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INSIDE SPORTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2004
Rams' line struggles in loss
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Now that the curtain has fallen on right tackle Kyle Turley's season before it even began, Grant Williams and the rest of the St. Louis Rams' offensive line could find solace yesterday in at least one thing: One huge distraction down, one more to go.
In a preseason that has resembled a soap opera in terms of the Rams' blockers, the nagging question now is when, and if, five-
when, and if, I live time All-Pro left tackle Orlando Pace will end his holdout, perhaps even in time for the Rams' preseason finale Thursday at Oakland.
Stay tuned.
"Just from a team standpoint, it'd be nice to get what looks like would be the starting five out there for a quarter or a half against Oakland, just get some time together as a unit before we go into the season," Williams said yesterday, two days after the Rams placed Turley on injured reserve because of his ailing back.
Turley, among the NFLs steadiest linemen throughout his six seasons, started every game in 2003 after joining the Rams in an offseason trade with New Orleans.
But when he reinjured his surgically repaired back in late July and left training camp Aug. 1 to visit doctors, coach Mike Martz, already dealing with the no-show Pace, had to piece together an offensive line, even luring veterans Chris Dishman and Tom Nutten out of retirement.
retirement.
Martz waited for word from Turley on the prognosis about his back. Then on Saturday, a day after the Rams' offensive line held the Washington Redskins at bay in a 28-3 preseason victory, Martz finally declared Turley's season was history.
"I talked to Kyle today, and he was very vague about his plans," Martz said. When quizzed about the significance of losing Turley, he added without elaborating: "I'm happy with the guys we have."
Turley's agent, Tom Condon, did not return telephone messages left yesterday. Messages also were left with Pace's agent, Carl Poston.
agent, Carl Poston. So it goes in what a Rams staffer quipped yesterday was the latest in "As the World Turns," with Williams, a nine-year veteran filling in for Pace, perhaps playing Turley's role if Pace agrees to a one-year tender offer as the team's designated franchise player and returns.
"It'll be nice when he reports," said Dishman, a 350-pound guard nursing a right ankle he rolled in the first quarter against the Redskins, though he went on to play the entire game. "It'd be nice to get some work in with him. But his thing is his thing, and when he comes in he comes in."
Williams' advice to Pace: Get back sooner rather than later, certainly before the Rams' Sept. 12 opener at home against Arizona.
Volleyball in the sand
home against Arizona. "I know if I was in that situation I would want to play in the last preseason game and get ready for the season," Williams said, convinced Pace would benefit from getting some reps against Oakland.
Aaron Parris, Fort Scott senior, spikes a ball in front of Courtney Keating, Fort Scott senior, and Carrie Miller, Kingman senior, at the sand volleyball pits near the Robinson Center. The group was playing a three on three match yesterday evening.
Anxieties abound in Big 12 start
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — No. 2 Oklahoma has Heisman Trophy winner Jason White at quarterback, along with eight other returning offensive starters, and is again considered a favorite in the Big 12.
12.
But that doesn't eliminate coach Bob Stoops' anxiety going into the opener. XII BIG 12 CONFERENCE
into the opener.
"It's a new go at it. Even though you have a lot of starters back, it's meshing as a team and what kind of personality you will have," Stoops said yesterday. "While you have an idea, you're still a little uneasy until you get out there and do it."
easy until you get on there and
For all of the Big 12, it's finally game
week, full of new-season activities
Texas A&M has the first opener,
Thursday night at No. 20 Utah.
week, full of new-season unknowns.
ursday night at No. 20 Oct
the other teams play Saturday.
All the other teams play butterfly. Every coach shares the anxiety and excitement about getting started.
"We're pumped up," said Colorado coach Gary Barnett. "Everybody's anxious to play, our team maybe a little more than most because of what they've been through."
they've been through.
Barnett missed spring drills while suspended for insensitive remarks about a former kicker who claimed she was sexually assaulted.
was sexually assaulted. There were also players accused of rape and questions about alcohol and sex being used as recruiting tools.
Former NFL coach Bill Callahan coaches his first game for Nebraska against Western Illinois, which has
made significant changes to its staff.
"Now it's time to see what we can do," Callahan said.
He has replaced Nebraska's deliberate, power running game with a West Coast offense.
He said he has a good feel for his team's strengths, and believes sophomore quarterback Joe Dailley has a firm grasp on the pass-often system.
Stoops has White, who after having two seasons cut short by serious knee injuries, threw for 3,846 yards and a school-record 40 touchdowns last season.
"Now we have a guy coming back with a lot of experience. He's been able to go through everything. He's more prepared for the year."
prepared for the year That should help ease Stoops' anxiety level.
Greece suffers woes of a costly Olympics
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Greece — The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down.
The challenge is just beginning.
It's a realization that's just starting to hit the Olympic hosts. The venues and facilities they struggled so hard to build could create even greater problems after the games. The cost is too much.
attention.
Olympic planners dedicated so much effort to overcome delays, there was no time to think about the future. There's now more than $3 billion in new or refurbished venues begging for
attention.
Greece's deputy finance minister, Petros Doukas, said the government is seeking to shift a "big chunk" of Olympic venue management into private hands. The reason is as obvious as red ink.
lef after the game.
Although some Greeks oppose the sale, others realize the debt-smothered government can't handle it alone.
red ink. "There just isn't much public money left after the games," he said.
government can't handle it At this point, one government spokesman said anything could work.
Kansas athletics calendar
"We're open to all ideas," Theodoros Roussopoulos said. "It's an open book."
TECHN
Kellogg's AT Amazon 7 a.m.
Volleyball @ Arkansas, 7 p.m.
- Soccer vs. Milwaukee (KU Invitational Tournament), 5
0/10.
Thursday
p h n
Valeleyball vs. Loyola (Gral Roberts Tournament, Tisla)
5 p h s
FRIDAY
Volleyball vs. North Texas (Oral Roberts Tournament,
Tulsa) 10 a.m.
Football vs. Tulsa, 6 p.m.
Folsom vs.
Oral Roberts (Oral Roberts Tournament)
Hyaleball vs.
Oral Roberts (Oral Roberts Tournament)
Toronto 7:00 - 9:00
Men's Basketball © University of British Columbia (leah)
SATURDAY
Men's Basketball vs. Language College (exh.) (@UBC)
Men's Basketball @ University College of the Frasier Valley All-Stars (exh.)
Scramble vs. St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.
Valley All Stars (A)
Soccer vs. St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.
CORRECTIONS
Wednesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article "Correa back with team" stated that Janaina Correa played volleyball professionally in Brazil. She played only on club teams and would have played professionally had she not come to the University.
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Offense highlights open scrim-mage," included a photo that identified men's basketball players Keith Langford and Wayne Simien as juniors. Langford and Simien are seniors.
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Ryan Greene's at my party right now and you should hate the Missouri fans who wear jean shorts, not Ryan Greene.
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Hey, I just saw Simien and Lee try on tuxes at Randall's downtown and they look mighty fine!
I think that instead of Bob Billings, it should be Bill Self Road.
Yeah, I'd like to know what the Athletic Department is gonna tell the 3,000 potential students that show up for the first home game that they can't get into the game that they paid for. Good luck, this oughta be an interesting sports season.
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Dude, I was in discussion today and Wayne Simien was sitting down in the computer lab that we were at. So, my GTA walks over to him and says, "Can I have your autograph?" This proves only one thing: My GTA for POLS 306 rocks!
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I don't think Duke is off-limits for KU students anymore. I think they were replaced by North Carolina, it's the whole "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" kind of thing. It's not that we hate Duke, 'cause they do suck, but we just hate Roy Williams more.
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What's the deal with no sports on Friday's paper? Greene must have done something.
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Just because David Padgett's gone, does that mean we can't make fun of him anymore?
Another year and another chance for Mangino to make the right choice and let Kevin Kane start. Don't be an idiot, Mangino.
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I just saw David Padgett in Lesterville, Missouri.
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