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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"As you walk down the fairway or life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."
— Martina Navratilova
FACT OF THE DAY
On this date in 1989, Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on the game.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who is the only person in NFL history to be drafted in the first round and win the Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach and a head coach?
A: Mike Ditka
Nebraska made smart pick with Big 10
MORNING BREW
I hate Nebraska. I hate what it did to the Big 12 conference and the perceived money-grabbing ethics that led to its exit from the Big 12. But the real reason I hate the school even more is that as much as it destroys the Big 12 conference, its move to the Big Ten makes perfect sense. And deep down I wish that Kansas had somehow been able to manufacture a similar move from the Big 12 to a more stable conference.
Since the Big Eight Conference merged with the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1994, the landscape has always been slanted toward the Texas teams, specifically the Longhorns. It started with the move of conference headquarters to Dallas and has continued all the way to last season's Big 12 championship game, where a questionable review of the game clock led to a last second field goal, giving Texas the win
Nebraska leaving created a panic in
BY ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
which rumors swirled around the possibility of the Big 12 falling apart entirely and, once again, it all hinged on whether Texas wanted to stay put. "Luckily" Texas accepted the more than generous offer from the remaining Big 12 north members to stay put, but, once again, we bent over backward to give them what we want.
Even worse, the whole conference situation really reminded me (really, I just finally saw the light) that outside of Kansas, Kentucky and a few other hoops
hot spots, no one cares about NCAA basketball until tournament time. Even then, the public only wants to see upsets. Unless you are a student or graduate of Kansas, you were rooting for Northern Iowa last March even if it ruined your bracket.
This is why I am jealous of Nebraska. It was brave enough to stand up and say enough is enough and walk away. It was tired of living under the looming shadow of Texas and wanted to remind the nation of the traditional powerhouse it is, claiming three national titles in the '90s alone. It can stand up to the bully of the Big 12 and say that if they won't play fair, then it will just play somewhere else.
Kansas can never do that. We don't have the tradition in football, and basketball leverage will only take us so far. So now we are stuck in a strange NCAA football limbo known as the Big 12, while
the big wigs of the conference decide whether to disband a few years down the road or invite two more teams to get the number back to 12. If Kansas were given a chance to swap places right now with Nebraska and join the Big Ten, we would be fools not to take it.
Edited by Anna Nordling
FOOTBALL
Meier injured, out for season
BY MATT GALLOWAY
mgalloway@kansan.com
A promising camp quickly transformed into a lost season for former Jayhawk wide receiver Kerry Meier.
Meier, competing for a starting job with the Atlanta Falcons, suffered a right knee injury during a 28-10 preseason loss to the New England Patriots on Aug. 19. While the severity of the injury has not been revealed, Meier has landed on the injured reserve list, prematurely ending his first season in the league.
Falcons officials were impressed with Meier's physicality and aggressiveness during training camp and thought he had a shot at winning the starting receiver role out of camp.
Falcons coach Mike Smith said to the team has enough depth to cover for Meier, a fifth-round pick, and will not seek outside help at the position.
"It's very tough for Kerry and for our football team." Smith told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Kerry had a solid training camp."
With his tight end Michael Palmer laying a block in front of him, Meier tried to adjust his route but made a bad cut and fell to the turf, writhing in pain. He was able to make it to walk himself to the sidelines but did not return.
Meier is the career leader in receptions in a single season (102) and single game receptions (12) for the Jayhawks.
NFL
— Edited by Sean Tokarz
Quarterbacks keep rivalry alive in pros
Young outdued Leinart yet again, Chris Johnson ran for a touchdown and Tennessee beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-10 Monday night in the Titans' preseason home opener.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — National championship, regular season or simply an exhibition. The setting doesn't seem to matter, not when Vince Young is playing Matt Leinart.
The Titans (1-1) never trailed as Johnson scored on his sixth carry, an 8-yard TD that capped an 85-yard drive. The All-Pro watched from the bench the rest of the night.
The top two quarterbacks taken in the 2006 draft didn't play very much in the preseason
matchup. At least Leinart didn't have to watch Young drive his team down the field late for the win like he did in the 2006 BCS national championship or on this very field last Nov. 29 with a 99-yard drive for a 20-17 win.
Young has no competition for his starting job these days, and he was 9 of 13 for 128 yards. The former Texas star left after four series with a 10-0 lead.
Leinart is trying to hold off Derek Anderson for the starting job in Arizona. Leinart, who starred for Southern California in college, was 4 of 6 for 28 yards but produced no points for a second straight preseason game.The Cardinals (1-1) went three-and-out on each of his three series.
Young struggled a bit early but completed three of four passes for 67 yards to set up Johnson's TD run.
He learned this from The Matrix'
Nick Surface, London graduate student, returns a serve during a match of tennis Monday afternoon behind Robinson Center. The courts are open to all students daily until midnight
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the offensive and defensive intensity she brought to the court last season. Mayfield said the scrimmage helped the team realize what they needed to work on.
"There were a lot of things that
happened in the match that we can learn from. We will take those things into practice and work on them." Mayfield said, "We have a lot of potential, but also have a lot of work we can do to get better."
Mayfield is cool, calm and collected — and ready for the game on Friday.
"You can't go into a match scared or intimidated, no matter who it is," Mayfield said. "You have to go
into it confident and knowing you have prepared enough to win the match."
Edited by Michael Bednar
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