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usker 's Petersen Faces Thankless Thanksgiving Task
Oklahoma's Bob Craig
and Nebraska's Kelly Peter
sen will be the turkeys of
the Big Eight come Thanks
giving Day when the two
find themselves in the same
position as that fowl right
in the center of things
at Thursday's Oklahoma
Nebraska clash here.
They are two of that ob
scure football breed called
offensive linemen and their
job Thursday, while those in
a national television audi
ence stuff themselves with
the traditional victuals of
the day, will be to keep
from being stuffed, too,
stuffed into their own back
fields. You see, after Craig and
Petersen eat their meal of
the day, they'll become of
fensive centers again, and,
as such, will be nose to nose
ogainst two of the nation's
best collegiate football play
ers, Wayne Meylan of Ne
braska and Granville Lig
gins of Oklahoma.
Rood
Awakening
Maybe we could imagine
like at the turn of the century if the Bugeaters were of
fered a bowl bid.
Several gentlemen doffing bowlers would probably stroll
into the Coliseum late in the season and offer the team
a bowl spot. Contrast that to the hordes of bowl observers
that flock around the country. Every bowl, from the Rose
to the Bluebonnet, has a committee of gentlemen, who by
some dubious distinction are experts on football. They show
up earlier every season.
The whole effect of bowl pressure is not reserved for
football's elite. Every year there are more bowls . . .and
more teams affected by those portly gentlemen strolling
around the press box.
As far as the teams are concerned, bowl pressure can't
help but distract players from their regular schedule.
Worse than that, the bowl syndrome is another injec
tion of money and pressure into big-time football. This
writer feels there is too much of that already.
There is a point where publicity and rah-rah can hurt
a football team . . . and the university it represents.
Not saying this is the case yet at Nebraska. All the
undesirable overtones that seem to come with a good foot
ball team's glory almost make a fella wish we would lose
a few . . . almost.
The NCAA has made rules for bowl procedures, like
everything else. Rather than threaten the schools, I think,
why not put some real clamps on overzealous bowl pro
moters But I don't suppose anyone would like that, what
with the prestige and money involved.
Coaches deny they or their teams are thinking ahead,
or that any bowl commitments have been made before
the prescribed date.
As this is written, no news on bowl play for Nebraska
is available other than the last week's talk of the Sugar
Bowl with Alabama. Bob Devaney has said he would rather
wait until the end of the week to announce any bowl game.
You can be sure the "unofficial official" confirmation
that Nebraska will play Alabama in New Orleans or some
other combination, will be announced during the week.
Coach Devaney probably remembers Nebraska's last
regular season loss. It was 19 wins ago in Norman, when
the Huskers fell, 17-7. Maybe it wasn't the bowl pressure
that time.
Oklahoma had a great team that never jelled . . .
except for that day.
- This time, it's different. Oklahoma has a good team,
not a great team. Nebraska has another top team.
So I see it the first in Norman since 1960 by NE
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In the game, Meyland and
Liggins are appropriately
called nose guards. They
are generally regarded as
the two best players in the
Big Eight. All the adjec
tives used in describing su
per linemen size, quick
ness, strength, power, etc.
have been tacked to this
pair.
It will be up to Craig and
Petersen to be nose guards
of a sort, too guard their
own olfactory organs and
the projecting points of their
backfield teammates. Those
two varmits squaring off in
front of them haven't been
described as "the fifth
backs in motion" because
they are dancing the 97th
movement.
How do the offensive good
guys see the villains and
bow do they each plan to
attack their something-special
opponent?
"The fact that Meylan is
so good at so many things
presents special problems,"
what it would have been
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begins Craig, who weighs
in at 204 and will be giv
ing up over 30 pounds. "For
one thing, he has big, strong
arms and can throw you
around.
"He also Ifas exceptional
movement for his size. He's
real quick along the line,
he fights off blockers very
well, and has a nose for the
ball," adds Craig, knowing
full well he's got a major
primary responsibility
that of getting the ball to
Bob Warmack, Sooner quar
terback, before he begins
his attack on the Husker
All-Amerioan candidate.
Meylan's ability is a mat
ter of record for Craig to
study he's tallied 71 tack
les (35 unaided and mainly
on the unsuspecting quarter
backs with a strong pass
rush), recovered a fumble,
batted down a pair of
passes and blocked three
punts, two of them for
touchdowns.
I'll just have to concen
Sooners, Unbeaten NU To Battle
Before
By Bob Flasnick
Sports Editor
Nebraska's Big Eight
champions must make one
more regular season trip
this week to Norman, Okla.,
before deciding what they
will pack for a bowl jaunt,
pre-supposing a statement
is made today concerning
the Huskers' post season
plans.
A nationwide ABC televi
sion audience will have the
opportunity this Thursday to
fill its face with turkey and
its eyes with full, living co
lor football in the second
straight Nebraska-Oklahoma
Thanksgiving Day foot
ball game. The Husker and
Sooner bands will be on
hand to add to the Turkey
Day festivities.
In 1964, the last time the
Huskers played in Norman,
the Sooners upset Nebras
ka's hopes for an undefeated
season, 17-7. That 10-point
setback is the only regular
season loss the Huskers
have suffered to date in
the last three seasons. The
Sooners are in a similar
spoilers position this week.
"I vividly recall how
Oklahoma swooped down on
us like hawks diving at
field mice two years ago to
ruin our perfect season,"
eloquently states Husker de
fensive end Langston Cole
man concerning that fate
ful game two Novembers
ago.
Coleman, along with
quarterback Bob Churchich
and safety Larry Wachholtz
were the only three sopho
mores to start against the
Sooners in 1964, so Thurs
day's game may have spe
cial significance to them.
Oklahoma so far has
dropped two conference
games, which puts them out
of contention. The first was
Don't just sit there,
Wallace Middendorp.
Make a noise. Or drink
Sprite, the
noisy soft
drink.
What did you do
when Joe (Boxcar)
Brkczpmluj was
kicked off the
football team Just
because he flunked
six out of four of
his majors? What
did you do, Wallace
Middendorp?
And when the
school newspaper's
editors resigned in
protest because The Chancellor wouldn't allow the
publication of certain salacious portions of
"Night
I1- you Just sat, didn't you?
I You've made a mockery of your
jf0"' I life, Wallace Middendorp!
O TTJl I You're a vegetable.
1 - I Protest. Wallaca Uiddandnrn.
SPJ1TE. SQ TARI
iflfi TINGLING,
WE JUST COULDN'T
KEEP IT QUIET.
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The Daily
trate on getting off on the
ball and staying low so he
can't shove me around so
easily," says Craig, a jun
ior from McAlester, Okla
homa, as he begins to chart
his Sooner survival sheet.
Noting that the Oklaho
mans use a different type
of block, the scramble tac
tic, and this might be a
help, Craig echoed: "I cer
tainly hope it is!
''In the couple of films
I've seen, the opponents
have tried to butt Meylan
out of there. Our scramble
block compensates some
what for lack of size. You
try to get to your opponent
real quick and tie him up."
But, being realistic about
it all, Craig continues with:
"You don't try to horse him
out of there! I certainly
can't match his strength,
but I hope the scramble
gives me a better chance
against him. I'm not near
ly as big and strong as he
is."
ationwide TV Audience
a 24-21 setback at Colorado
and the second was in their
last outing, 10-7 against
Missouri. A 52-yard field
goal late in the game by
Missouri was the deciding
margin.
"The name of the game
is football and they had a
better foot than we did,"
explained Sooner coach
Jim MacKenzie after the
Missouri game. "Their kick
ing game beat us every
which way. Neither team
moved the ball very well.
It was a defensive game
and the kicking was the
difference. They also kicked
that 52-yard field goal,"
added MacKenzie.
If the Sooners are forced
to kick often this Thursday,
they have one of the
league's best punters in
Tom Stidham. Stidham is
second in the Big Eight
with a 42.5-yard average
based on 40 punts. Nebras
ka's Joe Armstrong ranks
fifth in the league, punting
43 times for a 37.9-yard av
erage. Two of the league's best
return men will be on hand
in Norman Thursday to re
turn the opposition's punts.
Nebraska's Wachholtz has
Spirit Rally
Held Today
Miss Jan Donnan, Tas
sels' assistant rally chair
man, urges all students
to participate in the field
house rally to be held at
2:30 this afternoon for Ne
braska's undefeated foot
ball team. Students j
should meet at the Caril
lon Tower at 2:20 before
taking part in the rally.
WALLACE MIDDENDORP SAT HERE
In a Girl's Dormitory"
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Take a stand. Make a noisel
Or drink Sprite, the noisy soft
drink.
Open a bottle of Sprite at
the next campus speak-out. Let
it fizz and bubble to the
masses.
Let its lusty carbonation
echo through the halls of ivy.
Let its tart, tingling
exuberance infect the crowd
with excitement.
Do these things, Wallace
Middendorp. Do these things,
and what big corporation is
going to hire you?
Mt'lTfBtO rim-NiM
Nebraskan
Physically, Liggins, who
has hampered all year by
a slow-healing ankle injury
and still not back to full po
tential, is not a Meylan. He's
a little shorter and 30
pounds lighter at 208.
Craig, who was the pre-
Kelly Petersen
returned more punts than
anyone in the Big Eight for
an average of 10.3 yards in
29 carry-backs.
The Sooners' Eddie His
ton has galloped for a 29.1
yard average with eight
punts. He also leads Okla
homa's rushing average ta
ble with a 4.9 yard aver
age in 41 carries and has
25 pass receptions for 293
yards. Other chief Sooner
ball carriers are Jim Jack
son with 426 yards in 91 at
tempts and Ron Shotts with
304 yards on 94 carries.
Nebraska's Harry Wilson
has gained more yards than
any Sooner this year, car
rying the ball 119 times for
578 yards and a 4.6-yard av
erage. The Huskers other
two leading ground gainers
are Ben Gregory (315 yards)
and Pete Tat man (396
yards).
The league's two most ac
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season sparring mate of
Liggins, describes his team
mate as "more than excep
tionally quick he's so
-quick, he can jump around
the center and make the
tackle from the back side."
Sooner faithfuls call Lig
gins the quickest guard
ever to play at Oklahoma.
I'll say this about Lig
gins," begins Petersen, the
national lineman of the
week after his great block
ing performance in the
Huskers' 35-0 win over Mis
souri, "he was tougher than
hell last year. I certainly
know I didn't play my best
game of the year against
Oklahoma, and it wasn't be
cause I wasn't trying Lig
gins was just a better play
er than I was that day."
Unlike his snapping col
league at Oklahoma, Peter
sen won't be giving up any
weight to Liggins. Fact is,
Liggins will be giving up
curate passers will also be
a feature of the Thanksgiv
ing game. Nebraska's Bob
Churchich leads the Big
Eight in accuracy with a
.560 percentage on 159 at
tempts. OU's Bob Warmack
is one place behind Church
ich, hitting 49 of 91 attempts
for a .538 percentage.
Gridders To Vie
For 1M Crown
Phi Delta Theta will face
the Mousers Monday after
noon to decide the All-University
intramural football
championship.
The Mousers beat Glenn,
7-6, last Friday to decide
the University independent
championship. Phi Delta
Theta is the University fra
ternity champion.
Today's game will be at
4:40 p.m. on east campus.
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about 15 pounds to Petersen
who checks in at 223. Peter
sen doesn't figure that will
mean much, though.
"His greatest asset Is his
outstanding speed," says the
Husker pivot, a native Ne
braskan from Cozad. "He
gets around a center so
much quicker than some of
the other middle guards."
Getting warmed up about
his main menace for Thurs
day, Petersen notes: "One
thing Liggins seems to do
is really crowd the ball. He
likes to play the center's
nose about as close as any
one could. He really lines
up tight."
That makes for one thing
a match of quickness and
Petersen expects such a
confrontation. "I'l just have
to move a little quicker and
ge a little more alert than
has been necessary against
some other nose guards,"
says Petersen.
"And, I may have to get
In 96-46 Rout . .
Varsity Blasts Frosh
How many basketball
teams trail 49-19 at the half
time and know that their
schools are happy about it?
This was the plight of the
Nebraska freshman squad
Saturday evening when they
suffered a 96-46 blasting
from the Husker varsity.
The reason the crowd of
nearly 3,500 was not un
happy about the outcome
was that owner of the 96
points was the NU varsity,
hopeful contenders for the
Big Eight conference cham
pionship. Four of the varsity reg
ulars hit the double columns
office for a fitting.
Welcome
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Monday, November 21, 1966
some help from a few other
linemen," he frankly adds.
"We've got a great mid
dle guard In Meylan," Pe
tersen appraises. "I've got
the same respect for L i g
gins. As far as I'm con
cerned, the Big Eight has
the two best middle guards
in the country."
Few argue.
"Both are great football
players," says Iowa State's
Clay Stapleton. "Liggins
might be a little quicker
and Meylan might be a lit
tle stronger. Tell you what,
if I had both of them, I'd
find a way to use both at
the same time."
Surest point, though, is
that Petersen and Craig are
sure happy Stapleton, or
Oklahoma, or Nebraska,
don't have both to contend
with at one time suppose
they'll be giving their
thanks Thursday for that?
.
in scoring. Willie Campbell
recorded 17, Stuart Lantz
totaled 14, and Nate Branch
and Tom Baack each had
10.
Jim Damm and Roger
Leitner both hit for 9, as
did high-scoring freshman
Tom Scantlebury. Damm
was the varsity Husker add
ed to returning four starters
Campbell, Lantz, Branch
and Baack.
The regulars saw action
in only about half of the
game as coach Joe Cipri
ano substituted for the vet
erans after the first 10 min
utes of activity.
