Section B-Page 6
The University Daily Kansan
Monday, September 8, 1997
Cop-out for football powerhouses
Easy schedule means high rank
In my ideal September, Division I-A football powerhouses would battle each other before conference races began as the smaller programs keep to the sidelines.
But reality struck this weekend. I know my utopian world can never happen because of college football's structure.
Let's look at the overrated Kansas State Wildcats as a microcosm of what I'm talking about.
K-State began its imaginary chase for a Big 12 Conference title Saturday with a 47-7 pasting of Northern Illinois, the doormat of the Mid-American Conference.
The Huskies finished 1-10 last season, and apparently not much has changed. In "Sports Illustrated," they were rated No. 112 out of 112 teams playing at the Division
I-A level this season.
in the coming weeks, K-State will play two more MAC foes
Ohio University and Bowling Green. I sought answers about such a pathetic schedule from the source, but the answers were
Tommy Gallagher
tallahacher@kansan.com
not all that surprising.
"A tough nonconference schedule doesn't prove anything," K-State senior cornerback Demetric Denmark said. "Why should we go out there, playing against top teams just to get our confidence crushed before we even play Nebraska? I mean, we're going to be good regardless."
I was surprised that some of the players, not just Denmark, were able to face the fact that their team
was nothing more than a fraud relying on an easy schedule. Even if the Wildcats did defeat Nebraska and Colorado, there'd still be a conference title game and a bowl game ahead.
The Wildcats were outscored 51-3 in games against Nebraska (39-3) and Colorado (12-0) last season. Then they lost 19-15 in the Cotton Bowl against Brigham Young and finished 0-3 against ranked teams last season.
This season will probably be no different for K-State because not many teams come clean in college football anymore.
I admire teams like Florida State, Michigan, Notre Dame, UCLA and Washington that play tough schedules and jeopardize a possible national title for the sake of a great game. Those teams built stronger football programs for their schools because of it.
Then you have teams like KState, Auburn, Iowa, Virginia Tech and Texas A&M, who have solid
records but cannot compete against powerhouses. These teams are frauds that don't know how to get better.
Then you have small college teams—the ones who helped to create this dilemma.
Central Florida, a newcomer to Division I-A football this season, will make a reported $1.4 million this season from road games against Nebraska, Auburn, South Carolina, Mississippi and Mississippi State. It is reported that Arkansas State also will make more than $1 million from road games.
Small college programs need money to build programs, while big-time schools need victories to obtain a bowl bid or a national title. As long as both sides remain dependent on each other, this cycle will keep some fans in a September slumber for years.
Gallagher is an Olathe senior in journalism.
Women No.1,men No.2 in cross country opener
Kansan staff report
The Kansas men and women's cross country teams gave solid performances as they began their fall seasons Saturday in Carbondale, Ill.
The women placed first with 34 points in the fourteam Southern Illinois Invite Saturday. The menfinished second out of three teams, with 43 points.
In the women's 5-kilometer race, senior co-captain Lynn LoPresti finished third overall with a team best of 18 minutes, 42.6 seconds. Other top-10 finishers for the Jayhawks included sophomore Cindy Smith (sixth), senior co-captain Emily Miles (seventh), freshman Christina
Seifert (eighth) and senior Stephanie Clark (10th).
In the men's 8-kilometer race, sophomore Andy Tate paced Kansas with a third-place finish overall at 25 minutes, 17.4 seconds. Other Jayhawks finishing in the top 10 included junior Bryce Spano (seventh) and senior co-captain Lewis Theobald (10th).
In addition to the invite,
the men also competed
against Southern Illinois.
The Jayhawks lost 34-21.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams will play host to the Rim Rock Invitational on Saturday in Lawrence. The men's race is scheduled for 10 a.m. The women's race will follow at 10:45 a.m.
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