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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 4, 1968
Jayhawk Jottings
By BOB KEARNEY Assistant Sports Editor
For those believers in mystic powers, KU's confrontation with New Mexico is ominously shaded. Consider:
- KU's Jayhawks, fresh from a victory over Indiana—ranked 13th in the nation before the defeat.
- New Mexico, hoping to avert a 13t
- Pepper Rodgers, heading into his 13th game as KU coach.
Whether or not the 13's portend bad luck, superstitious souls would have more than ample cause to avoid black cats, broken mirrors and spilled salt.
By design or not, none of KU's players will be wearing No. 13. But football players, like all athletes, follow certain do's and don'ts that may range from tying their shoes to taking calisthenics.
the coaches, however, leave superstition to the mystics.
Of the assistant football coaches, Charlie McCullers best summarizes it:
"The best superstition is preparedness."
McCullers feels that he has outgrown his superstitious days. As a standout halfback and captain of the 1960 University of Tampa squad, McCullers made it a point to be the last to leave the dressing room before games.
"Part of that may have been laziness," jokes McCullers.
"If you know what you're doing and execute well, you can succeed," he says.
KU aide Larry Travis voices similar sentiments.
"If you start relying on superstitions, you're just drawing for straws and aren't prepared right," says Travis. "If-you have the ability, superstitions don't mean a lot."
Travis says he has never believed in superstitions, and assistants John Cooper and Don Fambrough have none at all.
"There's a tendency for me to repeat things that occur after a successful week," says Doug Weaver, "but nothing that lasts over a long period of time."
Freshman coach Dick Tomey feels that there is a subconscious superstition involved in doing things the same way most of the time.
"But as a coach, you work so hard to leave so little to chance," contends Tomey.
Only Dave McClain admits to a superstition-one that was borrowed from a very successful coach. His father-in-law, Doyt Perry, had an impressive .887 winning percentage in 10 seasons at Bowling Green.
"I always get three kisses from my wife and shake hands with the right hand before going to the stadium," tells McClain. "It sure worked for her father."
Let the black cats roam.
Let the mirrors be shattered.
And the spilling salt?
For the Jayhawks, only Pepper spills . . . and then only in a somersault.
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By RON YATES
Kansan Sports Editor
Saturday, a pack of them scamper into Memorial Stadium in an attempt to catch the fast-flying Jayhawks.
So far this year the Lobos have failed to catch Rams, Wildcats and Minors, losing to Colorado State 21-13, to Arizona University 19-8 and to Texas-El Paso 44-15.
This weekend those big timber wolves will by trying for a snout full of blue and yellow bird.
New Mexico is led by one of the nation's premier quarterbacks, Terry Stone. Stone last year completed 160 passes out of 366 attempts for 1,946 yards and nine TD's.
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So far this year, Stone has completed 32 of 64 for 434 yards and two TD's. Both of Stone's touchdown strikes have been bombs. One was a 53-yard toss to end Rene Matison and the other was an 88-yarder to Sam Scarber against Texas-El Paso.
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One of Stone's favorite targets is Bob Fowler, a 170-pound split end who, so far this year, has caught 16 passes for 171 yards. He caught nine of those passes in the fourth quarter against Arizona last Saturday for 92 yards.
If he is successful, then KU could be in for some trouble. The Jayhawks would be forced to contain the Lobo ground game in addition to the high-powered air attack (37 compel- tions out of 79 attempts for 499 yards compared to KU's 14 completions out of 29 attempts for 233 yards.
Providing most of the Lobo rushing game so far this year has been tailback David Bookert, a 190-pound junior. He has rushed 59 times this season for 194 yards and three touchdowns. John Pautsch, a 191-pound full-back who has gained 34 yards on 17 carries and Phil Francyk, a 176-pound wingback, will start in the Lobo backfield with Stone and Bookert.
Head coach Rudy Feldman admits that the Lobo running game is the weakest link in the offense (137 attempts for 382 yards compared to KU's 95 attempts for 607 vards).
Feldman has spent the entire week working with his team in order to prop up the sagging ground attack.
The Lobos come into Saturday's game with a total offense figure of 701 yards on 216 total plays, while KU has run up 840 yards on 124 total plays. The Lobos have played one more game than the Jayhawks.
Feldman has told his fans that the Lobos are in a rebuilding stage this year. This is Feldman's first year as head coach at New Mexico.
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