KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011 / SPORTS / 11A
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
- Lou Holtz
FACT OF THE DAY
The fastest serve recorded in a tennis match was in 1963 by Michael Sangster. It was clocked at 154 miles per hour.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who is the only Jayhawk to have started in every game this season for men's basketball?
A: Tyrel Reed
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Reed in running for student-athlete award
Senior guard Tyrel Reed is one of the 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for men's basketball.
The award is given to student-athletes classified as NCAA Division I se
Reed
niors with notable achievements in the four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Fans can vote on the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
website. Fans' votes will be combined with media and coaches' votes to determine the winner.
Reed, from Burlington, graduated
Charles owes All-Pro pick to offense
MORNING BREW
The Associated Press announced its NFL All-Pro team on Monday, which included the Kansas City Chiefs Jamaal Charles as one of the two running backs, alongside Houston's Arian Foster. Although being named to the All-Pro team can easily be viewed as an individual achievement for Charles, on a deeper level, it is a credit to Kansas City's whole organization.
First of all, Charles is the first Chief to be named All-Pro by the AP since Jared Allen and Tony Gonzalez in 2007. That was the first year of the Chiefs' dreadful three-season run of fewer than five wins per year. Having a player recognized by the AP as one of the best in the NFL is an obvious sign that the team is improving. But Charles' selection is not only about himself; it is also a credit to the improvement of the offensive line, which has transformed from being a much maligned weakness into one of the strongholds of the team. The Chiefs were the NFL's top rushing team by nearly 10 yards per game this season. As gifted as Charles is individually, without a strong offensive line and a respectable passing game, an elite running back is useless.
One of the reasons Larry Johnson flamed out in Kansas City was because pressured the line of scrimmage when they played the Chiefs. Teams knew that the passing game, headed by the
BY GEOFFERY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
likes of Damon Huard and Tyler Thigpen, was not a threat. The Chiefs' offensive line, decimated by the retirement of Willie Roaf and Will Shields and the release of Casey Wiegmann, could not hold off opposing defenses. There was nothing Johnson could do to overcome his team's deficiencies.
From the beginning of this season however, the Chiefs dominated the ground game, an important necessity that enabled the passing game, opened the playbook and ate clock. By quickly establishing Jamaal Charles and his sidekick, Thomas Jones, early in the game, the Chiefs allowed themselves to chew up clock during long drives that potentially yielded points. In doing so, the offense kept the defense off the field, and their opponent off the scoreboard. Sometimes the best defense is a good offense.
As evidenced by the Chiefs' late-game meltdown against Houston, Indianapolis, and twice against Oakland, the defense could not always be counted on to make big stops or quell an opponent's momentum. But having a momentum shifter on offense in Charles was a key tool for the Chiefs' fourth-quarter success. It was Charles' 80-yard run against the St. Louis Rams that killed the momentum the Rams were building in the fourth quarter. Although Charles did not score on that run, he put the Chiefs in position to, which they did shortly after, securing the victory. The Chiefs won only 10 games the previous three years combined. Sustained drives and key plays by the offense, such as Charles' scamper against the Rams, were a big reason why the Chiefs won 10 games this season.
Edited by Dave Boyd
FOOTBALL
Lose one recruit gain another
Three-star cornerback Kenneth Lynn has decommitted from Kansas and will sign his letter of intent to play football for Iowa State next fall, scout.com's Greg
Ohlson reported Tuesday. The Dallas native originally committed to the Cyclones before switching to Kansas last month following a trip to Lawrence. Lynn told scout.com his final decision would not change. Lynn's main recruiter from Kansas was former coach Darrell Wyatt, who left Kansas
in December with a degree in pre-therapy and exercise science after just three-and-a-half years of study. He has been accepted into the physical therapy program at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Meanwhile coach Turner Gill landed another offensive weapon on Wednesday. Three-star wide receiver Marquis Jackson verbally committed to the Jayhawks, rivals.com reported. As a high school
for a coaching job at the University of Texas earlier this month.
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Reed has averaged 10 points and three rebounds during the first 20 games of this season. —Nicolas Roesler
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senior, Jackson caught 44 passes for 1,186 yards and 12 touchdowns, earning him Texas 4A All-State honors. The Fort Worth, Texas native also had offers from Baylor, Arkansas and Nebraska among others.
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