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/ SPORTS / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Kansas
0 | 3 | 7 | 6 — 16
southern Mississippi
7 14 7 3 - 31
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Rushing
James Sims 74 yds
Passing
Jordan Webb
138 yds
Receiving
Johnathan Wilson 67 yds
67 yds
Kansas Passing
Kansas Passing
Player C/ATT Yards TD Long Sack
Webb, Jordan 16-26 138 1 41 4
Totals 16-26 138 1 41 4
Kansas Rushing
<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>CAR</th><th>Yards</th><th>Avg</th><th>TD</th><th>Lg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>James Sims</td><td>20</td><td>74</td><td>3.7</td><td>0</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Sands, Deshaun</td><td>8</td><td>34</td><td>4.2</td><td>1</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Beshears, D.J.</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>4.3</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Webb, Jordan</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>0.8</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Quigley, Angus</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>5.0</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>44</td><td>136</td><td>3.1</td><td>1</td><td>21</td></tr></tbody></table>
Kansas Receiving
<table border="1"><tr><td>Player</td><td>REC</td><td>Yards</td><td>Avg</td><td>TD</td><td>Lg</td></tr><tr><td>Patterson, Daym</td><td>5</td><td>15</td><td>3.0</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Wilson, Johnath</td><td>4</td><td>67</td><td>16.8</td><td>1</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>McDougald, Brad</td><td>3</td><td>20</td><td>6.7</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Biere, Tim</td><td>2</td><td>33</td><td>16.5</td><td>0</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Sims, James</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2.0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Quigley, Angus</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>16</td><td>138</td><td>8.6</td><td>1</td><td>41</td></tr></table>
Kansas Kick Returns
Player No. Yards Avg TD Bradley McDougald 5 103 20.6 0 D.J. Beshears 1 56 56.0 0
Kansas Punt Returns
Kansas Punt Returns
Player NO YDS AVG LG
Daymond Patterson 1 -1 -1.0 -1.0
Totals 1 -1 -1.0 -1.0
Kansas Kicking
Player FG PCT XP PT5 Jacob Branstetter 1/1 100.0 1 4
Kansas Punting
Player TOT YDS TB -20 LG Alonso Rojas 5 222 2 1 56
Southern Mississippi Passing
| | C/ATT | Yards | TD | Long | Sack |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 20-26 | 156 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
Southern Mississippi Rushing CAR Yards Avg TD LG Team 35 202 5.8 2 49
Southern Mississippi Receiving
| | REC | Yards | Avg | TD | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 1 | 19 |
Southern Mississippi Returns
| | NO | Yards | Avg | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 |
Southern Mississippi Returns
| | NO | Yards | Avg | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 |
Southern Mississippi Kicking
| FG | PCT | Long | XP | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 28 | 2 | 5 |
Southern Mississippi Punting
| Tot | Yards | TB | -20 | LG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 4 | 112 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
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have a good defense," Oguntodu said. "There is no doubt in my mind we are where we need to be. We've got to put it together. But the trick plays were good, they were nice. It was just a way to get us discombobulated."
to get his discontent on Sophomore Toben Opurum, who rushed for 109 yards against the Golden Eagles last season in Lawrence, made his first appearance of the season at linebacker. By playing in the game, Opurum lost his eligibility to redshirt this season unless he gets injured. Opurum did not record a tackle in the contest.
Backup sophomore quarterback Kale Pick did not see the field, but Webb seemed to be on a mission to prove he could carry the load on the ground himself. He rushed 12 times for 39 yards but netted only 10 yards because he lost 29 yards on sacks.
"It's good to see him run, take off and move the chains if the opportunity presents itself." Gill said. "If you don't see a wide receiver open to go ahead and make a first down and he did that for us."
Senior left guard Sal Capra was forced to move to center when senior Jeremiah Hatch left with a back injury in the second half. Capra was disappointed with the team's gaffes.
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"It surprised me," Capra said. "I mean, I thought we were going to come out and execute well and play hard and we just made too many mistakes."
FLAWS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
THUMBS DOWN
Inconsistency. The Jayhawks played down to their competition in week one, then played up to it in week two. In week three, it was somewhere in between.
When you turn on next Saturday's game against New Mexico State, you won't have a clue what team will come out to play. It's been bad two out of three times.
Speaking of consistency, isn't it funny that when the defense shows up to play, the offense is just dead? Then you look at Friday and the Jayhawks had some offense, but the defense was getting torched. The team is thin at linebacker and we have seen that the past couple weeks against heavy running teams.
Also, you have to wonder about the receiving corps and who the go-to guy is. At this point, no one stands out as being that guy. Freshman quarterback Jordan Webb has been solid, but he needs some help. At least junior tight end Tim Biere is catching passes now.
THUMBS UP
Hey, Kansas beat Georgia Tech, isn't that enough? That's still just one victory in the overall spectrum.
The Jayhawks are criticized for having a lack of talent on the field compared with last year. Well, some guys are proving the gap isn't as vast as most thought.
junior wide receiver Daymond Patterson has looked pretty explosive this season, even though he was held to 15 yards receiving Friday. His touchdown against Georgia Tech is by far the most exciting play for Kansas this year.
Along with Patterson, sophomore D.J. Beshears is a dynamic return man.
Senior Angus Quigley is a little nicked up, but the duo of Sims and freshman Deshaun Sands filled in admirably Satu: day. The running game seems to have plenty of capable leaders, and still room to grow.
With 175 rushing yards in two games, freshman running back James Sims has done wonderful job starting the past two games.
The coaches were wise Friday to not put sophomore quarterback Kale Pick in the game. It's not a knock on Pick, it just isn't productive to replace the starting quarterback, even if it's a wildcat formation. That formation doesn't work well anyway.
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FOOTBALL
O-line fails to clear way for offense
BY MAX VOSBURGH
mvogsburgh@kansan.com
A good offensive line normally goes unnoticed. They don't record stats like players on defense record tackles or other people on offense record yards. When an offense does well, the attention is usually towards the running backs, wide receivers and quarterback.
When a team is struggling however, many of the team's problems can be traced back to the performance of the offensive
offensive line.
Such is the case with Kansas, who dropped to 1-2 after losing to Southern Miss 31-16 on Saturday.
"I thought we had some opportunities. A lot on third and short we didn't capitalize."
This inability to block cost the Jayhawks numerous opportunities on third down and short situations. The Jayhawks were only 9/19 on third down conversions.
Quarterback Jordan Webb was hurried all game. He ended up being sucked four times, once on a big play on fourth down. He has been sacked 12 times already this season.
"I thought we had some opportunities. A lot on third and short and we didn't capitalize," coach Turner Gill said.
With 13:06 to play in the third quarter, center Jeremiah Hatch suffered a back injury. He left the game and was replaced by Capra who moved over from left guard while Duane Zlatnik came in to take his spot.
really good job of protecting and at times we do a really bad job of保护ing," senior Sal Capra said. "I think we just really need to get some consistency up there."
The Jayhawk offensive line struggled all night to create lanes for running back James Sims. Kansas ran the ball 44 times. Sims finished the night with 74 yards on 20 carries, a 3.7 yard average. Take away a 21-yard run by Sims and he would have only had 53 yards on 19 carries, a 2.8 yard average.
Hatch started at center last week when Webb made his first start, but Webb had experience taking snaps from Capra against North Dakota State.
"I think at times we do a
TURNER GILL Coach
ticeably drop off.
The line adjusted to the change and productivity didn't no-
"Well I played center all through camp and in the first game and I'm used to playing left guard so it wasn't too difficult," Capra said.
Despite the struggles by the offensive line, Gill stuck with running and short-yard passing plays most of the game.
"They were dropping a lot of guys, playing a lot of man," Webb said. "So that's kind of what you have to do as a quarterback. If they got us covered up you've got to take off with it."
Still, the Jayhawks recognize the need to improve, not only by the lineman but by most people in general.
“There's just a bunch of stuff we've got to work on and get better at.” Webb said.
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Freshman quarterback Jordan Webb gets sacked in the third quarter. Webb was sacked four times in the loss to Southern Miss.
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