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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, September 15, 1965
Huskers Tops .
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By Jim Pearse
The gap between the first
and last slot in the Big Eight
standings will shrink again
this fall as the conference
strengthens throughout.
Nebraska, pre-season pick
as this year's top collegiate
team, will be pressed hard
for the , conference title by
stout Missouri, fast-rising Ok
lahoma State, ever-capable
Oklahoma, and the remainder
of an improved conference
With the Big Eight becoming
an "any-team-can-beat-a n y-team-on-any-given
- Saturday"
league, it is difficult to pre
dict with accuracy how the
teams will finish. But here is
a brief glimpse of the con
ference in the order I believe
they will stand come Decem
ber 5
Huskcr Harvest is Top Crop:
The defending Champs of
the Big Eight have the best
field of returnees in the
league, the top crop of rookies.
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and the momentum of cham
pionship football to make
them the odds on favorite for
the title; their third straight.
The weaknesses in Coach Boh
Devaney's team almost dis
appear under the positive fac
tors on the Husker squad.
What else can be said about
a squad picked No. 1 in prp
season polls?
Tigers Tense for Title Bid
In looking at Missouri foot
ball for 1965, there is a def
inite optimistic tone, even if
somewhat restrained by the
artful dodger Dan Devine.
The Tigers return a proven
defensive unit, plus one out
standing sophomore. Tom
Lynn, a 6-3. 215 pound senior,
will man one end position, and
mammouth rookie Russ Wash
ington, 6-6. 260, will handle
the duties at the opposite end.
The middle of the Mizzou de
fensive line finds stalwarts
Bruce Van Dyke, Bill Powell,
Ron Nelson, and Ron Snyder.
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Football;
The secondary is anchored by
All-American candidate John
ny Roland.
A bevey of backficld men
return, including two men in
jured in spring drills: fleet
Charlie Brown, and nimble
! Ken Boston. Also coming back
jis shifty Monroe Phelps, in
jured in 1963, who spent last
year at Joplin Junior College.
I The remainder of the backs
are last year's big guns Gary
Lane, Carl Reese, and Earl
Denny. Lane led the confer
ence in total offense, while
Denny and Rese were the Ti
jger's third and fourth leading
I rushers.
Though the middle of the of
fensive line is untested, staff
ing elsewhere along the front
wall is solid. Rangy tackles
Butch Allison (6-3, 235) and
Francis Peay (6-4, 240) and
end Jim Waller (6-2, 205)
should make the job easier for
the interior sophomores.
A rugged schedule, begin
ning with highly touted Ken
tucky, shold keep the Tigers
claws sharp, and if they can
meet the schedule week after
week without serious injuries
they should finish second in
the Big Eight scramble.
Good Stock in Cowboy's Corral
Phil Cutchin has the Okla
homa State Cowboys on the
rise, and this, his third year
at. , the helm, promises to be
his best. Returning ten f i r s t
team offensive men. and sev
en first line defenders, t h e
Cowboys show experience and
depth they'll need to meet the
most demanding schedule in
the league.
The interior line is one of
Cutchin's assets, held down by
senior middle guard Hugh Mc
Crabb. tackle Dennis Randall,
tackle Rusty Martin, u n d
guard Charles Harper.
As for offensive punch, Ok.
Slate returns All-America
nominee fullback Walt Garri
son, quarterback Glenn Bax
ter, and junior halfback David
Dickerson. Cutchin's goal for
the offensive unit consistency.
Last year the team faltered
on third down and long yard
age, fumbled too much, and
had too many aerials picked
off. On the OSU roster there is
a place reserved for special
ists. This means an unimpos
ing 5-11. 165 pounder from
Hurst, Texas, Charlie Durkee.
The articulate Texan used his
talented toe 'to snare scoring
honors for the Cowboys last
season (37 points), and was
the highest scorer in the Big
Eight among those using
kicking exclusively to score.
With a stout line, capable
backfield. and Durkee to pull
out three points even though
a drive may be halted, t h e
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Cowboys will finish in the first
division despite lack of experi
enced reserves.
Young Sooners To Slip:
Oklahoma, a team that al
ways shows up with good ball
players, will have to turn up
quite a few this fall. Gradua
tion, dropouts, major league
baseball, and mononucleosis
have left the Boomer Sooners
with eight returning starters,
lowest in the league.
Graduation claimed 20 sen
iors. Three juniors recently
dropped off the squad, while
All-Big Eight guard Carl
Schreiner signed a profession
al baseball contract. And final
ly, the depleted tackle crops
was further flatened when
Jerry Goldsby failed to recov
er from a knee operation and
now his sophomore replace
ment, Phil Wetherbee, is
decked with mononucleosis.
Therefore, Coach Gomer
Jones will have to man sev
eral key positions with n e w
men, and hope to build a hard i
fighting team that will im-j
prove enough to finish respect
ably in the conference. I
To accomplish this Jones'
has some top grade talent. On!
offense Ron Shotts, 6-0, 200!
pound sophomore, senior Lar
ry Brown, and junior fullback
Jon Kennedy. Their efforts
may lack the snap of previous
Sooner squads, due to an in
experienced front line.
Senior Mike Ringer and
Sophomore Gene Cagle will
battle for the quarterback
spot. Whoever comes out as
the top signal caller will have
the advantage of throwing !o
some of the finest receivers
Oklahoma has had in recent
campaigns. Among them Ben
Hart. Ray Haynes. and Gor
don Brown.
The Sooner defense h a s
three returnees, and although
this years unit is quicker and
more mobile that last sea
son's, it does not measure up
in experience and strength.
The biggest problem for the
Sooner defenders will be to
keep the opposition from over
powering them with a sus
tained drive.
One tight spot, however,
where the opposition will not
get three and four yards at
a crack is at middle lineback
er Carl McAdams. 6-3. 215
pound senior from White Deer,
Texas. This All-America can
didate has an endless list of
credits. He is big, fast, mo
bile, wide-ranging, hard-hitting,
and quick thinking.
The young squad will learn
this season by taking their
lumps, but by mid-season will
be giving enough back to fin
ish in the middle of the con
ference standings.
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Young Buffaloes Threaten to
Stampede:
Following a dismal '64 sea
son (2-8), Colorado football is
in a rebuilding program. Coach
Eddie Crowder's squad is 60
sophomore, and of the 70 men
reporting for fall practice 17
sported letters and only six of
them saw regular duty last
year.
In step with the new substi
tution rules, Colorado will
switch to the platoon system
this fall. Coach Crowder is
seemingly putting all h i s
young Buffs in one herd as
he makes the change to two
unit football. At the time of the
Skywriters invasion of t h e
Colorado camp returnee ends
Sam Harris and Ray LeMas
ters, center Steve Sid well,
tackle Bill Sabatino, and back
field men George Lewark and
Hale Irwin were all on the
defensive unit; while offensiv
ly rugged two-year letterman
tackle Frank Van Valkenburg
was alone with an untried in
terior line and a backfield
where quarterback B e r n i e
McCaJl is the lone proven vet
eran. The defense, obviously and
traditionally, will be tough.
Harris at 6-4, 225, is probably
the best all around player on
the CU squad; LeMasters and
Sabatino are solid collegians.
The front line is big enough
and mobil enough to stand up
physically with most teams on
the schedule. Sidwell anchors
the line backing corps and
qualifies that position as ad
equate. The back line looks
good as Lewark and Irwin
combine their excellent under
standing of the game.
The offensive picture is not
quite so sound, and here the
young Buffs might break.
Coach Crowder labels his of
fense the "Switching T." Ba
sically, it features a slotback
that switches from side to
side with the same lineman
always playing that particular
side. The running back is al
ways opposite the slot to form
a T with the fullback resting
behind the quarterback. This
nomenclature is based on the
fact that the alignment offers
a slot offense to the slot side
and a split-T threat to the op
posite side. The Buffs are un
proved at both guards and one
tackle as well as slot end, and
this could cause much confu
sion in the "switching T." The
running back position and the
quarterback spot are probably
the best equipped positions.
The feeling at CU is that the
offense should get better as
the season progresses.
Kansas Minus Big Feath
ers: Kansas finished third in the
Big Eight last season ,but this
fall Coach Jack Mitchell
doesn't have Gayle Sayers.
True, one man does not make
a team, but Sayers could dis
arm the opposition by coming
out of the huddle. No matter
where he lined up, at halfback
or flanker, the defense shifted
and stirred always keying on
him. But, he is gone.
Mitchell has 25 lettermen
returning, and only 13 seniors
making Kansas one of the
youngest teams in a confer
ence of young teams. Only
another 18 are second-year
men, so sophomores will be
looked to.
Kansas' strongest point is the
offensive backfield, strange as
it ma"y seem. Left-handed
quarterback Bob Skahan, re
cently injured, should be
ready for conference compe
tition. He promises to spice up
an attack vastily different
from the hard-nosed ground
teams of recent Jayhawk his-;
tory.
The defensive unit at Kan '
sas is fairly strong, lacking,
experience only at tackle and1
in the secondary. I
This is the first year in aj
rebuilding program Mitchell
had to institute, and lack of!
experience and mistakes in!
the more versatile offensive:
plan, plus the strength of
the rest of the league will
probably cost Kansas a first1
division finish.
Wildcats Caught In Trap:
Doug Weaver, the person
able coach of KSU. enters his
sixth season with perhaps the;
best outlook he's had since
joining the Wildcats. B u t ;
Coach Weaver, like many
Big Eight hopefuls must count
on sophomores to fill big holes
if the team is to climb toward
the conference summit. Over-:
all improvement in the league
will hinder the Wildcat's rise, i
A bigger squad in both!
numbers and heft gives
K-State depth it isn't used to. 1
With more than half the squad
sophomores (46 of 73) there;
are 20 letter winners to give '
stability. '
Improved line size and pros
pects for a better defense
head K-State's list of im-i
provements. Graduation took
All-Big Eight guard Bob
Mitts, but Weaver has moved.
207-pound vet Mike Beffa in!
to fill Mitts' shoes. Flanking
Eeffa will be 6-4. 225. senior;
Willie Jones and senior Dan
Woodward. To round out this
stalwart defensive line is all
conference and selection Bill
Matan.
The offensive is not quite so
well off. Senior quarterback I
Ed Danieley has been moved
to fullback and the signal call
ing duties handed over to
II 3 RUG
sophomores Mike White and
Vic Gastille, both with repu
tations of strong arms and the
will to use them. . The half
back positions are weak and
will probably be manned by
sophomore Lodis Rhodes and
senior Charlie Cottle.
If the offense can come
alive the defense may be able
to hold well enough for K
State to rise in the confer
ence. But win or lose, Coach
Weaver has built a team that
craves competition, and all
opponents will feel the up
ward thrust in KSU football.
Cyclones Astir:
. Again the ISU squad is
among the smallest in the
conference averaging 206. But
fans around the conference
remember the Dirty Thirty of
1959 who scrapped their way
to third place. The leather is
popping with more spirit this
fall than last and this team,
aptly dubbed the "Some
where" Cyclones, since their
performance is a bit unpre
dictable, could surprise along
the way.
The offensive unit, led by a
group of firery seniors, should
be the best part of the ISU
team. Tim Van Galder, a jun
ior from Madison, Wisconsin,
will direct' the attack and
could provide ISU with a pass
ing game to complement what
should be a fine running
game. Behind Van Galder will
be Tony Baker (214). fresh
from a six month stint with
the US Army; and two sopho
mores. Leslie Webster and
Tom Busch, who moved up
when senior Ernie Kennedy
went to defensive end to fill
a void.
An overview of the offense
shows 14 of 22 players return
ing from last season and in
experienced, but hard-hitting
sophomores to fill the gaps.
The defensive unit will go
with nine first year men and a
JC transfer.
Anchoring the defense will
be transplanted end Kennedy,
senior Wayne Lueders a n"d
Sam Ramenofsky. S'o p h o -mores
appear throughout the
squad. Dennis Esselman at
end. Dave Mayberry at line
backer, and Doug Robinson in
the backfield.
Iowa State carries a heavy
load of sophomores into the
'65 season and. as the saying
goes, sophomores don't win
in the Big Eight. Half the Cy
clone contingent are first year
men, and most of these will
see action with the defensive
unit. Because of this, the de
parture of Tom Vaughn and
Jim Van Sticklen, and the two
platoon syste m thinning
ISU's ranks, few signs point
up from last seasons 1-8-1
showing.
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