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These two Husker. fans somehow managed to hold down
their enthusiasm during the parade of touchdowns.
'Huskers had the breaks'
By Bob Cuilinan
Nebraska football coach Tom
Osborne is coming off a resound
ing 61-7 victory over Oregon last
week, but now must face the
strong Wisconsin Badgers.
"We aren't necessarily 54
points better than Oregon,"
Osborne said, "We just had the
good breaks. .
"The game would pave been
much closer If Oregon had
gotten a few of the breaks we
got," he said. "We played
errorless football, without any
fumbles, penalties, or Intercep
tions." Osborne said he hopes the
Husker gridders can keep up the
momentum for Wisconsin. Last
year, they defeated UCLA and
North Carolina State and went
on on to squeeze past Wisconsin
20-16.
"We're In the same position
now that we were in a year ago.
People get their hopes built up
awfully high," Osborne said,
"there's a lot expected from
us."
Wisconsin sets up in the same
basic offensive and defensive
alignments as the Cornhuskers.
Their offense is run from an "I"
formation, and the defense Is the
same as the Huskers five-two set
with five men on the line and two
linebackers.
These formations are more
familiar to the Nebraska players
than the Oregon Veer-T, but
Osborne sees no definite advan
tage in this knowledge."
"We'd just as' soon play
against a Veer, if It's the same
kind as Oregon's.
"in the long run, it's the
quality of the people playing, not
the formations, that win football
games. The execution of the play
is the big thing," Osborne said.
Osborne said he was pleased
with the play of senior quarter
back Dave Humm and senior
wingback Don Westbrook, who
were very much involved in the
Huskers' opening drives.
Also cited for outstanding
effort were reserve l-backs Jeff
Moran and Dave Gillespie, and
second team fullback Gary
Higgs. Osborne said he was
especially pleased with the
defensive line play of John Lee,
Mike Fultz, Bob Martin, and
Tom Pate.
Two injuries continue to
plague the Huskers from last
week's game. Defensive tackle
Dean Gissler Is hospitalized with
an eye injury and defensive end
Dave Redding sustained a shoul
der separation. Both are doubt
ful for Saturday's game.
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Cross-country kick-offs
Right behind the kick-off of
Cornhusker football another
UNL fall sport makes its debut
this month.
Coach Frank Sevigne's cross
country seven will travel to
Wisconsin Oct. 28, for their
opening run of the season.
' "We're air extremely young
team, but with talent," Sevlgne '
said, "it will tak time for our
kids to adjust to the new
five-mile distance. In 1973 the
NCAA cross-country distance
was four-miles.
"It will be a tough opener with
Wisconsin who is always a
tough Big 10 opponent. But
hopefully, by conference time,
we can be pushing up near the
top of the Big 8."
Besides handling the coach
ing duties of cross-country,
Sevigne Is a successful indoor
and outdoor track coach. He has
an indoor mark of 44-11-1 and an
outdoor mark of 40-19.
A successful fall for the
haptens primarily will be should
erev by single returning letter
man Keith Whitaker. Sevigne
also -aid walk-ons Dave John
ston, Gala Wheeler, Dennis
Katzer and returning sophomore
Watt Rechmeyer have been
looking impressive in practice
sessions.
Whitaker, a native of Norwell,
Mass. was his state's cross
country champion when he was
a junior in high school.
Also a mller, Whitaker owns
the current New England high
school record with a time of 4:1 2
mlnutesl Representing Nebraska
at the ) Junior Nationals in
Florida this summer, he ran the
distance in 408.
According to Whitaker, his
high school coach Peter Scott
had the greatest influence on his
running, he said.
"I wasn't running very well,"
Whitaker said, "until my junior
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work-outs I needed. Until then I
had been instructed by our high
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Scott is a graduate of the
Univesity of Nebraska and
excelled in Sevigne's track
program.
Running cross-country has a
double purpose for Whitaker, he
said. On is to excel and
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shape for the mile in spring
track.
"It's the endurance factor. It
will give me more strength in the
mile, those last two laps."
"Cross-country is a five mile
race now and torture on the
brain. You need self-discipline
to pace yourself. You want to be
relaxed and run the best you
can."
Whitaker practices twice daily
and runs an average of 15 miles
per day.
Although he says he likes
cross-country, Whitaker admit
ted that he prefers the mile
event. Most people don't under
stand how to follow cross
country, he said.
"it can get difficult. You can
run seven men in each meet, but
only five count pointwise."
Pointwise the lowest score
wins. If a runner crosses the
finish line first he is given one
point, the second man to finish
receives two points and so on.
The score of each team's first
five finishers is added up and
the lowest tally determines the
winner.
The five mile race is run over
rough terrain. Each course .is
physically different to enhance
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Wednesday, September 18, 1974
