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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
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minutes to prepare for the ten-minute overtime.
During the 98th minute, freshman defender, Lauren Jackson fouled inside the box, giving BYU a possible win at the game. BYU's Katie Larkin was successful, and the ball flew past Quinn.
Coach Francis said his team didn't deserve to win the game, and he thought the result was fair. Francis also said that the women's ability to pass the ball to their own team need improvement.
"Right now we're struggling a little bit, and we need to show what we're really capable of. I told the players the game should have been over before that," Francis said.
Quinn said the team's philosophy this season was to play game by game. Looking forward to Sunday's game, against Coach Francis' alma mater,
game stats
Shots/period 1 2 OT Total
BYU 5 13 1 19
Kansas 3 4 1 8
Corner Kicks 1 2 OT Total
BYU 3 6 1 10
Kansas 3 3 0 6
Final Score
BYU 1
Kansas 0
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Southern Methodist University, the coach seemed hopeful.
"They're a good team. They need to expect higher standards than that," he said.
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lean enough to move quickly at the line of scrimmage. Mangino said Hartley struggled to master some facets of the playbook during the spring but adjusted to the Division I game well.
The left guard position also
The terr女姐 looks solid for Kansas. Adrian Mayes, who had only played in one game before 2007, earned a scholarship before the season started. He beat out junior Rameses Arceo for the starting spot in pre-season camp and fared well against Central Michigan Junior
tance of communication during summer workouts and through fall practices. With three of the five offensive linemen filling starting roles for the first time, the unit's ability to make adjustments and calls at the line of scrimmage could
"I thought they played well together. The communication on the offensive line — something every coach worries about — I thought was very good for the first night out."
MARK MANGINO Kansas football coach
offensive tackle Anthony Collins said Mayes spent considerable time in the film room this offseason, studying his predecessors on the offensive line at Kansas.
For the first three years of his career at Kansas, Ryan Cantrell was one of the unluckiest men on the Kansas roster. He redshirted his freshman campaign and stood on the sideline for most of the next two seasons while All-Big 12 center David Ochoa played almost every down. With Ochoa finally gone, Cantrell has stepped in as the vocal leader on the offensive line.
"Ryan's doing a really good job." Collins said. "Ryan talks — on every play he'll scream and holler. We could be in Nebraska with 90,000 people and you could hear him."
dictate its effectiveness.
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"I thought they played well together," Mangino said. "The communication on the offensive line — something every coach worries about — I thought was very good for the first night out."
Cantrell said offensive line coach John Reagan stressed the impor-
second-year starter and NFL prospect at left tackle, said the newly constructed offensive line got the job done last week. But when asked about the line's potential, he withheld any projections of greatness.
"It's too early to tell. We just need to keep going on in the season and play some better competition," Collins said. "After (Texas) A&M and Nebraska come along you can come ask me the same question and hopefully I'll give you a good answer."
The Jayhawk linemen do not have much on their plate this weekend. The average height and weight of a Southeastern Louisiana defensive lineman is 6-2, 256 pounds while the average measurements of a Kansas offensive lineman is 6-5, 301 pounds.
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Kansas started last season with a 7-2 record before stumbling to a 3-17 record in the Big 12, and a 10-19 record overall. Kansas hasn't gone unbeaten in the Jayhawk Classic since 2005. Bechard said this weekend is a chance for his team to be tested one final time before starting
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"We want to really build some momentum this weekend going into next weekend's Big 12 opener," Bechard said.
Big 12 competition at home on against Kansas State on Sept. 12.
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opponents at a glance
Team Game time 2007 Record Location
St. Peter's Noon today 2-7 Jersey City, N.J.
Wyoming 7 tonight 3-2 Laramie, Wy.
Morehead State Noon Saturday 4-3 Morehead, Ky.
NFL
Broncos move Bell from tailback to fullback
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Mike Bell is trying to accept his new role as fullback and be appreciative of the opportunity.
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It's just that he can't quite embrace the change. Bell still wants to be a tailback.
"I'm not the happiest camper," Bell said Thursday. "I've been playing tailback my whole life. I'm not going to be jumping for joy."
Bell was notified of the change shortly before the last preseason game on Aug. 30. It's still taking some getting used to. He's currently listed as the team's backup fullback behind Cecil Sapp, who also a converted running back.
Denver head coach Mike Shanahan said he made the move for flexibility purposes. He wants to be able to move players around.
Bell said he was initially shocked by the move.
He doesn't plan on gaining any weight for his new role. He'll stick at 220 pounds. That way, he can keep his elusiveness should he switch back.
"But I'm starting to learn you can't be shocked," said Bell, who rushed for 677 yards and eight touchdowns last season as an undrafted rookie out of Arizona. "You've got to expect the unexpected."
And it's not unprecedented. The Broncos moved both Reuben Droughts and Mike Anderson from fullback to tailback in past seasons.
MLB
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Rick Ankiel dives but misses a ball hit for a double by Pittsburgh Pirates' Matt Kata on Thursday. He made up for it by hitting two home runs and knocking in seven RBIs.
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Ankiel leads another Cardinals surge
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Rick Ankiel isn't just hitting, he's turning into a force.
"Marvel is a good word," manager Tony La Russa said. "It's kind of amazing, isn't it? Clutch, too."
Ankiel homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-4 Thursday in a game shortened to eight innings because of rain.
Ankiel hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the second inning for a 5-2 lead against Bryan Bullington (0-1), who made his major league debut five years after he was the No. 1 overall pick in the amateur draft. Ankiel made it 11-3 with a two-run drive in the fifth against John Grabow and added a two-run double in the sixth off Dave Davidson, also making his big league debut.
Brought up Aug. 9 in his first major league appearance since he pitched for the Cardinals in 2004.
Ankiel is batting 358 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 23 games. He also homered twice against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 11.
"It it feels as good as it can feel."
Ankiel said. "The to thing in"
"the
ber when you get up there with runners on base is that the pitcher is the one that's in trouble."
"It seems like we've been winning since I've been here."
Bullington gave up five runs and seven hits over three innings. He received a $4 million bonus when he signed with the Pirates out of
third strike past Jason Bay to end the second with the based loaded.
RICK ANKIEL
Cardinals outfielder
drive at the wall in the third. He barely missed a diving catch on pinch-hitter Matt Kata's slicing drive that fell for a double in the fourth, getting a round of applause for the effort, in addition to making a pair of curtain calls after his homers.
"It was a good day, that's for sure," Ankiel said. "It's been unbelievable."
"They took some of our young kids and hit them hard - period." Pirates manager Jim Tracy said. "Flat pitches in the middle of the plate get hit often, and hard."
St. Louis (69-68) is one game behind NL Central co-leaders Chicago and Milwaukee, scoring its most runs since Aug. 29, 2001, against San Diego. The Cardinals had 22 hits, their highest total since April 27, 2003, at Florida.
"It itse like we've been winning since I've been here," Ankiel said. "Hopefully we can continue."
The Cardinals are 17-9 since the Ankiel callup.
Mike Maroth, back from a bout of elbow tendinitis, allowed two runs, six hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings, throwing 54 pitches in his first appearance since Aug. 4. On Wednesday, Mark Mulder pitched for the first time in over a year and gave up six runs over four innings in an 8-2 loss.
"It was a matter of just not being aggressive enough early in the count," Maroth said. "I made a lot of pitches that would have been good with two strikes, or when I was ahead in the count but early in the count you've got to make them put it in play."
Kelvin Jimenez (2-0) got one out for the win, throwing a called
Ball State, then went 34-17 in three minor league seasons, his climb through the minors slowed by a shoulder injury that sidelined him for 2006.
gled in his first career plate appearance in the second and scored his first run later in the inning.
He also sin-
"My fastball was a little flat and my slider was a little loopy at times," Bullington said. "They took advantage of it, that's for sure."
Davidson worked the sixth and allowed four runs — three earned — on four hits.
Maroth escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first, getting Pearce on a called third strike. Bautista and Freddy Sanchez hit consecutive RBI singles in the second and tied it at 2.
Aaron Miles and David Eckstein each had three hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who split the four-game series. Jose Bautista had two hits and two RBIs for the Pirates.
Notes: The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 26 minutes because of rain, and there was a mandatory 30-minute delay before the game was called with no outs in the top of the ninth. Wednesday's game began after a 49-minute rain delay. One of the biggest cheers of the day came when the crowd noticed on the jumbo scoreboard that the Dodgers had taken the lead in a four-run ninth against the Cubs in a 7-4 victory. "The crowd goes crazy and you've got to look up yourself," Ankiel said. Miles is batting. .476 (20-for-42) with six RBIs against the Pirates. The Cardinal's previous seven-RBI game was by Scott Rolen on Sept. 15 last year at home against the Giants. Jack Wilson had two hits and was 11-for-16 in the series. He's batting a major league-best. .409 (36-for-88) since Aug. 1.