Decisions, decisions

Aqib Talib, not surprisingly, looked good in the few plays he lined up as a receiver for Kansas University’s football team Saturday against Central Michigan.

Talib had two catches for 52 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown strike from Todd Reesing which developed after Talib got behind coverage.

The preseason All-America cornerback will continue to get work on offense, but it won’t take away from his defensive work.

“We prepare him for several offensive plays,” KU coach Mark Mangino said Monday. “We pick and choose our battles with him. We decide early in the game when we’re going to use him, and as coaches we decide when the game progresses how we’re going to use him.

“If he plays a long series on defense, we probably won’t put him in on offense.”

About SE Louisiana

This isn’t Appalachian State. Not by a long shot.

While ASU is the two-time defending Division I-AA national champ and just knocked off No. 5 Michigan last week, Southeastern Louisiana has lost 14 of its last 17 heading into Saturday’s game against Kansas University at Memorial Stadium.

The latest was a 35-14 setback to New Mexico State last week.

The Lions did have four interceptions in the season opener, including one returned for a touchdown by Demerious Johnson. But SE Louisiana also allowed close to 300 yards passing to the Aggies, who play under the coaching of passing guru Hal Mumme.

The Lions, led by first-year head coach Mike Lucas, were picked to finish last in the Southland Conference this year in a preseason poll.

He’s OK

A picture in Sunday’s Journal-World showed a close-up of Mangino chewing out sophomore Raimond Pendleton after a 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty was assessed. A puzzling trail of blood is going down the coach’s chin.

“I can’t get a cut to heal,” Mangino said with a chuckle. “I took my headset off, and I bumped that cut early in the game. Then I took my headset off to go and talk to Raimond, and the ear thing caught it again.”

The blood probably added impact to the 30-second earful that Pendleton received, after he did a showboating dive into the end zone following his 77-yard punt-return touchdown.

“It’s a cut that I’ve had on my chin since Thursday morning,” Mangino said. “I still can’t get it stopped.”