/ SPORTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I think they will temper themselves. The bridge is not crossed. We are sitting right in the middle of it, but still moving forward. What we did is we played a good game yesterday, a complete game and now we have got to go do it again next week in Dallas."
Baylor coach Art Briles on his team's temperament Sunday
FACT OF THE DAY
Tight end Ted McNulty made his first career start. This was the first time all season Kansas started with a two tight end set.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time Kansas gave up at least 678 yards of offense?
A: 1988, against Auburn
Fans will loathe lonely Sundays
MORNING BREW
If you haven't heard, the MLB season wrapped up yesterday and playoffs start later this week. The NHL season is also just about to drop the puck on its new season, and the NBA tips off later this month. Multiple soccer leagues across the globe are also in full swing.
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globe are also in that living.
Now the big question you're probably asking yourself is: why am I writing about things such as soccer and hockey when it's football season? The answer is preparation. I am simply preparing myself for next fall, when the NFL holds a lockout and my Sundays start to revolve around homework instead of football.
BY ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
The NFL lockout seems inevitable, and I can't imagine the players or the owners caving. The sad part about all this is that the fans will be the ones who suffer. We lose our Sundays, but the NFL owners will still get paid $5 billion from their TV contracts.
The NFL owners, spearheaded by Commissioner Rodger Goodell, want to get rid of two preseason games and add them to the regular season. In practice this seems great. Season ticket holders will no longer pay regular season prices for meaningless games.
The fact is that football is a violent game. Just yesterday, newfound media darling/ salvaged soul Michael Vick left the Eagles game in the first half after absorbing a vicious sandwich hit along the goal line. The truth is Vick would never have even been in that starting position had it not been for an injury to starter Kevin Kolb in the opening game. Can we really expect the players to give up a percentage of the profits and subject their bodies to more punishment?
owners, who are asking for the players to take a smaller piece of the cash pie, are putting the players at greater injury risk. And with all the studies coming out about the long-term dangers of concussions, the NFL owners are appearing even more selfish in asking the players to do more for less.
The NFL Players Association is not too fond of it. They feel that the
On the flip side, rookie contracts are
astronomical. The draft's No.1 pick Sam Bradford received $50 million and every year the No.1 pick wants even more than last year's.And the Players Association has demonstrated their unity throughout the season, beginning with the Saints and Vikings coming together on the field before the season opener.
Clearly the system needs to be changed. The question is which side will give in first. And no matter what happens, with a lockout next season the fans will lose. So my only advice is to choose an MLS or NHI team to follow if you want to keep occupied. But no matter what, Sundays next fall could be very lonely.
Hallberg sets record in Ensure Classic win
CONOVER, N.C. — Gary Hallberg shot a record-setting 11-under 61 Sunday to win the Ensure Classic by one stroke ahead of Fred Couples.
Hallberg finished at 18-under 198, tying the event record at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa and winning his first career Champions Tour title. Hallberg bettered the final-round record of 62, set by Bob Tway earlier Sunday. Tway's round had surpassed the former mark of 64 set by Doug Tewell in 2004.
"You never think you're going to win," said Hallberg, who became the seventh first-time winner on the 50-and-over tour this season. "You look at the players
— guys like Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer — who are champions, and you think 'Even if I play my best, how am I going to beat those guys?'
“You've got to believe, you've got to have confidence. I've never been the most confident golfer in my career ... but I'm starting to believe in what I'm doing out there. I knew I could win, because I've done it before ... but I didn't know if I could do it here. I'm still stunned by it all.”
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TENNIS
Khanevskaya excels on both sides
A strong finish in singles and doubles
BY MIKE VERNON
mvernon@kansan.com
Kansas tennis opened play Friday in Notre Dame's Eck Classic in South Bend, Ind. Kansas competed in three singles draws and had three doubles teams compete in the tournament.
All of Kansas' doubles teams went undefeated on the day, advancing to the quarterfinals.
advancing to the op
Sophomore Victoria Khanevskaya stood out on the first day by going undefeated in both singles and doubles. Two other singles players had a strong opener as freshman Dylan Windom and sophomore Sara Lazarevic both advanced in their consolation brackets. The rest of the singles players did not fare as well, as three players went 0-2 on the day.
matches of the day. The women competing in singles consolation draws were also eliminated after losing their first matches.
Day two was not all lost. Khanevskaya and her doubles partner, senior Kate Goff, won their doubles draw, defeating a pair from Miami University in the finals. Khanevskaya pushed on and advanced to the finals of her singles draw as well, but she had to settle for second place overall after losing to the University of Akron's Natasha Kuvakina 6-1, 7-5.
Play continued Saturday as the Jayhawks took the court looking to build on their strong play from day one. Things did not go as planned, as two of the three surviving doubles teams dropped their first and only
Meanwhile, juniors Erin Wilbert and Ekaterina Morozova were finally eliminated Sunday by a Wake Forest duo in the pre-qualifying rounds of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Women's All-American Championships in Los Angeles. The Jayhawks will compete next at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals on Oct. 21 in Fayetteville, Ark.
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