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The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, November 17, 1967
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I Running Game Threatens Huskers . . .
1 By MARK GORDON
Sports Editor
Probably the easiest and most efficient way to determ
ine the victor of Saturday's Nebraska-Missouri clash at
Columbia would be to flip a coin.
Both squads are evenly matched in almost all phases
of the game and both offer decisive styles of play.
Overall, both squads stand 6-2 and in Big Eight play,
they own identical 3-2 records and are currently tied for
the loop's fourth spot.
v Defensively, they have both allowed 52 points for a
dead even 6.6 average allowance and both have identical
outcomes against common league foes.
' The Huskers and Tigers are battling each other in
all defensive categories as they rank one and two in Big
Eight rushing defense and total defense and two and three
m passing defense. . ........
-- Offensively, where Missouri's ground minded club holds
a 25 yard average per game lead over Nebraska, the Hus
kers sport a 91 yard passing edge per game over the
Dan Devine's Columbia crew is dead last in all phases
of the passing game-a part of football that even coach
Woody Hayes at Ohio State University has finally de
cided is a necessity if teams are to survive in todays
collegiate football wars. n
The Tigers have thrown fewer times than all con
ference teams with 92 tosses, they own the least comple
tions with 29 for 372 yards. clnB
The Columbia men are averaging only 46.5 passing
en'rNebraska keys on the Tiger rushing attack,
which they presumably will, Tiger fullback Barry Lischner
will be troublesome. 4l .
Tho fi'l" 200-DOUnd senior IS currently u.c "t."-
V, ioHinff rusher averaging 3.8 yards per carry
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lso,u""??r:"n fiarv Kombrink have
counT ataost Kd of Missouri's 118 points with
Kw Joint production split evenly between the two.
So take your pick-Nebraska's national-leading to
tal defensive crew with its shaking offense against Mis
Suri's rough and rugged defense which is almost on even
terms with the Huskers but without a passing game.
WeU stick with Nebraska because of its more potent
passing game, which is almost a must in today's i football.
? Our fearless prognostications aren't quite as odheart
lv as some of our critics contend-we have picked all
Ig Eight games 100 per cent correctly for two consecutive
weeks now.
OKLAHOMA STATE OVER IOWA STATE: What
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By MARK GORDON
Sports Editor
Missouri has thrown the
ball only 92 times in eight
games for a mere 46.5 yard
per game.
But the Tigers rely on a
strong running game, which
rates as the Big Eight's
runner-up attack and a rug
ged defense which clings to
the number two position in
both total defense and rush
ing defense.
The Tigers are rushing at
an average game output, of
211 yards and have allowed
52 points defensively, as has
Nebraska.
SCRAMBLER
MU's running game is
spearheaded by fullback
Barry Lischner, who is cur
rently pounding opposing
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will score their second league triumph.
OKLAHOMA OVER KANSAS: The Sooners are roL'mg
along merrily towards their first conference title since
1962 and Kansas will not stop them Saturday at Norman
Tht Tavhawks fell to Colorado last week and it will happen
Eweek by a wider margin than the Buffalo's four point
win at Boulder.
COLORADO OVER KANSAS STATE: The Buffaloes,
still with hopes for a piece of the loop title with their 4-2
record will close out their league schedule successfully
by upending Vince Gibson's fading Wildcats. Although the
Boulder men barely squeaked by the Kansas Jayhawks
last week 12-8, they are on the way back.
Our prayers have been answered. We received a letter
this week from Margaret Penney, president of the Nebras
ka Field Hockey Club. ....
We quote: "It is truly heartwarming to know that you
and your writers are aware of the value of and interest
in participation sports, such as women's field hockey and
soccer, as well as spectator sports." ,
. If all our readers were as devoted and concerned about
Nebraska's entire athletic program as this reader, the
Husker athletic program would definitely be improved.
We have heard comments about our coverage de
voted to the so called minor sports such as "soccer, in
tramural teams and cross-country."
To those of you who feel anything less than a World
Series baseball game shouldn't even be mentioned, we feel
you should evaluate yourselves as sports fans.
Spring Sport Tickets
Available At Coliseum
By ED ICENOGLE
Friday afternoon again. Prime FAC
time and you aren't even going to Mis
souri. But if you think you are a dropout for
not dropping down to Columbia, think of
the poor NU Public Relations gents sweat
ing out the Oklahoma game.
For (bannish the thought) the mass
exodus of students for vacation and the
stay-at-home holiday atmosphere may
leave a number of empty seats in Mem
orial Stadium next Thursday.
PUBLIC IMAGE
There has been a number of sug
gestions for helping the University's pub
lic image by insuring a sell-out crowd for
the Thanksgiving football clash before the
TV camera:
Holding class next Thursday and
declaring Thanksgiving un-Nebras-kan
since it conflicts with football.
(The logic behind this, however, is
faulty. Everyone knows that the football
team is the thing we are all thankful for.)
THE BIG DEBATE
Boosting interest in the game by
promoting a debate between Governor
Tiemann and the Chancellor over the Gov
ernor's now famous and oft-applauded re
mark about academic freedom and the
right of people to say naughty things.
Offer a special halftime show of All
American Wayne Meylan fulfilling his am
bition to be a jet pilot by dropping na
palm on the Union booth where Dow is
recruiting.
Bus in all the state penitentiary
inmates to attend the game with the prom
ise of parole as a spirit trophy to t h e
loudest-yelling prisoner.
BLINDERS
Put blinders on the sides of the cam
era lens and glue the camera in posi
tion pointing at the field so it cannot pan
the stadium.
Since none of these alternatives
seem too sensible, Friday Afternoon Col
umn is suggesting another in the seeming
ly never-ending contests designed to prove
the true worth of Big Time Football.
The contest is called Big Red Atten
dance Troubles (BRAT), exemplifying the
true nature of the phenomenon of foot
ball in Nebraska.
Seriously, there is a lot to be said for
NU's obsession with the gridiron. It's just
that most of it can't be printed.
ATHLETES DELEMMA
Take, for example, the comments by
athletic trainer Paul Schneider at Wednes
day's Student Senate meeting. At that
time he pointed out the dilemma of ath
letics at the University..
When he came to the University in
1949, there were C,000 students and the
physical education facilities were ade
quate. Now there are three times the
students and the facilities have actually
decreased.
SOLUTIONS
Schneider urged action to meet the
recreational and physical needs of t h e
students. But he did not outline a strategy
for making the powers-that-be aware that
students are gaining knowledge (which is
a doubtful proposition) while their bodies
deteriorate.
FAC would like to offer two possible
solutions.
Suggestion 1: Retain Big Time Foot
ball, but do not use the profits for financ
ing the so-called minor sports that reach
only a very small percentage of the stu
dents. Instead use the money to build new
facilities for all students.
Suggestion 2: Require all students to
enter two or more activities on campus.
They will all get plenty of exercise run
ning the rat-race.
Alternate Suggestion 2B: Retain the
status quo. Wait for the student body to
get flabby. Hope for a massive heart at
tack to knock off said student body.
lines for a 3.8 average gain.
The league's fourth-leading
rusher has driven into
opposite front walls 143
times and has accumulated
542 yards.
Although quarterback
Gary Kombrink doesn't hold
the passing credentials as
the Husker's Frank Patrick,
the dangerous 510" 180
pound senior can scamper
long distances with the foot
ball. 75 YARD JAUNT
He has already scored on
a 75 yard touchdown jaunt
this season and is a threat
six points after the first
half intermission against all
eight crews.
COMPARISONS
By comparison, Missouri
dropped a 14 point decision
to Colorado, while Nebras
ka lost by 5.
The Tigers downed Iowa
State by 16; Nebraska won
by 12; against Kansas State
Missouri won by 22, while
Nebraska squeaked by 2
points and the Tigers beat
Oklahoma State by 7 while
Nebraska won by 9.
The 1:30 p.m. kickoff in
Columbia's Memorial Stadi
um is expected to draw a
capacity crowd of 55,000 in
cluding several thousand
Nebraskans on the annual
Cornhusker migration ex
cursion. CLOSE BATTLES
Although the Tigers hold
35-0 Nebraska trouncing be
fore a regional television
audience, Missouri has nev
er lost to a Bob Devaney
coached Nebraska crew by
more than nine points.
The Tigers won a 16-7 de
cision from Nebraska in De
vaney's first-Husker season,
but dropped a 13-12 game to
Nebraska in 1963, a 9-0 af
fair in 1964 and a 16-14
squeaker in 1965.
WINNINGEST COACHES
A year ago in Lincoln, the
Suss
KOMBRINK
whenever he has the ball.
While Nebraska will hold
a weight advantage over the
Tigers, no Husker will out
weigh MU's huge offense
left tackle Russ Washing
ton. The 6'6" mamouth 276
pound senior won honorable
mention All-American rec
ognition last year at defen
sive end and has paved the
way for Tiger runners on
the left side of the line this
year.
TOP RETURNER
The Tigers also own Rog
er Wehrli, a fleet defensive
halfback, who is currently
the league's leading kick
off returner with an aver
age runback of almost 35
yards.
He is also the loop's third
leading punt returner with
263 yards.
In outscoring foes 118-52,
Missouri has allowed just
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LISCHNER
a 32-25-3 lead in the series,
Nebraska has won the past
four meetings in close, hard
fought battles.
Disregarding last year's
WASHINGTON
Huskers unleashed a 33S
yard offensive showing
against the Tigers and easi
ly won as Missouri man
aged only 59 rushing yards
and 48 aerial yards.
The final Missouri home
attraction also brings to
gether the nation's first and
fourth winningest coaches
in the country.
Devaney currently leads
other collegiate head bosses
with an 88-20-5 mark while
Missouri's Dan Devine holds
a 96-29-8 record.
Big-8 Comments,
Notes And Quotes
Student season tickets for
all Nebraska home basket
ball games are now on sale
at the Coliseum ticket of
fice. '
The tickets, costing $5.25
each, will allow holders ad
mittance to cage contests
and all other spring sports,
Jim Pittenger, athletic tick
et manager, said Thursday.
Following past policy, he
said the bleacher seats on
the Coliseum's sides will
be reserved for students un
til 7:20 p.m. on game nights.
He added that season tick
ets will not be honored at
the Husker Varsity-Fresh
man clash
University
Dec. 1.
which opens the
winter season
"Any back worth his salt
can pick up three or f o u r
yards after contact," says
Nebraska backfield coach
Mike Corgan.
A fan once asked Carl
Selmer, Nebraska's offen
sive line coach, what would
happen if fullback D ic k
Davis should be injured.
"Coach (John) Melton is
going to come out of retire
ment," Selmer quipped.
Though it may not look it
roday, Big John was a full
back and played on 9-1 and
10-0 teams under Bowden
Wyatt at Wyoming in 1949
and 1950.
"He is the most improved
foolball player on our en
tire squad," Bob Devaney
said about defensive tackle
Jim McCord.
One of the big problems
Nebraska center Roger
Kudrna had learing the cen
ter's duties this fall was
having to line up against
All-American middle guard
Wayne Meylan during
scrimmages.
"I found that if you can
block him about a third of
Ihe time you can block any
body." he said. "I haven't
faced anybody that tough
since the season started."
Telling about when he
turned it on to go all the
way from 50 yards to score
his first varsity touchdown,
Missouri's Jon Staggers
says," some guy was chas
ing me I saw a shadow 1
didn't want to see anything
else.
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NU Soccer
Club
Pershing
The University Soccer
Club will meet Pershing
College of Beatrice' at 2
p.m. Saturday at the form
er Lincoln Air Force Base
in a non-conference match
before Sunday's -Omaha
Kicker rematch.
Ths K'ckers, leading ihe
Midwest Soccer club with
a. 7-1 mark, trounced the
Llncolnites 9-1 in the first
meeting and they will be
planning to heng a second
loss on the lock crew in
Sunday's 2 p.m. game at
&a local field.
LINCOLN 2nd BIG WEEK
TODAY 8 P.M.
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