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The Manhattan Mercury Monday, December 7, 1 992 1 K-State fs Snyde le aves Tokyo in a huff Official Statistics Nebraska 14 7 10 738 Kansas SL 0 10 0 1424 Neb Dixon 18 pass from Frazier (Bennett kick) Neb Frazier 19 run (Bennett kick) Neb Frazier4 run (Bennett kick) KSU Coleman 10 pass from Garber (Wright kick) KSU-FG Wright 40 Neb FG Bennett 42 Neb Jones 38 run (Bennett kick) KSU Garber 8 run (Wright kick) Neb Frazier 1 run (Benett kick) KSU Seib 21 pass from Garber (Wright kick) 1 A 50.000 Neb KSU Firstdowns- 25 19 Rushes-yaris 59-292 30-62 Passing 128 253 Return Yards 50 4 Comp-Att-Int 11-18-0 20-30-0 Punts 3-36 548 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 6-51 660 TimeofPossessio 34:04 2556 INDIVIDUALSTAT1ST1CS RUSHING Nebraska, Jones 30-186. Frazier 13-51 Lewis 7-44. Kansas St Gal ion 13-39. J. Smith 3 11.

Garber 13-9. PASSING Nebraska, Frazier 11-18-0-128. Kansas Garber 19-29-0-246, Running 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING Nebraska. Dixon 5-71.

C. Jones 5-41, Hawkins 1-16. Kansas Benton 7-93. Coleman 4-64, Seib 4-61, Rees 2-20, Running 2-8, Garber 1-7. uled post-game press conference.

Kansas State athletic director Milt Richards went instead. Snydersaid his quarrel was not with game sponsor Coca-Cola. He said Teleplanning International, the game's producers, went back on many promises they had made during the days leading up to the game. "This was the most poorly organized event in the history of lege sports," Snyder said back at the Wildcats' hotel. "The people that put on the game have no clue.

The most consistent thing is that I've been lied to day in and day out from the momemt we accepted the ballgame until we stepped off the field." One issue about which Snyder was sensitive was the home-team advantage. Kansas State gave up its home game, and Snyder, as well as other Kansas State officials, argued constantly tht they be treated accordingly. As the home team, the Wildcats A were supposed to choose which sideline they wanted to stand on. The football field at the usually baseball-only Tokyo Dome runs from just behind third base to just benind first base, with big open areas between the fans and the field. Snyder chose the home plate side, which is closer to the majority of fans than the center field side.

It's also closer to the luxury boxes. "Then, the day before the game, we were told we couldn't have it," Snyder said. "I visited with (Nebraska coach) Tom (Osborne) and they were willing to change. But we still couldn't have it. That's the side of the field where the money people are.

They wanted to showcase Nebraska. I understand that. I have great respect for Nebraska. But our players didn't receive that kind of respect." Snyder finally reacted after the game, when both teams were supposed to stay on the field to 7 i -r 7ktl5if Raiders snap losing skid against KC Associated Press LOS ANGELES While the Los Angeles Raiders remain a longshot to make the playoffs, they atrteast can feel pretty good about themselves for The next week. Plagued by turnovers and a lack of consistency all season, the Raiders played one of their better games Sunday in beating Kansas City 28-7 to snap a six-game losing streak to the Chiefs dating back to 1989.

"After losing six times in a row, it's about time we won one," said Jay Schroeder, who did his share by throwing three touchdown passes. "The playoff door is still a little open and we are trying to shove our shoe into it." The Raiders are 6-7 with three games remaining while the Chiefs, who had a four-game winning streak snapped, fell to 8-5 and into a tie for first place in the AFC West with San Diego. "I don't think they took us seriously," Raiders safety Eddie Anderson said. "They came in talking a lot. But we just shut them down.

Todav, we showed up." The Chiefs dominated the Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 28, winning a 27-7 decision. On Sunday, it was the' Raiders who dominated, holding Kansas City to a net of 17 rushing yards on 14 carries and one touchdown. "Basically, what we decided to do after we got down was to throw the football," Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer said. "We had our opportunities.

That's a good football team we played. They clearly outplayed us today. "There are three games left. If we win them all, I'll take our chances. We can't worry' about anybody but us." The Chiefs entertain New England (2-11) next Sunday.

The Raiders, meanwhile, need a win at Miami against the Dolphins (8-5) a week from tonight to keep their playoffhopes alive. If they play like they did against the Chiefs, the Raiders have a decent chance. But for the most part, they've played poorly in losing five of their six road games, the latest a 27-3 setback at San Diego on Nov. 29. "Everyone is counting us out," Raiders defensive lineman Nolan Harrison said.

"We're used to that. We are not going to be counted out, We aren't going to go out as losers, we're going out as winners." The Raiders w-ent ahead for good by finishing off an opening drive, something they've failed to do so often this season. Schroed-er's 6-yard pass to Ethan Horton on third and 3 capped a 57 yard, 10 play march. It became 14) less than three minutes later when Elvis Patterson blocked a punt by Bryan Barker and recovered the ball in the end zone. "From watching films, I v4 Q.

Hi). 64U I 7 i receive awards. The Cornhuskers stayed on the field, while game officials told Snyder that they only wanted he and Coleman. "I was told after the game that they wanted me to stay on the field but didn't want our team," Snyder said. "I told them if you don't want my football team, then you don't want me." Coleman, who caught four passes for 64 yards including one 10-yard touchdown, said he was disappointed at not being able to receive the trophy on the field.

"To be honest, it kind of ruined, the trip for me," the junior wide receiver said, 'i'm not a selfish person, but that's a once-in-a-life-time thing. I wish I'd experienced it. I'm happy I got the award, but it's just not the same, I guess. It's just another award. It doesn't have that special feeling." Coleman's selection as MVP See No.

2, Page B3 and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers (4-1). But Kansas, playing a tough team on the road after a poor second half in its opener against Georgia, probably got a shot of self confidence to go 20. "They played like Kansas," Coach Roy Williams said. Oklahoma (2-0) blew past Tow-son State with a 16 0 run in the first half. Jeff Webster had 25 points and Angelo Hamilton scored 20 for the Sooners.

Webster and Hamilton each scored six points in the first half run against Tow son State (1 1). Towson State made 34 turnovers and shot only 36 percent Missouri (2 0) started slowly, but outscored the Aggies 27 2 in a second half stretch to win in College Station. "If we play like that about 32 minutes a night, they'll do all right by themselves," said Coach Norm Stewart, who agreed to a new five year contract before the game. Missouri led 63 33 ith 11 45 to play after the scoring run. Jevon Crudup scored 23 points and Chris Heller had 18 as the Tigers beat Texas AM i0 2).

"Crudup blocked four shots where I thought he knocked the a a -i against "Defense the two said. "One we don't do who we are to be points very' Another would be scoring of Deryl freshman points, they from the "Our said. "We in practice letting them W. Blake Gray Special to the Mercury TOKYO Before coming to Japan, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder was interested in learning about Japanese culture. However, he hasn't learned yet that you're not supposed to show your true emotions, especially when you're angry.

Snyder grew more and more irritated at lack of cooperation from game officials during the week. When told only Nebraska's team was wanted on the field after the Cornhuskers' 38-24 victory Sunday, Snyder finally blew his cool. Over the protests of game officials, Snyder put his team immediately on the bus and went back to the hotel. He refused to go onto the field to accept a trophy, or let wide receiver Andre Coleman accept his trophy as the Wildcats' MVP. He also refused to attend or send any players to the sched- Cotton Bowl causes big controversy Associated Press ATLANTA The Sugar Bowl got the best game and the Cotton Bowl created the most controversy-' When the new bowl coalition announced its matchups Sunday, the Sugar picked the plum top-ranked Miami (11-0) vs.

No. 2 Alabama (12 0) for the national championship. The Cotton got a good game No. 4 Texas (12-0) vs. No.

5 Notre Dame (9-1-1) and some bad publicity. The Cotton's decision to take Notre Dame instead of No. 3 Florida State angered the Semi-noles, Texas and others who felt the Dallas bowl violated the coalition's goal of getting the best possible matchups. Florida State (10-1) now goes to the Orange Bowl against No. 11 Nebraska (9-2).

The Cotton passed up a No. 3 vs. No. 4 contest because it didn't want a rematch of last year's Florida State-Texas game and because it preferred the glamour and television power of Notre Dame. "If we could not get 1 vs.

2, then 3 vs. 4 was not that important to us," Cotton Bowl president Bob Smith said at a news conference where the pairings were announced. See No. 2, Page B2 'Bama No. 2 to Miami Associated Press Alabama had to sweat a little while waiting to see if they would remain No.

2 in the Associated Press college football poll. They needn't have worried. The Crimson Tide stayed comfortably ahead of No. 3 Florida State when the poll was released Sunday, enabling the matchup of No. 1 Miami vs.

No. 2 Alabama to become a reality. The two schools will play for the national championship on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl at New-Orleans; Some had predicted that Florida State would move ahead of Alabama based on their performances against a common opponent Florida. The Tide beat Florida28 21 Saturday intheSEC championship game, but Florida State had beaten the Gators by a much wider margin 45 24 a eek earlier.

It turned out that Alabama's 12-0 record impressed a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters more than the Florida games. Miami (11-0) received all but one of 62 first place votes. Alabama got the other top vote and 1,473 points in the final regular season poll. Florida State (10-1), which plays No. 11 Nebraska in the Oraime Bowl, got 1,419 points.

The Cotton Bowl will be a matchup of No. 4 Texas (12-Ot and No. 5 Notre Dame (9 1-1). The A Sines received 1.3?. 7 points to 1.295 fur the Irish, Also unchanged in the poll were the next three positions No.

6 Syracuse 9 2. 0 3. and No. 8 Georgia See No. 1, Page P2 Photo by Lou Peukert Kansas State's defense forced 26 turnovers Saturday night in a 86-63 victory over Lafayette.

The 'Cats play Ohio Tuesday night. Wildcats 2-0, but Altman says work to be done Pete Day Sports Writer Final score correction The score of the Kansas State-Lafayette men's basketball game was listed incorrectly in Sunday's Manhattan Mercury. The official box score provided by Kansas State listed the score at 86 61, but Lafayette was awarded two team points when Kansas State tipped in a basket for Lafayette. The final score should have been 863. Lafayette.

and rebounding have got to be things that we can rely upon," Altman thing our team has to realize is if those two things, it doesn't matter playing against, we are not going successful because we don't score easily." thing that would please Altman to see his big men be more effective inside. Though the Wildcat frontline Cunningham, Aaron Collier and Jerrell Roberson combined for 27 shot only 41.6 percent (10 of 24) floor. inside people are just not real comfortable right now with the ball," Altman have just got to spend a lot of time putting the ball in their hands and try to make plays." Kansas State will go for its third win in as many trys Tuesday when the Wildcats take on Ohio University in Bramlage Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. After an up and down performance in an86-63 victory over Lafayette Saturday, coach Dana Altman was concerned about a few key aspects of his team's play. In a second half of runs.

KSU outscored the Leopards 45-26, but Lafayette at one point surged to cut an 18 point lead to five with just under 10 minutes to play. Altman also saw his 'Cats struggle after getting a big lead in their three other games this year exhibition games against Fort Hood AAU and the Cuban national team and then again in the season opener against Coppin State. "All four games we have had big leads and let them slip," Altman said. "I think that we need to take a look at our substitution pattern. Those things need to be addressed.

We are trying to play 11 players and sometimes we slip." Altman pointed to defense and rebounding as the top reasons why KSU struggled at times KU Jayhawks leave Indiana far from satisfied thought they had a slow-acting punter," Patterson said. "This could not have come at a better time for me. I've felt 1 am special teams, and it's about time we did something. All year, we've been beating ourselves. Today, we did not." The Raiders had 14 points in less than 10 minutes after scoring only 29 first-quarter points in their previous 12 games.

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Steve Woodberry 61 in the championship game of the Amentas Classic. Kansas' combination of Adonis Jordan, Walters and Steve Woodbury had just enough to overcome the Hoosiers. "I think the three guys we talk about all the time outside Adonis Jordan. Rex Walters and Steve Woodberry all were fantastic down the stretch," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. The Jayhawks could not score a field goal during a nine-minute stretch late in the game, but a 1 3 1 defense bothered Indiana.

Calbert Cheaney scored 26 points for the Hoosiers, but Dar-rin Hancock eventually caught up with the star player undoubtedly the best player the junior college transfer has attempted to defense. "We were trying to do some things to throw them off balance, slow them down." Woodberry' said. "The 13 1.1 don't think they uere ready for that. I'm not sure they knew what to do. Our defense won the game Matt Noer added 18 points Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Give Kansas a passing grade in its first major test. But the report card from the 74 69 victory over No. 2 Indiana probably won't be framed to hang over the mantelpiece. Rex Walters continued in his inexplicable funk.hittingjust6of 15 shots as the Jayhawks overall shot 40 percent. Eric Pauley was 1 of 8 from the field.

Kansas was outrebounded 40 35. But the Jayhawks turned in a gritty, do what you have to do performance to win on the road in the Hoosier Dome that should stand the Jayhawks well down the road. "They have the same goals and principles we have," Walters said. The way we do things is a little But both unselfish, have great team play and great defense." In other Big Eieht games. No.

15 Oklahoma defeated Towson State 115 73. Missouri won at Texas AM 81 55. Oklahoma State dropped an 80 65 decision to t'al iiornia. Colorado won its Mile High Classic ith a 97 57 ictory over Middle Tennessee State. Kansas State defeated Lafaette bft 63.

and Nebraska beat Kent air out of the ball." Aggies coach Tony Barone said. "That intimidation wears you down. They kept throwing punches and punches and punches until we couldn't get back." Alfred Grigsby scored 19 points to lead Cal (2-0) past Oklahoma State in Berkeley. The Cowboys (1-1) were ithin 5647 with 9:37 to play, but Grigsby scored eight of Cal's next 15 points for a 7153 lead with 5:08 to play. Colorado hit its first 10 shots and Middle Tennessee did not score for the first four minutes.

Victory Colorado. "We really ent out and played good defense from the beginning," Buffs coach Joe Harrington said. "We were very unselfish on offense. Every body got into the act. We jumped on the early and it didn't stop there.

Guys came off the bench and kept it going. Our bench did a great job." Colorado (3 0) led 22 6 with 13 08 to play in the first half and as up 5318 with 46 seconds left, in the half. Randy Robinson scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half for Colorado 0). The Cornhuskers led 45 39 when thev outscored Kent3311. "Mainly, we just wore out." Kent coach DaveGrube said.