday's 63-14 victory over the Rockets of Toledo.
First, it showed that last week's defensive performance was no fluke. Second, it showed that its offense could make plays.
"I'm really proud of the way our players played in all three phases of the game," said coach Mark Mangino. "We built on last week's defensive performance. The offense clicked and was opportunistic."
Toledo, touted as a Top 25 team going into the season, allowed Kansas' offense 156 yards in the first quarter alone, while managing just 35 of its own.
Kansas posted a record-tying 49 points in the first half. The last time a Jayhawk team accomplished that was against Illinois State in 1998. The team's 63 points were the most since Kansas earned 71 against Cal State-Northridge, exactly five years ago.
Kansas was led by sophomore quarterback Adam Barmann, who went 24-34 with four touchdowns and one interception. Barmann's four touchdowns tied his personal best, which he achieved last season in his debut against Texas A&M.
"The entire offense got in a groove," Barmann said. "We were clicking from the very beginning."
Mangino said he he was nappy with Barmann's performance.
"Adam settled in, and he's doing what he's capable of doing," Mangino said. "Adam did a good job of recognizing the pressure and getting us into the right protections."
Kansas got on the board early and never trailed in the contest. The scoring began with a 46-yard drive on its first possession, capped by a two-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back John Randle.
more rummaging. The Jayhawks went up 14-0 just a few minutes later when Barmann connected with junior Mark Simmons on an 18-yard pass. The pass completed a drive that earned 51 yards in five plays.
Kansas would go on to score four more touchdowns, pushing the score to 42-0, before Toledo could earn any points of its own.
SEE ROCKETS ON PAGE 5B
Mike Irvine, Chicago sophomore, gives sophomore quarterback Adam Barmann a congratulatory pat on the head after Saturday's game. Barmann broke the KU sophomore record for passing with 310 yards.
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Barmann shines in rout of Rockets
BY RYAN COLAIANNI
rcolaiani@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIETER
In the first half of Saturday's contest against Toledo, sophomore quarterback Adam Barmann showed that Kansas' high-powered offense did not depart with Bill Whittimore.
Barmann threw for 294 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone, which
"Adam settled in, and he is doing what he is capable of doing," coach Mark Mangino said. "Adam made some really good throws."
helped give the 'Hawks a 49-7 lead at halftime. Barmann threw for just 99 yards the entire game against Tulsa last week.
"The fact in college football is that from week one to week two is where you usually make your biggest strides," Mangino said. "He was a lot more comfortable. He's always a confident guy but he looked like he was in control."
Barmann was nearly perfect in the first half, going 20-24, far better than his first half against Tulsa when he completed just 7-19 passes.
"He is a good player. He always hit his man and he would look off receivers to keep us guessing," Toledo
Barmann finished the game 24-34 for 310 vards.
cornerback Michael Broussard said
Barmann hit his receivers on deep routes and on the short ones. A short screen pass to sophomore running back John Randle turned into a 55-yard touchdown.
"He sat in the pocket and he was real patient," Randle said. "He let everything develop."
Soccer stuns No.7 Clemson
BY KELIS ROBINETT krobinett@kansan.com
KANANS SPORTSWRIVER
If there was any question whether the No. 21 Kansas women's soccer team was going to live up to its preseason hype, it was answered on Saturday when Kansas defeated No. 7 Clemson, 3-1.
Entering the game, Clemson was perfect on the season in five games and owned road wins over perennial powerhouses Texas and Texas A&M.
The win gave the Jayhawks their first win against a top 10 team in program history and their best start ever at 6-0.
"I thought that we played pretty well today," said coach Mark Francis. "We had a good game plan coming into the match and we were able to follow through on it. We had some really good challenges in the match, and our girls did a good job of battling out there. I feel like, overall, this was a really good game for us."
Kansas jumped out to an early lead when senior midfielder Lauren Williams converted a free kick at the 31:43 mark.
of the year.
Clemson fought back with a goal of its own late in the first period, when midfielder Lydia Vandenbergh was able to slip a shot past KU senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller to cut the lead to 2-1.
KU stretched its lead to 2-0 just over five minutes later, when junior Nicole Braman received a pass from Monica Brothers and maneuvered a shot past the goalie for her first goal of the year.
That goal ruined any dream Miller had of a scoreless season. It broke her scoreless streak of 544:36 minutes, which dated back to the final game of 2003.
2003. Miller didn't let it faze her, though, as she tied her season-high total of six saves in the match.
In the second half, Kansas put the game away with a goal from Rachel Gilfillan to take a 5-1 lead. Gilfillan received a pass from Jessica Smith and fired a shot from the right side of the box for her second goal of the season.
KU also defeated Furman 3-0 on Thursday and finished the 2004 Selected Kickoff Classic with a mark of 2-0.
The Jayhawks' stellar play was rewarded by the tournament committee when six members were selected to the All-Tournament team.
Freshman defender Afton Sauer, sophomore defenders Holly Gault and Nikki Alvarez and Williams were named All-Tournament performers.
In addition to those four selections, Gillfillan was selected as the tournament's Offensive MVP, and Miller was selected as the Defensive MVP.
Kansas will attempt to defeat a ranked team for the second game in a row tomorrow when they take on No. 14 Illinois.
Edited by Ashley Bechard
Here's to Kansas football, friends
In last week's reality installment, I hit the court with Keith Langford. In week two, the reality came away from the playing field.
Over the past two years, covering Kansas football and basketball games for the Kansan has kept me from my favorite activities — a day of drinking followed by a Jayhawk sporting event
With a day off and some help from friends, I returned to the days of old this Saturday. As the Jayhawks were preparing to take on the Toledo Rockets, I was getting ready for one of the longest days of my lite. To start the day, I was flanked by two guest stars in this week's column
Malashock and Ryan Wood. Here is a diary of the day's events, as explained from the notebook in my back pocket.
- former Kansan columnists Rvan
3:07 p.m. - The three Ryans sit down at the Yacht Club to down the first of two three-liter towers of Bud Light. Most of what followed cannot be printed, but we got ourselves nicely buzzed for the game
5:01 p.m. - We get up to leave; Wood and I suffer from the spinning head syndrome. Not good. Especially not good now that we have to get into the car. The best part is that Wood gets stuck in the back seat, and Wood sitting in Malashock's back seat is like looking at Wayne Simine cram into a go-cart.
5:11 p.m. This could be the best sarcastic Wood response of the day;
JEAN SHORT MADNESS
RYAN GREENE
rgreene@kansan.com
castle wood response on the day.
Malashock: "You know, a lot of today's game depends on Adam Barmann."
Wood: "Yeah, because he only touches the ball 50 times a game."
we can ban 30 times a game
5:55 p.m. - We get to our seats at the
door
game. Right after Malashock asks ii Mario Kinsey is starting at quarterback, he realizes that we're gonna be sober again by halftime. This could be an issue.
6:28 p.m. - After Johnny Beck drills his third kickoff into the back of the endzone - Wood: "Someone pissed him off."
6:40 p.m. - Greene: "Can you say National Championship?"
6:45 p.m. - Wood: "You know, right now this is projected to be a 112-0 ball game.
6. 35 p.m. - Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the fact that Kansas is up like 35-0 at this point.
7. 01 p.m. - Greene: "OK, so we've
established the fact that Toledo's overrated."
8. 30 p.m. - At this point, we decided to leave the game, and after meeting up with a couple more buddies, my parents wanted to meet for drinks at The Hawk. This was where the fireworks continued.
As we walk up, some drunken yutz decided to yell "Hey Greene, you suck," and subsequently gave me the finger. When my mom saw this, she tried to yell back, but I covered her mouth. Eventually, the dude came out to talk with me and pulled me aside.
SEE GREENE ON PAGE 2B