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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 14, 1986
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'Hawks face another uphill battle against sixth-ranked Cornhuskers
David Brandt/Special to the Kansan
Kelly Donohoe. Kansas quarterback will make his second collegiate start tomorrow against Nebraska. The Jayhawks practiced at Memorial Stadium yesterday in preparation for tomorrow's game that starts at 1:30 o'm.
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
KU football head coach Bob Valesente is concerned that similarities may exist between the Kansas-Nebraska football game and a beginning boxer in a match against a prize fighter.
"Our team going against them is like me stepping into the ring against Marvin Hagler," Valesente said yesterday. "I just hope we can go 15 rounds and avoid a knock-out punch."
This season has not been easy for Kansas, entering tomorrow's game 0-5 in the Big Eight Conference and 3-6 overall. Nebraska has had a much easier time, with a 4-1 record in the Big Eight and 8-1 overall.
"It will be unreal," starting quarterback Kelton Donoehue said. "I was born in Nebraska and I've idolized those guys all my life. I always admired Coach Osborne. I've watched them play since (Jeff) Quinn was quarterbacking, Turner Gill and the rest. It'll be unbelievable going up to face them on our first snap. We've got a good game plan, and we've got to find their weak areas and attack them. We've got to know and believe that we can play with them."
Despite their poor record, the Jayhawks do not think Nebraska will be given an easy victory in Lawrence.
"I think we'll win," linebacker Rick Clayton said. "We're playing really well right now. Our offense is playing good and our defense has improved. We shut down Colorado in the second half. Looking at the films, Nebraska definitely is beatable."
Kansas is coming off a close bout with Colorado. The Jayhawks lost 17-10, but the score was closer than the Nebraska-Colorado game. The Buffalooses are the only team to have beaten the Cornhuskers this season, defeating them 20-10.
"Kansas played well against Colorado," Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne said. "They played better than we did. Kansas had a chance to score in the last minutes of the game.
Colorado jumped off to an early lead,
but Kansas did a good job. "I
Osborne said he was concerned with Kansas' run-and-shoot offense. He compared it to South Carolina's, which Nebraska barely beat 27-23.
"Kelly Donoho played pretty well against Colorado." Osborne said. "He has more mobility than (Mike Orth, Karsh's offense is almost a carbon copy of South Carolina's and we have very well against South Carolina."
Valescent agreed there were likenesses between the two teams, but the number of injuries on the team was less than they created problems for the Jlaymwaks.
Nebraska lacks the speed of Oklahoma, Kansas free safety Wayne Ziegler said. Much of the game will be determined by the performance of the defense.
However, wide receiver Murphy Ray said the key was Kansas' execution. If the Jayhawks execute in the way they were taught, then the offense should do well.
"They have a quick defense, but with our execution, we should offset their defense." Ray said.
Tomorrow will be the 93rd meeting between the two teams, second in length only to the Kansas-Oklahoma series which began in 1903. Nebraska leads the series 68-21-3 and has beaten the Jayhawks 17 consecutive times. The Cornhuskers have not lost in Lawrence since Kansas shut them out 10-0 in 1967.
Last season Kansas gained only 144 yards in total offense and lost 56-6. The Jayhawks' points came from two field goals after Nebraska turnovers. The Husker offense, led by tailback Doug Dubose, gained 639 total yards, including 488 runs.
"They've always been dominating in the Big Eight," wide receiver Tom Quick said. "They've killed us every year. I just hope we learned our lesson against Oklahoma and won't let it happen again."
Cornhusker offense has suffered
Quick said Nebraska might be hampered by the recent injuries the
Runningback Keith Jones,
Nebraska's leading rusher with 672
yards, injured a finger and will be
wearing a cast in tomorrow's game.
He missed Saturday's game against
Iowa State and his playing time may
be limited tomorrow. Osborne said.
Also questionable for the game is starting quarterback Steve Taylor.
starter, averages 22.4 yards a carry and has attained 202 yards on nine carries. He has a hamstring injury and is questionable for tomorrow's game, Osborne said.
Kansas, however, still can match Nebraska almost injury for injury. The Jayhawk offense has changed every game because of injuries. Lack of depth has worried Valesente all season. The 0-5 record only serves to reinforce his concerns.
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BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado
fullback Anthony Weatherspoon
will play against Oklahoma for the
Big Eight title this weekend
despite criminal charges filed
against him, CU football head
coach Bill McCartney said
yesterday.
The Boulder District Attorney's office Wednesday charged Weatherspots with misdemeanor second-degree criminal trespass in connection with a campus burglary in May. He was ordered to appear in court Dec. 4. If found guilty, Weatherspots could serve up to six months in jail and pay a $750 fine.
The charges were filed amid reports that he and three other CU football players had admitted to using drugs when asked by university police during the burglary investigation.
the drug use reports would interfere with the team's roster Saturday. A spokeswoman at his office said yesterday that Weatherbags might start.
Weatherspoon, quarterback Mark Hatcher, cornerback William Harvey and former reserve kicker Steve Nottoli last summer told university police that they had used cocaine. But Police Cpl. Timothy McGraw said that no drug charges would be filed against the four players, and that Hatcher, Harvey and Nottoli were not being investigated for criminal wrongdoing.
McCartney said neither the charges against Weatherspoon nor
"If he is found guilty, I'll take action," McCartney said.
When asked whether he would automatically suspend any player who tested positive for drug use, McCartney said, "No ifs, and or buls."
McCartney said he did not take action when he learned from university police that his players admitted using cocaine because there was no proof they were still using drugs.
In another development yesterday, the Rocky Mountain News reported that Nottol told police that before the team had switched to random drug screening, athletes cheated on drug tests because they knew when the tests would occur.
The Buffaloes, 5-0 in the conference, can clinch the Big Eight and an Orange Bowl bid by upsetting Oklahoma at Folsom Field and then beating the 2-7 Kansas State Wildcats in the final game of the season.
Colorado toughened its drug testing at the start of the school year. McCarty said that 650 tests had been administered since August and that no player had tested positive.
KU vs. Nebraska
The Starters NEBRASKA
NEBRAKA
Offense
WR — 88 Rod Smith, Jr.
LT — 72 Rob Maggard, Sr.
LG — 74 Stan Parker, Sr.
C — 54 Mark Cooper, Sr.
BJ — 61 John McCormick, Jr.
RT — 79 Tom Miller, Sr.
T3 — 43 Todd Willett, Sr.
RB — 49 Ken Kaelin, Sr.
RB — 44 Triese Knox, So.
WB — 33 Dana Brinson, So.
QB — 9 Stevie Taylor, So.
Defense
LE — 89 Broderick Thomas, So.
LT — 76 Chris Spachman, So.
MG — 95 Danny Noonan, So.
RT — 98 Lee Jones, Jr.
RE — 83 Brad Tyr, Sr.
LB — 35 Kwin Parsons, So.
LB — 41 Marc Muntford, So.
CB — 32 Brian Davis, So.
SS — 5 Brian Washington, Jr.
FS — 19 Bryan Siebel, So.
CB — 10 Charles Fryar, So.
Specialists
PK — 1 Dale Klein, Sr.
P — 46 John Kroeker, So.
LS — 54 Mark Cooper, Sr.
KANSAS
Holder — 12 Clete Blakeman, Jr.
Offense
WR — 1 Willey Vaughn, So.
LT — 66 Petopicov, So.
LG — 68 Jay Allen, So.
C — 54 Paul Owsald, Sr.
RG — 63 Steve Nave, Sr.
RT — 72 Von Lacey, Jr.
TE — 84 Mark Parks, Jr.
RB — 44 Mike Rogers, Jr.
RB — 22 Arnold Snell, Sr.
QB — 14 Kelly Donohoe, Fr.
RD — 24 Ronnie Caldwell, Jr.
Defense
LE — 73 Teddy Newman, Jr.
LE — 90 Eldridge Avery, Jr.
RE — 97 David White, Jr.
RE — 52 Scott Carlson, So.
LB — 41 Warren Shields, So.
LB — 25 Rick Bredesen, So.
LB — 33 Rick Clayton, So.
CB — 31 Mike Fisher, Sr.
FS — 18 Wayne Ziegler, Sr.
SS — 23 Jamie Steinhauser, Sr.
CS — 16 Milt Garner, Jr.
Specialists
Specialists
PK - 12 McCain, Jr.
P - 14 MacRich, Jr.
LS - 58 Rob Foster, So.
Holder - 11. Tom. Quick, Sr.
Game Time
Kick off is set for 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The game will be broadcast on the 30 station radio network. The local stations carrying the game are KJHK in Lawrence, KMBZ in Kansas City, KLKN in Lawrence and WREN in Topeka.
The Records
The Series
Nebraska is 1-8 overall and 4-1 in the Big Eight after beating Iowa State 35-14. The Cornhuskers only loss was to Colorado, 20-10 in Boulder. Kansas' record has now dropped to 3-6 overall and 0-6 in the conference after Colorado slipped by the Jayhawks 17-10 last Saturday in Boulder.
Nebraska has dominated the series 68-21-3. The last Jayhawk victory was in 1968 in Lincoln when the Jayhawks won 23-13. Since then the Cornhuskers have 17 consecutive victories. Over the last four seasons, Nebraska has outscored Kansas 216-26.
The Coaches
Kansas head coach Bob Valentele is 3-8 in his first year as a head coach. Valentele has been with Kansas for four years and was an assistant coach for 21 years before getting his first head coaching job this year.
Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne is in his 14th year as head coach and has been at Nebraska for 25 years. He has a 135-12-1 record. His 810 winning percentage ranks him as the third-winning active NCAA DIVision I-coach behind Oklahoma's Barry Switzer and Penn State's Joe Paterno.
Game Notes
KU tallack Arnold Snell now has 609 yards rushing this season, the most by a Jayhawk since Lynn Williams rushed for 776 yards in 1984 ... Ten current Jayhawks were not yet born the last time Kansas beat Nebraska. The Jayhawks have only one offensive starter, running back Mike Rogers, who started against the Cornhuskers last year, and there are only three starters from last year's game on defense, defensive tackle Eldridge Avery, linebacker Rick Bredesen, and cornerback Mitt Garner.
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By JANE ZACHMAN
Women open season
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At 7:30 p.m. today at Allen Field House, the Jayhawks are definitely going to hit the court wanting to win, she said.
The exhibition game between the KU women's basketball team and the Red Star Women's Basketball Club Team from Yugoslavia will be a good tune-up for the season. KU head coach Marian Washington said yesterday.
KU assistant coach Kevin Cook saw the Yugoslavian team play Wednesday night at Missouri, and he told Washington that the team had some big players and that they were good outside shooters from the three-
The Jayhawks will try to keep up the pace of the game with their speed, Washington said.
"If they're going to chase us," she said, "we may wear them out. If we play a slower game, it may be to their advantage."
Washington said that with advantages on both teams, the game would depend on how the Jayhawks utilized their advantages.
The game will provide a no-lose situation, Washington said. The Jayhawks will be able to compete against players other than themselves and the KU coaching staff will be able to decide where to go from there.
Freshman Bloomfield makes big splash on swim team
By BRIAN SNYDER
Susan Bloomfield, of the KU women's swim team, practices her stroke in Robinson Center Natatorium. The team worked out yesterday for Sunday's
Sports writer
One of these freshmen, Susan Bloomfield, a bright-eyed, cheerful person, has proven that she is ready to compete and win at the major-college level.
Ask KU swim head coach Gary Kempf for one of the reasons the women's team is doing so well this year, and he will talk enthusiastically about the freshmen.
At the Lady Ram Early Bird Swimming and Diving Invitational, Bloomfield was second in the 100-meter individual medley and the 100-meter backstroke, third in the 200-meter backstroke and first in the 50-meter backstroke.
"Swinning is a sport where freshmen can play a big part." Kempf said Wednesday. "We have a number of quality freshmen and I did expect her to contribute this year. She proved herself last year to be one of the nation's best backstrokers and she hasn't reached her potential. She's going to get better."
Her sister, Anne, a junior on the KU swim team, said yesterday that Susan had been improving since her high school at Antillettsville. High School in Oklahoma.
Although she is surprised with her recent success, Kermpf is not.
dual meet against Louisiana State in Lincoln, Nebraska. LSU will compete against Nebraska tomorrow.
"She's been swimming great," Anne said. "Her backstroke times have really dropped."
Susan said yesterday that she hadn't expected to swim so well this early in the year. The times she was at home were no longer expected to attain later in the season.
"My times now are scaring me," Bloomfield said. "I'm excited to see
what my times will be like later in the year. I'm already swimming close to some of my personal bests."
The reason for her early success, Bloomfield said, might be that her swimming workouts at KU are harder than she had ever experience.
ed elsewhere. Also, she said she had a strong motivation to do well for the team.
Motivation for swimming on the national level didn't come to Bloomfield until she swam on her high school team. Before then, swimming
was just another sport. In fact, an ambitious gymnastics coach might be responsible for pushing her to swimming.
As a 10-year-old, Susan hated practice after the first few weeks, and she shifted her attention to gymnastics.
Hence, the change back to swimming
Her coach prompted her to attempt a back walkover on the balance beam. A frightened child, Bloomfield declined to perform the maneuver and began to cry.
A three-time all-state swimming selection, Bloomfield won state championships in the 50-meter backstroke and earned All-America consideration, being one of the top 20 backstrokers in the country. She was also a member of an All-America medley relay team at Bartlesville High School.
In high school, her swim team won the state championship every year. Her freshman year, Bloomfield decided to play basketball, eventually becoming a starter.
Last winter, at Junior Nationals in North Dakota. Bloomfield won the 100-meter backstroke and became eligible for the Senior Nationals during the summer in Santa Clara, Calif. Bloomfield also competed at the Olympic Festival in Houston during the summer.
Placing seventh in both the 100- and 200-meter backstroke in Houston, she gained valuable experience swimming against the best backstrokers in the country.
Her performances in national competitions attracted the attention of several top swimming schools. Louisiana State, Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Arkansas and some smaller schools fought a recruiting battle that was stacked against them. The crimson and blue of Kansas runs deep in the Bloomfield family.
Not only is her sister enrolled here, both of her parents attended KU. A closer look into the Bloomfield family tree reveals that her grandparents on her mother's side also were Jayhawks.
Kempf said that Susan probably felt more comfortable coming to Kansas because her sister was also a KU student.
Anne said there was no big rivalry when they were young even though they competed in the same age
See BLOOMFIELD, p. 10, col. 1