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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday; September 19, 1967
Rodgers rates Stanford favorite in grid debut
The Jayhawk football squad will open the season against Stanford Saturday as the underdog.
But this is something head coach Pepper Rodgers has been saying all along—the Hawks will be outmanned in most of their games this fall.
"If talent means anything, we might not win any," Rodgers said. "There's a thin line between attitude and talent.
"We have the attitude, but might be short of talent. If attitude means anything, I think our football team will be great," he said.
Pepper picks Stanford
After viewing films of Stanford's 13-7 loss to Oregon State last Saturday, Rodgers called the Indians a touchdown favorite on the basis of the home field advantage alone.
In addition, Rodgers noted several other advantages on Stanford's side for the contest:
- Stanford has played one
game and will be able to correct the mistakes it made.
- Kansas has suffered from the lack of scrimmage time (due to minor injuries to a number of players), particularly to the back-field men.
- Stanford has so many fine players.
The Indians have some of the best personnel KU will face all year, including an excellent interior line.
Kansas catchers called quick
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Scanning the Big 8
Kansas can offset Stanford's quality line with its superior quickness, especially with its two trackmen-turned-flankers—Gary Ard and Ben Olison, who can run the 100 in 9.7 and 9.5 seconds, respectively. Add John Jackson at halfback for measure and KU should field a flashy group of catchers for quarterback Bobby Douglass to aim at.
"I'll tell you one thing," starts Kansas State's new head football coach Vince Gibson: "If it weren't for Tex Winter (basketball coach), K-State wouldn't have anything to yell about. He's kept heads up around here with his winning basketball program. There's no reason why we can't have a winning football program, too."
Tom Hedrick, director of the KU Sports Network, has resigned from that post and will accept a similar position at the University of Nebraska.
Hedrick, whose nickname is the Kaw River Parrot, will replace the late Bob Zenner as sports director at Nebraska. Zenner died of leukemia about two weeks ago.
The "winning edge" is a common football coaching phrase these days, and apparently KU's Pepper Rodgers has something in mind along that line, too. Posters drawing attention to the Kansas schedule have a play diagrammed on them. There are 12 players in the drawing.
But then the lack of scrimmage time may show its effects as Douglass has not had much work at passing under pressure, Rodgers said.
Passing will be an integral part of KU's offense. Rodgers believes any victories will come as a result of the basic effects of KU's throwing game.
Offensive tight end John Mosier returned to practice yesterday and defensive roving linebacker Bill Lynch. The right side of the defensive line is dangerously shallow with only one man healthy at each position.
Voice of Hawks to NU
Parrot flies North
A long-time friend of Zenner, Hedrick has been KU network director for the past seven years. For the past four years, he has served as radio commentator for the Kansas City Chiefs. He will continue with the Chiefs broadcasts through this season.
Asked whether his father (Howard Johnson, assistant athletic director at Oklahoma State) ever attempted to sway his thinking about which college to attend, the Cowboy's quarterback Ronnie Johnson grinned: "Naw, he told me I could go anywhere I wanted—except Oklahoma."
No successor has been chosen to replace Hedrick. He is due to travel with the KU grid squad to the Stanford game this weekend and help in the selection and breaking in of a new man.
At Lincoln, Hedrick will do the play-by-play of Nebraska University football and basketball for the 18-station NU network. He will also do daily sports shows on KLIN Radio along with shows on KOLN and KGIN-TV.
No final plans for his move to Lincoln have been made.
Hedrick was an instructor in radio broadcasting in KU's William Allen White School of Journalism. He also had a regular sports program on Lawrence radio station KLWN. Hedrick is a graduate of Baker University.
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