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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Oklahoma head basketball coach Kelvin Sampson has removed his name from consideration for the Arizona State opening. SEE PAGE 3B
Sports
Wednesday September 17,1997
Pro Football
The Dallas Cowboys coach and players say they are happy to be 2-1, regardless of luck.
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The NHL announced that this season's All-Star teams will pit North America vs. Europe.
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Dreams not so sweet for MU
Games this Saturday will be important
Without a home football game this weekend, I thought now would be a perfect time for me to throw a few sports-related lists at you.
Five nightmares had by Missouri quarterback Corby Jones Saturday night.
1. Ron Warner sacking him from behind and causing a fumble.
2. Ron Warner stuffing the fullback into him and causing a fumble.
3. Ron Warner smashing him every time he pitches the football.
Scott Corcoran
sports@kansan.com
5. Ron Warner making him cry like a baby on the Memorial Stadium track after the game.
4. Ron Warner chasing him down from behind and tackling him for a one yard gain.
Five wonderful dreams I had Sat urday night:
1-5. See above list.
Five teams that could have done better than Texas against UCLA:
1. The 1988 Kansas football team.
2. The 1988 Kansas State football team.
3. Free State High School's junior varsity football team.
5. Roy Williams' Kansas basketball team.
4. Chi Omega's intramural flag football team.
One team that would have done worse than Texas against UCLA:
1. The 1997 New Orleans Saints football team
Five most overexposed and overrated college football teams:
1. Notre Dame
2. Miami
3. Notre Dame
5. Notre Dame
Five college football games of importance this Saturday.
Importance this Saturday:
1. Tennessee vs. Florida.
2. Nebraska vs. Washington.
Corcoran is a Topeka senior in biology.
3. Auburn vs. Louisiana State
3. Auburn vs. Louisiana State
4. Clemson vs. Florida State
5. Kansas vs. Cincinnati
**Note: The first four have serious implications on the national title hunt while the fifth is an important test for the Jawhaws
Five biggest no-no's for a member of the sports media:
1. Never agree to have an amorous encounter with a person in cahoots with a national tabloid.
2. Never bite a female on the rear and exclaim "Yes, and it counts!"
4. Never ask Albert Belle for an interview.
3. Never say K-State center Manny Dies is the worst player in the history of college basketball.
4. Never ask Albert Belle for an interview.
5. Never call Jim Everett "Chris."
This ends my list of lists, but before end this column, I would like to thank everyone who went to the football game last Saturday.
5. Never call Jim Everett "Chris."
The crowd was loud and into the game.
I'm sure Coach Allen and the team really appreciated your efforts, and I hope this kind of support will continue throughout the season.
Players face one-game suspension
Gulley, Randle broke team rules, Allen says
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
Kansas football players Jason Gulley and Avery Randle have been suspended for one game, Kansas football coach Terry Allen said yesterday in a press release.
Allen said he had suspended the players for a violation of team rules.
"Based on the information that has been presented to me, it's obvious that we had two players who were provoked
into a situation in which they used poor judgment and should have avoided," Allen said.
The suspensions come on the heels of a fight that occurred Saturday night outside of Jayhawker Towers.
Two University students and a friend were attacked by a
Gulley: Kansas tight end
group of men between 11:45 and 11:48 p.m., KU police St. Chris Keary said.
Witnesses said they saw people running around and heard them screaming
and assumed that a fight had occurred. Witnesses said they were unable to identify anyone involved.
The victims were sent to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
The suspects in the case are facing two counts of aggravated battery and one count of battery. Keary said.
Randle: Kansas cornerback
After the fight, allegations arose that football-team members were involved. KU police will neither confirm nor deny this report. No arrests have been made
vet. Kearv said.
It is unknown if the suspensions are related to the fight, but Allen said that it was important for the football team to put an end to the situations and go forth.
"As I stated earlier, we expect our players to behave in a manner that reflects positively on our team and the University of Kansas, both on and off the field." Allen said.
Gulley is a redshirt freshman from Denton,
Texas. Gulley is a backup tight end.
Randle is a senior from Dallas and is a backup cornerback. Randle was a starter in 1995 but suffered a season-ending knee injury against Texas Christian University that year. He has not regained his starting position.
Illness, injury leave Jayhawks scrambling for roster depth
Both Gulley and Randle played in Saturday's game against Missouri.
By Tommy Gallagher
Associate sports editor
The number of wide receivers Kansas football coach Terry Allen has to choose from keeps getting smaller and smaller.
Wide receiver Eric Patterson, who injured his rib at practice Friday, practiced yesterday but is listed as questionable for Saturday's game at Cincinnati.
At the beginning of fall practices, Allen listed John Gordon and Eric Patterson as his starting wide receivers. Harrison Hill was listed as the Javwhaks' third receiver.
But the rash of injuries at wide receiver has forced Allen to reshuffle his depth chart during the season and again this week.
Gordon has been out indefinitely since August because of sleeping and breathing disorders. He likely will miss the rest of the season. Hill then broke his ankle against Texas Christian and has applied for a medical redshirt this season.
Allen said he never experienced this sort of bad luck at wide receiver while at Northern Iowa.
"We had been fortunate (at Northern Iowa) to have a couple All-America wide receivers that never got hurt and moved on to the NFL," Allen said. "I've said that you can never have too many receivers, and now we need as much depth at wide receiver as we can get."
Tanner Hancock and Michael Chandler will start for Kansas at wide receiver on Saturday.
Akili Roberson, who started the season as the Jayhawks' third quarterback, will be the third wide receiver against Cincinnati.
Kansas quarterback Matt Johnner fights for extra yards against Missouri linebacker Barry Odum. The Jaahwicks beat the Tigers
Termaine Fulton and Thad Rawls are the only available backups at wide receiver.
“There are still things that I need to learn at receiver,” Roberson said. “Playing quarterback has helped me a lot, but I'm learning as I go. I told Coach that I'll play wherever I'm needed, and this is where they need me.”
Starting tight end Brian Gray also made the transition from throwing passes to running routes after coming to Kansas.
Allen said it was quite common for a high school quarterback to be switched to another position in college.
"I've been associated with a lot of kids who played quarterback, then played at different positions in college." Allen
said. "Teams put their best athlete at quarterback in high school. For Akili and Brian, playing quarterback in high school probably helped them learn their new positions."
Gray will continue to play primarily at tight end, but Allen said he also could be lined up as the inside receiver on occasions. The backup tight end, Jason Gulley, has been suspended for this week's game for violating team rules.
15-7 Saturday, which brought the Jayhawks' season record to 3-
10. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Allen said it was important for those who played at wide receiver and tight end to continue to play well.
"We're limited with our numbers, but we're just doing the best job with the guys we have," Allen said. "You don't see us in four-wide-receiver sets. I think those guys are doing an excellent job with the ability they have — they just tread out there and do a good job."
Vaughn at center court, again
Jacque Vaughn is mobbed by kids while visiting Holy Cross Elementary School in Overland Park, Kan. Vaughn was at the school with the Oscar Mayer Wienmobile for
the "Jam with the Pros" contest, which was won by 10-year-old Kelsey McCarthy, a 5th grader at Holy Cross. Photo by Coeff Kriger/KANSAN
Women's basketball team will hold walk-on tryouts
Kansan staff report
Walk-on tryouts for the 1997-98 Kansas women's basketball team will be at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and at 8 p.m. Oct. 1 in Allen Field House. Tryout participants are encouraged to attend both workouts.
The Jayhawks return just five letterwinners from last season's squad. With point guard Erin Reed's departure from the team last week, it is likely that freshman Jennifer Jackson or redshirt freshman Casey Pruitt will fill that role.
Participants in the annual women's basketball tryout, like all other Kansas varsity tryouts, are required to show proof of personal health insurance to be eligible to participate.
For more information, call the women's basketball office at 864- 4939.
McGwire hits 52nd homer, ties Griffey
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS—A few hours after signing a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, Mark McGwire hit his 52nd home run yesterday to tie Ken Griffey Jr. for the major-league lead.
McGwire hit a 3-1 pitch from Ramon Martinez off the facade above his last name on the scoreboard in left field, a blasted estimate at 517 feet. It was his 18th home run in 39 games with the Cardinals, who acquired him from Oakland on the July 31, trading deadline.
McGwire's home run was the longest ever recorded at Busch Stadium, eclipsing his 504-foot shot Sept. 2 against the Chicago White Sox.
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