Wednesday, September 25, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Speaking of sports
About those Ratings
By Ron Yates, Kansan sports editor
One of the first things which comes to mind when you glance over this week's football "Top Ten" charts, is who deserves what. Is number one really number one? Or is number ten really number one?
Right now, one of the first questions which comes to mind is whether or not any of the top ten teams are really what they are "voted up" to be.
For example, in the UPI poll, KU is rated sixth in the nation. In the AP poll KU is rated 12th in the nation.
KU has achieved this distinction on the basis of winning one game. True, the win (47-7 over Illinois) was impressive, but was it impressive enough that KU (1-0) was voted to a higher spot than Nebraska, who has already won 2 games without a loss?
For that matter, how about Ohio State? In the pre-season polls everyone said Ohio State would have a good team. On the basis of these predictions, Ohio State currently clings to 11th place in the AP poll and it has yet to play a game. Why should a team 0-0 be ranked higher than a team 1-0? Or why should a team 1-0 be ranked higher than a team 2-0?
On such shakev ground is the top ten list founded.
You get the idea that when the voting is going on someone says, "Well, I guess I'll vote for my old Alma Mater."
"Yeah, but your school lost last week," says a fellow voter
"So what?" comes the retort. "My school is better than they looked last week . . . after all it was only the first game of the season." only the first game of the season."
Or how about: "Ho hum, I guess I'll vote the same way I voted last week. Hev, Quigley, who was number one last week?"
"Oread Tech." Quiglev answers.
"Well, who's number one so far in the voting?"
"Schrankkoffer A & M."
"What happened to Oread?"
"They lost 46-3."
"Oh well, I guess I'll vote for Oread again. They probably just had a bad day. Besides, I can't even spell that other school."
Or how about: "What's this, Miss Gladfeet?"
"That's the weekly twoenty voting list from the press service. I think you are supposed to fill it out and send it back."
"I thought Hobart the janitor was handling that."
"I thought Hobart the prince was handling it. Well, actually, the sports editor is supposed to do it. It says so in the letter. Besides that, Hobart is running for city clerk this year and he quit last week because it was making his image look bad being a janitor and all."
"Well, if he isn't doing it anymore, you'll just have to take over, Miss Gladfeet."
"But I don't know anything about football."
"You never know anything about political candidates and you vote all the time, don't you? Well, just act like you were voting in an election."
"Let's see. One potato, two potato, three potato, four . . .."
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Tickets go to relatives
Chiefs ink Paul Lowe to cure backfield ills
ST. LOUIS (UPI)—A man from Belleville, Ill., was the first to have his request for World Series tickets honored, but he has no intention of using the tickets himself.
Edward Escobedo said he will use the tickets to send his parents, now living in San Antonio, Tex., to one game, and his father and Escobedo's 11-year-old son to another.
"My dad is a real baseball fan," said Escobedo. "It'll be one of the greatest thrills of his life."
KANSAS CITY (UPI)—The Kansas City Chiefs have announced the signing of Paul Lowe, 6-foot, 205-pound, running back released earlier this season from the San Diego Chargers.
Lowe was sidelined by injury in the second game of the 1967 season and played only briefly thereafter.
He ranked second behind Clem Daniels in career rushing with 4,963 yards and has a career running average of 4.9 yards-per-carry, the best in the American Football League.
He gained more than 1,000 yards in 1963 and 1965 and was the AFL's Player-of-the-Year in 1965.
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