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State profits
on higher ed,
study finds

 

Staff, wire reports

 

FRANKFORT. Ky. -— With the
1994 General Assembly on the ho-
rizon. a study released yesterday
said higher education is a wise in-
vestment for the state.

The study. compiled over the
summer by three UK economists
and sponsored by the Kentucky Ad-
vocates for Higher Education. con-
cluded that money poured into
higher education yields high returns
both for students and for the state‘s
economy.

“There's a lot of debate going on
about where we should be spending
our money." said Mark Berger, a
professor in the College of Eco-
nomics and one of the authors of
the report. “i think this study shows
that money spent on higher educa-
tion is money well spent."

Berger said the aggregate cam-
ings of Kentuckians were $7 billion
higher because of higher education.

The study found that for all stu-
dents at four-year public college.
state support came to $2.52 billion.
But the payback to the state totaled
$32.7 billion.

in other words. for ever dollar
spent on higher education. the state
received $3.40 back in total spend-
ing in the Kentucky economy.

Somali
warlord
releases
Ky. pilot

 

Associated Press

 

MOGADISHU. Somalia — U.S.
helicopter pilot Michael Durant.
battered but buoyant. returned to
freedom yesterday on a stretcher
after ll days as a captive of a So
mali warlord.

The United States said no deal
was tnade for the release of Durant.
captured in an Oct 3 battle be-
tween U.N. troops and Mohamed
Farrah Aidid's fighters, or of a Ni-
gerian peacekeeper captured in a
Sept. 5 gunfight.

However. Aidid emerged with an
enhatwd statute as a result of the
release. which he came out of hid-
ing to announce at a news confer-
ence.

He appeared confident and wore
a crisply pressed blue-striped shin
and red tie.

The freeing of Durant led to
more calls from Congress for
speeding the departure of US.
troops from Somalia.

President Clinton indicated he
might be flexible on his March 3i
deadline for withdrawal.

Durant. 32. whoisbasedinFon
Campbell. Ky.. clenched his teeth
and his eyes teared as he was ca-
ried by stretcher from a walled
compound and handed over to Red
Cross representatives.

He clutched a note from his wife
and parents that the Red Cross
gave him just before his release. He
declined to speak to reporters.

Dr. John Holcomb of the 46th
US. Army Field Hospital. who ex-
amined Dilartt. said the pilot suf-
fered a broken leg. broken cheek-
bone and a fractured back. but
appeared to have been treated fairly
wellbyhiscaptus.'lheiegwasin
a splint. but Ind not been set ltd
was quite painful. Holcomb said.

“Mike is fme. bmically." Hol-
caab said. adding thn Dal-t
'aiedalltthbit—te-sofioy."

“i don’t think people realize how
big the retum is on a college educa-
tion.“ Berger said. “You read a lot
of stories about college graduates
not finding jobs. (But) the average
worker's earnings have been falling
while the average college gradu-
ate's earnings are increasing.

“You‘ve almost got to have a col-
lege education."

The study also found that the av-
erage student in Kentucky with a
high school education can expect to
earn $329,649 over a lifetime in
current dollars.

Those earnings rise dramatically
with increases in education.

A twoyear associate degree
holder can expect to earn $392,696
in a career. A student with a bache-
lor‘s degree will cam an average of
8519.403 during a career.

And a doctorate or professional
degree means earnings of $831,0l6
in today's dollars.

Dan Lacy. chairman of the advo-
cates group. said the studies show
the public the value of higher edu-
cation in real terms.

“One of the things we like to do
is keep higher education up there
higher on the public agenda." said
Lacy. an executive with Ashland
Oil Inc.

See PROFIT, Back Page

 

Collections hold bit of history

 

By Tammy Gay
Senior Staff Writer

 

Even lsmc Newton had the
right to change his mind.

All UK students can see a pan
of history — Newton's notes —
in the Division of Special Col-
lections and Archives at Marga-
ret 1. King Library.

Newton's notes include
crossed out lines —— which
shows even some of the smartest
men in history change their
minds and make mistakes.

Special Collections and Ar-
chives houses an array of histori-
cal materials available to all stu-
dents.

“What we have is a museum
where you am use the materi-
als." said Bill Marshall. assistant
director of libraries for special
collections and archives. “1 think
students would be fascinated
with the things we have here."

The collection is not really a
museum, though.

“We are aware of the museum
aspect that's here." Marshall
said. “We are basically informa-
tion brokers. Our main mission
is to preserve information."

Materials included in the col-
lection range from Civil War
photographs and science fiction
comic books to baseball cards
and taped interviews.

Marshall called the collection
a pan of Kentucky‘s “legacy."
He said the collection does not
belong only to UK. but also its
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preserves history.

“We are really interested in hav-
ing the material used. and that‘s
why we do it."

One of the main purposes of spe-
cial collections is to preserve Ken-
tucky history. Marshall said the li-
brary collects business records.
family letters. Kentucky books. old
maps and other items to capture all
of the history of Kentucky.

There are seven divisions in the
special collection. including an oral
history unit that conducts inter-
views with various notable people.

lnterviews allow people to docu-
ment historical facts that may have
otherwise followed those inter-
viewed to their graves where the in-
formation would be lost forever. be
said

Although information on paper is
fragile. “it's even more fragile
when it’s in someone's brain." he
said

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Tenure review
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By Rob Thorns
Staff Writer

 

Many UK faculty members disa-
gree over aspects of a post-tenure
review proposal set forth by Rich-
ard Edwards. Dean of Ans and Sci-
ences.

in a meeting last Thursday. the
American Association of University
Professors overwhelmingly rejected
the proposal that would allow for
the evaluation of tenured faculty
members who receive two consecu-
tive low reviews.

Arthur Lieber. an executive corn-
mittee member of AAUP. said the
AAUP had many reasons for reject-
ing the proposal. including the idea
that the review would be a waste of
time and money and may restrict

come to me and told me they ob.
lea."

Edwards agrees with Nietzel. say-
ing that the Ans and Sciences
Council unanimously supponed the
plan. and many faculty members
have written letters in suppon of it.

Under Edward’s proposal. faculty
who received low ratings twice in a
row under the current merit review
system would appear before a peer
review committee. The committee
would try to help the faculty mem-
ber become productive again. Ed-
wards said.

“This plan is aimed at recogniz-
ing and acknowledging poor perfor-
mance and trying to correct it.“ he
said.

Lieber said this plan could possi-
bly be abused by the administration
in an attempt to keep teachers from

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AAUP's refusal to suppon the plan
fines not represent the feelings of all
faculty members.

“i don‘t think it's true that most
faculty members object to the
plan." Nietzel said. “Not a single
member of my depa'tment has

“We feel this is an attack on aca-
demic freedom." he said.

Nietzel disagrees: “(The plan) re-
quires that fellow faculty members
agree that a person's performance

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Officials say drive will meet goal m

 

By Heather Reister
Staff Writer

 

When UK: United Way fund
raising officially ends today. can-
pus officials believe the University
will have raised $395,000.

“l’m really very confident that we
will make the goal.” said Paula
Pope. co-chairwoman of the UK
United Way fund-raising campaign.

Pope said about $3i0.000. or
about 80 pacent of the $3951“)
goal. has been collected so fa.

Although she did not have an ex-
act amount. she said about 35.000
was earned from the fall festivals
held at the Student Center and the
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center
on Wednesday.

Ptpesaiditwillprobablyukea
few mae weeks to wrap up the

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campaign completely because con-
tributions are still coming in.

This year‘s campaign was about a
month shorter than past fund drives.
Pope said that although she was
glad the campaign was not quite as
long. next year's may need to be ex-
tended by a few weeks.

Coordinators shortened this year's
campaign to try to maintain a high
level of enthusiasm throughout the
event. Pope said.

“Wedidnotwantthcpublictoto
get tired of the campaign." she said.
“There is (a lot) of competition for
people's charitable contributions
these days.“

Pope said she was extremely
pleased by the quality of the 700
volunteers who helped with the
fund (hive. Mae that half the vol-

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Staff reports

 

UK President Charles Weth-
ington will make his debut as a
zebra tomorrow when he serves
as guest referee for the UK
Sports Spectacular.

Wethington will toss the first
grane ball I the event. to be held
at Season Field.

The Spectaculu begins at 10
am. III will benefit the Unied
Way of the Bluegrass.

 

Sports Spectacular
to aid United Way

”this event will benefit those
who are in need. while giving
students. faculty lid staff a
chance to have fun." said Kathy
Lin. co—chairwoman of the sat-
t’lcnt campaign for United Way.
which is spooning the all-day
event.

“Everyone will win.”

Games include three-on-thtee
hasketbfll. two-on-two volley—
ball. and slam-dunk and three-

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today; high around 70.
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40 percent chance of
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Cool Cats face UT

 

By Chris TIpton
Staff Writer

 

FortbemembersoftheUKbas-
ketbalt team and their fans. Mid-
night Madness is still more than
two weeks away. But for Cool Cat
hockey fans. Midnight Mayhem is
alive and well.

The UK hockey club begins its
10th season this weekend with two
games against Tennessee. Both to-
night's and tomorrow night's open-
ing faceoffs are set for midnight at
the Lexington lce Center.

After six weeks of practice and
numerous intrasquad scrimmages.
the UK Cool Cats finally will suit
up and play for real. With the
team's retum to the Southern Colle-
giate Hockey Association, UK once
again has a regular and post-season
title to shoot for.

“Playing for a southern champi-
onship is very important." said Cool
Cat general manager Mark Shupe.
“1 think it will help a lot as far as
the interest among students at UK."

As the team enters this season.
Shupe says he is impressed with the
team as a whole.

"The team looks very strong. a
lot stronger titan we thought this
summer," he said. “We don't have
any superstars like we did two or

three years ago. but we‘ve got more
depth than we've ever had."

The players also are optimistic
about their chances this year. With
a fttli roster of 19 skaters. compared
to 12 last season. team morale is
high.

“I think we're ready for (UT) be-
cause the extra practice compared
to last year really helped us out."
said Chris Boyd, one of UK's of-
fensive leaders last season.

“The team's got a better mentali-
ty. We're skating and passing a lot
better than last year, and I think the
team as a whole is more together."

Team co—captain Art Wickson is
entering his fourth year for UK. He
called this year's squad “the most
well-rounded team since l've been
here.

"They're a great bunch of guys.

and we've got a lot more size than
in years past"
The Volunteer teams that UK has
faced in the past may not give them
any indication of what to expect
this weekend.

“I expect Tennessee will have a
much better team than the one we
saw two years ago." Shupe said.

“We're used to beating them by
five or 10 goals a game. Their pro-
gram's improved a lot. and they've
got a new manager who's done a lot
of recruiting."

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as Va. Tech comes to town

 

By Brett Dawson
Staff Writer

 

Did you ever have one of those
weeks when nothing seemed to go
your way? You know. if it wasn‘t a
bad hair day. then your socks didn't
match?

UK men's soccer coach Sam
Wooten is having one of those sea-
sons.

If it isn't a lack of scoring goals
by the offense. it‘s the defense at-
lowing them in bunches, so it
seems.

Such was the case on Wednesday
night. when the Wildcats scored
three goals in a game for the first
time since a 4-3 victory over Xavier
on Sept 8. but still lost to Evans-
ville 4- 3. allowing four goals for

the second consecutive outing.

The problem for the Cats all sea-
son has been a lack of finishing
near the goal, but on Wednesday,
UK connected on three of the eight
shots on goal.

The problem was that Evansville
got off 10 shots. and they managed
to send four of them into the net.

Evansville got on the board first.
scoring at the 6:29 mark. and it
wasn’t until the 44:32 mark that the
Cats tied the score 1-1 on a tap-in
by sophomore stopper Pat Gcrak

The Purple Aces and the Cats
continued to trade goals in the sec-
ond half. With Evansville holding a
2-1 lead, Gerak scored his second
goal with a header over the Evans-
ville goalie.

Evansville later took a 3- 2 lead
before UK senior striker Greg Kotz-

bauer netted a rebound off tlte post
that tied the game at 3-3.

Evansville got the last laugh.
however. when lan Eggleston
kicked in a shot in the air at the
82:31 mark of the game to finish
off the Cats' victory hopes.

Evansville picked up just its third
win of the season against 10 losses.
while UK dropped to 4—7-2.

It doesn't get any easier for UK
this weekend as the team returns
home to take on Virginia Tech on
Sunday at 1 pm. at Cage Field.

Virginia Tech comes into the
gamewitha7-4reccrd.andthe
Hokies average just more than three
goals per game. That number is
more than double the 1.5 goals per
game the Cats have scored this sett-

Lady Kats hope to Ace Evansville

 

By Doc Purcell
Staff Writer

The UK women‘s soccer team
hasn't been experiencing the most
spectacular season this fall. But at
7-6 overall, the Lady Kats still have
a chance to salvage successful year.

Perhaps the key to the Kats‘
prominence lies in Sunday‘s match-
up with with Evansville at UK's
Cage Field.

The Lady Kats. who will end a
six-game bomestand this weekend.
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Aces could be pivotal in their five
remaining contests.

“lt‘ 5 real important because we
play our last home game for about a
week, so we want to take to the
road with a good result.” UK head
coach Warren Lipka said.

As the Lady Kats enter what
could be the most critical stretch of
their season, Lipka says an impres-
sive performance now will lift the
his team to the level it has been
striving for.

“Our goal this year was to better
our record last year of 8-10-1.
Now, we're 7-6 with six matches
remaining tmtil the (Southeastern
Conference) tournament. so we are

 

in good position to reach our goal
and better our record." he said.

While Evansville brings an unint—
pressive 4-6-2 mark into the meet-
ing. Lipka insists the Purple Aces
have been impressive for a first-
year program and that his Kats
can't afford to overlook anyone.

“They‘ve had some good results
against some quality tearrts." he
said.

“Every team is good that we
play." Lipka said. “Everyone is ca-
pable of beating everyone else on a
given day. It's just a matter of the
better school that shows up that
day.”

Certainly. the Kats have a superi-
or record and are playing in familiar
surroundings. but Lipka stresses
that EvansviUe can be imposing.

Headlined by the powerful scor-
ing duo of Stephanie Hartong and
Lana Hankiens, who have com-
bined for six goals and nine assists
on the year. Evansville will force
the Kats to play their defensive
game plan to near perfection, Lipka
said.

“We have to come out and play
well defensively and ease into our
attack." he said.

 

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1,500 tickets
remain for
LSU game

By Ty Helptn
Sports Editor

 

 

Do you have a ticket to to-
morrow's football game?

Well. if you don’t, there
are plenty left.

UK Director of Adminis-
trative Services Rodttey
Stiles said 1.500 smdent tick-
ets are available for UK's
game against LSU tomorrow
night at 7 pm.

“1 don‘t know whether or
rtot students are waiting it out
to see what the weather will
be like," Stiles said. “We're
watching the Weather Chan-
rtel every hour to see if the
storms will cease."

Stiles said tickets are avail-
able for sections 104. NZ and
200.

”the UK football team. go-
ing after their third straight
Southeastern Conference vic-
tory. is 3-2 on the season.
LSU is 2-4 coming off a 58-3
loss at the hands of the Flori-
da Gators.

“We have more tickets left
for this game than we did for
the Florida and Ole Miss
games." Stiles said. "That‘s
kind of amazing considering
this team has played well in
its two prior games."

ln an incident at the Ole
Miss game. a woman was in-
jured by a thrown bottle. This
problem has been increasing-
ly larger of Commonwealth
Stadium security.

“I hope (low ticket distri-
bution) isn‘t from that inci-
dent." Stilcs said.

UK distributed notices with
student tickets warning them
against throwing objects in-
side the stadium. lf students
violate this policy. the notice
said. they will be prosecuted
and will be reprimanded by
the Dean of Students.

“We just want Common-
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UK football offense through the
halfway mark of the season is to of-
feratwistonanold Mae West line:

When they're good (see Ole
Miss). they're really good. But
when they're bad (see Indiana).
they‘re. uh. pretty bad.

While the defense consistently
has played well. the offense has
been at times of-

momentum for the stretch run.

Worst performance: Indiana.
Granted. Pookie Jones' injured an-
kle had a lot to do with this ugly af-
fair. but there is still no excuse for
34 yards total rushing.

If the past five quarters have
showed how successful the Stack-l
can be. the Hoosier game showed
how scary it can be. The only other
performance that even comes close
was the stagnation of the second
and third quarters against South
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be an adventure.

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dictable half-year
that the offense
has been through:

Beet perfor-
rmnce: Not just one game. but rath-
er a five—quarter stretch from the
fourth period of the South Carolina
game through the entire Ole Miss
contest. UK rolled up 38 points
against two Southeastem Confer-
ence foes. including the Rebels' na-
tionally ranked defense.

Pitches have been perfect on the
option. passes have found the guts
of receivers and points have been
put on the board Luckily for the
Cats. these also happen to be the
past five quarters they have played.
which may provide some serious

Total

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Passing

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impressive and
valiant fill-in
against the Game-
cocks. there‘s no
5 doubt that coach
Bill Curry will
have Jones steer-
7 ing the ship the
rest of the way.
Most Surpris-
ing Player: (tie)
Moe Williams
Alfonzo
Browning. Everybody suspected
Williams would be good. Few
thought he'd be this good this early.
His 332 rushing yards are only 48
behind Terry Samuels' team~
leading total for all of 1992. And
Williams‘ 70~yard TD run against
FTorida was so impressive that no
one questions why he added an “e"
to the end of his first name.
Browning was much heralded out
of junior college last season but
didn‘t make much of an impact un-
til late in the year. This year he‘s
made a tremendous impact. espe-

 

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Passing
Total Offense

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cially on the defenders who try and
bring him down. which out of ne-
cessity often numbers two or three.
He figures to continue to be one of
the (Tats‘ main go-to guys.

Most Disappointing Player: (tie)
Samuels and Randy Wyatt. through
no fault of their own. With so many
options. offensive coordinator Daryl
Dickey can't seem to find many
ways to get the ball into their hands.
Ile should. The speedy Wyatt and
the sure-handed. beefy Samuels are
too good not to be used more often.

Most Improved Player: The en-
tire offensive line. Much maligned
and plagued by injuries, these

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players have improved as the season
has progressed and now are at full
strength. They defied nearly all
common sense by manhandling
Mississippi and can only get better.
barring injuries of cause.

Outlook: The Cats' attack was
clicking in its last one and a quarter
games. Tomorrow will tell whether
theoffweekhelpedorhurtthemo—
mentum. Of course. this is the same
LSU that surrendered 58 points to
Florida last week.

At 32. UK's mind is on going
bowling. If that is to happen. the of-
fense must continue throwing
strikes and stay out of the gutter.

Kicking game hasn’t found booty yet

 

By Brett Dawson
Staff Writer

 

\When Joe Montana's nagging in-
juries became something more than
nagging and he was forced to turn
over the reigns of the San Francisco
49ers to Steve Young, Young blos-
somed into one of the best quarter-
backs in the NFL.

But the Niners haven‘t seen a Su-
per Bowl since.

When the Atlanta Braves shipped
Dale Murphy to Philadelphia in the
twilight of his career. David Justice
moved to right field in Atlanta and
tried to fill the shoes of a legend.

The once-lowly Braves won three
consecutive National League West
championships.

That just goes to show you that
losing a key player affects different
teams in different ways.

So Doug Pelfrey wasn't Joe Mon-
tana or Dale Murphy. He was. how-
ever, arguably the finest place kick-
er in UK history.

Now Pelfrey kicks his footballs
for the Cincinnati Bengals and. as
evidenced by his five field goals
last Sunday. he's doing a pretty
good job of it.

But despite the fact that his alma

a

mater stands at 3-2. winning back-
to-back Southeastern Conference
games at the midway point of its
season. the Wildwts haven't found
replacing Pelfrey to be an easy task.

Junior Juha Leonoff has filled in
reasonably well. all things consid-
ered. Still. though. something's
missing.

Maybe it’s the fact that Leonoff is
0-3 when kicking from a distantx of
more than 30 yards, while Pelfrey
went 9-16 in that department his
senior season.

So maybe Leonoff can‘t send the
47 yard attempts rocketing through
the uprights like Pelfrey could. but
an improved offense means he
doesn‘t have to try them as often as
Pelfrey did. There's still a good
point or two to remember about Le-
onoff.

First of all. he hasn't missed an
extra point this season. In fact.
UK's only miss to this point was a
blocked attempt in the season open-
er against Kent

And let's not forget that Icon-
oft's field goal in the closing min-
utes against Florida wound up being
three seconds shy of the biggest
three points in the Bill Curry era.

That puts UK‘s placekicking situ-
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Puntin 4
Overal 5

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with perennial powers Georgia.
Mississippi State and Tennessee re-
maining on UK‘s schedule, long
field goal attempts late in the game
could play a major role in the sea-
son‘s second half.

Then. of course. there's the punt-
ing situation.
Despite the fact that Nicky Nick-

els sent one 68 yards against India-
na. UK’s punting has been inconsis-

 

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tent thus far.

Surprisingly. the Cats have punt-
ed more often. on average, than
they did last year. Punts per game
are up from just more than five to
exactly six (30 ptmts in five
games).

UK is averaging 38.8 yards per
punt. which is almost exactly the
sametotalaslastseasonandranks
three yards below the average in
1991.

UK‘s punting was at its worst
against Kent. when the Cats aver-
aged only 32.8 yards per punt. with
its longest at only 39 yards. The av-
erage improved only to 37.2 against
Florida and remained below 40
yards per punt against South Caroli-
na

This facet of the kicking game
may be on the way up. however.
Junior Dan Ariza replaced Nickels
at the top spot on the depth chart
prior to UK's 21-0 victory over Ole
Miss.

Ariza punted only twice against
Mississippi. but he was consistent.
sending one 49 yards and the other
42. That constituted a 45.5 yard av-
erage. which stands as UK‘s highest
this season.

 

By Eric Moselgo
Staff Writer

Welcome to the world of LSU
football coach Curley Hallrnan.

Last weekend. his team gave new
meaning to the term Gator-bait as it
wm humiliated on national televi-
sion by Haida 58-3.

Still dazed by the humbling de-
feat. Hallman's Tigers wiu face the
resurgent UK Wildcats at Common-
wealth Stadium tomorrow at 7 pm.

As the wins have slowed to a
trickle in Baton Rouge. Tiger fans
have been vocal in their criticism of
Hallrnan and the program. In the
football-crazed land of the bayou.
compassion for a coach whose team
is viewed as substmdard is scarce.

For poof. just ask UK «fensive
coordinator Mike Archer. who was
forced out as head coach at LSU
following the 1990 season.

Calling this year‘s Tiger squad
mediocre may be kind. LSU (2-4. I-
3) has lost by more than three
touchdowns in each of its fora loss-
es. The Florida debacle was simply
the nadir of an abysmal season

Trying m pull the Tigers out of
their funk is a daunting task for

 

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Archer’s deferE; writing UK book

 

By Ty Haipin
Sports Editor

 

When Charles Dickens wrote
Great Expectations. he probably
wasn't thinking of a football field.
UK defensive coordinator Mike
Archer. on the other hand. did have
the gridiron in mind when he com-
posed his 43 defense.

Although expectations were not
high at the beginning of the season
for the UK de-
fense. which was
last in the South-
eastern Confer-
ence last year. it
has come up big.

The Cat defense
is on pace to pro-
duce the best sta-
tistics since Bill
Curry's arrival.

Secondary:
Everyone knew
senior Many
Moore, who led
the SEC in tackles
each of the past
two seasons.
would do the job.
But no one ex-
pecte