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• AIR IT OUT: Heaps and McCay will try to air it for the Jayhawks this season. Kansas was reduced to a ground-based offense last year mostly because quarterbacks Dayne Crist and Michael Cummings were ineffective. Christian Matthews and Tony Pierson provide two more pass-catching options.
• SET THE TONE: South Dakota hasn't started 2-0 since 1996, when it was a Division II program. The Jayhawks consider their opener a must-win given they travel to Rice next week, then face an improved Louisiana Tech team before the Big 12 schedule gets going Oct. 5 against Texas Tech.
• BEWARE THE FCS: Eight teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision lost to FCS teams last weekend, including the Jayhawks' Big 12 rivals Kansas State and Iowa State. So it's little surprise Kansas coach Charlie Weis reminded his players this week that even though the Coyotes are not a household name, they still have enough talent to give them a test.
• "Obviously it got their attention from Friday night right on through, whether it was the K-State- North Dakota State game or any other ones that happened," he said. "When you have an offseason to get ready to play, there are a lot of good coaches out there."
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SD businessman sentenced for state tax evasion
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An Ipswich businessman who pleaded guilty to evading South Dakota sales taxes has been sentenced.
• Forty-two-year-old Jeffrey Fossum was given credit for 30 days he spent in jail, fined $1,000 and put on probation for two years. He also has paid nearly $60,000 in restitution and another $3,000 for the cost of prosecuting him.
• The state Department of Revenue says Fossum under-reported gross receipts from the Burger's Place restaurant, which he owns and operates.
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Psychologists testify about SD teen murder suspect
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Pierre teenager accused of shooting and killing a classmate likely has an underdeveloped brain that impairs his ability to think clearly, according to psychologists who evaluated him.
• Braiden McCahren, 17, should be in a facility where he can receive psychiatric treatment such as the State Treatment and Rehabilitation Academy in Custer, said Rod Swenson, a clinical neuropsychologist from Fargo, N.D., and Thomas Price, a (Continued on page 29)
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