mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (11/08/83)
I did not watch the seciond half of the NY-Det game last nite, but I heard a referee was knocked unconscious near the end of the fourth quarter. I also heard that a player was tossed out of the game. Was it an accident? Who was ejected? Did the ref continue to work the game? Did he lose some teeth? I hope someone can shed some light on this. One more thing. Saturday I heard Rich King of WBBM Newsradio78 say that an ambulance had been driven onto the field during the Oklahoma-Missouri game. The Sunday Chgo Trib sports section didn't mention anything about who was hurt, or how bad. Does anyone on the net know anything about it? Mike Clifford ihuxb!mcal
walsh@ihuxi.UUCP (11/08/83)
Yup, the referee got a mouthful of somethin' he didn't want! (An elbow) His mouth was bloodied, but no flying teeth that I know of. He valiently continued to ref. I believe it was No. 64 on the Lions (don't know the name). He was thrown out, because he had started to tangle and when the ref tried to stop him he got it. I don't think it was intentional, however. Sorry, don't know about the OK-Missouri game. B. Walsh
delong@uiucuxc.UUCP (11/10/83)
#R:ihuxb:-42000:uiucuxc:12700002:000:449 uiucuxc!delong Nov 9 19:14:00 1983 Dick Jorgensen, the referee, was flatened by a forearm to the face by a Detroit player. It appeared to me that the player was trying to forearm one of the Giant players and missed. He got Jorgensen straight in the mouth. Jorgensen is from the Champaign-Urbana area(University of Illinois). What's interesting is that he is president of a local bank. He sure has a great hobby. I haven't read tonights paper to see if he still has his front teeth.
rob@uokvax.UUCP (11/14/83)
#R:ihuxb:-42000:uokvax:9700001:000:1300 uokvax!rob Nov 12 22:03:00 1983 Spencer Tillman, redshirt freshman running back for OU, was the injured player. His neck was injured and they were taking extra precautions with him. (Partially due to the fact OU is actually a little low in the number of running backs it has, and Marcus DuPree's exit didn't help any). It turns out he just had a sprained neck or something like that -- it wasn't too serious. He was suited up this Saturday for the OU-Colorado game, but didn't play. BTW, another redshirt freshman running back named Earl Johnson just broke Marcus DuPree's freshman running record (at OU, set last year) in the game against Colorado today. Not too bad, with two regular season games to go. (Please, no cracks about him possibly getting negative yards against Nebraska) Also, I'm all in favor of a net.sport.hoops (or something). I guess Playboy (see earlier article listing b-ball top 20) doesn't realize we got another incredible crop of freshmen at OU to complement last year All-American (first time for a freshman) Wayman Tisdale! One of the freshmen in named Darrel (sp?) Kennedy who out-scored Wayman in a scrimmage about 2 weeks ago... Anyway, look for OU to make its way into the top 20. --Robert (too bad the TCU Hornfrogs couldn't hold out vs. UT) Yen ...!ctvax!uokvax!rob