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CHICAGO DAILY HERALD
QUOTE OF THE DAY
FACT OF THE DAY
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
NHL to see changes this season
This week in athletics
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
By Blake Schuster
bschuster@kansan.com
Soccer
Creighton
6 p.m.
Omaha, Neb.
Volleyball
Milwaukee
11 a.m.
Madison, Wis.
Volleyball
Bowling Green
1:30 p.m.
Madison, Wis.
Soccer
San Diego
4:30 p.m.
Lawrence, Kan.
Womens Golf
Louisville
Cardinal Cup
All day
Simpsonville, Ky.
Soccer
San Francisco
Noon
Lawrence, Kan.
Tennis
Midland Invitational
All day
Midland, Texas
Mens Golf
Ram Masters
Invitational
All day
Fort Collins, Colo.
Tennis
Midland Invitational
All day
Midland, Texas
Tennis
Midland Invitational
All day
Midland, Texas
Volleyball
Wisconsin
7 p.m.
Madison, Wis.
Football
Rice University
6:30 p.m.
Houston, Texas
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Q: How many Blackhawks remain on the
current roster from the 2010 Champi-
onship team?
A: Seven, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane,
Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith, Patrick
Sharp and Niklas Hjarlmarsson.
ChicagoBlackhawks.com
No NHL team has repeated as champion
since the Detroit Red Wings won back-
to-back Cups in 1997 and 1998.
ESPN
NFL
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) Just
try to keep up with Michael Vick,
LeSean McCoy and the Philadel-
phia Eagles this season. Robert
Grifn III and the Washington
Redskins sure couldn't.
Playing at a frenetic pace that
lef the Redskins bumbling and
stumbling, the Eagles unleashed
coach Chip Kelly's ofense on the
NFL and crammed 77 plays into
60 minutes of football. Tey had
their share of miscues, of course,
but they held on for a 33-27 upset
of the defending NFC East champs.
Vick, running the don't-take-a-
breath attack that won 87 percent
of the time during Kelly's four
years at the University of Oregon,
completed 15 of 25 passes for 203
yards and two touchdowns, and he
ran nine times for 56 yards and a
score. McCoy had 31 carries for
184 yards, including a 34-yard TD.
DeSean Jackson piled up 104 yards
on seven catches.
Vick hit Jackson for a 25-yard
touchdown and Brent Celek for
a 28-yard score, then found the
end zone himself on a 3-yard run
and that was just the frst half.
It would have been a bigger rout if
Vick hadn't missed three open re-
ceivers in the frst quarter, or if his
sideways lateral on frst-and-goal
at the 4 hadn't been tipped by line-
backer Ryan Kerrigan and returned
75 yards for a Redskins touchdown.
Perhaps the most remarkable ac-
complishment by Vick, McCoy,
Kelly and the Eagles: Tey man-
aged to upstage Grifn. Te game
was played eight months to the day
since the Redskins quarterback had
major knee surgery, and his return
Monday was the culmination of a
dedicated, high-profle rehab that
included a public clash with Wash-
ington coach Mike Shanahan that
barely put a dent in the fans' fervent
adoration for their franchise player.
As it turned out, they didn't have
much of a chance to chant "R-G-
3!" because the Redskins ofense
couldn't stay on the feld. Teir
frst seven plays: lost fumble by Al-
fred Morris, 3-yard loss by Morris,
penalty for illegal shif, screen to
Morris that got back some yards,
interception thrown by Grifn into
triple coverage, pass dropped by
fullback Darrel Young, safety that
occurred when Morris bobbled a
pitch in the end zone.
Te Redskins were trailing 33-7
late in the third quarter before
three consecutive touchdowns
the last coming with 1:14 to play
made the score more respectable.
Wearing a brace on his right knee,
Grifn completed 30 of 49 passes
for 329 yards, but 169 yards came
in the fourth afer the Eagles had
taken control. He was also inter-
cepted twice the frst multi-in-
terception game of his career. He
ran only fve times for 24 yards. He
reached down to touch his knee af-
ter he was slammed down by My-
chal Kendricks late in the second
quarter Grifn was fagged for
intentional grounding on the play
but the quarterback remained in
the game.
Eagles run over Redskins, unveil new fast-paced offense
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Weis should rely
on team strenths
I
ts a phrase your mother has
told you ad nauseum. If it aint
broke, dont fx it.
Grammatical errors aside, that
old adage should dictate the man-
ner in which Charlie Weis decides
to coach the rest of the season.
Heres what aint broke: the run-
ning game and special teams.
Weis would be wise to rely on
these strengths for the rest of the
year. Te running game and special
teams allowed Kansas to control
both the clock and the battle for
feld position. If Kansas is in
control of both of those facets of the
game, it will mask their defciencies
elsewhere.
Te Jayhawks employed fve
running backs on Saturday night,
James Sims, Darius Miller, Tony
Pierson, Taylor Cox, and Brandon
Bourbon. None rushed for more
than one hundred yards, but that is
because none of them got enough
carries to do so. However, each did
have at least thirty yards and aver-
aged more than fve yards a carry.
When one back got a little tired,
Weis put in another. When the
Coyote defenders felt they might
have one back fgured out, Weis
turned the tables on them. A
twelve-play touchdown drive in
which all plays were runs demon-
strated this commitment. Te drive
took six minutes of the clock and
kept the tired South Dakota defense
on the feld. Almost as important,
it kept the South Dakota ofense of
the feld. Kansas defense was not a
liability against South Dakota, but
there was nothing to suggest it will
be able to match up well with Big
12 ofenses going forward. Keeping
those ofenses on the sideline is a
must.
In addition to the running game,
the special teams proved to be an
asset. Matthew Wyman made a
45-yard feld goal, which at Kansas
is almost as rare as a Kendrick
Perkins smile. Connor Embree
racked up 23 yards per punt return,
and Kansas held South Dakotas
return units in check. When a team
is teetering the line between con-
tender and pretender, special teams
can make or break a season. Here,
it gives Kansas ofense better feld
position and provides its defense
with more cushion behind it.
Tat is not to say Weis can ignore
the other facets of the game. Jake
Heaps needs to improve his vision,
the receivers have to stop emu-
lating Sprint service (dropping
everything), and the defense must
tighten up its run support. It will
be tempting for Weis to change his
game plan if these things improve,
especially the passing ofense. Weis
has been deemed an ofensive guru,
and a system built around a run-
ning game is probably as boring to
him as British Art History is to you.
However, even if the passing game
improves, Weis needs to realize
the running game is the founda-
tion of the team. He also needs to
realize a pinpoint punt or successful
long-distance feld goal can be
desirable. Te passing game should
exist to complement his smorgas-
bord of running backs rather than
vice versa.
If Weis puts aside his ego and
realizes that, Kansas football may
still be relevant in December. If
not, well, theres always basketball
season.
Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell
In his preseason press confer-
ence, Coach Ray Bechard said the
team needed to win quality road
matches this season in order to
become signifcant in collegiate
volleyball. Te Jayhawks will have
the chance to earn a quality road
win on Tuesday.
Coming of their second loss of
the season, the Jayhawks (4-2)
head to Omaha, Neb., to take on
the Creighton Bluejays. It will be
Kansas sixth road match in its
last seven contests.
In one of several rematches from
last season for Kansas, Creighton
(4-1) will try to avenge last years
fve-set loss to the Jayhawks in
Horesji Family Athletics Center.
Kansas won the match 27-25, 25-
21, 21-25, 19-25, 15-13.
Tree Jayhawks set career highs
in that contest. Redshirt senior
middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc
recorded 22 kills, senior setter
Erin McNorton totaled 67 assists,
and sophomore outside hitter
Tiana Dockery logged 15 kills
and digs.
Creighton, who was ranked No.
19 in last weeks American
Volleyball Coaches Association
poll, are coming of a second
place fnish at the Bluejay Invi-
tational this past weekend. Te
Bluejays fell to unranked Califor-
nia in three sets in the champion-
ship match.
Kansas is coming of two fve-set
matches against Arkansas. On
Tursday, Sept. 5, the Jayhawks
rallied from a 2-1 set defcit on
the road to claim the victory. Te
Jayhawks won the second set afer
trailing 11-3.
Redshirt senior Outside hitter
Catherine Carmichael set a career
high with 19 kills and led the
team with a .295 attack percent-
age.
A couple of sets didnt go our
way, Carmichael said. But thats
what volleyball is about. We
fought back and fought them of.
Two days later, Kansas dropped
its home opener against the
Razorbacks. With both teams tied
11-11 in the ffh set, Arkansas
won the last four points of the
match to escape with the win.
Jarmoc and junior outside hitter
Sara McClinton led the team with
18 kills apiece.
In its frst season with the Big
East, Creighton was picked in
the preseason to fnish frst in
the conference by the teams
head coaches. Tree Bluejays
were named to the preseason
All-Big East team, including the
preseason co-Big East Player of
the Year, Kelli Browning, a junior
middle blocker. Creighton won
the Missouri Valley Conference
regular season and tournament
championship last year.
Both Creighton and Kansas
fell in Round 32 of 2012 NCAA
Tournament.
Edited by Heather Nelson
Most fans noticed a big piece of
the newly rebuilt Kansas defense
missing on the feld Saturday
against South Dakota. Defensive
lineman Marquel Combs, the top
ranked junior college prospect
by ESPN, didnt appear on the
Kansas line.
Charlie Weis was asked about
Combs in his weekly Big 12
media teleconference on Monday
morning.
He knows that the skys the lim-
it for him and hes going to have
to work his way up the ladder.
Weis said of Combs. Right now,
hes behind the guys that are play-
ing ahead of him.
Combs was moved from frst
string defensive end to second
string nose tackle on the depth
chart released before the South
Dakota game, but on Saturday he
never appeared on the feld.
Marquel looks more comfort-
able inside and Kevin Young has
been the most productive of the
defensive ends, Weis said last
week of that move.
Weis said he was as impressed
with Youngs performance in
training camp as he was with
anybody.
Young played on the line for the
majority of the snaps on Saturday.
You have to just go by what
you see, Weis said. Te best guy
plays.
One junior college transfer who
didnt suit up for Saturdays game
against South Dakota is corner-
back Kevin Short, who could po-
tentially be a starting cornerback
at some point this season.
A press release by Kansas Ath-
letics distributed before the game
said that Short would not play
for personal reasons, and that he
wouldnt suit up. Weis would not
go into detail about the situation
afer the game but said it was
not for disciplinary reasons, it
involved personal matters.
Both Combs and Short will be
needed on the feld at some point
this season for the defense to im-
prove from the 36 points and 481
yards it allowed last season. Weis
believes that Short has as much
talent as any player on the roster.
Teres a number of these new
juco guys, that although theyre
not playing much right now,
we see potential for them going
forward, Weis said.
For the guys that were on the
feld, Weis has found it easier to
criticize some of the mistakes
from the game afer a win than it
is afer a loss.
I mean, from the volume of
penalties, to dropped balls, to
quarterback runs, Weis said,
theres a volume of things we
can use to get better from that
game.
Te outside runs by South
Dakota quarterback Josh Vander
Maten hurt the Jayhawks at
times, and that is defnitely
a question going forward this
season.
We need to do a better job on
the edge with the quarterbacks
because well see that more and
more as the season goes on.
Weis sees the Rice Owls as a
physical rushing team with power
running backs, but quarterback
Taylor McHargue has already
shown his ability to keep the
ball and run for big gains, as he
rushed for 78 yards against Texas
A&M in the frst game of the
season.
Tere hasnt been any indication
of whether Short will wear his
helmet and pads for the frst time
as a Jayhawk yet, or how many
snaps Combs will play, but the
Jayhawks will need to use all of
the talent they can to win on the
road -- something they failed to
do all of last season.
We came close a few times,
Weis said, but close doesnt cut
it. Rice is going to be a formidable
opponent.
Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell
ROAD TO VICTORY
JAYHAWKS AIM TO EARN
GEOREGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Coach Ray Bechard speaks with his team during the game on Saturday against Arkansas. He said the team needed quality raod wins and they will get a chance at one Tuesday in Omaha.
Kansas travels to Omaha hoping to knock down Creighton
BRIAN HILLIX
bhillix@kansan.com
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
FOOTBALL
Missing defensive players cant stay away
MICHAEL STRICKLAND/KANSAN
Sophomore Ben Goodman (93) and Junior JaCorey Sheperd (24) make a tackle
during Saturdays game. Kansas beat South Dakota 31-14.
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