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Kiffen's wild antics
confined to sidelines
By Rex Seline
Nebraska's defensive coordinator sometimes is
mistaken for a male cheerleader as he rants and raves
on the sidelines Saturday afternoons. Indeed, many
games he garners more field time than some of his
reserves. But eighth-year Husker Coach Monte Kiffin
harbors no secret desire to join his players against this
week's opponents.
"I probably wouldn't be able to set a very good
example," he said.
Kiffin, whose field antics have spiced many a dreary,
Nebraska-dominated afternoon, said that his enth
usiasm stems from his interest in his players.
"When you have good players, it's easy to get
enthused," he said. "I wouldn't be if our kids didn't
care about the team."
It will be Kiffin's responsibility today to devise a
defense to stop Oklahoma's Sooners and their
All-American running back Joe Washington.
"The defensive keys to beating Oklahoma are having
great pursuit, stopping Washington and taking away
their passing game," Kiffin said. "They've got two
great receivers in Tinker Owens and Billy Brooks."
Nebraska fans will remember that it was the passing
game thai pulled Oklahoma from a 14-point halftime
deficit two years ago to score a 17-14 victory. But Kiffin
expects the Sooners to follow last year's game plan.
"They'll probably try to run at us, although if they
fall behind they may again go more to the passing
game," he said.
The Wishbone, growing out of its infancy in its fourth
year as Oklahoma's offense, continues to change
slightly each season, according to Kiffin.
"We make adjustments but things remain basically
the same. It still depends on the people who defense
it," he said. "With the Wishbone, if you concentrate on
stopping the wide game, you give up too much inside.
The Blackshirts' performance has raised a few
eyebrows this year with what has been called "the
fourth quarter letdown." The vaunted Blackshirts have
given up a mere seven points in the first three quarters
of all games this year, while fourth quarters have seen
them give up 87 points. Kiffin blames this on the use of
reserves by Nebraska.
"Other teams may keep their first teams in to
maintain the shutout or keep the score low, but we like
to play a lot of kids," he said. "They probably don't
play as well because of their lack of experience."
Chuckling, Kiffin said he didn't feel "fourth quarter
letdown" would be a problem against the Sooners.
Physically, everyone should be able to go 100 per
cent against Oklahoma, according to Kiffin.
"But we're pretty banged up right now," he said
Sunday.
Echoing the feelings of sportswriters and fans across
the nation, Kiffin said, "I think it will be one heck of a
football game.
"We feel that the contest is between the number one
and two football teams in the nation, and we intend to
win it."
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