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RadioTVC-lP OutdoorsC-17 StarTouch codesC-1 Horse racingC-1S SUNDAY October 25 1992 THE JL KANSAS CITY STAR Section Jayhawks step up topple Sooners GIB TWYMAN Baseball gets taste of the Kansas wins 27-10 using running to beat one of the By BLAIR KERKHOFF Staff Writer LAWRENCE To Kansas the players in Oklahoma helmets no longer have an on their chests In whipping Oklahoma 27-10 on Saturday the 22nd-ranked Jayhawks reduced to mere mortals the team that played like supermen against them through the years been waiting for this for a long Kansas linebacker Larry Thiel said shows ready to play with the big Kansas 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Eight fashioned the victory by taking a page out of the play book The Jayhawks were the aggressors controlling the lines and establishing dominance on the ground Kansas tailback Maurice Douglas rushed for 1 1 5 yards and fullback Monte Cozzens had 110 yards Each had a touchdown: The Jayhawks gained 284 rushing yards defensive and offensive fronts controlled the Oklahoma Coach Gary Gibbs said The Jayhawks never trailed but put the game away until the fourth quarter The clincher was a 17-play 88-yard drive that 'consumed nearly 8 minutes Cozzens See JAYHAWKS C-1 1Col2 DON IPOCKTh Star Kansas running back Monte Cozzens charged through a hole in Oklahoma's defense during the first quarter and kept it up the whole game Cozzens rushed for 1 10 yards and he scored final touchdown with a 13-yard run in the last quarter Kansas State has a bad day in Boulder sion the Buffaloes moved 74 yards in eight plays for a 7-0 lead Quarterback Kordell Stewart keyed the drive by avoiding Kitt Rawlings on a comerback blitz and hitting tight end Christian Fauria for a 34-yard gain on second and 14 from the K-State 42 Stewart and Fauria hooked up thretf plays later for a 2-yard scoring pass Colorado pushed its lead to See COLORADO C-6 Col 5 Nothing worked Fifteen of 17 possessions lasted three plays or fewer The Wildcats 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big Eight have no answers know going on right said tailback Eric Gallon who finished with 6 yards in four carries finger-point because every position has let Colorado 6-0-1 and 2-0-1 dominated from the outset After stuffing opening posses total offense K-State Coach Bill Snyder said not very After successive dreadful offensive performances against Kansas (69 yards) and Utah State (186) efforts that glowed in comparison with Saturday the Wildcats tried some changes Matt Garber started at quarterback Jeff Smith started at guard JJ Smith and Leon Edwards each got several snaps at tailback Saturday to No 9 Colorado at Folsom Field the Wildcats finished with 16 total yards Sixteen Total It set a Big Eight record and erased the previous school low of 29 set in 1947 against Oklahoma State If quarterback Jason Smar-giasso grounded the ball instead of taking a 19-yard sack midway through the fourth period the Wildcats would have finished in the red Penalty yards count in Wildcats gain only 16 total yards In 54-7 loss to No 9 Colorado By BOB DUTTON Staff Writ BOULDER Colo Things are bad when Kansas State turns in an offensive effort of unmatched futility in its long-suffering history In absorbing a 54-7 loss happy here Suspension in 1991 keptBravesoutfielder outofthe World Series Huskers escape with 34-24 victory ATLANTA Personally I think Ross Perot keeping the World Series in the on-deck circle is thefunniest thing since the feistyTexan with the cab-door countenance told the nation am all Now some people might say that when CBS sold Perot a primertime infomercial delaying the start of the sixth game of the SericfcSaturday night it was bad for the game They will say it was just the latest expression of vampire baseball the pme which no longer can stand the sight of the sun They will say that the Perot thingjust sank the fangs in a little deeper into the jugular and sucked more lifeblood out of the game With Series games all at night and lasting longer there is a fear that a generation of Americans will grow up with no knowledge of the Fall Classic The games start too late for kids to stay awake with school the next morning And maybe the games are so late that fun couple Ted and Jane even stay awake And some people will say prime-time postseason working The ratings for the Atlanta-Toronto series are down 1 1 percent However as Steve Greenberg deputy commissioner of baseball said: an election year As important as the World Series is electing a president is reasonably important too Ross Perot may be a good lead-in see how it This of course is the proper perspective The Perot affair should be viewed within the most important perspective America as the televised money-talks society For instance Perot and CBS did not go far enough The most-watched hour of television is from 9 to 10 Why not have Perot buy that time slot have baseball play up to 9 and suspend play Say in the bottom of the fifth tied 1-1 You sign off and make people come back the next morning to watcji the rest of the game Aside from church most of America doing anything then anyway except sitting around in the undershorts reading the funnies This way you fill up that slack Sunday morning time period with the dramatic finale of a Series game You sell baseball like a real TV series Last episode of The who-shot-JR wrapup to Instead of trying to get games over quickly really string them along People have been watching for what 25 30 years? You could easily stretch out game six that long with scratching and spitting and three-relief changes per inning Chv think of how you could use baseball down in the TV order Go after Arsenio and Leno If it go well there try it between Rush Limbaugh and got Night With with Costas Call show Than All Get Who knows no-doze hours of the morning any better? Or if you beat join Cast baseball in the infomercial scheme putting players in Dave Del Dotto fez's and having them explain the art of the no-money down real estate deal In this day of corporate ballplayers who knows land deals better? Or you peddle baseball the Suzanne Sommers way You get the Thighmaster Deion Sanders Roberto Alomar runs hits thrills spills all for one low price Speaking of low prices if Perot wants to move baseball times around why doesn't he just buy the game? Then he announces game times whenever the mood moves him Maybe he announces today's game is at I pm Hmmm Day baseball Talk about your unique ideas of leadership ByDICKKAEGEL Staff Writer back with I minute 2 seconds to play John Parrella recovered for Nebraska taking the ball out of dangerous hands for the final time Handy set Big Eight records for completions pass attempts and yards a week ago Saturday at Oklahoma State But this was Nebraska the No 8 team in the nation and he still completed 29 of 44 passes for 424 yards and two touchdowns The yardage total was the most ever given up by Nebraska Nebraska jumped to a 14-0 lead but Handy and leaping diving receiving corps helped the Tigers forge a 1 4-1 4 tie in the second quarter With 10:13 left in the game Nebraska led only 27-24 Missouri might have been in position to beat Nebraska for the first time in 14 years except for the acrobatic cartwheel by Tommie Frazier the true See HUSKERS C-6 Col 1 Quarterback Handy passes for 424 yards and two TDs for Tigers By MIKE DeARMOND Staff Writer COLUMBIA Those who hunger for Missouri football success reached the point where they can order filet mignon at a post-game victory party But after 34-24 loss to Nebraska they no longer need to feed on hot dogs without relish one team that we come close to Missouri Coach Bob Stull said reflecting on 50-7 69-2 1 and 63-6 losses to the Comhuskers the previous three seasons halftime we might as well just have a hot dog and gone Few in the crowd of 53337 left until Travis Hill jarred the ball loose from Jeff Handy pass-happy quarter The Associated Press Nebraska's Tyrone Hughes took a hit from Missouri's Chuck Cole (on ground) and Antwan Johnson (left) on a first-half punt return Chiefs await steady Steelers machine ATLANTA Win or lose in this World Series there was a big difference for the Atlanta Otis Nixon At least he was here Nixon had to sit out last year's World Series against the Minnesota Twins because he was suspended for testing positive for substance abuse guess it was one of the toughest things ever gone through" he said before Saturday sixth game against the Toronto Blue Jays any fun I watched part of the games Some of them I stand to watch and some of them I could" Last fall he was in limbo This year leading off for the Braves and doing a pretty good job of it Through the first five games of the Series he was hitting 286 with six hits and five stolen bases was very tough" he said of last suspension why the playoff and this World Series mean more to me than any fan any media any manager anybody else on this baseball Nixon the fleet center fielder took his punishment without complaint and appreciated the support of his teammates finger-point I blame he said took the responsibility for what happened to me There was a lot of stuff written about the situation See BRAVES' C-4 Col 1 By KENT PULLIAM Staff Writer Kansas City Chiefs Pittsburgh Steelers WNENWHERE: 6:30 tonight at Arrowhead Stadium i TVRADIO: Channel 9 TNT KCFX (1011 FM) Murray signs KICKING HELP: Injured Nick Lowery (right) will give way tonight to Eddie Murray who signed with the Chiefs on Saturday C-14 Expect a grind-it-out game tonight at Arrowhead Stadium The best rushing attack will be featured Surprise: It the Pittsburgh the co-leader of the AFC Central Division has the most productive running back Barry Foster leads the NFL with 642 yards rushing He has been listed as questionable on the injury report this week but is expected to play The Steelers average 1427 yards rushing per game try to attack us in the running game because they don't want to get involved in protecting against our (pass) rush" said Chiefs Coach Marty Schot-tenheimer whose defense ranks 12th in the NFL against the run but is giving up just 99 yards per game we have given up per rush is about what it has flluAVR hppn The Chiefs have allowed opposing runners an average of 41 See CHIEFS C-15 Col 4 TOMORROW in The Star INSIDE Runners hit tho stroots in the Humana-Prime Health Kansas City Marathon Top 25i No 1 teams Miami and Washington Keep their records perfectC-8 MIAAi Pittsburg State and Northeast Missouri runners win cross country titlesC-7.