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Monte Kiffin, right, Husker defensive coordinator, gives the defense crucial instructions in the fourth quarter against LSU Saturday.
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Tight ends expect NUiim improved
By Scott Jones
Fan$ disappointed with Nebraska's
offense after last Saturday's 10-7 win over
Louisiana State University should perk up.
The worst may be over.
"We'll just naturally get better and bet
ter, there's no question about that," said
Brad Jenkins, who alternates at tight end
with Larry Mushinskie. "I think as the
season goes along we'll see that we can
open some good holes because we won't
face anybody better than LSU."
Although inexperience caused mistakes
in the line against LSU, both Jenkins and
Mushinskie are optimistic about future
games, beginning with Indiana today.
"We know what our potential is,"
Mushinskie said. "I think we could be the
No. 1 team in the country if we just start
working together and quit making mistakes
-because we made a lot of mistakes the
other day. v
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"As a unit we teamed we could handle
a good defensive line," Jenkins said, "be
cause we had some good holes."
Mushinskie, a senior from Temple City,
Calif., said having one week to prepare for
Indiana as opposed to three for LSU isn't a
great handicap.
"It'll be a lot better than with three
weeks," he said. "I think you only need
about one week."
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said, "wVli be" fTlm" of Indiana's 20-14 win
over Minnesota last Saturday. For LSU the
Huskers reviewed last year's films and
hoped for no major surprises.
The offense was surprised to see the
Tigers in a 5-2 defense, Mushinskie said, in
stead of their customary 4-3 setup.
Jenkins said he played about 40 per ,
cent of the game Saturday and approved
alternating with Mushinskie.
"Coach Osborne wants to get a fresh
guy in there because it's a demanding po
sition, the Fort Collins, Colo., senior said.
"You block one play then you've got to
run half way down the field on a pass
pattern.
"It's good for Larry and me, too," he
continued. "If you were the only one in
there you might try to save a little but with
both of us you know you can give every
thing all the time."
One pass reception
Mushinskie, who is an avid scuba diver
and has been "going to the beach since I
was one or two years old," caught one pass
Saturday, exactly his 1974 regular season
average.
He averaged 15.7 yards on each of his
11 receptions last year and scored twice,
against Oregon and Kansas. Jenkins caught
five passes last year for 100 yards and a
score against Kansas State. .
"Every receiver wants to catch a lot of
passes," MushinskK said. "I released on
8bout four patterns when I was the .
primary receiver Saturday. I was open
quite a bit but Terry Luck was rushed
some of the time."
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