THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
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Toledo's Richard Davis breaks away from Kansas' Paul Como, rear; during the football game Friday in Toledo, Ohio. Toledo rushed for 101 yards during the game. Toledo rushed for 101 yards during the game.
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Fans relish rare Friday night televised game
BY SHAWN SHROYER
University of Kansas alumnus Dennis Blackwood had finished his meal at Molly McGee's nearly a half an hour earlier, but instead of paying his bill and going home, he and his friends moved to a vacant table for a better view of the televised Kansas vs. Toledo game.
Even though Toledo went into halftime with the lead and the momentum, Blackwood had a feeling Kansas would turn things around.
"Toledo looked pretty cocky, so hopefully we can make a comeback," Blackwood said.
He added that the Kansas second-ary would shut down Toledo sophomore quarterback Clint Cochran in the second half and that Kansas freshman quarterback Kerry Meier would struggle as the pressure of his first collegiate road game mounted. He was proven right on both counts.
Kansas held Cochran to three completions on 18 attempts for four yards in the second half and overtime. As a result, Toledo didn't convert a single first down during that
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The road loss was nothing new to Kansas football, although the Friday night game was a change of pace for Molly McGee's, 2412 Iowa St. The restaurant was at 60 to 70 percent capacity, but an employee said the Kansas game attracted a larger crowd than the restaurant usually had on Friday nights.
Hagerman noticed that Meier looked tentative in all of his passing attempts after his third interception was returned 84 yards for a touchdown by freshman cornerback Barry Church. Roth and Best chalked Meier's performance up to youth.
Meier threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter with the game in the balance and was picked off in overtime when he inexplicably under threw his receiver in the end zone.
the game, but grew louder from play to play as Kansas marched toward its first touchdown of the game. Those cheers turned into cries of anguish when Meier was taken down in the end zone for a safety, and later became shouts of disbelief when senior defensive end Rodney Allen was in position to sack Cochran, but let him escape.
A few blocks away from Molly McGee's, Larned natives Trent Hagerman, junior, Realle Roth, junior, and Sarah Best, sophomore, watched from Roth and Best's apartment as Kansas added yet another loss to its road resume.
The most insightful comment from the crowd came after Meier completed an 18-yard shovel pass to senior running back Jon Cornish.
"The shovel pass always works!" the voice said. "It's like our out."
College football on Friday was also new to members of Blackwood's group, like Sheila Orth.
"If we weren't here, wed probably be at home watching Netflix," she said.
Although the Kansas game took up Orth's movie time, it did clear her Saturday schedule so she could take her pick of seven games featuring ranked teams.
Orth said she lived in Nebraska for several years and was looking forward to watching No. 19 Nebraska play No. 4 USC.
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ayhawk defender Justin Thornton pushes Toledo quarterback Clint Cochran out of bounds during Friday's game. The Jayhawks lost 37-31 after the Rockets scored the winning touchdown in the second overtime.
Instead of complaints about the scheduling of the Toledo game, fans criticized Kansas football promotions as they watched Toledo fans pound inflatable noisemakers together in the Glass Bowl. Blackwood said a similar promotion for Kansas fans would help welcome the Jayhawks back to Memorial Stadium this week.
"KU should give fans some of those noisemakers," Blackwood said. "As loud as it gets in Memorial, those would make it even louder."
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at sshroyer@ kansan.com.
— Edited by Catherine Odson