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Oakland, Philadelphia gear up for Super Bowl
By United Press International
NEW ORLEANS—The Philadelphia Engles don't want to change their style of play, the Oakland Raiders want to change their image, but neither team would change their Sunday game.
To Eagles' Coach Dek Vermelt, preparing his team to face Oakland in Super Bowl XV there is no such thing as conservative football or wide-open football.
"We just play Eagles' football," he said. "Eagles' eagle and Eagles' defense."
Vermell said he did not intend to coach a conservative game, but he did not intend to pull out a win.
"WHAT OAKLAND SEES will be pretty much what they saw when we played them during the regular season," Vermali said. "And it will be that they saw when we played them in the preseason."
The Oakland team, whose bad-boy image has dominated press coverage, had a very physical presence.
"And I'm sure that we see from them will be what we've seen before, too."
"We had a very spirited practice for about two hours Wednesday, and it almost got out of hand."
"There were times we really had to tone it down a little and can feel the spirit and momentum each time."
"We were in a pass protection drill and our defensive line was coming on so hard that our quarterbacks were getting bumped around a little bit. Around about today we'll probably have to shoot them with tranquilizers so they don't peek too soon."
Oakland's villian image at first bothered Raiders' rookie quarterback Marc Wilson, the record-setting Brigham Young graduate, who attempted only five passes all season.
"ONE OF THE ANKIETIES I had when I was drafted was that Oakland has a different reputation from most clubs," Wilson, a first-round draft choice, said. "But I think it's overdone, over-exposed, and mostly just an image."
"For example, I was driving down to San Diego before the AFC title game and I heard a guy on the radio say, 'All you mothers bring your kids in and lock the doors—the Oakland Raiders are in town. I'm sure he doesn't say that when the Seattle Seahawks are in town."
physical ability, we'll try and help him in his personal life."
"Every team has some renegades, but I don't think we have more than most." Flores said. "We just bring out the best in people. We don't give up easily on a player. If we feel he has the
Flores feels the fact that the Raiders now are under curlew in the festive Super Bowl atmosphere of New Orleans could be adding to hisRaidersunlessheadedduringpractice.
“An the big day gets closer, the nights get longer,” Flores said. “This town is starting to come alive tonight. The tannis are pouring in and there will be a lot of people that won’t be part of it—not until Sunday night at least.”
"WE UNDERSTAND THAT they here to play in a football game," Oakland safety Burgess Owens said. "Fun is basically for the fans to go in the French Quarter and party and have a good time. We have to perform Sunday and prove that we're the champions of the National Football League. We all recognize that fact. We have five months to partway after that."
The Eagles, who run perhap the longest and
the best intense playoff season in league,
have a good record with both accomplishments.
"We've stayed pretty calm," Vernell said.
"The players understand what they have to do and that we need to maintain their intensity level and concentration in order to cover in our practice sessions and our players
are conditioned to it. I think they're staying on a pretty even keel."
"Things have been just super down here. You hear a lot about all the distractions and the media down here but the press has been just superb. Our players haven't been bothered at all," she said. "Everything we've had have been satisfied. Everyone has cooperated and everything has gone really smoothly."
Vermilin's one complaint had little to do with avoiding the New Orleans nightlife.
I THINK THE ONLY real problem we've been having is all the sporting goods salesmen and representatives coming around to get the guys to sign contracts to wear these shoes or this shirt," he said. "We have some young guys who get a lot of work with two different companies. A lot of them are young guys who haven't been exposed to this type of situation and they need to be warned about it."
One apparently thought to warn Tony Franklin, Eagles' place-kicker, not to endorse products he did not use. Franklin conducted an interview in a T-shirt and hat with the name of a prominent athletic shoe company emblazoned across both items. Franklin kicks barefoot.
A former KU player, running back Bill Campfield of Derby, Kan., will suit up for
Philadelphia Sunday. Campfield, a 1978 graduate, receives kick-offs and plays at halfback for the Eagles.
Super Bowl XV will begin at 4:45 p.m. Sunday and will be aired on NBC.
Roach, 48, was an assistant for the Chiefs for three years.
NFL NOTES: Dick Roach, who resigned last week as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs' secondary unit, was appointed yesterday as a defensive coach for the New England Patriots.
Bum Phillips, the colorful ex-coach of the Houston Oilers yesterday was named head coach.
The Saints, 1-15 last season, signed Phillips to a five-year coach contract. Phillips, who has held two college team coaching jobs, spent six years with the Buffalo Bills, and being fired Dec. 31, by owner K. S. "Bad" Adams.
Adams gave a lack of team discipline as the reason for Phillips' firing, but is seemed apparent that one key reason was that Phillips "was not well prepared to publicify his work turning the Oilers around."
Pittsburgh Steelers' wide receiver John
Higgins will serve as the head coach in Pitt-
burgh to return his left foot.
'Hawks in midst of Big 8 title brawl
By KEVIN BERTELS
Sports Editor
Kansas simplified the Big Eight race by defeating Missouri Wednesday. The Jayhawks are 3-0 in the conference, tied with Oklahoma State for the league lead. No more three-way
But it's not that simple. In fact, the Big Eight is more confusing than ever for several reasons.
Oklahoma State beat Kansas State at Manhattan and Kansas State's record is now 1-2. The Wildcats will not continue to lose games in Ahearn Field House unless something is drastically different this season from previous seasons. Experience tells us that Kansas State will not, in fact, lose many games, at home or away.
Oklahoma State, 13-2, also beat Nebraska. That was to be expected after the Cowboy's early season performance, but who expected such an early season performance?
NOW, TO CONFUCE matters more, Colorado beats Nebraska Wednesday for its first Big Eight victory.
There is more to it let it suffice to say that the Big Eight, with Oklahoma State and KU undefended; Kansas State, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa. And the Big Ten, with LSU, is more balanced and competitive than ever.
"I think it is just going to be that type of a conference," KU Head Coach Ted Owens said. We've had at least six in each game and then we had at some of the teams around the league. "It's just going to be like that."
Owens hopes that the Jayhawks can break the streak of tough games against Colorado tomorrow night in Allen Field House. Tip off at 7:35 p.m. The Buffaloes bring a team led by an offensive star, Jo Ho Hunter, but the KU one, the Owens' favorite subjects, should be ready.
The Jayhawks had 13 steals against Missouri and are third in defense in the Big Eight, holding on all three.
"WE CAN COUNT ON our defense," guard Tony Guy said. "Our offense is a little inconsistent sometimes, but we always do the job on defense."
KU will need to do the job to stop Hunter, who has averaged 18.6 points a game this season, third in the Big Eight. Last season Hunter scored 22 points against KU in Allen Field House in the first round of the big Eight Tournament and 22 at Boulder when the Buffaloes beat KU 81-72.
"Wait until you see him," Blair said. "He's big, he can run, he can handle the ball, he can score, he can do it all. If you are to recruit for one year this is the kind that you want."
This season Colorado has another player to look for at points. Coach Bill Blair went out and found immediate help in Joe Cooper, a 6-foot-10 center. Cooper is a senior transfer from Tusla. Most coaches hesitate to recruit a player for just because Blair has no second thoughts about Cooper.
Cooper has averaged 11 points a game and 26 reounds this season. He is also fourth in the BWL with 27 points.
centage with 59 percent and is leading in blocked shots with 2.5.
Colorado has balance and depth with five players, headed Hunter and Cooper, averaging 80 yards per game.
KU also has balance and may be developing some depth to go with it. For most of the season the Jayhawks have played only seven players. That chaned some against MIL.
Mark Summers, a sophomore tutor at Amartilo, Texas, Junior college, made an appearance in the first half of the game with the score close. He has appeared in several games that weren't close for the Jayhawks and may be ready to help the team more. Owens said.
The KU bench had been a point of concern after the loss of Ricky Ross and Kelly Knight early. Both were sophomores and expected to play. Without them, the major bench play has come from Booty Neal, a 6-foot-5 senior guard and John Cawford, 6-foot7 senior forward. Owens is very pleased with the way they have performed.
"I FEEL OUR depth is much further along than most people figured," Owens said. "I have a great deal of confidence in both Neal and Crawford and feel that players like Mark Summers and Jeff Konek (freshman guard) are making fine progress toward helping our team.
Neal scored 22 points against Okakahora to lead the Jayhawks to victory and Crawford is among the league leaders in blocked shots and grabbed shots in Iowa State. The best effort of the season for KU.
Track team faces tough competition in KC
Sports Writer
By PAULD BOWKER
The Jayhawks, defending Big Eight indoor champions, will compete in the Track and Field Association United States of America track meet today and tomorrow at Municipal Auditorium.
The Big Eight indoor track championships are more than a month away, but the KU men's track team will get an early look at the commencement competition this weekend in Kansas City.
It will be the fourth meet for the Jayhawks, it will beat Kansas State 73-87 in a dual meet.
The Jayhawks won't see competition from just the Big Eight schools, however. TFA officials said many of the top collegiate teams in the ACC and NCAA compete in Arkansas State, Georgia, Arkansas and Arkansas State.
There is also an impressive list of unattached athletes expected to compete, including three 1980 Olympic gold medalists. Former KU track team members Cliff Wiley, Steve Rainbolt and Jay Reardon will also compete unattached in the meet.
INVITATIONAL EVENTS, promoted as the "Golden Three Hours" by the TFA, start at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The meet opens with competition in the high school division today.
KU's mile relay team, which holds the Big Eight indoor and outdoor titles, may get its
stiffest challenge of the season. The Jaywynks will be racing against Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Florida.
The Wildcats' relay squad beat the Jayhawks by .19 of a second Sunday, but with the return of senior spinner Mike Ricks, KU Coach Bob Chance is optimistic about the Jayhawks' chances.
"I kind of feel we'll be ready to go." Timmons said. "He's (Ricks) trying to run out in condition. He's behind time on his training and is now running twice a day to get in shape."
Ricks, who returned to his Newport News, Va., home after the death of his father recently, missed the Jayhawks' meet with K-State because of an ROTC commitment.
Unlike most collegiate facilities, Municipal Auditorium has a banked plywood track that can present problems for runners who are not used to running on a hard, angled surface.
"MOST OF OUR GUYS haven't run on a wooden track," Timmons said. "This is the only meet we'll be competing in that is held on a board track until the nationals. I don't know how the guys will run on the boards. But we should do all right."
Kansas competitors in invitational events include Joel Light in the high jump, Sanya Owolabi in the triple jump, Clint Johnson in the shotput and Hozan and Ricks in the 440.
Jeff Buckingham and Paul Schultz will miss the meet. Buckingham, a pole wander who has
already qualified for the NCAA indoor championships, is out of competition because of injury. Schultz, a three-miler, was scratched because of a bad blister on his foot.
THE JAYHAWKS WILL also send 26 other athletes, competing in the open division of the meet, which features 106 events, the largest in Kansas City history.
Some members of the KU women team also will make the trip. Tanya Heard (1-mile run), Debbie Hertzog (80) and Gwen Poss (60-yard hurdles) will compete in invitational events. Nine other KU women will compete in the open division.
AROUND THE TRACK: Tickets for the meet will be on sale at the Municipal Auditorium ticket office. Prices range from $3 to $5 for tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. Two-dollar tickets will be good for tomorrow morning's session. Open and junior college divisions will precede tomorrow night's invitational events.
"I didn't get a chance to do a lot of recruiting," coach Carla Coffey said, "but I think we'll hold our own and we'll do OK. We're on the right track."
BILL EASTON, former coach of KU's track team, will be honored in a special presentation as Honoree Referee. Easton is a member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
KU guard Darnell Valentine takes a dive in last Wednesday's game againstown State. The Jayhawks face the Colorado Buffaloes tomorrow night at Allen Fielde House at 7:35 p.m. Valentine will win.
Swimmers ready to 'sting' opponents
Sometimes it is necessary for a coach to con his players. KU women's swimming coach Gary Kempf will have a chance to perform his 'sting' this weekend.
The occasion is the first Kansas Invitational Swim Meet, and Kempf's objective is to treat the meet as if it were the Big Eight Championship that will be in Lawrence next month.
"IT WILL BE in the same order as the Big Eight meet," Kempf said. "We will run the same events in the same fashion. It will give the girls information for the Big Eight Championships."
Two Big Eight teams, Iowa State and Oklahoma will compete in the meet, whichbetween the two schools would be the biggest.
and at 10 a.m. Saturday, Minnesota, a member
of the Ten Conference, will complete the four team-fire
"Every team's going to bring some good people." Kemp said.
Kansas beat both I.S.U. and Minnesota at the Cyclone Invitational in Ames, Iowa. last fall.
Kempp said he hoped that the meet would yield more national rankings for KU swimmers. KU already has two players, Jenny Wagstaff and Daniel Woods, but the team that are ranked among the top 15 teams nationally.
"WE ARE RIGHT on schedule for where we wanted to be right now," said Kempf, who predicted that the Jayhawks would break into the top 15 by the season's end.
KU baseball coach Floyd Temple offers batting advice to catcher Juan Monoz, Yavco, Puerto Rico freshman. It is the fastest in Temple's 26-year career at KU that the Jayhawks have been able to accomplish.
Baseball team enjoys rare outdoor workout
January practices are nothing new for the KU baseball team. Outdoor practices are
But yesterday afternoon, as temperatures reached the high 56$, KU Coach Floyd Temple put the team through a long workout at Quigley Field.
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"It's a big bonus for us," he said. "The kids are tickled to death. Any time you have temperatures in the 50s with no wind you have to take advantage of it."
KU's winter practices are usually imminent in running and hitting in the batting cage at Allen Field House, while schools in warmer climates are already playing games.
The players joked that Lawrence's winter weather was every bit as good as that in Texas and Florida.
“IT'S UNREAL, GREAT.” Roger Riley, senior second baseman, said. “I'd like to see it last. Last year we didn't get outside until about the first of March. It's kind of weird."
Riley, who is returning to second base this
year after two years in the outfield and at third base, welcome the opportunity to take the field.
"Those were my first ground balls since October," he said. "I didn't make too many errors. When we practice indoors we can't really practice fielding."
Both players and coaches said they thought the weather too good, too fast, however, and paused to make a decision.
"THIS WILL HELP a little bit." Temple said,
"but eventually we'll move inside."
Riley said, "With our luck we'll probably have
something of snow out there by this time
tomorrow."
Two netters declared academically ineligible
Two players on the KU men's tennis team are academically ineligible for the spring season, so their participation is not guaranteed.
Dave Thies, the Jayhawks' top singles player, and Bill Kripman, N. 3 singles, did not pass 12 hours of academic credit in the fall semester, as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
MegGrab had little to say about the matter except that the team will miss Thies and Krizman.
"WE DON'T HAVE the strength that we did."
McGrath said, "IT'll be hard to keep morale up."
Thies said he was unsure of his immediate
"I'm pretty much finished with college tennis," Tilss said. "KU is definitely out."
Thies, a Shawnee Mission junior, transferred to KU from Clermon in 1979 after a personality conflict with the Tigers' tennis coach. Thies said he was lured to KU by Tom Klivisto's promise of an upgraded tennis program. Klivisto was coach of the Jayhawks' tennis team until a year ago.
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"KIVISTO TOLD ME a lot of things about how they were going to pump a lot of money into the
tennis budget and that we were going to be taking some good trips and play some tough schools," Thes said, "so I decided come back. It was so much fun, but it was hard. I can't say that I'm bitter, just disappointed."
McGrath said Krizman, a senior from Leawood, was one of the Jayhawks' toughest players.
"KRIZMAN WAS playing well throughout the fall and, in fact, he was one of the better players on the team at the end of the fall season," McGraham said.