Jayhawks and Irish set to open the 1999 season in the Robinson Classic Notre Dame will open the 1999 season by playing host to Kansas in the second Eddie Robinson Classic on Aug. 28. It will be the first time the Irish and Jayhawks have met since 1938, and the Aug. 28 season opener is the earliest in Notre Dame history. The classic benefits the Eddie Robinson Foundation and honors the former Grambling coach who retired after 55 years following the 1997 season. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998 with a career mark of 408-165-15 and won more games than any coach in college football history. Bucs take steps to get improved play from Dilfer . . . they promote Christensen to QB coach Tampa Bay may be making the last effort to make Trent Dilfer a top-flight starter. The Buccaneers have added a quarterback coach for the first time in the four-year tenure of Tony
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