But Did Police Make the Suspect Drop the Chalupa?

Talk about making a run for the order.

Dion Rayford, a 270-pound Kansas football player, got stuck in the drive-through window of a Taco Bell in Lawrence when he allegedly tried to go after employees who left a chalupa out of his order.

Rayford, 24, allegedly became angry about 2 a.m. Wednesday when he didn’t get a chalupa. He got stuck when he tried to climb through the 14-by-46-inch window, said police Sgt. George Wheeler.

But the window couldn’t support Rayford and broke, Wheeler said. Rayford was stuck hanging halfway.

“When you take a big guy and put him through a small space, something’s got to give,” Wheeler said.

Rayford, a 6-foot-3 senior defensive end, was suspended for the Jayhawks’ game--the last of his college career--Saturday against Iowa State. He was released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct, having an open container of alcohol and misdemeanor damage to property.

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Trivia time: Who has the Senior PGA Tour record for consecutive years with at least one tournament title?

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Tough job: Miami Heat Coach Pat Riley will be the grand marshal of the Orange Bowl parade on New Year’s Eve. This means Riley will be forced to sit still and smile, two things he is never good at while working.

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Uh, the hockey? We’re not quite sure what this means, but 13% of Canadians in a survey said they liked sports violence--tops among the 10 nations surveyed.

According to SportsBusiness Journal, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain were the lowest, registering a peaceful 1%.

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Big problem: Iowa State basketball player Marcus Fizer is 6 feet 8 and tips the scales at 265 pounds.

Said Coach Larry Eustachy: “He needs to get his body into the game more.”

Coach, if Fizer got his body into the game any more, there wouldn’t be room on the court for the other players.

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Mr. Underwhelming: Pat Verbeek of the Detroit Red Wings scored his 400th goal in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov. 13.

Said Verbeek: “It’s kind of exciting.”

He’s probably keeping all that emotion bottled up for No. 500.

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Nothing Football League: Ron Borges of the Boston Globe says the NFL is full of so-so teams.

Said Borges: “The NFL has become a league of teams about whom there is nothing special, and ultimately two of them have to reach the Super Bowl.”

Can’t wait to see that one.

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Sink or swim: Charlie Leighton is the chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Yacht Club America’s Cup challenger, Young America, which cracked open on the ocean near Auckland, New Zealand . . . with Leighton on board.

A crewman asked Leighton: “Can you swim?”

The boat didn’t sink so he didn’t have to. However, the wisecracking sailor reportedly was tossed overboard.

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Ben there: Ben Wright, who lost his job with CBS as a golf commentator for sexist comments, has a new job. With Playboy.

The men’s magazine is making room for Wright by adding a golf column.

“Ben has been unfairly removed from the golf constituency that loves him,” said Playboy’s editorial director, Arthur Kretchmer.

Loves him?

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Trivia answer: Miller Barber, with nine.

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And finally: Steve Yzerman of the Red Wings says the NHL’s new overtime format changing the rules to reduce the number of tie games should go straight to the penalty box.

Said Yzerman: “They played 70-80 years with ties and the game seemed to do just fine. They make so many changes . . . when I don’t think there was anything wrong with the game in the first place. They’re getting gimmicky now and anything more is just going to make it more gimmicky.”