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by Dave McBride
Jerry List is regarded as the
finest tight end Nebraska's Bob
Deveney era has produced.
He was considered by many
to be the finest tight end in the
Big Eight Conference last year
at the conclusion of this
sophomore season.
HE HAS CAUGHT 33
passes for over 400 yards in his
career and is currently the
second leading receiver on the
1971 squad.
But Jerry List, already
being mentioned as an
Ail-American candidate, is still
looking for his first touchdown
with the Big Red.
One of his best
opportunities to score was
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NEBRASKA 35, Kansas 10. . .The Jayhawks will leave
Memorial Stadium with one consolation: They'll score more
points against Nebraska than any team so far this year.
OKLAHOMA 42, Colorado 28. . .This is the fourth time I've
gone against the Buffs, and they haven't lost a game yet.
OKLAHOMA STATE 21, Missouri 14. . .The Tigers are still
wondering where Joe Moore, James Harrison and Mel Gray went.
IOWA STATE 21 Kansas State 17. . .The Cyclones could
finish in the upper division of the Big Eight this year.
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Lincoln, Nebr.
Red-Shirting
As Notre Dame continues to drop out of the nation's top ten,
Notre Dame athletic director Edward (Moose) Krause has
challenged the red-shirt rule which is practised in the Big Eight
Conference. The rule allows a college athlete to spread his
eligibility over five years by remaining out of competition one
year.
"It's very expensive to have 20 or 30 athletes hanging around
your campus waiting for another year of athletics," charged
Krause. "Today we have student athletes and all of our athletes
graduate. When you have 20 or 30 red-shirts on a team, like
Nebraska, of course you're going to be strong. But I assume
young men go to school for an education."
Okay, Mr. Krause, let's ask two of Nebraska's five-year players
on this year's Nebraska team about their opinions of the red shirt
rule.
Jim Anderson, defensive back: "I don't know of any players
complaining ahout being red-shirted. There are so many guys that
don't graduate after four years that it actually helps most of
them. I have no complaints about spending five years in college.
It definitely helped me."
Bob Terrio, linebacker: "At first, most guys aren't pleased
about being red-shirted. It's kind of a hassle to practice and not
play, but I'm glad it happened to me now. 1 have no regrets."
Let's face it, it's tough to get through college in four years if
your interests go farther than just a book. It might take me six
years and I'm not even an athlete.
Tagge vs. Sixkiller
Let's bring the Sonny Sixkiller image back to earth.
Sixkiller, Washington's highly touted Indian quarterback, has
been gaining national publicity with his passing. He has passed for
1,131 yards in his first five games and ranks second in the nation
in passing yardage.
Now let's talk about Nebraska quarterback Jerry Tagge.
Tagge is seventh in the nation in passing yardage with 911
yards in five games. But Tagge's statistics are actually more
impressive than those of Sixkiller.
Sixkiller has completed 66 or 152 passes for a 43 per cent
completion mark. Tagge has completed 63 of 99 passes for 63 per
cent. Sixkiller has had 10 passes intercepted while only one Tagge
pass has been intercepted.
Tagge's 63 per cent completion accuracy is the best in the
nation. The Husker quarterback ranks fourth in total offense with
222 yards average per game.
This week's NCAA statistics sheet also shows that Oregon's
Bobby Moore, who was held to just 54 yards against Nebraska, is
sixth in the nation in rushing with a 141-yard average. Nebraska
safety Bill Kosch's 116 yards in return yardage on intercepted
passes against Texas A & M is the best single game performance in
the country this year.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1971
during the Utah State game
when List found himself wide
open on a deep pattern, but he
had the ball slip through his
fingers.
"I probably just wasn't
concentrating enough," the
six-foot, 210-pounder said. "I
know I wasn't thinking about
scoring a touchdown. It'll
come. I'm not worried about
it."
An all-conference and third
team all-state selection at T. L.
Hardy High in Bay City, Mich.,
List explained that the major
factors influencing his decision
to attend Nebraska were "the
winning attitude they had here
and the coaching staff."
HE NOTED that former
Husker standout Wayne
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of Hardy High, played a part in
the Husker's recruiting.
List was a quarterback for
two years in high school t sfore
being switched to halfback
during his senior year, and says
that Nebraska initially
recruited him as a running
back. He was a running back
on the 1969 freshman team
and wasn't converted to the
tight end spot until spring ball
of 1970.
He said he believes it was his
experience in the backfield
that led the coaching staff to
install an end-around play last
year with him carrying the ball.
THE FIRST TIME the play
was used, List gained 27 yards.
"It's possible that you
might see it again, although the
coaching staff hasn't said
anything about it," he said.
"It's one of those deals they
put in all of a sudden to
surprise a team. It worked pretty
well against Missouri, but
against Iowa State, they were
! kind of looking for it."
Another change List noted
in his role as a tight end is his
increasing role as a deep
receiver.
"Towards the end of last
year, they started throwing to
me more than before, and with
the success we had, they just
thought they'd keep coming to
me," he said.
He noted that with the
talented wide receivers the
Huskers have, the use of the
tight end as an additional deep
threat helps take some of the
defensive pressure off the other
receivers like Johnny Rodgers
and Woody Cox.
LIST, A management major
in business administration, and
his wife Suzie, who were
married two years ago, have a
son and daughter, but List said
he has no plans yet for his son
to follow his football career.
Although he called the game
"really enjoyable" for himself,
List said of his son Matthew,
"I'm going to let him grow up
first and then let him decide
what he wants to do. If he
wants to play football, that's
fine with me."
Matthew List might have a
tough reputation to live up to,
though, if he decides to take
up football. If his father keeps
up the success he's having now,
it could be a hard act to
follow.
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