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Wednesday, October 21, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
KU defensive secondary blitzed by problems
KU free safety Rob Newton stretches and warms up for practice on the KU practice field behind Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Newton recorded 23 tackles
against Colorado during Saturday's game in his first start, the most since Willie Pleas had 25 against Oklahoma State in 1984.
By CRAIG ANDERSON
Staff writer
The Kansas defensive secondary looked more like a beehive than a defensive unit the last couple of weeks. The way players had been shutting in and out of the lineup, it was hard to tell who was in the game without a scorecard.
Senior strong safety Milt Garm was the only starter that remained in the season-opening game against Colorado last week's game against Colorado.
"Everyone called me the lone survivor," Garner said. "I thought Colorado would test our secondary and really pass a lot. They stuck with their game plan, though. I thought the other guys did a good job."
The other starters in the secondary from the season opener dropped out of the lineup against Colorado for various reasons. Junior cornerback Johnny Granderson suffered torn ligaments in the Kent State game and has missed every game since. Before the Louisiana Tech game, Kansas coach Bob Valesente dismissed senior cornerback Mike Fisher from the team for disciplinary reasons. Junior free safety Caitlin Nortmore quit the team two days before last week's game against the Buffalooes.
Normore returned to the team yesterday.
What made the exodus of players in the secondary even tougher to deal with was the injuries their replacements suffered. Senior strong safety Marvin Mattox moved into the starting lineup when Granderson was hurt, but then Mattox sprained his knee in the Nebraska game.
Redshirt freshman cornerback Bill Sutter reentered Fisher, but he earned yesterday that he needs to win. But the second time he miss the rest of the season.
As a result of the injuries and defections, the Jayhawks started freshmen Sutter and Michael Page at the cornerback spots against Colorado. Garner and junior Rob Newton started at the safeties.
The starting lineup against the Buffaloes would have been almost unthinkable when the Jayhawks had hoped to redshift Page and to use
Newson as a reserve to give the starters a rest.
Kansas defensive secondary coach Louis West said he was happy with the way the makeshift lineup responded to the changes.
"They had to step up their learning process quite a bit." West said. "The younger guys made mistakes, but I was happy with their effort."
Newson recorded 23 tackles
against Colorado, an almost unheard
back-up of the Wildcats.
said Newton's high number of tackles was a result of the responsibility he was given to help contain the Buffaloes' option running attack.
"He played the defense the way it was supposed to be played," West said. "He was where he was supposed to be."
Garner was given much of the responsibility of trying to hold the presidential field. He said all at times he thought as much as a coach as a player.
"if any of them had questions, I tried to answer them," he said. "I told to tell them to keep their heads up if they were letting down."
The inexperience in the Kansas secondary is gradually being bolstered by the return of several of the veterans who missed playing time in earlier games. Mattox, Granderson and Miles are expected to play against Iowa State.
"It's a big relief," Garner said. "It makes me feel better to be back
"We're going to go with the healthiest bodies we have," he said. "It's hard to tell right now how the (returning veterans) will fit into our plans. We'll just have as it gets closer to the end of the week."
The Jayhawks' problems in the secondary may not seem as serious as they did before the Colorado State game there was still an unsettled nature to it.
playing with veterans."
Osborne piling up victories
The Associated Press
"We're like Avis. We've got to try harder," Osborne said yesterday. The Cornhuskers have been ranked No. 2 and Oklahoma has been No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings all season.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Tom Osborne of Nebraska is again in second place behind Oklahoma's Barry Switzer, this time on the list of winningest active major college football coaches.
Osborne's 15-year record with the Cornhuskers is 143-32-2 for a winning percentage of .814. Paterno is 204-46-2 (.813). Switzer is 143-25-4 (.813).
"There are some coaches who are just as good or better, coaches who don't have the same situation that Paterno or Switzer or myself have." Osborne said. "You might be a great university of Kansas or somewhere like it, and if you win 50 or 60 percent you done a great job."
Osborne attributed his success to a good combination of circumstances.
"I've been afforded a lot of opportunities here to work with great athletes and pretty good facilities and great fan support," he said. "And the coaching staff. You don't win games by yourself. The (assistant) coaches do most of the coaching."
Nebraska has won six big Eight Conference titles and at least nine games every season since Osborne succeeded Bob Devaney in 1973. But the Huskers are still looking for their first national championship under pressure, partly because he has a 4-11 record against Switzerland and Oklahoma.
The biggest hurdle this season will be is the game in Lincoln against the Sooner.
Sports Briefs
Royals rookie says McGwire will win rookie of the year
In a radio interview with Beatrice station KWBЕ, Seitzer said Monday that with McCwire should be able to manage storage and home run and RHI totals.
BEATRICE, Neb. — Kansas City Royals rookie third baseman Kevin Seitzer said he thought Oakland's Mark McGwire should be the American League Rookie of the Year this season.
Seitzer hit .323 with 15 home runs and 83 RBI in his first major
league season. His 207 hits tied the league lead with Kirby Puckett of Minnesota Twins.
He has been considered by many baseball observers as the top challenge to McGwire, who drove in 118 runs and set a rookie record with 49 home runs.
St. Louis mayor discusses move of NFL's Cardinals
nals and reportedly plans to ask the city's designated building builder to scale back its asking price.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Mayor Terry Gordard has discussed the relocation here of the National Football League's St. Louis Cardi-
Goddard met Monday with Cardinals owner Bill Bidwell, said Bonnie Bartak, the mayor's press secretary.
She said the mayor and his staff had set an early December deadline to finalize plans for a $650 million downtown development project that include a 74,500-seat, multiple-use stadium with a retractable dome.
The Arizona Republic reported yesterday that Bidwell, whose team also is being wooed by Jacksonville, Fla., was balking at a
tentative dome-rental plan offered by Martin Stone, the Lake Placid, N.Y., businessman who heads the development partnership.
Stone, the owner of the Class AAA Phoenix Firebirds baseball team, reportedly wants to grant the NFL occupant less than 20 percent of the revenue from sky boxes.
Sky-box funds are important to National Football League teams because they are not required to split the proceeds with other members, a departure from the way some other revenue is handled.
Scoreboard
Associated Press Football Poll
1. Oklahoma
2. Nebraska
3. Miami, Fla.
4. Florida State
5. LSU
6. Auburn
7. Clemson
8. UCLA
9. Syracuse
10. Notre Dame
From The Associated Press
11 Florida
12 Georgia
13 Tennessee
14 Michigan State
15 Indiana
16 Ohio State
17 Alabama
18 Penn State
19 Oklahoma State
20 Michigan
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