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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Ryan Wood’s KU football notebook

By Ryan Wood

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First ball honors

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will throw the first pitch at the Kansas City Royals' home opener Tuesday.

Still at the top

Former KU cornerback Aqib Talib continues to be considered a probable first-round selection in the NFL Draft later this month.

ESPN's Mel Kiper projects Talib going seventh overall to the New England Patriots. NFL.com's Pat Kirwan slots Talib at No. 16 to the Arizona Cardinals, while ESPN's Todd McShay has Talib going 18th overall to the Houston Texans.

McShay also projects the second round, and former KU offensive tackle Anthony Collins is there, going 40th overall to the San Francisco 49ers.

The NFL Draft will start April 26 in New York.

Zlatnik shines

KU football recruit Duane Zlatnik earned All-American status on the wrestling mat last week, placing seventh at the Senior National Championship on Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va.

Zlatnik, a 6-foot-4, 260-pounder out of Rossville, will enroll at Kansas this summer and play defensive end.

Up next

Kansas was scheduled to conduct its ninth practice of the spring season on Wednesday. The next practice will start at 3:30 p.m. Friday, and will be open to the public.

The practice will be conducted at the practice fields adjacent to Hoglund Ballpark.

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Comments

ttoulouse (anonymous) says...

"Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will throw the first pitch at the Kansas City Royals' home opener Tuesday."

stick that in your pipe mizzou!!! i'm sure Pinkel will get his time on the mound too, but to get opening night is awesome! Have fun coach!

April 3, 2008 at 7:08 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

hotrodm (anonymous) says...

Mangino better be prepared for the mizzoo Boo Birds at Royals stadium. Mangino will receive more boo's than George Bush did on opening day for the Nationals. My advice to Coach Mangino, just get the ball all the way to the plate in the air. Mangino is a great football coach, but a baseball pitcher, I think not.....

April 3, 2008 at 7:54 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

patton6 (anonymous) says...

@ ttoulouse: Pinkel was scheduled to throw out the first one at Busch the other day, but couldn't make it so they had Booger fill in and he passed the first "pitch" with a football.

April 3, 2008 at 8:05 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

leikness (anonymous) says...

I just hope he gets it to the plate and doesn't pull something.

April 3, 2008 at 9:09 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

GrayHawker (anonymous) says...

I got a feeling the Man can throw a good pitch. Legend is that he used to school Stoops in racquetball when at KSU. Rumors abound that he is dropping weight, too, so he might be a little more nimble on the mound, too!!!!

April 3, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

number1jayhawker (anonymous) says...

HCMM was a descent baseball player when he was younger, so I don't think he'll embarrass himself or anyone else.

April 3, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

sevenyearhawk (anonymous) says...

Maybe Gary Pinkel can be the catcher ...(insert your own joke here)

April 3, 2008 at 8:59 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Strikewso (anonymous) says...

Did anyone see the ESPN ticker the other day that said Talib admitted in pre-draft interviews failing multiple drug tests for pot while at KU? No one has said a word about it, I hope it just goes away, too.

April 9, 2008 at 3:42 p.m. ( | suggest removal )