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Thursday, October 17, 1974
University Dally Kansan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
KU line makes adjustment to veer blocking
By BOB McCARTHY Sports Reporter
When offensive coordinator Bobby Baldwin brought the veer offense to the Mets, he said the offensive line would have to make the biggest adjustment to the new offense. Offensive coach Sandy Buda thinks the line, after some minor problems, has made it better.
"When we put in the *offense* last spring, we had some problems at first really being aggressive and coming off the ball. The linemen were fully acclimated to the ball said.
According to Buda, the key factor in the performance of the players is that the players liked the offer.
"When we were in the split T, the linemen would drop back, set up for a pass and take a kick. We were kicking out and give it back. Now, they're firing off the ball and delivering the blows. The players love to do it."
According to Buda, the switch from the
split T to the veer has involved some major changes to the players. The veer involves a series of new maneuvers.
The major adjustment for the linemen in changing from the split T to the veer is learning to adjust to slants and stunts of the defensive line, Buda said. Slants are defensive linemen taking angle charges. They are also defensive linemen taking cross-crossing charges.
Buda said that veer offenses were often confronted with both tactics and that offensive linemen had to learn to handle the maneuvers.
In the split T, slants and stunts were much less a problem for the linenen, Buda said.
"In the veer, we have the problem of firing out and reacting to the defense instead of dropping back and making them react to us," he said.
The veer requires a different type of offensive lineman from the split T, Buda said. In the split T, a bigger, slower player can be used because the veer requires speed and quickness in the line.
"In the split T, the lineman doesn't have to be back." Buds said. "He can just drop back and forth, not passer. In the veer, a lineman has to be able some of the ball quicker and sustain the hit."
One area of line play that has changed very little for the Jayhawks in the switch to the veer is the pass blocking. According to Buda, the veer relies on play action passing, and this requires blocking very similar to the trow KU used the last two years.
"The way we pass-protected last year in
Football rally
There will be a community pep rally for the KU football team at 4:30 tomorrow in Tulsa, where information director announced. The football team, coaches, marching band, pom-pom girls and yell leaders will be at the Big Eight battle Saturday.
the drop back, we didn't drop back as such." Buda said. "We were taking defensive linemen on at the line of scrimmage before they could get a running start at us.
"We aren't really that big of an offensive football team. Our guard is 216 lbs, and left tackle is 222 lbs, so we can't afford to let a 280 lbs, defensive tackle get a running game from the past two years as protection principles from the past two years are incorporated into the veer."
While the change to the veer has been a big switch for the linemen, it has been a small one for Buda. Buda was a coach for KU in 1970, Pepper Rodger's last year as head coach, and the Jayhawks ran the veer that year.
In 1970, John Riggins set the KU single season rushing record. If the offensive line keeps up its current play, Laverne Smith will break that record in 1974.
Athlete, 60, still competes for track, field honors
With the popcorn vendor standing in front of her, a boozy yearn. Blowing innuously out his mouth, he pardoning her way past you, it's hard to imagine she's not other distractions exist But the rest.
Take, for instance, the distractions at a football game. There's always a guy in the row behind you bragging about his athletic exploits in high school.
"You know we had a play like that in high school," says the typical former athlete. "In fact, I ran it. We picked up tons of yards and why we got to the state championship."
That's not the case with shot-putter Dave Shrader. At 60 years old, Shrader has directed his energies from talking a good story to producing one.
Shrader, from Kansas City, Kan., has annually pursued the Masters track and rainfield in search of that world-record jump. He competed with the University of Kansas track team.
Shrader, down to 270 pounds after a struggle with some health problems, owns at least five world records in the 50-year-old age group.
In 1968 he set the mark for a 54-year-old with a shot-proof of 39 feet, 8 inches. Four years later he tossed the 15-pound ball 32 times his life performances with the shot. He shot 52 hits on the list. He recorded a toss of 404 last year and did 38-7½ in 1971. Shrader's fringe with a high
school discs, when he was 59 years old, was
14 feet 6 inches, also a world-best for a
basketball disc.
Shrader said recently he was happy he finally hit the 60-year mark in his life.
"Now I can go after all those 60-year-old records," Shrader said. "I've got some big goals, too. I've always had 'em and always will. They're just becoming stronger now."
"I want to be the first 60-year-old to throw a bat, and I'm going to go, though, because I've been around only 50 feet now. This old body just isn't what it used to be, but I believe I have some skills."
He hasn't reached 60 feet yet, but he's off to a good start toward that goal. At last he landed on the right side of Allen Field House, Shrazer set a world indoor record for the eight-pound shot by a 60-year-old. The put's was 43 feet, 1 inch. Making the old record by more than three feet.
Shrader exemplified his competitive spirit last summer at the Missouri Valley AUA Masters Championships. The day after he turned 60 the former Kansas State basketball team on his first throw in the 12-pound shot to shatter the former world mark of 34.4.
"I was waiting for that day ever since the Masters meets started," Shrader said. "I'm told they'll meet every time. Winning is actually the main concern, but the records make my day."
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Defensive end out of action for Saturday's tilt with Huskers
The KU football team went through a spirited workout yesterday in preparation for Saturday's game with 12th-ranked Nebraska.
Coach Don Fambrough announced that defensive end Les Barnes wouldn't play in the game. He is out of action with a pulled ligament in his leag.
With Barren out, the Jayhawks will probably start junior Rick Kovatch. Basket's injury leaves the "Hawks with only two experienced defensive ends, Kovatch and Dean Zook, Freshmen Tom Dinkel and Jim Young will be the back-uns.
Fambrough said there wasn't much difference that he could see between this
year's Nebraska team and task year's "They have good linebackers, big defensive guard and defensive line," Foster said. "And their offense is real good, too. We haven't played a team with so many All-America candidates in their offensive line as Nebraska has."
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