KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010 / SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Jayhawks focus on turnover opportunities
Bye week offers time for perfecting plays
BY MIKE VERNON
mvernon@kansan.com
There are certain mistakes a football team commits that can devastate not only the team playing, but also the fans watching. Penalties are one thing, missed tackles are another and then there
are the dreaded turnovers
freshman quarterback Jordan Webb is sacked by Georgia Tech linebacker Steven Sylvester as he attempts to throw a pass. Kansas looks to minimize turnovers for the remainder of the season.
something really important for us to get done is we must create turnovers," coach Turner Gill said.
So far this season, Kansas has killed too many drives by either coughing the ball up or throwing it into their opponents hands. The defense has yet to bring fans
The turnover margin so far this season is not pretty. The offense has given the ball away eight times in four
"Something really important for us to get done is we must create turnovers."
defense spent a lot more time working on their ability to create turnovers.
During the bye week, the Kansas
"We definitely turnover circuit every day instead of a couple of times a week," Chris Harris said. "It's been a big emphasis this week."
games, with four in their latest game. The defense has only taken the ball away from the offense three times all season with a turnover margin of minus five after four games.
"Turnovers come with getting pressure on the quarterback, and making the quarterback make mistakes with the ball," Harris
The secondary is ready to increase the low number of interceptions they have had so far on the year. That starts with putting pressure on the opposing quarterback as well as confusing him.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
TURNER GILL Coach
said. "That has been the main focus really"
Forcing fumbles is not as easy for the team to practice, but more a matter of players making the most out of opportunities.
"We just have to execute ripping the ball out," Harris said.
Fortunately for the Jayhawks, they can recognize the jaywanks, and they have seven more games to try to turn that margin into a positive number. Thursday night
plays as an opportunity to test their turnover skills, especially if they want to defeat the Wildcats
"We need to get three turnovers," Gill said when going over his keys to this week's game.
The coaching staff has enforced the need to create turnovers into the defensive players' minds.
"That what were going to need to get the offense back on the field and keep us off the field," safety
The defense has put in the work during this bye week, and late Thursday night will be telling of these efforts. "We definitely have gotten more turnovers in practice."
Lubbock Smith said.
Harris said. "We just have to bring how we practice to the game."
— Edited by Leslie Kinsman
CROSS COUNTRY
Jayhawks hope to become chariot of fire in cross country tournament
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
inewman@kansan.com
competing.
This Saturday the men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Indiana to compete in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational. This meet will have more competition than the Jayhawks have faced in their past meets.
There will be a total of 70 colleges from across the country. The race will be held at two different locations because there are numerous colleges
Sophomore Natalie Becker, who had a breakout race at the last meet in Wisconsin, thinks that the time and effort that the women Jayhawks spent practicing will be put to good use this upcoming weekend. During their two-week break they have increased the work outs and communicated more thoroughly about the goals of Pre-Nationals, she said.
"In workouts we're supposed to work together and feed off of each other," Becker said.
Sophomore Tessa Turcotte arees with Becker.
"Our team is really close and we do a lot of things together," Turcotte said. "We are trying to remain positive and keep a happy attitude during our practices."
triage in a positive way Turcotte also hopes for the team to jump
Turcotte said she learned a lot from her last meet and hopes to use the expe-
"I think that we are finally going to do what we are capable of doing."
AUSTIN BUSSING Junior
out quicker than they have in the past.
"Our strategies mainly are getting out fast during our first mile and pack running," Turcotte said.
"We also don't want to freak out because it is a big race."
As for the men's team they have been trying to keep an upbeat attitude with competition. Junior Austin Bussing, one of the three captains, believes that communication and pack running is the key to doing well in their next meet.
"I expect our race to be an indication of our resiliency because after the Wisconsin meet a lot of our guys, including myself, felt beat up." Bussing said. "The whole season is a test of our resolve as a team and I think that we are finally going to
do what we are capable of doing.
We've been knocked down but I believe that this upcoming meet will be one of those getting back up meets."
Edited by Michael Bednar
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