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1 I'm -p fry Nov. 23, 1980 Lincoln, Sundoy Journal and Star 3D Oklaho From Page ID. ma Missouri routs Kansas behind Bradley passes Virgil Parker bfaska. "Freshmen dont play at Nebraska because of the numbers, but they play at Oklahoma," he said. "Freshman play and letter for us.

"We figure they've only got four years in college, so why not let them play. It'd be a shame not to let a guy like (Georgia freshman) Herschel Walker play as a freshman. He might win the Helsman Trophy." 1 in the nation in rushing offense and No. 2 in both total offense and scoring offense; against the Sooners they finished with 390 yards, 314 of which came on the ground. "Our defensive coaches said all week we'd slow 'em down," said Switzer.

"We told our players that Nebraska's not going to (successfully) run the option on us, just like we're not going to run it on them except for a couple of plays." The comparison may not have been Incidental For two plays Saturday, Rhymes looked like a Helsman candidate. "Well get him bigger and stronger and make him even better," Switzer said. What Rhymes did for an instant drew everyone's attention, but it was Oklahoma's defense that contained the Nebraska offense and made the big difference. The Huskers came into Saturday's game No. tight end Andy Gibler to givo Season'! records MIIMuri (ti UAi.rn 4M oriST.

the Tigers a 21-0 lead with 2:06 Kanioi (4-H) il-ti OrMflfl Illlnon SJ7 PHI J- SonOiwoSt 3 loolivllle PtmtStaf il ivrocuw 81 OHOhomoSI Ndr6ka 0 S4 Coiorooo ti lowoSI 31 IJ-J OHIO. SI 14 Mtvotna H-Jl non.ll 100 51 1410 Olotiomo It J1 Okiohomo 7-17 Coiorooo 4JJ Koran 314 MUwurl 431 left In the quarter. The Tigers drove 72 yards In tune plays in the second quarter for their fourth touchdown. Bradley rolled out and hit Wilder for an 11-yard gain to the four, then on third and goal from the three in the grasp of Jayhawk tackle Jeff Fox, the senior quarterback fired the hall to Wilder in the end zone. Randy York.

From Ntwi Wires COLUMBIA, Mo. Phil Bradley, the Big Eight's career leader in total offense, threw two touchdown passes in his final apjiearance at Faurot Field Saturday and a dominant Missouri defense humiliated the Kansas offense as the Tigers closed out their regular season with a 31-6 romp past the Jayhawks. Kansas, hopeful of an Invitation to the I'each Bowl, got no farther than their own 43-yard line until late in the fourth quarter, when they mounted their only drive of the day against the Missouri reserves aided by four penalties. The Tigers, headed for a Liberty Bowl appearance against Purdue, swamped their border rivals in total offense, running up 25 first downs to Kansas' eight. Bradley, Missouri's three-time all-Big Kight quarterback, completed 16 of 21 passes for 206 yards and two touchdowns.

The Jayhawks' all-conference freshman running back Kerwm Be'J, who was slowed by a toe injury, gained 25 yards on eiht carries. Missouri romped to a 210 lead in the first quarter before the Jayhawks recorded a first down. Bob Meyer scored first on a nine-yard run, after a short Kansas punt to the Jayhawk 47 into a strong southerly wind. The Tigers tallied three minutes later when Bradley hurled a 32-yard touchdown pass to Ron Fellows. Quarterback Frank Sourer floated a pass to Jeff Schleicher on Kansas' fourth possession of the game, but a jarring tackle separated him from the ball and Bill Whitaker pounced on It at the 16.

Wilder stored on a one-yard run three plays later. The extra point after Missouri's second touchdown was blocked, but Bradley fired a two-point conversion pass to Missouri II, Kansas Kama 4- 4 Mliworl 1 1 4-31 vu-Uiiir run (Vtrrllli kick I MU FtHowi 32 post from BroOKv (kick blocked) MUWiiaer I run (Giftler POM from Braaltvl WU Wilder oo from Brodltv (Ver- nli'kiai WU-FG JOVerrllll KU OoMr 2 pos from Smith (kick foiled! KU MO First down 4 Busnei-yordJ 41 TO! S1HS Posting vordt 18 2(14 Rolgrn ordS Passes S-16-1 H1-f Punls 945 4-40 Fumbles-lost 4-1 Penomes yards 4 41 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS PUSHING kcin.os, Kemp Il-ft0. Bi-ll 9 ViiOUn, Wilder 20 76. Mevtr 4-69. Hill 14 PASSING Kansas.

Seurer 3141 9, Sm.in 2 2 09 Missouri, Bradley 1621 0 kansos, Cooers -Vrtwuri. Fenos4 7J. COier 2 42. Wilder 5 29 Fight for more than a title When Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard tangle Tuesday night, the two will be after more than the glory of claiming the world's welterweight boxing title. They'll also be battling for big bucks.

A call from the" promoters in New Orleans informs that Lincoln's Pershing Auditorium will be but one of 345 closed circuit outlets. The various arenas have 1,700,000 seats and thus a potential Income of $38 million. As in Lincoln, all the seats will go for $25. In comparison to the amount of money some die-hard fans were waving along 10th Street prior to the Nebraska-Oklahoma kickoff Saturday morning, that could be considered a bargain. In any case, the fight will produce some money records.

Some of the ringside seats at the SuperDome were priced at $1,000, a new top. They're all gone. So are the next-best $500 ducats. A spokesman for the promoters said that $2 million was in hand 10 days prior to the fight. If all 79,000 seats are sold, the live gate will total $6 million.

Big purses overdue Those involved in the fight game admit boxing has come a long way. But they point out that for a long time boxing was the orphan of sports. It's about time, they say, that a change has come about. Until the 1960s, boxers fought strictly for a percentage of the gate. And the pickins were slim.

The biggest boxing gate in history was the Dempsey-Tunney brawl in Philadelphia in 1926 which drew 120,757 fans. The top ringside seat sold for $27.50. The total receipts from the fight were less than $2 million. Joe Louis fought Braddock for a $100,000 promise. And later, when promoter Mike Jacobs (old Madison Square Garden) had $100 ringside tickets for the second Louis-Conn fight, everybody thought he had lost his mind.

Times have changed. Small crowd pays big bucks Recently in Las Vegas, when Ali and Holmes fought, a crowd of just 25,000 were on hand but they paid $6 million to see it. After Tuesday night's fight, Duran and Leonard will each receive over $5 million, a new total payoff record. Most fans think bigtime boxers are dumb Bazookas who are being taken advantage of by the entourage of people around them managers and trainers who are hving high off the hog while the fighter beats his brains out and winds up broke. That kind of thing has also changed, those close to the scene assure.

Today's fighters are also businessmen, they say. The fighter today is protected by corporations. Much of the money is paid on a deferred basis, just as happens in long-term, multi-million dollar contracts in other sports. The lawyer, the tax man and the investment broker are as important in boxing today as the "cut" man in the corner on fight night. But all of that will be forgotten come Tuesday night.

That's when pride and competitive spirit takes over for a few hours. The money can wait until Wednesday. Champ Duran predicts KO Cornhusker quarterback Jeff Quinn completed seven of 13 passes for 76 yards. Ills last pass was tipped and intercepted by Darrell Songy. Switzer was asked if the limited number of passes surprised him.

No, he said: 'Nebraska really doesn't want to throw the football; they want to run it and wear you out on the ground." Switzer gave NU fans few opDOrtunitles to applaud Saturday. He tripped and fell when he led his team onto the field for pre-game warm-ups, and "that kinda excited the crowd," he said. Otherwise, it was the same bitter drama for the Husker hopeful "It was exciting, wasn't it? Wasn't it an exciting game for y'all?" Switzer said, bemoaning the fact that he hadn't been able to use his "trick play" against the Huskers. Someone suggested Nebraska had fallen victim once again to a Switzcr-OU jinx. "There's no jinx over Nebraska; I've never believed that," he said.

So how did he explain Oklahoma's annual success with the Cornhuskers? Was there a key to Saturday's Sooner victory. "We played with good players," Switzer said. Next weekend he'll send those good players against Oklahoma State. With a victory, it's on to Miami and the Orange Bowl. NU's Hurley sprains ankle Nebraska's most serious injury Saturday in the Oklahoma game appeared to be offensive tackle Dan Hurley's ankle sprain.

"We won't know how bad it is until we see the X-rays Sunday morning," said NU head physical therapist George Sullivan. NU's only other injuries of consequence appeared to be cornerback Andy Means' bruised thigh and offensive guard Joe Adams' bruised shoulder. NSA to award scholarships The Nebraska Softball Association will award scholarships to college and high school NSA members at the annual state association meeting April 4 in Grand Island. The scholarships are available to all players, managers or umpires that played in the 1980 state ASA program. Application forms may be obtained from the NSA office, 1840 N.

Fremont, 68025, or IPl; SNOW BITERS A spontaneous show Less than an hour after America finally found out who shot J.R., Barry Switzer appeared live and in color on the same network, giving The Bob Devaney Prediction Show something as spontaneous as Johnny Carson crashing the set of Don Rickles on C.P.O. Sharkey. Those who watched the show saw a strange, but funny scene Nebraska's athletic director, Oklahoma's head football coach, a smiling Lincoln sports director (KOLN-TV's Dick Janda) and a stunned Hawaiian restaurant owner (Ray Hong of Honolulu's House of Hong). Devaney had invited Hong to Lincoln this weekend for a good-luck charm. The only other two Dusker games he'd seen were Nebraska's 35-31 win at Oklahoma in 1971 and NU's 17-14 upset of OU in Lincoln two years ago.

"I talked him into coming. I thought we needed him," Devaney said. "He owns the best Chinese restaurant in the world. Our football basketball and baseball teams have all eaten there." Hong's restaurant Is so good, Devaney and Janda concocted a cute idea for their prediction show. Devaney wanted to present Switzer with a pineapple from Hong "just in case he didn't go to the Orange Bowl." Brought two tacos He was hoping Switzer could come on live for the presentation from live spots he was doing at KOLN for an Oklahoma sta-.

tion. Switzer vetoed the idea earlier in the evening, saying he wouldn't be able to slick around past 10: 15. Later, however, he changed his mind before Devaney ar-" rived at the station. The new brainstorm had Switzer hiding be-, hind the set to surprise a totally unaware Devaney. It couldn't have worked more perfectly.

About the time Devaney was explaining why he had brought the pineapple, Switzer walked onto the set with a white sack in his hand. "I appreciate the pineapple, but I've got a couple of tacos here for you. Bob," OU's coach said, allowing a grin to reach from one ear to the other. Devaney didn't know what to say except: "Wherever we go, we'll be well-fed." Switzer used that as a lead-in to praise Devaney. "America respects Bob Devaney," he said.

"He's one of the greatest coaches America's ever had." OU's head coach, however, couldn't resist chiding him as athletic director. "I don't know," Switzer said. "Here you are, a lOpoint favorite, and you still had to bring a guy 5,000 miles. You're pulling out 7aU the stops." No more coaching Saturday morning, Devaney stayed his jovial self on a Big Red breakfast show at the Hilton. He admitted he's had thoughts like Bud Wilkinson of getting back into coaching.

"I think of when we beat Oklahoma in 1971," Devaney said. "I think of the time we beat Notre Dame and the time we beat Alabama. "Then," Devaney said, "I remember a game down in Norman in 1968. We got a couple of bad calls from the officials and Oklahoma edged us out, 47 to nothing." Devaney remembers walking off the field that day. "I walked off with my head down, trying to avoid everyone, so I didn't really see where I was going," he recalled.

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2.6-1 2.91 in tilings, but I will correct my mistakes." Leonard said he felt he had taken Duran's best shots in the second round of their first fight, June 20 in Montreal. "He had no guns after that," Leonard said. "He hits hard, but I've been hit a lot harder by other guys." The Leonard camp feels Duran is locked into a swarming style against their man. "Duran can't do anything different," Leonard said. "He's not going to change.

He can't change nothing on me. If he stays back and dances and boxes, he knows that won't be effective. Both fighters tapered off Saturday but delighted the training camp crowds with jump rope routines that were dazzling. The rest of their preparation will consist mostly of shadow boxing. The weigh-in is scheduled for noon Tuesday NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Champion Roberto Duran and challenger Sugar Ray Leonard both completed training Saturday for their World Boxing Council welterweight title fight Tuesday night and both camps predicted victory.

Luis Henrique, Duran's translator and longtime friend, said the champion would knock out Leonard this time. "Then he will have the respect he should have," Henrique added. Leonard called this fight "part personal and part business." "I know I can beat him and I want to beat him for my own glory and my own pride," he said. "The way I feel now, I feel the title is guaranteed." Leonard said he is going into the ring with a great deal of confidence. "I know what mistakes I made last time," he said.

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