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'.v v w;vfi'' - w 4r - v v- 1 ' 4- l -11 1 I .... . 'a tm r a r.- crt- ";rir I rv .- i )7 r 4 V t L tfWitn ,;. Idem $2X3 49 eover reture vist- - ESSAY SERVICES : B? SjjsJina Ave., Suite 208 , . " ' Toronto, Ontsrto, CsriaA Our research service is tot J for mtsarch mtistmce onfy. . Si "' -' Si V 1 ' C &UtA ' 7:30 Pl. TifiSHw Ort ft I M V JT v andThuisday C ,t. 10 YWCA, 143ZN b?ri v 4- iKjUMMr.JflfcxSt :':.(, 1 ,. Csry Hfsgs ndl:JSck Zsmilsh crcata a mammoth Me for Dave GlJSesple during 'Nebr&ska's 54-0 tjiumping of Minnesota Saturday. Gophers held to three first downs 4 m m m m fl'i 'i UviWl ill lu i WWWI Wi 1 wi 4W! . i. it; pnnno e i i ' .1.1 Mt IC i uorc kJi Analysis by Steve Taylor When Minnesota's shapely cheerleaders were pressed for their predictions Saturday they were understandably hestitant, butj fi nally agreed ort a narrow Gopher . win. . . . . . However, as the four wandtled off to initiate another cheer, ona of the sockSess girls looked back ind whispered, "Nebraska by three touchdowns." , 1 ' K " I As it turned out, even this sincere est i mats of the Nebraska victory margin was not enough, os the Huhs-rs-Sliteed hor gophers, 54-0. . ' ; , Nebraska's blackshirts recorded their first shutout of the season, rendering Minnesota -immobile during their three-quarter stfnt. The Gophers finished vith only ' three first ddwns.i - Hunim trzzkt roccrd ' The Huskers grabbed the opin ing kickoff (actually Westbrook and Bahe wrestled vith it) and rnarc!?d 85 yards to score. This time consuming drive gobbled up 21 more yards than the Gophers could muster all day. Tony Davis got the JD on David Humm's record breaking 33rd scoring pass. Minnesota's defense then tem porarily tightened and the Huskers were held to a 6-0 first quarter lead. Soon afterward the dam that limited Ohio St. to 34 points burst and Nebraska rolled to three second quarter touchdowns. At halftime the score was 26-0 and a disheartened Minnesota scribe sighed, "I wish I was home." " . The touchdown that buried the Golden gophers came midway through the second quarter when freshman Monte Anthony eluded a string of tacklers and romped to a 48-yard score. ur Anthony, who is making a serious bid for the starting l-back job, rushed 88 yards in only Q carries. Second half exciting The second half was equally as exciting (or appalling if you were, wearing gold) as the first, with tha Huskers racking up four mora touchdowns. One of them came on a GS-yard bomb from Earl Everett to Chuck (the mosquito) Malito. .. f "I was wondering If he was ever going to throw it," Malito later commented. "I've been thinking about this one for a long time.' . Another long Husker score, tt' . suited when slippery Jim Burrow" zipped 67 yard3 with a punt. Nebraska's total offensive output for the day was 524 yards. . . In the Minnesota lockerrocm & few Gopher players forwarded their opponents a begrudging respect, while others hinted they wouid hooe for nothing but tha worst for Big Red. Tha desk top 3M "2S7" ( ,'s-r copies book pag$, pj. ,to gttpht, letters, ' makes transparenceis, addresses gummed Luoli. reproduces its own crj-lcs, spirit copies, too! cuts tha cost of low-vol- urns copying, yet pro&jces . quality copies expected " only from expensive fjigh vo'ijme machineil 1 Corns and compare! LINCOLN OFF!' -K '.EQUIPMENT No.' "14th SI. Ph. ' 432-8333 7 T,. Minnesota; co ach; puts foot in mout Nobody can blame ono specific factor when your football team gats boat 54-0. , , ' r Likewise, Minnesota coach pal Sioii didn't give any one factor. as' being the cause of his team's CAr-0 loss to UNL Saturday. ' ! However, a couple of the thlfgs the Gopher coach said gives ene the irrosistablo urco to send hi 171' a pacifier so Stoll has something to put in his mouth other than his foot the next time his team gets beat 4 For example," Stctl said, "Ve didn't have the -right kind I of. ;hoes," and added,.- "Nebraska's turf doesn't seem to hold a? wct( fis the longer1 and thicker turf beck home." " . Stoli then added, .."But that's the advantage of playing at home." . , ;t..,WtffSld ' I Granted, the field was' wet. .Its' obvious the slippery field caucd Gopher running backs to fall ddvn a few timcsduring the game. ; ' However through rnot of - i he game, Stoii's trccps didn't get much of a chance to maneuver as Husker defensive linemen were as ' rTiuch a part, erf their fcackfieldj 23 4fv( n'JsrtrbocJC"" ' Next, Stoli throw cut this cpm,, "We had a freshman team playing a five-year team and we just couldn't handle them. Look how oid they are. They belong in the NFL." Qffu stunkei v.yj ii 1 i ' The statement, while an obvious jab at Nebraska's 'red-shirting practice, was a dangerous general ization. Granted, Nebraska's of fensive line is largely fifth-year seniors. However, Stolis line only had one athlete that wasn't cither a junior or senior, plus the fact that the quarterback was the only freshman on his "freshman team." Aqe difference no excuse Goina further, Nebraska had two sophomores on their defensive term, 33 did Minnesota. While there was an age difference, it was a poor excuse in fact, Nebraska's younger second and third learns continued to move dowrsfield on offense and contain Minnesota on defense. Stoll was also disgruntled rbcut Jim Burrow's 67-yard punt return in the third quarter. His complaint thai hi? nunitr frank Mnf- was roughed on the play by HuiLcr end Dave Redding. While his gripe may have tt-n legitimate, Stoll should " h::vj mourned his overall punt covtu j'S which, on the basis of two cthsr returns that Burrow almost brc 0, was poor. BiackshirU 'fired up Husker fans can take eornfert that one of Stoii's statement d!J ge-t him in trouble. ' Earlier in the week, Stoll t'Ad Nebraska's defense is a s '"Js worse than last year's. comment went up on 0 btvl'fbn board in the Husker's locker wmn and, according to defensive co ordinator Monte Klffin, helpcJ ? r : up the tlackshirtr.. Overai:, Gtoll didn't &ee.r( t want to admit ho w?o beaten ' ; ; better ban cfub. Pcopta could t.j forever on how things mfsht f"v2 been different if this cr that v"" have been a certain way, . . - A But when you get boat you've been beaten, period, u r ti ( ' 1 .. . ) . : o ' M f . ' m if ft i TO - H- : :: LMEL : " !Dnoo:cs-' : Keaton, VI '...'.I", t .e fvlarx Brot fif'tecejcntl tribute jff3f comic ai'.iit o' rr trf '! -II I2CMTIC" tj 4'Ti.-?Tv. ii?) 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