Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Players of the week
Kansas coach Mark Mangino announced the players of the week from the Colorado game. Sophomore safety Justin Thornton and junior linebacker James Holt split the defensive honor. Thornton made seven tackles and his third interception of the season and Holt recorded 15 tackles. Sophomore quarterback Todd Reesing won offensive player of the week, running for a team-high 84 yards and finishing 20-of-29 through the air. Senior punter Kyle Tucker received the nod for special teams. Tucker averaged 43.8 yards per punt on five punts and corralled a tricky snap in the first quarter well enough for senior kicker Scott Webb to make a 48-yard field goal. The scout team players of the week were freshman fullback Steven Foster on offense and junior cornerback Maurice Henry on defense.
Nationally televised
Kansas will be on national television yet again next weekend. The team’s Nov. 3 homecoming game against Nebraska will be televised on Fox Sports Network, Sunflower Broadband channel 36, at 11:30 a.m. The contest is sold out. After the Nebraska game, the team will have appeared on national television in four of its last five games. Kansas’ visit to Texas A&M can be seen on ESPN2, Sunflower Broadband channel 34, at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Recruiting update
Kansas football’s winning ways may have earned the team more than appearances on national television — recruits are paying attention. Dodge City High quarterback Kale Pick has given a verbal commitment to play at Kansas next season, Dodge City High head coach Justin Burke said. Pick originally committed to play at Arkansas earlier this year but changed his mind and agreed to come to Kansas earlier this week. Pick, a 6-foot-1, 198-pound high school senior, is rated as a three-star recruit by the Web site rivals.com. Pick is listed as the sixth-best player in Kansas and the 11th-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation by rivals.com.
Mangino, ESPN on good terms
Kansas Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said Tuesday that Kansas and ESPN are on good terms despite some miscommunication between Mangino and sideline reporter Jack Arute last weekend. ESPN planned on interviewing Mangino as he left the field at halftime, but the network changed its plans without notifying Kansas. When Arute did not meet Mangino as the teams returned for the second-half, it appeared that Kansas had declined the interview, but that was not the case. The miscommunication was an accident and nothing more, and Mangino had since spoken to ESPN and Arute to make sure everything was fine, Marchiony said.
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Football Notes: October 24, 2007
The Kansas Jayhawk football team has never won at Kyle Field in College Station. The Jayhawks are 0-7 in the last seven meetings against the Aggies. Your team hasn't beat the Aggies since 1974. According to Covers.com, A&M is stronger in 4 out of 7 areas in the game. So who is favored in the game this Saturday in Aggieland? Your team! The 2 sporting news experts pick KU by either 6 or 12! Talk about no respect for the pathetic Aggies led by their scandal-ridden Coach VIP Frangate! Visit www.aggiecoach.com to review our misery then post your comments on our student paper at www.thebatt.com. On Houston sports radio stations, they are saying the only time to take Kansas serious is after the game against A&M if they win, otherwise the weak schedule is revealed for the fraud that it is. Hopefully, Dennis Franchione's team won't wait until after the game (like we did against Miami and Texas Tech).
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