College Report

Squibs

Does anybody understand what's going on in the wacky Southwest Conference? Just when Baylor seemed to have established itself as the league's best team, doggone if Rice doesn't go into Waco and hand the Bears their first loss, 20-17. "I don't even know when the last win like this was," said the Owls' coach. Fred Goldsmith. And guess who is now leading the league? None other than Arkansas, which beat woeful Houston, the preseason Southwest Conference favorite, 29-17 and now stands 3-0 in its final season in the conference. The Razorbacks join the SEC next year....

By beating Michigan State 45-28 in East Lansing, Michigan completed its revenge of all three teams that the Wolverines lost to last season (the others were Notre Dame and Iowa)....

Tip of the Hat Dept.: Cincinnati, which was taken to task by some observers (blush) after its 81-0 loss to Penn State, now has won two in a row—a 30-7 upset of Louisville two weeks ago and a 38-19 defeat of Kent State on Saturday....

And while we're congratulating underdogs, how about Kansas State, which is off to its best start (4-1) since 1969? Unfortunately, the Wildcats' 16-12 win over Kansas last Saturday was tarnished when winning coach Bill Snyder lashed out at reporters for not giving his team the respect he thinks it deserves. "When they do something decent, give them credit for it, will you?" he growled. Lighten up, coach. After all, Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma are coming up on the next three Saturdays....

When Missouri visited Colorado for the first meeting of the teams since last year's controversial game in which the Buffaloes scored the winning TD on a fifth down, a couple of Missouri fans ran through the stadium carrying a sign saying cu TAKHS THE FIFTH. But this time the Tigers took the gas as Colorado won 55-7....

Trailing Wyoming 36-22 in the second half, Utah ripped off 35 consecutive points on the way to a 57-42 victory. The Utes, whose victory was their first at Laramie since 1972, had been averaging only 19.5 points a game.