Page 12 University Daily Kansan, October 31, 1980
Canned crowd cheering prepares KU for 'Cats
Sports Editor
By GENE MYERS
A roaring crowd and a marching band resounded through the empty hall.
Ignoring the din, so loud that it echoed across campus, were the Kansas Jayhawks, busy finishing a game. "I wonder if you watch a basketball game?"
The noise, just like the hitting in the final practice day, was simulated, blasting from the scoreboard speakers. The canned sounds of fans clapping and inspirational marching music were a trick, a ploy to prepare the team for tomorrow's match in Manhattan against the Kansas State Wildcats.
"We just want everyone to get used to it." Head Coach Don Fambrough said as the final stanza of "Rocky" faded away. "We wanted to work on our concession. It with the wild wit, screaming and the band always playing."
But the rowdy K-State followers should be no problem at all because the 2-3-1 Jayhawks have played their best in hostile lands. They are unbeaten, as but their 1-0-2 record shows, they are not unbeatable.
For tomorrow's 1:30 p.m. game in KSU Stadium, KU hopes to be unbeatable with its solid defense and big-play offense. The game has been sold
The edge this year, as usual, goes to the Jayhawks because of a better record and longer schedule. Kansas
State is 2-5 and has not won since September.
"I've been playing this game as a player and coach and nothing has changed," Fambrough said. "It doesn't make a difference if one队 is uninformed or it makes it even a game. It's a great football game regardless of the records."
Last year's game was a great one, 38-28 KU. A defensive standoff was predicted but the two teams combined for 929 yards of total offense, nine touchdowns and a field goal. K-State's quarterback Darrell Dickey riddled KU's defense for 306 yards passing, the most ever given up by the Jayhawks.
KU's big weapons were running
Higgins, who combined for 275 yards,
who combined for 275 yards.
K-State led 28-27 until Mike Hubach connected on a 37-yard field goal with just more than four minutes left. Sydney scored on a 35-yard run with 1:02 left, but Dinky drove the Wildcats into KU territory until he was hurt. His replacement, Sheldon Harris, bungled the final play to let the clock run out.
"I thought it was going to on for forever last year," center Bob Fiss said. "It's the biggest game of this season." It's something everyone is aware of.
"People who don't say anything about football all year will come up in class and say, 'You gotta beat K-State.'"
were decided by fewer than 10 points. KU leads the series 53-20-4.
"Both teams generally play a little better than they are actually capable of playing." K-State coach Jim Dickey said. "It's always fun."
Farnbrough said, "This is truly one of the great rivalries. Anytime you have two state schools, Michigan-Michigan State or Texas-Texas A&M, it's a big thing. This is for state pride and bragging rights.
KU has lost to K-State only twice in the last decade, but six of those games
"I told our young players that they must be prepared for quite a scene."
JAYHAWK NOTES: Freshman Frank Seurer, who was replaced as a starter by junior Steve Smith four weeks ago, will start in tomorrow's game for Kansas. Seurer, who will be making his third start of the season, has completed 45-of-63 passes for 430 yards and two touchdowns. He is, however, last in the Big Eight's quarterback rankings. Smith is fourth.
KU and Oregon, who KU tied 7-1 to open the season, are the only teams to have two ties this season. KU's last two tie season was 1947.
During KU's roller-coaster football season, at least one Jayhawk has played with consistency. Even in the Louisville game, Mount Oread's unanimous choice for embarrassment of the year, his steady play and 16 tackles earned him a nomination for Big Eight Player of the Week.
Sports Writer
By TRACEE HAMILTON Sports Writer
For Jeff Fox and the rest of the Jayhawks, the Louisville game was the turning point of the season. Since that 17-9 loss, KU has staged perhaps the biggest comeback since Don Fambrough became head coach again.
KU, 2-1-1 since Louisville, has knocked off tough and talented Syracuse and previously undefeated Iowa State. Fox, a 6-foot-3 inch, 245-pound senior, received Big Eight recognition for his performance against Syracuse.
Fox levels roller-coaster ride
"Since the Syracuse game we done well," Fox said. "We just sat down and discussed things among ourselves that have been important to me, definitely the low point of my career."
A strange low point, considering Fox was injured in the Oklahoma State contest last year and missed the remaining four games of the 1979 season. He was out for six months with torn knee ligaments.
"This is one of our best years for
injuries,” Fox said. “There haven’t
to play with pain when you’re winning.”
Fox's injury forced him out of last year's see-saw battle between KU and Kansas State. He's expecting another battle tomorrow.
"We've got to minimize our mistakes and play hard, aggressive football," he said. "They're a good team, but we should beat them."
That confident attitude will rub off on bri teammates, according to Fambro.
"He has tremendous desire." Farmhouse. He plays 100 percents. The other players. The other plays.
Fox modestly denies his leadership role.
"When a player gives his all like that,
a automation becomes a leader,
when he is not a leader."
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"Maybe it's because I've got a big mouth," he said. "We share responsibility on defense. Greg Smith and Stan Gardner and I do our jobs, and then the rest of the defense sees they can do theirs."
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Fox, who came to KU from Pierce Junior College in Los Angeles, is second in the Big Eight in tackles with 61. Thirty-four of those were unassisted. Against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, Fox had 10 tackles, six unassisted.
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"Last week, if we'd played well, we'd have beaten them," Fox said. "We made a lot of mistakes in the first half. We were lucky to turn it around."
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