University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 28, 1988
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Trip to OU usually spells trouble for Kansas
Jayhawks haven't won in Norman since upset of 1975 national champs
By Jeff Euston
Kansas state university
The Oklahoma Sooners are having an off year
The Sooners have already lost this season — to a team besides Miami (USC) — and it's only October. And their No. 8 ranking in the Associated Press poll is not in their customary top five spot.
The Jayhawks have defeated Oklahoma only three times in the last 26 games.
But if recent history is an indicator, Okahoma will not have any problems tomorrow at 1 p.m., when Kansas
The average scores of the last three meetings between the teams is 61-6, and in 1986, the Sooners' 71-10 victory over the Jayhawks marked the most points ever scored against a Kansas team. In each of the last three meetings, Oklahoma has amassed more than 500 yards of total offense.
Despite the apparent mismatch, Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said the Sooners would not be looking past Kansas to next week's showdown with No. 12 Oklahoma State.
"We prepared to play Kansas," he said. "We've watched their films week and we'll be ready for them."
"I think Kansas is better off now that they were a year ago. Offensively they're a much better team."
Kansas coach Glen Mason, too, has been asked if his players might be looking past tomorrow's game to next year's trip.
"I've been asked that about 50 times," he said shaking his head. "I have never been asked a more ridiculous question in my life. How could anyone be looking past Oklahoma?"
Though the Sooners are considered by many to be the second-best team in the Big Eight behind Nebraska, no team can surpass them.
Switzer remains confident, though his team has suffered a 26.7 loss at USC on Sept. 24 and struggled to make up for the loss.
"I think the best teams right now are Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma," he said of the race in the Big Eight. But, in Swiss's words, if the Cowboys are the winners, they will win this竞赛 this year. "They've to beat us next week first."
Oklahoma escaped last week's game at Colorado with a point victor after a late Buffalo field goal attempt.
"It was a tough game for us." Switzer said. "I'm pleased we came back the way we did. I guess this was their big game. Colorado pointed to this game and played tough."
The Oklahoma wishbone offense rushed for 360 yards on 7 carries at Colorado, just below its season average of
Tomorrow, however, senior Anthony Stafford, who leads Oklahoma in rushing with 436 yards will not play.
361. 4. The Sooners rank fourth in the nation in rushing offense.
Sophomore Charles Thompson will start at quarterback for the Sooners.
The Sooners most impressive offensive performance of the season came in a 70-24 victory Oct. 15 at Kansas State, when eleven different players rushed for 50 yards or more and the game with 784 yards rushing, an NCA record.
Kansas, on the other hand, has just 748 yards rushing through seven games this season.
Switzer said that he did not know whether the Sooners would be able to rack up similar totals tomorrow.
"We'll have to play first," he said. "I know we're a pretty good football team, but I'm not into comparing stats or common opponents. But I know we'll be running the football."
Kansas defenders aren't expecting those kinds of numbers, either.
But Switzer said he doubted the NCAA would change recruiting rules to allow schools such as Kansas to reach its own landmark.
"I don't foresee them running 700 yards against us." Kansas senior linebacker Mike Long said. "We're not going down here to lay down. We're going down there That's what Coach Mason wants us to do — play hard."
Switzer said Mason was a good coach for the Jayhawks.
"I've met him (Coach Mason) and I was very impressed. He just needs time, like all others to develop a routine."
"No, I don't think it's possible," he said. "You have to live within the NCAA guidelines. I don't think it's going to happen. The NCAA is not going to increase scholarships. That takes dollars. It just costs too much money."
"We don't go in against Oklahoma and think, 'We can't win. We just go out and not let them score 100 points.'"
The Kansas players realize that the numbers and
them Oklahoma is favored by 32 points — are against
them
"We treat it just like any other game," Kansas junior wide receiver Quintin Smith said. "We know we're playing against one of the top ten teams in the nation, and we have to go in and play our best.
win. We'll just go out and not let them score too...
Kansas sopasmore center Chip Budde said the Jayhawks simply were hoping to continue to improve tomorrow.
"Our entire emphasis has been on not so much who we're playing, but the fact that we need to play better."
Game 8
Kansas Jayhawks
Coach Glen Mason
Record 0-7/0-3
Oklahoma
Sooners
Coach Barry
Switzer
Record 6-1/3-0
WR-2 Quintin Smith, 5-11, 180, Jr.
LT-77 Chris Perez, 6-5, 270, Fr.
LG-56 Russell Bowen, 6,3,245, Fr.
OC-51 Chi Buddie, 6,2,255, So.
RG-59 Dave Gratton, 6,2,250, Sr.
RT-76 Hill Bundel, 6,2,255, Jr.
TE-86 John Baker, 6,3,235, Jr.
QB-5 Killy Donohoe, 6,0,180, Jr.
BF-34 Roger Robbin, 6,0,215, Fr.
TB-24 Yan Sands, 5,9,165, Fr.
WR-1 Wille Vaughn, 6,0,190, Sr.
PK-93 Brad Fleeman, 5,11,170, So.
SOL-84丹Newbrough, 6,2,22,Jr.
ST-69Mark Koncz, 6,3,26,Jr.
MG-66John Fitch, 6,3,25,Fr.
RT-82David Gordon, 6,3,24,Sp.
RT-90Paul Friday, 6,2,190,Fr.
RT-51Lilo Long, 6,0,25,Sp.
I-19Curts Moore, 6,1,225,So.
WC-7Pda Samuel, 5,6,160,Su.
CC-30Dev Brooks, 5,8,165,Fr.
WS-10Derry Terry, 5,11,165,Su.
SI-14Daler Boykin, 5,10,180,Fr.
P-97B.J.Losen, 6,3,215,Js
Probable Starters:
Offense
Probable Starters:
Defense
Series:
TE-43 Adrian Cooper, 6, 2, 50. So,
LT-64 Tern Manning, 6, 2, 92. So,
LG-63 Mark Bldgott, 6, 3, 270. So,
OC-65 Mike Wise, 6, 2, 70. Jr,
RG-68 Anthony Phillips, 6, 3, 28. Sr,
RT-76 Mark Van Kearlbsch, 6, 2, 70. Jr,
SE-36 Eric Brosse, 6, 2, 194. Jr,
BQ-68 Charles Thompson, 5, 10-175. So,
LH-2 Eric M ichel, 6, 1, 205. Sr,
RH-27 Damon Stell, 6, 0, 195. Sr,
FB-2 Leon Perry, 6, 1, 223. Jr,
PK-91 Todd Thomsen, 6, 1, 195. Sr
LE-34 Wayne Dickson, 6-4, 240, Jr.
LT-85 Tom Basson, 5-2, 76, So.
NG-99 Tony Woods, 6-5, 265, Sr.
RT-79 Scott Evans, 6-3, 251, So.
RE-39 James Goode, 6-4, 233, So.
WLB-46 Ket Kaspar, 6-3, 238, Sr.
BL35 Frank Blevins, 6-4, 228, So.
LC-BJ Parkes, 5-9, 176, Fr.
SS-12 Km McPhielton, 6-1, 208, Jr.
FS-22 Kevin Thompson, 5-11, 191, Jr.
RC-99 Scott Garl, 6-1, 214, Sr.
P-91 Todd Thomson, 6-1, 195, Sr.
Oklahoma leads the series 56-23-6. The two teams have played each other for 85 straight years, making it the longest uninterrupted rivalry in the nation. Kansas has not defeated Oklahoma since a 28-11 victory in Lawrence in 1984.
Last week:
Kansas lost at Iowa State 42-14. Oklahoma defeated Colorado 17-14.
Misscellaneous
The Sooners have won 28 straight Big Eight conference games. Kansas is the last conference team to defeat Oklahoma. The Sooners' 71-10 victory in Lawrence last season marked the points ever scored against a Kansas team.
Coverage:
Miscellaneous:
Cross country teams meet tomorrow
The Kansas-Oklahoma game will be broadcast by Jayhawk Network and can be heard in Lawrence on KLZR(105.9 FM) and KLWN(1320 AM). Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Kansan sportswriter
Bv Arvin Donlev
The race the Kansas cross country teams have been working toward all season, the Big Eight is tomorrow in Stillwater, Okla.
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said he had emphasized the importance of this meet all season and that his mounds would peak at the right time.
Kansas senior Craig Watcke, right, hopes to improve his time in tomorrow's Bin Flight cross country meet.
"We design the training so that the kids are experiencing successes from week to week." Schwartz said. "We have to build on those experiences and go into the Big Eight meet on a high confidence level. For them, they have to peak their best races of the year."
Last year, the Jayhawk men finished fourth at the conference meet in Norman, Okla., and the women finished last. Iowa State won the women's title and Colorado won the women's team title. Schwartzs how well they improved finishes from both squads this year.
"Craig (Watche) and Steve (Heffernan) will have to both be in the top 10." Schwartz said. "The next three or four will need to be in the 20 to 25 range. The champion will have two people in the top 10."
"The men are going into the meet to try to challenge for the championship," Schwartz said. "I don't think any team can have it. It will be run in it. This team will have to run better than it has all year to get it."
The Kansas women will be without their top runner, senior Tricia Brown in tomorrow's 5,000 meter race. Schwartz said Brown would
The men will be without freshman Ty Thiel, who is suffering from appendicitis and may have to have an appendectomy.
not make the trip to Stillwater because of disciplinary reasons.
Tomorrow's meet will hold special meaning for senior Craig Watcke.
"It'll be mv last conference
meet," Watche said. "I'll be running with a couple of guys who I came in here with as freshmen." He pointed to himself. Hopefully we can go on top.
Schwartz said he was glad that the race was being run at Stillwater for several reasons.
said. “It’s a course with rolling hills so it will not be a track race. The ups and downs and turns will have an effect on the tempo.
"The guys ought to feel real confident going in because they've had good success on the course in the past. I think we'll be confident and go in and have one of our better races of the year."
"It's not a flat course like you would expect in Oklahoma," he
KU AWAITING NCAA DECISION: The University of Kansas, which has been awaiting a decision from the NCAA Infractions committee concerning allegations against its basketball program since Sept. 30, will have to wait until at least "the middle age" before being allowed to participate of Enforcement for the NCAA said yesterday.
Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick said a recent change in how cases were handled by the team is part of the changes.
This year the case summaries were written by the Infractions Committee instead of the Enforcement Staff. Because members of the committee believed that an investigation would take longer to combine their information, Freder-
Sports Briefs
Kansas officials had originally expected to receive a decision from the NCAA within two weeks after meeting with the Infractions Committee.
Berst declined to comment on why the decision was taking longer than expected.
jck said
The Vesta Marie Edwards Smith Scholarship in Education is named in honor of Smith's mother, who taught elementary school for 40 years and now lives in Topeka.
Frederick said he was worried that the lack of a decision could be hurting the basketball program, especially with the current
UNC COACH STARTS SCHOLARSHIP: North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, a 1953 KU graduate, has pledged $50,000 to establish a scholarship fund at the University of Kansas, announced Edward Meyen, dean of the School of Education yesterday.
"I would be dishonest if I said it wasn't hurting us," Frederick said.
The scholarship fund will be given to students in the school of education's elementary education program.
Smith graduated from the school of education in 1963. He lettered in basketball at KU in 1952 and
1933, and played on the 1922 national championship team. He was an assistant coach during the 1933-54
UNC STAR HURT: All-America forward J.R. Reid of North Carolina may be out as long as eight weeks because of a stress fracture of the fifth femur in his left foot, a school spokesman said yesterday.
The injury has been developing over the last
seven days, sports information director
Rick Berry says.
"A decision will be made (Friday) whether to operate, but doctors feel an operation will be the best option."
Reid, a junior from Virginia Beach, VA., averaged 18 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Tar Heels last year. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won a bronze medal in Seoul and helped lead the national team to epic games after suffering a severe bruise when someone landed on his foot during a game.
McEnroe regains his winning ways
The Associated Press
Amos Mansford of Israel, who advanced after top-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden withdrew from their first-round match, breezed past Derrick Rostagno of the United States. 6-3, 6-2.
In another second-round match, Olympic bronze medalist Brad Gilbert of the United States beat the gold medalist, Miloslov Meir of Czechoslovakia. 6-3, 6-4. Another U.S. citizen, Aaron Krickstein, also advanced by topping John Fitzgerald of Australia. 7-5, 6-4.
PARIS — John McEnroe, giving up just six points in nine game services, advanced to the quarter-finals of the $1.1 million Paris Open by defeating fellow U.S. citizen Paul Annacone 6-3, 6-2 yesterday.
McEnroe served four love games in the second set and whipped Anna-cone, who knocked him out in the first round of the U.S. Open in 1868.
With his temper in check throughout the match, McEnroe had no trouble raising his record to 6-2 against Annacone to advance to a quarter-final enunter with Jakob Hasek.
"I felt today I handled myself pretty well," McEnroe said. "I felt more comfortable on the court and easily I can continue to progress."
"When I came back I assumed my serve would come back faster but it didn’t. Now I’ve been working on my plate, so I’m just not saying the roa said. “It’s getting more natural.”
McEnroe took advantage of seven double faults by Annacne, including two on break points.
"He gave me two games on double faults. It’s nice to win easy games like that." McEnroe said. "He’s got one of the best serves in tennis but things can happen when you go for it like that on two servers."
Mets manager signs three-year contract
Cashen said yesterday his remarks that day were a mistake.
NEW YORK - Davey Johnson signed a three-year contract as manager of the New York Mets yesterday, just more than a year after general manager Frank Cashad said he would not manage the team in 1989.
The Associated Press
On the final Saturday of the 1987 season, Cashen said: "Davey will complete his contract, but he will relinquish the managerial post after next season. This is being done at his request."
"I would certainly have not had that public discussion about Davey's future. It was the wrong time to discuss it," he said. "That misunderstanding that occurred was certainly a mistake." He explained Davey was saying one thing. I was understanding he said something else."
Cashen and Johnson could not, or would not, recall exactly what their past differences were.
Johnson's contract will begin at around $430,000 a year. The Mets have an option for 1992.
"I don't think there is a more difficult challenge in baseball than managing the New York Mets." Johnson said. "I want the biggest challenge. But if it wasn't meant to be, I would have survived."
Johnson angered Cashen with his brasmouth but showed up for spring training this year more relaxed. He kept quiet more often this season, and the Mets went 100-60 to win the National League East. They lost to Los Angeles in the seven-game playoff series.
"Expectations are always going to be great and I like that," Johnson said. "I like people perceiving that we best the best and we are the team best."
The Mets are 488-320 since Johnson took over before the 1984 season, baseball's best record over that season to win the 1886 World Series championship.