Tuesday, September 29, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Commentary
Jayhawk wide receiver's value runs up after stellar performance
Better put on your flack jacket because wide receiver Harrison Hill is 'da bomb.' His performance Saturday night against the University of Alabama at Birmingham placed his name among the numerous skilled players the Jayhawks have on offense.
Hill had eight receptions, 118 yards and two touchdowns. In addition, he returned a punt 81 yards for another touchdown with only 12 seconds remaining in the first-half.
Having playmakers and the ability to score points always keeps the Jayhawks in the game, which is what they need, because the defense is not where it was last year. Although they are solid, Kansas is not going to win many ball games by a score of 10-7.
Instead, they might win 39-37 shootouts like the game against the Blazers
However, there must be a limit Kansas can't allow shootouts with the wrong teams.
So far my prediction is true.
The week before Kansas played
Illinois State, I said, "the 'Hawks won't lose for another month."
Some think the Jayhawks have no chance Saturday against No. 19 Tayes A&M
will win Saturday. Let me tell you why
They're wrong. The Jayhawks
tell you why.
Texas A&M
beat North
Texas, a team
picked to lose
by 35, by 19
points.
The Aggies' starting quarterback Brandon Stewart was yanked late in the
second quarter after only leading the Aggies to one touchdown. At that point, Texas A&M had a 7-3 lead. My point — North Texas is a terrible team and the Aggies didn't dominate.
However, the Aggies' secondstring quarterback came off the bench and completed 11 of 13 passes for a career-high 167 yards. But it doesn't matter
which quarterback plays Saturday, because the offense as a whole clearly is struggling.
The score will be 60 so Kansas.
If Kansas State thinks this is the year they will beat Nebraska, they need to wake up and smell the cow patties outside their windows. Nebraska's dismantling of a good Washington Husky team should be enough to take the wind out of the Wildcats.
For the first time this year, the 'Huskers were at full strength, and it wasn't anything less than spectacular. They rushed for 434 yards on 68 carries, and 14 different people ran the ball.
Is it me or are most TV commentors lame?
It doesn't matter what sport it is; baseball, football or basketball. These clowns will mispronounce the names of our favorite players, call people the wrong names and ignore critical parts of a play, all the time making a huge deal over something irrelevant.
They blab just for the sake of blabbing.
We hear the same things about
our favorite teams that we've heard in the previous game from different announcers.
My solution is to turn the television down and turn on a radio station broadcasting the game. It's much better.
For example: Bob Davis, Max Falkenstein and David Lawrence of 105.9 KLZR know what's going on at all times. In addition to knowing everything, if the team isn't playing well, they will share your frustration, or vice versa.
While television announcers are singing the praises of the other team, Davis is expressing the same emotions of many of the Javhawk fans.
Radio brings life into games. It helps that these announcers watch our favorite team every week.
Last Saturday the KU football game was not on television but Davis' exciting voice made it better than watching the game live.
Pacheco is an Olathe senior in English.
Royals finances have seen better days
By Doug Tucker
By Doug Tucker The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time since the death of former owner Ewing Kauffman, Royals fans have reason to fret about the future of major league baseball in Kansas City.
Five years after Kauffman left the club in the hands of a charitable trust, there still is no owner to replace him. The $40 million he willed to the team to shore up losses until things got better nearly is gone.
In the meantime, fans seem disinterested. Players seem dispirited. And front-office executives are discouraged at the prospect of further belt-tightening.
On the ownership front, New York lawmiles Miler Prentice III has outbid
apparently half-hearted efforts by groups headed by George Brett and Lamar Hunt. But he hasn't closed the deal because the board of directors is insisting he secure at least half his money from local investors.
Kauffman spent the last years of his life unsuccessfully lobbying wealthy Kansas Citians to buy the team. What chance, people wonder, has Prentice?
The 1998 Royals managed a slight improvement. This season's 72-88 record was five wins better than last year's 67-94. And third place in the AL Central was better than last place finishes in 1996 and 1997.
But they lost seven of their final eight and set a franchise record with 51 home losses.
Before the first pitch is thrown next season, Prentice may realize his
dream of owning a major league baseball team. But his financial reserves are not great. And a payroll
already tilting toward the lower end of the major league spectrum is certain to be trimmed, perhaps as much as 30 percent.
They're almost sure to lose some of their eight potential free agents, including third baseman Dean Palmer, whose 119 RBI were second-best all-time for the Royals, and second baseman Jose Offerman, who had career-highs in home runs (seven), runs (102), hits (19), triples (a league-leading 13), RBI (66), walks
(89) and stolen bases (45).
The low point of this season came in June when the Royals and Angels erupted into a major brawl. AL president Gene Budig happened to be in attendance, and several players were disciplined and both managers were ordered to serve eight-game suspensions.
Kauffman Stadium was the scene of one of the most heart-tugging moments in anyone's memory on May 30 when a frail Dan Quisenberry was inducted into the team's hall of fame. Gone was the toused reddish hair he'd worn as a quick-witted star while helping the Royals win two AL pennants in the 1980s.
Now he was bald, the result of surgery that tried — without success — to remove a cancerous tumor from his brain.
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