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Thursday, October 24,1974
University Dally Kansan
Fullback Robert Miller, here shown picking up yardage from Texna A&M, has been unable to play since he suffered a knee injury early in the Nebraska game. Miller's injury not only has been frustrating to Miller, but also to the Jayhawks' offense, which hasn't been the same without him.
SPORTS
Frustrating
KU backfield loses consistency without Miller
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH Sports Reporter
Nobody was hurt more by the University than the two losses than fullback Robert Miller.
Until Miller was injured, Kansas had one
patent, the potent offenses in the nation.
Without him, it would be difficult.
Miller suffered a strained knee on the fourth play of the Nebraska game and has been unable to play since. Nevertheless, the losses bothered him. As a Senior and a captain, he wanted the Jayhawks to do well this season. But the loss prompted his team toripple any hopes the Jayhawks had of going to a bowl game or challenging for the Big Eight title.
"It was pretty tough just standing on the "it's behind the last two games," Miller said. "You don't know what's wrong with the team and there's nothing you can do to help them."
Miller provided 579 yards on the ground before his injury, and without him the running game was deadlocked for over 290 yards a game through the first five games, but averaged
only 71.5 yards in the two games that Miller was sidelined.
Although everybody recognizes his value as a runner, some often overlook the fact that Miller also is an excellent blocker. It is no coincidence that Laverne Smith gained five games and then five games Miller played in, and since then Smith has been held to only 73 yards.
But Miller provides more than just physical skills to the Jayhawk team. He's a leader, and offensive coordinator Bobby understands his value in that respect.
"Laverne (Smith), Scott (McMichael) and the linemen all have confidence with him in there. He's the steadying influence that holds them all together."
"Robert has a way of holding the team together," Baldwin said. "He's a real good leader. It's pretty evident that we're losing our quarterback, as a ball carrier when he's out of the lineup."
Baldwin said that Miller provided com-
patibility in the backfield because he rarely
received more than one injury per game.
loses consistency because of inexperience
"Without Robert we have almost no experience in the backfield," Baldwin said. "At the most, we had two sophomores and a freshman (again Iowa State), and when McMahon got hurt we used another freshman. We really need Robbie back there."
Rainstorm interferes with Jayhawk drill
Heavy rain and lightning forced the heavy football practice to be cut short yesterday.
The team went through a routine workout for about an hour until the rain started and ended with a longer-than-usual 40-minute film session.
Senior fullback Robert Miller is still slowed by a knee injury that kept him out of most of the last two games. Miller said that the knee was still stiff and sore, but that he thought he might be ready to play against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Miller has his own ideas on what happened to the 'Hawks in their last two perennials.
"It's a combination of a lot of things," he said. "Mainly, we've pulled away from being a team. We depended more on individuals and we started going downhill. The good Lord showed us that winning depends on teamwork."
After the Texas &M game, Miller said he sensed a change in the mental attitude of the team. He said people were getting too confident, and that was when they became more concerned with individual performances than with the team.
He said that after the humiliating defeat inflicted by Nebraska, the team lost morale and didn't regain it for the Iowa State game. "It was a horrible day," the Jaywhays are finished for this season.
"It's just a matter of getting ourselves back together," he said. "We can build the team up for next year. It's always better to go out as a winner than as a loser."
Basketball team shaping up for opener
After two weeks of practice, the 1974-75 University of Kansas basketball team is beginning to shape up.
According to head coach Ted Owens, KU has improved in many areas, and the squad has had a good attitude.
"We've tried three things, basically," Owens said yesterday after practice. "We've tried to teach the basic fundamentals of our offense and defense. We've also tried to start fitting players into their right spots and positions. And third, we've allowed for some competition for playing time."
Offensively, the 'Hawks have concentrated on their two basic formations—the single and double post. Owens has been working returners veterans Rick Suttle, Danny Knight, Donnie Von Moore and Luke Reed. In the final week Koenigs at the post positions in the double post. Cook has also worked at forward in the single post.
would scrimpage regularly every day in preparation for the annual Crimson and Turtle sessions.
"We're trying to keep the veterans in as familiar positions as possible," Owens said. "It looks good to it you're moving them but it say really doesn't help that much."
"We really need to do some scrimmagging now, especially for conditioning." Owens says.
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Owens said that beginning next week KU
Returning guard Dale Greenlee has been used by Owens as a wingman in the double post, along with lettermen Tommie Smith and Roger Morningstar, and at guard in the single post. Owens said that Morningstar would continue to work at the wing and forward positions and that he wouldn't be moved to guard.
The 'Hawks' most crucial job will probably be to find a floor general to replace Tom Kivisto, who graduated last spring. In the double post offense, Owens has been working with newcomers Rick Buehler and Chris Clarke at Clinton Johnson at the point or quarterback position and he said he had been pleased with the development of all the new players.
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