One
cold
November
day
The drop in temperature
hasn't slowed the
Cornhuskers' workouts. One
player warms his hand with
his shirt while Willie Harper
(far right) wears a stocking
hat.
Huskers drill inside,
stress ball control
by Jim Johnston
Oklahoma's offense is
quick. The Sooners can
explode for three touchdowns
in five minutes.
Nebraska doesn't operate
the same way. The
Cornhuskers grind out their
touchdowns yards at a time.
The reason Nebraska has
had success with this type of
offense is because of ball
control. . .something coach
Bob Devaney says must
continue if the Huskers are to
beat Oklahoma Thanksgiving
Day.
"We have to take advantage
of most of our possessions,"
said Devaney. "We have to
control the football and can't
make any offensive mistakes."
Devaney credited the
simplicity of Nebraska's
offense and the experience of
the ball carriers for the success
of the Huskers' ball control.
"We've run the same offense
consistently and the players
know what they're doing," said
Devaney. "There's not much
ball handling and we haven't
had many mistakes in the
offensive line.
"Players like Jeff Kinney,
Jerry Tagge and Gary Dixon
are experienced players and
they just haven't fumbled too
much."
But Devaney said he didn't
like to discuss the success of
Nebraska's ball control, yet.
"Ball control will be an
important part of the game for
us," said Devaney, "but I don't
like to talk about that yet. The
season isn't over. I don't want
us going down there and
kicking the ball all over hell."
Oklahoma, on the other
hand, hasn't been very
successful as an error-free
offense.
The Sooners have made 38
fumbles this season and are in a
position to set a new NCAA
fumble record. But fumbles
haven't exactly hurt
Oklahoma's point production
because the Sooners are
capable of exploding for the
big play at anytime.
Athough Nebraska's offense
is explosive-don't forget that
pi
Wh
Jerry Tagge to Johnny Rodgers
combination-the Huskers have
depended upon the
ground-it -out attack. There's
no reason to think things will
change Thanksgiving Day.
Nebraska can't afford
offensive turnovers and errors
against Oklahoma.
The Cornhuskers, forced to
move part of Thursday's drills
inside because of the cold
temperatures, appear to be in
better physical condition than
at the beginning of the week.
Slotback Johnny Rodgers,
who missed the first two drills
this week with a cold, returned
to practice Thursday.
Defensive end Willie Harper
worked out in sweat clothes.
Offensive tackle Carl
Johnson, however, continues
to look doubtful for the
Oklahoma game. He injured his
knee against Kansas State and
hasn't shown much
improvement this week.
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Cornhuskers off this
Nebraskans can't get too
excited about this weekend's
Big Eight football schedule.
Kansas State and Colorado
play non-conference
opponents. Oklahoma State
and Iowa State are battling for
fourth place and Kansas meets
Missouri in the "donkey bowl"
to try to avoid the conference
basement.
But there's still plenty of
outside interest in this week's
schedule. Should Iowa State
defeat Oklahoma State, there's
a likely Sun Bowl invitation
awaiting the Cyclones. After
all, the Sun Bowl didn't send a
representative to the
Nebraska-Iowa State game to
watch the Cornhuskers.
If Colorado gets by Air
Force, the AstroBluebonnet
Bowl will probably extend a
bid to the Buffs. That could
mean four Big Eight teams in
bowls since Nebraska and
Oklahoma are naturals for
bowl bids.
But poor Missouri and
Kansas. There won't be any
bowl scouts at Lawrence, Kan.,
to watch the battle for last
place.
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Missouri, winless in Big
Eight play, can tie for last with
Kansas if the Tigers win
Saturday. The Jayhawks only
league win was against Kansas
State in the conference opener.
Kansas State, which scored
more points against Nebraska
(17) than any other team this
year, visits Missouri Valley
Conference champion Memphis
State Saturday. Memphis State
has landed a spot in the
Pasadena Bowl.
Iowa State, 3-3 in Big Eight
play, is favored to defeat
UMHE-333 North 14th
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Sunday .iftoOa.m.
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Meeting
Program
10:30 am
An introduction to the life
and style of UMHE, an in
formal gathering in which we
stimulate, support, and enjoy
each other; dress casually.
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weekend
Oklahoma State and claim its
first upper division finish since
1965. Should the Cowboys
win, however, the two teams
would tie for fourth.
If Colorado hopes for an
AstroBluebonnet bowl date
with possibly Houston, the
Buffs will have to handle Air
Force at Boulder Saturday.
Air Force stands 6-3 on the
season while Colorado owns an
8-2 mark and has guaranteed
itself a third place finish in the
Big Eight.
Methodist Student Chapel
640 No. 16th
9:30
Worship 10:30
11:30
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1971