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University Daily Kansan, November 12, 1980
Bowl talk fails to exclude KU
By GENE MYERS Sports Editor
Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawks, despite their
kansas are still in the running for
a bowl game.
But interest in the Jayhawks has been so reserved and tentative that Athletic Director Bob Marcum said yesterday that representatives had contacted him vet.
Even though bowl officials aren't calling, they are watching.
A representative of the Liberty Bowl, which is played in Memphis, Tenn., said yesterday that the Jayhawks were definitely under consideration. A group of fans who attended El Paso, Texas, said that KU could be considered if it won its final two games.
Because Saturday is the first day that bowl bids can be extended, football teams and conferences across the country are wheeling and dealing for post-season positions. The representatives for the bowls, 15 of them this year, are wheeling and dealing right back.
The Big Eight tipped its plans Monday at the weekly coaches' luncheon in Kansas City, Mo. Tom Osborne, Nebraska's head coach, mentioned a possible conference agreement to send the second- and third-place finishers to the Sun and Liberty bowls.
Yesterday, both the conference and the bowls' representatives denied that any agreement existed. But representatives from both bowls said they were talking with the Big Eight and wanted to invite Big Eight teams.
The Fiesta Bowl, which is played in Tempe, Ariz., also has expressed an interest in the Big Eight.
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With victories over Colorado Saturday and Missouri the following Saturday, KU would finish 5-4-2. If Missouri lost to both Oklahoma and KU, the Jayhawks would beat out the Tigers for third in the conference. KU would be 4-2-1 in the conference and 5-4-2 overall. Missouri would be 4-3 and 7-4.
KU's last bowl appearance was the 1975 Sun Bowl. KU lost to Pitt 33-19. Before that, KU lost 31-18 to North Carolina State in the 1973 Liberty Bowl. KU's other bowl appearances were losses in the 1948 and 1969 Orange Bowls and a victory in the 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl.
"KU is definitely a consideration," Reggie Barnes of the Liberty Bowl selection committee said. "We have made no deal with the Big Eight. We've got situations like that, but we situations like if this team goes there and this team goes here."
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The Jayhawks, despite their sub-.500 record, are in the bowl picture because two season-ending victories probably make them third in the conference.
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Nebraska leads the conference with a 5-4 record. Oklahoma is second at 4-4 and Missouri is third at 4-1. Missouri plays Iowa next week. Nebraska plays Oklahoma next week.
"In my opinion, Kansas could go to a bowl, especially when you consider the number of spots to be filled," Carl James, conference commissioner, said Monday. "But it would be premature to really discuss it now."
the Sun Bowl, said. "But in this year of
upsets, anything can happen."
time. But Wedman, with a 14-point effort in the first half, helped the Kings outscore Portland 41-28 to trail 59-57 at the half.
Birdsdon maintained the pressure in the third quarter with eight points as Kansas City outscored the Trail Blazers and held an 87-78 lead after three periods.
Kansas City scored just 16 points in the final quarter allowing the Trailblazers to rally, but came up short at the buzzer.
Oklahoma's coach Barry Switzer said at his weekly press conference yesterday that he had visited by telephone with Nebraska's Osborne about the bowl situation but wouldn't elaborate on their talk.
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Calvin Natt led Portland with 20 points.
KU's bowl hopes won't be answered Saturday. The Jayhawks need to win their final two games, if they do, a bowl bid may still be waiting.
"That will all come out Saturday," Switzer said.
Three of KU's losses were to ranked teams: Oklahoma, Nebraska and Pittsburgh. The other was to Louisville. The Jayhawks have defeated Syracuse, Iowa State and Kansas State and tied Oregon and Oklahoma State.
"Right now, Kansas is on our not-look list," Tom Star, executive director of
Kansas' schedule, you can see why they should be considered. They played Pitbull as well as anyone and could have, but in the region, which is really coming on strong.
James, despite his warnings about premature plans, said, "If you look at
"I do think the future bodies well for Kansas. Kansas has exciting football plavers."
PORTLAND, Ore.—Otis Birdson-scored 28 points and Scott Wedman added 24 last night as the Kansas City Kings held off a fourth quarter rush by Portland to post a 102-101 victory over the Trailblazers.
The Kings' Joe Meriweira blocked a layup attempt by Portland's Jim Paxson with three seconds to play to assure the Kings' one-point victory.
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Kings hold off Portland,102-101
Portland led by as many as 15 with more than three minutes before half-
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