Skahan out for season, Hawks lose 10-7
By GARY MURRELL
KU Coach Jack Mitchell was somewhat distressed following his team's 10-7 loss to Oklahoma State Saturday.
But his troubles were not so much concerned with the outcome of the game as with permanent loss of first-team quarterback, Bob Skahan.
Skahan suffered a torn ligament in his right knee after being tackled in the second quarter.
BOTHERED WITH injuries throughout his football career, Skahan is all but lost for the season. Mitchell said Sunday.
"This injury has done it."
Mitchell said. "It's doubtful
whether Bob will ever play foot-
ball unain—at least at KU."
In the first quarter, Skahan directed KU to a score, engineering the 48-yard drive in 11 plays. Thermus Butler carried the ball in from the three for the score. Dave Bouda added the extra point.
THE DEVASTATING injury came as Skahan retreated to pass near mid-field and was slammed to the turf by OSU end Doug Cathey. This was in the second period and he never called another play.
Bouda and Bob Douglass, a sophomore, filled in at quarterback but the loss of Skahan was
evident throughout the remainder of the game.
The statistics show KU played as close a game as the score reveals. The Jayhawks lagged behind by only one first down, 12 to 11. However, total yards gained seem to be the difference: OSU, 269 yards; KU, 193 yards.
BOTH TEAMS fumbled once. But pass interceptions were KU's weak points. The Cowboys caught three errant passes, stopping potential scoring drives.
What was probably the play of the game occurred in the third quarter when OSU, faced with fourth-and-15 situation on its own 35, called a running play
which netted 28 yards and a first down on the KU 37-yard line.
From there, the Cowboys drove to the 16 and settled for field goal kicked by Don Kessler from 38 yards out.
Mitchell sharply criticized his Jayhawks for not moving the ball.
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NEW YORK — (UPI) — Here's how the top 10 major college football teams fared during the week-end.
1. Notre Dame beat Oklahoma 38-0.
Former Green Beret says he feels 'lucky to be alive'
"Hi, baby killer," jeered a little old lady in a California anti-war demonstration at Bill Buford, Kansas City, Mo., second semester freshman, just back from having served a year with the Green Beret Medical Corps in Viet Nam.
"It made me so sick that I just felt like sitting down on the curb and crying." Buford said.
He considers himself lucky to be alive. While Buford was out on patrol, he was almost killed a couple of times.
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"ONE DAY when we were on patrol out of Ashau, we were ambushed," Buford said. "We were receiving heavy mortar fire. A shell landed 15 feet from me—it killed the Vietnamese interpreter in front of me and wounded a Vietnamese soldier behind me, but I was untouched.
"When we were out on another patrol, I almost got hit," Buford recalls. "We were sweeping a hill and a 'Charlie' (Viet Cong) popped up out of the brush 15 feet away and fired at me. He had reloaded his own bullet, however, and had forgotten to put powder in it. It would have been all over for me if he had remembered, because at that range you don't miss."
When asked what it felt like to be under fire for the first time, Buford said, "We were trained to such an extent that we re-acted automatically — we didn't have time to feel anything."
TO BECOME a member of the Green Berets, Buford had to go through extensive training. Basic training and advanced individual training took 16 weeks. He then spent four weeks in paratrooper school. Guerrilla warfare was his next subject for 10 weeks at Ft. Bragg. Buford specialized in weapons and demolition while he was receiving his medical training, which took a total of eight months.
Buford spent a month in Pakistan receiving his desert training. He trained for two months in Alaska learning how to survive and fight in cold weather. The Smoky Mountains served as his training ground for a month while learning how to fight in mountainous terrain.
Buford spent most of his time in Viet Nam doing preliminary patch work on wounded soldiers before helicopters came in and picked them up.
SOME OF HIS most rewarding experiences occurred when the medics held sick call twice a week. During sick call they treated ailing Vietnamese in the surrounding villages. The medics did everything from pulling teeth to treating tuberculosis.
"I got a lot of self-satisfaction
from my work, because I knew I was providing a desperately needed service," Buford said.
The worst experience Buford encountered was when his best friend was killed, and he helped carry him back to base camp.
"I STILL HAVE nightmares visualizing that long journey back," he said.
2. Michigan State beat Purdue
41-20.
"When asked how it feels to be back in the United States, Buford said, "The first thing I did Aug. 4
when I boarded the Boeing 707 in Saigon that took me back to the States was relax. One of the major reasons Viet Nam is bearable is that you know you're only going to be there a year. It is really unbelievably wonderful to be back."
Buford, a 200-pound offensive end, is being red-shirted on KU's football team this year. He won't be eligible for varsity competition until next fall.
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He said a strong and unpredictable wind at Lewis Field, Stillwater, Okla., prevented the Jayhawks from passing much of the afternoon.
"TRUE, losing Skahan early in the game was tough, but that happens to every team," he said. "We should have played that much harder, and I think we locked mighty poor."
"The defensive team played well." Mitchell said. "Three men, linebacker George Harvey, and Mike Sweatman, along with end John Zook led in the effort."
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Next week the Jayhawks face their arch-rival Kansas State at Manhattan. The Wildcats currently are in the Big Eight cellar with a 0-4 record.
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