/ SPORTS / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Four potential running backs create tricky situation
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER
bschuster@kansan.com
When asked to comment on the current running back situation, freshman running back Deshaun Sands gave both the positive and the negative.
the biggest "it's a challenge, but we're getting through it." Sands said. "Each one helps another, we have complement styles."
Senior running back Angus Quigley runs behind sophomore Duane Zlatnik during Kansas' game against New Mexico State last week. Quigley was the original starting running back, but lost the joh
Dealing with four backs can be tricky, almost as tricky as the circumstances that got the Jayhawks to this point.
Angus Quigley had the job at first.
He was a running back with promise, who had made a big
enough impression on coach Turner Gill that he earned the starting job.
With Sands backing up Quigley, it seemed as though the freshman would
freshman would
Quigley
have a strong mentor to look up to. However, after a devastating loss to North Dakota State, the arrangement would have to be audible.
that adjustment came in the form of 6-foot, 226-pound James Sims, who was playing for the injured Sands. He made an immediate impact, breaking out for 101 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown. His performance placed him in the record books as the first freshman in Kansas football
nstory to gain 100 yards rushing in his debut.
By way of an injury, leaving a questionable status on Quigley from the Georgia Tech game, Sims would have a chance to showcase his skills with his freshman counterpart, Sands.
Sims received the bulk of the workload against Southern Miss, accounting for 77 yards on 20 carries. Sands accounted for 35 yards on eight carries. Not stellar games for either, but the season was still young. On to Week 4 and New Mexico State.
The week of preparation started out with the news that Angus Quigley, who had been voted one of the captains not more than a month ago by his teammates, would not be receiving the bulk of the carries in the forthcoming games. While Quigley had come up with big statistics for the layhawks in his career — 476 yards and five touchdowns on 92 carries he had lost the starting job.
It wasn't Sands who was moved up to No.1 on the depth chart, but rather Sims.
With what seemed to be a solid backfield, the Jayhawks headed into Week 4 with a game plan in mind. While the Jayhawks did emerge victorious, they did not see the run game they had expected. A new player had stepped up in the backfield changing the status quo of the running backs. Again.
Sophomore D.J. Beshares burst onto the running back scene and never looked back. His 68 yards
on 15 carries, along with two touchdowns, stole the show last Saturday. His play only complicates the backfield further.
Gill and offensive coordinator Chuck Long now face the extremely tough task of handling the backfield.
"It's not a matter of saying we need to get this guy that many or that many, we're just trying to
make sure we do things in a good way" Gill said on Tuesday, "We still got our plan just to do whatever we can do to production out of our running game. Definitely James Sims will probably be the primary guy, but Sands is going to get some carries. Beshears is going to get some carries."
to get some information The best news of all is that the carousel of running backs is only
helping freshman quarterback Jordan Webb come up with yards.
"We have a lot of good running backs, and it's something that I enjoy, because whenever you get the ball in those guys' hands, you know they're doing something with it." Webb said.
When it comes to football, nothing is set in stone — it is not unlikely that the best player one
As of Wednesday, Gill listed Quigley as "doubtful" for this week's game at Baylor. His apparent leg injury has not progressed.
week may not be the best another week. This could turn in the favor of Quigley. Presently, Angus Quigley's carries are for the most part on hiatus.
Edited by Clark Goble
Phillies defeat Nationals 7-1 in Washington's home finale
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finale.
WASHINGTON Ben Francisco hit two of Philadelphia's four homers Wednesday night, and a lineup filled with reserves led the NL East champion Phillies to a 7-1 victory over the last-place Nationals in Washington's home
Only two regulars started for Philadelphia, which is 95-64 and already was assured of homefield advantage throughout the postseason. as manager Charlie Manuel gave key cogs such as Ryan Howard and Chase Utley the night off. Mike Sweeney and
Francisco hit consecutive homers off Ross Detwiler (1-3) to open the second inning.
John Mayberry added a three-run shot in the fourth, and Francisco's second homer of the night, a two-run drive, came an
Joe Blanton (9-6) gave up one
unearned run and three singles in seven innings.
seven innings.
In what have been Adam Dunn's final game at Nationals Park as a member of the home team, the slugging first baseman went 0 for 4 with four strike-outs. He leads Washington with 38 homers and 103 RBIs and can
become a free agent this offseason.
"We need to get a four-hole hitter that plays first base. We understand that. We want it to be Adam Dunn," Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said. "But if it isn't, we need to address that situation."
needed to address that
When Dunn led off the ninth
inning, he was greeted by a standing ovation from most of the announced crowd of 20,026.
The Nationals drew a total of 1,828,066 fans in 2010. That's an average of 22,569 — up about 135 per game from 2009 — at 40,000-plus-capacity Nationals Park.
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