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Leading the Huskers in scoring with a 17 point scoring
average, Jerry Fort goes up for a shot against Wichita State.
Ali honor questioned;
Switzer in show biz
Muhammad Ali's conquest cf George Foreman last October was
enough to gain him universal acclaim as "Athlete of the Year."
Those who recently saw the taped replay of the fight on ABC's
Wide World of Sports must he wondering if Ali's performance
merited beating out such record breakers as Hank Aaron, Lou
Brock and Johnny Miller for the honor.
All Ali really proved that night in Zaire, Africa, was that he had
a high toleration rate for rope burns, since he was rolling over and
across them for most of the fight.
He simply allowed the bullish Foreman to slug himself out,
while flicking occasional jabs that did nothing but prove his arms
were not paralyzed.
Then, in the eighth round, the opportunistic Ali caught his
physically drained opponent with a few semi-hard shots to the
head and down he went.
By then, Don Knotts could have knocked out Foreman.
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Oklahoma's personable head football coach, Barry Switzer,
looked like he had a future show business career in mind during his
recent television appearances.
Acting as guest commentator at the Sugar Bowl, Switzer was
noticeably different from the coaches ABC usually schedules.
For one thing, he didn't talk in monotones. He also had a sense
of humor.
A week later at the Hula Bowl, Switzer was interviewed on the
sidelines just after his team had surrendered their third touchdown
pass in nine minutes.
Switzer started the interview by saying: "First of all, I want the
folks out there to know I have nothing to do with coaching the
defensive secondary."
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By Pete Wegman
A lackluster performance in the final game of
the Big 8 basketball tournament and a"
three-week layoff since then may affect the
Cornhusker's play Satruday, according to head
coach Joe Cipriano.
The Huskers have not played since they
finished fourth in the tournament held Dec.
26-30 in Kansas City. Cipriano's team defeated
Oklahoma 75-64 and lost to Kansas 63-62.
Oklahoma and Kansas were preseason picks to
win the Big 8. Nebraska lost to Kansas State
80-63 in the consolation game. The Huskers face
the wildcats Saturday as Big 8 conference play
begins.
Nebraska's one point loss to Kansas, the
tournament champion, came after the Huskers
built leads up to 12 points in the first half, only
to see the Jayhawks win the game in the last five
minutes. According to Cipriano, the Huskers
were tired and "worn-down" in the stretch.
The seventeen point loss to KSlFs Wildcats
occurred when the Huskers were psychologically
"flat," Cipriano said.
High scoring guards
Guards Mike Evans and Chuckie Williams
scored 27 and 18 points respectively to pace the
Wildcats. Evans and Williams will undoubtedly be
trying to duplicate the feat in the 2 p.m. contest
at the Coliseum Saturday.
The game will be televised, and according to
Cipriano the Huskers will have little, if any,
home court advantage.
"If there is one thing that's bothered me
about Nebraska basketball support, it's the
attendance at the Saturday afternoon games,"
Cipriano said. He added that he hopes attendance
will improve, but until it does, he said he would
rather play the afternoon games on the road.
Complete facelift
The Wildcats from Manhattan have undergone
a complete facelift from last season. The team
lost five starters from a team which finished with
a 19-8 record last season, and at .one point won
1 1 straight Big 8 games. KSU is now 8-4 on the
season.
Kansas State dedicated this season to Dean
Harris, who started asa guard for the" Wildcats
last season as a freshman, but was killed in an
accident last spring.
Evans, the freshman who replaced Harris, is
leading the team in scoring. Evans and Williams
combine to make the Wildcats "the quickest
team in the conference," said Cipriano. The two
have scored nearly 50 per cent of K-State's
points.
Huskers title contender
When they meet Nebraska, the Wildcats will
be facing a definite conference title contender,
according to Cipriano, who refused to make such
a statement before the Big 8 tournament.
"With a letdown we can finish sixth just as
easily as we can finish first, second, or third,"
Cipriano added.
Coach: female swimmers fight
growing pains, competition
By Scott Jones
UNL's women's swim team will try to ease
their growing pains Friday when they host the
University of South Dakota at 7 p.m. in the
Women's Physical Education Building pool.
Until this year, the women's team has been a
big fish in a small pond, preying on instate foes
such as Concordia College, Creighton University
and Kearney State College.
But coach Pat Sullivan's swimmers will try to
survive in a larger, more competitive pond this
year. They will swim in the Big 8 meet Feb. 14th
to 15th for the first time and duals are scheduled
with four Big 8 foes this semester.
in growing stage'
"We're really in a growing stage," Sullivan
said. "I'd say it will be at least two years before
swimming will be an attraction at UNL, before
girls will really want to come here to swim. We
are certainly looking forward to that date."
Indications are that such growth may be
painful. Kansas defeated UNL 78-53 last
December in the squad's only meet thus far.
Last season Sullivan said her team "cleaned
up" in the four-team instate meet, scoring 133
points. Runner-up Kearney State scored 92 and
one-half points.
Yet the only two Big 8 rivals they tested,
Iowa State and Kansas State, each outscored
UNL by 41 points.
Because of such instate success, Sullivan said,
accepting lopsided conference defeats isn't easy.
"You just kind of want to get in a closet and
not swim," she said.
A victory over South Dakota could ease the
growing pains. Sullivan said the team's attitude
should help.
Leading the 14-member team, Sullivan said,
should be junior Ruth Spencer, freshman Mikki
Crosby and senior diver Ginny Kincade.
"I'm looking forward to seeing real good
things out of Crosby and Spencer," Sullivan said.
Spencer qualified for the national meet last year
in the 50-yard breaststroke.
Freestyle swimmers 'impressive'
Sullivan said she also is "really impressed with
the freestylers," who she said performed well
against Kansas. "We are not traditionally
outstanding in the freestyle events but we were
impressive at Kansas," she said.
Eila Austin, Ann Brinkman, Mary Ditch and
Jo Williams specialize in freestyle swimming for
UNL.
The team's medley relay, composed of
Spencer, Crosby, Kincade and sophomore
backstroker Debbie Peterson also should be
strong, Sullivan said.
Because most of the team was unable to
practice during Christmas break, Sullivan said she
doesn't know what to expect against South
Dakota Friday.
"We've been breaking some bodies trying to
get ready," she said.
South Dakota's strength is also an unknown
quantity to Sullivan.
"AH their coach tells me is that he considers
them a fledgling team and I consider us a
fledgling team too."
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