2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
❄️ Snoop UC Irvine, 5 p.m., Jayhawk
✔ Logger Complex
- Tennis Tulsa invitational, all day, Tulsa,
Okla.
SATURDAY
♦ Volleyball vs. Oklahoma, 1 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
♦ Tennis Tulsa Invitational, all day, Tulsa, Okla.
SUNDAY
- Soccer vs. Purdue, 1 p.m., West Lafayette, Indt
- Tennis Tulsa Invitational, all day, Tulsa, Qkla.
MONDAY Men's Golf, Kansas Invitational, all day Alvamar Golf and Country Club
CYCLING
Cycling controversy drives Armstrong out of Tour
The nasty tug of war between the bosses of the international cycling union and the World Anti-Doping Agency about who leaked documents accusing Lance Armstrong of doping claimed its first casualty Thursday: Any chance of a comeback by the seven-time Tour de France champion.
Armstrong, who said just days ago that this latest fight to clear his name had stoked his competitive desires, made clear yesterday he wasn't interested in returning to the sport he dominated.
"Sitting here today, dealing with all this stuff again, knowing if I were to go back, there's no way I could get a fair shake on the roadside, in doping control or the labs," Armstrong said on a late-afternoon conference call.
later afternoon, I came to "I think it's better that way" he added a moment later. "I'm happy with the way my career went and ended, and I'm not coming back."
Armstrong and his handlers spent most of the remaining 45 minutes with reporters criticizing WADA chief Dick Pound.
Pound set off another round of charges and counter-charges early yesterday by accusing cycling union boss Hein Verbruggen of supplying documents used by a French newspaper to charge that Armstrong used the blood-boosting drug EPO during his first tour win in 1999.
Armstrong, who has repeatedly denied ever using banned drugs, said he was the victim of a "witch hunt" after the report came out last month in L'Equipe, France's leading sports daily.
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This Weekend's Games
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Baylor at Army
Oklahoma at UCLA
Pittsburgh at Nebraska
Louisiana Tech at Kansas
Troy at Missouri
Florida St. at Boston College
Tennessee at Florida
Miami at Clemson
Arkansas at USC
Michigan St. at Notre Dame
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Brothers choose game winners
Kellis: It was a sad week for the Kansan sports staff. The best record any of us had was 7-3, and three students kicked us off the sports page.
Havis; They're Kellis; Hopefully none of us gets kicked this week. To start things off, I'm going with the undefeated Baylor Bears over the worst team in Division-I football — Army.
Travis: They were lucky.
Travis: Army won only two games last year and was destroyed by Boston College last week. Sick Em Bears.
Kellis: Speaking of Boston College, Jeffrey Gettler, who kicked the Kansan, said, "My pick of the week is Boston College over Florida State. They have the defense to
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stop FSU's offense and the offense to trample over the Seminoles' weak defense."
Travis: I think that's nuts. Boston College may be at home, but Florida State, which already has a victory over Miami, has much better talent. He won't be getting his face on the sports page again with picks like that. Who else do you have?
Kellis: Well, I picked Oklahoma to defeat UCLA, but I'm not totally sold on it. The Sooners' stud running back Adrian Peterson might not play.
Travis: He's their entire offense. I'm sticking with Oklahoma based on what I know. But if Peterson doesn't play, then UCLA will win.
Kellis: The other interesting Big 12 Conference game is between Nebraska and Pittsburgh. Call me crazy, but I'm picking Panther coach
Dave Wannstedt to get his first victory of the season in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers are overrated, and Pittsburgh is desperate.
Travis: Desperate doesse tee a victory. Remember Pitt lost to lowly Ohio, and this game will be in front of that famous Nebraska crowd. Home field secures a triumph for Nebraska.
Kellis: We both agree Kansas will win, even though it might be close. The game that might be closer is Miami at Clemson. Miami is still angry about the loss to Florida State in its opener. The Hurricanes will have their revenge on the Tigers.
He said, "Unfortunately for Kansas fans, Troy is one of the two or three teams Missouri can still beat."
venge on the Tigers.
Travis: Clemson is 2-0 with victories against Texas A&M and at Maryland. Momentum is the key in this game. Tigers take it at home.
soult.
Travis: I agree, and so does Jesse Newell, who also kicked the Kansan.
"We both agree Kansas will win even though it might be close. The game that might be closer is Miami at Clemson."
Kellis: The only Tigers winning this weekend will be those of Missouri.
Kellis; USC will surely win at home, and Notre Dame isn't going
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to lose its first game to Michigan State. So let's just talk about Tennessee at Florida.
Havis. These two teams are pretty equal, but Florida has the home field and a, better coach in Urban Meyer, giving the Gators an advantage.
Kellis: I am taking Florida
as well. Meyer hasn't lost a game since 2003, and he'll shine in his Southeastern Conference debut.
Travis Robinett is an Austin, Texas, junior in journalism. Kellis Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior in journalism. He is Kansan sports editor.
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