THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY,OCTOBER 19,2007
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees finally broke his season-long slump against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Look for Brees to play well while he will face a porous Falcons pass defense this weekend.
Here are the players who should shine in this week. end's games, and those who will fall short of expectations.
THE BEST
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees: The New Orleans offense was struggling before this past weekend, but everything started to click against Seattle. This weekend Brees and the Saints face a Falcons defense that just gave 303 passing yards to Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Brees should have a lot of opportunities to throw the ball in the Saints explosive offense on Sunday, which could lead to a lot of points.
New York Jets running back Thomas Jones: The Jets running back woke up last Sunday, running for 130 yards. Cincinnati's defense is nonexistent. The Jets' lack of a
Projected stats
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TOP PERFORMERS Drew Brees
26/37
314 passing yards
2 touchdowns
Thomas Jones
21 carries
129 rushing yards
1 touchdown
Joey Galloway
8 catches
118 receiving yards
1 touchdown
POOR PERFORMERS Ben Roethlisberger
notthisberger
14/22
186 passing yards
2 interceptions
Cedric Benson
13 carries
40 rushing yards
1 fumble
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
KANSAN COLUMNIST
KBRECKUNITCH@KANSAN.COM
Larry Fitzgerald
4 catches
23 receiving yards
proven passing game will put most of the offensive load on Jones, who should run all over the Cincinnati defense.
Tampa Bay wide receiver Joey Galloway: Tampa Bay has been depleted at running back, leading to the trade with the Chiefs for Michael Bennett. Jeff Garcia has proven to be a valuable pick up for the Buccaneers, and he has Galloway, who is one of the most underrated receivers in the NFL The Buccaneers face the Lions, who have the 30th-ranked passing defense in the NFL, this Sunday.Name one of the Lions cornerbacks. Exactly. Galloway will have a big game on Sunday.
Seattle Defense: The Seahawks stumbled against New Orleans last Sunday but had a lot of chances to win. They will play a Rams team this weekend that hasn't been able to generate any offense this season. Injuries to Steven Jackson and Marc Bulger have been key factors to the Rams' lack of offense. With Gus Frerotte at the helm at quarterback for the Rams, the Seahawks should be able to stop the Rams offense dead in its tracks and cause a lot of turnovers.
THE WORST
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger: Pittsburgh is not a pass-oriented offense. The Steelers rely on the running game for most of their offensive production. That is a good thing because Pittsburgh will face the number-one passing defense on Sunday in the Denver Broncos. Champ Bailey is arguably the best cornerback in the league and the addition of Dre' Bly to the
Denver secondary made it that much more formidable. Roethlisberger will struggle on Sunday, but it will be up to the running game to carry the Steelers.
Chiacgo running back Cedric Benson: The Bears thought Benson was ready to step up and replace Thomas Jones as the starting running back in Chicago. It looks like they were wrong. Benson has only 370 yards rushing through the first six games, and he is only averaging 3.1 yards per carry. Chicago will play Philadelphia on Sunday, and the Eagles have the ninth best rushing defense in the league. The Bears and Benson will have a tough time getting any momentum going in the running game on Sunday.
Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald: The Arizona Cardinals are tied for the lead in the NFC West, but they have had their share of struggles this season. Both Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner have gone down with injuries, leaving the Cardinals to start Tim Rattay at quarterback this weekend. Rattay was just signed before last weekend's game and does not completely know the offense yet. This and the fact that the Redskins, Arizona's opponent on Sunday, have the fifth best passing defense in the NFL will create problems for Fitzgerald.
Miami defense: The Dolphins are pretty much guaranteed to fall to 0-7 this weekend. They returned
the defensive player-of-the-year in Jason Taylor, but they just haven't played as well as last season. The Dolphins play the team with the best overall offense in the NFL on Sunday. The Patriots barely ran the ball last weekend against the Cowboys and still put 48 points on the scoreboard. The Dolphins are sure to have problems stopping the Patriots this weekend.
- Edited by Amelia Freidline
Tennis players advance to final 64-player round
After taking first place in the Flight E bracket at the Hoosier Classic in Indiana, Yuliana Svistun has continued her winning ways by advancing to the main singles draw of the ITA Central Region Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Svistun will join the 64-player
The Ufa, Russia, junior needed to win two matches to advance to the main singles draw. She did just that by beating Air Force's Christine Abayan 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (5) and then Colorado's Jendian Franzi 6-3, 6-2 to qualify.
Svistun
TENNIS
qualified for the main draw.
singles bracket, which opens play on Thursday. The bracket includes fellow Kansas players Elizaveta Avdeeva and Kuni-gunda Dorn, who already
Junior Edina Horvath and freshman Maria Martinez also participated in qualifying singles, but each found themselves one win short of advancing to the main draw. Horvath narrowly missed qualifying losing a close three-set match to Colorado's Gleisy Torres Torres 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (8).
CLUB VOLLEYBALL Club team plays host to 'Rock Chalk Festival'
Later this week Avdeeva and Horvath also will defend their doubles title from last year's tournament. They will be in a good position to win the event again, as they have been given the No. 2 seed. Avdeeva and Horvath have already found doubles success this season by taking second place in the Cissie Leary Tournament in the first event of the season.
The Kansas club volleyball team will begin the 2007-2008 season on Saturday with the seventh annual "Rock Chalk Festival" tournament at Robinson Center. The Kansas A team will start the day against border state rival Nebraska at 9 a.m.
Pool play games will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and after the seeding is determined, the championship round will take place. Kansas will be represented by three teams on Saturday. The teams will be compete against 11 different clubs including: Kansas State's A and B teams, Drake, Nebraska, Truman State's A and B teams, Colorado State's A and B teams, Arkansas, Minnesota, and MNSU-Mankato.
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Pat Tefft
SWIMMING Swimmers get feet wet in first meet of season
who hope to contribute to the Jayhawks' success this season.
After more than a month of practice, the Kansas swimming and diving team will see its first competition today at the Big 12 Relays in Ames, Iowa. The relays will
continue tomorrow at Northern Iowa. The dive team will compete in an exhibition against Missouri, Iowa State and Texas A&M.
The team, which is hoping to build on a third place finish at the Big 12 Championships last season, began regular practices Sept. 10 after completing a month-long series of offseason workouts that began in August.
The Jayhawks placed fourth at the Big 12 Relays a year ago and steadily improved as a team throughout the season. Two swimmers qualified and competed in the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis following the regular season and the team's finish at the Big 12 Championships.
A challenging schedule awaits the Jayhawks this year, which includes a tough conference schedule that complements high-level competitions at the Kenyon Nike Invite and the Houston Diving Invitational, both of which are in November.
They will also host a meet against Missouri next Friday that will provide a good test for the squad and a chance for redemption. Last year, the Tigers defeated the Jayhawks in Columbia, Mo., before Kansas responded by beating out Missouri for third place in the conference later in the season.
Although the squad lost several team members to graduation last year, it has welcomed nine athletes
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