THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2007
5B
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The Jayhawks enjoyed the relaxing nature of an open week, just as they did a year ago before the Kansas State game. Prince said the biggest advantage Kansas had was its week full of time to recover and chance to get extra preparation in.
"The thing that's consistent is that this team's been off before a big game," Prince said. "So we have to make sure we're fresh and prepared and to do that on a week's schedule when the other team had two weeks
— that makes it more of a challenge."
One distinct difference between the two games for the Jayhawks is the location. Kansas was able to feed off of the Memorial Stadium crowd last year. The purple-clad Wildcat faithful shouldn't be quite as inviting to the Jayhawks,
And Mangino's well-publicized 2-18 Big 12 Conference road record doesn't help his team's chances. But from last year's comparable circum-
last year's game
| | Score | Total Offense | Turnovers | Time of Possession |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas | 39 | 355 | 4 | 28:25 |
| Kansas State | 20 | 362 | 6 | 31:35 |
stances, at least one Kansas starter feels more prepared.
"From the atmosphere of last year's game, I know what it's going to be like," sophomore quarterback
Todd Reesing said. "I know the emotion and the intensity the game is going to have."
Edited by Luke Morris
football notes
KU TUNES IN TO KSU WIN
Kansas players and coaches received a break from the football field last weekend, but they didn't
stay too far away from the game
one game, in particular. Many of the Jayhawks spent their Saturday afternoon watching Kansas State wallop
Texas, 41-21. Junior cornerback Aqib Talib took in the game at a birthday party held
Fine
for the son of Kansas cornerbacks coach Jey'Ney Jackson. Senior tight end Derek Fine watched most of the game while he sat around the house, and said he was happy to see the Wildcats win because it made this Saturday's Kansas-Kansas State match-up even more important.
Kansas fans might have a hard time waking up by 11 a.m. to catch Saturday's kickoff on FSN (Sunflower Broadband channel 36), but the Jayhawk players
EARLY TO RISE
should be just fine. Sophomore quarterback Todd Reesing said the early start time might feel a bit different, considering the team has not started a game before 6 p.m. so far this season, but that the team would be prepared. Talib said the early kickoff would not present a problem because he is already accustomed to hitting the weight room by 6:30 a.m. and class by 8 a.m. each morning. The Jayhawks should get used to waking up early: their second conference game is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 13 against Baylor.
NOT WORRIED ABOUT BYE
The week off should not affect Kansas negatively, coach Mark Mangino said. In the past, he has seen teams both struggle and succeed coming off of bye weeks, he said. If anything, the extra time helped the Kansas players heal a bit. Junior cornerback Kendrick Harper, who missed the team's first three games and dressed but did not play two weeks ago against Florida International, will be available for Saturday's game.
— Asher Fusco
GOLF (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
been on here. I think for the rest of the season we obviously have choices as to who to bring to tournaments. I feel like no matter what team we put out there on any given day we are going to go out and we are going to compete because we are always going to have five very solid, capable players"
O'Neil was inclined to agree. She said the mental focus and adjustments her squad made were critical to their success. After an extremely
windy practice round, the field was forced to adjust some aspects of their games during the first day of competition that lacked strong winds.
Despite the changes in conditions, ONeil said she thought her team made the necessary adjustments required to post low scores and showed an improved sense of course management.
Despite the early ending, O'Neil said defending their championship would
be something that the team could look to for inspiration in the future.
"I think it's a very good motivator for them and it is a very good confidence builder", O'Neil said. "I just think it will hopefully snowball and make them hungrier for it and we can just add to it."
If Kansas can continue to get solid performances from its stable of quality players more victories should be in the works for the young squad.
Confidence is at a season high as it should be and expectations for the remainder of the year are soaring.
"This by no means is the only win we are expecting this year," Giangrosso said.
Time will tell whether that will be the case, but if the team continues to build on Monday's results more victories could certainly be in store.
— Edited by Ashlee Kieler
CRIME
New York Knicks owners must pay lawsuit damages
BY TOM HAYS ASSOCIATED PRESS
The jury of four women and three men found Thomas and Madison Square Garden sexually harassed Anucha Browne Sanders, but it decided only MSG and chairman James Dolan should pay for harassing and firing Browne Sanders from her $260,000-a-year job out of spite.
NEW YORK — In an end to a salacious three-week trial, a jury ordered the owners of the New York Knicks to pay $11.6 million to a former team executive who endured crude insults and unwanted advances from coach Isiah Thomas.
The result: The Garden owes $6 million for condoning a hostile work environment and $2.6 million for retaliation. Dolan owes $3 million. Though Thomas is off the hook for any damages, he leaves the case with a tarnished image.
Outside court, a beaming Browne Sanders insisted her victory was more about sending a message than the money.
"What I did here, I did for every working woman in America," she
said. "And that includes everyone who gets up and goes to work in the morning, every worker in a corporate environment."
Earlier, Thomas emerged from the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan with his trademark smile but flashed anger as he reasserted his innocence amid a crush of reporters and cameras.
"I'm extremely disappointed that the jury did not see the facts in this case," he said. "I will appeal this, and I remain confident in the man that I am and what I stand for and the family that I have."
MSG said it will appeal, also denying wrongdoing in a case widely viewed as a public relations disaster for a franchise struggling to regain credibility. The team hasn't won a playoff game since Thomas was signed as president in December 2003 and has wasted millions this decade on a series of free-agent busts.
The verdict also amounts to another blemish on the resume of Thomas, a two-time NBA champion whose career has been marked by one failure after another.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Knicks coach isiah Thomas speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court following the pardon decision in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Thomas and Madison Square Garden. Tuesday in New York.
Another team that has made a towel part of its traditional ideas is the Minnesota Twins. The Homer Hanky became public in 1987 when the Minneapolis Star Tribune debuted the handkerchief. It is used when the Twins make the playoffs.
After watching the promotional video for the first time, I couldn't believe what I just saw. Who would even allow that to be made
JOHNSON (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
For those who have not seen the video, find the nearest computer and go watch it. But make sure it's not in a place where quiet is the norm, because there will be laughter for the next five minutes.
public? A few people are probably rolling in their graves, either from laughter or pure embarrassment.
This Saturday, power towels will twirl all across Bill Snyder Family Stadium. But who knows? Maybe Wildcat fans have finally realized by their sixth game of the season it is really not that cool and should not be a new tradition. But then again, they do like Wildcats instead of Jayhawks, that's pretty lame to begin with.
As an added treat, Willie the Wildcat is in the video showing off his guitar skills. He could have been the lead guitarist of some 1980's Hair Metal band. The awesome background effects when Willie is playing the electric guitar were the highlight of the video and are also the screen saver for my computer.
the ball out of the direction of the receiver? There is a better chance you will knock the drink out of the hands of the person sitting next to you.
A couple other sports teams have had success with a towel as a tradition. In 1975 a commentator for the Pittsburgh Steelers named Myron Cope asked fans to bring yellow towels to the game against the Baltimore Colts. The Steelers won the game. During the postseason specially made gold towels with the words "Myron Cope's Terrible Towel" appeared. They ended up winning Super Bowl X that year as well.
Edited by Ashlee Kieler
HISTORY (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
the Top 25 this season. The fact that the two Sunflower State programs are finally on even footing lends intrigue to this year's installment.
"I didn't really watch much of it until the later years, and they pretty much got the best of us every time," senior running back Brandon McAnderson said. "One of the reasons I came to this program was to do something about it, so I look forward to playing them Saturday."
During Mangino's tenure, the Jayhawks have produced mixed results against the Wildcats. In 2002, a Kansas team that would finish 2-10 was obliterated by No. 14 Kansas State at Memorial Stadium, 64-0. The 2003 Kansas squad won six games but did not fare any better against its in-state
rival, falling 42-6 in Manhattan after KU quarterback Bill Whittemore's first-quarter injury.
In 2004, Kansas notched one of its two conference victories against Kansas State on homecoming by a score of 31-28. The 2005 match-up was far from pretty, as the Wildcats held the Jayhawks out of the end zone to win 12-3. Last year, Kansas routed Kansas State 39-20. The Wildcats were coming off of an impressive win against the then-No. 4 Texas Longhorns.
Oddly enough, the 2007 Sunflower Showdown will also take place on the heels of an impressive Kansas State victory - over the then-No. 7 Texas Longhorns.
Edited by Luke Morris
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