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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors."
— NFL Hall of Famer Frank Gifford
FACT OF THE DAY
When Randy Moss plays in his first game back with the Vikings on Monday night, it will be his second consecutive Monday night game.
— SI.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
How many players in NFL history have played in back-to-back Monday Night Football games for different teams?
A: Two: Randy Moss for the Patriots and Vikings in 2010 and Keith Browner for the 49ers and Raiders in 1987.
ESPN/Elias Sports Bureau
MORNING BREW
Beware of bye week hazards
R ye weeks are fun for no one.
Players have two week.
Players have two weeks straight of difficult practices before their next game. Fans have to pretend to care about the rest of the teams in the league while silently counting down the days until their team returns to the field.
Maybe concessions vendors enjoy it - sitting at home, eating their own stockpile of cotton candy while watching games from the comfort of their own home.
BY JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
twitter.com/j_petter
But other than that, off-weeks are the worst. Unfortunately, we're stuck in the middle of byes for the two most popular football teams on campus – the Kansas City Chiefs and, of course, the lajawhacks.
Both teams' breaks are early in the season - the Chiefs' last week and the Jayhawks this weekend - but it's likely that the byes will affect each team in completely different ways.
For Turner Gill's young team, the bye week probably couldn't come at a better time. After losing by 48 to the Baylor Bears, Jordan Webb and Co. will need all the time they can get to build something resembling confidence.
While this year's team is completely different from Mark Mangino's squads of past years, bye weeks have historically been good to the Jayhawks. Kansas hasn't lost a game after an off week in five years. In 2008, the team got its break after a 35-7 defeat to Texas, then bounced back two weeks later to deliver the classic 40-37 victory against Missouri at Arrowhead
Stadium.
If this year's Jayhawks can continue the trend, they'd get a nice dose of confidence in beating an (as of now) undefeated Kansas State team in the Sunflower Showdown a week from today.
The Chiefs, on the other hand, are a different story. The little NFL team that could has the entire Kansas City area in a whirlwind of football optimism after its first 3-0 start since 2003. Coach Todd Haley looks like a genius, fans are talking playoffs already, and the team's bye week couldn't have come at a worse time.
Whatever momentum the team mustered up in its first three weeks is zapped by the two-week hiatus. Plus, beating the Chargers, Browns, and 49ers isn't the same as waltzing into Indianapolis and beating Peyton Manning.
Take it from someone who knows. As a third-generation Denver Broncos fan, the first six weeks of last year's NFL season
were the most glorious since those back to back Super Bowl titles they won in the '90s. They were undefeated and riding high after beating the Chargers on Monday Night Football (sound familiar?) in Week Six.
Then the bye week happened.
Who knows what that stupid team was doing over their free weekend, but it completely derailed the season. Ten weeks and eight losses later, the Broncos weren't even in the playoffs.
Don't think I'm just trying to rain on Kansas City's 3-0 parade, because it was the Chiefs who finally ended the Broncos' playoff hopes in week 17. No, I'm above that. I'm just trying to deliver a fair warning as to the damage that one little bye week can wreak.
Edited by Michael Bednar
STAFF
Kansan football beat writer resigns
Football beat writer Matt Galloway has resigned after it was discovered that he had included quotes in his story, "Gill's rules reining players in," without giving proper attribution in
Tuesday's edition. The quotes were taken from a Lawrence Journal-World story.
The Kansas has a strict policy on sourcing and related issues. His actions clearly violated that policy.
The Kansan apologizes to its readers for Galloway's action.
NBA
Thunder wins in preseason opener
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Jeff Green scored 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter and Oklahoma City beat the Charlotte Bobcats 97-93 on Wednesday night in the Thunder's preseason opener.
James Harden had 16 points, Serge Ibaka had 12 points and 11 rebounds and NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant added 12 for the Thunder. They never
trailed in the fourth quarter and held the Bobcats without a field goal during the final seven minutes.
With owner Michael Jordan looking on from a courtside seat, Tyrus Thomas scored 16 points and Gerald Wallace and Boris Diaw added 14 apiece for the Bobcats (0-2).
The Bobcats closed within one when Derrick Brown's 3-pointer made it 89-88 with 7:07 remaining.
Associated Press
NFL
Moss traded to the Vikings
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Randy Moss had expressed frustration with the Patriots since early in training camp, first about his contract, then about his role
in the offense,
Finally, Bill Belichick had
had enough.
The coach traded
the talented but
temperamental
receiver to the Vikings.
Wednesday for a third-round draft pick in 2011. The Patriots will give Minnesota their seventh round pick in 2012.
Moss
"Over the past several months, I have spoken with Randy and his representative (Joel Segal) about Randy's place on our team and his future in football," Belichick said in a statement. "In this business, there are complex and often difficult decisions, but it is my responsibility to make them based on what I feel is best for our team, in both the short term and long term."
Bellichick acquired Moss in April 2007 in a trade with the Raiders, and Moss quickly helped the Patriots become the first team to go 16-0 in the regular season. They won two playoff games before losing to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
But it went downhill from there. Moss' tenure in New Eng land was eventually marked by unhappiness over his contract, especially after the team signed quarterback Tom Brady to a new deal shortly before the start of the season. Moss also had issues with his role in the offense, often thinking he should have more passes thrown to him.
night at halftime of the Patriots' win over the Dolphins. Moss didn't have a catch in the game.
The Vikings were in the market for a wide receiver because Sidney Rice is out until late this month or early November after undergoing hip surgery. Brett Favre has long admired Moss, and he lobbied the Packers to trade for him when Favre was in Green Bay.
ESPNBoston.com reported Wednesday that Moss and quarterbacks coach Bill O'Brien got into a heated exchange Monday
"We're always looking for an opportunity to make this football team better," Vikings coach Brad Childress said. "Our organization, our ownership is committed to that, and I think you try to be as resourceful as you can. I'm just happy that they supported this move and I think we'll be better for it. I think he's a good football player."
Moss is expected to practice with the team Thursday and be ready for Monday night's game against the Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Tennis
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Championships
All Day
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FRIDAY
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Soccer
Oklahoma State
4 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
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Championships
All Day
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SATURDAY
Softball Seminole State CC 11 a.m. Lawrence
Softball
Washburn
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Volleyball
 Iowa State
6:30 p.m.
Lawrence
Rowing
Head of the Oklahoma
All Day
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Women's Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
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SUNDAY
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1 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Butler County CC
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Labette County CC
4 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Tennis
All- American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Rowing
Head of the Oklahoma
All Day
Oklahoma City, Okla.
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