University Daily Kansan. October 15. 1982
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Kansas looks to even record Injury-plagued Jayhawks entertain Oklahoma
Okiahoma is coming off a big win and Kamas
is hungry for one, so one might expect the
recently acquired team to win.
But Coach Don Fambourg said that nothing could be further from the truth.
"If they were coming in here undefeated, 'I say that might be the truth,' said Fambo, I'd who brings his 1-2-2 Jayhawks against the Sooners. "They lost a couple of games early, but beating Texas will be like a shot in the arm to them."
Kansas better hope that the shot wasn't from a very potent batch.
"THEY HAVE a lot of good backs, but we have to prevent them from getting the big play," Fambrough said. "Against Oklahoma State, we saw that when a team has to move down the field, the chances for making a mistake are a lot larger."
The Jayhawks did give the Cowboys two big plays, but Fambrigh was right to the extent that when Oklahoma State was forced to move the ball 80 yards they made mistakes. And it is well known that Oklahoma has a history of fumbling the ball. This season, they have lost eight fumbles, compared to four by the Jayhawks.
The Jawhawks, however, do have two advantages. One, Oklahoma has never played well at Memorial Stadium (the last two games here were victories by Oklahoma, 17-16 and 21-19). Two, the Jawhayk offense does best what Oklahoma defends against worst: the pass.
The Oklahoma defense ranks next to last in the Big Eight against the pass and 54th in the country. In contrast, the Jayhawks rank second in the Big Ten, fourth in the NFC, and Frank Seurer has thrown more passes (132).
GINO
STRIPPOLI
Sports Editor
competited more passes (75) has a better completion percentage (56.82) and has thrown for more yards (938) than any other quarterback in the Big Eight.
Predictions
| | Strippoll | Cook | George | Cooksey | Sugg | Hamilton |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma at Kansas | Kansas 27-24 | Oklahoma 28-14 | Oklahoma 30-10 | Oklahoma 24-14 | Oklahoma 33-17 | Kansas 24-21 |
| Kansas State at Nebraska | Nebraska 42-6 | Nebraska 35-7 | Nebraska 40-6 | Nebraska 38-10 | Nebraska 62-6 | Nebraska 42-14 |
| Iowa State at Missouri | Iowa State 24-20 | Missouri 17-6 | Missouri 20-17 | Missouri 21-14 | Missouri 14-13 | Missouri 21-15 |
| Colorado at Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State 21-14 | Oklahoma State 24-10 | Oklahoma State 35-7 | Oklahoma State 24-14 | Oklahoma State 28-12 | Oklahoma State 28-12 |
| Washington at Oregon State | Washington 56-10 | Washington 30-20 | Washington 45-13 | Washington 28-17 | Washington 24-14 | Washington 52-3 |
| Arizona at Notre Dame | Notre Dame 27-13 | Notre Dame 24-7 | Notre Dame 21-14 | Notre Dame 27-14 | Notre Dame 35-6 | Notre Dame 28-24 |
| Houston at SMU | SMU 28-10 | SMU 20-10 | Houston 17-14 | SMU 24-17 | SMU 17-10 | SMU 35-7 |
| USC at Stanford | USC 24-13 | USC 21-7 | USC 28-24 | Stanford 28-21 | USC 10-9 | Stanford 10-9 |
| Michigan at Iowa | Michigan 21-20 | Michigan 28-17 | Michigan 28-21 | Michigan 21-10 | Michigan 14-12 | Michigan 35-21 |
| Northwestern at Purdue | Northwestern 28-27 | Purdue 35-0 | Purdue 35-21 | Purdue 17-14 | Purdue 20-19 | Northwestern 13-10 |
| Season Totals | 32-15-3—640 | 30-17-3—600 | 30-17-3—600 | 32-15-3—640 | 31-16-3—620 | 32-15-3—640 |
The predictors are Gino Strippoli, sports editor; Tom Cook, associate sports editor; George Gene, editor; Susan Cooksey, business manager; Rich Sugg, chief photographer; and Trace Hamilton, head copy chief and past Kansas sports editor.
Kansas' Coleman leads with actions
Sports Writer
By BILL HORNER
It was a a field goal by Bruce Kallmeier in the waning minutes of last year's Kansas-Kansas State contest that provided the Jayhawks with a 17-14 victory, one of their brightest in a year of
But in reality, the game was saved in the third quarter.
With the score knotted at 14, Wildcat quarterback Darrell Ray Dickey was stopped on a fourth-down situation on the Kansas 2-yard line. The play gave the momentum back to the Jayhawks and, according to Coach Don Fambrough, was the difference in the game.
The tackle on that crucial play was made, twiceally, by strong safety Gary Coleman.
Coleman's tackle was emblematic of the type of player he is and of the duties he performs: no matter what the job, just make sure to do it the best you can.
Now in his fourth year as a Jayhawk, the Lawrence senior has had several on-the-field jobs. An inside linebacker during his freshman campaign, the 6-2, 205-pound Coleman was switched to defensive end the following year and was a starter. During his junior season he moved positions again, that time to strong safety. It is there that he seems to have found his niche.
"Gary is a team football player," said defensive coordinator Tom Batta. "He realizes that he is going to play the position that benefits the team the most."
COLEMAN'S ASSETS to the Jayhaws reach out beyond those of his consistent, solid defensive play. He was elected by his teammates and has been an important other job that Coleman does well and enjoys.
"I don't go out and yell and stuff like that," he said. "I try to lead by example, by hustling around, doing the drills, running sprints hard and practicing hard.
"I really don't get out there and say, 'Come on,
guys, we've got to go.' I just keep my mouth shut
and do my job, and hopefully the younger players will see what we as seniors are doing and trv to follow that lead."
With the team's record standing at a disappointing 1-2-2 mark, leadership is something the team could use. Coleman's attitude, however, is one thing that has refused to father in KU during his dives. Perhaps it was something of a night when his peers wished him co-captain.
"None of us have dropped our heads yet. I don't think we will. We're still optimistic. We think that we can win all six games we have left, and we're in the best team a team, and that's important." Coleman said
ALTHOUGH FOOTBALL is very important to him, many of Coleman's priorities lie off the football field. His family and friends surround Coleman, who was born and raised in Lawrence. They serve as a reminder of his goals to make a success out of himself.
"Everyone who watched me grow up through the years watches me play now," Coleman said. "I want to do well so that they can be proud of me, but I also want to do well for my family." He wants us to play in the big Eight. Playing here in my homebox has been a motivating factor for me."
Coleman said that since his high school days at Lawrence High, his mind had been made up to play扑 KU. While playing for Lawrence High, he earned prep All-American honors and led his team to the state playoff final, his senior team also named MVP in the Kansas Knee Bowl.
Although he has yet to earn All-Big Eight honors, many people seem to think that becoming an all-conference player is far from the highest achievement that Coleman has the potential of obtaining.
"In my opinion, he ranks right up there with best of the safeties in the Big Eight." Fambrough said. "Gary has played very well. He's one the most consistent on the team."
COLLEMAN 18 second of defensive backs in tackles in the conference. Last week he caused an eightyard score for the team.
shot at victory in their 24-24 tie with Oklahoma State.
"I think that some people are going to be looking at him," said Batta, referring to Coleman's chances of playing pro ball.
As far as his decision on turning pro, Coleman is playing the "wait-and-secure" game, hoping to finish his college career on a good note and to also earn his personnel administration degree.
Combining football with studying isn't an easy task. Coleman said he thought the app spoiled the game.
"Once we get off the practice field, after two or three hours of practice, we have to go back to our rooms and sit down and study, after we're already tired," Coleman said. "Most of the students up here think that football players have to play in the room and board, free meals and free books."
"THEY JUST don't realize the things that we go through. It's like we're holding down a job, plus going to school, which many of them don't. I want to tell you about another one—a also a job that has earned me my scholarship."
Coleman said that he felt better playing the game in front of huge crowd.
"We don't want to feel that we're out there playing for ourselves; we're playing for the students and the other fans, too." Coleman said.
"We need the fan support. If we had more fans behind us, I'm sure that we could do a whole lot more. They just don't realize how important it is to have a team that is not screaming behind us. That fires us up and makes us want to do the best we possibly can."
"If that possibility isn't there, we're going to do the best we can and try to have a winning season," Coleman said. "That's our main goal, winning season. We want to come out like winners."
Coleman said that the team's goals for the year included a bowl game bid and that despite KU's start the possibilities for that bid still existed.
"FRANK WAS feeling at lot better today (yesterday), but he is still very weak." Fambridge said. "If he had come down with the boy, he could have gotten his strength back in time."
Searer, however, has been battling a flu since Wednesday.
While Seurer has made it back, the rest of the Kansas team has not been so lucky. Three players are definitely out and two are still "very questionable".
Defensive back Rod Demeriteir is out with a foot injury; tight end Ernie Wright, a knee injury; and fullback Dave Geroux will be sidelined with a shoulder injury. Defensive tackle Broderick Thompson was better, but still unwell, after the game, who has a shoulder injury; also was doubtful.
The injuries have forced the coaches to put several players who have not seen much varsity action into key roles. Freshman Chip Schuler, who has not played one down of football since coming to Kansas, will start if Brown is unable to play.
Rodney Madden, who saw considerable action last week after Demeritte was hurt, will start in his place, and E.J. Jones will start at fulback after a one-week absence. Pat Kelley will once again take Ernie Wright's place as backup for starting tight Sylvester Byrd.
Another change may occur in the offensive line. Dave Wessling, who started last week, and Reggie Smith, who started the previous four games, are a tossup to start at the right tackle.
KERWIN BELL, who sat out the Oklahoma State game with a bad knee, is ready to play against Oklaha. This will mark the first time he has played in Kansas that he has played against the Sooners.
Even after a strong second-half performance against the Cowbies, the Jayhawks still are
looking to put four straight quarters of good football together. They have shown signs of being a good football team, but they have not been able to maintain it for an entire game.
The Jayhawks need to play a complete game against the Sooners, or they may find themselves 1-2 with a very slim chance at a .500 season.
The Jayhawks, however, have been a different team since halftime of the OSU game. They came out in the second half inspired, and the unity and spirit have stayed with the team this season.
"Practice wasn't quite as good today (yesterday) as it was on Wednesday," Fambroud said. "But that one may just be the best practice we've had this season."
Kansas fans had better hope that practice was just a sign of things to some.
JAYHAWK NOTES... The Jayhawks and Sooners meet tomorrow, it will mark the 79th consecutive year that the two teams have met. It is the longest uninterrupted series in the country.
Last week's tie moved Kansas into sole possession of third place on the all-time tie list with 55. The Jayhawks trail only Illinois State and Navy,
The KU-Oklahoma match will pit the big Eight's top two toppers against each other. Bucky Scribner of Kansas and Mike Keeling of Oklahoma have ranked one-two all season long. Scribner is averaging 43.8 yards a punt, while Keeling averages 43.7.
Net punting is a slightly different matter. Oklahoma leads Kansas by a slim four-tenths of a yard. However, that includes one blocked punt. The Sooners have given up 46 return yards to the Bucs, and you are the blown away KU's punning average is 42.7, one yard below Oklahoma.
'Hawks basketball team tips off practice today
By GINO STRIPPOLI
Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawk basketball team opens practice today, hoping that a talented transfer and the best recruiting class in years can turn the Jayhawks around.
"We have to be realistic since we have a young team," Coach Todd Owens said, "but we expect to see a lot of success."
"The young players will be inconsistent, but we do have more talent then we did a year ago."
we do alive before them, the
and the talent begins with 6-foot-6 forward
Caiden. We graduate to a junior transfer from Oklahoma City University, sat out last season,
but in his sophomore year at OCU, he was ranked 29th in scoring.
"CARL IS, such a good, all-around player," Owens said. "I don't want to press any pressure him by talking about him, but he does have the chance to become better then just a good player."
"He hasn't played a game in over a year, though, so it may take him a few games to get there."
Henry said, "I just have to play my role here.
Whatever Coach Owens tells me to do, I'll do.
"I know with my results at Oklahoma City that I can do it, so if I have a bad night I will know I can play better."
Henry, unlike his counterparts David Magley and Tony Gauk of last year, will not have to carry the team himself. He will be joined by one of the deepest teams Kansas has had in years.
"THIS YEAR, we won't have to play people when they're tired because we have more depth." Owens said.
The depth starts with returning starters Jeff Dishman, Kelly Knight and Tad Boyle.
Dishman, one of the co-captains, was the only Jayhawk to start every game for Kansas last year besides Magley and Guy and was Kansas' second leading rebounder. Dishman he thought this year's team was an improved version of Kansas' basketball.
"In all honesty, we have the potential to win the Big Eight." Disman said. "We have all the tools, are quicker and have more depth than last year.
"Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State and
KState are going to be tough, but we're going to surprise some people."
Another player that looms as a potential star for the Jayawhks is freshman Kerry Boagain. Boagain, from Gardena, Calif., had originally played but a changed his mind and came to Kansas.
"I WANTED to go somewhere where I could help the program and be happy. Kansas was that
Boyle and Knight, the two other returning starters, have also improved their games. Knight seems to have recuperated from an ankle injury that put him out for much of the last Big Eight season and Boyle, the only sophomore on the team, has gained some weight and is playing more aggressively then he did during his freshman year.
Anduar was the Cardinals' 15-on pitcher during the regular season with a 15-10 record and a 2.47 ERA, but he had a no decision against Atlanta in
everywhere I went, people were telling me to go to UCLA," Boagni said. "I found out I was going there for everyone me to me.
I was sitting at home one day and talking with my brother Kelvin and he said that he had wanted me to go to Kansas. That's when I realized I was wrong.
Boagmi, who is considered the best of the Kansas recruits, has had a lot of preseason billing. Another college coach who was a key player for the Jayhawks will be with Boagm the Jayhawks would go to the Final Four.
"I try to put that kind of thing out of my mind," Boogai said. "I don't mind when people say that because it makes me feel good, but it takes a lot more then one player for a team to be good."
BOAAGN WILL be joined on the Kansas roster by fellow freshmen Ronn Kellogg, a. prep All-American who averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game; Jéguit Guiot, from Chanute, who averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds. Thompson, one of the best pure shooters on the team, who averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds.
Clear skies with temperatures in the 85° are expected for the game, which is scheduled to begin.
Kansas also has four other veterans who are expected to contribute to the Jayhawks' cause. They are senior Lance Hill, a guard who started five games for Kansas last year; Brian Martin, a strong rebounder and defensive guard; Mark Summers, the Jayhawks second co-captain, who started two games, and Mark Ewing, the tallest member of the Jayhawk squad.
Brewers return to Milwaukee with World Series tied. 1-1
With the Series tied at one game apiece, the Cardinals will call on their ace right-hander Jaquin Adujar to pitch the third game while the Brewers will counter with right-hander Pete Vuckovich. Both pitches will be making their first World Series appearances.
MILWAUKEE—The World Series switches to the natural turf at County Stadium tonight, and the Milwaukee Brewers are hoping the return home will put the punch back into "Harvey's Wallbangers" and reduce the speed of the St. Louis Cardinals.
By United Press International
During the regular season the Cardinals were 27-15 on natural grass fields.
It was expected that the switch to the grass field from the artificial surface of St. Louis' Busch Stadium would hamper the Cardinals, who rely heavily on speed, but Herzog wasn't a
his only appearance in the National League playoffs.
Vuckovich, a former Cardinal, was the Brewers' top winner during the regular season with an 18-6 record and suffered one loss and had no one decision in the American League playoffs.
One Cardinal player looking forward to playing at County Stadium was catcher Darrell Porter. Porter, an ex-Brewery, has been the hitting star of the post-season competition for the Cardinal and has hits in the first two games of the Series and five hits and five walks during the NL playoffs.
KU senior Patty Coe blasted out of a sand trap en route to a 27-hole score of 120 to place fourth individually in the Women's Invitational golf tournament that began yesterday at Alamar
Hills Golf Club. Coe's teammate Bev Boczer is the leading medalist with a total of 115 strokes. The KU women are third overall, trailing Nebraska and Stephens College.
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