Super sophs should spark point
by JIM JOHNSTON
Associate Sports Editor
The two premier candidates
for Sophomore Back of the
Year in the Big Eight
Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers
and Oklahoma's Joe Wylie
will show each other their
talents at Memorial Stadium
Saturday afternoon.
Wylie's big talent is rushing
(he's second in the league with
an 83.8 average) while Rodgers
has concentrated more on
catching the football. But
there's one thing they have in
common on the broken field
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they both run like a frightened
girl in a tight skirt.
Nebraska fans need no
description of Rodgers ability
to fake defenders on the broken
field. And Johnny offers his
own reasoning for his moves.
"I know those guys coming
down the field are gonna get
me," explained Rodgers.
"They're big and I know I'm in
for it if they catch me."
Rodgers stands just 5-10 and
weighs only 171 pounds. Wylie
is bigger. He's 6-1 and weighs
180 pounds and offers the same
style of quickness.
But even Joe Wylie admits !e
has his faults, 'i don't run
straight ahead and hard
enough," confides the
sophomore from Henderson,
Tex. "I have a tendency to use
tco many fakes and try to pick
my way through traffic."
Maybe so, Joe, but how come
you've rushed for 754 yards and
have the highest per-earry
average in the conference. 6.3
yards?
"1 don't know," smiled
Wylie. "I've just had some big
holes and made long plays out
of them. I guess."
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Long plays are
speciality. In a wink he's gone,
covering the ground like a
runaway antelope from
Oklahoma's wishbone-T of
fense. Wylie explained his ability to
break loose for the long ones.
If the line can break me clear,
then it's just a guessing game
between me and the defensive
backs," Wylie said. "Maybe I II
catch them moving in the
wrong direction."
Rodgers is also capable of
going for the long ones from
scrimmage, but I-backs Joe
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Orduna and Jeff Kinney are
handling the most of the
Nebraska running. Does this
bother Rodgers?
"I'd like to go for a long run
from scrimmage for a
touchdown," Rodgers admits,
"but we've got two fine I-backs
that can't be beat."
Rodgers is tied with
Hermann Eben from Oklahoma
State for the most touchdown
catches this season, six. He has
30 catches for 565 yards during
his varsity debut.
"The reason for my pass
catching Is that we have two
great quarterbacks.' offered
Johnny. "Most of my
touchdowns have been by
passes (he has 19 total TDsl
and they're always right
there."
Wylie has scored 60 points
this season also. Wylie has a
79.2 tandem offense average
while Rodgers has a 76.5 game
average.
And speaking of super
sophomores from Oklahoma
brings to mind Steve Owens
great varsity show in 1967.
Wylie. with 754 yards and two
games to go, should easily
surpass the 808 yards gained by
Owens in his super sophomore
year.
Grapplers
open
season
at Omaha
Nebraska's wrestling teatrj
will participate in the Omaha
Invitation Wrestling Tourna
ment November 27 and 28. ac
cording t Husker Coach Orval
Rorgiulli.
Tire two day tournament will
have contestants from several
Midwestern colleges including
Kmporia State. Montana State.
North Dakota State. Sou'h
Dakota University. Westmar.
Upper Iowa. University of
Nebraska at Omaha.
Borgialli will enter 10 grap
plers in the tournament.
Amwg them will be seniors
Jim Hang and Tom Mier.
juniors Joe George, Keith
Burchett and Bobby Orta.
Orta. Nebraska's smallest
wrestler, is expected to do wi lt
in next weeks tournament. He
placed fourth in the Big Kight
last year in the llit-pound
weight class. During the Hi,
Kight season, he 1 st only one
dual match. Orta was named a
memlcr of the U.S. Freestyle
wrestling team and ptaeed 7th
in Vw World Cha"K nships.
Ttie schedule fi r the rest of
the season is:
December t Iimt4 Sa mrlteMonal
toon Orr.nbtr t South 0el. Vita r
k.'itt o n
tVi-emw tj, low Vf at Unfair)
Dwemfew t, SouTH D-tk?ra University
at Lincoln '
CVdrtibdj' ;., Grear PUIrw TswifM
rneur at Lincoln
January a University a AAinneswr
t Minreaote
-Umwry It, Uriver'ty at Cotorwi
at Ltara'n
at tarra Hawta
January JO. Sow'nern illinat at
CrtwfKll. III.
Fehrvw-y 5. Fort May Krm) Sfctr
Col1 ue at Lii-corn
Frvr t. University a Wyoming
at Uincwtn
rwiN.p-y J, uiiyc,ity at iwisourt
at ti-lumtn
frw' I J. KervMt rt Univertity
at AiWntwHtjn
Febrvery Jfe MorN9n Muuwrt tt
February tr. B"V &jM Tournament
f Ll-ncwn
Martft , rvl ynrvemtty at Vncmn
Nanctt ll-u NCAA Beewel Que U
tylno rwrmjwienr at Amn, km
March ziV. NCAA. CnarrvlenaM
Terwmen at Autium. Albm
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THE NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1970
