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1. Texas
2. Texas Tech
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas A&M
SOONERS
Editor's Note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaianni and Daniel Berk, Kansas football writers, as well as Kellis Robinett, sports editor, and Eric Sorentino, associate sports editor.
5. Colorado
The Longhorns were the unanimous selection for first place. After the first weekend of college football. Texas destroyed Louisiana-Lafayette 60-3 at home, and was just about the only Big 12 Conference team that looked
good in its first game. If Texas wins at Ohio State next week, the Longhorns could stay at the top for a long time.
9. Nebraska
Oklahoma was the biggest loser of the week but still managed to stay ranked third. The
10. Kansas State
Sooners easily had the most surprising loss of the weekend, falling at home to the TCU Horned Frogs 17-10. Though Oklahoma gets a vote of confidence for now, the Power Rankings won't look kindly
11. Oklahoma
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12. Baylor
upon another home loss to an unranked opponent.
The only other interesting story line of the week was the battle between Oklahoma State and Baylor that now exists for last place. Oklahoma State was
ranked 11th, but one of the voters picked them as the worst team. Baylor, who came out in last place, was picked 11th by one of the voters.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Opener
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Luke went 11-24 for 121 yards and a touchdown. Several of his passes were dropped, including four consecutive passes in the third quarter that, had they been caught, would have resulted in touchdowns. Luke, though, was not pleased with his performance.
"There is definitely area for improvement, I'll tell you that," Luke said. "I am happy with the win but definitely have to come back next week and watch the tape. There are a lot of areas to improve."
Mangino said that both quarterbacks did well in some areas and that he was pleased with parts of Luke's performance.
"It took him a little while, but he got into a rhythm," Mangino said. "He recognized all the blitzes. He made a couple of the throws that he probably would like to have back. For the most part he got into the rhythm, and we continued to go with him."
After the game, Mangino would not say that the quarterback job was a controversy. Both quarterbacks had the luxury of the offensive line protecting well, which
gave them time to throw, and it also opened up a running game that gained 201 yards.
"I am really pleased with the offensive line play for the first game," Mangino said. "We ran the ball well, protected extremely well."
Freshman quarterback Kerry Meier, believed to be a challenger for the backup job, was not dressed for Saturday's game. Mangino said that Meier had a condition that was caught by an advance medical screening that all new players have.
"The problem is being addressed. It is being taken care
of. He has some more things that need to be done, some procedural work," Mangino said. "It is a situation where we are very fortunate that we caught something that may have gone undetected had we not had some advance medical screening for new players here."
Mangino said Meier would be fine but gave no timetable as to when he would return to the playing field. He said he would definitely be out this week. Mangino would not elaborate as to what Meier's condition was.
Record Setting
Charles Gordon's return at the end of the second quarter made him the team's all-time punt return leader. Gordon now has 648 career return yards.
Special Teams Solid
*Kyle Tucker booted a career-long, 58-yard punt on his first punt of the game and place kicker Scott Webb's 43-yard field goal in the third quarter was a career-long as well.
- Edited by Ty Beaver
Senior running back Clark Green rushed for 107 yards, and it was his seventh-career 100-yard game.
FOOTBALL NOTES
Senior wide receiver Mark Simmons caught four passes for 43 yards, which moved him to sixth all-time in receiving yards.
We gave up a score with one second left on the clock. Who is clock operator? We are at home aren't we?
Say What
Stat of the game
+ Rushing average during 2004, 2.7 yards per carry. Rushing average for Saturday's opener, 5.4 yards per carry.
*Total rushing yards: 201 on 37 carries. Last year's high: 174 against Toledo
Lights Out
Stadium lights on the northwest corner of Memorial Stadium mysteriously went off in the second half, but play continued despite the slightly darker setting.
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