Sports
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday. October 9. 1990
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Swinford hoping to start Saturday
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Football
Last year, linebacker Wes Swinford thought replacing injured Curtis Moore, who had led the Big Eight Conference in tackles the season before, was a once-in-a-lifetime event.
But now it has happened again
Swinford will be fighting to fill Moore's starting position this Saturday against Miami. Moore will be out and have a fractured and dislocated thumb.
Swinford was supposed to be red-shirted this season because of a pulled hamstring muscle and to gain more experience, but a season-ending injury to linebacker Larry Johnson caused a depth changed the coaches' minds.
Swinford, who will still have to fight for the position with linebackers Brad Peebler and Larry Theil, said it was like history was repeating itself.
"It's like the same old song and dance," Swinford said. "Except last year I started at Montana State, and I'm not sure that I will be starting at Miami. I know I'll see playing time though."
Though rusty from not playing much in the spring, Swifton played his first game this season against the Cincinnati special teams and goal-line situations.
Swindon had a key solo goal-line tackle when he stopped running back Blaise Bryant on the 4-yard line for
no gain on the third down. That tackle forced Iowa State to kick a field goal.
Defensive coordinator Jim Hiles said he told Swindford three weeks ago that he wanted him to play this season. He said he tried to get Swindton into some drills that day, and when he re-injured his hamstring.
Hilles said he would need to see how practice went this week to determine a starter, but said Swindon had first experience of his experience last season.
"I think he's back all the way now, as far as his injury goes." Hilsas said. And his year of experience should help him prepare to compete these next couple of weeks.
Last season, Swinton started every game as an inside linebacker, and was the teams' third leading tackler with 103 stones.
Kansas' Charley Bowen faces off with Iowa State's John Glottelv. Saturday's oame ended in a tie
Swinford had two tackles against Iowa State.
Hilles said he hoped Moore could be back as soon as a week, and that it depended on how fast the joint would set back in place. He said the thumb had to be suppressed at a funny angle in order to set it.
He hoped that Moore could be fitted with a playing cast that would allow him to return for the Colorado game. Until then Hilles said he would be looking at Swindon, Peebler and Thiel to share the playing time.
"When Curtis went out we needed a guy who can step up and play right away." Hilles said.
Hilles said he would not make any
changes in the inside linebacker strategies in the game against Miami.
Though Swintowt said he was happy that Moore would return soon, he was also happy to be able to play this season. He said he wanted to
play anyway.
Swinford, a native of Oklahoma said he wanted to play against the Sooners, but knew he wasn't ready to get excited about playing the Hurlups.
"I can't wait to play in the Orange
Bowl, where all those Superbow teams played," Swinford said. "I always watched the Hurricanes on television, but I don't put them on a game. We have played a lot of great teams already this season. I ready be"
Sports briefs
Nebraska and Missouri have players of week
Nebraska's Tyrone Hughes was named offensive player of the week in the Big Eight yesterday after he received NCAA record with 247 return vards.
Hughes had three kickoff returns for 133 yards, including a 99 yard scoring run as the Cormorants beat the Cardinals 20-15. He returned four punts for 24 yards.
The 247 return yards equaled the NCAA record set by Golden Richards of Brigham卸 on Sept.10, 1971 against North Texas State.
Missouri defensive back Harry Colon was named defensive player of the week after he made eight tackles against Colorado, including four for losses. Colon, who leads Missouri with 59 tackles, made seven unassisted tackles in Missouri's loss to the Buffaloes.
Men's golf team takes second in tourney
Big 8 honors CU win, suspends seven officials
A play that never should have been run cost Missouri a victory and put seven Big Eight officials on indefinite suspension.
The Big Eight euloged yesterday that Colorado's 31-31 victory over Missouri will stand even though game officials inadvertently allowed the Buffaloes a fifth down that produced winning touchdown on the final play.
From staff and wire reports
"It has been determined that, in accordance with the football playing rules, the allowance of the fifth down to Colorado is not a postgame correctable error." Big Eight commissioner Carl James said. "The final score in the Colorado-Missouri football game will remain as posted."
The officials, whose experiences total 177 years and includes 19 bowl games, were suspended indefinitely beginning with this week's games. Their future in the league was uncertain.
University of Miami invited to join Big East
As a Big East member, Miami might remain independent in football, at least for the time being. There has also been talk of the Big East adding other football schools, or of the league aligning with the Southwest Conference or Atlantic Coast Conference in football only.
If the invitation is accepted, the role of Miami's juggernaut football program in the Big East would be decided later, Jankovick said. Boston College, Pittsburgh and Syracuse are the only Big East schools that play major college football, and they are independent in that sport.
Big East officials have been courting the independent school for several months, and had reportedly been awaiting a signal that Miami would accept an invitation before extending one.
The University of Miami received an invitation yesterday to become the 10th member of the Big East Conference, and the school's board of trustees will decide tomorrow whether to accept the offer.
By Chris Oster
Kansan sportswriter
Led by top three finishes by Matt Gogel and Len Johnsen, the Kansas men's golf team took second place in yesterday's rain shortened Jayhawk National Tournament at the 27 Hurlbork Country Club in Leawood
Kansas finished with a total of 304 behind the defending Big Eight Champion Oklahoma State, which totalled 298. The tournament was shortened from 36 holes to 18 holes because of poor weather conditions.
Gogel, a freshman, shot a second place 73 and was paired with Oklahoma State's Kevin Wentworth, the
tournament's top medalist at 71.
"I played better than he did for all but the last three holes," Gogal said "I finished two over for the last three; and he wore bridle, par birdie."
Gogel said it helped him playing with Wentworth, who was a first team All-American last year.
"I wanted to be paired with Kevin," he said. "It pushes me more when I'm paired with someone who has had some recognition."
Johnsen finished third with a two-ear par 74. Freshman Casey Brozek was the only other Jayhawk in the 70s, shooting a 77.
Coach Ross Randall said Hallbrook
had been rated as the fourth toughest golf course in the country. It will be the site of next spring's Big Eight Championships.
"The idea is to give those teams able to come a chance to get a look at the course," he said. "It's disappointing what the weather did."
"It started out cold, and it was threatening to rain. Then it stopped threatening and started to rain."
Gogel said he didn't think the weather made the course more difficult.
"The course played fair," he said
"The moisture kept the greens slow.
The main trouble at Hallbrook comes
when you're around the green. But
anytime you shoot around par on this course, whether it is $n$ degrees or like it is today, you've had a great round."
The tournament not only gave Eight teams a chance to play at Hallbrook, but Randall said it gave the team a chance to check the progress of his team.
"It was good to stay close to Oklahoma State," he said. "But one round doesn't mean a whole lot. I am only going to see how everybody's doing to see how everybody's doing."
Teams were able to bring six players to Hallbrook. In normal college tournaments, teams consist of five players.
Lawrence Bicycle Club to sponsor 80-mile tour
By Juli Watkins
Kansan soortswriter
The Lawrence Bicycle Club is sponsoring the 21st annual Octogata this weekend, featuring a traditional and tour and a variety of cycling events.
The tour, which wraps up three days of cycling events, will start at 8 a.m. Sunday at Haskell Junior College. Jerry Sloan, event coordinator, said he was expecting a large turnout.
"Last year we had about 600 entrants," he said. "We're expecting about the same this year."
Sloan, who is also president of the Lawrence Bicycle Club, said that
about 50 percent of last year's participants were Lawrence residents. Other participants came from the Kansas City area, Topeka, Wichita and other towns in between. He said a number of them came from Ponca City, OKla., and Lincoln, Neb.
Gene Wee, who coordinated the event several times in the '70s, said that the tour had grown immensely since it started in 1969.
Wee said the tour had grown from an event with about 30 people to one that had, at times, boasted 700 entrants.
Police will escort the tour riders from Haskell to 31st and Iowa streets. The tour will continue
through Douglas and Franklin counties.
Riders will go through the Lone Star Lake area, then through Globe, Pomona and Ottawa. After lunch in Ottawa, riders will head toward Leloup, Baldwin, Vinland and then back to Lawrence.
Other activities in the weekend's events include a Moonlight Ride which starts at 9 p.m. Friday from the South Park gazebo, 13th and Massachusetts streets. Lights are required for the 17-mile ride.
Saturday, Octobeta offers a choice of a Tour de Count Brune Ride which departs at 9 a.m. from Constant Park, Sixth, Tennessee, and
is a 25-mile ride. For the cyclist who wants to compete, a 10-kilometer time trial will be at the same time. The trial is United States Cycling Federation sanctioned and offers $500 in prizes. The race will take place on Douglas County Road 442. Prizes will be awarded five deep in four categories: USCF men, USCF women, open men and open women.
Antique bicycles from the Kansas Wheelmen and James McKenzie will be on display from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Iiawatha Hall at Haskell. There will also be an All Comers Swap Meet at the same time to buy, sell or trade bicycles and parts.
Brian T SchoenikANSAN
In step
Members of the Kansas cross country team run hill loops to improve strength and endurance for running hills. The team practice- ed yesterday afternoon northwest of 19th and Iowa streets on West Campus. The team's next meet is Saturday.
Big Three no longer dominators
Brent Maycock
Sports
editor
Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado had better take warning. Parity is storming its way back into Big Eight Conference football.
And if there are any doubters, the Big Three's performances of the past two weeks give rise to the fact that they were not the most dangerous are getting tired of being stepped on.
Two weeks ago, Oklahoma was a 42-point favorate against our beloved Jayhawks. However, it was Kansas both outgaining and outplaying the Sooners while kicking them up and down the field. Had it not been for a few costly turnovers, the Big Eight would have, and probably should have, had its first upset of the year on Friday. But, Kansas' victory, 29 points below the spread.
Nebraska, meanwhile, was finding its hands well with lowly Oregon State. The same pack of Beavers that Kansas so handily whipped for its only victory was actually leading the Huskers 7-3 at halftime. New York out in the second half and showed colors, the first half gave Missouri and Kansas something to cheer about.
Last weekend, K-State took a page from the Oregon State book and played the same Huskers to a 10-2 deficit at halftime. However, once again Nebraska came out in the second half and put up a flurry of 35 points in the fourth quarter. The result was a very misleading 45-8 Huskery victory.
Oklahoma needed a strong effort from true freshman Cale Gundy to overcome an upset-minded Oklahoma State 31-17.
And then there's Colorado. The Buffs won a cheap one from a suddenly revitalized Missouri team. The mysterious five-down syndrome allowed Colorado to escape Columbia with little more than a victory. If people in Buffalo land thought the tie with Tennessee was a little embarrassing, imagine how a loss to the Bills would have mached it. Only there had been at least one official who had kept track of the game.
Poor officiating also may have had a hand in the Jahayaws' 34-34 tie with Iowa State. A bad spot at a crucial time in the game cost Kansas its first victory against the Cyclones since 1984.
I would imagine that not much will change, and you'll find those three teams at the top of the pile. However, I do suspect that an upset could be in the very near future. Nebraska has an Oct. 27 date in Ames, Iowa, against a high-powered Cyclone offense. The Huskers might overlook week against Colorado in Lincoln. If Nebraska isn't careful, it could find itself in the same position that the Buffalo shoulders should have been in now.
So what should we expect out of the powerhouses for the rest of this season?
Speaking of the Buffaloes, if they haven't learned their lesson, then watch out for a possible upset when they visit Lawrence. Larking ahead with Oklahoma and Nebraska and its chances of repeating as Big Eight champs. Kansas will be ready to play in front of a friendly home crowd after spending four weeks on the Bufs are thinking Sooners.
Not since 1976 has someone other than Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado won the Big Eight Championship. Although one of these teams will in all likelihood do it again this season, many of complete domination are over
Oklahoma's sudden back-to-reality trip is understandable. Probation has somewhat hampered its ability to bring in the elite of the recruiting class. Maybe Nebraska is just a little flat after playing such non-conference monsters as Northern Illinois or Ohio State, but just plain tired from a non-conference schedule rivaled in toughness only by the Jayhawks'.
Whatever the reason, it is apparent that the Big Three is no longer the ruling class, Kansas, Iowa State and Missouri are starting to play catch-up. But we still haven't surprised to see one of these teams be a bowl game next year.
Now we can only hope to see one of these teams as conference champs.
Brent Maycock is a Branson, Mo., senior majoring in journalism.
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