European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 meddling alums killing football Mike Rabun fort Worth Texas up there Are actually a scattered few around who remember when College football was fun Back in the Days before people with big Money took Over. It used to be the schools with the big Gest linebackers and fastest quarterback won. Now it is the schools with the most arrogant alumni. Their Wallis Are thick their is greed enormous and heir respect for the game nonexistent. They have multiplied throughout the land and they Are in the process of killing College  coaches and school presidents seem powerless 10 Stop them and then Caa allows them to spread their loot without being identified even when they arc caught. Fingers Are again being pointed a Southern methodist University which is the Mcaa s favorite whipping  the Mcaa feels a Tittle Low it seeks out the Mustangs and yanks away some scholarships an television Money. But every now and then the Power brokers ilex their egos in ways other than opening their wallets and one of those ways is currently being demonstrated at the University of  Texas Long oms showed up in fort Worth last saturday to apply their annual drubbing to Texas Christian thu of course has had its share of problems with alumni who played by their own  year ago oilman Dick Lowe and up prune Texas coach Fred alters. Target of longhorn backers milled distributing Cash to various to players including standout running Back Kenneth Davis. Thu coach Jim Wacker promptly kicked Davis and the other of fenders off the team and the Horne frogs immediately started losing games instead of  that was old news when thu and Texas met before an intimate gathering of leu than 18,000 saturday. The scoreboard was not particularly significant although tent wound no rolling Over the frogs for the  tune 45-16.of major interest we the Job Security of Fred Akers who a coached the Texas Long oms since Darreu Royal re tired in 1977.from the Start of the season the word through the College underground was that Akers was through. An influential former player based in Houston supposedly wanted him fired a did another big time Backer in  rumours were vague but menace  in t anything i can do about it Aken said repeatedly As the season began to unfold. All i can do is try to get us ready to play the next  first year Aken oos Contd Al Texas his team was unbeaten during the regular season. The longhorn pm the National championship on new year Day in he Cotton bowl against notre Dame. Three years ago the Long oms again went to the Cotton bowl with an unbeaten record Only to lose to Georgia. 10-9.that loss also Cost Texas a National title. If Aken had two National championships to his credit firing him would be a Little difficult Akers record against Southwest con Ference opposition reads thus i pm against Rice 10-0 against thu 1 against Houston 2 against Texas tech,3 against Arkansas 3 against sum 3 against Baylor and 4 against Texas amt with the Victory Over thu Akers coaching record is 86-29-2, a 74 percent winning rate. Only two coaches in the history of the Sec have had a higher percentage Francis Schmidt at a Kansas we thu in the i9203ui and Royal. This year Only two non Contact penalties have kept the longhorns fro being unbeaten in conference play. An announcement concerning Ake Smight have already been made had the Long oms been eliminated in the so championship Chase. Now however if Texas wins its last two games it will go Lothe Cotton bowl and what will the alumni do then there has been a Rumor a Day on the Texas Campus. One of the Mosi recent ones suggests that school president or. William Cunningham is so upset Withie idea that alumni can control what goes on at the school that he might Sav eakers Job. What a daring step thai would be. A school president might Actu ally play a role in things. Two years after Royal left coaching Totake up full time residence on the Gall course of his Choice he summed up his decision to leave the profession Wilh one phrase you Don t know How great it is to go to bed at night without thinking about sleeping dumb  these Days it would be Nice if a fool Ball coach could go to bed without think ing about a bleeping knife in his  As Long As the Rich and powerful want to treat College football As their Personalty Wilhour regard to education or Char Acter development there is Little Hope of peaceful sleep. Cyanide and Star wars How to counter the death penalty by George Vecsey new York not there was an emergency meeting sunday at Sunbelt state University regarding the latest scandal in College football. We must avoid what has happened at Southern methodist University evidence that athletes look illegal Money and  said the  re already on probation and cant play in a bowl game said the athletic director if they re found guilt this time they can receive toe deals penalty from the Mcaa no football team for two  Alt fell sent fora moment thinking of the death penalty being applied to a school known for its  j-._1 i  t a that ,=.the chairman said i almost feel  sum. What self respecting millionaire is going to give Money to school with no football learn they won be Able Toscono it n Goa e As Many scholarships and have As Many  have to Cut Back on classes. The whole school could dwindle without football nobody   Tor How can we be surer asked the president his voice quavering. Nobody paid any attention to Maryland until ten Kasai a of an overdose and now lefty dense Misoul  Icedora Publio a tic Rampert. I m just an old English teacher trying Tomish Oulrey tract Don  . Too Kii off the Booster said we needed a Token scholar the top and we be paid you Well we be Ahvay Suky Romlo Iowie weit we were doing but listen tort kid at sum passed a lick Detector test saying he commentary received Cash. A  an assistant coach had written month envelopes. That just Sloppy.  Sunbelt slate. No boosters in the locker room after game handing Pashto players no phony jobs find alumni. We launder jobs through business contacts. The Cash arrives in Brown bags no fingerprints the chairman but the employed. The  scholar athlete As the television announcers Call them. They must know what s  boys Are clean the coach blurted. I keep telling them College football is the american Way of life. The lessons they learn on the Gridiron will carry them to Success All their  chairman yawned and said you re not in television Boss. Just talk , we do have a slight problem Wilh loyalty the coach agreed. We have to assure them the extra Money incoming or they la go somewhere else. Those other schools will Stop at nothing. We try to recruit kids who won squeal and in return we get pm a degree if they show up for classes. But there s always the Guy who got Hurt an lost Bis scholarship or the one who starts singing Lite a Canary when his eligibility runs  Don twang trend unlike sum facing Thedeth penal ,"saidthecbaiiman."we vegot1odosomeihmg."with that he opened a closet revealing a muscular Man in a Khaki uniform with a knife in a Sheath pistol lucked into his Bell and a bristly Mustache. Let me introduce col South class of 1960," the chairman said. He s been working for the government on a few overseas missions but things Are a Little hot right now so he s got some free  the colonel s eyes were blazing. It used Lomakema mad to always lose to the big time schools when i was Here the colonel said. I m glad to see we re on the right track now. We need to escalate the game a Little like i did Wilmy Guys. Tell pm that the regulatory bodies and the elected Public officials and the press Are against  be got to make the players believe they Are on a lifelong Mission against the  coach looked a Little  mean notre Dame and Penn stale and Miami he  " the colonel said our enemy is them. Every body Well go to Boot Camp and teach the player loyalty for life. Thai s the american  but we can Only give them Money and houses an cars for five years the Booster said. Then we be got to pay the next class. How do we keep them Loyal when the paychecks run out patriotism South said. If a reporter gels her backed against the Wall and starts asking questions we give them a Little cyanide Pill to  coach was clearly fascinated with col. South. He asked excuse me sir but what happens if the won t take a cyanide Pili the colonel Drew the blinds and whispered this Stop secret but some of my colleague Are developing a laser beam that connects with a tiny Chip you Plant inthe player when he thinks he s having his knee scoped. One Zap of the laser beam and i memory is shot forever. We Call this project football Star wars " the president leaned Over to the chairman an whispered this Guy is a Lunatic. Cyanide pills for football players laser beams i m afraid we re in this too deep to Slop now the chairman said. Besides we be got a Good shot a being no. I Axel  table Lull a Pii a ii pc of Csc a sex Grid Star Layne critical following surgery or Hhd  saturday to Stop he Layne had gone to Michigan to attend Lions. Lose also b a member of the pro Lubbock Texas a Bobby is jul Uius lower oesophagus Hii a Detroit Lions alumni party. He was to football had of Fame Layne the Hall of Fame was a have presented a oaf Vwalker his proves Layne and Walker played on lion who led the Detroit Lions to three Fri. It. C.,.-,., bit the ,.,  Hall of Fame ring last learns that won the nil championships Ayne in Detroi three item in the 19sfc, was � lion sunday at me Hodut a capital Carol Layne said saturday night thai her husband was doing Well and thai ail of intensive. Psst Hibb Rusaw i  a Floc Presente Doit Tiu i u jwi.tlional football l ring t sunday at halftime of the Detroit Minnesota game. Layne and Walker were boyhood friends and played together at Highland Park High school in Dallas and with the Lions. Layone also b a member of the pro football n. Lay team t the s in 1952, 1953 and 1957. Layne also played with the Chicago bears the new York bulldogs and the Pittsburgh steel Era in a 15-year professional career. He retired in 1962