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Kansas faces an ideal opponent for a week when they will debut a starting quarterback, a freshman running back and an entirely new coaching staff. With the absence of Texas and Oklahoma from the Jayhawks' schedule, a bowl game is a realistic expectation for new coach Turner Gill's first season. And with the looming Big 12 realignment, the Jayhawks will not have that luxury for the foreseeable future.
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Opurum, who was a running back during his freshman year, made the abrupt switch to the defensive side two weeks ago. Opurum has not
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media since the transition,but the move was a necessary evil with the ravaged linebacker core needing all the help it can get. If Opurum cannot
adjust to the position — his first snaps at the spot since junior high the team will waste a year of one of its best pure athletes.
Kansas (5-7 in 2009)
OFFENSE
There are big cleats to fill all over the offense with the departure of Jayhawk record-breakers Todd Reesing, Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier. Sophomore quarterback Kale Pick seized his position after a competition with teammate Jordan Webb, but it may be the uncertainty of the offensive line that led
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DEFENSE
Senior linebacker Drew Dudley has seen
Reesing-esque when it comes to making plays with his feet. Senior wide receiver Johnathan Wilson finally gets his chance to step out of Briscoe and Meier's shadows and will be the key to stretching the field against the defensive-minded Bisons.
Senior Inbounder in his teammates drop like flies at his position, and with Opurum's learning curve limiting him to 10-20 snaps this weekend, Dudley will be a staple on the field. Senior Justin Springer and junior Steven Johnson will carry their weight, but
carry their weight, but any unforeseen injuries
Dudley
would force defensive coordinator Carl Torbush to play Opurum much more than either are comfortable with right now.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Seniors Alonso Rojas, punter, and Jacob Branstetter, kicker, give a sigh of relief to a coaching staff which has seen extreme turnover on offense and defense. Branstetter, who hails from Lawton, Okla., was the Jayhawks' starter the last two seasons where he was 22 for 31 on field goal attempts, including a 57-yarder against Oklahoma that stands as fourth-longest in school
history. Rojas, a native of Miami, was an All-Big 12 honorable mention last season when he posted a 40.7 yard average on 58 punts.
Branstetter
COACHING
Forget everything you know about the Kansas football coaching staff — everyone from last year is gone. Replacing embattled coach Mark Mangino is the more player-friendly Turner Gill, who took perennial loser Buffalo to a bowl game in 2008. His
Gill
coordinators, Chuck Long on offense and Carl Torbush on defense, both have head coaching experience and are well seasoned aides for Gill.
MOMENTUM
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On the bright side, everyone starts the season undefeated. It is hard to translate how the Jayhawks did on the practice field to momentum, but they seem to be responding well to Gill's player-friendly style. If ever a team which lost each of its final seven games the previous season could mark momentum as a positive on their game preview, it is this squad.
JAYHAWKS STARTING LINEUP
Offense
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Pos. Name Number Year
QB Kale Pick 7 So.
RB Angus Quigley 22 Sr.
WR Jonathan Wilson 81 Sr.
WR Bradley McDougald 24 So.
WR Daymond Patterson 15 Jr.
TE Tim Biere 86 Jr.
T Tanner Hawkinson 72 So.
G Duane Zlatnik 67 So.
C Sal Capra 59 Sr.
G Trevor Marrongelli 69 So.
T Brad Thorson 76 Sr
K Jacob Branstetter 14 Sr.
Defense
| Pos. | Name | Number | Year |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| DE | Quintin Woods | 93 | Sr. |
| DT | Richard Johnson | 97 | Jr. |
| DT | Patrick Dorsey | 92 | Jr. |
| DE | Jake Laptad | 91 | Sr. |
| OLB | Drew Dudley | 49 | Sr. |
| MLB | Justin Springer | 45 | Sr. |
| OLB | Steven Johnson | 52 | Jr. |
| CB | Isiah Barfield | 19 | Jr. |
| SS | Olaitan Oguntodu | 44 | Sr. |
| FS | Lubbock Smith | 1 | So. |
| CB | Chris Harris | 16 | Sr. |
| P | Alonso Rojas | 18 | Sr. |
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DETROIT — Matthew Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to lift the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 win over the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night.
Stafford's second pass was picked off by Drayton Florence and Detroit punted on his second and last drive.
Trent Edwards was 4 for 4 for 66 yards — including a 50 yard pass to Lee Evans — on his only drive that set up Rian Lindell's first of three field goals.
after missin an ankle injury. Bills rookie running back C.J. Spiller was rested andrunning back Fred Jackson missed a third straight
after missing two games with to lose their cushion when Bri
Stafford's first pass was deflected and the second ... was picked off by Florence, who returned it 40 yards for a score.
game because of a broken left hand.
Detroit opens at Chicago, and Buffalo hosts Miami in Week 1.
when Brian Brohm's pass went off tight end J.P. Foschi's hands and Ashlee Palmer made a diving interception and 39-yard return.
Jerome Felton's 1-yard run with 10 seconds left in the half pulled
the Lions within nine.
After Shaun Hill was just 2 of 6 for 21 yards, Stanton entered and threw a short pass that DeDe
16-yard pass to Derrick Williams early in the fourth to put the Lions ahead — for the first time 21-17.
Dorsey fumbled at the Lions 23 to give the Bills a chance to retake the lead, but they blew it when rookie Levi Brown threw a pass that wasn't close to a teammate in the end zone. Paul Pratt made a diving interception, got up and returned it 102 yards to seal the win.
The Lions, though, couldn't have been thrilled because they were hoping Stafford would have a brief and productive tuneup for the regular season.
He didn't.
Stafford's first pass was deflected and the second — a short pass to the flat intended for Calvin Johnson — was picked off by Florence, who returned it 40 yards for a score.
He helped, Detroit drive to the Buffalo 28, but receiver Nate Burleson was called for holding and pushed the team back to a second-and-20 at midfield and Stafford didn't attempt to make a big play to get a first down.
Stafford was 3 of 6 for 21 yards and an interception. The No. 1 pick of the 2009 NFL draft was much more effective in his first three preseason games, completing 74 percent of his passes for 332 yards, three TDs and an interception.
Edwards was very efficient and made coach Chan Gailey proud by taking a calculated chance deep downfield, connecting on a long pass to a leaping Evans.
Lynch was lackluster in his return, while Spiller, who has been spectacular, watched on the sideline in football pants, a jersey and baseball cap.
Chad Simpson's 1-yard run pulled the Bills within five with 16 seconds left. Buffalo then conceded the exhibition by kicking deep instead of attempting an inside kick.