8B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
GAME DAY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 2005
Jayhawks to face tough third game
Difficult contest ahead for Kansas
BY RYAN COLAIANNI rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Kansas will face its toughest competition this season when it takes the field Saturday against Louisiana Tech.
Louisiana State
The Jayhawks will look to go
3-0 for the first time since the
1997 season.
Green and Cornish, with the help of a solid offensive line, have helped the Jayhawks accumulate more than 200 yards rushing in each game this season.
Coach Mark Mangino will likely use a heavy dose of running backs Clark Green and Jon Cornish.
week.
"I have some moves that you guys haven't seen yet," Cornish said. "Hopefully, I will get to showcase those this weekend."
1997 season. Kansas hopes to improve on a strong offensive performance from last week, when the team gained 435 yards of total offense.
Senior quarterback Brian Luke will make his second start of the season after going 17 of 26 for 212 yards last week, in less than three quarters of play.
less than three could be just as successful this week because Louisiana Tech gave up 475 yards of offense in a 41-3 loss to Florida.
Florida This marks the second time that Kansas has faced Louisiana Tech.
Tech. The Bulldogs beat the Jayhawks in their first meeting when the Bulldogs were in division I-AA.
The Jayhawks used three quarterbacks last week, with Luke, freshman Marcus Herford and junior Adam Barmann.
and junior Adam Baskett Mangino said that Herford's use was situational because he came in and rushed five times for 42 yards.
"We'll have a basic plan before we go into this week's game about how we'll do things and who we would like to use," Mangino said. "We're going to start Brian Luke, there's no question about that. It's what we do from there, how we do it, and who we do it with."
Kansas vs. Louisiana Tech Saturday 6 p.m.Memorial Stadium
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Kansas
The Kansas offense made a vast improvement from its first week performance after its more consistent passing. Senior quarterback Brian Luke was 17-26 for 212 yards passing last week and took shots deep downfield. The most impressive aspect of the offense thus far has been the offensive line. The line has given the quarterbacks time to look for open receivers and also has been key in the success of the rushing attack. The team has rushed for more than 200 yards in each of the teams game this year led by junior Jon Cornish and senior Brian Luke.
Louisiana Tech
OFFENSE
The Kansas defense has yet to regain the form that it possessed at the end of last season. The secondary has been a point of concern thus far, as it has given up big plays deep down the field. While the team has only given up 27 points in three games, the opposition has been able to move deep down the field before the Jayhawks got the stop they needed to prevent the score. Louisiana Tech struggled throwing the football last week against Florida. The Jayhawks will look to get pressure with senior defensive ends Charleton Keith and Jermial Ashley on the Bulldog quarterback and force him to make bad throws downfield.
SPECIALTEAMS
The Bulldog offense struggled in week one facing one of the best defenses in the country, in Florida, only scoring three points. Louisiana Tech football coach Jack Bicknell will rotate two players at the quarterback position this week, something he did against Florida as well. Both Matt Kubik and Donald Allen will play. Kubik completed just four passes for 56 yards last week and threw two interceptions. Allen completed seven passes for 61 yards and had one interception. The biggest hole to fill for the Bulldog offense is the hole left by graduated running back Ryan Moats. Last season, Moats led the team with 1,864 rushing yards. Mark Dillard handled most of the rushing duties in week one, rushing 11 times for 39 yards
DEFENSE
Senior linebacker Barry Robertson anchors the Bulldog defense. Robertson tallied six tackles against Florida and had one pass break up.The Bulldogs play a 3-4 defense, which means they play three defensive linemen and four linebackers. The main pass rusher on the defensive line is senior Quavary Winbush. Winbush had one sack last week and four total tackles. In all, the Florida offense gained 475 yards of total offense against the Louisiana Tech defense and more than 200 rushing yards. The Bulldogs are anchored in the secondary by seniorTramon Williams. Williams is a returning starter who had one tackle for loss last week and one forced fumble
At some point, junior cornerback Charles Gordon is going to return a punt for a touchdown. Gordon was close last week when he had three punt returns for 56 yards, and he nearly broke enough tackles to get into the end zone.The special teams unit has been nearly flawless thus far. It is consistently pinning teams deep in its own territory. Sophomore punter Kyle Tucker has been getting long punts off, and the team has yet to fumble a snap on punts or field goal tries.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Mark Mangino has been experimenting with different players against the teams non-conference opponents. Through this experimentation Mangino has found a solid running back in junior Jon Cornish and an interesting twist at the quarterback position when freshman Marcus Herford was successful running the quarterback draw Ryan Colaannl
Sophomore kicker Danny Horwedel anchors the special teams. Horwedel connected on eight of 14 field goals as a freshman last season, with his longest being 43 yards. Horwedel got this season off to a good start, knocking in his only attempt from 37 yards away against Florida.The punting game is a different story. Chris Keagle had eight punts last week and averaged just more than 30 yards per punt. Freddie Franklin, sophomore running back, will most likely handle the punnt returns, and Eric Newman and Patrick Johnson will return kickoffs
Jack Bicknell is in his seventh season as head coach of Louisiana Tech. In 2001, Bicknell was named WAC coach of the year when the team played in the Humanitarian Bowl. In his first season as coach in 1999, Bicknell's Bulldogs went 8-3 and beat eventual SEC champion Alabama. Overall, Bicknell's record is 33-39. He has never faced Kansas. Daniel Roe
Katrina hits home for visitors
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTWRITER
Players and coaches on the Louisiana Tech football team will have more on their minds then just football tomorrow when the team takes on Kansas at Memorial Stadium.
Some members of the team are just a few of the thousands of people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Even though Louisiana Tech lost its opening game at Florida 41-3, Louisiana Tech football coach Jack Bicknell said it was great to play a game and to get players' and coaches' minds off of the disaster.
Louisiana Tech is in Ruston, La. a part of the state that was not affected by the hurricane. There were about 30 to 55 players from areas of Louisiana and Mississippi that were hit.
of the disaster.
"The week before our game was a very difficult week," Bicknell said. "You have people in this town you want to take care of. It was great to get out there and concentrate on a game."
and concentration of players Players on the team visited different area Red Cross shelters in Ruston, signing autographs and talking to evacuees.
In addition, Louisiana Tech has opened its campus to Tulane. The Tulane football team began practicing at Louisiana Tech this week because all Tulane students were evacuated from the campus.
The campulane Tulane football players enrolled in classes, which began last Tuesday. Players will use Louisiana Tech's athletic facilities during the season.
Tulane initially moved to Southern Methodist's campus in Dallas but decided to move to Louisiana Tech after athletic officials toured the campus.
"I don't foresee any problems," Bicknell said. "The players need to make it work. There are not going to be any problems other then the condition of the field."
Tulane will play its first "home" game this Saturday, when it takes on Mississippi State. The game will be played in Shreveport, La., at Independence Stadium.
the held. Bicknell said Tulane would practice daily from 2 to 4 p.m., and Louisiana Tech would practice from 4 to 6 p.m.
Louisiana Tech will not play a home game until its Oct. 1 game against New Mexico State.
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