Thursday, October 24, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
9
Hawks-Sooners roll on
By Ron Yates, Kansan sports editor
Last weekend helped pull the prediction average a little higher than the previous week. After Saturday's games my record went up to 73-26-3 for a .737 average.
With the season half over, I have set a goal of at least. 800 for the year's total predictions. This weekend's games will probably hinder any chances for such a lofty goal, but such great contests can't be overlooked so here we go:
Big Eight
Missouri 27, Kansas State 19,-Tigers are not going to be stopped by the error-prone Wildcats.
Oklahoma 20, Colorado 14-Sooners can't afford to lose any more games and will emerge with a hard-fought victory over the Buffs at Boulder.
Nebraska 30, Oklahoma State 15- Cowboys no match for angry Huskers who have been "whupped" twice in a row.
KU 33, Iowa State 17-Hawks will take this one, but the Cyclones should put some points on the board with a good passing attack.
Other Games
Notre Dame 23, Michigan State 20-Irish squeeze past State on national television.
Ohio State 35. Illinois 20-Buckeyes bomb Illini.
Purdue 22, Iowa 7-Boilermakers win, but not with as many points as last year.
Minnesota 24, Michigan 19—Gophers pull it out late.
Minnesota 24, Michigan 19—Gophers put it out late.
Houston 28, Mississippi 23—Cougars can do it if Ole Miss makes enough mistakes.
Nam State 33, Boston College 13—Lions too much for BC.
Georgia 17, Kentucky 13—Wildcats could pull upset here.
Miami (Fla) 22, Auburn 14—Miami pads its top ten ranking
Stanford 26, UCLA 21—Indians catch Bruins and squeak by late.
Virginia 17, Navy 14—Picking Va. to upset the Middies.
Army 21, Duke 18—Cadets faster than the Blue Devils and appear to be improving.
Syracuse 25, California 19—Orangemen take care of the Golden Bears in California.
Florida 27, Vanderbilt 17-Gators chew up Vandy.
Altitude no factor in Olympics
MEXICO CITY (UPI)—A United States team physician agreed Tuesday night with statements made earlier by the chief British doctor who said the the "high altitude problem" at the 19th summer Olympic Games was highly exaggerated.
"As far as we're concerned the altitude was no problem," said Dr Don Cooper of Oklahoma State University.
The British doctor, Raymond Owen, had taken issue with a Russian statement that "This is the last time the Olympics will be held at a high altitude."
"Providing competitors have been conditioned properly," Dr. Owen said, "I do not believe we should see any more casualties here than anywhere else."
Dr. Cooper—who has been with some members of the U.S.
squad for more than three months, through the medical experiments held at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., the team tryouts and the training period said that although the high altitude caused the times in events lasting longer than two minutes to be slower than they might have been at sea level, no American athlete was hurt physically by competing in the raiffied air.
In fact, he pointed out, no American competitor ever had to be given oxygen following an Olympic race and the only medical problems which he and the other U.S. physicians had to tackle were a few isolated cases of diarrhea.
Because of the thin air in this $1 \frac{1}{2}$-mile-high city, Dr. Cooper felt the records which were set in the sprints and the throwing events in the track and field competition "will stand for a long time."
"It's like hitting a golf ball into the air," he said. "The air is thinner, and there's less wind resistance."
(UPI) Two years ago Notre Dame and Michigan State met in a football game at East Lansing, Mich., which was billed as the "Game of the Century." This Saturday the two teams will meet there again, but this time it's only the "Game of the Week."
Top teams in action
If that seems like quite a comedown, it is. Neither team is on a par with the ones which fought to a 10-10 tie two years ago. Notre Dame's offense is as devastating, perhaps, but its defense is inferior. Michigan State can not draw any favorable comparison with its 1966 team.
Nevertheless, this traditional battle is always a bruising contest and this year's game should be no exception. As usual, it will be nationally televised and on a weekend where most of the toprated teams will be facing lesser opponents, it rates as the best game.
Southern California, the nation's top-ranked team, is idle this weekend, but second-ranked Ohio State will be in action against Illinois. The Buckeyes will be on the road for the first time this season and are a 20-point choice to stretch their record to 5-0.
Third-ranked Kansas, which leads the nation in scoring with an average of 45 points per game, is a 21-point choice over Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference battle while fourth-ranked Penn State is a 14-point pick over once-beaten Boston College.
Tennessee, ranked No. 6, also gets a week off while seventh-ranked Purdue, which had a rough time with Wake Forest last weekend, is a 19-point choice to rebound against Big Ten rival Iowa.
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Other things should also be considered. From Lawrence to Miami one-way (following a St. Louis; Jackson, Tenn.; Nashville; Chattanooga and Atlanta route) is 1689 miles. Indeed, $79\%$ of this route, or 1339 miles, is four-lane highway but with stops only at gas stations and eating sandwiches in the car the best time that trip could be made in would be twenty-six hours. And again, that is one-way. Secondly, final exams start on January 13th only one week after we get back from the holidays. A lot of us use Christmas vacation for reviewing and with the start of two week final periods this reviewing over Christmas has become imperative. Thus, the economic and time elements would keep a large number of us, who most sincerely want to go to a bowl game with the team, from going.
To the Sports Editor:
Having reached the halfway mark of this football season I would like to suggest that the KU football team, coaches, and fans might seriously consider setting their sights on New Orleans or Dallas, rather than Miami. New Orleans is the home of the Sugar Bowl and Dallas has the Cotton Bowl. Now, we all remember who played in the Orange Bowl last year and we remember how they got there—bouncing oranges off their opponents' helmets. I'm not about to advocate following in the footsteps of that team and playing in a stadium they vacated only a year before. If they did their thing (the O.U. fans) down there like they do in Dallas every year, Miami probably doesn't want to see a Big Eight team anyway.
Finally, two other factors deserve note. Playing in New Orleans or Dallas would give KU extra coverage in that area and, more specifically, in the state of Texas. Besides oil, Texas produces something called football players. We have one such product who hails from Amarillo, Texas and his name is Donnie Shanklin. A game in that area might induce the talent northward to Big Blue country. It should also be remembered that the Sugar Bowl has seen three of our games whereas, as far as I know, the Orange Bowl has seen only one. The Sugar Bowl representative has been kind enough to drop by the dressing rooms after the victories. This should be kept in mind.
Howard Pankratz
Bartlesville, Okla.
2nd Year Law Student
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