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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Pluto's not even a planet no more, which I'm very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I'm 25, I turn around and Pluto's no longer a planet. I'm going to elbow that guy in the nose. I love Pluto. Everybody loves Pluto. There's a dog named Pluto in the cartoons. I don't know how we got on that subject. We've got to see if we can get Pluto back."
Ron Artest
FACT OF THE DAY
Matt Cassel became the first Chiefs quarterback to throw for 3 touchdowns since Tyler Thigpen did it Nov. 23, 2008 in a 54-31 loss to Buffalo.
— ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who was the last Jayhawk to have three non-passing touchdowns in a game?
A: Jake Sharp had two rushing and one receiving touchdown in a 34-7 victory over UTEP last season.
Kansas Athletics
FOOTBALL
Pick injures leg in end game mop-up
Backup quarterback Kale Pick finally got to see the field on Saturday against New Mexico State. But unfortunately for the speedy sophomore, that will be the last action he sees for at least three weeks.
The former starter-turned backup suffered a leg injury late in the fourth quarter during mop-up duty against the Aggies in the Jayhawks' 42-16 win. He is expected to be out about three weeks, coach Turner Gill said.
After being benched in his first start against North Dakota State, Pick has seen limited action in Wildcat-like packages. He is 14-for-24 with 153 yards passing on the season.
Matt Galloway
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Nuggets still need Carmelo Anthony
MORNING BREW
Don't hate me KU, but I love Carmelo Anthony. The smooth
The smooth, small forward from Baltimore led Syracuse to a National Championship in 2003 at the hands of the Jayhawks, and a lot of you can't forgive him for it. But seeing how he's been the core of the Denver Nuggets' current seven-year playoff streak, I just can't hold it against him.
Any basketball fan can't deny his skill set. He's a complete scorer who can drive and shoot as well as anyone in the league. His ability to draw fouls and make free throws only makes him more dynamic. While his commitment to defense is often questioned, he's proven to be solid when needed. And he's about to be traded?
needs. And he does not the Nuggets have been trying their hardest to re-sign Anthony in the offseason. They've offered an extension to his current contract, which expires after the upcoming season, and he's refused it. Now, that core of the Nuggets is at the core of a four-team trade that would send Anthony to
BY CHRISTIAN LUCERO
clucero@kansan.com
New Jersey.
I really don't blame him. The Nuggets have supplied him with a team that will be successful to a point - more specifically, the Western Conference finals. There's no denying the talent they put on the court, but they're not an elite team. The New Jersey Nets will move to Brooklyn, where Anthony was born, in a couple years. The new owner of the Nets, Mikhail Prokov, won't be as shy in shelling out money to surround Anthony with more top-tier talent, enough to challenge the NBA's evil empire in Miami.
For my Nuggets, the compensation is
plentiful. Derrick Favors, Andrei Kirilenko and multiple first-round draft picks will be enough to rebuild a Denver squad with a couple pieces already in place. But just as Kansas fans will always think of Carmelo Anthony as LaLa Vasquez's husband and don't recognize his existence in the basketball world, I'll always see 'Melo as a Nugget.
Edited by Anna Nordling
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Nevada back in AP poll,ranked 25
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The only previous time Nevada was ranked in the AP Top 25, the Wolf Pack ended the season playing in the Harbor Bowl in San Diego.
That was 1948.
It took 62 years, but Nevada is back in The Associated Press poll. The Wolf Pack were No. 25 in the poll released Sunday and are off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1991, the year before they jumped from I-AA to I-A.
"It's very exciting news," coach Chris Ault told the AP in a telephone interview Sunday. "I'm sure our players will be fired up."
The first month of the season closed with the preseason top three in the rankings unchanged: Alabama is No.1, followed by Ohio State and Boise State.
The Crimson Tide had its toughest challenge yet Saturday, coming from behind to beat Arkansas 24-20. The road victory helped the Tide gain five first-place votes to 57.
Ohio State, which rolled to a 73-20 victory against Eastern Michigan, received two first-place votes and Boise State, which beat Oregon State 37-24, received one.
No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 TCU flip-flopped spots this week. No. 6 Nebraska held its position and No. 7 Florida moved up two heading into its big game at Alabama on
The USA Today coaches' poll has the same top three teams.
Saturday.
No. 8 Oklahoma was followed by Stanford, which jumped seven spots to No. 9 and No.10 Auburn, which also gained seven spots.
The Cardinals are 4-0 for the first time since 1986 after beating Notre Dame 37-14, and have their best AP ranking since ending the 1992 season No. 9.
No. 21 Texas dropped 14 spots after a stunningly lopsided 34-12 home loss to UCLA.
West Virginia and Oregon State dropped out of the rankings. No. 23 North Carolina State (4-0), off to its best start since 2002, was the other Wolfpack to move into the poll this week. N.C.State is ranked for the first time since 2003.
As for the Wolf Pack from Reno, Ault, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002 — after the second time he stepped down as Nevada coach — is in his third stint leading his alma mater. The 63-yearold is 210-96-1 in 26 seasons with no plans to leave again anytime soon.
He put a new spin on the shotgun-spread offense and came up with the pistol. In the pistol, the quarterback lines up in a short shotgun, a few yards behind center, and a tailback lines up behind the quarterback.
The Wolf Pack have emerged as Boise State's tough rival in the Western Athletic Conference in recent seasons using an offense Ault invented in 2005.
directing the pistol, Nevada has had one of the most potent offenses in the country in recent seasons.
"He's been our starter for $3 \frac{1}{2}$ years and that experience you can't say enough about it, especially in our offense, which is fairly sophisticated," Ault said.
The Wolf Pack have averaged more than 33 points per game each of the last five seasons, and are at 44.8 heading into October. The difference this season is Nevada is allowing only 18 points per game, with nonconference victories at home against California (52-31) and at BYU (27-13) on Saturday.
"We are playing better defense," Ault said. "These last two years we were average at best on defense and it put so much pressure on offense to be productive.
"We're getting better every game and giving our offense more opportunities."
With dual-threat quarterback Colin Kaepernick
Nevada plays at rival UNLV on Saturday, then moves into its WAC schedule. Way down the road, the Wolf Pack hosts No. 3 Boise State on Nov. 26 in what could be one of the biggest WA games ever.
Both teams are not long for the WAC, though. Boise State is leaving for the Mountain West Conference after this season. Nevada has also accepted an invite to the MWC, though when the Wolf Pack will make the change is up in the air. Nevada would like it to be next season, but the WAC insists the Pack can't go until 2012.
As for the rest of the AP poll this week, Wisconsin was No.11, followed by LSU,
APTOP25
No. 1 Alabama
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 3 Boise State
No. 4 Oregon
No. 5 TCU
No. 6 Nebraska
No. 7 Florida
No. 8 Oklahoma
No. 9 Stanford
No. 10 Auburn
No. 11 Wisconsin
No. 12 LSU
No. 13 Utah
No. 14 Arizona
No. 15 Arkansas
No. 16 Miami
No. 17 Iowa
No. 18 Southern California
No. 19 South Carolina
No. 20 Michigan
No. 21 Texas
No. 22 Penn State
No. 23 North Carolina State
No. 24 Michigan State
No. 25 University of
Utah, Arizona and Arkansas,
which dropped five spots
to No. 15.The rest of the
top 20 was Miami, Iowa,
SouthernCalifornia, South
Carolina and Michigan.
Joining Texas, N.C. State and Nevada in the final five were No. 22 Penn State and No. 24 Michigan State.
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Sunflower Invitational
All Day
Lawrence, Kan.
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TUESDAY
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Sunflower Invitational
All Day
Lawrence, Kan.
WEDNESDAY
Softball
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Missouri
6:30 p.m.
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Pacific Palisades, Calif.
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