From: kevin@traffic.den.mmc.com (Kevin Rodgers)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Colorado-Missouri notes (was: Re: Big 8 Preview (10-5-92))
Summary: CU thin at offensive guard
Keywords: Faurot Field
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:27:14 GMT
Organization: Buffalo Stampede

In article <1992Oct5.111424@mccall.com> scott@mccall.com (Scott D. Davis) writes:
>Thu(10-8)
>CU @ MU...(6:45pm ESPN)....revisit of the 5thdown game.  Be sure the
>	officials won't do that again.  Mizzou finally won last week.
>	But that won't be enough.  Watch Stewart's weak ankle on this
>	"slippery" turf.  Buffs 31-9.

Stewart claims that, "I'm ready to play.  I'm better, a lot better.  I
can make a few cuts now and then."  He's described as being 90 percent,
but he was thought to be that healthy before the Iowa game, and
obviously wasn't.

The Buffs are taking 4 different kinds of shoes to Faurot Field: the 3
that they took in '90 plus a court shoe for extremely dry conditions.
They plan to start with the extra-long cleated shoe, and are arriving in
Columbia today to practice on Faurot.  Due to the complaints about the
field's surface (Dave Burton, CU's trainer since 1985, said it was the
worst the Buffs have ever played on; R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M's head
coach, said it was the slickest his team's ever played on), Missouri
consulted with experts and visited other Omniturf fields at Oregon and
West Virginia.  Missouri assistant AD Joe Castiglione "understands that
there's some concern about our field", but notes that Mizzou head coach
Bob Stull feels Indiana's Memorial Stadium is slicker when wet than
Faurot, and called KSU Stadium "the worst field in America" two years
ago.  Missouri will comply with CU's request that the field be watered
before the game; although that usually has no effect by the second half
on a hot day, Thursday's games is being played at night.

Starting junior LG Roger Ivey will not play because of persistant lower
back pain; an MRI test indicates he may have a disc problem.  He'll be
replaced by soph Clint Moore, who started in '91 but is coming off a
sprained knee.  Moore will be backed up by redshirt freshman Chad
Hammond.  On the other side, starting RG Craig Anderson will return
after missing the Iowa game with a virus.  However, he lost 20 pounds
due to the infection, and true freshman Heath Irwin (from Boulder HS)
may play as his backup.  Counting starting redshirt freshman C Bryan
Stoltenberg, CU could be playing 3 freshmen on the line.  Irwin is
reluctant: "I'm nervous, real nervous.  I'd like to keep my redshirt.
It would be good to learn this year."

Starting (?) junior DT Brian Dyet left a practice last week after
exchanging words with an assistant coach, but reported back after
meeting with head coach McCartney.  Dyet said he was concerned over an
unspecified conflict, but that McCartney understood and the situation
has been resolved.

Missouri is last in the Big 8 in rushing defense (205.8 yards per game),
total defense (394.5), and scoring defense (22.8 points per game).
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