I krs E BATTALION y 3B Thursday, September 23, 2004 ay, September] uiet weekend in the Big 12 or less (price ng personal pos . If item doesn’i to qualify fort);, cancelled early. BIG ^NOTEBOOK RYAN IRBY PETS mdos. Expe ile to TAMU allege.com ■ Cottage. 2t> >oded acres. OOMMATE: e Texas Tech Red Raiders put 56 con- live points on the board after falling 21 - ind the TCU Homed Frogs last week- |n Lubbock. :h ended up whipping the Frogs, 70-35, at was expected to be a close match-up inoffensive barrage. This week. Tech coach Mike Leach and the Raiders their high-flying offense to Lawrence, , to open Big 12 play against the Kan- layhawks — a much improved North ference foe. Kansas beat up on a weak "do team two weeks ago, 63-14, but fell wly to Northwestern, 17-14, to post its jt loss of the season Saturday, e Jayhawks are looking to fight back the thick of the wide-open North divi- on after losing standout quarterback Bill Ittemore to the NFL. ast week was a hard-fought game,” said |sas head coach Mark Mangino. “We to play better fundamental football in bases and play well for two halves as we conference play. Texas Tech has such an ient offense, and they're playing pretty well on defense and forcing turnovers.” The game was moved from October to ac commodate television broadcasting, which turned out to be a wise move for the streak ing Red Raiders. Their bye week will now fall between the Nebraska and Texas games. When the Raiders begin to heat up, it takes a mighty wind to cool them down. Kansas may not be able to ice the Raiders, even with a home crowd. Tech and KU kick at 2:30 p.m on Fox Sports Net. No. 5 Texas (2-0) vs. Rice (2-0) The No. 5 Texas Longhorns return to ac tion this week to face the Rice Owls at Darrel K. Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin. After taking a week off, Texas standout running back Cedric Benson and quarterback Vince Young are looking to tear apart a weaker op ponent at home. Benson is second among Big 12 rushers to Vernand Morency of Okla homa State and has compiled 369 yards on 44 attempts through two games (Morency has played three). Young is ninth among Big 12 passers, but recently engineered an im pressive defeat of a scrappy Arkansas team in Fayetteville, 22-20. The Owls are coming into Austin 2-0 after beating intra-city rival Houston, 10-7, and Hawaii, 41-29. “We got rested and watched a lot of col lege football last week,” Brown said. “The Texas-Rice game is an old Southwest Con ference rivalry.” The Longhorns are undoubtedly looking ahead three weeks to the Red River Shoot out with the Sooners, but will have to focus Saturday against a Rice team that will come to fight. Kickoff comes live from Austin at 6 p.m. on Fox Sports Net. Baylor (1-1) vs North Texas (0-3) In Saturday’s only other Big 12 action, the Baylor Bears will host the North Texas Mean Green in the pillow fight of the week. Bay lor narrowly escaped a horrible Texas State squad last weekend, edging out the Bobcats, 24-17, in Waco. The Bears were flattened by Alabama-Birmingham in week one, 56-14. UNT has started the season 0-3 and is with out the services of senior running back and the NCAA’s leading rusher in 2003, Patrick Cobbs, who sprained a knee two weeks ago against Flor ida Atlantic. North Texas was embarrassed in week one by Texas, 65-0, suffered a disappoint ing home loss to Florida Atlantic, 20-13, and was blown out by Colorado last week, 52-21. Both teams are looking to ignite their seasons against an opponent they both believe they pan handle. UNT defeated the Bears 52-14 in 2003, and would like to repeat against this year’s weaker squad. It’s Parents’ Weekend in Waco on Saturday, but don’t expect Floyd Casey Stadium to be anywhere near capacity for this one. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ilth Center, L.L.P. Doctors of Chiropractic Drs. 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Jordan Institute for International Awareness For more information, or to inform us of your needs, call 845-8770 http://ltjordan.tamu.edu Angers relievers drop suspension appeals id m S300 no [rlington (AP)- Rangers relievers Frank pcisco, Doug Brocail and Carlos Alman- dropped their appeals Wednesday of sus- pions that stemmed from the altercation fans near the Texas bullpen in Oakland week. iach suspension was reduced by one e, the Rangers announced at the start of irgame against the Athletics. : rancisco threw a plastic chair into the ids near the visitors' bullpen in Oakland that Ike the nose of a woman whose husband had fn heckling throughout the Sept. 13 game, incisco started serving his 16-game suspen- jn Saturday, pending an appeal. Francisco’s suspension was reduced to 15 games, which still will carry through the final game of the regular season. Almanzar began serving his four-game suspension Wednesday night, and will be eli gible to return Sunday, the day Brocail will begin his six-game suspension. Almanzar and Brocail both pitched Tuesday night. Almanzar left the game with two outs in the ninth inning with tightness in his forearm and his availabil ity to pitch the next couple of days was in question anyway. Each of the pitchers would be eligible for the postseason if the Rangers make the playoffs. jEff Chiu - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland Athletics fans wear costumes to make fun of Texas Ranger pitcher Frank Francisco. 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