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Big 12 teams prepare for new rivals
NORTH
KANSAS (0-0,2-0)
Next game: Saturday at Utah
Coach Glen Mason said time would tell who finished the Big 12 season as the league's best running back among an impressive field of candidates, which
includes June Henley of Kansas.
"Probably the No. 1 prerequisite is to stay healthy," Mason said. "Obviously we've got a lot of good running backs in our league. It'll probably be the guy standing after the marathon rather than the guy who's leading after the first sprint."
Even after watching Nebraska dominate the Big Eight in the league's final years, Mason said there was nothing shocking about the Cornhuskers' upset loss to Arizona State on Saturday.
"Shocked?" Mason said. "Heck, I'm not shocked anymore in college football by anything. It comes down in most situations that anybody can beat anybody on a given day."
MISSOURI (0-1, 1-2)
Coach Larry Smith said the price of a 38-23 victory against Clemson Saturday was steep when it came to depth at tight end, where Jake Stueve was lost for the season with a knee
next game: Saturday at Iowa State
"We've got 12 seniors, and I think we've had three to five of them at various times,"
Freshman Jayson Hughes and sophomore tackle Chris Meredith will be considered as the Tigers need to fill the hole quickly before their game against Iowa State.
Smith said, "Losing Jack Stueve is a major, major hit for us, no question. We're just scrambling right now and trying to find out what we're going to do."
injury.
white the defense will contend with Cyclones running back Troy Davis, Smith will rotate tailbacks Brock Olivo and Devin West and use fullback Ernest Blackwell, who is turning some heads.
"He has really established himself as a running threat," Smith said. "That's why we're looking at ways to get him the ball more. I'd be excited to see him get the ball 10, 15 times."
IOWA STATE (0-0,
Next game: Saturday at Missouri
Coach Dan McCarney said his team's 42-23 victory against Northern
1-2)
Iowa last weekend was a springboard into the Cyclones' first Big 12 conference game Saturday at Iowa State.
"Missouri's an exciting football team," McCarney said. "They dominated Clenson; it wasn't really close if you watched the tapes.
tapes.
"They rushed for almost 500 yards, and we know we'll have our hands full Saturday, but we're sure looking forward to it," he said.
have had another 20 carries and played another quarter and a half," McCarney said. "He's an amazing physical specimen."
He's an amazing physicist, Mr. McCarney said Missouri's depth at tailback worried him. Brock Olivo ran over the Cyclones last year, and McCarney said his defense needed to buckle down up front and prevent it from happening again.
"They totally dominated the line of scrimmage last year," he said. "Their offense isn't a finesse style of offense; they're tough, physical kids."
"He said afterward that he felt like he could
COLORADO (0-0,
2-1)
Next game: Saturday
Texas A&M
loss to Michigan two weeks ago was needed.
Coach Rick Neuheisel said the Buffaloes' offweek following a close
loss to Michigan two weeks ago was needed. "We certainly enjoyed the week off to mend not just the physical wounds that physical game caused, but also the psychological wounds of being defeated by a fine Michigan team," Neuheuisel said.
Texas A&M enters the game wounded, despite beating North Texas last weekend. Colorado handed Texas A&M a 29-21 loss last year in Boulder, and Neuheisel said he would not be surprised to find some surly Aggies Saturday in College Station, Texas.
"It will be a hornet's nest, I guarantee you," he said. "It'll be wild. We'll play with the kind of fury maybe we haven't seen recently, and we have to understand that. We need to have some of that kind of jaw-set ourselves.
Koy Detmer's Heisman Trophy hopes ended against the Aggies last year when he suffered a severe knee injury, though Neuheisel doesn't believe those memories will affect his game at Kyle Field "Koy doesn't look at that as any fault of A&M's,"
neheusiel said, "Koy's looking forward to going back and playing in his home state."
NEBRASKA (0-0,
1-1)
Next game: Saturday at Colorado State
Ranked Communicators in last weekend's 19-0 loss at Arizona State.
Coach Tom Osborne was blunt about what cost the formerly top-ranked Cornhuskers in
"We had three safeties and three turnovers, and they only had one turnover, so essentially we went minus five (on the giveawaytakeaway ratio)," he said.
Oxorbe wouldn't blame inexperienced quarterback Scott Frost, who made some of the errors that the Sun Devils converted into points.
poles.
"I can't say he had a great game, but on the other hand, when we graded him he certainly graded out at a level we've had in games we've won, and sometimes by big margins," he said.
margins, he said.
Osborne said his Huskers needed to improve in all areas, including special teams that made some costly mistakes. Osborne admitted that the two-time defending national champions have lost their mystique.
"I think we had a mental edge over some people, and I imagine now they'll feel we're less invincible," Osborne said.
Next game: Oct. 5 at
Nebraska
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KANSAS STATE (1-0,4-0)
No Kansas State coaches were available for Monday's teleconference.
OKLAHOMA STATE (0-1, 3-1)
Next game: Oct. 5 at Texas
Coach Bob Simmons
Coach Bob Simmons was particularly proud of the defensive effort his Cowboys put forth in a 31-17 victory against Utah State.
Even though the Cowboys rely on star tailback David Thompson for their production, Simmons credited speedy quarterback Tonie Jones with the Cowboys' scoring success
tory against team bias.
"My concern was the defense and how they would play, and we really had a great defensive effort," Simmons said. "We have up a few more passes than I'd have liked to have had, but overall I thought it was a good team effort, a good victory for the program."
jones with the Cincinnati Reds "The key to what Tone's been doing is making some good decisions and keeping that offense moving in situations where it could have broken down," Simmons said.
TEXAS TECH (1-1,
1-2)
Next game: Sat... at
1-2 Next game: Saturday at Utah State
Coach Spike Dykes said he probably was too conservative while holding on to a slim leaf the Red Raiders' 15-12 loss at Georgia last weekend, though the rain and mucky field didn't lend them to high scoring.
"We did everything we set out to do, except we didn't ring the bell quite enough," Dykes said.
Byron Hanspard kept his name firmly on the minds of Heisman Trophy voters with 217 yards rushing and two touchdowns. However, the Raiders' passing offense was as anemic as their running game was outstanding.
"We've got to improve our passing game," he said. "This game is not a very good one to judge that one on because of the playing conditions."
Dykes was careful not to criticize quarterback Zebbie Lethridge, who completed just eight of 22 pass attempts for 71 yards and two interceptions, though he rushed for 66 yards on 13 carries.
"Any blame in the ball game should be put on me," Dykes said. "We just sort of pulled our horns in when we got ahead because we were playing such good defense."
Coach Chuck Reedy liked the schedule that gave his young Bears three relatively weak nonconference games
right off the bat, including an Oregon State team that Baylor defeated 42-10 Saturday.
"I feel like the momentum is on our side," Reedy said. "I do believe that's beginning to take place. We have an open date where we can really spend a lot of time working this week. Then we need to get ready for what we know will be a tremendous test when we go to Texas Tech next week."
Reedy said that the Bears have gained quite a reputation for their kick returners, Jerod Douglas and Kalief Muhammad. Muhammad enhanced it with a 100-yard kickoff return.
"A lot of times people don't want to kick the ball deep to us," he said. "Jerod opened the second half with a 35-yard return, then we just had great blocking on Kalief's return."
appeared to be bouncing back reasonably well from last weekend's heartbreaking 17-14 last-second loss to Notre Dame.
Coach John Mackovic said his players
TEXAS (1-0, 2-1)
next game: Saturday
at Virginia
Coach John Mackovich
"A few of the players came by and visited Sunday," said Mackovic, who said soreness
was rampant throughout the team after the hard-hitting battle in Austin that put a dent in the first national championship talk around UT in almost 20 years.
However, Mackovic said all was not lost in hat regard.
"We haven't even reached October yet," he said. "There are lots of games left to play, and I'm sure one of the Big 12 teams will be close and right in the thick of things when we get around to the end of the season. There's still quite a bit going on in other conferences."
While Texas found success against a ballyhooed Irish defense, Mackovic said he thought the Cavaliers posed even more potential problems.
"They have a veteran front defensively," he said. "Five of their front seven are returning, and they hard to block. Notre Dame had size but did not have the quickness Virginia has."
TEXAS A&M (0-0,
1-2)
Next game: Saturday at Colorado
Coach R.C. Slocum said the Aggies' 55-0 victory at home against a virtually helpless North Texas team could do wonders for the conference going into their Big 12 intraleague debut against Colorado.
The Buffaloes defeated A&M last year, 2921, knocking them out of national title contention.
"We've not really been pointing to this game as such," Slocum said. "We haven't really thought about this game until this week. Without a doubt, last year's game really had more of an effect than what a normal loss would have on you. The disappointing thing to us was we had a bunch of opportunities to make plays that we didn't."
tumults to make playoffs. The Aggies, who opened the season by losing a shootout against Brigham Young, expect even more offensive heat on their young defensive secondary by Colorado and
quarterback Koy Detmer.
quarterback key to Colorado really puts more pressure on you than BYU, if that's possible, because they've got the ability to run the football," Slocum said. "I would venture to say they've got the finest group of receivers of anybody in the country."
"We didn't respond well enough in pass coverage or pressure to contain the quarterback," Blake said. "Now we're facing a tough team coming off a big win."
Next game: Saturday at Tulsa
OKLAHOMA (0-0,
0-2)
Coach John Blake said his defense made myriad mistakes, which his
offense couldn't keep up with as San Diego State rocketed to a 51-31 victory against the Sooners.
That team is Tulsa, which suddenly found its passing game in a 27-20 upset of formerly 19th-ranked Iowa last weekend. Blake said his Sooners must figure out a way to contain quarterback John Fitzgerald, who went 22-for-38 with a touchdown.
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"We're playing inexperienced players out there," he said. "It's just one of those things when you face with a team that throws the football well, and you get tested. We've got a long season ahead for us, so we need to correct our mistakes and move on."
Blake, who played for OU during the team's glory years under mentor Barry Switzer, said it was a different world in Norman these days.
"The talent is not even close to when I was playing here," Blake said. "I think we know that, but I think we just need to build on what we have. It's something we have to overlook and play with the cards we've been dealt."
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