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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures."
Earl Warren
FACT OF THE DAY
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This is the second consecutive season a freshman running back rushed for over 100 yards for the Jayhawks. James Sims had 101 yards Saturday. Toben Opurum had 109 last year against Southern Miss.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: The Heisman Trophy is named after legendary coach John Heisman. At which school did he coach for most of his career?
A: Georgia Tech. Heisman was the coach of the Yellow Jackets from 1904-1919.
heisman.com
HBO wins Jets preseason points
MORNING BREW
if pumpkin spice lattes and 7 a.m. tailgating aren't enough reason to
I taliating aren't enough reason to love fall, the NFL cements it as the absolute best time of the year. I'm looking forward to watching my Cowboys pull a Turner Gill and get their act together in the second week, eventually winning a Super Bowl in their own stadium, but this year I'll have a second team to keep tabs on the jets
So how did the jets go from barely a blip on my radar to my second favorite team? HBO's "Hard Knocks: Training Camp" got me hooked.
If you haven't seen the clip of Antonio Cromatie struggling to name all eight of his children, go find it. You'll notice they're all under the age of five, and three of them are 3 years old. 2007 was a big year for him.
BY SARAH KELLY
skelly@kansan.com
In the same episode, the team works out with Shake Weights, the hilariously inappropriate gadget designed to tone the triceps. Why can't my job be that fun?
A winning record isn't enough to hold my attention. For me, the personalities that make up the team are the most compelling part.
And HBO knows how to reel me in. I became attached to the rookies, emotionally invested in their status on the roster. Brashton Satele, a linebacker out of Hawaii,
looked promising until he tore his Achilles tendon in the first preseason game. Wide receiver Larry Taylor is only 5"6" but incredibly scrappy. I just knew my favorites would survive the axe.
They were cut in the season finale last week. Just as I think the series will end in disappointment, a small miracle occurs. Darrelle Revis, the show's invisible character, signs a reconfigured contract and reunites with the Jets. Doesn't everyone love a happy ending?
"Hard Knocks" has done something amazing; it has made me feel like a stakeholder in the success of a team I never cared about before. I want to see the Jets do well like I want to see my friends and family do well.
I hope Cromartie's career flourishes so
he can send all eight of his kids to college. I hope Satele comes back from injury to live his dream of playing professional football. I hope Mark Sanchez learns to curb his buffoonery so he can lead the team — and to reduce his risk of getting punched in the face.
The Jets play their first regular season game tonight, and I'll be checking the score at work. That's a first.
But the Cowboys are still America's team and Dallas is still the best city in our nation's greatest state. Good TV can't change that.
Edited by Kelsey Nill
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Denard Robinson sets records for Michigan, defeats the Irish 28-24
ASSOCIATED PRESS
He broke off the longest run in the history of the Irish's fabled stadium — an 87-yarder for a TD.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — If Denard Robinson's performance last week was a jaw dropper, what he did against Notre Dame on Saturday topped it.
And oh, yeah, he directed the game-winning TD drive, scoring himself from 2 yards out with 27 seconds left to send Michigan (2-0) to a pulsating 28-24 victory.
That's just for starters. How about a school-record 502 yards total offense for a QB, including 258 yards rushing on 28 carries and 244 more passing?
No wonder Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez said the spectacular new star of his spread offense
might sleep on the trip back to Ann Arbor. He deserves some rest.
"Man. I didn't even know that," Robinson said of his record-breaking day — the second week in a row he snapped single-game Michigan quar-
was clicking. ... I'm a team player and I don't look at stat."
He doesn't lace his spikes,
"（Roundtree) gave me a wink before the play. He winked at me and I knew I could go to him and I could count on him."
terback marks for total offense and rushing.
"Our offense came together," he said. "The offensive line blocked, the receivers catching, everything
DENARD ROBINSON Michigan quarterback
his spikes either. And he's durable.
got to have toughness."
"He's a tough kid. That's the one thing that stands out," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "You run a quarterback 25 times, you
Dayne Crist missed most of
Kelly's guy was tough, too. But he just couldn't pull out the victory.
the first half after getting blurry vision from hitting his head on the ground during a run in an opening TD drive. But he brought the Irish back in the second half and connected with tight end Kyle Rudolph on a 95-yard TD pass to put Notre Dame (1-1) ahead with 3:41 left.
Then Robinson showed that not only is he fast and strong, he's a clutch player, too. He led Michigan on a 12-play, 72-yard drive, capped his game-winning TD — a fitting end.
Notre Dame (1-1) had one last chance from the Wolverines' 27 with six seconds left, but Crist threw the ball out of the end zone on the final play.
crucial first on a fourth-and-1 at the Notre Dame 35. Then on a third-and-5 from the 17, Robinson drilled a 15-yard pass to Roy Roundtree to the 2 to set up his TD.
On the game-winning drive, Robinson carried to pick up a
"He (Roundtree) gave me a wink before the play. He winked at me and I knew I could go to him and I could count on him," Robinson said. "And he was there."
Robinson's most spectacular moment came late in the second quarter, when he took the snap from his own 13, went to the right side, made a little cut and sprinted past the Irish defense.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Women's Golf
2010 Chip N Club
Invitational
All Day
12 p.m.
Lincoln, Neb.
Men's Golf Fairway Club Invitational All Day Nebraska City, Neb.
TUESDAY
Men's Golf
Fairway Club Invitational
All Day
Nebraska City, Neb.
Women's Golf
2010 Chip N Club Invita-
tional
All Day
Lincoln, Neb.
WEDNESDAY
Women's Volleyball
Kansas State
7:00 PM
Manhattan, Kan.
FRIDAY
Women's Soccer
Milwaukee
5:00 PM
Lawrence, Kan.
Football
Southern Miss Friday
7:00 PM
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Women's Tennis
KU Tournament
All Day
Lawrence, Kan.
SATURDAY
Women's Volleyball
Texas A&M
6:30 PM
Lawrence, Kan.
Women's Tennis
KU Tournament
All Day
Lawrence, Kan.
SUNDAY
Women's Soccer
Missouri State
1:00 PM
Lawrence, Kan.
Women's Tennis
KU Tournament
All Day
Lawrence, Kan.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady was back where he's most comfortable, on the field with Wes Welker grabbing touchdown passes.
NFL
The headline-making quarterback threw two of his three touchdown passes to Welker, who returned from a serious knee injury, and led the New England Patriots to a 38-24 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Bengals lose to Patriots 38-24
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens combined for 19 receptions for 212 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals, but their impact fell
His day was made smoother by Welker, who caught eight passes for 64 yards less than eight months after surgery for a torn knee ligament.
the season-opening victory came just three days after Brady was unhurt in a two-car crash then agreed to a contract making him the NFL's highest player.
short of the hype that accompanied their partnership.
The Patriots' dominance was complete as they also scored on defense with Gary Guyton's 59-yard interception return and on special teams on Brandon Tate's 97-yard runback of the second-hall kickoff.
Welker led the NFL with 346 receptions the past three years, the last coming on Jan. 3 in the regular season finale at Houston.
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