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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Ryan Wood’s KU football notebook

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Everyone wants a glimpse of undefeated Jayhawks

Another Jayhawks game will be televised nationally during prime-time viewing hours: ABC is showing the November 10 Oklahoma State game at 7 PM.

Reesing named semifinalist; Husker QB out of game

Jayhawk Todd Reesing was named semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award. He'll miss this weekend's chance to face off against NU QB Sam Keller, who is out with a broken collarbone.

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Will KU football go 9-0?

  • Yes 87% 480 votes
  • No 12% 66 votes

546 total votes.

Kansas on ABC

The Nov. 10 game between Kansas and Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., will kick off at 7 p.m. and be televised by ABC, it was announced Monday.

It will mark the sixth straight game Kansas will play in front of a television audience and the first on ABC this season. Kansas last played on ABC in 2005 when it traveled to Texas.

The Jayhawks' 11:30 a.m. game against Nebraska on Saturday will be televised by Fox Sports Net (Sunflower Broadband channel 36).

Reesing a semifinalist

The play of quarterback Todd Reesing in KU's 8-0 start has rocketed him among mention of the country's best players.

Reesing was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien Award, given annually to the nation's top quarterback.

The 15-man list will be narrowed to three finalists on Nov. 18, and fan input counts for 5 percent of the total vote. KU fans can vote for Reesing once a day DaveyOBrien.com.

The O'Brien winner will be announced on Dec. 6.

Lew's support

KU coach Mark Mangino recently was asked about what athletic director Lew Perkins does to help the football program succeed.

Mangino listed a number of things, from competitive salaries to respectful treatment of coaches and athletes.

"He wants to do things first-class," Mangino said. "He has a big-time mentality, which we desperately needed in football here. I needed that kind of support."

Mangino said he also appreciated the hands-off approach Perkins takes toward football.

"He doesn't interfere. He doesn't bother you about who's starting and who's doing this and who's doing that," Mangino said. "He lets you coach. He's supportive, and he does everything he can within his power to help the football program, but he doesn't interfere. I think that's great."

Nebraska injuries

Besides the loss of starting quarterback Sam Keller to injury, Nebraska also lost starting linebacker Lance Brandenburgh for the season because of a shoulder injury suffered Saturday at Texas.

Brandenburgh, an Overland Park native who attended Aquinas High, posted 51 tackles while starting Nebraska's first nine games at outside linebacker.

Two other linebackers - Bo Ruud and Blake Lawrence - are questionable because of injuries. Lawrence, a Shawnee Mission West product, is the brother of KU third-string quarterback Tyler Lawrence.

Jayhawks honored

KU was selected as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for its effort in a 19-11 victory at Texas A&M on Saturday.

The award, which is voted on by members of the Football Writers Association of America, went to the Jayhawks over Connecticut (which beat South Florida) and Mississippi State (which beat Kentucky).

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Comments

jayhawkinatl (anonymous) says...

The link to vote for the Davey O'Brien award is back up.

www.daveyobrien.com

Register and vote for Sparky!!!!

October 30, 2007 at 6:16 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

JayViking (anonymous) says...

you can vote once per day per email!

October 30, 2007 at 7:38 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

leikness (anonymous) says...

So register some more email accounts.

October 30, 2007 at 8:51 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

beebe1 (anonymous) says...

Hey guys, I registered, but can't find the place to click to get to vote. Maybe it is too quickly after registering.

By the way, Sparky is way out in front at the moment!

October 30, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Jimmy_Dean (Alan Halvorsen) says...

We were on ABC last year at Missouri.

October 30, 2007 at 9:19 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

txrockchalk (anonymous) says...

beebe1, they will email you the link that will take you to the page where you can vote.

Didn't KU play on ABC at MU last year in a regionally televised game?

October 30, 2007 at 9:19 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

txrockchalk (anonymous) says...

J_D, you were a split second faster than me!

October 30, 2007 at 9:20 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

thetagger (anonymous) says...

Anyone know if FSN will be broadcasting in HD again this weekend, like they did against KSU? It was great of Sunflower to pick up the KSU HD feed, and I hope they do it again!

October 30, 2007 at 9:41 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

oldalum (anonymous) says...

I tried voting again today, and it says I have to wait. I guess they must do it on a 24-hour basis, and I think I voted the first time yesterday afternoon.

October 30, 2007 at 11:14 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

killabees (anonymous) says...

Oldalum,

Me too. I voted on five different accounts. What's nice is once you've registered, you don't have to reapply, you can just use that same link that's in your email message.

October 30, 2007 at 11:57 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

JayViking (anonymous) says...

reesing is kicking butt. hopefully people continue to vote!

October 30, 2007 at 2:27 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

34_5_20_nbaTitle (anonymous) says...

Killabees

Nice move on the different accounts. Can't believe i didn't think of that. Yeah they make sure that you wait 24 hours to vote but with this new accounts plan i'm off to whisk votes for Mr. T.

October 30, 2007 at 3:39 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

easyfive (anonymous) says...

I wish the Offense would get it going on the first play...
First play is B-mac up the middle. 2nd play FB screen up the middle. 3nd play option right Reesing up the middle he might go all the way!!! Touchdown!!!
Final KU 111 NU 0
Neb quit before game was over.

October 30, 2007 at 8:55 p.m. ( | suggest removal )