Page 14 University Daily Kansan, September 19, 1980
Pitt devours KU, 24-7
Hype, successful past make Panthers national contender
By GENE MYERS Sports Editor
Sports Editor
Pitt has a national reputation. That reputation has been earned on the field with bone-crushing defense and heady offense. That reputation has also made him a leading public relations and steady press releases
The same machinery that mass produces victories and bowl games also mass produces All-Americans. The efficiency of the Pittsburgh machine, and machines like Southern Cal, and Alabama, is what holds back Kansas' long All-America candidate, flanker David Verster.
Verser, a senior, plays for a team that has won seven games in three seasons. All Americans don't come from losers. They come from winners like seventh-ranked Pitt.
PITT, WHICH CLAIMS a half dozen All-America candidates, plays 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial Stadium. The 1-4 high publicized Panthers play the 0-4 under jayhawks.
The Panthers are a press favorite because of the on-the-field talents and off-the-field promotions.
"We don't do any active campaigning for our players with the media. Plut's assistant sports manager is asking them to quit."
But Pitt did circulate a flier last year announcing a nickname for All-America defensive tackle.
"WE SENT OUT a flyer calling Hugh Green "The Incredible Hugh' hoping that he would earn a major award." Joyce Aschenbrenner, the current packet of clippings on each player to make certain that anyone can find out accurate information on any player.
Despite the off-the-field politicking, Pitt is a terror on the field. The Panthers have Green, who is incredible even though he is not big and green. The pro scouts have called him the best defensive player in the country with no one a close second.
"We don't campaign, unless you call that cammaiming."
"Hugh Green is one of the finest players I've ever seen," KU head coach D冯福ambuck said. "He's probably the best defensive player in the country.
"He's trying to have the best season he've ever had, not riding on it, or we want to be an All-American."
KU STARTING quarterback Frank Seurer said, "they say he's too mean and too good to be playing college football. I know enough about Green to keep away from him."
The Jahawks hope to offset Green with a potent passing attack. The key man is All-Big Eight selection Verser, who scored Kansas' last-minute touchdown in last week's 7-7 tie
All schools keep clippings but for most an extensive publicity carnam would be futile.
"Whether or not an athlete becomes an All-American depends largely on the success of the team," Don Baker, KU's former sports information director, said when the preseason All-America teams come out. "You don't see too many American comes from teams with losing records.
"I think David Verser is one of the top two or three wide receivers in the country, but if KU doesn't have a winning season he may not get any recognition."
'IT'S KIND OF hard when all the good teams on the Sunday highlights show getting all
Verser doesn't expect the recognition.
the publicity," he said. "Having KU shown on there would probably help me."
"He can make you look like the greatest quarterback in the country," said Seurer, who threw Vroner's touchdown pass with 15 seconds left. He played college for pass receivers, I'd have chosen KU."
Verser caught five passes for 49 yards last week. But Fambrough says he wants him to get the pass.
Russ Bastin, a third-year sophomore, will be Kansas' other receiver. He moved ahead of senior Lester Mickens, who caught four passes and Jeff Schleicher is expected to start at light end.
ON THE DEFENSE, KU will start the same lineup as in the inpper. KU's defense, which was the Big Eight's worst last season, surrendering 25 points a game, was the big surprise.
Safety Dave Harris blocked a punt and was named the conference player-of-the-week. Stan Gardner Greg Smith, Jeff Fox and Stan Gardner played every down and stopped the Oregon run.
"I've never been prouder of a team than I was following our Oregon game." Barbaugh said.
JAYHAWKS NOTES: The two starting quarterbacks in Pitt's 24- victory over KU last year are no longer quarterbacks. KU's Kevin Clinton is no longer on the team. He plays baseball instead. Pitt'sStarting quarterback a year ago, Rick Tortano, is still a starter, but plays free safety. Clint, who many said would be his next All-American, opened his KU campus last Saturday against Barton County Community College. He hit a home run and a double.
Seurer learns his way on campus and the field
Punter Bucky Scribner punted seven times last week for a 46.0 average. If he had punted eight times, his average would have put him third in the nation. The leader has a 46.4 average
By TRACEE HAMILTON Sports Writer
The tall, blond freshman is learning his way around the KU campus. A personnel administration major, he is anxious to do well in school and to become involved in student activities.
He is on the ballot for freshman class vice president. And tomorrow, along with thousands of other KU freshmen, he will be in Memorial Hall as the Jayhaws' home opponent against Pittsburgh.
But, unlike his classmates, he will be the starting quarterback for the University of Kansas.
"I if had chosen a college just to play football, 'Seurer (pronounced SIGH-er) said."
FRANK SEURER CAME to KU because it had everything he was looking for in a school. And he may be everything KU is looking for in a quarterback. Not a bad arrangement.
Seurer began his KU career by leading the Jayhawks to a surprising 7-7 last Saturday with the Oregon Ducks. He did it with a 64-yard, seven-seam drive in the first 1:33 of the game.
Seurer replaced Smith, a junior from Emporia, early in the second quarter after Smith was stunned by a Duck defender. Seurer played most of the game and completed 12 of 21 passes.
"On my first series, I wasn't really nervous," he said. "I was prepared and knew what was going on. I did get shaky in that last series of downs."
Seurer may have been shaky, but he handled the leadership role like an old pro. He took
"WE KNEW HE WOULD play a bit, but not that much," John Hadl, offensive coordinator, said. "I'm getting to know him better all the time. He's very mature and has a lot of talent.
command in the huddle for the final, game-tying drive.
The coaching staff was most surprised with his poise under pressure. Seurer, a Huntington Beach, Calif, native, said that the team helped him become a leader.
"He's mentally tough, which is important, and he takes coaching very well."
"I am a little surprised at how well they accept
he as assistant I feel comfortable here. No one
might ask."
"I don't feel like a freshman with the team. I
played five games, played five freshmen,
sephornmates, juniors. WOW!"
SEURER BECAME a member of KU's team because of Hadl, who Seurer says taught him to throw a football at a clinic. Hadl, KU All-America halfback in 1960 and quarterback in 1961, was a quarterback with the San Diego Chargers then. Seuer was 8 years old.
"I didn't remember Frank Seurer," Hadi said. But when I started recruiting him and he told me not to, they ended up together.
"I go for it for every time," Seuer said of his playing style. "I don't hold back.
"But I'm a conservative player. I don't try for the whole ball of wax at once. It takes a long slow."
HE EXPECTS KU'S rebuilding process to be a struggle, too.
"In the next three or four years, we'll be back out." We can't get away out. We are definitely to be touch this year.
Part of that is because of an 18-year-old California freshman.
Frank Seurer and Kerwin Bell, the California kids, have earned the starting nod for tomorrow's home opener against the Pitt Panthers.
Bell aims to ring in game with Pitt
By MATT SEELEY Sports Writer
Sports Writer
On the field he is recognized by his low-to-the-ground running style. Off the field, it is by his stocky build and Downing afro.
He is destined to be recognized as one of the best running backs in the nation.
Kerwin Bell, the grand prize in an intense recruiting battle among the best players, began making a name for himself the day he signed a KILO letter-of-intention.
As he builds on the Bell name, which includes his father, Henry, a former running back with the Denver Broncos, Bell plans to rebuild KU football. With a 7-25-1 record over the past three years, KU's name has been spelled d-4-s-a-t-e-r.
"I KNOW SOMETHING is going to happen here," he said. "I think I can help this program. In two or three years, we'll be on top of the Big One."
Bell has impressive pre credentials to support his claim. Voted the player-of-the-year in Southern California by the Los Angeles area writers and broadcasters, Bell ranked among the nation's top three running backs in 1979. At Edison High School, he teamed with Frank Seurat to win the state title game 55-0, the most lopsided score in the history of state title games.
"I really don't set a goal." Bell said. "I go out here and play relaxed." He got fired-up. We been playing football so long that things just come to me.
WHAT MOTIVATES the Californiakid who hopes to be responsible for a growing resurgence in Kansas football?
"I just go out there and expect good things to happen," he said. "I don't
have the means or winning the Heisman or anything like that. I just
get my job done."
Because of last week's performance, 69 yards on 20 carries to lead all KU rushers, Bell will start this week. However, Bell goes up against the seventh-ranked team in the country, the Pittsburgh Panthers, and a tenacious defense led by "All-World" Hugh Green.
"I'll tell you one thing, this team is really up for this game," he said. "We've seen them on film and they are a good team, but not an outstuffed one."
Pitt Panthers hope to solve their offensive puzzle against Kansas
By MIKE DICHIARA
Pitt News Assistant Sports Editor
PITTSBURGH-Perhaps the most pressing question on the Pittsburgh campus today is whether students will be able to
Although Pitt defeated Boston College last Saturday 14-6, the game was generally disappointing to Panther partisans. After all, this is a game where the New York Sports Illustrated and the New York Times
The presession hype gave Pitt's fans and students visions of sugar cane. Bear Bryant's
Flights to New Orleans from Pittsburgh were booked solid for New Year's by hopeful football fans. The opening game must have caused half of them to tear up their airline tickets.
Pitt has a strong sense of football tradition, and a No.1 ranking is taken very seriously. Ever since 1976, when Pitt won its last national title, the Panthers have been on the onrow for another;
After a tough 17-7 loss at North Carolina, the second game of the year, the Panthers began to jell under a freshman quarterback named Dan Marino. Only a starter for four regular season games, Marino passed for 1,860 yards, fourth in the league. He led his team's season on a tear, winning 10 straight and finishing with a sixth-place ranking in the final poll.
lackluster offense was still a problem and although the team possessed a super defense, not much chance was given to Pitt for finishing in the top 20.
The 1979 season began with a lot of hope but a realization that this was not to be the year. The
WITH 16 OF THE 23 starters returning for the 1980 season, high hopes began building for an extra special season. Marino had gained valuable experience the year before to carry him into the 1980 campaign. Fulback Randy McMillan was the answer to Pitt's needs for the bruising, punishing-type runner. The offensive line was as big as any team in the nation.
With the offense showing vast improvement, the pressure on the defense was less. Led by Kyrenius and Michael Hines, Panther defense seemed to be the most awesome in college football. Green, at 6-foot-2, 222 pounds.
The doorway to the Panther lockerom at Pitt Stadium has a sign above it that reads "Beware . . . through these doors walk the dogs." The coyotes cats in the nation . . . the Pitt Panthers."
run the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds. And the rest of Green's linemates are even bigger.
Middle guard Jerry Buryhill 6-foot-3 and-
25 pounds. Right tackle Bill Neiln 6-foot-2, 255.
Left tackle Mike Mulligan 7-foot-1.
Yet despite all the attention, hype and
tagging, the meenest cats in the nation looked
too much like a wolf.
Kansan Predictions
| | Armold | Bertels | Lewis | Myers | Seeley |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Pittsburgh at Kansas | Pittsburgh 27-17 | Pittsburgh 28-7 | Pittsburgh 24-10 | Pittsburgh 8-7 | Kansas 17-16 |
| Illinois at Missouri | Missouri 37-10 | Missouri 21-10 | Missouri 31-10 | Missouri 21-20 | Illinois 18-17 |
| Colorado at LSU | LSU 42-3 | LSU 30-7 | LSU 37-7 | LSU 45-0 | LSU 44-6 |
| Iowa at Nebraska | Nebraska 37-17 | Nebraska 28-7 | Nebraska 35-14 | Nebraska 28-21 | Nebraska 42-12 |
| San Jose State at Iowa State | Iowa State 20-6 | Iowa State 14-10 | Iowa State 21-3 | Iowa State 25-10 | Iowa State who cares? |
| South Dakota at Kansas State | Kansas State 21-10 | Kansas State 21-7 | Kansas State 41-14 | South Dakota 10-9 | Kansas State 30-15 |
| Oklahoma State at Arkansas | Arkansas 35-7 | Arkansas 24-14 | Arkansas 35-7 | Arkansas 38-10 | Arkansas 33-17 |
| Stanford at Boston College | Stanford 24-14 | Stanford 27-7 | Stanford 31-21 | Stanford 27-10 | Boston College 24-21 |
| UCLA at Purdue | UCLA 23-21 | Purdue 24-21 | Purdue 23-17 | Purdue 20-17 | Purdue 15-13 |
| Michigan at Notre Dame | Notre Dame 21-20 | Notre Dame 28-14 | Notre Dame 17-13 | Notre Dame 17-16 | Notre Dame 12-10 |
| Season Totals | 8-1-1 | 8-1-1 | 8-1-1 | 7-2-1 | 9-0-1 |
The predictors are Patti Arnold, Kansan associate sports editor; Kevin Bertels, sports writer; David Lewis, editorial editor; Gene Meyer, sports editor; and Matt Seeley, sports writer.
Scouting Report
QUARTERBACK-Backfresh quarterback Frank Stuer will start his first collegiate football game against Pituit. Suffer completed 12 of 21 passes for 100 yards and one touchdown in KU 7-4 vs. Alabama. We look. Smith, last week's starter, will back in Stuer.
FULLBACK - Harry Stryker, offensive captain, will start for the Rangers as he is backed up by another senior. Karry Lempzey gained his third start.
TALBACK - Freedman Kerven Bell, who rushed for 99 yards on 20 carries against Oregon, starts up. Belk will扑球
RECEIVERS. All America candidate David Versier will open at the flanker position. David versiert caught passing 900 yards last season then him All-Big Eight honors. Jonner Versier at left beats Russia Bastin at end and Jeff Schleicher at left beats Russia Bastin at end.
OFFENSIVE LINE- KU will start four seniors at the five front aids. At right touch is Bob Whitten, who has started every game since he was a freshman. At right touch is at the right guard. At center is Bob Fisk, who waited for the defense to be ready. At left tackle is jason David Lawrence will be the starting left guard.
**TECHNICAL BACKS - Seniors comprise the defensive second line.** Defensive players must be defensive and defend captain Fawn Winkle willtest at the strong safety or "hawk." The cornerbacks will be Dave Harris, last week's Eight digit player-of-the-week, and Devin Brown, the eight digit player-of-one.
LINEBACKERS-Kansas will start two juniors at the linebackers position, but then start a new season at linebackers last season, and Tobias Chubb, who is now in the linebackers position.
DEFENSIVE FRONT—San Garland the top tackler among linemen last season, will助 the KU defensive line at nonsuccess. Jeff Fox is coming off knee surgery last season, and he will produce Gary Coleman round out the front four of the JAWSHADOW.
TAILBACK-Tearl Arribail Hawkins, an excellent outside and center back. Tearl finished last year. Starting back day Roster "Roster"
FULLBACK - Randy McMillan, dubbed "The Big Mac Attack," was Pit's leading rusher with 68 yards last season and at jumblock. McMillan rushed for 64 yards on 22 carries in the game, his longest postgame last week. Senior Wearie DiDartto back wi mckmillan.
GUARTHBACK-*Soporbanne* Dari Martino will start for the team in the first half, and he will play for the team when he was replaced Further quarterback RT Riccaon in the seventh game of the season and led Pit 5 to five consecutive victories. He also led the team in 108 yards, completing 132 after 42 minutes and 19 out of 30 shots.
FRONTLINE - Spearheading the Pitoff offerline will be *five* times as many of these machines by a number to be the top offensive linemen in the east. Alongside of May will be sophomores Jinho Conrad and Paul Dunn at left and turtle and 4 & 6locks, 290 pound Emi Wilde, 180 pounds and 140 pounds.
RECYEMS - Freshman Wright Collins, who comes from the same Pennsylvania high school that produced former PIT great Tony Doyle, gained the starting chars at fanker for the Fandango Show and the Tampa Bay Light and sound Willie Moore will be the startling son.
DEFENSIVE BACKS- Pitt., as does Kansas, will start four seniors in the defensive secondary. Carl William will start at strong safety and force quarterback Rick Trochan will open defense. The cornerbacks will be Lynn Thomas and Kerry White.
LINEBACKERS—Lasted as one of the strongest members on the Panther guan, Steve Fedell will open the game at strongside linebacker. Joining Fedell will be Sal Sumert at weakside and will try to bring rebound into an injurynder action in the spring.
DEFENSIVE FRONT—When you talk about the Pitt defense you are talking about two-time All-American defender Hugh McCormick, considered by many to be the incumbent in the lineup. He's also said "former Arkansas coach Frank Broyles. John Green on the back end of the team" an expressive group boy. And he tackled Greg Murray on right kick Rick Jackson and Nill at right tackle.
SE 22 98 Rust Bastin LE 99 Hugh Green
TE 22 98 Jeff Schiecher LT 65 Greg Meinerman
LG 43 David Lawrence WR 77 Bill Nelli
LG 43 David Lawrence WR 77 Bill Nelli
RG 49 Fred Osborn WLB 104 Jacob Johnson
RT 79 Bob Whitten SLB 7 Steve Fordel
RT 79 Bob Whitten SS 7 Williamson
GT 79 Bob Vetter LC 12
QB 10 Frank Seurer LC 23 Terry White
QB 18 Kevin Bell RC 28 Bik Thomas
QB 4 Kevin Bell JB 36
| LE | NM | Gale Cowan | SE | TW | Willie Collier |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| LT | 86 | Jeff Fox | SE | 74 | Jimcovert Bowers |
| NT | 90 | Dan Smith | LG | 61 | Paul Dumbo |
| RT | 127 | Dan Smith | GC | 61 | Emu Enlowes |
| RT | 73 | Hiton Dawson | FI | 73 | Mark May |
| LB | 18 | Kyle McBaren | FI | 73 | Mark May |
| LB | 18 | Kyle McBaren | FI | 73 | Mark May |
| LCB | 13 | Driller Miller | FL | 32 | Drillenn Collins |
| LCB | 13 | Driller Miller | FL | 32 | Drillenn Collins |
| FS | 13 | Trevor Wetall | IT | 13 |丹Marino Marine |
| PS | 13 | Trevor Wetall | IT | 13 |丹Marino Marine |
| RCB | 43 | Dave Harris | HB | 12 |Rocky McMillan |
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