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Game analysis by Stev Taylor.
There were three minutes left
in the Nebraska-Oklahoma State
game Saturday and the stage1
was set for yet another act of the
long-running tragedy: Husker
Heartbreak.
With the Cowboys only four
yards away from the goal tine,
Nebraska was being threatened
with their second straight . home ;
loss and ruination of any major
bowl hopes.
On second down, Cowboy
quarterback Charlie Weatherbje
darted for the endzone and was .
only a goal line stretch away
from scoring when the ball
popped loose and Ardell John
son recovered. - ,
A few minutes later, Johnson
batted away a last-ditch pass to.
preserve a scary 7-3 Nebraska .
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:- : " IPs over?" '. '
A vocally exhausted fan
echoed the sentiments of the
76,476 in attendance when she
Sighed, "My God, is it really
over?"
. ; . Luckily for Nebraska it was,
because as Head Coach Tom
Osborne, had earlier said, the
two teams were dead even.
- The Huskers lone touchdown
- Saturday came on a four-yard
run by Tony Davis, who her
alded the score by raising the
ball over his head as he trotted
Except for , that third-quarter ,
TD, Nebraska's high-flying of
fense was held in check and their
41-polnt-a-game average will
suffer considerable damage.
However, it wasn't a lack of
execution that caused the low
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'The Longest Yard'
The Oklahoma State team
Friday went to see "The Longest
Yard" (a movie about an under
dog team overcoming insur
mountable odds to win) and this
perhaps inspired their defense
to hold the Huskers to one
touchdown.
While the Cowboys were
limiting Nebraska to one touch
down, the. Blackshirts were
limiting the orange-clad visitors
to none.
Monte Kiffin's crew is proving
themselves to have one of the
stingiest defenses in the coun
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. In the second half they played
knowing one mistake could cost
them the game and, to the
gratitude of Husker fans, they
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5-2 record
The victory improved ' Neb
raska's record to 5-2.
The next two games (Colorado
and Iowa State) will undoubtebly
decide the Huskers' postseason
destiny. A- loss would probably
mean, a trip to somewhere like
Memphis or El Paso for Neb-raskans.
Losses in both games would
mean Husker fans wouldn't have
to worry about doing any
packing during the holiday sea
son. , .
Jim Burrow Saturday summed
up the feeling that the close
game jinx was finally over.
"This was just great," the
junior from Mississippi said.
"We finally got a break."
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running backs Saturday during the Huskers' narrow 7-3 win.
Teen-ager gets $3 million from Utah Stars
John O'Leary returned to ball-carrying duty Saturday and
gained 57 yards on 12 tries.
High school cagers: new talent for the pros?
It seems Moses Malone may' make it In
professional basketball after all. 1 .
Malone, a 6 ft. 11 in. high school
Ail-American from Virginia, caused, some
furor last August when he balked at a
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sity to sign a $3 million contract with the Utah
Stars of the American Basketball Assoc.
(ABA). - ' 1 ;..
Many people, Including his high school
coach, said it was a mistake. ' v
George F. Will,.' Washington Post editori
alist, said Malone was being exploited by
ABA officials, who were trying to scare their
rival National Basketball Association,. (MOA),
into initiating steps for a merger, including
lobbying for federal anti-trust legislation In
Congress, which blocks such a move).
But Sports Illustrated reported In this
week's issue that Malone is "showing signs
of earning his contract. He is poised, graceful
and strong off the boards. Malona has also
hit on 50 per cent of his shots in preseason."
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Nobody can blame Malone for being one of
the first athletes in modern times to make the
jump directly from high school Into pro
competition.
Malona was a poor boy who lived with his
mother in a nonimpressive part of his
community. But $3 million is a lot of money,
and he was assured he'd get the money
whether he made the team or not. The stars
also agreed to pay for his college education in
the off-season.
Maryland coach Lefty Dricseli offered
Malone a few fringe benefits, but nothing to
compare with the lucrative pro contract.
So what if Malone is being exploited and is
wasting his ability, as some people have
said? the guy Is set for life if he does the
right thing with his money.
But the real question Is whether pro teams
will try dipping into the high school ranks
.again. If this is an isolated Incident,
finenobody really got hurt (except maybe
Drieseli).
One does hope this sort of thing doesn't
happen too often, for the sake of the sport
and for the sake of the next kid who might not
be as lucky or as good as Malone.
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