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September 27,1984 Page 16
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The University Daily KANSAN
Gottfried improvising to offset team injuries
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No, Kansas football coach Mike Gottfried did not place the above want ad, but if things continue the way they're going, he might not have any other option.
The Jaynawks were thin on numbers when the season started. Now they're even thinner. Dangerously thin.
But injury-laden is a more accurate term to describe how the Jawhaves stand going
Injuries have hit the Jayhawks hard in a year in which it was important to keep everyone healthy. Having his team stay injury-free became even more important for Gottfried when 10 players became academically ineligible to play this year.
GREG
DAMMAN
Sports Editor
into Saturday's game against North Carolina.
Players who are out for the game are wide receiver John Holloway, nose guard Mitch Gaffen and nose guard Pat Kelley. Doubful to play are wide receivers Skip Peete and Richard Estell and fullback Mark Henderson.
ims is now a year of improvisation for Gottfried. And he's already shown that he is a master at making do with what he has.
Early in the season when Sylvester Byrd, the only tight end on the team with experience, decided to redshirt the 1964 season, Gottfried improvised. He altered the Kansas offense to operate at times without a tight end and moved walk-on Jeff Long into the lineup to alternate at tight end with redshirt freshman Mark Parks.
I a few weeks later when Gottfried learned
that five key defensive players would be academically ineligible. Gottfried improvised. He moved freshman Rick Bredesen, who had been working at running back, into the starting linebacker position, and thenfullback Kelley into the starting nose guard position.
pasture After the Jayhawks played Vanderbilt Saturday, and the offense failed to score a touchdown for the first time since he took over as KU coach, Goffried improvised. He moved defensive tackle Jeff Anderson, a former tight end, back to tight end in an effort to add life to the KU offense.
And yesterday, when Estell pulled a hamstring muscle, joining Holloway and Petee as injured wide receivers, Gottfried improvised. He moved No. 3 quarterback Tom Quick, a former wide receiver, into a backup position at wide receiver.
To make matters worse, Gaffen, who was to replace the injured Kelley at nose guard for the North Carolina game, injured his knee and is out of the season. Gaffen had not played a down for the Jayhawks all season. Freshman Von Lacey and juco transfer Jay Hager will now be 50-50 playing time at the position.
Make do with what you have.
Gotfried will be lucky to work two weeks in a row this year with the same 22 players on offense and defense. Even the quarterback position might be handled by a different player this week.
player this week.
Gottfred said that he would look more at Mike Orth at quarterback this week, although he was happy with the way Mike Norseth has been playing. Gottfred added that a decision on who would start at quarterback against North Carolina would be made until later this week.
Because of the amount of injuries the Jayhawks are suffering in practice, Gottfried said that he might have to cut down on contact drills in practice.
conclude.
Either that, or Gottfried could start awarding helmet decals to players who survive a practice without an injury instead of for scoring touchdowns. If things keep up the way they are going, crutches on the sidelines might outnumber helmets on the field.
Royals lose to Angels 2-0
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Brian Downing and Doug Decinces hit run-scorning singles in the sixth innning last night, helping the California Angels stave off elimination in the American League West with a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Minnesota lost to the Chicago White Sox, 9-3, enabling the Royals to maintain their $ _{1+2} $ game lead over the Twins.
Ron Romanick pitched a seven-hitter, pulling the Angels $ 3 \frac{1}{2} $ games back of the Royals with four days left in the season. California and second-place Minnesota each have four games remaining. Kansas City has three games left. The survivor of the race advances to the AL playoff against the Detroit Tigers.
Dick Schofield singled with one out in the sixth off the glove of shortstop Onix Concepcion and took second when Freed Lynn walked. Downing then singled on the glove of third baseman George Brett for a 1-0 lead
and DeCinces followed with an RBI single up the middle.
Romanick struck out two and walked one in pitching his eighth complete game and second shutout of his rookie season. He evened his record at 12-12 while Kansas City ace Bud Black, pitching with only three days rest, allowed just four hits.
The Royals loaded the bases in the seventh with a walk to Steve Balboni and singles by Frank White and Concepción but Romanick got out of the inning with a routine fly to center by Willie Wilson.
At Chicago, Greg Walker's three-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning, pacing the White Sox Richard Dodson, 14-15, went the distance for the 14th time in 32 starts. Ken Schrom, 5-10, was the loser White Sox pinch hitter Tom Papiorek homered in the White Sox home finale.
In other games, Cleveland downed Seattle 1-0. New York defeated Baltimore 3-1 and Oakland topped Texas 7-5 and Toronto clipped Boston 8-4.
Freshman rushbacker David Smith strains as he takes on a block from senior tight and Silvester Byrd, redshirted this
Freshmen forced into action
By PHIL ELLENBECKER
Associate Sports Editor
out of the sheer necessity of putting players on the field, the KU coaching staff is creating some battle-hardened freshmen players on this year's football team.
When injuries and academic inequalities decimated an already thin squad, three freshmen who hardly figured in the team's plans at the beginning of the season Rick Bredesen, David Smith and Marion Mirekova formed part of the second and thirsty in with the lions.
Bredesen moved in as a starting linebacker right before the first game against Wichita State when Darnell Williams was declared inelegible. Mattx started at defensive end Saturday against Vanderbilt because of an injury to his left knee and then moved into pickle Saturday when Pat Kelley was injured. When Jeff Anderson was moved to tight end this week, Smith took over his rushback position.
These aren't the only freshmen who have played, but they've seen the most action of any, and they've caught the eyes Mike Gottfried with their improvement.
"WHEN YOU LOOK at film and watch guys like Rick Bredesen and David Smith and Marvin Mattox, they're so much better now than they were at the beginning of the season," he said. "You can really see the improvement. It's been beyond our expectations."
lopsided beatings against Vanderbilt and Florida State, Breeden and Smith said they don't mind the hands-on experience
"Of course you'd like to see more of everything in practice. Breedsen said. "The more drilling you do the better you are." I didn't complain, because I'm enjoying this.
Smith said, "I like getting in there and playing. It gets lead in your britches, and when you get that experience it counts for a lot."
Both admitted that they feel a lot more comfortable on the field now than they did earlier in the season, Bredesen, the second leading tackler on the team behind Wilde Pless, said he did a better job of reading his keys against Vanderbilt and Duke State, when he concentrated too much on Heisman Droppy candidate Greg Allen.
Although they've taken their licks in
"I kind of wanted to key on him and wasn't looking out for the first threat, which was the guard coming out on me I did better in that respect against Vanderbilt," he said. "I thought I played better against Vanderbilt, and I felt better out there too."
Smith said. "I was scared to death, Iwas so nervous out there that first game. I was playing nosegud against Florida State and Vanderbilt, and when I learned to use leverage and technique, it was simple. It just seemed to come naturally. I'm not really intimidated out there anymore."
For Mattox and Bredesen, the intensive nature of major college football compared to high school ball was a major adjustment.
"I DIDN'T WORK as hard in high school," said Mattox, who was switched from wide receiver to defensive end right before the Wichita State game. "I come out here (on the practice field) and it seems like I'm working hard, but the coaches think I'm not, so now I we learned that I have to come out and work hard. It's just not like it was in high school."
Bredesen said, "If you're not mentally and physically tired at the end of practice, then that's a sign that you couldn't do the work. That's how you judge whether you've had a good practice."
r or Smith, who went to high school in Johnson, a small town tucked away in the southwest corner of the state, his biggest adjustment from high school to college was getting used to completely new surroundings.
"I was so homesick my first couple of weeks up here, they thought they were going to lose me for awhile," he said. "I've never really been away from home that
Smith and Mattox said the KU coaches have told them they'd like to see them gain weight.
Smith weighs 215 pounds and Mattx weight 190. They'll be lining up this Saturday against a North Carolina offensive line that, including the tight end, weighs an average of 253 pounds. Running at 8-4, Ephan Horton, on a 6-foot 4, pulls tailback.
"They pretty much try and ram it down your throat." Broedesen said. "We'll just have to come out like streetfighters and hit hard and gang tackle."
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