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Tuesday, January 16. 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SCHEDULE: No.4 Jayhawks open Big Eight Conference play with a victory
Continued from Page 5.
where Oklahoma State has a 24-
game winning streak?
Jan. 8, 1996
"Well, streaks are meant to be broken," Vaughn said.
AANSAS 76, at OKLAHOMA STATE 61
Most call him a point guard, but prophet seems appropriate for Vaughn, too.
Kansas stopped Oklahoma State's winning streak at Gallagher-Iba Arena with a 76-61 victory, something Vaughn alluded to after the Kansas-SMU game.
But after a slim 32-30 lead at halftime, the Jayhawks needed an early 19-2 second-half run to win their Big Eight Conference opener.
"We had so much confidence in one another," Vaughn said. "It seemed like everyone knew what we were going to do."
19 points. He also pulled down 11
rebounds and blocked three shots.
LaFrentz scored five of the Jay-hawks first nine points in the second half en route to a game-high
The Jayhawk frontline had a definite height advantage as LaFrentz and Pollard measured inches taller than any Oklahoma State player. However, that didn't mean that the Cowboys didn't battle.
NICAS 69 at FLORIDA 5
Jan. 11.1996
KANSAS 69, at FLORIDA 54
a trip to Disney World was on
the line.
For awhile, though, it didn't seem like Williams' promise for a
side trip to the Magic Kingdom would be enough motivation.
But LaFrentz powered the Jayhawks with a career-high 21 points on nine of 12 shooting. He scored 15 in the second half.
"We executed a lot better offensively in the second half," LaFrentz said. "They are a big, strong team that kind of took us out of what we wanted to run."
With their second-half performance, the Jayhaws spent the day after their 12th victory at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
SUPER BOWL XXX
Dallas could match Super Bowl win record
The Associated Press
Only one franchise has won five Super Bowls. Another will match that feat on Jan. 28 in Tempe. Ariz.
The Dallas Cowboys are 11/12-point favorites to win and extend the NFC's winning string to an incredible 12 in the big game. The AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas twice in Super Bowls in 2010-4 in the 1970s and 1980.
Here we go again.
"This is what you play the game for," Steelers safety Darren Perry said. "It's almost as if it's not really happening."
It's happening for the Steelers, who defeated Indianapolis 20-16 Sunday. And for the Cowboys, who were 38-27 victors over Green Bay.
"We are happy to get there, despite the negativity we've endured this year," Cowbies cornerback Deion Sanders said. "This team is good,
really good, and the way we stuck together is a credit to each of us."
Dallas will appear in a record eighth Super Bowl. It won in 1992 and '83, but last year saw the San Francisco 49ers reach that fifth supervictory first.
It will be the Super Bowl debut for Barry Switzer, who replaced Jimmy Johnson last season after Johnson and team owner Jerry Jones feuded and split.
Switzer won three college football championships at Oklahoma. The NFC title certainly helped vindicate Switzer, who often is maligned for his laid-back approach and beat decisions.
"I've never been to the big one," he said. "They tell me it's a lot of fun."
Switzer brings with him the league's most balanced attack, with stars Troy Aikman throwing, Emmitt Smith running, Michael Irvin catching and a superb support.
ing cast contributing whatever is needed. Smith rushed for 150 yards and scored three touchdowns against Green Bay. Irvin had seven catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
Dallas is less dependable on defense, but it can make the big plays, particularly when Sanders, Darren Woodson and Leon Lett are involved.
For the Steelers, just making the Super Bowl offered redemption from last year, when they fell 3 yards short against San Diego.
Pittsburgh, the AFC's highest-scoring team, should move the ball. But can it keep up with the Cowboys' high-octane offense?
But AFC teams don't win the Super Bowl. The last time it happened was 1984, when the Raiders beat Washington.
"I've been in the league 11 years, and I've come up short every year but this one," linebacker Kevin Greene said. "It's tremendous. It's all about going to the Super Bowl and winning."
Can the Steeleers break that trend? Not if they play as they did against Indianapolis. The offense, more wide-open than any since the last Steeleers team to win the championship, sputtered against the Colts.
The rushing game didn't get untracked against the Colts, whose strength was run defense. Pittsburgh has the weapons in Erric Pegram, Bam Morris and John L. Williams, but the line — other than All-Pro center Dermontti Dawson — has not been particularly effective.
Pittsburgh's defense is strong and versatile and will be its best chance to grab the championship.
"I think the important thing for us," Smith said, "is to accept the challenge we will be receiving from the Pittsburgh Steelers."
the prices."
Bookies betting on Cowboys to stomp Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are listed as 10-3 underdogs by all three of Britain's bookdes — William Hill, Ladbrokes and Corals.
The only difference comes in the point spread, where Ladbrokes had Dallas by 10/12 points and William Hill offered 121/2. Corals will offer its point spread later this week.
LONDON — All three of Britian's major book-makers yesterday listed the Dallas Cowboys as odds-on 1-5 favorites to win the Super Bowl.
Estimates suggest that up to $1.55 million will
be bet in Britain on the Super Bowl.
Ian Wassell, a spokesman for Ladbrokes, said this year's matchup was more attractive to bettors than last year's Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers.
"It doesn't happen very often that we all agree. This must be one of those few occasions," said Rob Hartnett, spokesman for Corals. "It's pretty rock solid. I guess those are
"We have a favorite here who is strong but backable, and an outsider whose pedigree suggests they are capable of springing a surprise," Wassell said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lin Elliott's name may be mud with Kansas City Chiefs fans, but that doesn't mean he won't be back next season with an arrowhead emblem on his helmet.
Chiefs' Elliott looking for a job
The Associated Press
Elliott hasn't been released, but that's not necessary. His contract expires next month, when he becomes a restricted free agent.
Just because he missed three field-goal attempts in the Chiefs' 10-7 playoff loss to Indianapolis last week doesn't mean his kicking days in the NFL are over, Elliott says.
And, if not with Kansas City,
then somewhere else.
There was no word from either Chiefs president-general manager Carl Peterson or coach Marty Schottenheimer to suggest that the team was planning to ask him back next season.
Whether it's with the Chiefs or not, Elliott is determined to resurrect his career.
"A bad game or a couple of bad games doesn't mean my career is over," Elliott told The Kansas City Star on Saturday, from his home in Waco, Texas. "I don't think that is the case with me at all. I could be wrong, but my goal is to let everything settle down and get back and be the best licker I can be, whatever that is."
He is unaware of the barbs and jokes being tossed his way — but he knows what people are saving.
The Associated Press
In fact, Elliott added to the joke list when he disclosed plans for a deer-hunting trip in Mexico.
"The joke up there (in Kansas City) will be 'Of course, he'll miss the deer, too.' Elliott said.
"I'm sure it'll be a long, hard road, whether it's in Kansas City or somewhere else," he said. "I'll have to battle competition, and I'll have to win the job, just like I did when I was a rookie. And I'd say I've got a better chance of winning a job than I did when I was a rookie.
"I don't know why other teams would want to approach me right now," he said. "I'm not going to have teams just jumping out of the woodwork, trying to sign me. But
in the spring, when teams start asking kickers to take salary cuts, people are going to be shuffling jobs. There's going to be a job open, and that's where a team will say, 'Hey, let's look at this guy.'
Even if the Chiefs wanted Elliott back, it would be difficult for him to continue in Kansas City. Some teammates — guard Dave Scott and quarterbacks Rich Gannon and Matt Blundin — have called to offer support.
Others complained about Elliott's failures in private or publicly. Tight end Keith Cash was critical in the locker room after the Colts game. Linebacker Derrick Thomas was critical on his weekly radio show.
"If the Chiefs make some type of move for a free-agent kickler, I'll know where I stand with them," Elliott said. "I'd go wherever I had a job. If, in Kansas City, they act like they want me as their kickler, it would be a tough situation, but I'm not scared of that."
Elliott knows the prospects for his return to the Chiefs aren't good, though he said he hadn't heard that from anyone in the organization.
"As a kicker, you don't have to have the confidence of your team-mates," he said. "That's something that would help, but you've still got to go out and make the kicks," he said. "If I'm done in Kansas City, I can look at my field-goal percentage for regular-season games and say it might be higher than anybody else's for the Chiefs."
Elliott made 75.7 percent of his attempts, behind Nick Lowery (80.2), but ahead of NFL Hall of Famer Jan Stenuerd (64.0). However, Stenuerd made three field goals in Super Bowl IV and helped the Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings.
"A weak person might cry in his beer over it — and you have to do for a little while — but then it's over," Elliott said. "I've got to be a smart enough person to realize that while I upset about it, I've also got 70 more years of life that are going to be a whole lot more important than that."
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