Game balls and Gassers

KU vs. UTEP

Box score

Miner Imperfection

D-line shows its fangs

Miners: KU unstoppable

KU position changes abound

Candidates for Game balls

• WR Dezmon Briscoe for making eight receptions for 154 yards in his 2009 debut.

• DE Jeff Wheeler for harassing the QB in his 2009 debut.

• CB/PR Daymond Patterson played a solid game defensively and gave KU good field position all night.

Candidates for Gassers

• C Brad Thorson for errant snaps in shotgun formation after taking the place of flu-ridden Jeremiah Hatch, who had trouble snapping the ball between hurls.

• KR Briscoe for fielding a kick headed out of bounds and then stepping out of bounds.

• PR Patterson for letting a couple of punts hit the ground.