SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 24, 1992
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Defense dominates scrimmage
Clint Bowen, Lawrence freshman walk on, stops senior running back Maurice Douglas short of a first down. The Jayhawk offense struggled against dominating defense during Saturday's scrimmage at Memorial Stadium.
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Offense sacked Saturday
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
"There's only two things you measure offense by, and that's consistency and big plays," he said. "There wasn't any consistency, and there weren't any real big plays."
Glen Mason Kansas football coach
About 200 spectators watched the defense limit the offense to about one yard per carry rushing and a total of three touchdowns during a two-hour and 15-minute scrimmage at Memorial Stadium.
But Mason said the offense did make some notable attempts.
It would not achieve another first down until it ran 20 plays, the defense scored two points and the punter kicked three short punts.
"There's only two things you measure offense by, and that's consistency and big plays. There wasn't any consistency and there weren't any real big plays."
Coach Glen Mason said that the defense dominated the contest and that he was encouraged if the offense was able to move the ball at all.
Senior wide receiver Matt Gay returned a 40-yard punt and caught four passes for 119 yards. One of his catches, which netted about 40 yards, came on a halfback pass by senior Chaka Johnson.
When the Kansas offense snapped its first play at Saturday's scrimmage, it faced a first-and-tent situation at its own 2-yard line.
Freshman running back L.T. Levine rushed nine times for 31 yards to lead the team. He said he thought the offense overall did a pretty good job.
"We've been practicing against each other every day," he said. "The defense gets a handle on how you execute plays. You just can't blame it all on the offense."
"We had five plays at third-and-two, and we made all five," he said.
Golden Ruel, offensive coordinator, said he saw one bright spot for the offense in the scrimmage.
Ruel said the offense needed to come along faster and to build on the positives to correct its mistakes. He also mentioned that some players experienced new levels of competition in the scrimmage.
"We had Chris Banks in there in his first shot with the first team," he said of the redshirt freshman offensive guard. "He struggled out there a bit."
Ruel said freshmen Mike Arbanas and Bob Goltra also struggled some in their stint with the second offensive unit.
"I wanted to do more to help them, but when you throw them into the fire, they're in the fire," he said. Ruel added that he thought the three would be good players down the road.
Junior defensive end Guy Howard, who was expected to see extensive action in the preseason scrimmages, was unable to play because he broke
his thumb last Tuesday
Howard said that he could not wait to see the defense at full tilt and that he was looking forward to the season.
"I'd like to see us in a January 1 bowl, heading for Miami," he said, referring to the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla., where the Big Eight Conference champion plays.
The Jawhaws will face two more weeks of practice before the season opener at Oregon State on Sept. 5.
Mason signs contract
Kansas football coach Glen Mason signed a five-year extension of his contract last week.
Christine McFarland / KANSAN
long-term agreement with Coach Mason," Bob Frederick, athletic director, said. "Glen has done an outstanding job in building a high quality football program in all areas. Kansas football is clearly headed in the right direction under Glen's leadership, and we are looking forward to continued success in the program."
The signing of the extension, which carries through the 1997 season, ended a long period of contract talks between Mason and the University.
Mason, who ended his first season at Kansas in 1988 with a 1-10 record, was named Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year in 1991.
Mason said he was happy at Kansas and felt good about the program's direction.
The team finished 6-5 last year. It was the first winning season for Kansas since 1981.
"I think it's important to keep continuity in a program," he said.
"We're extremely pleased to have a
Second unit quarterback Frederick Thomas, sophomore, scampers for better offensive position.
CROSS COUNTRY
Men's team returns with experience
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Five runners with NCAA national championship experience return to this year's men's cross country team, leaving the team optimistic for this season.
Last season, the team, led by Donnie Anderson, Sam Froese and Sean Sheridan, finished third in the Big Eight and 15th in the nation. Coach Gary Schwartz said Anderson was crucial to last year's success.
"We have a lot of returning experience and talent, coupled with some young people who can start helping out the team," he said. "We have three very talented freshmen in Kevin Newkirk, Chris Ronan, and Clifton Railshack."
"We're looking to do better than we did last year, and a lot of the freshmen we have coming in look excellent," he said. "Hopefully, the injuries will stay away this year. We've been pretty lucky so far and haven't actually lost anybody."
"At the beginning of the season it's hard to say how it is compared to last year's team," Johnston said. "Considering we lost a lot of upperclassmen, this year we are building."
Despite this year's absence of Anderson, Froese and Sheridan, he said he remained confident in this year's squad.
Women look for continued success
Notable veterans on this year's squad include seniors Alec Bolten, Ladd McClain and Jason Teal and juniors Michael Cox and David Johnston.
"Last year we didn't perform at nationals how we thought we would, but we have five guys that have been to the nationals before," he said. "That's the most KU has ever had."
McClain, one of this year's captains, said he was optimistic.
Last season, Johnston posted a personal best time of 25.59 at the Minnesota Invite and placed 123rd nationally.
Coming off of their best season ever, the Kansas women's cross country team is returning all but one runner this fall.
The team's first meet and only home meet of the season will be the Jayhawk Invitation on Sept
Coach Gary Schwartz said Cathy Palacios, *19*, year's long senior as well as an All-Big Eight performer and NCAA qualifier, was instrumental in the team's success. The team finished fifth place in the conference and nearly received a berth in the NCAA championships.
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
"Our women's program has worked hard to be in a position like this to be successful, and they have
the tools to make a name for themselves," he said. "1991 was a fantastic season in a lot of ways. We saw how much we could accomplish with these young women."
"Julia should be one of the best, if not the premier runner in the conference and the district this upcoming season," Schwartz said. "She is very important to us in that she leads by example. Her talent and strength definitely make her one of the top runners in the country."
This year's squad looks to seniors Laura Cook, Amy Rehaver and Julia Saul for leadership.
Saul led Kansas in every one of its seven meets last fall and captured the District Championship.
title with a time of 16:48. Saul also won titles in the Southern Illinois Dual, the Southern Florida Invitational, and the Iowa State Invite.
In the postseason, Saul placed 32nd overall with
time of 17.25, missing All-American honors by
6 points.
"I'm hoping that with the experience and the kind of season I had last year that I'll do better this year," she said.
Other returning runners include juniors Ashley Ace and Damia Daggy.
Saul said that sophomores Kristi Kister and Melissa Swartz also should perform well for the test.
Chiefs to face Buffalo Bills with Lowery
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It promises to be one busy week for the Kansas City Chiefs, finally home from Wisconsin.
Moving their operations from training camp in River Falls, Ws., would be bad enough. So would playing host to the annual night in their third exhibition game.
But on top of all that, the Chiefs turn around four days later and play Indianapolis Friday night at Arrowhead in their fourth preseason contest.
Holdout place kicker Nick Lowery, one of the most prolific kickers in NFLhistory, settled contract negotiations just in time to suit up for tonight's game.
Tonight's kickoff at 7 will be a rematch of one of the most memorable games in recent Chiefs' history. Last Oct. 7, in playing host to their first Monday night game in many years, the Chiefs trounced the defending AFC champion Bills, 33-6. The Chiefs shut down Buffalo's powerful offense to just 211 yards, holding the Bills without a touchdown for the first time since Dec. 4. 1988.
The Chiefs' kicker since 1980, Lowery has made 79.3 percent of his field goals, the highest percentage ever.
BRIEFS
Top 25 teams
The top twenty per team in the Association Press 1992 preseason college football poll, with first place votes in parentheses, 1991 record, total points based on 25 points for the first place vote through one point for the 25th position and ranking in the final 1991 season poll.
Source: The Associated Press
Other receiving vouchers Southern Cal. 136, N.C.
Stirling St. 121, Virginia 102, Texas Tech St. 51, San Diego
St. 42, Michigan St. 33, Alumun. Bay 27, Bayon. 42,
Aransas St. 21, Tulsa St. 19, Boston College St. 16,
Alemma St. 13, Air Force St. 11, Illinois 10,
Pittsburgh St. 10, North Carolina St. 9, Arkansas St. 6,
Bewit St. 10, Kentucky St. 4, AUF 8, Alabama
Kansas St. 3, Missouri 3, Vanderbilt St. 2, Washington
St. 2, Jose St. 1
| | Record | Pts | Pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Miami (40) | 12:00 | 151 | 1 |
| 2. Washington (12) | 12:00 | 1,453 | 1 |
| 3. Notre Dame (6) | 10:30 | 1,405 | 13 |
| 4. Florida | 10:20 | 1,252 | 7 |
| 5. Florida St. (1) | 10:20 | 1,239 | 4 |
| 6. Michigan (1) | 10:20 | 1,236 | 6 |
| 7. Texas A&M (1) | 10:20 | 1,135 | 12 |
| 8. Penn St. | 11:20 | 1,122 | 3 |
| 9. Alabama (1) | 11:10 | 1,093 | 5 |
| 10. Syracuse | 10:20 | 949 | 11 |
| 11. Nebraska | 9:21 | 820 | 15 |
| 12. Colorado | 8:31 | 737 | 20 |
| 13. Clemson | 8:31 | 719 | 18 |
| 14. Georgia | 9:30 | 686 | 17 |
| 15. Oklahoma | 9:30 | 662 | 16 |
| 16. Iowa | 10:11 | 594 | 10 |
| 17. Stanford | 8:40 | 543 | 22 |
| 18. UCLA | 9:30 | 527 | 19 |
| 19. Ohio St. | 8:40 | 415 | — |
| 20. California | 10:20 | 377 | 8 |
| 21. Tennessee | 9:20 | 283 | 14 |
| 22. Mississippi St. | 7:50 | 239 | — |
| 23. Georgia Tech | 8:50 | 175 | — |
| 24. Brigham Young | 8:32 | 141 | 23 |
| 25. Texas | 5:60 | 140 | — |
Men's basketball team loses two recruits
Chris Davis and Julian Winfield are out of the picture for this year's Kansas men's basketball team.
Winfield, a 6-foot-4 point guard who averaged 9.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game at the University of St. Louis last year, verbally committed to Kansas last May. But last week he decided to attend the University of Missouri. Julian's father, Lee Winfield, will also be at Missouri next year, as an assistant coach.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said that because Winfield had verbally committed, a point guard was not actively recruited over the summer.
"We had not recruited for that position all summer," Williams said. "That's something that's going to hurt our program." Chris Davis, a 6-6 forward from Lakeland, Fla., was academically ineligible this year, and as a result, could not have received an athletic scholarship. He will attend Pensacola (Fla.) Junior College this year instead of Kansas. Williams said that he still wanted Davis at Kansas and that he could become a Jayhawk after two successful years at junior college. The loss of Davis and Winfield leaves four, rather than two, scholarships available for the 1993-94 season.
Big Eight will send team to Aloha Bowl
The Big Eight Conference has agreed to send one of its teams to the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day. Under an agreement announced last week, the bowl will get the third pick among Big Eight teams. The conference champion goes to the Orange Bowl, and a second team will be part of the new bowl coalition.
The Aloha Bowl will match a Big Eight team against a representative from the Western Athletic Conference.
"We truly believe that the Hawaii bowl experience, as well as the ABC-TV exposure, will be significant for Big Eight football," said Milton Richards, chairman of the Big Eight athletic directors.