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2B / **SPORTS** / MONAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"They played with a lot of heart and I'm proud to be their head football coach. I'm glad they have one more game and hopefully we can finish on a great note for those guys. They are good people,good football players and they will be very good in our society for the rest of their lives."
—Couch Turner Gill on the 20 seniors who played their last game at Memorial Stadium
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas running back James Sims' eight touchdowns on the season are the most since Jake Sharp had 12 in 2008.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Before his three catch effort against the Cowboys, how many career catches did Chris Omigie have?
A:Three.
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dad's side of the family is from Pittsburgh and my earliest memory is my great-grandmother cursing at the refs because they made a bad call. In my house Sundays were for Steelers, beer (or apple juice, in my case) and cards.
MORNING BREW
Chiefs make a good impression
I'm sure I will always be a Pittsburgh fan, but I feel like the last season I've kind of cheated on my team. It all started at the end of July when I went to Chiefs training camp as part of my internship.
don't know if anyone's noticed, but I'm a little bit of a Steelers fan. My family has
It really was a blast. Chiefs fans are great and will even commute to St. Joseph to get a glimpse of what to expect for the season, even if the Chiefs' last season was less than ideal. And I was in the center of everything. I got to interview the players, go to the close practices, it was great.
I still remember the first time I watched Dexter McCluster play. He was this little guy, shorter than I am, but I remember watching him beat Brandon Flowers in drills and thinking that he was going to be really good. Now if he could only stay healthy he could become one of the best players on the team.
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON
sanderson@kansan.com
The other big story was their first round pick. I remember when Eric Berry finally made his way to training camp. I wasn't sure what to expect, it seemed like he could have a case of hotshot-itis, but he was exactly the opposite. After his first day of practice he carried all of the veterans gear and stopped to talk to the press. He said he just wanted to help his team anyway he could. And he's proved it this season.
Another quick story about Eric Berry is that after many of the games he stays and helps the workers clean out the locker room. He puts all of the chairs on the table. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but I don't know how many other first round
draft picks do that. It's the little side stories like that, which make covering the Chiefs so unique.
Anyway, over the summer and going into the exhibition games and the regular season in was hard not to get attached to the team. And to top it off, they are actually winning, or at least more than last year.
I'll always love my Pittsburgh Steelers, but now the Chiefs have worked their way into my NFL Sunday schedule as well.
Edited by Tim Dwyer
VOLLEYBALL
Longhorns top the Jayhawks in four sets
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
The Jayhawks avoided a sweep in Friday's match against the No. 8 Texas Longhorns, but fell short of making a comeback as Texas took the match 3-1 in Austin. In their previous meeting, the Longhorns swept the Jayhawks 3-0 in Lawrence.
Junior setter Nicole Tate said the difference in the match for the Jayhawks amounted many moments of play where the team fell short of making plays.
With three more matches to play, Kansas dropped to 16-13 overall, including 7-11 in Big 12 play. Texas extended its winnings streak to 13; including 24 straight Big 12 victories at home for a record of 21-5 and 16-2 in the Big 12.
"She was definitely doing some damage against them," Tate said of Mayfield. "And they were having a hard time defending against her."
Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield led Kansas with 18 kills and a .341 hitting efficiency.
Senior outside hitters Jenna Kaiser and Karina Garlington followed with 17 and 11 kills, respectively. Tate helped Kansas maintain team attack percentages above .300 in each of the last three sets, recording 49 assists with three service aces and three blocks. Freshman Caroline Jarmoc led the blocking effort with six, including two solo rejections.
Despite a good overall offensive performance, the Jayhawks could not match the Longhorns pace of scoring or hitting efficiency.
The Longhorns offense did better. Texas senior Juliann Fauccette
led the Longhorns with 26 kills and only five errors for a hitting efficiency of .396. Texas achieved attack percentages of .387 and .438 in the second and fourth set and out-blocked Kansas 11-10.
Despite jumping ahead in the first set to an 8-5 lead, the Jayhawks were overwhelmed by the Longhorns' response and went down 25-16. In the second set, Kansas trailed from the beginning but made the set close with an improved .308 hitting efficiency and five kills from Kaiser. Jarmoc's solo block put the Jayhawks within a point at 22-21 but the Longhorns came out ahead 25-23.
Tolefree and Mayfield kept the momentum going into the fourth set, scoring four points between them to put the Jayhawks ahead 5-1. With Garlington, the outside hitters kept Kansas ahead late into the set, still in the lead at 19-14.
Garlington scored a kill at the opening of the third set and started an offensive run. Tate added a service ace and Mayfield contributed kills and a block together with sophomore Tayler Tolefree
Kansas improved its offensive numbers in each successive set in the match. "We were competitive; wanted to beat Texas, but we fell short."
to give Kansas a four-point lead which they maintained until the Longhorns tied the set at 20-20. Jarmoc made back-to-back blocks and Garlington scored two kills to win the set for the Jayhawks 26-24, pushing the contest to a fourth set.
Texas senior Jennifer Doris and junior Amber Roberson came
"I think everyone just stepped up." Tate said.
back with a string of unanswered kills to tie the set at 19-19. Faucette kept the rally going with five kills in quick succession to win the set 25-23 and the finish the match 3-1 for Texas.
The Jayhawks will play their final home match Wednesday, Nov. 24 against in-state rival Kansas State. In their previous meeting, Kansas lost 3-1 to Kansas State in the first match of conference play, in Manhattan.
"I think this will really give us that competitive fire again, that you need at the end of the season," Tate said. She said the team was excited to play Kansas State and then Oklahoma on Saturday. "I think that's definitely the way to get some momentum going next week."
Edited by Tim Dwyer
NFL
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Late Jones-Drew touchdown gives Jags a win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars won again in a dramatic finish with the help of another fortunate bounce.
Maurice Jones-Drew followed a 75-yard reception with a 1-yard touchdown dive, and the Jaguars overcame six turnovers to beat the banged-up Cleveland Browns 24-20 on Sunday.
Jones-Drew broke four tackles on a screen pass from David Garrard and weaved his way toward the end zone, with rookie Joe Haden making a touchdown-saving tackle that ended up taking
precious seconds off the clock
Jones-Drew scored two plays later with 1:16 left, giving both teams dramatic finishes for the second time in as many games.
The jaguars (6-4) beat Houston last week on Garrard's desperation pass to Mike Thomas on the final play. The Browns (3-7) lost to the New York Jets in overtime on Santonio Holmes' 37-yard TD reception.
Cleveland had a final chance to win this one. Jacksonville's Sean Considine tipped Colt McCoy's pass to Ben Watson at the goal line, but the pass bounced off Watson's chest and landed in Considine's
arms.
Thomas' 50-yard catch last week was tipped by a defender.
The Browns surely will kick themselves after this loss. Phil Dawson missed two 51-yard field goal attempts, and Cleveland failed to take full advantage of Jacksonville's numerous mistakes.
The Jaguars ended five consecutive drives with turnovers in the second half. Jones-Drew, whose first career pass was intercepted in the first half, started the sloppiness with a fumble following an 8-yard run.
Abram Elam stripped the ball from Jones-Drew's hands and
returned it 18 yards for a score and a 14-10 lead. Players on both sides watched the play unfold, many of them believing Jones-Drew was down or that his forward progress had been stopped.
Garrard threw behind Thomas on the ensuing drive, and T.J. Ward intercepted the tipped pass. Cleveland did nothing, though.
Things snowballed from there for Jacksonville.
Under heavy pressure on the following possession, Garrard threw in double coverage. Haden, playing in place of injured starter Eric Wright, picked it off and returned it to the jacksonville
Garrard fumbled on a third-down run to end the next drive, then had another tipped pass intercepted. That pass bounced off Mercedes Lewis' pads and into Ward's hands.
it 17-10.
31 before fumbling. Teammate Chris Gocong recovered, but the Browns had to settle for Dawson's 38-yarder that made
Cleveland did nothing with either turnover, punting on one and missing a field goal try on the other.
Jacksonville could have trailed badly. Instead, the Jaguars settled down and put together two long drives. Garrard connected with Lewis for a touchdown on third-and-goal from the 14 — a rare conversion in the NFL — to tie the game at 17 with 3:34 remaining.
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PGA
John Mallinger wins qualifying tourney
PEBLEB BEACH, Calif. — John Mallinger won the Pebble Beach Invitational on Sunday, birding four of the last six holes for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Jason Gore.
Mallinger, who lost his fully exempt PGA Tour status after finishing 133rd on the money list, made a 25-foot birdie put on No. 18 to finish at 15-under 273 in the event featuring 76 male and female players. He earned $60,000 in the $300,000 tournament sponsored by Callaway Golf.
Mallinger, who also led after the second and third rounds, had eight birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in the final round played in intermittent rain.
"I putted well today and putted well all week," said Mallinger, who has eight top-three finishes but is winless since joining the PGA Tour in 2006. "I love Pebble Beach. It's tough to beat Pebble Beach."
Gore, who will join Mallinger in the PGA Tour's final qualifying tournament, closed with a bogey-free 65.
"I tried, but I just got outplayed" said Gore, who also birdied the final round."But I played well and I'll take the momentum to Q-School."
Pat Perez (65) and Champions Tour player Russ Cochran (71) tied for third at 11 under. Cochran, who began the final round trailing by one stroke, held a one-stroke lead after birdieing the 11m but bogeyed the 13th and Mallinger soon began his final birdie spree.
Annika Sorenstam, completing her first 72-hole tournament since her LPGA Tour retirement in 2008, shot a 73 to finish at 3 under.
"It's funny, you don't play for two years and then you go inside the ropes and the mindset comes back" Sorenstam said. "It's there, which is too cool. But you can't make the same shots anymore."
Morgan Pressel shot a 72 to finish at 7 under, the best among the 13 LPGA Tour entrants.
Tommy Armour ill, the 2008 and 2009 winner, withdrew before the final round because of personal reasons.
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