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La Tech Blanked by Kansas, 29-0
09/06/08 - 09:39 PM
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Dezmon Briscoe broke six tackles to turn a
short pass into a 48-yard touchdown play, and Todd Reesing threw
for career-high 412 yards and three scores in No. 14 Kansas’ 29-0
victory over Louisiana on Tech Saturday night.
    Coming off a 40-10 win over Florida International, Kansas (2-0)
was hoping to avoid a letdown against Louisiana Tech (1-1) before
facing No. 17 South Florida next week in Tampa.
    The Jayhawks struggled early, clinging to a 13-0 halftime lead
despite Reesing’s 217 yards passing.
    Then Briscoe took off.
    Catching a 5-yard slant, Briscoe broke the initial tackle to get
into Louisiana Tech’s secondary, running through two more arm
tackles. He cut back inside the 10to go by one would-be tackler,
ran through another, then dove past the sixth man into the end
zone.
    Briscoe, who had three touchdown catches against FIU, was still
celebrating on the sideline as Kansas’ fans counted off the broken
tackles during the replay on the scoreboard. He finished with seven
catches for a career-high 146 yards to help Kansas win its 11th
straight home game.
    Reesing was 32-for-38 and had the third-most yards in school
history. He threw two touchdown passes to Daymond Patterson, the
second a 39-yarder that put the Jayhawks up 29-0 late in the third
quarter. Patterson had eight catches for 130 yards.
    Reesing’s night helping make up for another dismal game rushing
for Kansas. The Jayhawks finished with 124 yards on 32 carries
after averaging 3.6 yards on 36 attempts last week.
    Kansas’ defense didn’t allow a touchdown for the second straight
game, though the Jayhawks had trouble early with Louisiana Tech’s
no-huddle offense, particularly during the Bulldogs’ second drive.
    Holding the ball for more than 9 minutes, LaTech converted six
of seven third-down conversions during a 22-play drive, reaching
the 5. All that work went for nothing when Taylor Bennett threw
behind Anthony Harrison in the end zone and KU’s Darrell Stuckey
swatted it to teammate Chris Harris for an interception.
    Kansas made the sting worse, zipping 80 yards in eight plays for
a 3-yard touchdown pass from Reesing to Patterson to go up 10-0.
    LaTech had another chance in the third quarter after Phillip
Livas broke free for a school-record 78-yard run to the Kansas 2.
Three failed plays later, Brad Oestriecher caromed a 23-yard field
goal attempt off the outside of the goal post.
    That was it for the Bulldogs, 4-22 against Big 12 schools.
   
    (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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