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senior DeMarco Murray.
At the Big 12 Media Days this summer, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops compared his under-the-radar running back to former
Peterson. That comparison isn't far off if we're talking about beastliness.
BCS Championship, which Murray said was the hardest time of his life.
That year, he set the Oklahoma record for all-pur
In 2007, Murray dislocated his kneecap and missed the end of the season. In 2008, he tore a tendon in his hamstring during the opening kickoff of Big 12 Championship. Then he couldn't play in the
"I'm mentally there. I'm physically there."
DEMARCO MURRAY Oklahoma senior running back
pose yards in a season with 2.171. And last year, he was hobbled by an ankle injury for most of the
year. But Murray has changed everything to make himself an integral part in Oklahoma's offense.
"I'm mentally there," Murray said. "I'm physically there."
To prevent further injuries, he took up yoga and asked NFL players for some new stretching techniques. He said he's eating better, too.
Oklahoma and Texas are the top dogs in the conference, but I give the Sooners the nod because of Murray. He doesn't see it that way.
"I'm not going to put us up on that pedestal," Murray said, "because a lot of people deserve that right now."
Don't be surprised if this guy wins the Heisman this year.
- Edited by Clark Goble
ML8
Pujols has chance at first Triple Crown since 1967
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON — It is the race within a race, the one the player and his manager only reluctantly acknowledge.
As the Cardinals strive for an eighth postseason appearance in 11 seasons, their offensive centerpiece is attempting to construct a bridge to 1967, even 1937.
An unusual season has brought Albert Pujols to an unusual place. After enduring a harsh May, he enters September on a path that may secure the league lead in batting average, RBI and home runs: the Triple Crown.
"I'm reluctant to even address it," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "It's certainly significant, but you don't want to put emphasis on anything that detracts from our team goal. There's a lot that potentially goes with it."
"It's not what I play for," Pujols said Saturday. "It's what I've told you all along. Numbers aren't what I play for."
History suggests Pujols is only slightly off target.
Yet only two days after becoming the third-youngest player to reach 400 home runs, Pujols called the Triple Crown "impossible."
No player has captured a Triple Crown since Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski did during the franchise's "Impossible Dream" 1967 season. Yastrzemski hit 44 home runs and amassed 121 RBIs while winning the second of three batting titles in the years immediately before the lowering of the pitcher's mound.
Minnesota Twins third baseman Harmon Killebrew matched Yaz's home run total, but that did not prevent the game from celebrating its second Triple Crown winner in as many seasons. (Frank Robinson accomplished the same for the 1966 Baltimore Orioles.)
The feat hasn't occurred in the National League since 1937 when Cardinals left fielder Joe Medwick hit .374 with a careermost 31 home runs and 154 RBIs in 156 games. A Cardinal for nine seasons who served as offensive engine to the '34 Gashouse Gang, Medwick hit more than 20 home runs only three times during a 17-year career but averaged 52
doubles from 1935-39.
Not since Dick Allen chased the Triple Crown with the '72 Chicago White Sox has any player simultaneously led all three categories in September
The last three NL hitters to lead Two Triple Crown categories — Dante Bichette (1995), Todd
Helton (2000) and Matt Holliday (2007) — did so within Coors Field's mile-high confines.
Six National League players have led two Triple Crown categories since 1967. Only three of those — San Francisco Giants first baseman Willie McCovey (1969), Cincinnati Reds left fielder George Foster (1977) and Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt (1981) — have done so without benefit of playing for the Colorado Rockies.
"It's a very special milestone. Don't think that I don't care." Pujols said. "Don't read me wrong. This is just not the time to think about numbers when you have a ball club fighting to get wins and to stay focused on getting to the postseason. I'm not a selfish player. This (team) is my family."
Pujols barely slipped to third in the batting chase Friday behind Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. Until then, he and Reds first baseman Joey Votto stood 1-2 in each Triple Crown category, suggesting a possible match race
"It's what I've told you all along. Numbers aren't what I play for."
during the season's final five weeks.
ALBERT PUJOLS Cardinals first baseman
Puijols' current advantage in the "counting statistics" of home runs and RBIs appears to offer an edge. T h r o u g h
Friday, Pujols led by four home runs and three RBIs while trailing by seven points for the batting lead.
Then there is momentum.
Then there is momentum.
Pujols entered Saturday night's game batting .411 this month with 11 home runs, 22 RBIs and 28 runs scored with a monstrous 1.336 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS). Together, the numbers easily represent his most productive month this season.
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Above: Senior midfielder Erin Lewis dribbles the ball around Eastern Kentucky defender Stephanie Murray. Lewis recorded two shots on goal and contributed one assist in the 3-0 win against Eastern Kentucky. Right: Freshman midfielder Madi Hill outpaces Eastern Kentucky forward Courtney Nestor during the first half. The Jayhawks defeated the Colonels 3-0 in the season open Friday afternoon.
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strong until Georgia scored in the 21st minute. Junior forward Ashley Miller slotted a ball in the side of the goal on a pass from freshman midfielder Alexa Newfield.
Sophomore midfielder Susannah Dennis and freshman forward Meghan Gibbons each had a pair of goals for the Bulldogs.
Despite giving up five goals, sophomore goalkeeper Kat Liebstrau set a career high — 15 saves.
Kansas returns to action Friday when they travel to Evanston, Ill. to take on Northwestern.
Edited by Kelsey Nill
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
New coach, new style in South Bend
vinced him Floyd was "overhyped and, at times, average."
Shortly after Brian Kelly replaced Charlie Weis as Notre Dame football coach, star wide receiver Michael Floyd reacted in disbelief when the new man distributed a blueprint to the players explaining how each player's locker should be organized. Kelly, too, had his qualms when a review of 2009 game video condone exactly what we've asked. It's a paradigm shift — different leadership styles — that's been the one aspect of growing."
But as the Irish prepare to begin a new era, Kelly, Floyd and the rest of the players are on the same page and brimming with optimism about a transition to the spread offense and 3-4 defense Kelly used to turn Cincinnati and Central Michigan from doormats into powers.
Asked recently how well the players Weis left behind have bought into the new regime, Kelly said:"All of the players have
As acerbic as Weis could be in his public-relations role, he was not exactly a demanding taskmaster with his players. Kelly is far more fluent with the media, and he conveys a clarity of vision that is a marked departure from his predecessor.
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