Wednesday, October 1, 1975
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ByPeteWegman
Miami should present UNL's Huskers
with their most difficult test so far this
year, according to Husker Head Coach
Tom Osborne.
Osborne and assistant coaches Dick
Beechner and George Darlington spoke
Monday at the Extra Point Club meeting
at the Elk's Club.
The Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes lost to the
Associated Press No. 1 team, Oklahoma,
20-17 last Friday at the Orange Bowl.
"They're a fine football team," Osborne
said. "There's no mistake about it. They
probably should have won the game."
Osborne said he talked to Barry Switzer,
Oklahoma's heed coach, on the phone
Monday morning and Switzer said his team
should have been beaten.
Hurricanes speedy
"Switzer told me that they (Miami)
have a lot more speed than most people
think," Osborne said.
Dick Beechner was in Miami to scout
the team for Nebraska. ,
"Oklahoma was in a tremendous foot
ball game," he said. "Miami is a good
football team; they played an exceptional
game. They should have won.
m i'Tiey pIayed vefy agressively.
Oklahoma was not mentally ready, Miami
was. It will be interesting to sec if they
(Miami s coaches) can keep the team at an
emotional peak," Beechner said.
Offense varies
Miami runs a variety of offenses, includ
ing a split back, a pro set and an I-slot like
Nebraska, he said. The Hurricane defense is
basically similar to Nebraska's, but
Beechner said the first two teams Miami
faced both ran wishbone offenses.
"I think Nebraska can win this foot
bail game, but well .have to play better
than we have at any time this year," he
said.
Osborne said he was pleased with the
improvement Nebraska has shown in its
first three games.
"As far as the TCU game goes, the
defense obviously played quite well,"
he said. Nebraska defeated TCU 56-14
last Saturday.
Osborne cited defensive linemen Mike
Fultz and John Lee for playing well against
TCU.
Line a concern
He said the offensive line was still an
area of major concern for Nebraska's
coaches, however.
"The offensive line is still making
improvement, but we're probably not as
solid there this year as we were a year ago
because of inexperience," he said.
Center Rik Bonness, who missed the
TCU game because of a pulled hamstring
which is still "pretty touchy," should be
ready to play Saturday, according to
Osborne.
The offensive backfield has been playing
well, but still needs a breakaway threat,
he said.
"We'd like to have a breakaway back,"
he said. "(Dave) Gillespie might fit this
bill, but he's been hurt so much."
The officiating at last Saturday's game
was not as good as it could have been,
Osborne said.
"Frankly, there were some lousy calls
he said. "That kind of officiating scares
you. If that happens in a close ball game,
the difference can be the officials."
Osborne said the bad calls went against
both teams, and pointed out a play in the
third quarter when a TCU defender was
called for pass interference on Nebraska
receiver Bobby Thomas.
'The call should have been against
Bobby," he said. "It resulted in a 30 or
40 yard gain for us." '
No action has been taken against
Nebraska starting linebacker Jim
Wightman, arrested Saturday night in
Omaha and charged with assaulting an
officer, Osborne said.
"It's a serious thing," he said, "but
I honestly can't give an answer now.
"I'll listen to Jim's story and the police
man's story. If they're close, I'm not going
to make the decision. Itll let the judge
decide it."
New coach, young team 1
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roll into bowling season
UNL will field a young bowling team
under the direction of first year coach
Rollie Hughes for the 197576 bowling
season.
There is one senior on the team, which
has nine men and nine women.
Senior Gene Cochrane, juniors Ray
Koztol and Jim Krebs, who rolled a 300
. game in try-outs, and freshmen Bob
Gebler, Pat Masters and Jim Thompson
appear to be the best bowlers on the mens
team, Hughes said.
Koiziol and Krebs are the only returning
members of last year's mens team.
Four return
The women's team has four juniors
returning from last year-Sue Fredricks,
Deb Holland, R&ndi Brehm and Eileen
Pazderka. Freshman Karen Montee is the
other top woman bowler, Hughes said.
The five that represent each team are
selected by qualifying rounds during
practice each week.
The team pracitces formally on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and has informal
practices three other days a week.
The bowling team is a member of two
conferences, the Kansas-Nebraska confer
ence and a postal league. Other teams in
the Kansas-Nebraska conference include
Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State. All
Big 8 conference schools except Colorado,
plus Wichita State, Southwest Missouri
State and Central Missouri State make up
the postal league.
Defending title
UNL's mens team is the defending
champion of the postal league, and was
runner up in the face-to-face tournament
held at the end of each season. This year
UNL will host that tournament, which is
tentatively scheduled for March 13th
and 14th.
Because the team is self-supporting,
bowlers pay their own way to meets,
Hughes said.
Last week at Kansas the team had to
forfeit its first two games because it
arrived late and was beaten in all three
series.
"During tryouts we had high hopes for
the team," Hughes said. "We have some
good qualifiers, but after last week's per
formance we will have to reevaluate the
team. It will take us at least three weeks
to climb out of the cellar."
1975 Kansas-Nebraska Bowling Con
ference Schedule: Oct. 5-at Wichita State;
Oct. 19-at Kansas State; . Nov. 2-at
Nebraska; Nov. 16 at Kansas; Dec. 7
at Kansas State.
Intramural football garnet tonight
Vine No. 1- 6 p.m.-Abel 7 "A" v. Sellack Quad
rangle "A", 7 p.m, -Acacia "8" vs. Alpha Gamma
Rho "B".8p.m.-Theta Xi "B" vs. Sigma Chi "B",
9 p.m.-Harper 10 "A" vs. Harper 4 "A".
Vine No. 2- 6 p.m.-Abel 3 "A" vs. Burr 1st East
"A", 7 p.m.-Delta Tau Delta "B" vs. Sigma Nu
"B", 8 p.m.-Chl Phi "B" vs. Phi Kappa Psl "B",
9 p.m.-Burr 3 "A" vs. Cather 3 "A".
Vina No. 3- 6 p.m. -Cather 6 "A" vs. Cather 13
"A", 7 p.m.-Ag Men "B" vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon
"B", 8 p.m.-Alpha Gamma Sigma "B" vs. Tau
Kappa Epsilon "3", 9 p.m.-Schramm 2 "A" vs.
Abel 5 "A".
Cather No. 1- 6 p.m.-Jets vs. Phi Delta Phi (A), 7
p.m.-Alpha Gamma Rho "C" vs. Sigma Phi Epsi
lon "C", 8 p.m.-Phi Gamma Delta "B" vs. Alpha
Tau Omega "B", 9 p.m.-Delta Tau Delta "A" vs.
Alpha Gamma Rho "A".
Cather No. 2- 6 p.m.-Aspen Gentlemen vs. Sr.
Dental School (A) (Rinne), 7 p.m.-Phi Delta
Theta "C" vs. Cornhusker Coop "C", 8 p.m.-Abel
5 "B" vs. Abel 6 "B", 9 p.m.-Ag Men "A" vs.
Acacia "A".
. Cather No. 3- 6 p.m.-MASA vs. Soph. Dental
School, 7 p.m.-Delta Tau Delta "C" vs. Sigma
Alpha Mu "C",8 p.m.-Abel 9 "B" vs. Abel 4 "B".
9 p.m.-Delta Upsilon "A" vs. Phi Delta Theta
"A".
UNL's football team was ranked fourth
in both ' the Associated Press (AP) and
United Press International (UPI) football
polls Monday.
. Rival Oklahoma was ranked first in the
AP poll and second in UPI ratings. Missouri
remained at fifth in both polls.
Two other Big 8 teams, Colorado and
Oklahoma State, advanced in both polls.
The Buffs were rated 19th and 16th
in the AP and UPI polls respectively.
Oklahoma State was ranked 11th in UPI
and 15th in the. AP. '
Jim Wightman, a UNL starting lineback
er charged with assaulting a police officer
Saturday night in Omaha, will play in
Saturday's football game against Miami,
Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne
announced after Tuesday's practice.
"I have to go on what he says to me,"
Osborne said. "He's going to practice and
he's going to play."
"I'm just sorry about the incident," .
Wightman said. i want to get back to
playing ball. Ill be ready to play Saturday."
Bushel
s of Christmas cards repay head trainer
By Susie Reitz
Rewards of being an auuciic Uiiuvr to mere than 500
athletes a year come at Christmas, according to Paul
Schneider, UNL head athletic trainer.
"You know it is worth it when. you have bushels of
Christmas cards from athletes you worked with," said
Schneider, who has been head trainer at UNL for 27 years.
"Even if it takes four months to read them all, it's worth
it," he said. .
Schneider meets about 150 new athletes a year, but
does not have trouble with names, he said.
"For the ones who are around all the time it isn t hard
to learn names," he said. "And for the ones I don't remem
ber, I use a trick.
Name games
"I say "What was your name?' and they'll say their first
or last nime and 111 say I knew that, I meant your last
w first nime-whichever they dldnt say."
Schneider was graduated from Lincoln High in 1935
and attended NU for a semester, he said. IU had to quit
school to work because of finances, and sold bread for the
next five years, h said.
In 1940 ho married and enlisted in the Air Force. He
was first stationed in South Carolina and later transferred
to the Pacific Theater, he said. Schneider was discharged
with the rank of major in 1946.
With money he saved while in the service, he bought a
Hastings golf course and ran it for two years. He said golf
was catching on fast in the Midwest then and in two years
he earned enough money to return to school.
Schneider, his wife and their two daughters moved to
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Lincoln where he reentered NU as a physical education
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J Former assistant
Schneider worked under chief trainer Blaine Rideout
. o fnH.nt assistant. In 1952. when Schneider was grad
uated, Rideout quit to go into business and Schneider was
appointed head trainer. jj
Since then he has supervised many successful student
trainers, he said. . . . 4 .
"Every man who has worked for me as a student trainer
nhvsical theraDist. trainer, dentist, or MJ).,H ,
Schneider said. One former assistant, George Suluvan, is
Hie learn t'lijiv" . , , . . n .
As the athletic program at UNL has expanded, Schneider
said the student training staff has grown. There are current
ly 11 staff members.
Difficult decision
With more than 200 applicants a year, selection cf two
or three new trainers is difficult, Schneider said. Choices
are based on previous athletic managing "experience,
coaches' recommendations and interviews.
Student trainers work an average of 22 hours a week and
spend volunteer time in the training room learning skills,
SC aMMon to the more than 40,000 athletes he has met
and the lasting friendships established in his 27 years,
training has other advantages, he said.
Schneider has 16 watches from bowl games aid tourna
mctns and two national championship rings among Isis
souvenirs, he said.
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