Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Players of the week
Kansas coach Mark Mangino announced the players of the week Tuesday. The starting cornerbacks, juniors Aqib Talib and Kendrick Harper earned defensive honors. Talib and Harper played an important role in stopping Texas A&M’s option running attack, holding quarterback Stephen McGee to a season-low 11 rushing yards. Talib made six tackles and Harper made seven including two tackles-for-loss. Senior running back Brandon McAnderson received the offensive award for his career-high 183 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Freshman linebacker Dakota Lewis earned special teams player of the week for his work on the kickoff and kick coverage units. The scout team players of the week were freshman wide receiver Matt Bouwie on offense and sophomore linebacker Ian Handshy on defense.
Parity abound?
It seems like everyone is searching for the reason behind the sudden parity in college football. That includes Mangino. The coach said he was unsure about why the college football landscape had been turned on its head by upsets in 2007. “I think I’m going to have to sit down and take a look at everything and all the talk about parity,” Mangino said. “At the end of the year I’m going to talk to some of my head coaching friends and see what their opinion is.”
Not quite equal
Though Mangino credited the defense for its performance this season — ranked fifth in total yards allowed per game — he stopped short of comparing this year’s squad to the 2005 defense that was the best run-stopping unit in the Big 12 Conference. That 2005 unit, which included linebackers Nick Reid and Banks Floodman, was blessed with outstanding toughness, while this year’s defense has relied on outstanding depth. Kansas has improved its pass defense from last in the nation last season to 18th-best this season.
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