THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Kansas coach Mark Mangino announced the players of the week Tuesday. Freshman cornerback Chris Harris and junior linebacker Mike Rivera split the defensive honors. Against Baylor, Harris recorded six tackles and made his first career interception and Rivera tailed eight tackles. The offensive player of the week was sophomore running back Jake Sharp. Sharp rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries and scored one touchdown. Junior wide receiver Marcus Herford won special teams player of the week
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for his 88-yard kickoff return, his second kick return touchdown this season. The scout offensive and defensive players of the week were
sophomore offensive lineman Jose Rodriguez and sophomore defensive lineman Luke Templin, respectively.
Much is made of the home field advantage offered by Colorado's high altitude and thin air, but Mangino wasn't buying it. Mangino said the altitude should not be a problem for Kansas because the players are conditioned well enough to handle playing a mile above sea-level.
HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE?
'THE FRESHMAN WALL'
Freshman running back Carmon Boyd-Anderson has been absent from the playing field for Kansas' last two games
because of what Mangina called "the fresh wall man." After rushing
24 times for 91 yards in the team's first four games, sophomore running back Angus Quigley and freshman running back Donte Bean have
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taken over for Boyd-Anderson as the third and fourth backfield options. Quigley has 47 yards on eight carries and Bean has 20 yards on 7 carries so far this season.
- Asher Fusco
Although Kansas State defeated Colorado 47-20, the Wildcats were far from perfect stopping the run. Kansas plays Oklahoma State this Saturday.
Wildcats work out performance flaws
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BY NICK DUNN ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State coach Ron Prince is the first to admit that his team is far from perfect.
Sure, the Wildcats are coming off a 47-20 beatdown of Colorado on national TV. They're in the heat of the Big 12 North race, and they even jumped back in the Top 25 a week after falling out of the rankings.
But there are still quite a few weaknesses bothering Prince and his players, most notably the team's inability to stop the run in the last two games.
After allowing an average of 79
league."
One concern has been the defense's struggles with tackling.
rushing yards during a 3-1 start, the No. 25 Wildcats (4-2 overall, 2-1 Big 12) have given up a combined 358 yards on the ground in games against Kansas and Colorado. The Buffaloes sliced their way to 188 yards
The problem hasn't been getting to the ball carriers, defensive end Ian Campbell said. It has been finishing the job once the Wildcats get a hand on them.
Kansas running backs Jake Sharp and Brandon McAnderson, for example, repeatedly shed arm tackles on the way to 158 combined yards in the Jayhawks 30-24 win over Kansas State on Oct. 6.
"When that first guy makes contact and he doesn't bring him down, they're getting those yards after contact," Campbell said. "That's three or four more yards after the two or three
"There was a way that we were going to have to win the game, and it was going to be giving up some yards."
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Saturday, most of those coming from Hugh Charles' career-high 171-yard effort.
they already may have gotten. Do that all game and that's first downs."
Last week, Charles found a lot of open space in the middle of the field, breaking five runs of 17 yards or more.
"We're not happy," safety Marcus Watts said. "That's something we can't do if we want to win in this
Prince said
the open holes against Colorado were partly a product of the game plan. The Wildcats were committed to shutting down the big play on the outside. In turn, they were forced to sacrifice some of their presence
in the middle, resulting in the long rushes for Charles.
Oklahoma State's high-powered offense ranks No. 6 in the nation with 246.3 rushing yards per game.
"There was a way that we were going to have to win the game, and it was going to be giving up some yards," Prince said. "We're not really particularly in the mind-set to ever play a bend-but-dont-break style, but the situation that we found ourselves in kind of forced us to do that."
Whatever the reason behind the problem, the Wildcats know they need to get it fixed before heading to Stillwater, Okla.
Osborne will lead Nebraska athletics
BY ERIC OLSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINCOLN, Neb. — Tom Osborne will come back to Nebraska to temporarily run the Cornhuskers' athletic department and possibly determine the fate of Bill Callahan. University chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the return of the Huskers' former coach Tuesday in a news release. A news conference was scheduled for later in the day.
The 70-year-old Osborne's return to the athletic department comes a day after athletic director Steve Pederson was fired.
Osborne met with Perlman on Tuesday morning to discuss the job, and Osborne agreed to serve until the chancellor hires a permanent athletic director.
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It was 10 years ago that Osborne finished a celebrated coaching career that culminated with three national championships in four seasons.
"Ive spent the majority of my life working with the athletic department at the university, and I want to do what I can at this point to continue in the pursuit of excellence that has been previously established." Osborne said in the release.
Perlman said Monday the athletic director would be charged with deciding whether Callahan would continue to lead a football program that has fallen on hard times.
Callahan said earlier Tuesday that he has no plan to resign. If Callahan is fired, the university would be forced to buy out his contract for more than $3 million.
"I know in my heart of hearts I'm doing an excellent job, a good job," Callahan said. "It's everything that has to do with organization, preparation, game-planning, direction of the staff, direction of the whole, entire program. I have no hesitation about that," he said. "There are so many things we've done in a positive nature. I'm confident we've done some great things here."
Callahan said his confidence in his own abilities haven't been shaken.
--ration, game-planning, direction of the staff, direction of the whole, entire program. I have no hesitation about that," he said. "There are so many things we've done in a positive nature. I'm confident we've done some great things here."
Since leaving coaching, Osborne has served three terms in Congress, made an unsuccessful gubernatorial run, taught in the university's business school and worked as a consultant for local college athletic departments.
Though his name is on Nebraska's athletic department headquarters, he has been mostly dissociated from the Cornhuskers' program since Callahan became coach in January 2004.
Osborne recommended Pederson for the athletic director's job in 2003, but their relationship soured after Pederson fired Frank Solich. Solich had been Osborne's longtime assistant man and hand-picked successor, and Pederson did not consult with Osborne before making the move.
Now, with Pederson gone, Osborne is expected to play a major role in deciding the fate of Callahan, whose team is 4-3 this season after a string of disappointing performances.
Osborne joined the Huskers' coaching staff in 1962 under Bob Devaney, who established a culture that made football a point of pride in this state of 1.7 million.
Osborne became head coach in 1973. He gave Nebraska a unique identity with its powerful running attack and reliance on hardworking, homegrown players.
Callahan has not completely severed ties with Nebraska's past, but he made it clear he wanted to move the program in a different direction. The public's patience with Callahan has waned as he has failed to go through a season with fewer than four losses.
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