U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Jayhawk FOOTBALL
MONDAY,OCTOBER 10,1994
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Kansas junior wide receiver Ashaundai Smith leaps to catch a pass while Kansas State cornerback Joe Gordon defends. The catch was ruled out of bounds in the end zone.
CONFERENCE
SCORES
Kansas St. 21
Kansas 13
Colorado 38
Missouri 23
Nebraska 32
Oklahoma St. 3
Oklahoma 10
Texas 17
STANDINGS
Nebraska 1 0
Oklahoma 1 0
Colorado 1 0
Kansas St. 10
Kansas 01
Oklahoma St. 01
Iowa St. 01
New AP Top 25
Firstplace votes in parentheses, record, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote, and ranking in the previous poll:
rank team record pta. pr
Florida (44) 5-0-1, 1,527 1
Nebraska (12) 6-0-1, 1,601 2
Penn St. (2) 5-0-1, 1,427 4
Colorado (4) 5-0-1, 1,410 5
Michigan 4-1-1, 1,251 7
Auburn 6-0-1, 1,193 9
Texas A&M 5-0-1, 1,106 10
Miami 4-1-1, 1,104 13
Washington 4-1-1, 1,072 12
Alabama 6-0-1, 1,022 11
Florida St. 4-1-1, 1,009 3
Texas 4-1-1, 785 15
Colorado St. 6-0-1, 747 23
Arizona 4-1-1, 709 6
N. Carolina 4-1-1, 696 14
Kansas St. 4-0-1, 555 19
Notre Dame 4-0-1, 540 8
Syracuse 5-1-1, 461 21
Virginia Tech 5-1-1, 449 20
Wash. St. 4-1-1, 407 22
Utah 5-0-1, 214 25
Oklahoma 3-2-1, 202 16
Wisconsin 3-2-1, 183 24
Bost. College 2-2-1, 113 —
Duke 5-0-1, 110 1
Others receiving votes: Baylor 76,
North Carolina State 54, Ohio
State 51, Virginia 41, Illinois 34, Georgia
33, Southern Cal 30,
Brigham Young 23, Purdue 22, Indiana
19, Bowling Green 7, Tennessee
4, Louisville 2, Kansas 1
Source: The Associated Press KANBA
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Covering the Game
As with other big games, the sports network faced tedious tasks in preparing for Kansas vs. K-State.
By Matt Irwin Kansan sportswriter
Every week brings another study session of new teams for McDonough and James. But this week's session was more difficult because the game was on Thursday instead of Saturday, McDonough said.
While about 48,800 football fans watched Kansas' Thursday night football game against Kansas State in the stands, many more watched Sean McDonough and Craig James broadcast the game on ESPN.
"We get a packet from both schools," McDonough said about their preparation, which usually begins on Mondays. "We try to look at tapes of some of the teams' previous games."
McDough's schedule is usually more stressful during the basketball and baseball seasons. McDough said he covered 80 Boston Red Sox games and 15 baseball games for ESPN, as well as covering college basketball and college football.
When the broadcasters arrive in town, they meet the teams' offensive and defensive coordinators and the head coaches. McDonough and his partner also meet with each school's sports information director, who handles media relations for the athletic teams, to find interesting storylines.
But McDonough and James are not the ones who interview the players and coaches for the broadcast. When ESPN slips an interview between plays, during a time out or
at halftime, associate director Steve Turnberger is the one asking the questions.
McDonough and James do sit down with a group of players to learn about the team, but they do no interviews for television Turnberger said.
Turnberger's role is one of many that nobody sees on television. He said the crew of about 15 people working on the production side and 25 technicians arrived in Lawrence Tuesday.
Turnberger said that operations producer Jack Sheehan went on a "stadium walk-through" last Tuesday to make sure there was enough power in the stadium to produce the show. He also made sure all the camera positions ESPN wanted were available. He said that ESPN did not have to move any seats to establish the 11 camera positions for the Oct. 6 game.
On Wednesday, the crew works from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Turnberger said. At 9:30 a.m. there is another production meeting to discuss the schedule for the day, and then Turnberger interviews the players and coaches on camera.
To produce the game, ESPN used more than 10,000 feet of triax, a type of camera cable, and 2,500 feet of audio cable.
ESPN uses 20 students to hold these cables and move with the cameras to make sure the cables do not get in the way of the players and coaches.
After the game, it is time to pack up the equipment and move to the next location. Each game and college presents another challenge to the ESPN crew, from camera setup to information collecting.
"It's really like taking a crash course every week," McDonough said. "It's kind of taking a test in college."
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Noah Musser/KANSAN
Source:Steve Turnberger ESPN
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
**top:** Sean McDonough(left) and Craig James conduct a half-time commentary show during last Thursday's game against Kansas State at Memorial Stadium. **above:** Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams is interviewed on the sidelines by an ESPN commentator.
No.2 rush stopped by Wildcats
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswrite
The No. 2 rushing team in the nation #1 was shut down Thursday.
The Kansas football team was No.2 behind Nebraska going into its contest against rival Kansas State. K-State was fourth in the Big Eight in rushing defense.
But when the game was over, the Wildcats prevailed and held the Jayhawks to only 70 yards rushing on 25 carries. Kansas' previous low was 243 yards. The Jayhawks longest run of the game was 10 yards by junior running back L T. Levine.
"We didn't really run the ball that well," said KU coach Glen Mason. "That was obvious."
Before the game, Kansas averaged 323.2 yards a game on the ground, and K-State allowed 125.3 yards a game.
Preston carried the ball seven times for five yards. Many of those carries came on the option, and his longest carry was three yards.
Six players carried the ball for the Jayhawks, including junior wide receiver Ashaoundi and senior quarterback Asheli Preston.
The Jayhawks were without their leading rusher, sophomore June Henley. But they were led by Levine's 23 vards on five carries.
"They were really taking us out of our option game." Preston said.
Ironically, one of the Jayhawks longest carries came on an option pitch to senior running back Costello Good. It was a nine-vard gain.
Mason denied that Henley's absence had anything to do with the Javahawks lack of success.
"I don't think that was a major factor," Mason said. "He has been practicing. He wasn't healthy enough to go."
In the Jahayhaws' first three games, Henley had 321 yards and one touchdown. But Henley bruised his shoulder against Texas Christian and has missed Kansas' past two games.
Mason's confidence in his team's running game without the team's leading rusher is due to the success of three other tailbacks and a fullback.
Levine had rushed for 229 yards and six touchdowns in Kansas' first four games. Sophomore Mark Sanders had rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns. The Jayhawks third back that Mason looked to was freshman Eric Vann, who rushed for 144 yards and four touchdowns in the team's first four games.
Preston said the Jayhawks just didn't click.
"A couple plays were good, we just had a couple of missed blocks here or there," he said.
K-State coach Bill Snyder was proud of his team played Kansas.
"The first few plays they ran over us, but after that we did a good job," Snyder said.
Source The Associated Press
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