Wednesday, October 7, 1998
The University Daily Kansar
Section B·Page 5
Big toe brings Tigers big trouble
Missouri quarterback Corby Jones drops back for a pass in the game against Kansas earlier this season. Jones might not play because of injuries. Photo by Dan Evlasky/KANSAN
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A sprained left big toe too could keep one of Missouri's best weapons, quarterback Corby Jones, off the field this weekend.
Coach Larry Smith said yesterday
that he was preparing as if Jones, a senior touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate by the school, would not be able to play at Saturday's Big 12
game at Iowa State. Jones didn't practice Monday, and he wasn't working out yesterday, either.
Smith said he didn't know when,
or if, Jones would work out.
"It's just a day-to-day thing." Smith said. "Please don't ask me anything about projections because I'm not a doctor. I'm not a trainer. We're looking at it as if he plays, it's a bonus."
Jones, who holds the school record with 34 rushing touchdowns, was injured on Missouri's second series in Saturday's 35-14 victory against Northwestern State. He was hampered on the option attack the rest of the way, rushing for 31 yards on 16 carries.
He met reporters after the game with his left foot in a bucket of ice water and said he could barely walk.
"I couldn't make some of the plays that I normally would have," Jones said Saturday. "I really didn't think about needing to make a play."
If Jones can't go, sophomore Ryan Douglass or redshirt freshman Jim Dougherty would get the call. Douglass, son of former Chicago Bears quarterback Bobby Douglass, played sparingly last year and Dougherty was redshirted.
In limited duty this year, Douglass is 0-for-6 and Dougherty is 1-for-2 for 17 vards.
In any case, Smith said he won't alter his game plan. He said both backups looked sharp in practice on Monday.
Smith said he didn't want to bring back Jones too soon and risk aggravating the injury.
"He has to tell me he's completely comfortable and feels good about it," Smith said. "Because one game is not worth sacrificing may be three or four down the road."
He wasn't worried about any one individual attempting to pick up the slack.
"Everybody has to take a step up." Smith said. "Football is a team game, and the best way to win is as a team."
Volunteers' Lewis out for season
Team's leading rusher, Heisman candidate tears knee ligament
The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers will face No. 7 Georgia on Saturday and the rest of their regular season without starting tailback Jamal Lewis, who is out with a knee injury.
Lewis, a sophomore who is second in the Southeastern Conference in rushing, suffered a torn lateral collateral ligament in his right knee during Saturday's 17-9 victory against Auburn.
Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said Monday a magnetic resonance imaging examination revealed the tear. Lewis was to be operated on yesterday.
"There's a chance he'll be back for a bowl game or a championship game, but that's not likely. It's really unfortunate for Jamal." Fulmer said.
"He has been a great player for us and will be a great player for us again, hopefully in the nottoo-distant future," he said, adding Lewis already has played too much this year to be red-shirted.
The Volunteers play at Georgia this Saturday. Lewis had the biggest day of his career last season against the Bulldogs, gaining 323 yards in 22 carries
in the Volunteers' 38-13 victory.
The 6-foot, 220-pounder from Atlanta has been the mainstay of Tennessee's offense this season, running for 497 yards on 73 carries through four games.
His 124.4 yard average is second in the SEC to LSU's Kevin Faulk and the biggest reason the Volunteers lead the league in rushing at 225.5 yards a game.
Lewis has been especially important because the Vols' passing game has struggled. Quarterback Tee Martin is seventh in the league in efficiency rating, having completed 35 of 79 passes for 509 yards, with eight touchdowns and two interceptions.
"It's important that somebody
else steps up and gets the job done. "Fulmer said."
The two reserve tailbacks expected to take over the position are sophomores Travis Stephens and Travis Henry. Henry has carried eight times for 75 yards and Stephens has rushed nine times for 62 yards this year.
Lewis had a 67-yard touchdown run on Tennessee's first play from scrummage against Auburn. He hurt his knee in the second half, left for treatment on the sidelines, and returned for one play. He gained 21 yards, but pulled up at the end of the run and hobbled off.
He did not return and finished the game with 140 yards on 18 carries.
Band's violation suspends athletics
Prairie View A&M ignores regulation receives suspension
The Associated Press
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Prairie View &M has discovered something even worse than losing: not getting to play at all.
The school's football team recently snapped an NCAA-record 80-game losing streak, but now the entire athletic department has been suspended in a dispute with the Southwestern Athletic Conference about its marching band.
SWAC officials handed down the indefinite suspension Monday because the university allowed its band to perform at Saturday's Prairie View-Grambling game in Dallas.
That performance violated an earlier two-game suspension issued after the Prairie View band's halftime brawl with the band from Southern University.
The SWAC's latest sanctions bar any league school from playing Prairie View in any sport until further notice. Sports immediately affected are football, volleyball, track and bowling.
The volleyball team is scheduled to begin play Friday at a tournament hosted by Southern. Five of Prairie View's six remaining football games are against SWAC teams, including Saturday's homecoming game against rival Alcorn State.
Athletes and coaches were asked not to speak with reporters. But the suspension upset some of Prairie View's 6,000 students.
"Now that we we're finally able to win, we might not even be able to
play," said freshman Candace Johnson of Richardson, whose family planned to attend the Alcorn State game.
Prairie View has appealed the SWAC decision, according to Larry Raab, the school's vice president of operations.
"We feel the punishment is unjust, and we'll take all actions required to seek a just remedy." Raab said.
SWAC commissioner Rudy Washington said the league had no choice but to impose a harsh penalty.
"We were extremely disappointed to see Prairie View A&M blatantly disregard the laws and regulations of the Southwestern Athletic Conference,"
Washington said.
The marching bands of Southern and Prairie View duked it out during halftime Sept. 19 at Beaumont. Several Prairie View band members were injured and both schools incurred damage to uniforms and instruments.
The SWAC immediately suspended both schools' bands for two football games. Prairie View's band sat out the Sept. 26 game at Langton — the school's first football victory since 1989 — but played last Saturday at the Grambling game in Dallas.
Raba cited contractual obligations that could have cost the school $80,000 if the band hadn't shown up.
Another factor in the SWAC's harsh response: Prairie View President Charles Hines has refused to retract orders to his staff to forfeit any pending games against Southern and never again play the school. Raab reiterated that stance Monday.
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