SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 8, 1992
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喜外弘
Tony Overman / ALBANY (ORE.) DEMOCRAT-HERALD
'Hawks pelt Beavers
Junior tailback George White reaches for a pass at Oregon State as Beaver coach Jerry Pettibone, right, looks on. Kansas running back caught 11 of the 21 completed passes in Saturday's game, the first of the Jawhawk's season.
Kansas Coach disappointed by several aspects of 49-20 football victory at Oregon State
By Jay Williams
Kansan sportswriter
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Kansas opened the 1992 football season with an all-out attack against Oregon State, including 450 yards of total offence, a stifling defense — and a disappointed Glen Mason.
Yes, the Kansas coach found errors after the Jahayhaws pelted the Beavers 49-20.
"I don't have time to tell you what all needs to improve." Mason said.
Don't tell that to Oregon State, who committed all its energy to stopping the Kansas running attack, often having nine men near the line of scrimmage, only to find Kansas quarterback Chip Hillery having his best statistical passing day as a Jawhawk.
Hillary completed 19 of 30 passes for 286 yards and three touchdowns. The completions, yardage and touchdowns all are career bests.
He also ran for 61 yards and one touchdown, giving him a career-best 347 yards in
"All presseason, I was was talk about an attacking, wide-open type offense," he said. "That's what we showed today."
Hillary cited the new offensive attack for his first-game success.
"They basically did a good job of stuffing our running game," Douglas said. "A year ago, it would have put us in a pickle."
That new attacking inclusion includes utilizing the running backs as receivers. Tailback Maurice Douglas led Kansas with four catches for 40 yards, three more catches than last year's starter at tailback, Tony Sands, had all season.
This year, the Jayhawks took to the air with three wide receivers. Well, actually, two wide receivers and a running back.
He said Oregon State's commitment to stopping the run forced Kansas to do other things to score.
"Any time you have versatile guits, it helps the offense," Douglas said.
When Kansas wanted to put three receivers across the field, it used running backs instead of using a third wide receiver. Kansas backs caught 11 of the 21 passes
"We're a lot more diversified in our offense this year," Mason said of his running backs. "We think those guys are as good as our wide receivers."
completed.
Less than a minute later, Kansas linebacker Hassan Bailey recovered quarterback Mark Olford's fumble. Four plays later, tailback George White ran in from six yards, extending the Jahayk lead to 14-0 at the end of one quarter.
A Charley Bowen interception led to the Jayhawks next score, a 1-yard rumble by senior fullback Monte Cozzens.
Oregon State gave the Jayhawks a scare in the second quarter with a 75 yard, nine-play drive ending with a touchdown run by halfback Chad Paulson. But Kansas answered right back with its first sustained drive of the game, ending with a 30-yard Hilleary-to-Rob Lucirsi touchdown pass.
That ended Oregon State's hopes, but Hilleary and the Jahawks were not finished. Hilleary completed five of seven passes and ran for 21 yards on Kansas' next drive, finishing with a 26-yard pass to tight end Rodney Harris with nine seconds left in the first half, giving Kansas a 35-7 lead at intermission.
The second half was where Kansas drew Mason's ire. He said the play of the reserves left much to be desired.
"We played a lot of football players," he said. "The thing that upset me the most is when we put some of the down-the-line guys into the game. When they go out there, they've got to perform and they just didn't do it — offensively, defensively and even in the kicking game."
Mason was so angry, he put Hileary and the rest of the starters back into the game with the score 49-20 after Oregon State added two fourth-quarter touchdowns. Mason's move led to some boos from the 28,541 fans. Mason said he did not it do it run up the score, only to prove a point to his
reserves.
"I was thinking with my heart, not my head, and my heart was hot and tired of seeing us flop around," he said. "I wanted to make a statement."
Meanwhile, Oregon State coach Jerry Petibone sounded more optimistic about his team.
"I thought we did some good things offensively," he said. "I'm not discouraged at all."
SQUIBS:
Kansas received 18 votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this week, 15 more than last week.
■ For Kansas offensive coordinator Golden Ruel, Saturday's game was a reunion with Beaver coach Jerry Pettibone. Ruel served as Pettibone's assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois from 1985-87.
Pettibone and Ruel talked before the game and walked off the field together afterward.
"He and I are long-time, good friends," Ruel said. "I basically was saying to him, 'KU's been there before. We want him to know we've been there."
Pettibone, now in his second year at Oregon State, said, "Golden Ruel said we were farther along than Kansas was in their second year. It just takes time."
Oregon State start a new training turf, having each player touch a life-size bronze beaver before taking the field. The Beaver bust, unveiled before the game, was a bust, as Oregon State fumbled five times, with Kansas recovering four.
Jerry Green, now the basketball coach at the University of Oregon was in attendance Saturday. Green was an assistant to coach Roy Williams for four years at Kansas before taking over the Ducks' program.
Kansas' next opponent, Ball State,
played No. 13 Clemson tough, losing 24-10 at
Clemson, commonly called "Death Valley."
Ball State was tied 10-10 in the fourth quarter
until Clemson pulled away late.
Former Kansas basketball player and assistant coach Mark Turgeon was also present at the game. Turgeon is now an assistant coach to Green at Oregon.
Kansas kicker Dan Eichloff, who had kicked at least one field goal in his previous 11 games, had his streak snapped Saturday.
Kansas defense strong against Oregon State
By Jay Williams
Kansan sportswriter
For a while Saturday, Oregon State's best offense was the Kansas defense.
The Beavers' first sustained drive of the game came thanks to three consecutive offsides penalties near the end of the first quarter. The 15 yards in penalties helped Oregon State earn its only two first downs of the quarter.
The series of penalties was one of the few times Oregon State's offense moved forward in the first quarter, when it mined five yards in the first quarter.
Later, on the Beavers drive to a second-quarter touchdown, two more Kansas offsides penalties helped put the Beavers on the scoreboard.
Senior defensive tackle Chris Maumalanga was one of the main culprits, jumping offsides four times in the first half.
"You get all amped up," he said.
"Coaches always tell us to try and
achieve the best."
Maulmananga said he did not worry about jumping the gun early because
"The coaches say if you make a mistake, make it at full speed," he said.
Mmaalangte and his mates spent a lot of time in the Beaver field Sab-t
urday, legally as well as illegally.
Kansas made 16 tackles for losses and also added three sacks. Maumalaunga and junior linebacker Larry Thiel led the Jayhaws with three tackles for losses aniece.
Tuel also had two of the sacks filling in for starter Steve Harvey, who twisted his ankle in the first quarter.
"I was just hoping to get in for a couple of series," Thiel said. He led the team in tackles with 11 and caused one of the beavers five fumbles.
The Beaver triple-option wishbone attack is based on the quarterback making a quick decision about who will carry the ball based on the defense. The Kansas defense made decision making simple for Beaver quarterbacks Mark Olford and Ian Shields — several times Olford and Shields simply had to cover the ball as they were hit before they could make the decision.
Kansas came at Oregon State with an all-out assault on the running game, often placing nine players in the game. Beaver running game at the source.
"We wanted to stay aggressive," said Kansas defensive coordinator Bob Fello. "The players did a nice job of doing that. Against the wishbone, you
can't sit on the line of scrimmage and wait."
Kansas demolished an already pathetic Oregon State passing attack, intercepting one pass and batting down four others. The Beavers completed one pass Saturday afternoon, an 18-yarder to wide receiver Kenyan Branscomb from Shields.
The Beavers never tried to mount a passing attack, attempting nine passes during the game. That is consistent with their philosophy, as Oregon State attempted an average of 7.5 passes a game last season.
"It was hard to make things happen offensively," he said. "Kansas' defense restricted us from what we wanted to do. They were penetrating on our guards, which forced us to run things inside."
Pettibone blamed the Kansas interior line for causing the Beavers' injury.
The Kansas defense impressed Beaver coachJerry Pettibone.
"I feel KU is one of the best defensive teams in the country," he said.
Running or passing, the Beavers are not the caliber of most teams in the nation. Most preseason prognostication lasted a week or two dead last in the Pacific-10 conference.
Kansas junior defensive tackle Chris Maumalanga pushes Oregon State quarterback Ian Shields to the turf at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. The Kansas defense held the Beavers to minus-5 yards rushing in the first quarter, leading the way to a 49-20 victory.
Tony Overman / ALBANY/ORE \ DEMOGRAT-NERALD
Top 25 teams
| | Record Pts | Pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Miami (45) | 1-0-0 | 1,525 |
| 2. Washington (9) | 1-0-0 | 1,469 |
| 3. Notre Dame (4) | 1-0-0 | 1,382 |
| 4. Florida | 0-0-0 | 1,261 |
| 5. Florida St. (1) | 1-0-0 | 1,260 |
| 6. Michigan (1) | 0-0-0 | 1,256 |
| 7. Texas & A&M (1) | 0-0-0 | 1,213 |
| 8. Alabama (1) | 1-0-0 | 1,101 |
| 9. Syracuse | 1-0-0 | 1,061 |
| 10. Penn St. | 1-0-0 | 939 |
| 11. Nebraska | 1-0-0 | 875 |
| 12. Colorado | 1-0-0 | 848 |
| 13. Oklahoma | 1-0-0 | 813 |
Kansas received 18 votes.
Source: The Associated Press
14. Georgia 1-0 0 734 14
15. Clemson 1-0 0 684 13
16. UCLA 1-0 0 553 16
17. California 1-0 0 513 19
18. Mississippi St. 1-0 0 507 21
19. N. Carolina St. 2-0 0 505 18
20. Tennessee 1-0 0 351 22
21. Stanford 0 1-0 288 20
22. Ohio St. 1-0 0 273 17
23. Virginia 1-0 0 177 25
24. Georgia Tech 0 1-0 165 24
25. Brigham Young 1-0 0 84 —
Kansas received 18 votes
Commissioner resigns after vote
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent gave up the fight to keep his job and resigned yesterday, four days after an overwhelming no-confidence vote by major league owners.
"I've concluded that resignation — not litigation — should be my final act as commissioner in the best interests of baseball," Vincent wrote in a three-page letter to owners that he made public.
On Aug. 20, Vincent had vowed "I will not resign — ever." But the teams voted 18-9 with one abstention Thursday urging him to quit, and he decided to resign after a weekend of reflection at his vacation home in Harwich Port,
Mass.
Vincent was forced out by owners angry at his refusal to relinquish the commissioner's best interests: power over collective bargaining, his unilateral order to realign the National League and his stance against superstations.
The group was led by Jerry Reiserdorf of the Chicago White Sox, Bud Selig of Milwaukee, Stanton Cook of the Chicago Cubs and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"It would be an even greater disservice to baseball if I were to precipitate a protracted fight over the office of the commissioner," Vincent wrote. "After the vote at the meeting last week, I can no longer justify imposing
Reinstdor also sounded relieved that a fight was avoided.
on baseball, nor should baseball be required to endure, a bitter legal battle—even though I am confident that in the end I would win and thereby establish a judicial precedent that the term and powers of the commissioner cannot be diminished during the remaining months of my term."
"It was the only sensible thing he could do," Reinsdorf said. "It was his best interest and in our best interest. The important thing is that the commissioner made the decision that was right for himself, for baseball and for everybody. We don't have to speculate on what we would have done had he not done that."
Vincent took over as baseball's
eighth commissioner when his friend, A Bartlett Giannatti, died on Friday of Labor Day weekend three years ago. He becomes the third commissioner forced to leave early, joining Happy Chandler and William Eckert. In addition, Bowie Kuhn was defeated in his bid for a third term and Peter Ueberroth left early after sensing owners would not re-elect him.
Vincent's resignation put the 10-member executive council in charge of baseball. Among the possibilities are former AL president Lee MacPhail, Democratic National Committee chairman Ron Brown, the current league presidents and former Montreal Expos executive John McHale.