Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1955. University Daily Kansan
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What can you say? Every once in a while you hit one of those days when nothing goes right. If last Saturday wasn't one of those days as far as the KU football team was concerned we hope they never have one.
By JOHN McMILLION Daily Kansan Sports Editor
One Of Those Days
It's hard to put your finger on just what happened. You can't say they played a good game because they didn't, the boys themselves will admit that. However, they didn't play as bad individually as the score indicates.
One Of My Favorite
Coach Chuck Mucker thinks Saturday's debacle was one of those games where everything seemed to be in favor of the opponent. Included his evaluation of this was game buildup. KU had been established the favorite by the sports writers and also been tabbed as such by both Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Saturday.
Hawkins State was a pretty good team having a bad season. "Mather said. 'When they come down here to play us they are always up and they try to make a good season out of that one game."
The Kansas team went into Saturday's game under extreme pressure. They were actually probably "up" too much. That is they were pressing too hard to win. Then, with a couple of bad breaks right off the start, they panicked.
Individuals. No.
"We were 11 individuals instead of a team under fire!" Mather said.
"Individuals we played pretty good and weren't as far off so it appeared. But each player was trying too hard on his own and we weren't functioning as a team."
Coach Mather singled out Dick Blowey, Don Pfutzenreuter, and Gene Elsi as boys who played good games. Pfutzenreuter was making a lion's share of the tackles as was Elsi. Blowey, especially in the second half, was running like one possessed and never seemed to lose that unbeatable spirit which has made him a top competitor all year.
As far as the players are concerned they still seem to possess good spirit. As for last Saturday's game it can best be summed up by what co-captain Dick Reich had to say, "I'm just trying to forget it." That sounds like a good idea.
Pieks Tighten Up
In the weekly football picks the race for the season tightened up. For the week the sports editor finally came through with the top average on a 15 right and five wrong record. Leo Flanagan and Sam Jones had 14-6 marks, Daryl Hall, Bob Lyle, and Dick Walt were 13-7, and Kent Thomas was 10-10. For the season the luck of the Irish is still paying off and Flanigan leads with 99 right and 41 wrong for a .707 mark. Hall is second with .685 on a 96-44 mark. Jones, Walt, and McMillion are tied for third with 95-45 and a percentage of .678. Lyle is sixth with 93-47 and a .664 average and Thomas is last with 86-54 and a .614 record.
Even Wildcat A Dud
Even Wilhelm A Dud Like the football game the cat-nappers fell flat on their faces in the court of touchdown. V. Instead of retiring the mascot before the game as previously planned, they waited until the quarter when just a handful of people were watching. Besides, with the score 26-0, it gave K-State a chance to appear generous and they offered to let us keep the stinking thing. However, in all fairness, it was a great idea and a highly successful endeavor. The plan to put the cat in the steeplechase pit was especially ingenious. It was just one of those days when nothing went right.
Nebraska, which lost to Duke 34-7 in the Bowl Jan. 1 cannot go back. Nebraska presently is tied with Oklahoma for the conference lead with a 4-0 record.
Oklahoma Tops UP Poll; Michigan Drops To 6th
NEW YORK—(U.P.)—Oklahoma's Sooners, with a string of 26 victories and a berth in the Orange Bowl, replaced Michigan today as the No.1 team in the United Press college football ratings.
For the fourth week in a row, voting was close for the top three places as Michigan State moved up behind runnerup Maryland to comprise the new member of the nation's "Big Three." Michigan, upset by Illinois, dropped to sixth place after leading the ratings for four straight weeks.
Oklahoma received 12 first-place
ballots, Maryland 11 and Michigan State eight. The only other team to attract first-place votes was fourth-ranked UCLA with four.
What usually comprises the "Top 10" became a "Top 11" this week as Ohio State and West Virginia tied for the No. 10 ranking. In addition to Ohio State, this week's other newcomer in the Top 10 was Texas A and M, which jumped three spots to the No. 9 rating.
Notre Dame Fifth The teams which filled the fifth to eight rankings in order following UCLA were Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas Christian and Georgia Tech.
Notre Dame Fifth
Oklahoma, which sweeps agile its outclassed opponents with ease, has only Iowa State, Nebraska, and Oklahoma A and M left on its schedule. Maryland, which defeated Louisiana State 13-0 last Saturday for its 13th consecutive victory, has games remaining against Clemson and George Washington.
regular season in the 1-2 spots, the Terrapins and Sooners undoubtedly will stage a showdown in the Orange Bowl.
Both teams have won the national championship before, Maryland in 1953 and Oklahoma in 1950. If they remain undefeated and finish the
Emporia Back To Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO —(U.P.)— Halfback Lem Harkey, former College of Emporia player, released earlier this season by the Pittsburgh Steelers, was signed today by the San Francisco Forty-Niners as a replacement for injured John Henry Johnson.
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