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SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20,1995
SECTION B
Jayhawks hope to lower boom on Sooners
Tom Leininger / KANSAN
Kansas will face two top running backs tomorrow similar to Iowa State's Troy Davis whom freshman outside linebacker Patrick Brown tracks down.
By Robert Sinclair
Kansan sportswriter
As the No.7 Kansas football team experiences more and more success, its games become more and more important.
Of course, they probably looked at the Colorado game in the same way.
At the beginning of the season, many probably looked at this weekend's voyage to Norman, Okla., as another loss in a mediocre season.
Instead of being the sacrificial lamb in Oklahoma football coach Howard Schnellenberger's inaugural season, Kansas is taking on No. 15 Oklahoma in a game that could have Big Eight Conference championship implications.
"They're a talented football team," said Kansas football coach Glen Mason. "They returned a lot of starters. I hope my team is looking forward to going down to Norman as much as jam."
Tomorrow night's game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
"What difference does that make?"
Mason said. "We've played on TV a lot. Last time we played on TV, we played well (against Texas Christian). It shouldn't affect them one bit."
While Mason might enjoy visiting Oklahoma, he hasn't had any success there. In addition to Mason's losing streak in his four trips south of the border, the Jayhawks also have had their share of futility since a 23-3 victory Nov. 8, 1975.
Kansas is not favored in this game, despite its higher national ranking. On the other hand, the Jayhawks are 1-0 when entering games as underdogs after upsetting the Buffalooes.
"Boulder is the past; Oklahoma is the future," said Kansas junior offensive guard Chris Banks. "I really can't speak for Oklahoma. But I'm sure they want to win just as badly as we do."
When most people think of the Sooners, they think running game.
However, this year Oklahoma challenges opponents with a Moore-balanced attack — freshman quarterback Eric Moore and junior running back Jerald Moore. Eric Moore has completed 48 of 89 passes for 740 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions, while Jerald Moore is the power of the famed "Thunder and Lightning" running back tandem.
"I think their passing game is pretty good," said Kansas junior linebacker Dick Holt. "They're pretty balanced. Last week we focused on the running game. This week we have to focus on both."
The running back twosome, which is assisted by tailback junior James "Lightning" Allen, has combined for 795 yards and eight touchdowns. The quarterback also has been known to take off and run with the football — he has tallied 237 yards with one touchdown
Oklahoma senior back-up quarterback Garrick McGee has seen playing time as well and has passed for 328 yards and three touchdowns. McGee, who also has rushed for 106 yards and one score, is no stranger to the Jayhawks.
Another aspect commonly associated with Sooner football is a physical, swarming defense. This year is no exception.
"I know about McGee," Mason said. "I tried to recruit him. I almost got him here."
"They've got a very tough defense — the best defensive line we've played to date — and they can run."
Mason said.
Led by senior defensive end Cedric Jones and his 11 sacks, the Sooners have recovered five fumbles, made seven interceptions and sacked opposing quarterbacks 20 times for a loss of 121 yards.
"We try to be technically sound every week," Banks said. "It doesn't matter what defense we're playing. But you have to be very technically sound against him (Jones)."
One final incentive for the Jayhawks is the infamous revenge factor.
Last season, Kansas was leading 17-7 at home going into the fourth quarter before McGee rallied his team and led the team to a 20-17 victory. The loss all but eliminated Kansas from a postseason bowl game.
"When you look at the whole scheme of things, there's a big difference between being 6-5 and 7-4 or 8-3. Mason said of last year's loss. "I think if we would have come away with a victory in that game and the season would have played out the way it did last year, we would have been some place over the Christmas holiday rather than sitting at home."
Beta Theta Pi crowned king of Hill
Beginning did not forecast 17-12 flag football victory
By Jeffrey Auslander
Kansan sportswriter
On a chilly afternoon, Beta Theta Pi put the heat on Long and Deen.
Beta's offensive plays and swarming defensive stands yesterday resulted in a 17-12 victory and the Men's Hill Flag Football Championship title.
When the game started, though, Beta looked as if it was going to be toyed with. After receiving the opening kickoff, Long and Deep used only four plays to march 70 yards for a touchdown. Long and Deep quarterback Bob Wicks, R.O.T.C. instructor from Bakersfield, Calif., hit wide receiver Fred Souder, Bartlesville, Okla., graduate student, in the corner of the endzone. The extra point missed, but Long and Deep leaped 6-0 only three minutes into the game.
Beta looked cold, but they really were just warming up. On the kickoff, Brett Lukert, Sabetha senior, caught the ball on his own 10-yard line. He raced right and broke free to the 50-yard line, where he pitched the ball to teammate Brent Scholz, Overland Park sophomore. Scholz ran the ball to the Long and Deep 33-yard line.
Four plays later, Lukert took the ball on a reverse and threw it to the corner of the endzone, where senior wide receiver Brett Bacchus caught it.
"We were trying to go the opposite direction and catch the defense off guard," Lukert said. "Brett broke free from his man and made it look easy."
The extra point put Beta up 7-6. However, it wanted to score more
26 yards and running for 28 more. Beta kicked a field goal that increased its lead to 17-6.
After holding Long and Deep on downs, Beta got the ball back on its 28-yard line.
After throwing an incomplete pass, Beta quarterback Eric Dahlgren, Oklahoma City junior, called for a roll-out pass. Dahlgren made the right call as the pass accounted for a 72-yard touchdown to Scholz.
"On that play, Eric rolls out right and can either throw it short to the lineman or hit me deep," Scholz said. "I caught the cornerback sleeping, and Eric threw it to me. I juggled it for a second but was able to pull it in."
The touchdown put Beta up 14-6 at halftime.
Long and Deep came back and made the score 17-
"I never expected to get that long touchdown in,but we'll take it."
Eric Dahlgron
Beta Theta Pi quarterback and
Oklahoma City junior
Beta didn't waste any time getting things rolling again in the second half. Dahlgren almost single-handedly led his team down the field, throwing for
12 when Wicks hit his brother Doug Wicks, Bakersfield, Calif., graduate student, on a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Beta could have sealed a victory on its next possession but missed a field goal.
However, when Long and Deep's final comeback failed, it could not convert on a fourth-and-one with one minute left.
Dahlgren, who had 201 all-purpose yards on offense, was pleased with the Beta victory and its offensive performance.
Moments later the game was finished, and Beta was the champion.
"We threw a lot of short passes that were successful. I never expected to get that long touchdown in, but we'll take it." Dahlgren said. "Tonight, we'll all go out and celebrate."
"We threw a lot of short passes
ABOVE: Members of the Beta Theta Pi flag football team congratulate each other after winning the Men's Hill Flag Football Championship.
LEFT: Beta quarterback Eric Dahigren, Oklahoma City junior, runs up field during Beta Theta Pi's 17.1-2 victory against Long and Deep.
Tom Leininger/
KANSAN
Swimmers and divers to plunge into season with Arkansas meet
By Blll Kenealy
When the Kansas swimming and diving teams travel to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for the season's inaugural meet, senior Donna Christensen will have more than the usual amount of friendly competition.
Kansan sportswriter
The Olathe native will be competing against some familiar faces swimming for the Arkansas Razorbacks. But no face will be more familiar to Christensen than the one belonging to Arkansas senior Amy Stroup.
"I swam with her on the Kansas City Blazers," Christensen said. "We grew up together through high school."
Although Christensen stays in contact with Stroup, there hasn't been an appreciable amount of pre-meet gamesmanship.
Since Stroup swims middle-distance and distance freestyle events and Christensen primarily swims butterfly and the individual medley, they likely won't be in the pool at the same time. However, if Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf decides he needs her to, Christensen will swim the 200-yard freestyle, which would put her in direct competition with Stroup.
This would be no big deal, Christensen said. They would simply go out and swim their best
In addition to the Razorbacks, the Jayhawks will have to contend with the Tigers on Saturday as well. The Louisiana State Tigers, who finished 17th in the nation last season, also will be competing in Fayetteville.
The three-team meet will mark the beginning of Kansas' schedule, which has the Jayhawks swimming at meets almost every week through the end of January.
"As a senior, it's strange to know that it all comes down to the next five months," Christensen said. "I still have a lot to prove."
Besides the usual conference foes, this year's schedule also includes meets against national powers Minnesota and Texas A&M. Kempf said he realized the different approach needed to compete against nationally ranked programs.
"We're going to develop to be a great conference team by developing 25 people per team," Kempf said. "We're going to develop to be a great national team by developing our eight to 10 elite swimmers who will pull along the rest of the team."
Christensen is one of those elite swimmers Kempf will be counting on to hold those Tigers and Razorbacks tomorrow.
"We have our work cut out for us, but we love to swim fast people." Kempf said.
Rowing team to test skills in Boston
Kansas rower Maggie Romens called it one of the most prestigious regattas in the country.
By Erin Johnson
Kansan sportswriter
will be competing against international, national and collegiate teams.
Nine members of the Kansas women's varsity rowing team are headed to it — Boston's Head of the Charles Regatta — this weekend. The Kansas lightweight eight was selected based on racing times of the entries accepted by regatta representatives and
The Kansas City Star has tagged it one of the biggest days of rowing events in the world.
"It'll just help us see where we're at," Kansas women's rowing coach Rob Catloth said. "The atmosphere is incredible, and the opportunity to see how you rate against the other crews in the world is pretty hard to deny."
Romens, Edina, Minn., senior, said that because the regatta was in Boston, the area where rowing traditions began, she and other rowers had been looking forward to competing in the regatta since they began rowing for Kansas.
"It pretty much captures the essence of what rowing is," Romens said.
Paige Geiger, Leavenworth senior, said that because it was a highly esteemed race, it was even more special for the Kansas rowers.
"We're so excited," she said. "It's really a dream come true. It's the ultimate race for a rower. I think because of the excitement, we're really mentally focused and intense about it and because it's the first time going for a lot of us."
See ROWING, Page 3B.
Pigskin Predictions
Oct. 21 and 22, 1995
Jenni Carlson, Kansan Sports Editor
Record: Last Week 3-1-1
Season 23-11-1
Tom Erickson, Kansan Associate Sports Editor
Record: Last Week 4-0-1
Chris Austin, Kansan Sports Columnist
Record: Last Week 3-1-1
Season 25-9
Guest of the Week: Ann Eversole
Associate Dean of Student Life and Director of the Organizations and Activities Center
Guests' Record: 23.11.1
Kansas @ Oklahoma Wisconsin @ Northwestors Clemson @ Maryland Kansas City @ Denver San Francisco @ St. Louis KU 27 OU 23 NW 17 Wisc. 14 Clem. 30 Mary. 27 K.C. 24 Den. 17 St. L. 35 S.F. 24 KU 21 OU 19 NW 24 Wisc. 21 Mary. 35 Clem. 28 K.C. 21 Den. 17 St. L. 28 S.F. 7 KU 27 OU 23 NW 20 Wisc. 16 Clem. 31 Mary. 12 K.C. 24 Den. 0 S.F. 24 St. L. 14 KU 28 OU 14 NW 17 Wisc. 14 Mary. 24 Clem. 14 Den. 17 K.C. 14 S.F. 21 St. L. 14
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