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University Daily Kansan, October 6. 1982
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Gary Lewis, Oklahoma State defensive tackle, will lead the Cowboys against the Kansas Jayhawks in the Big Eight opener for both schools Saturday at Stillwater, Okla. Lewis has recorded 34 tackles this season for the Cowboys.
OSU defense to test Jayhawks
This week's foe
By TOM COOK
Associate Sports Editor
Defense is the name of the game in college football, according to Oklahoma State coach Jimmy Johnson, and coaches can be called specialists in the field.
But Johnson wants to create an offense that will complement his defense and give teams "something to look at on both sides of the field."
The Cowboys are ranked No. 5 in the NCAA and No. 1 in The Big Eight for total defense, allowing just 234 yards a season, averaging an average of just 74 yards rushing.
But Johnson said he was unhappy that the Cowboys were struggling with the defense.
"Being ranked No. 5 in the nation doesn't mean a thing if you're 1-2." Johnson said. "I'd much rather be 3-0 and not be on the charts.
"Our offense has been pretty good. We're able to move the ball, but we're not able to score. We just haven't scored enough points."
THE COWBOYS have had tremendous success moving the ball because of Ernest Anderson, 5-11, 190-pound junior tailback. Anderson leads the nation with an average of 189 yards on kicking up 567 yards on 99 carries.
His 48 pounds receiving also have put him on top of the charts for all-purpose runners with 205 yards a game. Anderson, who rushed for 220 yards against North Texas State and 195 yards against Louisville, has scored
four touchdowns, three on the ground and one via the pass.
But Johnson said he thought it would be tough for Anderson to keep up the pace in the Big Eight schedule. Kansas coach Don Fambridge said the Jayhawks would not take any chances with regard to Anderson's ability.
ALTHOUGH THE Cowboy defense has been rugged this season, it has had its breakdowns — and they will come at most inopportune times, Johnson said.
Ernest Anderson
"You just can't ignore someone with the record that he's got," Fambrough said. "We're going to be very condescending about trying to stop him. Really, our No. 1 objective is to try to slow him down, because nobody is going to stop him."
year," Johnson said, "but they have given up too many big plays and too many points."
"The defense has been good this
Despite smothering the North Texas State offense in the 27-6 season opener
- OSU held them to -17 yards rushing
  the Cowboys have given up 19.7 points per game, seventh among Big Eight schools.
The Cowboys have lost their last two games, falling 25-18 to Tulsa and 28-22 to Kansas.
"We're going to have to do a much better job in all a-caws." Johnson said. We have to get our football playing up in a way that we will be able to win the ballgame.
ANDERSON HAS been the workhorse for the Cowboys this season. No other Oklahoma State running back comes close to his average of 33 carries
a game. James Evans has carried the ball 13 times for 62 yards and Kelly Sethi has scored nine.
Adam Hinds, a 63, 200-pound sophomore quarterback, has started all three games for Oklahoma State. Rusty Hilger, 6-14, 195, was tabbed as the team's tight end after a shoulder injury suffered early in the season has sidelined him indefinitely.
Hinders has completed 22 of 35 passes for 262 hinds, four touchdowns and four interceptions, and he has rushed for only six yards.
Sophomore place-kicker Larry Roach was nearly automatic for OSU last year. He made 19 of 28 field goals, setting an NCAA record for freshmen. The year was 16-yarder in Oklahoma State's 20 victory over Kansas.
BUT ROACH, who kicked more field goals last year than Oklahoma State scored touchdowns (18), has struggled converting on only three of nine attempts.
Linebacker Mike Green, a 6-2,
225-pound senior, and Gary Lewis, a
520-pound senior nose guard, have been
the top forces in the Cowbys' defense.
Green All-American candidate,
has made 44 tackles, while Lewis
harnered 26.
Kansas enters the game with a nine-year winless streak against the Cowboys. Oklahoma State has won every game since 1972, except for ties in 1973 and 1808 seasons. The last KU victory was in 1972 at Stillwater; 19
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Huskies take over No.1 rating
By United Press International
NEW YORK—Washington coach Don James seemed just as surprised as anyone to learn that his Huskies were a top contender in the football by UIP's Board of Coaches.
"It's a good feeling," said James, whose team leaped ahead of Pittsburgh to snare the top rating for the first time in the school's history. "I'm not sure we're that deserving, we haven't been there." Two weeks later, the two teams it's surprising because some teams have played tougher schedules than us so far."
Pittsburgh received the same amount of first-place votes but collected 569
James may have a point, but the 42 coaches on the UPI board voted the Huskies into first place yesterday with 574 points and 16 first place votes while
Through the first four games of the season, Pittsburgh and Washington are 4-0, with the Panthers having played six games against members of the Top 20.
Washington, meanwhile, has struggled the past two weeks in beating
Pittsburgh, the preseason No. 1 choice, never held more than a three-point cushion over the second-week game through the first three weeks of balloting.
Penn State, 4-after having had last week off, held steady at No. 3 with six wins in four games.
Alabama, which hosts Penn State
Saturday, retired its No. 4 ranking
with two first-place votes and 506 points. Florida, upset last week 24-13 by Louisiana State, tumbled eight spots to No. 13 and was replaced by Georgia, 4-0, as No. 5. The Bulldogs rallied past Mississippi State 29-22 last week
Southern Methodist, 4-0, got one first-place vote and advanced a position to No. 6, followed by No. 7 Nebraska, No. 8 UCLA with one first-place vote, No. 9 Arkansas and No. 10 North Carolina.
The second 10 is headed by No. 11 Notre Dame, up one spot from last week. No. 12 Texas, No. 13 Florida, No. 14 North Carolina State and No. 15 Boston College.
Miami (Fla.) is 16th followed by No. 17 West Virginia, No. 18 Stanford, No. 19 Illinois and No. 20 Clemson, the defending national champion.
'All-Star' league postpones opener
By United Press International
NEW YORK—The NFL, players Association announced a one-week postponement of its scheduled "All-Star" league, which was to begin Sunday in Washington, after a U.S. District judge yesterday failed to rule on whether it was legal to stage the game.
"We have put everything off for one week because there was no ruling from the judge today," Players said. "The ousted spokesman Jay Benoit said yesterday."
Sunday's game was to be between players selected from the NFC East and the AFC East, although several players chosen said they wouldn't
play. The game has been re-scheduled for Oct. 17 at RPK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Also postponed was the night's game set for Philadelphia.
No indication has been given as to when the judge, John Penn, will make a decision, but a ruling is expected this week.
"Players have been unduly harassed by management with temporary restraining orders barring them from playing," said Brigid Owens, of the Players Association. "We have to await a favorable court decision."
Players from the AFC East and NFC East were to begin practice today, but with no ruling from the courts, the Players Association was
forced to postpone the first two games.
The Players Association argues before Penn Monday that league management should be prevented from stopping the scheduled games planned by the union. The union wants the clause of the league player team to be removed from players from participating in outside illegal because there is no collective bargaining agreement and a labor dispute is in progress.
Attorneys for the NFL and its Management Council countered, saying the exclusivity of contracts with the players is important to the league and permits payment of the high salaries.
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