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The KU freshman football team, considered by freshman coach Dick Tomey to be "the best group of recruits since the Pepper Rodgers regime began," will try to avenge last year's 22-11 loss to K-State. Game time is 2 p.m. today at Memorial Stadium.
"We have three fine quarterbacks and some good fast receivers," stated Tomey on the eve of his team's opening encounter. "All three boys will be given a chance to start a game during the year and they will play other positions when they don't start at quarterback," he said.
Jones to open
Tomey, in his third year as freshman coach, has elected to start Rich Jones, a first team AllState selection while playing for Columbus, as this week's quarterback. Backing up Jones, and probably seeing considerable action, will be Bob Bruegging.
The other quarterback, Marvin Foster, will start at split end today. The 158 pound speedster from Kansas City Central ran the 440 yard dash in 47.0 seconds last year, the second fastest high school time in the nation.
Rounding out the freshman backfield are tailback Tom Woods, one of the tri-captains, fullback Jerome Nelloms and wingback Mike Cerne, a Lawrence High School product who was a high school All-American last year.
Nelloms impressive
Nelloms, a 196 pounder, has been praised by Tomey for his
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outstanding play during early season workouts. The Atlanta native will double as a second team linebacker.
Tomey is somewhat worried about how his offense will show against the K-State yearlings—not because his offenses lacks ability but because his offensive starters have had very little time to work on their own. This week the offensive unit spent most of their time running K-State offensive formations against the varsity to prepare the varsity for their game Saturday afternoon against the Wildcats.
"We expect the defense to be good against K-State, because it doesn't take the defense as long to jell," Tomey said. "Basically all you need for a good defense is boys with a lot of hustle, desire and aggressiveness."
Fall season Soccer club
Boasting a solid nucleus from last year's undefeated team, the KU Soccer Club has scheduled six games, including Big Eight schools Colorado, K-State, Missouri and Nebraska, for the fall season. Tentatively scheduled are St. Benedicts, Kansas City Metropolitan Junior College and the Wichita Soccer Club.
Last year's club tied for first place in the Big Eight Tournament when they were tied by Colorado in the finals.
Since soccer is not a recognized NCAA sport, the team includes graduate students and members of the faculty. Also, the team is divided into class A and B teams with all clubs playing both varsity and junior varsity games, usually at the same meeting.
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This fall the club hopes to increase its membership approaching spring season. Currently, about 25 men are out for the team, but the club invites new men who might be interested, to join anytime during the year.
Practice is at 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on the field east of parking zone O.
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Tomey said, "Offense involves a lot of technique and we just haven't had as much time as we would like to have. We don't have much size on our offensive line (except for George Schuler, 235 pound tight tackle) but we have good talent there and good running ability in our backfield."
Defense tough
Tomey said, "We wish we had more time to practice as a unit, but one of the main jobs of the freshman players is to help out the varsity. We want to develop them (the freshmen) fundamentally to our program during the freshman season so that they will have an easy transition to the varsity next spring, and helping the varsity to prepare for games helps us, too."
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A strong defensive unit is headed by the team's other two tri-captains, Don Perkins, a 215 pound linebacker from Topeka, and Andy Sibbernsen, a 210 pound defensive tackle from Creighton Prep in Omaha. Both have been outstanding in practice and Tomey is expecting a lot from them during the season.
Gery Palmer, 6-5 and 255 pounds, and Tom Oakson, a 175 pounder from Lawrence, are battling it out for the other linebacking spot.
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"I am anxious to see the squad play under game conditions. We have looked real good in practice and I feel that the team should do well, but sometimes players don't always perform in games
like they do in practice." Tomey said.
Depth, as always, is a problem with a freshman squad. With only 43 men on the squad (32 of them on scholarship) it is hard to use players at only one position. Tomey has had many players playing two different spots. He said, "Some of the guys on the first team offensive unit might be on the second team defensive unit. Most of them can play two positions."
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This year the squad has only nine players who are not from Missouri or Kansas. Tomey said that the great number of area and local players on the team should make the learning process easier since many of the players knew each other before they came to KU. This will also make the task of uniting the team easier for the coaches.
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This fall Tomey has seven former KU football players on the freshman coaching staff. The student assistants are Bill Greene, Dave Morgan, Steve Lukert, Dick Fortier, Bob Fortier, Mike McCoy and John Jackson.
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Injured players who will not see action this week are Mickey Casey, a linebacker from Wichita North, Curtis Thompson, a 210 pound tailback, and tight end Doug Vrooman, 6-7 and 195 pounds from Oklahoma City.
This year's team should easily improve upon last season's 0-4 record, and many outstanding athletes and future Jayhawk football stars should enjoy a fine freshman season.
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