0-3 Kansas not the only losers
By the Associated Press
There was something about the
game program that suggested this was
not going to be Kansas’s day.
Gracing the cover was a big picture
of Mike Fisher, a senior comerback
and two-year starter. Trouble was, a
news release lying next to the program
announced that Jayhawk coach Bob
Valesente has suspended Fisher for
the rest of the year “for disciplinary’
reasons.”
Then Kansas went out and gave up
five interceptions and three fumbles in
losing to Division I-AA member
Louisiana Tech. It was the 10th con
secutive loss for the Jayhawks, now 0
3, and put Valesente in a defensive
mood.
Whether he saw the sign in the
student section of the stands that said,
“So long coach Val,” is not known.
But as Valesente prepared to meet
reporters in the post-game news con
ference, the second-year coach said,
“I better get my back to the w all here,
because I know' some of you are going
to try' to put spears in it already.”
Kansas wasn’t the only Big Eight
team dropping to 0-3 Saturday — so
did Kansas State and Iowa State. But
at least the Wildcats and Cyclones did
it with a little spunk and style. Kansas
Slate, a 42-point underdog at No. 19
Iowa, gave the Hawkeyes a battle
before falling 38-13. And Iowa State
led Wyoming 10-0 before succumb
ing in the second half and losing 34
17.
Elsewhere in the Big Eight, No. 1
Oklahoma and No. 2 Nebraska re
mained unbeaten and possibly headed
towards a national championship
showdown on Nov. 21. The Sooncrs
blasted Tulsa 65-0 and Nebraska out
fought No. 12 Arizona State in
Tempe, Ariz., 35-28.
Missouri’s bid to remain unbeaten
fell barely short when Indiana scored
a touchdown with 1:21 to play to beat
the Tigers 20-17. Colorado raised its
record to 2-1 by beating Washington
State 26-17, and Oklahoma Stale went
to 4-0 by shutting out Southwestern
Louisiana 29-0.
Kansas State coach Stan Parrish
said he would like to thank those
media members who foresaw a 77-0
rout of his Wildcats by Iowa.
“They said we were the worst team
in the world, that it was a shame I
ruined a good coaching career by
coming here,” Parrish said. “We were
ridiculed in the papers, and whoever
did that, I’d like to thank them on the
behalf of our team. The articles moti
vated us.”
The final score makes it sound like
the Hawkeyes merely toyed with the
winless Wildcats. The fact is, Iowa
scored 17 of its 38 points in the last 10
minutes of a game in which Kansas
State intercepted six Iowa passes and
actually had a 7-0 lead.
Another tipoff to how much fight
Kansas State gave Iowa was the time
of possession—30:28 for Iowa, 29:32
for Kansas State.
The Hawkeyes have such disdain
for the Wildcats that they practiced all
week in green jerseys, simulating
Michigan State, their opponent after
the Wildcats.
“To be honest, we weren’t entirely
up for this game because of worrying
about Michigan State,” said Iowa’s
Kevin Harmon, who rushed for 108
yards and caught four passes for 85.
“We always put more emphasis on our
Big Ten games, and when the press
says you’re going to win by 60, it’s
hard to get up. We looked past them,
and they were pumped up from the
word go.”
“The heal and their depth — 100
guys to our 60 — got to us,” Parrish
said. “We ran out of gas. We were
dead on our feet at the end.”
Iowa State was a 13-point under
dog to Wyoming, but Coach Jim
Walden’s Cyclones made a game of it
by seizing a 10-0 lead. Iowa State was
forced to settle for a field goal in the
second quarter after reaching the
Cowboy 2-yard line.
“We scored two touchdowns but
let that third one get away from us,”
Walden said. “When we let that hap
pen, the pendulum really swung in
Wyoming’s favor.”
Backup quarterbacks had big plays
for Oklahoma and Colorado. Charles
Thompson scored three touchdowns
and threw for another as the top
ranked Sooners romped over Tulsa.
Starter Jamelle Holieway had already
put the game out of reach, though, by
scoring twice and hitting tight end
Keith Jackson on a 47-yard pass play
as Tulsa dropped to 0-4. Oklahoma
has now outscored its opponents by
162-14 margin. The Golden Hurri
canes finished with 50 yards in total
offense compared to Oklahoma’s 541.
Sal Aunese ran for 185 yards to
lead Colorado past Washington State.
Aunese was in for starting quarterback
Rick Wheeler, who replaced the sore
ankled Mark Hatcher.
“Where did they get that quarter
back from?” asked Washington State
coach Dennis Erickson. Colorado
coach Bill McCartney pulled Wheeler
out of the game late in the first quarter
and inserted Aunese. The 5-10, 195
pounder responded with d second
best rushing day by a quarterback in
Colorado history.
Oklahoma State’s MikeGundyand
Thurman Thomas padded their al
ready-impressive statistics against
Southwestern Louisiana. Gundy
passed for 213 yards and one touch
down w hile running for another score.
Thomas, who entered the game as the
nation’s leading rusher,picked up 119
yards on 21 carries.
Indiana’s Dave Dave Schnell and
Ernie Jones hooked up on a 25-yard
touchdown pass with 1:21 to play to
lift the Hoosiers to a victory that
stunned Missouri.
Missouri had taken a 17-13 lead
with 3:49 left on Robert Delpino’s 1
yard touchdown run. In Indiana’s
winning drive, the Hoosiers con
verted a fourth-and-17 from the Mis
souri 48 when Schnell hit Jones with
a 21-yard pass.
“I just can’t believe that hap
pened,” Missouri quarterback Ron
nie Cameron said. “We won the
game. And we let it get away.”
Missouri coach Woody Widcn
hofer agreed.
“We had them fourth and 17, down
by four points. It was the perfect
script,” Widcnhofcr said. “It should
be your ball game. You can’t win very
many games with the ball at fourth
and 17.”
Andrea Hoy/Daily Nebraskan
Nebraska's Bob Sledge battles a UCLA defender.
Sledge hammers foes
after transferring to NU
By Kent Endacott
Staff Reporter
Comhuskcr left offensive tackle
Bob Sledge won’t even allow himself
a satisfied look back. He can’t afford
to, he said.
“What I’ve accomplished now
doesn’t mean anything yet,” said
Sledge, a 6-fool-2,270-pound junior.
“It could all come to an end. They’re
always bringing new people in, and
there’s always people behind you
pushing you.”
Af ter being passed up by Nebraska
as a senior at Omaha Gross in 1984, he
signed with South Dakota. Because he
was unhappy, Sledge said, he made up
his mind before the season started to
transfer to Nebraska.
Omaha Gross football coach Stan
Macaitis said he wrote Sledge alter he
heard he was unhappy at South Dakota
to encourage him to stay.
“I heard he was unhappy and I even
wrote him a letter, telling him to make
the best of it and that he’d made his
decision and to live by it,” Macaitis
said. “I’m glad hedidn’t listen tome.”
So is Sledge. “There just weren’t
as many benefits," he said. "They
have a nice facility and everything. I
went up there with four ol my friends,
but after a while I knew 1 was going to
transfer. I was hoping Nebraska would
take me.”
After sitting out the 1 '85 season at
Nebraska, Sledge lettered in 1986 and
was awarded a scholarship last spring.
Nebraska offensive line coach Milt
Tenopir said Sledge has become an
important part of the offensive line.
“Bob’s a very aggressive football
player,” Tenopir said. "He’s worked
very hard. The kid has a lot of poten
tial."
Tenopir said he has always ex
pected Sledge to be able to start and
play well.
“We were counting on him to do
that,” he said.
Sledge said he’s not surprised by
his success, but admits he’s still over
whelmed by playing for Nebraska.
“It just gets me motivated, playing
for Nebraska," Sledge said. "I feel
like it’s an accomplishment, but I
always thought I had the ability to do
it. I don’t think it’s anything I’ll be
telling my grandchildren about.”
Instant Cash
could put you on...
Here’s your chance
to win $2,000!
And who couldn’t use a few
extra bucks7 That’s why you’re
always visiting Instant Cash
machines, right?
Now, Vistar Bank gives you
a chance to get your hands
on lots of extra cash when
you use Instant Cash.
You can enter our
$2,000 “Easy Street”
drawing just by sending
in a transaction receipt
from any VISTAR Instant
Cash machine.
Get an entry envelope
with contest rules at any
one of the ten convenient
VISTAR Instant Cash loca
tions around Lincoln. And
hurry...deadline for entries
is 5 p.m., October 17th.
a
Who knows...next time
you go to the machine for
twenty, you could come up
h two grand.
VISTAR
“INSTANT CASH”
LOCATIONS
10 70th & O
1 Bank Vistar Bank
16th &P 48th &
Vistar Bank Huntington
Vistar Bank
I 56th & South
Dnve-up Instant 1200 N Street
rSjB Cash Machine Atrium
Hsfij 61st &0 12th &0
|Sj ► Gateway Mall Centrum Mall
M 35th & Holdrege 47th & Vine
Rf East Campus Richman
r Student Union Gordman
\nSTf\R
The Bank For Your Horizons
Member FDIC