Tuesday, September 2, 1975
2.
Split ends battle for spot
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH
Associate Sports Editor
Richard McAuliffe and Waddell Smith
work completely different styles at
wild reps.
Maufilet is a consistent player with a proven ability to catch the football. He gets hit by a ball and returns it.
Smith, on the other hand, is still basically an un disciplined player. He relies on his skill to win games.
But the two have one big thing in com-
mon, are fighting for the starting wide rediee.
McAuliffe, who is running with KU's number one unit, comes to KU from Dodge
Richard McAuliffe
City Junior College. Last year, he grabbed
him for the first time and held him
fifth nationally among two players.
MCAULIFFE SAID HE came to KU because he wanted to go to a school where he had a chance to play regularly, and at the same time to play top brand of football.
"Kansas had a new coaching staff and it was a big Eight school," McAuliffe said. "I figured there would be no inbred prejudice between the staff about who would be the starters."
Neither McAuliffe nor Smith thought the wishbone offense, which puts a premium on the running game, would hurt them at wide receiver.
"ALABAMA HAS ALWAYS been known for throwing out of the wishbone," McAnullie said. "Coach Rutledge was known as a good passing quarterback in college, and I assumed that now that he was strong, would still be interested in throwing."
Smith said he still wasn't in the shape that was necessary to be a top quality receiver.
He said he expected to play better than he had thus far.
"I haven't been up to par at all," she said. "I would like to be at 100 per cent, but I don't know exactly what's wrong. Overall, I justdon't feel right. I've just had a sluggish attitude."
Smith said he thought self-confidence was his bizset asset as a wide receiver.
"First, you must understand that playing back is not a trick," he said. Lora kept out of defense back.
"I READ KEYS AND the various defenses to get myself open, I've never had to catch a ball in traffic because I don't allow myself to get caught in traffic."
McAuliffe, on the other hand, said pass patterns and concentration helped him the
"That was my biggest problem in three-axes," he said. "I had no concentration and I had no sleep."
"Now I'm starting to get the feel back.
I'm starting to run much more fluidly now."
I'm starting to run much more fluidly now."
A wide receiver in the wishbone formation is called upon to block a large percentage of the time. Neither Smith nor McAuliffe said they minded that part of the job. In fact, both said they enjoyed it.
"I THINK FM A pretty fair blocker." McAuliffe said. "I'm not the world's greatest, but I think I can get the job done." Smith said it. was a matter of confidence. "I think most people like to block if they can do the job."
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After playing in high school and junior college, McAuliffe anxious to see what he could do with it.
No matter which one starts, Moore has two receivers who complement each other perfectly. With a game breaker like Smith and a consistent performer like McAuliffe, Moore can afford to pick the right spots for the two receivers.
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