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Friday, Sept. 11, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Sophomore Quarterback Ty Paine
... leads Washington State attack
Cougars Hampered by Inexperience; Sophomore Leads Offensive Attack
By JOE H. BULLARD Kansan Sports Editor
At fullback are lettermen Bob Ewen and Ken Lyday and red shirt sophomores Bob Bailey and Jim Walker.
Coming off a 1-9 season and beginning the 1970 season with a combined two season record of 4-15-1, one would think Washington State University football coach Jim Sweeney would be somewhat cautious in predicting the upcoming year. Sweeney, however, is an optimist and comes into the new season with hopes of bringing the Cougars out of the Pacific-Eight cellar.
Ewen rushed for 383 yards last year, passed for 150 and quick-kicked for a 50-yard average. Lyday, playing both backfield positions, rushed for 221 yards. Lyday and Ewen alternated between fullback and tailback last year, but Sweeney plans to keep them both at fullback this year.
The Cougars will be hampered by inexperience in key positions, but are counting on 26 returning lettermen, 17 junior college transfers and 27 players from last year's undefeated freshman team to provide a winning season.
Quarterbacking the Cougars will be sophomore Ty Paine. Paine moved into the number one quarterback spot after letterman Jack Wigmore missed spring practice due to a knee injury. Wigmore has recovered and will be pushing Paine for the top spot.
Wigmore passed for 876 yards and four touchdowns last year before being injured, while Paine quarterbacked last year's freshman team to a 4-0 record, passing for 352 yards and rushing for 174.
Bailey has the best speed, and if he remains healthy, Sweeney
Bernard Jackson and Glen Cotton, both junior college transfers and letterman Gary Kline give the Cougars speed at tailback.
thinks he is a Pacific-Eight caliber back.
At the end of spring practice, Sweeney and his staff began searching for players to fill the wide receiver spots. The Cougars finished spring ball with only two experienced wide receivers in senior Ed Armstrong and junior Brock Aynsley.
Sweeney recruited four new men, all junior college transfers. Since they reported Aug. 22, Sweeney has gained enough confidence in his receiving corps to move two of the transfer students, Nile DeCuire and Glen Cotton, to other positions.
DeCuires moved to safety while Cotton was moved to tailback.
Left as wide receivers are Jimmy Oggs and Tony Lomak, both of whom will compete for the starting slots with Armstrong and Aynsley.
"We think with these four, we have Pacific-Eight caliber receivers," Sweeney said. Lomak, Oggs and Aynsley have outstanding speed, while Armstrong, not as fast, has good hands, blocks well and can catch the football in a crowd. Both Aynsley and Armstrong started some last year. Aynsley, however, was out part of the season with an injury and then missed spring ball while running on the Cougar trak team.
Lomax and tailback Johnson are the fastest men on the squad, having run the 40-yard dash in 0:44.4 seconds and Oggs is right behind at 0:45.
Hugh Klopfenstein is counted on by Sweeney to fill the tight end spot. Klopfenstein has been bothered with shoulder problems the past two years, but is expected to be ready for the new season.
Behind Klopfenstein are senior Charlie Harris and sophomores Jim Forrest and Bob Engle.
"We will be much improved in the tight end position," Sweeney said. "Klopfenstein has experience at the position and we think Forrest has a great future."
Washington State's offensive line will have lettermen at all positions. Added to this experience, Sweeney has recruited good prospects from the junior college ranks plus additional help from the freshman team.
Steve Busch and Jim Giesa were the starting guards at the end of the 1969 season, and both return as juniors. Giesa started nearly all 10 games, and Busch was an early reserve until earning the starting berth midway in the season.
The offensive tackles are headed by Buzz Brazeau and junior college transfer Wallace Williams. Williams weighs in at 260 pounds and runs the 40-yard dash in :05.0 seconds.
Mike Lynch, last year's starting center, returns but is being hard pressed by junior college transfer John Hook.
The Cougar defensive line will feature three returning lettermen. At defensive end is Pete Lazzarini and Terry Durst. Lazarini was rated the most improved defensive player in spring ball.
Durst has played linebacker, defensive tackle and end for the Cougars for two seasons.
Defensive tackles are letterman Brian Lange and sophomore Dennis Mitchell;
Lange was voted the Cougars' top defensive player in three games last year, and Washington State coaches call Mitchell the toughest of the sophomore linemen.
Inexperience shows up in the Washington State defensive secondary. With Lionel Thomas, an all-coast performer at sideback last year, slowed by an ankle injury, the only lettermen available are Steve Kerby and Mike Monahan at side back and Chuck Hawthorne at safety.
"We think the defensive secondary could be stronger because of better athletes and more speed," Sweeney said, "but we must overcome our inexperience."
Sooners Are Young But Strong
By NOBLE COSGROVE
Kansan Sports Writer
Manpower is the key to the 1970 Oklahoma football Sooners, said head coach Chuck Fairbanks.
"I'd like to get two units on both offense and defense ready to play," Fairbanks said, "maybe more. I don't know whether that's possible or not, but we're thinking about it."
Coach Fairbanks said the team is young, with only six seniors listed among the top 22 players, and will have to be completely evaluated before the season opener with Southern Methodist on Sept. 12.
The injuries that plagued Oklahoma last year are what prompted coach Fairbanks to prepare as many men as possible for play this season. "We're trying to practice with every boy on the squad, familiarizing each one with our overall system," Fairbanks explained. "We want to increase our depth. It might be slowing down some of our veteran players but I feel like we need to even up the overall level of our squad."
the headliner to return is quarterback Jack Mildren, 6-0, 196, Abilene, Tex., junior. Mildren was listed the Big Eight sophomore offensive player of the year by United Press International after last year completing 79 of 172 passes for 1,319 yards and eight touchdowns. In addition, Mildren rushed for another 385 yards and seven more touchdowns.
A Jay Myers award for best student-athlete, a 3.67 grade average on a 4.00 system, depicts Children's versatility both on and off
the turf.
Running back Joe Wylie, 6-1, 180, Henderson, Tex., sophomore, could be one of the finest athletes to ever wear the red and white for Oklahoma.
As a freshman, Wylie gained 518 yards on only 55 carries, with one of his finest showings being the Oklahoma-Kansas freshman game of last year, where KU was defeated 50 to 26.
Wylie had a straight-A average during his first year.
The opening of the '70 season will find Wylie running second-string behind veteran running back Everett Marshal, but coach Fairbanks said he will see plenty of action. "He's running second string," Fairbanks said, "but I promise you he'll play."
Bell underwent surgery for a calcium deposit in his left lower leg early this summer, but is expected to be at full strength in the fall. Although injured early during the 1969 season, he still gained 467 yards rushing and caught 15 passes for 215 yards and one touchdown.
Oklahoma's new pro-set offense with Veer-T options received reinforcements during the summer with the addition of running back Ken Moore and flanker Willie Franklin, a pair of transfers from Cisco, Tex., and Mesa, Ariz., Junior College. Coach Fairbanks said both players have looked impressive since OU kicked off its drills Aug. 20.
If health permits, fullback Roy Bell, 5-11, 189, Clinton, Okla., junior, will be called upon to fill Exo-Sonner Steve Owen's place.
The secondary is the one area where Fairbanks has made major changes. Three offensive players were switched to the secondary. Running back Geoffrey Nordgren, 6-2, 198, Covington, La., junior; freshman quarterback Don Ruster, 6-2, 187, Littleton, Colo., soonhombre; and split end John
primary concern will be to strive for consistent play from our inexperienced players on the squad. Our overall team speed will be above average, particularly with more speed in our running backs and receivers than we've had in past years."
Shelley, 6-0, 190, Oklahoma City,
Okla., junior, have all been
switched to defensive halfbacks
Coach Fairbanks best sums up the expectations his staff has for the 1970 Sooners from Norman: "Our team has a considerable amount of potential with many young and talented players. Our
KU Signs Four Backcourt Men
Although football is the natural center of attention for the present, KU basketball coach Ted Owens is thinking more in terms of five weeks from now when he can officially start practice in anticipation of the coming season.
A foreseeable problem may arise in the form of a depth problem in the backcourt. Only two veteran backliners, junior Bob Kivisto and Aubrey Nash, will return so Owens is faced with the possibility of moving senior forward Pierre Russell to a backcourt position.
While pre-season reports say the Jayhawks possess as strong a nucleus as any team in the Big Eight, Owens isn't resting easy.
Because of the problem, Owens and his staff concentrated last spring's recruiting on backcourt men and appear to have come up with some blue-chippers.
Leading the list of five scholarship winners is Tom Kivisto, Bob's younger brother. A graduate of East Aurora, Ill., High School, young Kivisto was considered among the nation's elite
prepsters last year. Among the numerous records the 6 foot 2 inch guard set were 340 assists for one year and 802 assists for three seasons. His 837 points scored for one year and 1,757 scored for his career are also East Aurora records. Kivisto's single game high, also a record, was 56 points. While Tom was in the process of putting his name into the record books he found that often the name he was replacing was that of brother Bob's.
Another highly sought guard that signed with KU is Dave Taynor. A 6 foot 3 inch guard from Bethalto, Ill., Taynor was described by his coach as being "the finest shooter I've ever seen." Taynor, who averaged 28 points a game during his senior year, was named to three Illinois all-state teams.
Two of the other three signees are also guards and represent last year's Missouri and Kansas state champions. The Missouri product is Randy Culbertson, a six-footer from Raytown South High School while Glenn Russell*, a 6 foot 3
inch Kansas City Wyandotte product, is the only Kansan recruited by Owens.
The lone big man signed by KU was Bill Kosick, a 6 foot 11 inch center from East High School in New Trier, Ill. Kosick averaged 28 points per game with a high of 48. In addition, he averaged 16 rebounds per game.
Owens has said that he believes Kosick has not yet reached his potential and that great things will come from him before his college career ends.
PASS-CATCHER
BALTIMORE (UPI) — During his 13-year career with the Baltimore Colts, Raymond Berry caught 631 passes, more than any other National Football League receiver, and also set a record with 9,275-yards gained on those receptions.
BALTIMORE (UPI)—Johnny Unitas, the great quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, holds a National Football League record he'd rather forget—his 82 fumbles.