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by Jim Johnston
Bob Devaney and Vince Gibson had
problems of contrasting sorts late
Saturday afternoon.
Devaney was concerned about such
things as Oklahoma on Thanksgiving
Day, the improbable combination of
upsets necessary for Nebraska to win a
third straight national championship
and the recent uprising of Nebraska
farmers.
Gibson, the Kansas State head
football coach, should be so lucky to
have such problems. The Georgia
gentleman has a decrepit football
program and possibly his own job at
Kansas State to worry about.
Gibson, who had preached
togetherness at the beginning of the
1972 football season, had just watched
his Wildcats bumble through a 59-7
loss to Nebraska.
I never dreamed this would
happen to us this year," Gibson said.
It's been a frustrating, miserable year.
But we're not ashamed."
Kansas State, which was supposed
to contend for the No. 4 spot in the
Big Eight this year, finished the season
in last place with 1-6 mark.
I swore to my players this would
never happen again at Kansas State,"
Gibson said. "The thing that amazes
me the most is that two years ago we
came up here and were first in the Big
Eight in defense. This year we're last
n almost everything. Isn't that
amazing?"
Wildcat quarterback Dennis
Morrison, whose personal failure this
season paralleled that of the entire
team, also was amazed by Kansas
State s showing this year.
I ve got to sit down and evaluate
just what happened this year,
Morrison said. "I have to try and make
myself believe that I gave it my best
shot. I'm a senior, but I just can't get
myself to believe it's all over. I kept
saying all season that I would have
another chance to do good, but now
I've run out of turns."
It was a contrast in the Nebraska
dressing room.
A rather good-natured Devaney had
just been presented the game ball for
his 100th coaching victory at
Nebraska. A third straight bowl
invitation was guaranteed, needing
only a 6 p.m. deadline to become
official. The Huskers had played a near
perfect football game after last week's
showing at Ames, Iowa.
"I told the players that they played
like a bunch of farmers doing their
everyday good job," Deveaney said.
Farmers had voiced criticism of
Devaney last week after he said the
Nebraska players "looked like a bunch
of farmers on a picnic waiting to be
served lunch."
Devaney didn't talk much about
the 59-7 win over Kansas State, except
to say he didn't play the starters in the
second half "because we sure didn't
want to risk anybody getting hurt just
to add to their statistics."
As for the possibility of winning a
third straight national championship,
Devaney kept with his feeling that the
possibility still exists-even though the
Huskers don't get a shot at No. 2
Alabama in the Orange Bowl.
Devaney preferred to talk about
the Big Eight championship showdown
with Oklahoma on Thanksgiving Day
in Lincoln.
"This is the one we've been waiting
for," Devaney said "We know
Oklahoma has a better defense than
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photo by Bill Ganzel
Willie Harper, Jim Branch and company . . . stop KSU's Don Calhoun
last year, and their offense is tougher,
to defense because they do so many
different things."
Devaney then left for a 6 p.m.
dinner party at his house where a
long-time Orange Bowl official made
the bowl bid to meet Notre Dame New
Years Day.
There was no dinner party planned
for Vince Gibson. There was no bowl
invitation or pleasant problem of
finishing first or second in the Big
Eight, either.
In a year when Nebraskans are
discouraged about the chances of
winning the national championship,
folks in Manhattan, Kan., are
concerned about just being
respectable. .
Intrasquad
BB game
opens
season
Nebraska opens the 1972-73
basketball season tonight at the
UNL Coliseum with an
intrasquad game at 7:35 p.m.
Cornhusker basketball
coach Joe Cipriano has elected
to divide his varsity and
freshman players for the
annual Red-White game instead
of the traditional
freshman-varsity encounter.
Cipriano said 12 minute
quarters would be used to give
more players an opportunity to
play.
The intrasquad clash will be
the final tuneup for the
Cornhuskers before the regular
season opens Friday when
Nebraska hosts North Texas
State. All-sports tickets, which
can be purchased at the
Coliseum ticket office, will be
honored for tonight's game and
all home Nebraska basketball
games.
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