From: maryb@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Jayhawk Post #41 (KU-NU chilly game)
Date: 7 Nov 92 00:42:57 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

This article is from the Friday, November 6, 1992 issue of the University
Daily Kansan.

HEATED BATTLE SET FOR CHILLY NIGHT
Kansas Reaches for Big Eight Title Against Nebraska
by Kristy Dorsey, Kansan staff writer

   More than 3,000 Kansas fans are expected to make the trek to Lincoln,
Nebraska, this weekend and endure subfreezing temperatures to watch the
Jayhawk football team play the Cornhuskers for first place in the Big Eight
Conference.
   Bernie Kish, director of KU ticket operations and sales, said that his
office had sold about 3,500 tickets to KU fans. "We'll have at least 3,000
fans up there and probably more," he said. "This is the most people that have
gone to an away Nebraska game in at least 20 years. We're going to bring a lot
of blue shirts up there to counteract that red. Or I should say, we're going
to bring a lot of blue overcoats," he said, referring to a prediction that the
game-time temperature will be in the low 20s. 
   Kish said that Joe Selig, ticket manager for Nebraska athletics, was
surprised when Kish told him last week that KU would not be returning any
unpurchased football tickets this year. "He said, 'This is unbelievable.
Kansas always returns football tickets to us,'" Kish said.
   Kish said it was great to have such strong fan support at away games. "It
seems like the people who go on the road are louder than those at home," Kish
said. "When you have 2,000 people cheering against three or four or five times
that many, it's like 'us against the world,' and they're wild. I just think it
has a hell of an effect on the football team."
   Kish said that if the team played well and had few turnovers, it stood a
good chance of winning. "It's going to be a great game," he said. "We're
16-point underdogs, but that's fine. Nebraska has the best offensive line in
the country, and people say we have one of the best defensive lines. Well,
we're going to find out who's better."
   Many of the students going to tomorrow's game are from Nebraska. L.S.,
Omaha freshman, said that she was going home with one of her friends for the
weekend. They hoped to get tickets to the game but had not found any as of
yesterday. "We tried to get tickets here, and they're all sold out," she said.
"Then we tried to get a friend of ours in Lincoln to get some, but there
aren't any up there either. Hopefully, we'll be able to go to the game, but if
not we'll watch it on ESPN."
   ESPN will televise the 6:30 p.m. game.
   B.L., Overland Park senior, said he was going to the game because a bowl
bid depended on the outcome. "If they beat Nebraska, they're going to go to
the Orange Bowl," he said. "That will be exciting."
   C.E., Kansas City senior, is going to the game with Louden. He said that he
thought Kansas had a good chance of winning. "My money is banking on KU," he
said.
   M.S., Omaha junior, said that he and about 30 of his fraternity brothers
were going to the game. He said that although he was from Nebraska, he would
be cheering for the Jayhawks.
   Kansas coach Glen Mason said that he appreciated fans' support, especially
in a place like Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. He said that he was looking
forward to tomorrow's game. "I'm sure that a lot of coaches would tell you
that it's a very intimidating place to go," he said. "I'm a little different
than most guys. I look forward to going to those places."
   Junior kicker Dan Eichloff said that tomorrow's game was important to KU.
"From the way it looks, if we beat Nebraska we're pretty much going to be
ahead for the rest of the way," he said. "I think this is a pretty big game
for the Big Eight Conference."

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