Wednesday, October 9, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Speaking of sports
Hawks over Huskers by one
By Ron Yates, Kansan sports editor
After the fantastic luck in predicting last weekend's college football games, I am ready to quit while I'm ahead. I would up 18-1-0 in my forecasts which brings the total for the year to 51-11-1 for an .815 guessing average.
Looking over the top games scheduled for the weekend, it appears as if the old average might deflate to about .500. There are some rough games and here they are:
Big Eight
Missouri 21, Colorado 17-Tiger defense rises to stop Buffs in a very close game.
Kansas State 23, Iowa State 20-Wildcats are growling louder and louder as the weeks go by—also, nothing would suit K-State more than to open their conference season with a victory over a Big Eight foe in the new stadium.
Texas 27, Oklahoma 21—Longhorns appear to have found the winning track and won't let scrappy Sooners stand in their way.
Houston 35, Oklahoma State 19-Cougars are much too strong for Cowboys.
KU 20, Nebraska 19-Jayhawks will face toughest game of season in Lincoln Saturday against Huskers who remember last year's shutout. Huskers should shut-off the Jayhawks' high scoring-KU has not yet met a team this year to match the Husker defense, nor have they had to contend with a team which can score three points once it gets within 40 yards of the goal post.
Other Games
Purdue 28, Ohio State 20-Boilermakers won't have an easy time of it this year against Ohio State. Last year it was Purdue 41-6.
USC 38, Stanford 10-Trojans should blast Stanford out of the park.
Penn State 27, UCLA 23-Lions should handle Bruins in a game important to both schools.
Florida 26, Tulane 18-Gators continue to roll.
Notre Dame 38, Northwestern 10-Irish should have little trouble.
LSU 17, Miami (Fla.) 15-Tigers were upset by Miami last year—the same thing could happen this year, but it's unlikely.
Tennessee 21, Georgia Tech 16-Vols are beginning to pick up steam.
Mississippi 27, Georgia 23—Ole Miss looks like the team of old. Arkansas 19, Baylor 13—Razorbacks are after Southwest crown. California 29, Army 17—Cadets don't appear to have the troops his year
Syracuse 27, Pittsburgh 17-Orangemen have too much for Pitt. Oregon State 16, Kentucky 14-A close game, but State should keep Wildcats on the chain.
Navy 28, Air Force 23-Middies rise to the occasion and keep the Air Force on the ground.
New Mexico 24, Utah 20- A sincere wish for Coach Feldman and the Lobos to pick up their first victory of the season. About three years ago, KU fans knew just how the Lobos feel.
No dissension on Olympic team
MEXICO CITY (UPI)—U.S. track and field coaches, insisting they broke no rules during their training and that there is no black "dissension" on their squad, issued optimistic forecasts about how American runners and jumpers will do in the Olympic Games next week.
Payton Jordan, head coach of the U.S. men's track team, declined to forecast how many medals his admittedly "strong" team will capture, but he readily declared his boys are "ready."
"If we aren't ready now, then we never will be," said Jordan. "But we are, and so I'm not worried."
Stan Wright, assistant coach of the men's team, went further. He said he thinks the Yanks can sweep the 100, 200 and 400-meter runs and the 400-meter and 1,600-meter relays. He said the fact a Cuban team posted 38.6 seconds for the 400-meter relay last Friday "doesn't scare me."
The games' opening ceremonies are scheduled for Saturday.
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Asked whether U.S. athletes had trained at a high altitude at South Lake Tahoe, Nev., longer than the four weeks prescribed by Olympic rule, U.S. Olympic Committee official Everett Barnes denied that the athletes had exceeded the limit "as a team."
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Sandor "Alex" Ferenczy, coach of the U.S. women's track team, was just as optimistic. Some experts have been picking Wyomia Tyus of Griffin, Ga., as the only U.S. girl likely to win a gold medal. But that's not the way Ferenczy sees it. He has surprised everyone by saying his girls have a chance to win every running event except the hurdles.
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Nebraska set for Hawks
LINCOLN, Neb. (UPI)—Nebraska defensive back Jum Hawkins says he has never played for a team as dedicated as this year's Cornhuskers.
"This is a different type of team than I ever played on before," said the 22-year-old speedster in an interview here. "The guys want to win real bad and the way they work shows it."
Hawkins, who hails from Jefferson City, Mo., said he gets more tense before ball games now than he did when he was in high school.
"Before I came here I thought that was kid stuff," the Husker co-captain said. "Now I worry if I'm not wound up because I always play my worst when I'm too relaxed before the game."
Hawkins, who says senior fullback Ernie Sigler is the best example of "Husker dedication," has been a real dedicated fighter himself.
Sidelined for two seasons by a serious chest injury that threatened not only his football career but his life, Hawkins battled back last fall to lead Nebraska's secondary crew in solo tackles with 23 and also logged 22 assists.
The 5-11, 189-pound senior is confident Nebraska will beat the University of Kansas this Saturday at Lincoln.
"I think we can beat them if we play the kind of ball we're capable of," said Hawkins. "We've got to hit 'em hard right at the start and not give them a chance to breathe."
Hawkins said the team is eager to revenge last year's loss to the Jayhawks at Lawrence, Kan.
"After that game I was just sick," said Hawkins, "and I've been waiting for the chance to get even."
Nebraska was 3-0 when they were beaten 10-0 by a Kansas team that had been winless up
until that game. This year both fourth-ranked Kansas and sixthranked Nebraska spot 3-0 records.
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