University Daily Kansan
Thursday, August 28,1975
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Linebacking move suits Beeson
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Sports Editor
With help from a lot of celery, Terry Beeson is just
happy to like to be with the University of
Kansas football team.
Specifically, Beeson is on KU's line trackback军队. At 63-230, 580 points, he certainly got the size to play.
Five months ago, however, he would have been too bulky.
Beecon, a junior, suffered a broken leg when he shipped on ice in a KU parking lot last winter. Confined to a cast, Beecon's weight zoomed to about 260 pounds. That's where the collar came in.
"I ate lots of celery," Beeon said smiling.
"No breads, no starches—just lots of celery. It was a warm day."
Colery, he explained, was something to munch on between all the running and lifting weights this past week. It was a bit messy.
'IT'S WELL NOW,' BEESON SAID of the leg. 'It's strong, I have a few complications, but I don't think it's anything that's going to keep me out of any games.'
It's no secret that linebackers are a rare commodity for the Jayhawks this fall. Beeson considers his move from defensive tackle, where he spent much of last year, as a homecoming.
"I DON'T REALLY HEALY I HAVE the spot by
him. If I got to play, there would be a matter of time before I led God to chance to play."
"I was recruited as a linebacker," Beeson, a Coefville High graduate, said. "I've had experience there. I believe I have the quickness and the ability to play that spot.
**Things weren't so racy last fall.** Bees suffered an early-season injury, which kept him from fighting for a full-time starting position until late in the season. Then spring frost forced him to miss spring football. All in all, it wasn't a good year.
"I've got to improve my quickness--it's got to pick up," he said. "For me to be a good linebacker, I've got to be able to react a little better and read the plays better."
"I'm looking forward to a good season this year because I don't need another year like the last one," he said. "I don't know if it was the sophomore slumps or that. But I just kind of went along with the whole team slump."
NATURALLY, BEESON HASN'T BEEN totally satisfied with his workouts so far.
Beech said he thought his playing weight of 230 pounds was about right. But he doesn't have too much
After all, he can always go back to munching on celery.
Linebacker Terry Beeson
Practices disturb Moore
This hasn't exactly been a great week for KU football but Bud Moore.
For one thing, injuries have hurt the Jayhawks. For another, Moore has been unhappy with the effort shown by the team in practice.
KU's depth at linebacker was hurt by the loss of Randy Cox, who suffered a dislocated shoulder in Monday's workout. Cox, who was running with the first unit at the time of the injury, will be lost indefinitely.
In an effort to bolster that position, Moore moved Rick Kovatch back to linebacker from defensive end. Kovatch entered fall drills at linebacker, but was moved to
defensive end in the first week of practice.
Moore also lost two running backs. Fullback Skip Johnson suffered a stress fracture in his leg. It isn't known how long he will be out.
Moore has other worries as well.
Halfback Clif Doran left the team this week. He was listed on the second team, running behind Scott McCamy and Bill Green, who were alternating on the first unit.
"The thing that concerns me is that we have shown no real effort as a team to be a good football team," he said. "I saw some people who said, 'We weren't doing it as a whole team.' We weren't doing it as a whole team."
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