Kansas (2-3,0-2; lost 52-13
to Kansas State, Missouri)
Terry Allen’s Jayhawks con
tinue to struggle in the turnover
department. KU totaled three
turnovers against the Wildcats
(two fumbles, one interception)
and have given it away now 18
times this season in five games.
KU is going into its second rival
game in as many weeks.
Oklahoma (5-0, 2-0; beat
Texas 63-14, at Kansas State)
The Sooners come into their
matchup of the unbeatens off a
monumental win against their
archrival Saturday.
OU, now ranked No. 8, held
the Longhorns to minus seven
rushing yards on the day and
154 total yards behind Big 12
defensive player of the week
Rocky Calmus and special
teams player of the week J.T.
Thatcher. Bob Stoops’ defense
will be tested by the Wildcat
offense, which is averaging 472
yards and 51.3 points per game.
Texas (3-2,1-1; lost 63-14
against Oklahoma, at
Colorado)
Longhorn coach Mack
Brown said the video of
Saturday’s debacle against
Oklahoma showed exactly what
the score did - a lopsided game
from all angles.
Brown said his team was
out-played in all facets and he
was out-coached as well.
Getting back on track is as sim
ple as pie to Brown.
“The only way you can be a
confident team is to win,”
Brown said. "So that is what we
have to do.”
Oklahoiha State (2-3,0-2;
lost 24-10 to Missouri, Iowa
State)
.Cowboy coach Bob
Simmons benched 'starting
quarterback Tony Lindsay for
Aso Pogi in OSU’s loss t(\the
Tigers. Pogi, a redshirt fresh
man, passed for a fourth-quar
! ter touchdown but he only
completed 12 of 22 passes and
had one interception.
Before Lindsay left the
game, the senior completed 14
of 22 passes but had two picks
himself. The Cowboys are the
fourth team in the Big 12 to use
a dual or triple quarterback sys
tem so far this season.
Texas Tech (5-1,1-1; beat
Baylor 28-0, Nebraska)
The Red Raiders head into
their 6 p.m. matchup on Fox
Sports Net with the Huskers
behind an aerial offense that is
averaging 303 yards per game,
but also a stingy defense that is
allowing under ten points a
game to opponents.
Tech was able to stop three
drives that went deep into Red
Raider territory by breaking up
one fourth-down pass and
intercepting two others, pre
serving the shutout of Baylor.
Kansas State (6-0,2-0; beat
Kansas 52-13, Oklahoma)
The Wildcats will be party
ing with the ESPN GameDay
crew and Lee Corso this
Saturday in Manhattan in the
feature game of the weekend
when KSU hosts Oklahoma.
Bill Snyder and his team
have already passed two Big 12
tests with ease and a win over
the resurgent Sooners would
cement their claim to the No. 2
ranking.
Missouri (2-3, 1-1; beat
Oklahoma State 24-10, Kansas)
Redshirt freshman Darius
Outlaw had a successful debut
against the Cowboys after he
took over for Kirk Farmer, who
broke his collarbone against
Nebraska.
Outlaw threw for 191 yards,
running for one touchdown
passing for another - both in
the first quarter. Mizzou coach
Larry Smith said he was pleased
with Outlaw’s performance.
Farmer’s evalutation continues
and his return this season is still
in question.
Iowa State (4-1,1-1; lost 49
27 to Nebraska, at Oklahoma
State)
Dan McCarney’s troops will
try to regroup after suffering
their first loss of the season to
NU. ISU’s passing game looks to
be in good hands but its run
ning game, which had been
averaging 227 yards coming
into Nebraska, managed only
37 yards against the Huskers.
The Cyclones will also try to
avoid a collapse similar to 1999
when ISU started out at 3-0, lost
to Kansas State and finished the
season at 4-7.
Texas A&M (3-2,1-1; lost 26
19 to Colorado, at Baylor)
The Aggies outgained
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Subplot heats OU-KSU contest I
■ The No. 2 Wildcats and the No.8 Sooners
will square off Saturday in a game marked
by bitterness between coaching staffs.
BY SAMUEL MCKEWON
It’s the first Big 12 Conference regular
season game of the year with a big top, plus
a few extra circus rings to accompany the
hype. And it doesn’t even involve Nebraska.
In a national championship knockout
game, No. 2 Kansas State and No. 8
Oklahoma have enough rich subtext sur
rounding Saturday’s regionally televised
2:30 p.m. contest in Manhattan, Kan., to
play three games.
There’s the clash between two passing
offenses and their respective quarterbacks:
OU and Josh Heupel’s straight ahead, con
trolled attack that racked up 63 points on
Texas last week against KSU and Jonathan
Beasley’s home run ball.
Kansas State also has an improved run
ning game that will face an equally
improved Sooner defense.
Trumping those stories is that of
Wildcat Coach Bill Snyder vs. Oklahoma’s
Bob Stoops, the mentor and his not-so
prodigal former defensive coordinator,
who, after taking the OU job two years ago,
swiped three of KSU’s coaches for his own
staff.
It touched off anger among Wildcat
faithful, along with a Sports Illustrated arti
cle this summer that quoted Bob Stoops’
brother and Oklahoma assistant, Mike, as
criticizing Snyder.
Said Mike Stoops: "I don’t know if any
body ever leaves Coach Snyder on good
terms. He simply doesn’t accept that you
would leave. But then again, there’s no hav
ing a personal relationship with him even
when you’re there.”
In Monday's Big 12 weekly teleconfer
ence, Snyder kept the debate civil, even
though the fans may opt for a more unruly
protest of expletives Saturday.
“I can’t tell you where all the (negative)
perceptions came from,” Snyder said. “I
don’t §ee bad blood. I think we have an
excellent coaching staff here, and I think
Bobby has an excellent coaching staff there.
I don’t how hard our fans have taken it."
Stoops also worked under Florida’s
Steve Spurrier, and it’s that contentious,
boastful Southerner whom many say
Stoops takes after. On several occasions
during Big 12 teleconferences, Stoops has
referenced his experiences at UF. Not as
often does he talk about KSU.
He defended his hiring actions Monday
and added he slipped two assistants off
Florida’s staff, including Spurrier’s son.
“I was hired here to be the head football
coach, and I was paid good money,” Stoops
said. "My job was to get the very best coach
es I could to coach with me if they wanted
to.
"Coaches have a right to do what they
will with their lives, with their families and
build their careers the way they see fit.”
Stoops’ quick building of a
strong staff, dong with a passing
offense other Big 12 teams
haven’t quite caught up to, has
put Oklahoma back in the top 10.
This has been unfamiliar territory
since the 1995 season, when OU
spent one week at No. 10 before
losing badly to Colorado on
nationd television.
Not since has there been a
bigger game in the Sooner nation.
Some point to last week’s 63-14
thrashing over the Longhorns as
a turning point.
But UT Coach Mack Brown
Monday likened his defense to
that of “passing against dr,” pro
viding “no test” for Oklahoma's
offense, which averages 304 yards
passing per game. Other foes,
including Kansas, Texas at El
Paso and Rice, pde in the chd
lenge Texas was supposed to
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The 8th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners head into this Saturday's
230 p.m. matchup at No. 2 Kansas State full of confidence
after demolishing Texas on Oct. 7.
Kansas State, which trailed some
Division II teams in schedule difficulty last
week with the 131st-ranked slate in Jeff
Sagarin ratings, hasn’t seen the type of test
Oklahoma will provide.
The game could likely hinge on whether
Heupel can operate on a hostile field against
a defense known for its unforgiving treat
ment of quarterbacks. Flip the coin over,
and Kansas State has run and passed as it
pleased in six wins this year. KSU is a threat
in the return game, as well.
Kansas Coach Terry Allen has seen both
teams, with his Jayhawks hanging with OU
despite seven turnovers in a 34-16 loss. One
week later, KSU ran a pee-wee version pf its
offense in a 52-13 win over KU in Lawrence.
"They dominated us,” Allen said of the
Wildcats. “Other than the turnovers, we
played better against Oklahoma. If 1 was
going to take a side based on how we played,
I’d definitely give the edge to K-State.”
Field goals latest woe
for Husker special teams
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Sophomore Kicker Josh Brown has connected on only two of five field-goal attempts this season, but he has made 65 straight extra points for NU.
BY DAVID DIEHL
After five games, Nebraska’s prob
lem with kickoffs looks to be solved,
but trouble may be lurking in the
placekicking department.
Sophomore placekicker Josh
Brown has a 40-percent success rate,
connecting on just two of five field
goal attempts this season. However,
Brown and Nebraska coaches said
they aren’t overly concerned at this
point.
Brown made his two field goals
Saturday vs. Iowa State. Both were in
the first half of NU’s 49-27 win and
came from 40 and 24 yards. Brown also
misfired from 39 and 48 yards vs. the
Cyclones.
Coach Frank Solich addressed
Brown’s kicking after the game.
“There is work to be done,” Solich
said. "But I’ve seen a lot of improve
ment, also. Are we perfect? Certainly
not. But it was a tough day to kick with
the wind."
A north wind blew steadily at 15 to
20 miles per hour during the game,
and Brown said it was to blame for his
first misfire.
The second miss, which was with
the wind, was more mechanical,
Brown said.
The snap, the hold and his
approach have to be perfect on any
attempt, he said.
“All three seemed to be backwards
on that one," Brown said. “It's just little
things that can make a big difference."
But besides the wind, Brown said,
the biggest factor in his kicking this
year is that it has come so sporadically.
Brown didn’t attempt his first field
goal of the season until NU’s fourth
game vs. Missouri. The 42-yard
attempt in the third quarter failed.
Brown said a stretch where he
doesn’t kick in a game situation for a
long time takes away from his rhythm.
“Rhythm is everything,” said
Brown, who has made 65 straight extra
points, including his first 26 this sea
cnn
“You got to have a beat. You need
your timing down with your holder
and your snapper. We don’t do it much
in practice during the week so come
game time it’s crucial knowing what
each other person is doing.”
Kickers Coach Dan Young said the
two-for-five mark is a little bit of a con
cern but nothing to lose sleep over.
“I think Josh will come around,”
Young said. "He’s been kicking well in
practice. We just need to get him more
attempts in games.”
Solich echoed those thoughts:
“I’ve got no problems with Josh
kicking the ball. He’ll step up and
make some big ones for us.”
t'
“Rhythm is everything.
You got to have a beat.
You need your timing
down with your holder
and your snapper. ”
Josh Brown
NU kicker
While the place-kicking game may
not be up to par, Young said he's
pleased with the performance of
Chace Long who has taken over for
Dan Hadenfeldt on kickoffs.
Saturday, Long single-handedly
stymied the Cyclone’s return team,
kicking four touchbacks against the
Cyclones.
On his nine kickoffs, Long held the
Cyclones’ average starting position to
the 21-yard line.
"Iowa State had a dangerous
return man in J.J. Moses,” Young said.
“And Chace pretty much shut him
down.”
Young said Long has done better at
placing his kickoffs than Hadenfeldt
has. The kicking coach also blamed
Hadenfeldt’s early-season kickoff
problems on an injured groin that has
since healed.
Women's golf
hurt by low
fourth score
BY TOBY BURGER
Even with three golfers currently in the top 12 at
the Legends Invitational in Franklin, Ind., the NU
women’s golf team still finds themselves 13 shots out
in a three-way tie for sixth.
Juniors Sarah Sasse and Amanda Sutcliffe and
senior Amy Roux all performed well for the Huskers,
but a team score includes four individual scores, not
three. The lack of a decent performance by the
Huskers’ fourth and fifth golfers is keeping NU in the
middle of the pack with 36 holes of the 54-hole tour
nament complete.
“Were missing that good fourth score,” Krapfl
said. “Sarah, Amanda, Amy have been playing very,
very well They fought real, real hard this tourney.”
Sasse once again led the way for the Huskers, fir
ing an even-par 72 and following it with a 73 to finish
the first day in eighth, six off the lead. Roux and
Sutcliffe are also in contention. Roux shot two over to
end the day tied for ninth while Sutcliffe is tied for
12th, one shot behind Roux.
Amanda Krane would usually provide that all
important fourth score for NU, but the sophomore
has been out for two weeks with a stress fracture.
Krapfl said the team must step up to make up for
Krane’s absence. Monday, Catha Fogelberg and
Stephanie Schaefer didn’t do that.
Fogelberg, a junior, finished 67th, while Schaefer,
a sophomore, placed 82nd.
It left Krapfl both pleased with the performances
by her top three players and disappointed with the
team’s finish.
“We played much better today than we have been
during the past few weeks,” she said. “But we’re still 13
shots out of first.”
The team goes to the links today for the final 18
holes of the Legends Invitational.
Men in last place
after first day
BY KRISTEN WATERS
The sun was shining in St. Louis today, but lit
tle shone for the Nebraska men’s golf team.
The Huskers finished in last place after its first
day of play in the 15-team Purina Classic
Tournament held Monday. The tournament ends
today with the final 18 holes of the 54-hole tourna
ment.
Monday, Nebraska finished its first round of
play with a score of 301 putting them in 14th place,
ahead of only Kansas State.
The Huskers shot a 297 in the final round of the
day, leaving a score of 598,30 over par, and a fall to
last place.
Sophomore Andy McCabe was the lone bright
spot in an otherwise dreary NU performance.
McCabe led the team with a first-round score of 74
and a second-round score of 69 for a total of 143
and a six-way tie for 11th place.
Junior Seth Porter finished second on the team
with scores of 76 and 71 for a total of 147 and a tie
for 33rd. Sophomores Blake Humbles and Kevin
Bryson tied for 68th place.
NU Sophomore Marty Smith finished in a five
way tie for 28th, but he wasn’t on Nebraska’s team
roster and was instead competing as an individ
ual.
The Huskers will look to move up in the tour
nament as they tee off today at 8 a.m for the final
round of play.
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