SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday August 27, 1992
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Howard signs four-year deal with Redskins
'Hawks give final football awards
The Associated Press
ASHBURN, Va. — After performing before sellout crowds at Notre Dame, the fans at RFK Stadium should not bother the newest Washington Redskin receiver.
"We know he's played in a big-time program, we know he's made big plays and he's been in front of big crowds," Coach Joe Gibbs said after the Redskins signed their top draft choice, wide receiver Desmond Howard. "I do not think he's gonna be awed by any of this."
Howard's agent, Leigh Steinberg,
said the 1991 Heisman Trophy winner
got an excellent deal and confirmed
reports that the four-year, $5.9 million
pact included a $2.8 million signing
bonus.
"Desmond has always wanted to come to D.C.," Steinberg said.
Howard's deal is worth about $1.475 million a year, making him the third-highest paid Redskin, after Mark Rypien and Darrell Green, who also ended his holdout Tuesday.
Howard, Green and Jim Lachey, the third player to sign Tuesday, are expected to play in the final exhibition Minnesota Vikings at RKF Stadium.
The team's roster now stands at 62, with Laster' Green and Howard gaint
with Laster' Green and Howard gaint
Besides the signings, the Redskins also pared down their roster by trading, waiving or placing on reserve six other players.
Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs called Howard a bright guy who quickly should be able to regain the time he lost during his holdout. "I think he should pick this up fast, but we'll just have to go to work and see," Gibbs said.
Green did not disclose the terms of his contract, but The Washington Post reports it is worth about $4.5 million plus incentives.
Lachey's three-year contract, worth about $4.05 million, maintains his position as the National Football League's best-paid offensive lineman.
Green, a 10-year Redskins veteran, said he was very thankful for the deal he reached with the team.
Casserly downplayed speculation that the holdouts were caused by players' reluctance to attend training camp.
"I'm overpaid with life, I'm overpaid with the love of my family, and I'm overpaid with this salary," Green said. "I'm overpaid in all respects."
The Redskins, who two weeks ago signed quarterback Mark Rypien, will play their only home exhibition gate Saturday. The club opens the regular season Sept. 7 in Dallas.
Outside linebacker Derek Fairchild perfects an offensive play in practice yesterday afternoon. Fairchild, a redshirt freshman from St. Louis, is one of four walk-ones earning a scholarship for KU.
By David Bartkoski
Kansan Sportswriter
Two hail from Lawrence, one from northeast Kansas and the other all the way from St. Louis.
Four walk-ons receive last available scholarships
Sophomore Greg Ballard, junior Clint Benton, junior Todd Caudie and redshirt freshman Derek Fairchild are the players that were given the last four available scholarships in the Kansas football program for 1992.
Each of the players took a different path to their achievement.
Defensive back Clint Bowen, Ballard's teammate at Lawrence High School, came to Kansas his first year after graduating from high school.
"I thought maybe sooner or later I'd get one," he said. "But really I had no idea about it."
Ballard, a wide receiver from Lawrence who played for Southern Methodist University in 1898, said that a coaching change at SMU was the big factor in deciding to come to Kansas.
But things didn't work out as planned, Bowen said.
After spending a semester at Kansas, he transferred to Butler County Community College, where he studied for three semesters to earn a two-year degree so he could eventually attend Southwest Missouri State.
"I found out that I wasn't going to be able to get my two-year degree on time," he said.
"One of the reasons I went to SMU was because of the coach, Forrest Gregg," Ballard said. "He decided to take the position of Athletic Director after the '88 season. His not being the coach anymore was one of the big reasons I came to KU."
Ballard sat out the 1990-91 school year and was redshirted last year. He found out last Friday from Kansas Coach Glen Mason about his scholarship.
Bowen said that after he found this out, he decided to return to Lawrence and give Kansas another try.
After a short time with the team,
Bowen has temporarily earned a spot on the starting defense. He scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery in Saturday's scrimmage.
"The scrimage was a big day for me because I wanted to prove that I could do the job on the first team," he said. "I think I did some things all right that day."
Bowen, brother of fellow Jayhawk defensive back Charley Bowie, said he will play on the first team until junior free safety Kwame Lassiter returns from his injury. Lassiter is expected to come back shortly.
The scholarships earned by the four players brought the team to its limit of 92 for the year.
Compliance Coordinator janelle Martin said that the number of football scholarships allowed by the NCAA will be reduced to 88 for the 1993-94 school year and to 85 for the 1994-95 school year.
"Cost containment is the reason why the number of scholarships are being reduced," she said. "The latest legislation on this is for Division 1-A only and was voted on only by Division 1-A schools."
Martin said there should be no more scholarships handed out this semester because once a semester begins, the NCAA does not allow for the transfer of a scholarship from athlete to athlete.
Defensive back Todd Caudle said that finding out about his scholarship made him feel great.
Caule graduated from Midway Denton High School in Bendena, located in the northeastern tip of Kansas. He then joined the Air Force Academy and played for its junior varsity team.
Caude said he decided to come to Kansas in the spring of 1990 and played in a backup role last year.
"I'm having fun playing where I am now," he said. "When I found out about the scholarship, it was a great feeling."
Outside linebacker Derek Fairchild said he wasn't sure what Mason wanted when another coach told him that Mason wanted to see him.
"I didn't know why he asked for me," Fairchild said. "I didn't know if I screwed up or really why."
Fairchild graduated from Parkway West High in St. Louis in 1991 and walked on the team later that year.
This year, Fairchild said he'd like to be on the special teams unit. Caudle also expressed interest in being on special teams.
"Id like to see and try if I can get a shot at it," the Fairchild said.
Although the four players took different routes to Kansas, they plan to make Kansas their final destination.
Kansas student to stay focused on University while leading National Junior Triathlon Team
Asst. swim coach tackles double duty while planning to complete his education at KU
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Clark Campbell, who will begin his first year as an assistant coach for the Kansas swim team this season, recently was named coach of the first ever National Junior Triathlon Team.
Campbell, 26, has competed professionally for eight years in triathlons and swim meet retreat from the sports after competing in the United Statesional Sprint Championship on October 11.
With his professional career behind him, Campbell said he would concentrate on coaching, a position he would not take lightly.
"The triathlon is in a critical state where it
is almost an Olympic sport," Campbell said. "The young people I'll be working with will be the future of the sport, so that really pressure on me as the first national team coach.
"I'm truly thrilled with this opportunity.
"The (Triathlon) Federation was pretty impressed not only by my knowledge, but of my coaching ability."
"I'm sick of seeing the Australians kick American butt in swimming," he said. "Americans can do it. They don't lack the force they just lack in direction and focus."
Campbell said U.S. swimmers needed to train harder to keep up with other countries.
Steve Lotte, a member of the Federation
“There’s going to be some pressure for a while,” Campbell said. “There’s going to be pressure for a hour working days, but that’s just what it needs to succeed. I’m not afraid of hard work.”
"His attitude, his enthusiasm and his experience were factors in his selection," he said. "He's a top notch coach, and he'll really produce results."
who assisted in selecting the coach, said Campbell's dedication set him apart from other applicants.
Coaching the national team will not interfere with his duties at Kansas, but Campbell said he expected his duties to be time consuming.
"I was excited to represent the University of Kansas and to be able to get a national title as well," Campbell said. "Maybe I'll be
Hard work and training were what brought Campbell, a senior in exercise physiology, a title in the first ever National Collegiate Championship last spring.
the answer to a trivia question someday."
In addition to juggling his coaching careers at Kansas and with the Triathlon Federation, Campbell will also keep up with is own business, SCI-TRI.
Even with all of his responsibilities, Campbell said he would remain focused on his current duties at school.
"My number one priority now is to finish school and to work with Kansas swimming to the best of my abilities," he said.
"I work with business people, doctors, lawyers, those types of people who want to treat us," she said.
Campbell said his professional life had reached a turning point.
SCI-TRI is an individualized coaching service that Campbell offers to people from 13 states and from all walks of life.
"It's at the point in my life right now where it's really critical that I make the right decisions and to do the things I need to do to be a successful coach later on."
Andrew blows Hurricanes out of Miami
The team will stay there until its season opener Sept. 5 at Iowa, and may return to Vero Beach after the first game. Because of damage from Hurricane Andrew, the university pushed the start of classes back
Coaches, players attempt to regroup after disaster hits
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Shortages of food, water and electricity in hurricane-ravaged Coral Gables prompted the top-ranked Miami Hurricanes to move their preseason workouts 140 miles north yesterday to Vero Beach.
The Associated Press
more than two weeks to Sept. 14.
"It's tough for anybody who has never been through anything like this," Erickson said. "To have your house completely destroyed, which mine is, well it's tough to go back and look at."
Andrew left the campus without water, electricity and phone service in most buildings. The team's practice field was littered with debris.
The Miami staff was hard-hit by the catastrophic storm. Head coach Dennis Erickson said there was little left of his house, and several assistant coaches sustained serious property damage.
"And there was some concern about the amount of food remaining in the dorms," athletic director Dave Maggard said.
Andrew dealt a different kind of setback to Miami standout receiver Lamar Thomas
and reserve running back Jason Marucci. They hoped to resolve their grand jury indictment in federal court today, but U.S. Attorney Martin Goldberg said he would request a one-week continuance while his office tried to return to normal operations.
The move to Vero Beach was especially tough for coaches and players who left behind families still dealing with ravaged personal property.
That means Thomas and Marucci likely will miss the Iowa game. The school will not allow them to practice until prosecutors act on their request for enrollment in a pretrial diversion program.
"Tell my wife about it," said defensive coordinator Sonny Lubick. "She's around the pool trying to pick up pictures and wipe things off and save belongings and here we are saying, 'Goodbye, I've got to go.'
"Every coach is the same way. That's the hard part."
Erickson and has family waited on Andrew in a closet at the home of an assistant coach. Erickson said the experience altered his priorities.
"Family and people are much more important," he said.
The coach said he was concerned about helping players cope with the ordeal.
"I have been through a 7-something earthquake," said Torretta, who is from Pinole, Calif. "and this is way worse. There are no trees, nothing this is crazy."
Quarterback Gino Torretta, who retreated to the safety of West Palm Beach during the storm, returned Tuesday to the campus and was overwhelmed by the devastation.
Boddicker to retire in 1993, Gubicza out for '92 season
The Associated Press
Boddicker, 35, signed a three-year. $2.52 million deal in 1990 with Kansas City. But he went this season from possibly being the Royals' opening day pitcher to the bulpen.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kansas City Royals right-hander Mike Boddicker said Tuesday that next season would be his last as a baseball player.
"I definitely will retire after next season," Boddicker said after the Texas Rangers beat the Royals 6-2. "No matter what."
Boddicker was 12-12 in his first year with the Royals. This he is year 0-4 with a 6.1 ERA. Since April he has been turning rotation to long relief Tuesday night against Texas, he made his first appearance since July 25.
"It's like I'm invisible now," Boddicker said. The Royals are making it much easier to retire, he said.
Boddicker said he has been bothered by back problems, which put him on the disabled list for nearly a month. And though he is now healthy, there has been talk of a possible trade.
"I really don't want to be trapped," Boddicker said. "If it but happens, it happens. I've played in a lot of places, and Kansas City is the best to play. If I do get here, I'm going to stay in my home here." Boddiker resides in Overland Park.
Royals right-hander Mark Gubicza is likely finished for the season because of a sore shoulder.
Lewis Yocum examined Gubiczia Monday in Los Angeles and said the soreness was probably caused by weakness in the rotator cuff. Gubiczda had surgery on the rotator cuff in August 1900.
Yocum said a ruptured burst that first sidelined Gubicza this season had healed.
Manager Hal McRae said, "We're not looking for him to pitch in a game unless things come around a lot faster than they thought. The main thing is for him to get healthy."
Gubicza tried to throw a simulated game Aug. 14, but quit after only about a half-dozen warmup pitches. He has not pitched in a game since July 10.
Gubicza is 7-6 with a 3.72 earned run average.