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As the games get more intense, the system gets stretched to the limit.
When rivals Kansas and Texas played, most calls resulted in arguments or supporters booing the call from the sideline.
"We've been pretty close to a couple of fistfights in the past," senior Andrew Wimer said.
He added that at the national championships they use what is called an "observer," someone who watches the game and can provide an opinion on a call if the players ask him for one.
However, he is not allowed to stop the game to make a call.
That sounds an awful lot like the authority the student section thinks it has in Allen Fieldhouse.
The spirit of the game goes beyond the refereeing. Ultimate frisbee teams typically coach themselves.
Players develop a communal bond, and the players at the host school will help find housing for the other teams.
However, this has been the first time in 27 years the Kansas club team has a coach.
The team elects captains to run practices and coach the younger players.
"Sometimes it will get to a point where there's six guys on the floor, and sleeping bags are piled on top of sleeping bags."
The ultimate scene is known as much for its partying as for its frisbee playing, but not last weekend.
senior Jейн Huegerich said. "When one person wakes up, everybody wakes up."
I can only assume that the Kansas line backers didn't all share a hotel room the night before the Fort Worth Bowl.
"Every other tournament has a pretty good party, but not regionals," Huegerich said.
Of course, the significance of the tournament didn't mean the other traditions had to end.
The Texas players drank from a gallon-sized jug of pickle juice during timeouts, the Auburn players held a paper-rock-scissors tournament, and the Arkansas players performed various children's songs.
Before the final game, players from the eliminated schools started a "fantasy ultimate" game, in the tradition of fantasy football.
They chose players from each team and earned points when their players performed well.
Throughout the game they yelled at their fantasy players and complained about the plains and the substitutions.
But nobody seemed to have a problem with the referees.
Phillips is a Wichita junior in journalism.
Skating on air
Riley Roberts, 13. of Prineville Oregon, floats on his skateboard from one transition to another at Prineville's free outdoor skatepark in the Ochooco Park on Sunday in Prineville, Ore.
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As for the home team, Kansas has tagged 55 long balls to St. Mary's 13, but the Spires are posting a .314 team batting average to the jayhawks'.294.
Senior shortstop Ritchie Price had a large part in raising the jayhawks average this weekend.
The co-captain went 6-12 with a pair of RBI and runs scored against Oklahoma last weekend.
"We'vebeen swinging the bats really good in the last two to three weeks." Price said. "We swung them really well at Oklahoma State and I've been pleased with our progress."
On the mound, junior left-hander Sean Land (5-6, 5.78) is slated to make the start, although coach Price has not made mention of changing his weekend rotation, this would mark Land's first midweek start of the season.
— Edited by Gabriella Souza
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