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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
sports trivia of the day
Q:In what season did Kansas Football set a record for fewest rushing yards allowed in a season?
— KU Football Media Guide
A: 2005, when the Jayhawks only allowed 999 total rushing yards.
sports quote of the day
Woman at Work
"Teams have driven right down the field three out of the four games against us this year. We can't allow that to happen."
— Nick Reid, former KU Linebacker, before the Jayhawks' 2005 match against Kansas State.
sports fact of the day
Kansas Football forced 52 turnovers during the 11-game 1973 season.
ASSOCIATED DRESS
KU Football Media Guide
USA's Heather O'Reilly celebrates after scoring a goal against North Korea during their Group B match of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament at Chengdu Sports Center Stadium in Chengdu, China. Tuesday.
Tight end Everett shows signs of improvement
NFL
Green said he's been consulting with doctors in Buffalo since Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury Sunday after ducking his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff of the Bills' season opener.
BY JOHN WAWROW ASSOCIATED PRESS
"It's totally spectacular, totally unexpected," Green told The Associated Press by telephone from Miami.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs on Tuesday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again — contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.
"Based on our experience, the fact that he's moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury means he will walk again," said Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine.
Everett dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet.
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Asked whether Everett will have a chance to fully recover, Green said: "It's feasible, but it's not 100 percent predictable at this time. But it's feasible he could lead a normal life."
On Monday, Bills orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, said Everett likely wouldn't walk again.
Rank Team W-L Pts Prev
1. LSU (25) 2-0 435 2
2. USC (20) 1-0 431 1
3. Oklahoma 2-0 331 6
4. West Virginia 2-0 316 3
5. Florida (1) 2-0 297 4
6. Texas 2-0 222 7
7. Wisconsin 2-0 140 5
8. Louisville 2-0 131 8
9. California 2-0 129 9
10. Ohio State 2-0 43 NR
Penn State 19, UCLA 12, Georgia Tech 11, Oregon 5, Rutgers 4,
Nebraska 2, Boston College 2
"A best-case scenario is full recovery, but not likely," said Cappuccino, who operated on the reserve tight end. "I believe there will be some permanent neurologic deficit."
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Cappuccino and officials at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital did not immediately return several messages left with them by the AP.
7. Oklahoma — What was that I heard about Miami's "stifling" defense? The Sooners apparently knew nothing about it.
6. Wisconsin — The Badgers won on the road, which is always a nice win.
1. LSU — The Tigers have easily triumphed against legitimate competition.
8. California — The No.1 contender in the Pac 10 to USC's title, right in front of UCLA, although Oregon made a statement at the Big House.
In a report Tuesday evening, Buffalo's WIVB-TV quoted Cappuccino as saying: "We may be witnessing a minor miracle."
Bills owner Ralph Wilson said the team has been in contact from the beginning with Green and the Miami Project, the university's neurological center that specializes in spinal cord injuries and paralysis.
2. USC — If the Trojans blow out the Cornhuskers, who are overrated, then they will have showed me something.
9. Texas — Only played one quarter of good football in a scare against TCU, but wow, it was really good.
4. West Virginia — The Mountaineers did what every good team should do when challenged by a lesser foe; put them away in the fourth quarter.
Everett's agent, Brian Overstreet, also said Everett's mother told him the player moved his arms and legs when awakened from a deeply sedated sleep.
"I don't know if I would call it a miracle. I would call it a spectacular example of what people can do," Green said. "To me, it's like putting the first man on the moon or splitting the atom. We've shown that if the right treatment is given to people who have a catastrophic injury that they could walk away from it."
Green said the key was the quick action taken by Cappuccino to run an ice-cold saline solution through Everett's system that put the player in a hypothermic state. Doctors at the Miami Project have demonstrated in their laboratories that such action decreases the damage to the spinal cord due to swelling and movement.
3. Florida — Every game is a must-win game in college football, but the Gators HAVE to win at home this weekend.
5. Louisville — A suspect defense, but also a seemingly unstoppable offense.
MLB standings
10. UCLA — Experience matters, just ask the Bruins.
ALEAST
Boston 88-58
NY Yankees 82-62 (5 GB)
Toronto 72-72 (15 GB)
Baltimore 61-82 (25.5 GB)
Tampa Bay 61-84 (26.5 GB)
NLEAST
NL CENTRAL
Milwaukee 74-70
Chicago Cubs 73-71 (1 GB)
St. Louis 69-73 (4 GB)
Cincinnati 65-79 (9 GB)
Pittsburgh 64-81 (10.5 GB)
Houston 63-81 (11 GB)
NLCENTRAL
NY Mets 82-62
Philadelphia 76-68 (6 GB)
Atlanta 74-71 (8.5 GB)
Washington 65-80 (17.5
GB)
AL CENTRAL
Cleveland 85-60
Detroit 79-67 (6.5 GB)
Minnesota 72-73 (13 GB)
Kansas City 62-82 (22.5 GB)
Chicago 61-84 (24 GB)
NL WEST
AL WILDCARD
NY Yankees 82-62
Detroit 79-67 (4 GB)
Seattle 75-67 (6 GB)
Florida 62-83 (20.5 GB)
ALWEST
Los Angeles 85-59
Seattle 75-67 (9 GB)
Oakland 70-75 (15.5 GB)
Texas 69-75 (16 GB)
Arizona 82-63
San Diego 77-65 (3.5 GB)
LA Dodgers 75-68 (6 GB)
Colorado 75-69 (6.5 GB)
San Francisco 65-79 (16.5
GB)
Moved in: Ohio State Dropped Out: No. 10 Virginia Tech
NL WILDCARD
San Diego 77-65
Philadelphia 76-68 (2 GB)
LA Dodgers 75-68 (2.5 GB)
Colorado 75-69 (3 GB)
MLB.com
- Games and standings current as of 11 p.m. Tuesday
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