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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday September 20,1999
Sports
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NFL
the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos, 26-10, dropping the defending champs to the cellar of the AFC West.
Golf
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Brad Davis, a member of the topranked Kansas golf team has recovered from the numerous injuries that he suffered in the spring.
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Routed in the Rockies
The Jayhawks got left behind as the Buffs romped, 51-17
By Mike Miller
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
BOULDER, Colo. — It wasn't just a buffalo stampede, it was a freight train.
Kansas' 51-17 defeat was an exhibition in stagnant offense and a defensive frustration that left the Jayhawks shaking their heads and trying to understand how they could lose their conference opener by 34 points.
"We got railroaded," Coach Terry Allen said.
Ty Gregorick, Colorado inside linebacker, lets out a celebratory yell after tackling David Winbush, junior running back, who is at the
And when the train comes, it's usually the defense that stands in the way and tries to stop it. But this time, the defense held their ground — to a point
— and hoped the offense could track the other direction
tracks the other direction.
But they missed the train.
"The Colorado defense kicked the Kansas offense," Allen said. "They came after us, got after us, and we couldn't do anything. We were totally manhandled."
"Apparently this,was a game that we weren't supposed to win."
Turnovers, missed opportunities and bad luck can make it hard to win a game. Kansas fumbled three times and it only scored twice in four opportunities when the Jayhawks had the ball deep in Colorado territory. Throw in an offense that had trouble moving the ball in any situation and things went from bad to blowout.
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bottom of the pile. Colorado smothered the Jayhawk offensive effort as Kansas lost 51-17. Photo by Roger Namer/KANSAN
Five turnovers, mistakes doom Jayhawks in loss
By Michael Rigg
Kansan sportswriter
BOULDER, Colo. — For the Kansas football team lately, costly mistakes have become as much a part of Jayhawk tradition as the Rock Chalk Chant.
In 1998, key turnovers plagued the Jayhawks, as Kansas committed second-half turnovers in four of its seven defeats. In their season opener against Notre Dame, the Jayhawks committed four turnovers and the Irish gained 62 yards on Kansas penalties as Kansas fell behind 20-0 and eventually was defeated 48-13.
Saturday's 51-17 loss to Colorado was no different. Against the Buffaloes,
Kansas committed five turnovers and trailed 27-0 before the Jayhawks could even muster a score.
After the game, Kansas quarterback Zac Wegner pondered what could have been.
"Obviously, we weren't expecting the same team as last year," said Wegner of last season's 33-17 victory. "We just made our mistakes today, and they came back to haunt us The turnovers and penalties killed us. I really don't know what else to say."
The Jayhawks set the tone early. After Colorado quarterback Mike Moschetti led the Buffaloes on a 72-yard scoring drive that included a personal foul call against Kansas that gave Colorado an automatic first down inside Kansas' five-yard line, Kansas running back David Winbush fumbled on the Jayhawks' first play from scrimmage. After the fumble led to another Buffaloes touchdown, Wegner missed a wide-open Harrison Hill in the flat on third down which led to a blocked Joev Pellonio punt.
On the next drive, it was the Kansas special teams' turn to err, as the Jayhawks were completely baffled by a fake Colorado punt. Although the Kansas defense held and forced the Buffaloes to punt on the next series, the change in possession only led to a Colorado interception and another Buffaloes touchdown.
Also in the second quarter, a fourth-down pass from Jayhawks quarterback Dylen Smith that was intended for Winbush hit umpire Joe
Darden in the back and fell incomplete for another turnover. For Smith, the deflection off Darden's back was simply another mishap in a day that began with so much hope.
"This was definitely a game I thought we could win," Smith said. "We just made a lot of mistakes. Without those turnovers, we're still in the game."
Kansas found itself still in the game with 2:03 left in the third quarter. After Colorado committed its share of mistakes that allowed the Jayhawks to make it an intriguing 33-17, Jayhawk running back Henri Childs fumbled on first down and Smith underthrew wideout Anton Paige on third down. The errors led to another Kansas punt, another Buffaloes touchdown, and Kansas never threatened again.
"We had bad situations that hurt us all day," Winbush said. "On three straight drives, I had a fumble, then I got hit hard by the cornerback on a route in the flat, then on fourth down the referee got in the way of a pass."
For Winbush, who left the game early because of an ankle sprain, the entire game was a miserable experience.
—Edited by Mike Loader
Kansas coach Terry Allen can't look after the Jayhawks fail to gain a first down. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Volleyball team sets records at Tennessee tournament
Bv Shawn Hutchinson
Kansan sportswriter
Perhaps the Kansas volleyball team would be best served to play all its matches on the road from now on.
The Jayhawks continued their dominance away from the Horejsi Family Athletics Center this weekend by winning the Tennessee Lady Vol Classic in Knoxville. The Jayhawks swept Leighish (Pa.), then won five games against both Eastern Michigan and Tennessee improving to 9-2 overall and 6-0 on the road.
0 on the road.
Kansas senior outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht was named the most valuable player of the tournament, while teammate Amy Myatt, a junior outside hitter, joined her on
the all-tournament team.
The Jayhawks began the tournament on Friday by defeating Lehigh, 15.5, 15-6 and 15-2. Myatt led Kansas with
named to nine consecutive all-tournament teams, failed to make the team.
Kansas senior middle-blocker Amanda Reves, who entered the weekend having been
10 kills, Reves chipped in with five kills, and sophomore setter Molly LaMere had 26 assists.
"We had a hard time creating tempo in the first game," Kansas coach Ray Beachard said. "They were playing a little slower pace than we're used to. Once we got it going at our pace,
we played a very clean, business-like match."
we played a very clean, business-like match. On Saturday, the Jayhawks were all business in disposing of the Eastern Michigan Hawks, 15-4, 10-15, 12-15, 15-4 and 16-14.
The Jayhawks jumped out early in the match, then held off the Eagles for two hours and 10 minutes before gaining the victory. Eastern Michigan entered the tournament with a 6-1 record, and its only loss had been in a five-game match at home to Indiana State.
Albrecht and Myatt led the Jayhawks with 17 kills apice, while junior outside hitter Danielle Geronomy recorded 16 kills. Albrecht also posted a career-high 22 digs in the match.
Later in the day, the Jayhawks fought back from numerous deficits to outlast tournament host Tennessee, 16-14, 2-15, 15-10, 12-15 and 15-7.
Kansas set a new school record for a five-
game match with 96 kills. Revised tie a career-
high with 24, Myatt had 19, and Albrecht and Geronymo had 18 apiece. LaMere led the Jayhawks with 77 assists in the match, which was also a new Kansas five-game record.
"It was a war," Bechard said. "Against Tennessee, we beat a very quality team in a very big match, and that's what we wanted to get out of the preconference schedule. This will help prepare us for the upcoming Big 12 schedule."
Edited by Katrina Hull
That schedule begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, when the Texas Longhorns come to Lawrence to play the Jayhawks at the Horeisi Center.
The Longhorns had been undefeated and ranked No. 8 in the nation before losing twice to No.2 Penn State this weekend.
Commentary
Losing isn't original;let's win reliably
As Kansas was on its way to a 51-17 defeat against Colorado on Saturday, I turned to my friend and asked why the Colorado band kept playing "I've Been Working on the railroad." It was then that I realized that it was the Buffaloes' fight song.
Obviously, the author of the song didn't take the advice of one of the schools' sponsors seriously. You know the sponsor's motto: "Be original, drink Coors."
Original was also what the Jayhawks' play on Saturday wasn't.
Also, the Jayhawks let the other team, in this case Colorado, score a bunch of points before they decided to score. And many of those points were caused by penalties and turnovers. Hey, we've seen that before, too.
For example, in the first quarter, David Winbach fumbled. Sure, Winbach is a tough player — he bounced back after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Colorado's Damon Wheeler — and he plays hard, but we've seen him do that before.
The final piece of evidence is the score. There have been a lot of scores like that unfortunately most have Kansas on the wrong end.
But other teams in the Big 12 Conference, most of them successful, lack originality as well
That's not original. John Elway would not be proud.
Chris
Fickett
sports editor
sports@kanan.com
Colorado's philosophy on Saturday was
The Buffs' unoriginal game plan comes as no surprise. Colorado coach Gary Barnett coached in the Big Ten, where teams like Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and, yes, Northwestern have used a strong running game and bulky offensive line to wear down the opposing defense and set up the deep ball.
In the Big 12, the option is the bread-and-butter formation of choice. Nebraska hasn't strayed from its game plan in generations, and Oklahoma is running the option like it has done in years past.
to run the ball, wait for its offensive line to overpower Kansas' defense, and, after that defense was worn out from chasing Colorado rushers, throw the ball.
Kansas used Winbush to wear down Colorado's defense last year, and it worked wonders. But after Kansas shocked Colorado 33-17 in that game, the Buffers knew what was coming for Saturday's rematch.
Sometimes there's no one in the backfield; sometimes three backs line up. There could be six wide receivers, or four, or none. Who knows? I was watching old Kansas football games where it ran the single wing. Why not bring it back?
But Kansas' offensive schemes are schizophrenic.
And Kansas had nothing to counter with. Winbush finished with 12 yards rushing in 11 carries. Kansas' point total barely beat him.
It appeared that Terry Allen's coaches had phoned in Kansas' choice of play to the Colorado defense. Winbush even said that all 11 sets of eyes of the Colorado defense were fixed on his No. 22 jersey before each Kansas play.
But what could Kansas do? A team needs to set up the run so that the defense will respect the pass, right?
Dylan Smith is an extremely versatile quarterback with athletic ability that previously only has been seen in Kansas' basketball players. Why not let him run the ball with an option to keep it, which he can, or pitch it to a less-guarded Winbush, who we know can run through a hole, or pass the ball on the run to an open receiver, which Smith has done very well?
The answer to that question has already been mentioned. Run the option.
Even though it's an unoriginal solution to Kansas' unoriginality, it sure beats the single wing.
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Fickett is a Palos Heights, IL., senior in journalism.