THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
SPORTS
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Sternberger said. "There are 30 bowls. That means you're an average team. The only bowl games that matter are the BCS games."
Kansas played an FCS opponent in nine of the past 10 seasons since 1998. KU won each time. Before that, the team only had scheduled one FCS opponent since 1990. Only
"When you get to the point where you want the program to be, then you can think of having a more challenging schedule," Marchiony said.
"When you get to the point where you want the program to be, then you can think of having a more challenging schedule."
JIM MARCHIONY Associate Athletics Director
one victory against an FCS opponent can be counted for bowl eligibility each season.
Sternberger believes a program should be built with the opposite mind-set.
"If you play good teams, you will get more national attention and better players," Sternberger said.
"Our schedule looks bad. I'm a fan of a tough schedule, something like Kansas State's, because they get
national TV exposure. That helps recruiting."
Patrick Millard, McPherson junior, said after Kansas's 62-0 victory against Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday that the University had a responsibility to fans to put together a more difficult schedule.
"I don't feel like KU should ever have the easiest schedule in the nation," Millard said. "It isn't fair for the fans. My uncle drove two and a half hours to Lawrence to watch this game."
FCS opponent Sam Houston State will travel to Lawrence on Sept. 20 of next year.
Edited by Jeff Briscoe
》 FOOTBALL NOTES
Team fares well statistically against weaker opposition
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior wide receiver Marcus Herford won co-Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Southeastern Louisiana. Herford returned three
kicks for 149 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown return that gave Kansas a 9-10 lead. So far this season, Herford's kick return numbers are impressive enough to
Herford
stack up well against the nation's best. His average of 41.25 yards per return ranks third in the nation, and as a team, Kansas is first in the nation in yards per kick return. The
touchdown return on Saturday was the first of Herford's career.
UP NEXT
In a teleconference on Monday, coach Mark Mangino said Kansas would spend time focusing on Toledo's offense in the days leading up to Saturday's game. Mangino said Toledo running back jalen Parmele was the key to the Rockets' offense. The 222-pound senior averages 3.5 yards per carry through two games and has scored one touchdown. In Toledo's home victory against Kansas last season, Parmele ran for 80 yards and the game-winning touchdown.
JAYHAWKS FLY HIGH
Kansas stands near the top of the nation in many statistical categories. The Layhawks' average of 57 points per game is third in the nation and the team's 519.5 yards per game average ranks 10th nationally. Individually, sophomore quarterback Todd Reesing is ninth in the nation in passing efficiency and senior wide receiver Marcus Henry is ranked 12th in the nation in receiving yards per game. Kansas has not received such high marks in one notable category — strength of schedule. According to USA Today's Sagarin Rankings, which use a formula similar to the BCS computer rankings, Kansas' first two opponents were the easiest played by any Big 12 team.
— Asher Fusco
At this point in the season,
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impressive unit on the field Saturday, James McClinton was an absolute beast from the defensive tackle position, and Joe Mortensen reinforced the fact that he was born to be a middle linebacker. It was hard not to feel sorry for the Lions because they stood absolutely no chance of scoring on the Kansas defense.
Harris and Resby haven't blown coverages or let receivers behind them for the most part. Even the most optimistic Kansas fans had to be concerned about the defensive backfield, which ranked dead-last in the nation against the pass last season. Two games into the 2007 campaign, the Jayhawks are 23rd in passing defense and the solid play of newcomers Harris and Resby has a lot to do with that.
Keefer: If McClinton is the beast, either freshman cornerback Chris Harris or junior safety Patrick Resby has to be the beauty. It's not so much what the two have done, but more what they haven't done.
Fusco: I'm not going to make
any sort of judgment on the beauty of Harris or Resby, but both of them have certainly been excellent additions to the defensive backfield. Kansas' inability to stop the pass was the team's most glaring weakness; fortunately for Kansas, the new secondary has held better than
last year's shoddy version. But not every team in the Big 12 has enjoyed the success that Kansas has. Iowa State, who lost to FCS opponent Northern Iowa last weekend, appears to be a completely atrocious football
by saying things like, "If you hang out around trash long enough, you're going to start to smell like it!" in The Big 12's case, the Cyclones are definitely the trash.
The mere mention of 0-2 Iowa State brings down a conference that otherwise has a lot going for it. Every
If James McClinton is the beast, either freshman cornerback Chris Harris or junior safety Patrick Resby has to be the beauty.
CASE KEEFER
team. Colorado played respectably in the first game of the season but got dismantled by Arizona State on Saturday.
Keefer: Remember when your parents would warn you against hanging out with the wrong people
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other team is going to at least be competitive. The Big 12 seems to have one of the nation's foremost national title contenders in Oklahoma. The conference has a great chance to make a statement this weekend wher
No. 1 USC travels to Lincoln, Neo,
but don't expect the Cornhuskers
to knock off the Trojans. After all,
they are in the same conference as
 Iowa State.
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Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee, left, high-fives with second baseman Mark DeRosa after Lee scored on an RBI single during the first inning Monday. The Cubs tallied 17 hits in a 12-3 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. The victory, combined with the Milwaukee Brewers' loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, put the Cubs and Brewers in a tie at aop the NL Central.
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Chicago got 17 hits during a one-game stopover at Wrigley Field, helping Ted Lilly win his 15th game and beating the St. Louis Cardinals 12-3.
"It is weird," said Aramis Ramirez, who homered twice and had four hits. "We were supposed to be in Houston having a day off today, and we're here playing a game in Chicago."
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"We struggled the last couple of weeks to put runs on the board and we lost a couple of tough games," Ramirez said. "It's fun when everybody is getting their hits, for personal reasons and for the team."
"Where's that been? That was a thing of beauty. We hit the ball for power. We hit the ball in the gaps. We hit the ball with men in scoring position," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "A game like this can really get you going."
It was just the third win in eight games for Chicago, which fell out of first place Sunday for the first time since Aug. 16 and began Monday one game behind Milwaukee in the NL Central.
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Derrek Lee and Ramirez homered in a five-run fourth, and Ramirez added another solo shot in a four-run eighth.
St. Louis, which started the day three back of the Brewers, lost its fourth straight and dropped to 69-72.
The teams made detours for the makeup of an August rainout.
The Cardinals came to Chicago from Arizona and didn't land until around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. Next, the World Series champions have three games at the Reds.
"There's no doubt in my mind we'll be ready to play in Indiana," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "I know we're going to play hard enough, but then you have to
play good enough. We were close in Arizona. This was a game that got out of control. It was ugly"
Lilly (15-7) matched his career high for victories, set last year with the Blue Jays. He allowed five hits, including homers to Jim Edmonds and So Taguchi, and struck out seven in seven innings.
The Cubs arrived home from Pittsburgh and head to the road for a critical swing that takes them to Houston for three games and St. Louis for four.
"This little stretch here favors the Milwaukee situation because of the fact the two teams closest to them are playing each other." Piniella said before the game. "This week will tell a lot, starting today and ending Sunday. It will tell a whole lot about what is going to happen in this division and how close it will be."
"This is why you prepare and work throughout the season, so you can finish strong" he said. "I've taken care of myself and I expect to go out there and do well from here on out."
Chicago loaded the bases in the fifth against Brian Falkenborg on a walk, double by Ramirez and hit batter, and Jones hit an RBI single to make it 7-1.
One pitch after Lilly knocked him down with a high-and-tight offering, Taguchi hit a two-run homer in the sixth. DeRosa had been drilled in the arm by Falkenborg the previous inning and his elbow was swollen after the game. He might not be able to play Tuesday.
Joel Pineiro (4-3) gave up two
homers, three doubles and a single
The left-hander is 9-1 when starting following a Cubs' loss and has 17 career victories in September, his most in any month.
in a span of seven batters in the fourth. Lee led off with his 18th homer and, one out later, Ramirez followed with his 21st for a 3-1 lead.
"They hit everything: curveball, changeup, slider, fastball," Pineiro said. "It's disappointing. I let my teammates down, I let myself down, I let everybody else down. Now I just have to get ready to face these guys on the weekend."
Mark DeRosa singled and then Jacque Jones, Jason Kendall and Lilly all lined RBI doubles in succession to finish Pineiro, who had beaten the Cubs at Wrigley three weeks ago. Pineiro lasted 3 1/3 innings, his shortest outing in eight innings since the Cardinals acquired him July 31 from Boston, where he'd been a reliever.
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