This time tie won't do as gamble doesn't pay Bv GENE MYERS Sports Editor The second-guessing started as soon as Bucky Scribner'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 Ole Miss' hopes of winning. The Oklahoma Sooners held off a second-half rally to win 21-9. With 1:37 to play and fourth and 10 from the KU 21-yard line, Head Coach Done 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 sandwishing hits. The hope was that Oklaheim's fumble-prone Jay Jimmerson would do his thing. But Jimson didn't tumble. He didn't even touch the ball. He didn't have to. "I thought they would go for it," Oklahoma coach Barry Sutter said. "I was surprised that they would punt with only one timeout left." 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. 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 the season. There was no way KU would go 3-3-1. With 1:50 remaining in the third quarter back 1:50 Steve Smith, who replaced injure Frank Seurer, scored on a naked reverse from the 5-yard 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 timeout, KU went for two and failed. After the season-opening 7-7 tie with Oregon, there were crises that KU was not only afraid of losing, but also of winning. Those crises have been silenced Saturday, except for the final "It would have just been a giveaway," Farnambugh said. "The guy had huddled 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 arilled loose than for us to make the fourth and 10. If we were wrong, it would have just given them a touchdown." The only problem was that Oklahoma's returner didn't have to field the punt. Fam-brough was open to second guessing. 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 Jayhawks scored with 8:40 left in the game on a 19-yard run by Garfield Taylor, who replaced the injured Kerwin Bell. Kallmeyer's kick made it 21-19. SWITZER ALSO should have been fair game "The coaches thought that we would probably get the ball back." KU would have the ball two more times. Smith, who went 21-4 and threw five more tight shots all I will miss badly. "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. Fuller made two key plays on the final drive while he scrambled to avoid the pass rush. The big plays were a 33-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. "And I don't know why the wind decided to shift in the fourth quarter. We had that strong wind against us the entire second half." "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." JAYHAWK NOTES: The hitting was hard the entire Kansas-Oklahoma game Saturday and in almost every series at least one player went through the play, Jayhawks, the injuries were to the skill positions. With those injuries and the disabling toe injury to Kerwin Bell from last week, KU played most of the game with wide receiver Lester Mickens on the offensive line as the only regulars in the game. Fulback Harry Sydney sprained an ankle in the second quarter, just as he did last year. Quarterback Frank Secer bruised a knee in the third quarter. Flanker David Verter suffered a chest bruise in the second quarter. Tight end Mike Kennan was also shaken up. The at Jayhawks lost, their slim hope for a bowl bid probably slipped away. The team is 3-2 with road games at 1-8 Colorado and 7-4 Missouri left on the schedule. Fuller, who was for sacked a club record of 10 times by the Colts a week ago, hit 6-7 passes for 93 yards on the game-winning drive. Arnold Morgade's 1-yard plunge with a touchdown and a Seahawks had taken the 20-24 advantage on Jim Jodal's 2-year run with 4:10 left. But the close game shouldn't be a wasted effort, Fambrough expects the long-term benefits "It's a big joke between Coach John Hadl and I these California can make senior superstar running back on the Edison High School team, which is No.1 in the California Interscholastic Federation. KU's cause was hurt by two interceptions by the anonymous Orlando Flanagan, a defensive flanker. Flanagan won No. 35, but his name was not mentioned when Oklahoma played North Carolina last week. Bell's replacement Saturday, redshirt freshman Garrett Feldt Taylor, gained 100 yards on 19 carries. He had 89 yards on 15 carries at the half. Wade, Walker Macker, had 54 yards on seven carries. Dino is undecided where he will play his collegiate ball. By winning the error-filled game, Kansas City, 5-7, stayed alive in the playoff chase. "They sent it in and the printer misprinted my name," Flanagan said. "It came back Flangan." 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 and simply find it a cheap way to see a football game. Big Eight Standings 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. SEATTLE—Kansas City's Steve Fuller who was nearly hounded to death by the Baltimore Colts last week, showed the Seattle Seahawks that he could do with just a little time to throw. The people who sat on the hill overlookok Memorial Stadium at Saturday's Kansas Oklahoma football game represent a soci- tic team with his or her own reason for sitting on the hill. CONFERENCE ALL GAMES W 5 O 20 WP 8 O 173 Nebraska 5 0 240 36 8 0 372 Oklahoma 5 0 185 65 8 2 283 Kansas 2 2 185 65 8 2 283 Kansas 2 2 185 65 8 2 283 Indiana state 1 4 70 99 8 4 174 Iowa state 1 4 72 108 4 2 183 Colorado 1 4 70 108 4 2 183 Kentucky 1 4 64 141 4 2 175 The quarterbacks were really concentrating Oklahoma's quarterback J.C. Watts hands off to Seurer dives for extra yardage as Oklahoma's M second-half Jayhawk win to 21-19. There was the businessman and his famil from Olathe who enjoyed the wide-open space the hill provides. There were the alumni from Overland Park who decided that $9.50 was to steep a price to pay to see a football game. Are there the Walmers, a group of KU student who have come close to making hill-sitting a fe ritual. Game-day a Late TD drive gets KC victory Last Saturday's Games DOUG LAY, Gardner sophomore and one By United Press International By JIM SMALL Sports Writer November,1980 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. Kansas always rated mention, but always a disclaimer was issued: If they play as a team, if they mech, they'll be good. Nebraska and Kansas are on the top five, according to most of the coaches. Enough about basketball. The show was a comedy and let's talk about comedians. The Big Eight had one of its best performances, the 2014 landed Johnny Orr, Michigan's head coach for 12 years. With a style On 6-foot, 155 pound Terrance Allen, a freshman: "He's a skimny, short kid. He stands about 5-foot-11, but we say that he's 6-foot so that he won't get an inferiority curve." 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 it in practice, but it looks bad. It looks slow to me. We'll throw the ball around and maybe even catch it. g a associated jaw. i guess it wasn't that funny to him but it sure is starting to be fun to me. Ur "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 ORN can laugh. They won a bunch of games last season, Bill Blair of Tubbs has a junior college transfer, 6-foot-10 250-pound Charles "Big Time" Jones. Big Time obviously has been a letdown. uncerstand;` he said. "I didn't see it. I didn't make it past the centerfold. I understand that they picked us to finish last without the knowledge that Raymond Whitley was out for the season. That's bad." would rely on center Andre Smith. "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-9 Jack Moore at post. We'll give him the ball and run it in and out and hope that they back him. "I'm serious." he vn o nir a re dyst nd ho oem 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 awards of winners. Paul Hansen of State University of Arizona reserved his with hepatitis and didn't attend, instead sending Wayne Ballard, his assistant coach.