UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 18, 1997
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Baseball team tryouts Aug.25
Tryouts for the 1997-98 Kansas baseball team will begin with a meeting at 4 p.m. Aug. 25 at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium, located south of Allen Field House.
Information about trouts will be available at the meeting. Each participant will be required to complete applications. A copy of players' personal health insurance information is also required.
The Jayhawks begin a five-week practice season on Sept. 8. The practice season will include intersquad scrimmages.
The competitive season for Kansas baseball is in the spring. Next year, Kansas will begin its second season of Big 1.2 Conference play.
Mullen takes promotions job
The Kansas department of athletics announced that Rick Mullen has been named director of promotions.
Mullen said that the department promotes KU athletics and works to boost attendance for all 20 university sports.
"A lot of events are free to students," Mullen said. "We try to make them aware of these and get them there."
He replaces Lynne Mixon, who resigned to enter private business. Mullen had been assistant director of promotions for a year.
"It's a good step for me and something I have wanted," he said. "I'm glad it can be here at Kansas."
Mullen coordinated promotions for all non-revenue sports and worked with corporate sponsorships of non-revenue sports last year at the University. He also developed promotional programs for football.
Mullen worked for two years as a promotions assistant in the marketing and promotions office at the University of California, his alma mater, before coming to the University. He worked with volleyball, women's basketball, football and men's basketball. Mullen was a member of the California golf team for four years as an undergraduate. He graduated in 1995.
—Kansan staff report
College football season: usual suspects on top
Fall has arrived once again, and, as usual,
multitudes of questions fill our minds.
By Scott Corcoran
Kansan columnist
Will we enjoy our classes? Will our teachers speak English? Do we have a chance of scoring a date with a Crimson Girl or a basketball
player? What will the 1997 college football season be like? I don't
OPINION
I am the upcoming football season.
My top five:
know most of you personally, so I can't answer the first three questions, but I can give some insight into the upcoming football season.
1. Tennessee: The Volunteers return seven starters on both sides of the ball. The most important of these is quarterback Peyton Manning, who chose to return to college for his senior season. If Tennessee can survive early consecutive road games at UCLA and Florida and a later date at Alabama, look for the Orange Bowl to be packed with Tennessee orange on Jan. 2.
2. Colorado: Colorado looks to be primed to remove the Big Red cloud that has hovered over the state since 1992 — the Buffaloes last defeated Nebraska in 1991. John Hessler will fill the shoes left by Koy Detmer as he did in 1995, when Detmar was injured. The defense loses Steve Rosga and Matt Russell but returns seven other starters. Facing Nebraska in Boulder could help the Buffs reach the Big 12 title game.
3. Florida State: What would a top five be without Florida State? The Seminoles have been ranked in the top five of every final AP poll since 1987. Despite losing defensive ends Peter Boulware and Reinard Wilson, the defense should be tough with the return of linebacker Sam Cowart, back from a knee injury suffered in the 1996 Orange Bowl. Trips to Florida, North Carolina and Virginia will make it difficult for the 'Noles to finish the regular season undefeated again.
4. Penn State: Coming off an 11-2 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory, the Nittany Lions have roses in their eyes as they hope to bring the first national title to the Big 10 since 1968. Tailback Curtis Ennis is a Heisman candidate and should power a potent running game. The schedule makers were smiling on Penn State because the Nittany Lion's two toughest games — Ohio State and Michigan — will be played in
Ohio State and Michigan - will be played in Happy Valley, Pa.
5. LSU: The Tigers are this season's version of the 1995 Northwestern and the 1996 Arizona State teams. Kevin Faulk is perhaps the nation's best running back and leads an
offense that returns eight starters. The defense also returns eight and is ready to step up the pressure. If LSU manages to beat Florida on Oct. 11, look for them in the SEC championship game.
108. Duke: A 1-10 season will be an improvement.
Bottom five:
109. New Mexico State: The Aggies look to better last season's mark of 1-10.
110. Texas-El Paso: UTEP could once again go winless in WAC play.
111. Boise State: Adjustment to I-A isn't getting any easier.
112. Northern Illinois: Any surprise that this team is on K-State's schedule?
1. Stanford: The Cardinal won the last five games last year, including the Sun Bowl.
2. Colorado State: The Rams return 17 starters and will be back in a bowl after a one-year hiatus.
3. Texas A&M: The Aggies will improve last year's 6-6 record.
4. Michigan State: Look for MSU to crack into the top three in the Big 10.
5. Georgia: The Bulldogs will win more than ix for the first time since 1992.
2. Ohio State: Only eight starters return from last year's Rose Bowl champions.
1. Texas: The 'Horns lose too much to repeat as Big 12 champs.
las. year's most bowl champions.
Nebraska: Scott Frost will once again dis-
4. Northwestern: The 'Cats can't sneak up on any teams this year.
5. Clemson: This team lost to Missouri last rear. How good can it be?
1. Notre Dame will be on national television.
2. Keith Jackson will say "Whoa Nellie."
4. Most people at Kansas will be glad when Minnesota has a losing record.
5. Ron Dayne, a 5-foot-10, 261-pound Wisconsin tailback, will run over at least five defenders a game en route to a 1,500-yard season.
6. Texas will not win the Big 12 South.
7. Oklahoma will win more that three games.
8. I will root for Oldahoma to win less than three games.
9. Nebraska will sell out every home game.
10. Kansas will beat Missouri.
I know this column won't answer all of the questions racing through your mind as school is about to begin, but it should shed some light onto the upcoming season. So sit back, relax, watch a lot of football and have a great semester.
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