6B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007
FOOTBALL
Receiver spots up for grabs
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
LONG SNAPPER
Coach Mark Mangino announced Tuesday that sophomore long snapper Kayl Anderson and junior guard Adrian Mayes had earned scholarships. Anderson played all 12 games as the team's long snapper last season. Mayes has only played in one game at Kansas but is slated to start at left guard this season.
WIDE RECEIVERS
The picture at wide receiver may not be as clear-cut as the depth chart indicates. Junior Raymond Brown is currently listed as a starter, but Mangino said he needed to work on his consistency. Kansas has several viable options behind Brown, including junior Marcus Herford and true freshman Dezmon Briscoe. Herford has 15 career receptions and Briscoe could contribute immediately. Mangino said sophomore wide receiver Raimond Pendleton was the team's top option
at punct returner because of his sure hands.
NON-CONFERENCE
SHEDULE
At a press conference held Tuesday, Mangino openly challenged the notion that Kansas' nonconference schedule was easy. He said media did not give teams like Central Michigan enough credit and that there were no "gimmes" on the 2007 schedule.
MLB
Edited by Kyle Carter
Homers, doubles win it for Royals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Needing a win to keep pace in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers ran into a familiar nemesis: the Kansas City Royals.
Brian Bannister won for the sixth time in seven decisions, Alex Gordon hit a three-run double and the Royals beat the Tigers 6-3 Tuesday night.
Detroit dropped $3 \frac{1}{2}$ games behind division-leading Cleveland, the Tigers' biggest deficit in their division since before play on June 6. The lowly Royals are 5-8 against Detroit this season after taking three in a row from the Tigers on the final weekend of last season — costing Detroit first place and forcing the Tigers into the wildcard berth.
Most of Detroit's difficulties against Kansas City have been at Comerica Park: The Tigers had been 14-1 at Kauffman Stadium since the start of the 2006 season but have lost seven of their last 10 against Kansas City at home.
Nate Robertson (7-11) gave up six runs, six hits and four walks in 4 1-3 innings, his shortest outing since June 5. Robertson is 1-5 in his past eight starts.
Magglio Ordonez went 4-for-5 and is hitting .404 in August. Detroit stranded 13 runners, including 10 when Bannister was pitching.
Bannister (11-7) leads AL rookies with a 3.27 ERA and his victories are the most by a Royals rookie starter since Kevin Appier
won 12 games in 1990. Bannister gave up two runs and 11 hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one. He is 6-1 with a 2.31 ERA in his past eight starts.
After a 10-pitch walk by John Buck loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, Gordon put the Royals ahead 3-0 with his double.
Curtis Granderson hit an RBI double in the fifth, when the Ivan Rodriguez hit into an inning-ending forceout with the bases loaded.
Billy Butler hit a two-run homer in the bottom half following Mark Grudzielanek's RBI single for a 6-1 lead.
Placido Polanco, who had three hits, singled home Sean Casey in the sixth. Carlos Guillen had a sacrifice fly in the ninth.
MLB
Cardinals shut out Astros in manager's MLB debut
HOUSTON — So much for Cecil Cooper's managerial debut with the Houston Astros.
Chris Duncan shook off an August slump with a three-run homer and an RBI single to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Astros 7-0 on Tuesday night, ruining Cooper's first game as Phil Garner's successor.
Garner was fired on Monday and replaced by Cooper after Houston limped to a 58-73 record. But the Astros were still plagued by mediocre pitching and feeble hitting.
Associated Press
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Graham Harrell may lead the conference in passing yards this season. The sophomore is the first quarterback to start more than one season in five years.
Tech's line necessary for wins
BY CASE KEEFER ckeefer@kansan.com
Texas Tech coach Mike Leach loves pirates. While other Big 12 coaches were tinkering with their offenses this off-season, Leach was reading books about pirates.
He certainly had no reason to change anything offensively. It's been six years since the Red Raiders have thrown for less than 4,000 yards in a season. With the help of an experienced quarterback, Leach's team will search for gold: a first-ever trip to the Big 12 Championship.
OFFENSE
The Red Raiders have led the nation in passing yards for four of the last five years. The unsung heroes of this accomplishment were the offensive linemen.
No quarterback throws for 400 yards a game without adequate protection. And for the first time, the offensive line is a question mark this season.
Junior tackle Louis Vazquez is the only returning starter on the line. Although he is one of the best in the conference, the line will allow a significantly higher number of sacks than in the past.
Junior Graham Harrel should still easily lead the conference in passing yards because he is the first Texas
Tech quarterback in five years that will start for more than one season.
Junior running back Shannon Woods is a key component to the offense because he can both run and catch the ball. Woods averaged more than 130 all-purpose yards per game last year.
The Red Raiders lose their top two receivers but are obviously deep in that area. Senior Danny Amendola should transition from the third or fourth option to the number one receiver smoothly.
DEFENSE
Texas Tech not only throws the ball well, but stops the other team from throwing the ball well. The Red Raiders were second in the Big 12 against the past last season.
They return three of their four starters in the defensive backfield in 2007. Senior Joe Garcia and junior Darcel McBath make up one of the conference's best duos at the safety positions. Garcia lays punishing hits on opponents and McBath utilizes his speed to break up passes.
Texas Tech must be phenomenal against the pass this year to make up for its shortcomings against the run. Only two of the starting-front seven return from last year. Junior defensive end Jake Ratliff earned Big 12 honorable mention accolades last year and must tutor the front
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YARN BARN
The Red Raiders are going to score enough points. The only question is how well they can play on the other side of the ball. The defense had been steadily improving in Lubbock, Texas. But 2007 may put a halt to that progression. Texas Tech's nonconference schedule is devoid of any challenges. The Raiders play SMU, Rice, UTEP and Northwestern State. The Big 12 North opponents are easy, too, because the Red Raiders will host both Colorado and Iowa State. Things get a little tougher in November when their schedule concludes with consecutive games against Texas and Oklahoma.
PREDICTION 7-5, Texas Bowl
2006 Recap
> Record: 7-5 Overall; 4-4
Big 12
> Bowl Game: Insight Bowl
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> Points Per Game: 32.5
> Opponents Points Per
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