This time tie won't do as gamble doesn't pay
By GENE MYERS
Sports Editor
The second-guessed starting as soon as Bucky Scriner's left foot struck the football. It peaked when the ball rolled dead on the Oklahoma 43-yard line, untouched by Sooner hands.
The last-ditch gamble, punting when most teams would have been passing, failed for the Kansas Jayhawks and OLed KU's hopes of becoming a contender. Sooners held off a second-half rally to win 21-9.
The same team that played it safe and went for a tie in the season opener was taking every precaution to avoid picking up its third tie of t-cheason. There was no way KU would go 3-3-1.
With 1:37 to play and fourth and 10 from the KU 21-yard line, Head Coach Don Fambrough called for a punt. The offensive unit was stunned as it came off the field.
THE PLAN WAS for a high punt, good coverage and a few sandwiching licks. The hope was that Oklahoma's fumble-prone Jay Jimerson would do his thing. But Jimerson didn't fumble. He didn't even touch the ball. He didn't have to.
Also surprised were the 40,150 people in Memorial Stadium. The final punt seemed a bit too conservative for a team that played a liberal game.
"I thought they would go for it," Oklahoma coach Harry Snyder said. "I was surprised that she had with only one player."
With 1:50 remaining in the third quartar quarterback Steve Smith, who replaced injure
The quarterbacks were really concentrating Oklahoma's quarterback J. Watts hands off to Seurer dives for extra yardage as Oklahoma's M second-half Jayhawk tails to win 21-19.
Game-day a
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The people who sat on the hill overlookok Memorial Stadium at Saturday's Kansas Oklahoma football game represent a societymakeup with his or her own reason if setting on it.
Sports Writer
For some it is a tradition that stretches back a far as they can remember. For others it is a good reason to get in a little partying on a Saturday afternoon and simply find it a cheap way to play football game.
There was the businessman and his familien from Olathe who enjoyed the wide-open space the hill provides. There were the alumni fro Overland Park who decided that $9.50 was to steep a price to pay to see a football game. An there were the Walmers, a group of KU student who have come close to making hill-sitting a feirital.
DOUG LAY, Gardner sophomore and one
Late TD drive gets KC victory
SEATTLE—Kansas City's Steve Fuller who was nearly hounded to death by the Baltimore Colts last week, showed the Seattle that he could do with just a little time to throw.
By United Press International
Fuller, a second-year quarterback from Clemson, directed the Chiefs on two long drives in the fourth quarter yesterday, in cluding a game-winning 91-yard march, to lead Kansas City to a 31-30 victory over the Seahawks.
ruller made two key plays on the final drive while he scrambled to avoid the pass rush. The big plays were a 32-yard completion to Stan Rome from the end zone and a 26-yard completion to the Ted McKnight that took the Chiefs to the Seattle 6.
Fuller, who was for sacked a club record of 10 times by the Colts a week ago, hit 6-4-7 passes for 93 yards on the game-winning drive. Arnold Morgado's 1-yard run gave Jada Seahawks had taken a 30-24 advantage on Jim Joel's 2-yard run with 4:10 left.
Frank Seurier, scored on a naked reverse from the 5-ary line. That made the score 21-12. KU needed a touchdown, a two-point conversion and an extra point to tie.
PLACE-KICKER Bruce Kalmeyer was out on the field and had his kicking tee in place, but the coaching staff called him back. After a decision making time, KU went for two and failed.
By winning the error-filled game, Kansas City, 5-5, stayed alive in the playoff chase.
after the season-opening 7-7 tie with Oregon, there were cries that KU was not only afraid of losing, but also of winning. Those crises should have been silenced Saturday, except for the final game.
"It would have just been a giveaway," Fambridge said. "The guy had grabbed the last three times we'd kicked. We felt our chances were better to get him to fumble.
"The offense has also been known to fumble a few times even though I don't think they did but once.
"We felt our chances were better of recovering a fumble on the punt or getting the ball arrared loses than for us to make the fourth and 10. If we hadn't done that, it would have just given them a touchdown."
The only problem was that Oklahoma's returner didn't have to field the punt. Fambrough was open to second guessing.
SWITZER ALSO should have been fair game
No one was back for the return when Oklahoma punted. Eleven men charged so determined that the punter was roughed long after the kick was off.
"Sure, we were a little disappointed on fourth down," Smith said. "But it's not for me to decide what we do.
"The coaches thought that we would probably get the ball back."
The Jayhawks scored with 8:40 left in the game on a 13-yard run by Garfield Taylor, who replaced the injured Kerwin Bell. Kallmeyer's kick made it 21-19.
KU would have the ball two more times. Smith, who were quicker, would throw five more and all would score.
the Jayhawks lost, their slim hope for a bowl bid probably slipped away. The team is 3-4-2 with road games at 1-8 Colorado and 7-2 Missouri left on the schedule.
"I DON'T KNOW what it was," Smith said, "I know I can throw better than that. It was tough to pass because they had five defensive backs in there and were rushing a lot of tall guys.
"And I don't know why the wind decided to shift in the fourth quarter. That had strong wind against us the entire second half."
But the close game shouldn't be a wasted effort. Fambrough expects the long-term benefits
JAYHAWK NOTES: The hitting was hard the entire Kansas-Oklahoma game Saturday and in almost every series at least one player went to the injury, Jayhawks, the injuries were to the skill positions.
Fullback Harry Sydney sprained an ankle in the second quarter, just as he did last year. Quarterback Frank Seuer bruised a knee in the third quarter. Flanker David Verser suffered a chest bruise in the second quarter. Tight end Mike Kemmaw was also shaken up.
"I just hope that we are not completely beat up after this football game and can come back and play well in our last two." Head Coach Don Fambrough said. "If we are not too beat up and our injuries are not too serious, we've got a chance to win our last two football games."
The decision to keep Bell out of the game was finalized early Saturday morning. He wore his 4. no jersey, pants and tennis shoes to watch from the sidelines. Bell's mother, Momi, had come from Huntington Beech, Calif., with Frank Seurer's family to see the game.
With those injuries and the disabling toe injury to Kerwin Bell from last week, KU played most of the game with wide receive Lester Mickens on an offensive line as the only regulars in the game.
"It's a big joke between Coach John Hadi and I
that maybe these Californians can make
senior superstar running back on the Edison High School team, which is No.1 in the California Interscholastic Federation.
Dino is undecided where he will play his collegiate ball.
Bell's replacement Saturday, redshirt freshman Garfield Taylor, gained 100 yards on 19 carries. He had 89 yards on 15 carries at the half.
His backup, Walter Mack, had 52 yards on seven carries.
KU's cause was hurt by two interceptions by the anonymous Orlando Flanagan, a defensive end. Flanagan worm No. 54, but his name was not known when Oklahoma played North Carolina last week.
"They sent it in and the printer misprinted my name," Flanagan said. "It came back Flangan."
Big Eight Standings
Ampersand
CONFERENCE A
Nebraska 5   W 0   O 240 36   W 1   O 373 32
Oklabrakee 5   W 0   O 185 65   W 1   O 372 34
Oklahoma 2   F 2   O 185 65   T 2   O 383 124
Kansas 2   F 2   O 185 65   T 2   O 383 124
Iowa State 1   F 4   O 70 99   S 2   O 148 178
Iowa State 1   F 4   O 70 128   S 2   O 148 178
College State 1   F 4   O 128 105   S 2   O 148 178
Kansas State 1   F 4   O 128 105   S 2   O 148 178
Last Saturday's Games
November, 1980
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IN THE SERIOUS moments, the coaches agreed that Missouri was the favorite to win the Big Eight championship and Kansas State also should be in the race.
Enough about basketball. The show was a comedy and let's talk about comedians. The Big Show was a show that played season when Iowa State landed Johnny Orr, Michigan's head coach for 12 years. With a style
Kansas always rated mention, but always a disclaimer was issued: If they play as a team, if they mesh, they'll be good. Nebraska and Iowa will be the top five, according to most of the coaches.
gus a可挫耻 jaw. I guess it wasn't that funny to hurt, but it sure is starting to be funny to me."
On 6-foot, 155 pound Terrance Allen, a freshman: "He's a skinny, short kid. He stands at 5-foot-11, but we say that he's 6-foot so that he won't get an inferiority code."
ORR HAS LONG been known for giving his teams the ball and telling them to run. That won't change at Iowa State, but he will have to make some adjustments.
"If we get a chance, we will fast break," he said. "We have tried in it practice, but it looks bad. It looks slow to me. We'll throw the ball around and maybe even catch it.
Tubbs has a junior college transfer, 6-foot-10 250-pound Charles "Big Time" Jones. Big Time obviously has been a let-down.
uneroerstand, `` ne said. `` I didn't see it. I didn't make it past the centerfield. I understand that they picked us to finish last without the knowledge that Raymond Whitley was out for the season. That's bad.'`
"Big Time Jones looks like Little Time to me." Tubbs said. "I don't know where he got that name. He has the size and height but not the offense we need."
BOTH TUBS AND ORR can laugh. They won a bunch of games last season. Bill Blair of
Un Lau
would rely on center Anure Simai.
"At this point, none of our big men are ready to help us," Ida said. "If Andre gets in foul trouble, I'm going to run a five-man passing game with 5-foot-2 Jack Moore at post. We'll give him the ball and run it in and hope that they back him.
"I'm serious"
So were most of the other coaches. The big three, Ted Owens of KU, Jack Hartman of K-State and Norm Stewart of Missouri, wore the serious look of winners. Paul Hansen of Michigan and Robert Levine of Reserve saw with hepatitis and didn't attend, instead sending Wayne Ballard, his assistant coach.