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I Coach warns against overconf idence
Photo by Tad Kirk
Cletus Pillen drew praise from
linebacker coach Bill Miles after
his performance against
Missouri. Pillen is the Buskers'
leading tackier with 75.
By Scott Jones
Nebraska's football team has many
reasons to be over-confident about defeat
ing its next opponent, Kansas State.
Season records, national rankings and
reputation all point to a lopsided Husker
win at Manhattan Saturday.
But head Husker coach Tom Osborne
gave a better reason Monday in his Extra
Point Club address for not being over
confident. "At the present time this is a football
team that wants to win very much,"
Osborne said. "We prepare the same every
week and we're expecting the same
Intensity this week as last week."
Such intensity can't be guaranteed, but
Osborne said this year's team hasn't been
the type to let up.
Three phases improve
Osborne said that in downing Missouri
30-7 Saturday, Nebraska improved in all
three phases of its game-offense, defense
and kicking.
"I think on defense the key was that
they couldn't run consistently against us,"
Osborne said. "People can go out there and
throw for 150 to 200 yards but that yard
age is sporadic."
Missouri quarterback Steve Pisarkiewicz
passed for 151 yards, but tha Tigers only
had 71 rushing yards. Unlike past games,
Missouri was unable to complete the
"home run ball," with the longest pass
completion being 20 yards.
Tackle Jerry Wied and linebacker Jim
Wightman played their best games and end
Ray Phillips showed definite improve
ment, Osborne said.
Kicking game
Phillips's blocked punt leading to
Nebraska's first touchdown was typical of
Nebraska's "definitely superior" kicking
game Saturday, "possibly the big differ
ence," Osborne said.
"This is very rare when you can say
your kicking game is better than
Missouri's," he said.
Bill Myles, linebacker coach, had general
praise for his linebackers, especially junior
Clete Pillen, who leads the team in tackles
with 75.
"Clete Pillen is playing as well as any
linebacker in the conference," Myles said.
Osborne was more reserved in his praise
of the offense.
"Offensively we were a little sporadic
at times. I was a little upset with third
quarter mistakes that stalled drives," he
said.
"I felt there were opportunities to put
them away earlier than we did and I think
that was trie main negative thing about our
offense."
However, the offense capitalized on
scoring opportunities and didn't commit
many turnovers, he added.
Osborne said the remaining schedule
will be tough "because we don't have any
tricks left," referring to the Bummerooski
fake punt play.
"It is a pretty deceptive thing," he said.
"Once you show it you've got to be careful
someone doesn't do it to you."
Leading rebounder hopes
to improve his own ability
Local wrestling tourney
hosts national grapplers
By Pete Wegman
One of the nation's most important
wrestling tournaments will be held in mid
November at UNL, according to Newt
CoppJe, Senior Division Chairman of the
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for
wrestling.
The Great Plains Collegiate Open Nov.
14-15, will involve both team and
individual competition. Outstanding
individual wrestlers will be picked by an
AAU selection committee to represent the
U.S. for a series of matches in Russia, in
early 1976, Copple said.
Entries for the tournament have been
taken from Olympic Gold medal winner
Ben Peterson, National AAU champions
Greg Woiciechowski, Stan Dziedzic and
Russ Hellickson, and outstanding NCAA
wrestlers Wade Schallei, Joe Corso and
Mike Taylor, Copple said.
The tournament will involve freestyle
wrestling, used in international
competition, which differs from collegiate
wrestling.
"Probably the big difference in the two
styles is that in freestyle you can lock your
hands anytime," said UNL head wrestling
coach Orval Borgialli. "College wrestling
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allows no handlocking around the waist
line." Borgialli also cited a slight scoring
variation between methods.
"Freestyle helps the individual realize
he shouldn't expose his back to the mat at
any time, because if he does, hell give up
some kind of points," he said.
There will be 12 weight classes in the
tournament, compared to 10 in collegiate
dual meets. Each team is allowed to enter
15 wrestlers in team competition.
The Husker squad will hold elimination
matches Friday and Saturday, Borgialli
said, to determine the IS wrestlers on
UNL's team. Nebraska's remaining
wrestlers will enter Individual categories.
"We can't really afford to spend & lot of
time on international style, because we've
got to be preparing for competition during
our NCAA season, Borgialli said.
Nebraska will probably rely on its
seven returning seniors and its upper 1
weight class wrestlers in the tournament,
he said.
Improving all aspects of his basketball
game is the goal of UNL's leading rebound
er, junior Bob Siegal.
Siegal, a 6 ft. 6 in. forward, averaged
10.5 rebounds and 10.3 points a game in
Big 8 Matchups last year. His rebounding
average was fourth in the conference and
first among forwards in the Big 8.
"Bob has improved every year," said
head coach Joe Cipriano. "He always has
been a fine rebounder and outside shooter.
This year he has been doing some work to
help develop his inside moves, and he still
has to work on building his stamina," he
said.
Siegal, a two-year letterman from
Fairbury, said he thinks UNL will have a
sound basketball team this year, but added
that it is too early to make predictions
because the team is still reviewing
fundamentals.
"I think playing without the 30-second
clock will help us," he said. "Last year we
got big leads in four or five games that we
couldn't hold. This year we can go into a
delay game and hold those leads."
Siegal said the Big 8 probably will
be stronger this year than last, and there
will be more competition for the top four
spots. Big 8 teams have many returning
players, including good guards and some
strong forwards, he said.
Overtime goals boost soccer team
Two overtime goals helped UNL's
soccer club beat a combined Indiana
Purdue team at Fort Wayne, Ind., 4-2
Sunday.
The game was played under the lights in
a steady downpour before fewer than 100
paid spectators, according to soccer club
president Jim Fullerton.
'The weather turned out about as bad
as we could have hoped," he said. "We
were hoping to make enough money
(Nebraska was guaranteed one-third of the
paid attendance) to pay for new uniforms.
Unfortunately, we didn't make any
money."
Victor Bishop, Dave Egr and Rob
Babcock (twice) scored for Nebraska.
The Huskers, 8-2-1 , close the fall season
Saturday when they host York College at
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