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New coaches please Osborne
When spring football practice began last month at
UNL, new head coach Tom Osborne not only faced
the responsibilities of a new job, he also had the task
of breaking in thiee new assistant coaches.
After Osborne took over the head job from
retiring coach Bob Devaney, he hand picked three
new assistants for his Cornhusker staff.
The new men are Rick Duval, linebacker coach
from Colorado; George Darlington, defensive end
coach from San Jose State; and Jerry Moore,
quarterback and split-end coach from Southern
Methodist University.
As spring ball headed into its final week Monday,
Osborne reflected on how his new assistants have
worked into the Husker system.
"I am really pleased with the way all three coaches
have picked up our system," Osborne said. "It's very
important that we have a smooth working staff, and I
think we have achieved that this spring."
Osborne said that part of the reason the coaches
have worked in well, is because they have all had
prior experience at the positions they are coaching.
"Duval worked with defenses before he went to
Colorado," Osborne said. "Darlington was the
defensive coordinator at San Jose State."
Osborne also pointed out that Moore had worked
with a pass-oriented team at Southern Methodist, so
he should feel at home working with Nebraska's
quarterbacks and receivers.
But Osborne said that a lot of credit should be
given to his veteran assistant coaches who have
worked with the new staff members.
"Our defensive coordinator, Monte Kiffin, and
defensive back coach, Warren Powers, have really
helped our new coaches pick up our system," he said.
"Kiffin and Powers have helped them learn our
specific terminology, something that is different at
every school."
Osborne also announced his coaching staff
assignments for the Huskers' annual Red-White spring
game this Saturday.
Red coaches will be Mike Corgan, Powers, Guy
Ingles, Bill Myles and Darlington. White staff
members will be John Melton, Cletus Fisher, Kiffin,
Duval and Moore.
Veteran Nebraska assistant coach Monte
Kiffin ... has helped break three rookie
coaches into the Husker system.
Bleak day
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A rather bleak thing is probably going to happen May lb,
when Big Eight Conference officials get together for their
annual meeting.
The Big Eight brass is expected to award last year's
conference football championship to UNL's Cornhuskers.
That's bleak?
Many football fans will probably think it's a bit strange that
the sports editor of me Daily Nebraskan would describe his
school receiving a conference title as bleak. But, that's the way
it is, folks.
When Oklahoma announced it was forfeiting all the games
freshman Kerry Jackson competed in last fall because
Jackson's high school transcript had been tampered with, it set
off some rather shallow celebrations in Nebraska.
For example, members of the Legislature applauded when
the "hot news" was announced to them in the middle of one
of the body's working sessions.
Newspapers were besieged with calls from Nebraska "fans"
wanting to know if Oklahoma's forfeitures meant that the
Huskers would be named last season's champion.
It didn't seem to matter to the Big Red faithful that
Oklahoma wasn't forfeiting their 17-14 win over the Huskers
last year because Jackson didn't play in that game.
Fortunately, some people kept their heads about the
scandal that was developing in Norman. Husker players who
were interviewed said that as far as they were concerned
Oklahoma still beat them and that's what really counts.
Thank goodness the Nebraska players are the real
ambassadors for the Husker football program and not the fans
who were calling the newspapers, or the applauding
lawmakers.
The really sad thing about the whole situation is the fact
that a brillant athlete (Jackson) and another player Mike
Phillips were being punished for something they knew nothing
about.
The real guys to blame are a couple of coaches, but Jackson
will have to sit out the next year of competition and lose his
scholarship because of other individuals who tampered with
his grades. It's too bad the first reaction from Nebraska fans
couldn't have been one of regret over what was happening to a
couple of kids who were trying to get an education on their
athletic ability.
I hope that Jackson will be able to hang in there for a year
until he is given his scholarship back and is allowed to play
again. Lesser things than what happened to him have ruined
many a good athlete for life.
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Wednesday, may 2, 1973
