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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 9, 1986
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Shari Oetting/KANSAN
Kansas head football coach Bob Valesente, right, and defensive coordinator Dave Dunkelberger demonstrate the down lineman defensive position at the football clinic for women. The clinic was held last night at Parrot Athletic Center
50 attend football clinic
Javhawk coaching staff teaches women about the game
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
Sports writer
Fifty new recruits gathered in a Parrott Athletic Center film room last night, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to become Kansas' newest quarterback -- of the armchair variety
But beerbellies hanging out of too short shirts were not prominent among the participants. Skirts and beels were more the norm. This was the fourth annual football clinic for ladies, sponsored by the athletic department.
Al Woolard, Lawrence High School coach for 19 years, was the master of ceremonies and time-keeper. He made sure the Kansas coaches and Big Eight officials didn't get too windy.
The women learned officials' signals from Big Eight referee J.D. Clevenger. Clevenger tested the women on the signals with only a few hints.
Some of these women were seasoned veterans, but eight women from Haiwana traveled 75 miles to attend. Evelyn Dockery, a Lawrence resident, attended last year and said she would go to future clinics.
"It's so much fun and we learn a lot of things," she said. "The coaches had us do different plays — that was my favorite part. I love football, but I
didn't really understand it."
All participants received a certificate of football knowledge signed by head coach Bob Valesente, a copy of the referees signals, and warm thanks for attending.
As the new football fans left the clinic, many claimed it was the best program given yet.
"I like the coverages and learning about the plays," said Trina Kudlacek, Topeka sophomore. "There's no place to learn this except from coaches, players or at the clinic."
If the women weren't sold on the Jayhawks yet, Valesente made sure that many would be bedded in Kansas paraphernella. Between presentations Valesente drew names for t-shirts, jerseys, jackets and other KU garb.
These women will have an advantage over some fans at Saturday's North Carolina game. Valesente showed them the opening plays, drawing the players' movements on the chalkboard in the front of the room.
Just don't tell North Carolina, he said.
"When you're sitting up there in the stands on Saturday, you can look over at your boyfriend or husband and say 'That's the Ace formation there.' "Valesente said. "Then you
can call the plays for awhile and leave them in shock."
The offensive and defensive coaches took their turns, usually talking in what seemed like foreign tongues to the women. What does 90 Blast Fire Safety mean in English? That's confidential to anyone who did not attend the clinic.
Wide receiver coach Robert Ford taught the group how to catch a football.
"Watch the point," he said. "Grab the fat."
Ford actually was talking about keeping one's eye on the ball and grabbing the middle of the ball.
Luckily for one woman chosen to demonstrate, she didn't drop the ball, otherwise she would have had to do 50 fingertip pushups.
Defensive coordinator Dave Dunkelberger was cajoled by Valesente into showing the proper positions defensive players take on the line. The first was the down lineman with knees bent, rear up, fingertips on the ground and a snarl on his face.
Offensive-line coach Jan Quarless got a surprise snap from Kansas center Budde the mom. Quarless asked her to play center, just like her son, but the end result was not the same. The ball didn't land in the coach's hands but hit him below the belt.
Huskers to take on NCAA today supported by conference coaches
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The weekend football schedule shows Nebraska enjoying a week off. But actually, the Cornhuskers face a battle that could make or break their entire football season.
Nebraska squares off against the National Collegiate Athletic Association today as the Cornhuskers appeal the suspensions of 60 players for improper use of complimentary passes.
An NCAA subcommittee on eligibility will stage a meeting via telephone beginning this morning. Nebraska is expected to submit a mound of evidence in its defense. It is not known how soon the NCAA will announce the results of the hearing.
Coach Tom Osborne, said his staff pushed for self-disclosure by the players. It was felt that if they came clean to the NCAA, the players would remain elible to play, he said.
According to NCAA regulations, complimentary tickets supplied to players can only be given to students or relatives. The NCAA said the 60 Cornhuskers gave tickets to non-student, non-relatives.
But last week, the NCAA ruled that 83 players would be forced to sit out for one game. Seven others would
"It really has become, because of the magnitude, an institutional penalty as well." Osborne said. "It's not just a penalty against the players because when you lose 60 players it it's impossible to run a football team."
miss two games because of the ticket problems.
"And if you spread (the suspensions) out, you may lose two or three games," he said. "Then you begin to get into finances. The cost of losing one or two games can result in no TV (appearances) later in the season, no bowl games."
Colorado Coach Bill McCartney is among Osborn's allies in the match against the NCAA. McCartney said the problems experienced by Nebraska had a lot of people looking at their ticket programs.
Osborne said that if he had the 60 players sit out the same game, Nebraska couldn't possibly win that contest.
"I for one don't think Nebraska should have to play with a (short) roster. I think they should wait and have a year-long investigation of everybody."
"The people in our ticket office feel Nebraska as was good as there is in the conference as far as checking," McCartney said, "and they had a problem.
Barry Switzer, the coach of the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, said that he didn't like the current rule on complimentary tickets. But teams can follow the rule.
"Yeah, it's a problem," he said. "The logistics and mechanics of it are terrible, and it's a lot of work and it probably needs to be changed. I don't like it but we've adhered to it."
"I think there's a number of schools around the country that are going to have a problem if their pass gate is checked and it is a matter of ineligibility, then they may be playing ineligible players and that's a matter of forfeiture.
"The decision tomorrow will really have far-ranging implications," Osborne said. "I'm sure everyone is aware of what's at stake.
The problem now is Nebraska's, but Osborne said the problem could spread.
Dallas beats Giants 31-28
"We've just been put in a very difficult position," he said. "We hope somebody will look at the broad picture and decide that maybe this isn't a matter that needs to be resolved with 60 or 70 players being declared ineligible."
Osborne said he was not upset with NCAA enforcement officials.
Herschel Walker scores two touchdowns in NFL debut
IRVING, Texas — Herschel Walker, filling in for the injured Tony Dorsett, marked his NFL debut with two touchdowns — the second coming with 76 seconds left in the game — and brought the Dallas Cowboys a 31-28 victory last night over the New York Giants.
United Press International
Walker's game-winning score was on a 10-yard run and finished a 72-yard drive that Walker himself had started by taking a short pass, running through four tacklers for a 23-yard gain.
His final score negated a spectaculair 44 yard touchdown pass from Phil Simms to Bobby Johnson with 5 minutes and 24 seconds remaining. The touchdown brought the Giants from behind for the third time and put them in front by four points.
After Walker's score, the Giants converted four-down plays twice and kept alive their hopes for yet another comeback. But a desperate 45-yard throw into the end zone fell incomplete on the game's final play.
The thrilling contest included the appearance of Walker and Dorsett in the same backfield, a badly sprained ankle suffered by Dorsett that forced him out of the game, and a touchdown by Giants' running back Joe Morris, who signed a new contract less than three hours before the game.
New York rallied to tie the game after falling behind by two touchdowns and then overcame a three-point deficit in the third quarter when Morris scored on a 2 vard run.
The Cowboys went back in front in the fourth quarter on a 1 yard pass from Danny White to rookie tight end Thornton Chandler. They regained the ball with an interception by Ron Fellows and gained a chance to pad their lead.
But moments later, flanker Tony Hill fumbled away the ball at New York's 23-yard line. The Giants scored their go-ahead touchdown four plays later.
Dallas jumped in front in the second quarter on a 36-yard scoring screen pass from White to Dorsett and a 1-yard dive by Walker after Simms had fumbled at his own 2-yard line.
But the Giants scored twice inside the two-minute warning, driving 74 and 66 yards with Simms throwing touchdown passes of 13 yards to Johnson and 3 yards to Stacy Robinson
A 35 yard field goal by Rafael Septon on the final play of the half gave Dallas a 17-14 intermission lead.
Morris' 2-yard touchdown, which
put the Giants ahead in the third quarter, came after Walker had fumbled at his own 14-yard line — a miscause caused by Leonard Marshall and recovered by Harry Carson.
Two years ago Walker was drafted in the fifth round by Dallas, even though he had already left the Football League to play in the U.S. Football League.
That move paid off brilliantly on the opening Monday night of the season with Walker gaining 64 yards on 11 carries and coming through with the big plays.
Besides Walker's heroes, the game was filled with huge plays — including Dorsett's catch of the 36-yard screen pass for the night's first touchdown. That play came with Dallas facing a 3rd-and 21 situation.
Dorsett sprained his ankle in the first quarter, but came back to catch the ball.
The drive that put Dallas ahead 24-21 early in the fourth quarter also was kept alive by a big third-down play - a 29-yard throw from White to Tony Hill.
Benson first thwarted the cannibal
the air, then caught it as he spun out
a tackle by Fellows at the Dallas 20
en route to the end zone.
New York's final score came on the most spectacular play of the night — a pass from Simms to Johnson
Sooners rank 1st in AP poll
Nebraska jumps from eighth to sixth place with victory
The Associated Press
Oklahoma remained a runaway leader yesterday in The Associated Press' first regular-season college football poll. Meanwhile Miami, Fla., nosed out idle Michigan for second place, setting up a possible shootout between No. 1 and No. 2 later this month.
Oklahoma whipped fourthranked UCLA 38-3. That earned the Sooners 55 of 59 first-place votes and 1,175 of a possible 1,180 points from a nationwide panel of 59 sportswriters and sportscasters.
Meanwhile, Miami improved its record to 2-0 by defeating No. 13 Florida 23-15. The Hurricanes received one first-place vote and 1,050 points and climbed from third to second place. Oklahoma visits Miami on Sept. 27. There the Sooners will try to avenge the only
loss the team suffered en route to the 1985 national championship.
Michigan, which opens its season Saturday at Notre Dame, shipped from second to third place with one first-place vote and 1,028
UCLA's embarrassment at the hands of Oklahoma dropped the Bruins from fourth to 16th place. Alabama, a 42-10 winner over Vanderbilt, moved up from fifth to fourth place with 986 points.
Penn State crushed Temple 45-15 and rose from sixth to fifth place with one first-place vote and 952 points. The other first-place vote went to Nebraska, which beat No. 11 Florida State 34-17 and jumped from eighth to sixth place with 896 points.
Texas A&M, which starts its season Saturday night at LSU, remained in seventh place with 868 points. Texas, which beat New
Mexico 35-21, went from 10th to eighth place with 713 points.
Auburn, No. 14 in the preseason poll, entered the Top 10 by beating Tennessee-Chattanooga 42-14. The Tigers received 509 points. That put them seven points ahead of Ohio State, which slipped from ninth to 10th place with 502 points. Ohio State lost to Alabama 16-10 in the Kickoff Classic on Aug. 27.
The new rankings include the same 20 teams as the preseason poll, with some rearranging of positions.
The second 10 consists of Brigham Young, Baylor, Florida, LSU, Florida State, UCLA, Washington, Arkansas, Georgia and Michigan State.
The preseason second to listed Florida State, Baylor, Florida. Auburn, LSU, Georgia and Washington tied for 16th, BYU, Arkansas and Michigan State.
Kevin Rose, Lenexa junior, takes a swing during batting practice. Rose was one of eight walk-ons to make the Kansas baseball team last week.
New players work out nerves
By BRIAN SNYDER
Sports writer
The sound every batter longs for badn't been heard yet.
The familiar crack of bat against ball that signals a well-hit pitch had eluded David Marshal, freshman outfielder.
Marshal had an excuse though. He was just a little nervous.
Baseball
Marshal and seven other walk-ons joined the KU baseball team yesterday for practice at Quigley Field. The walk-ons were selected from about 90 men who tried out last week.
The players will be evaluated throughout the fall games and some might make the team for baseball's regular spring season.
Head Coach Marty Pattin said that he wasn't sure if the new players
would stay on the team, but that intrasquid games and occasional appearances in the fall would let the players show off their abilities.
Making the spring team wasn't what Marshal had on his mind yesterday.
"I'm just glad to be out here," Marshal said. "I was nervous, but I talked to some of the other guys, and they helped me."
For Fat Murphy, sophomore outfielder, yesterday's practice was a basic daily practice. And, unlike Marshal, he was looking beyond the all schedule.
"I want to go as far as I can in
Pattin said he didn't have an opportunity to watch the pitchers yesterday, but he did get a look at the outfielders. While the walk on out fielders have potential, Pattin doubts that any of those players will compete for starting positions this fall.
baseball" . Murphy said. "I'll keep play until I'm told to quit."
Murphy said he probably would be a role player for the Jayhawks, pinch-running and pinch-hitting. He is a switch-hitter, which may give him a better chance to play this fall.
The other walk-onss who made the team are Mike Andress, senior pitcher; James Malcolm, freshman pitcher; Keith Mowery, freshman pitcher; Justin Sullivan, junior pitcher; Jason Shively, junior pitcher; and David Smith, junior infielder.
The prospects for getting playing time aren't too bright for the walkons. But Pattin said that if a player proved he could compete for a starting position, he would definitely get to play.
"CRACK!"
Marshal finally got hold of a pitch and sent a line drive into left center field.
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