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(Q)C UHdrtta (Cagle NBA 5 OUTDOORS8 NFL9 SUNDAY November 8 1992 IMS Da WeNh EwSi Mi Bacon UHlng Ca dream of Orange Bowl squeezed dry By Crag Condi The Wichita Eagle LINCOLN Neb At the start Kansas was hugs and cheers and clenched fists And on the game's first play Nebraska was stopped for Just a 2-yard gain and KU safety Charley Bowen was screaming at players on the sideline and raising his arms in victory And all the fun And all the excitement And then the Huskers next play went fix' 24 yards And thud everything crashed KITS big game was a big flop Saturday night Nebraska 49 Kansas 7 Forget the Orange BowL That apparently will go to Nebraska Again "We Just didn't show up to KU quarterback Chip Hllleary said "Not offensively defensively or In the kicking There were no crucial plays or turning points no strategy or schemes It was Just one team rolling over another kind of gets discouraging when It seems like there Is nothing you can do when you're out KU running back Maurice Douglas said "It got to the point where we were thinking just not going to happen That point was after the first play of the second quarter Nebraska 7-1 overall and 44) In the Big Eight dominated the first quarter going 80 yards on five plays to score 1H minutes into the game The Jayhawks went nowhere on three drives and then the Huskers started marching again Derek Brown 16-yard run up the middle Brown 33-yard run right And then on the first play of the second quarter NlTs quarterback Tommie Frazier threw an 1 1- SS touchdown pass to Gerald Armstrong for a 144) The crowd was already celebrating the end of the gaira- The only break In Nebraska's fun came when the i officials told NU Coach Tom Osborne that they would penalize the fans If they kept celebrating so roughly Osborne took the PA microphone and said to the crowd "OK had a beer can thrown at the officials and oranges are on the field You better knock It Killjoy offensive line started every play by knocking defensive line back Into the laps of the people sitting in the front row That allowed the NU running becks and quarterbacks enough room and enough time to score touchdown after touchdown on the Jayhawks Brown had 156 yards rushing tor Nebraska and Calvin Jones had 107 fcteSwvConMpondwit Robert Vaughn right reaches in vain trying to tackle Coray Dixon who scored on the second -quarter pass reception Hey this looked a lot like other NU- KU games the night KU thought It had a chance to come up here and finally part the Big Red Sea But that sucker closed over them fest It engulfed them In a wave of Derek Browns and Calvin Joneses and Tommie Fraziers and Ed Stewarts and Trev Alberts and heaven only knows who else One half That's all It took One half and the Hawks were history Moses himself couldn't have parted this Red Sea 49-7 And I thought I was through writing about these football routs ESPN could have scrapped Its live broadcast of this game and rerun the tape of any previous Nebras- LINCOLN Neb Was Kansas finally ready to beat Nebraska? Next question 49-7 Man No What did that French philosopher say? "The more things change the more they stay the Something like that (Maybe it was Madonna) KU football has changed no doubt about it The problem is Nebraska football The result Saturday night was Just one more Nebraska rout of the Jayhawks FRED MANN KU coach Glen Mason was asked after the game if this Nebraska team was the best seen all look the same to me" he said Me too 49-7 Funny but less than 24 hours ago things were looking so good for Kansas It was 7-1 overall undefeated In Big Eight Conference play had a No 12 ranking had bowl scouts drooling had a big mean defense that everybody feared had a diversified offense had stories written about it In national magazines That's the sort of team they brought into Memorial Stadium this time a good team disciplined and talented No more of those doggy teams And excitement was high for this game This was See MANN Page 7G See JAYHAWKS Page 7G Ross has San Diego on an uphill change Washington knocked out of No 1 picture few weeks ago they were ready to put us in the Super Bowl Now we're straggling" Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer the Chargers that quarterback Stan Humphries has had a chance to meet hb teammates Humphries came to San Diego In a mid-August trade with Washington after starting quarterback John Friesz was knocked out for the season with an Injury Journeyman Bob Gagliano started the opener against the Chleb but Humphries relieved Gagliano in the third quarter and has been the start- By Rich Phmlee The Wichita Eagle KANSAS CITY Mo For about a month there Bobby Ross was wondering why he ever left the hilts of Georgia Tech to climb the mountains of the National Football Iewguf "It wasn't a real good said Ron Behind their rookie coach thb year the Chargers lost their first four games Including the season opener to Kansas City on their home 3 pm game at Arrowhead tuil But the Chargers have followed that stumble by winning their last four games Put that with the backslide of losing three of their last four and both teams come into to- Stadlum at 4-4 guess I was questioning my sanity at said Ross "Everything that could go wrong did go What has gone right mainly for See CHIEFS Page 9G Friends let Bethany come dose By Bch Warner Associated Press TUCSON Ariz Earlier this season Arizona's Steve McLaughlin Just missed a last-second 51-yard field goal that would have beaten topranked Miami On Saturday he got another chance against a No 1 team and this Arne he didn't mbs McLaughlin kicked three field goals and Arizona's "Desert defense shut down Washington as the No 12 Wildcats stunned the Huskies 193 The loss snapped Washington's 22game winning streak and almost certainly ended the bid for a national championship No 2 Miami which play Saturday should regain the No 1 ranking and become the frontrunner tor Us second straight title Miami started the season No 1 but dropped to No 2 after barely beating Arizona 8-7 at the Orange Bowl on Sept 28 "We were determined to prove that the Miami game a Arizona fullback Billy Johnson said "Coach (Dick) To-mey told us we be sup prised to beat Washington We just had to raise our level of play a Washington which was averag ing 29 points per game never reached the end zone against dominating defense the stingiest against the run The only points came on a 24-yard field goal by Travb Hanson in the third quarter "We have not lost in so long that this loss hurts real real Washington linebacker Dave Hoffman said Arizona 92-1 and 4-1-1 in the Pac-10 held the Huskies to 90 rushing yards less than half their average and limited Washington 8-1 5-1 to Hs lowest point total since a 31-3 loss to BYU In 1985 Nobody appreciated the defensive effort more than Arizona quarterback George Malauulu who lost tour fumbles had two passes intercepted and Injured hb shoulder In last yeart 54-0 loss to Washington "Every time the defense came off the field waving their arms In the air it lifted said Malauulu who scored the game's only touchdown on a 1-yard keeper with 48 seconds left McLaughlin provided most of the offense with hb three field goab a 34-yarder in the first quarter and a pair of fourth-quarter kicks coming 20 and 30 yards By Van Williams The Wichita Eagle LINDSBORG Bethany's players cleared the sideline and headed toward the end zone a rush of gold helmets and blue Jerseys The fourth quarter was approaching and the trasIHalking had gotten out of hand One player Bethany's Carlos Pullum was so upset that he was jumping up and down and up and down before an assistant coach finally restrained him If Bethany's fans had wanted their team to put up a fight Saturday at Philip Anderson Field they'd better cherish that moment Friends 51 Bethany 7 The Falcons 82 overall claimed the KCAC championship with an 84) mark Bethany 81-1 and 81 Friends dominated the game so thoroughly that Coach Man Byers praised everyone "The whole group was ready to Byers said got a bunch of kids who are extremely Kids? 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