Friday, October 27, 1978
University Daily Kansan
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Punt practice
Kansas' best defensive weapon, Mike Hubach, gets ready to take the snap during practice. Hubach, a junior from
Cleveland, has a 4.23 yard-per-kick average, the best in the league. The Tampa Bay Bullets and 44-yarder against Colorado ranks as the longest in the Big Eight.
By LEON UNRUH
Jayhawks plan to untwist Cyclones' comeback try
BOTH TEAMS have been beaten by Oklahoma, their only common opponent.
"Kansas is a ball club that's been struggling, but they were impressive in beating UCLA, and they have been in some ball games." Bruce said.
"I imagine they will be awfully anxious to win a football game," Moore said. "They'll do everything they can to win. But they shouldn't be any more anxious than we
Kansas, however, also will be looking for a ride over the rainbow. Wininess in their last four games, the Jayhawks are 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the Bie Eight.
"It's an opportunity to redeem ourselves after our poor show last week," KU Head Coach Bud Moore said, referring to a 21-7 burning by Oklahoma State.
A Bud Moore team hasn't beaten the Cyclones since 1975, his first year at KU.
Pity the poor Iowa State Cyclones.
By BILL BUZBEE
KU players say revenge good reason to win
"It's going to take good, solid football by Iowa State to bounce back," Bruce said. "There's an opportunity to win and we've got to see that we take that opportunity."
But, Iowa State coach Earl Bruce says, the Cyclones will win their third in three years against KU. Like Kansas, Iowa State is smart着玩 beaten beaten soundly lost
Sports Writer
Last year, Iowa State, looking for a bowl game invitation, humiliated KU, 41-3.
And the Cyclones will be the victims of a cruel joke. Imagine having to play at a homecoming game before a crowd paid psychic advice. The Wizard is on Our side, guarded and on its side.
Homecoming games are always special, but tomorrow's contest with Iowa State will be a big one.
O'Doherty isn't the only player who remembers.
"We're really prepared for them because of what happened last year," senior offensive guard Tom O'Doherty said Wednesday. "They were the only team that really blew up."
They've gone from riches to rags, from nationally ranked to nowhere. After a 4-0 start they're now 4-3 and tied for last in the Big Eight.
"We want to get back at Iowa State,"
Iowa State racked up 442 yards total of offense in that game--292 rushing and 150 passuring. Dexter Green, who will play in Iowa's game, led the team with 148 yards.
seniine linebacker John Algee said. "They cremated us last year—they tried to
Another senior, starting guard and former team captain Franklin King, however, doesn't believe that revenge will play a part in the game.
"YOU CAN'T think like that," he said.
"You can't worry about last year. Besides, you have to think positive, think about winning—not revenge."
Harriers hit stretch of conference racing
By NANCY DRESSLER Associate Sports Editor
Kansas harriers are used to winning. They've done it in three of the four meets they've run in this season. And the one time they didn't win, they finished second.
Kansas hasn't won a conference team championship since 1969. An individual title has eluded the Jayhawks since 1965, when they lost to the Big Eight but also the NCAA championships.
But the Jayhawks may be in for a change of habit when they head to Sooner country Nov. 4 to begin the end of their season with the Bie Eiel championships.
And coach Bob Timmons is not optimistic that this will be the year of the 'Hawks.
"We're shooting for second." Timmons said.
Colorado should win the meet easily, he said, on the strength of its corps of returning runners and also some outstanding recruits. Colorado is third in the nation to champions after scoring the lowest point total ever in the conference meet last season. CU's five runners scored only 21 points.
BUT KANSAS can't expect to waltz away with the runner-up honors. Timmons expects the field to bunch behind Colorado, Iowa and Kansas. Iowa, state and Kansas battling for second.
If KU can do it, a second-place finish would be a big improvement from Kansas'
"I don't think anyone knows what happened last year," Timmons said. "We were better than seventh. We just had a day when no one ran well.
"Now we have a year's experience with about the same people."
Without Coldsmith, Kansas runners have still turned in consistent performances. Two bright spots have been Dave Bauer and Paul Schultz.
Individually, the Jayhawks will be without one of their more dependable performers. Bruce Coldsmith, one of only two seniors on the team, is out with a hairline
Bauer is in his first year of competition and has consistently finished high among Kansas runners. He was the individual winner in a dual with Southern Illinois University and finished second to Schultz in a meet at Oklahoma two weeks ago.
"BAUER HAS been a big addition to the team. Trommons said "a he gets more of it."
"Revenge is negative."
a team will have some positive things to
be about, as the homecoming festivities
bear.
Schultz has led the Jayhawks in individual performances. He won the OU meet, took second in the SIU dual and the Wichita State basketball team. The Oklahoma State jamboree in Stillwater.
Other than the injury to Coldsmith, the Jayhawks are healthy. To stay that way, the team's usual 90-110 miles a week roadwork will be tapered off in the next week.
"Early in the week you don't think much about homecoming - you come to game - you still have brushes from the team. You know in the week you have the activities and people start talking about homecoming."
"We must be ready to go physically and psychologically in the conference," Tim
"Paul's been very consistent," Timmons said.
"This is my last homecoming—that adds extra incentive," he said. "I'll never have
Timmons expects good performances from his top two runners at the Big Eight meet. Their performances could key KU's team performance.
This will be the last homecoming game for Kint and the seven other seniors.
"There's a lot of emotion in a conference championship," he said. "Everyone's a lot higher for the Big Eight meet than they might be for a tougher meet earlier VIRT."
"if our guys run close to Bauer and
that we'll have a good team finish."
Timmy said.
Oklahoma's course is not especially difficult, he, and the six-mile race will be the longest.
Big 8 volleyball opens
"We're not going to look beyond the conference meet to NCAA regions. We can't afford to. The other teams will be too close."
Senior fullback Max Edger also said that he will not play because it would be his last homecoming.
"There is some added incentive for me also," he said. "Besides being homecoming, this will be my first game since I was injured."
The seven who will make the trip will be chosen next week.
BUT WHOEVER they are, Timmons is not worried about their being ready to run.
"No, let me put it another way. I know they'll be up."
"I think they'll be up."
scheduled for tomorrow at 3:09 against Missouri. KU is injury-free, with the exception of John Kolebaar, who missed today because of a pulled pallid muscle.
A number of challengers will attempt to break Nebraska's two-year hold on the Big Eight volleyball championship when a match between the two weeks at Robinson Gymnasium.
The tournament is round-bin, with the team with the best record declared the winner. In case of a tie, a 15-point match will be played.
EDIGER HAD been sidelined with a pulled hamstring.
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KU has a number of reasons to win, but they also have a very good reason not to lose. The loser of the contest will take over sole possession of last place in the Big Eight. KU-14 overall, and Iowa State, 4-3 in two games. The winner will take place in the Big Eight with 0-3 records.
The Friday session will get underway at 2:30 p.m. and run to 8:30. Play will resume tomorrow morning at 10:30 and conclude at 8 p.m.
"I really don't try to look at our record." Algee said. "It's the game that really counts; you just have to depend on personal pride."
Although KU has had a lot of injuries and other misfortunes, O'Doherty, he said, is good.
Whatever happens, King said, with a little bit of help, KU would do its best.
"We should start winning now," he said.
"We want to get back on the winning track in the Big Eight, and now a lot of the guys are coming back who were hurt."
"I know it's been disappointing for the students and the fans," King said. "But all I ask is for everyone's support, and we will our hearts out to try and win that."
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
Last season KU scored a field goal, then
watched Iowa State run 41 points.
The revenge motive of KU notwithstanding, the dayhawks will have their prey on the chicks and the healthy and hungry Cyclones will be like entering a prize fight on crutches and with a
Among those who won't play are wingback Dan Wagner, KU's second-best wusher whose absence deadened KU's wusher offense against Oklahoma State.
The Baskey brothers, linebacker Tom and tackle Chris, is tied in their sibling rivalry with 84 tackles apiece. Tom was a second-team linebacker last year.
Three linebackers also will be seated. Seelarsigh, Bufard Jackson and Kyle McNorton have various injuries. Young, a former running back for KU's meat tackles, may play but won't start.
Offensive guard Tom O'Doberry was carried from practice yesterday after a fall.
Iowa State's big attraction is tailback Dexter Green, who the Cyclones are touting as a real contender for the Hesman Trophy. The team has won three of them and has a one touchdown-a-game average.
Mike Stenudr, who was all-Big Eight,
holds down the side of the line opposite
the wall.
KU will take a 16-11-2 record into the tournament. It's first round opponent is
Kansas and Iowa State share recognition as the toughest teams to pass against in the conference, each giving up about 110 yards a game.
On offense, things aren't so bright for either team.
ISU has scored 19 points in its three league games, KU has 30, Kansas has a 204-game record.
KU does have an advantage in punting. Mike Hubach, ninth in the country, has a 43.2-yard average. ISU's freshman punter Rich Millett averages 40 yards.
Overall, KU leads the series 38-22-5
a crowd of about 40,000 is expected for the
season.
Kansan Predictions
Game Unruh Dressler Bowerman Consensus
Iowa State at Kansas Iowa State 28-7 Iowa State 26-10 Iowa State 21-14 Iowa State
Kansas State at Oklahoma Oklahoma 56-14 Oklahoma 48-14 Oklahoma 62-0 Oklahoma
Oklahoma St. at Nebraska Nebraska 52-3 Nebraska 56-7 Nebraska 45-7 Nebraska
Colorado at Missouri Missouri 21-7 Missouri 35-14 Missouri 24-20 Missouri
California at Southern Cal Southern Cal 18-15 Southern Cal 32-17 Southern Cal 32-10 Southern Cal
Wash. State at Oregon Wash. State 24-21 Wash. State 21-7 Wash. State 18-12 Wash. State
N. Carolina at S. Carolina N. Carolina 17-14 S. Carolina 24-22 S. Carolina 21-10 S. Carolina
Arkansas at Houston Arkansas 21-10 Arkansas 27-10 Arkansas 27-16 Arkansas
Last Week's Record 7-1 7-1 7-1 7-1
Season Record 46-14 48-12 47-13 47-13
Beam splitting
Jackie DiPinto strains to hold herself steady on the balance beam during KU gymnasties
practice. DIPinto, a freshman who KU is counting on to help make the team a national contender, hadn't even planned on attending college until about a year ago.
DiPinto a late starter, fast riser
The skills were polished and refined, like those of a veteran performer. But they belonged to jackie DiPinto, a member of the music department who took up the sport just a couple of years ago.
Dipinto, Libertyville, Ill., hasman, has established her副掌 as KU's No. 1 performer in just a few weeks. She is being lifted the KU team into national contention.
DPiProto originally did not plan to go to college.
"They made me feel wanted, so I decided
"Nobody in my family had ever gone to college, so nobody was really pushing me," Dipinto said. "But people started to tell me I could get a full ride, so I decided to try to
She said she wrote a number of colleges, and KU expressed the most interest.
to sign," she said. "And so far I have really enjoyed it here."
"You have to train hard every day, because you have to get to the point where your body feels good every day," she said. "Because if your body feels weak, it can
DiPinto goes through a rigorous training session every day. And it hasn't been easy for her to keep up with it.
throw everything out of place when you're doing your routine."
Being a member of a team is really important to her.
DIPLite believes the team will finish higher than 30th in the nation, the position is up next.
` am confident we can bring it up and go to the national," she said. "That way."