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By J-Iike McCarthy
Without senior linebacker Ckte POen, the Huskers
would have lost to Oklahoma State University (OSU)
Saturday, Huskei coach Tom Osborne said Monday at
the Extra Point Oub luncheon.
"Oar coaches believed if Gete PiUen wouldn't have
done what he did, we would have lost the game," Osborne
said. "It was the finest defensive preformance of the
year" . V-
What PiUen did in the Huskers1 14-10 victory over the
Cowboys was tackle. He made 30 tackles, 14 of them
unassisted against a strong OSU rushing offense that
netted 292 yards.
What is more amazing," Osborne said, is that he has
had a bad ankle since the TCU (Texas Christian Univer
sity) game (Sept. 25)"
irSlea has instinct
"Ckte isn't the fastest player," Osborne said. "But he
has the instinct of getting to the football. Either you have '
that instinct or you don t .
PiUen said he had to change his coverage after watching
films of OSlFs earlier games.
"After watching films I knew I had to go deeper on
coverage since they have such fast backs coming out of
the backfield," PiUen said.
"I felt I played a good game after watching the game
films," Pillen said. "But Okie State only threw six times
and ran 78 plays, so that many tackles isn't that unusual
when the defense is playing so much. You just have to
hustle and work at it"
Osborne termed the OSU game awfully hard-hitting.
Physically there was little difference between the two
teams, he said.
Osborne also cited senior split end Chuck Malito for
a "great' game," but he said UNL's other ends are almost
interchangeable wife Malito.
"User; is not much difference between Malito,
(Bobby) Thomas and (Dave) Shamblin. It doesn't matter
which one is in there at the time "
UNL backpac!ing trip
getting set for M exico
A 10-day backpacking trip through Mexico will high
light the end of this year for at tesk 12 UNL students.
An organizational meeting for the trip, sponsored by
UNL's Recreation DepL, will be today at 4 pjn. if the
Nebraska Union Small Auditorium, according to Ed Wan
o" the RecreatioaBepi.
There will be a limit of 1 2 persons on the trip because
of van capacity, Wan said. 'tH be driving to the border
in university provided vara. ' -
Wan said the group also would travel by bus and train
before reaching the Barrancas Del Ccbxe Canyon where
the backpacking w21 begin. " ,
"Well be making a loop around the canyon so we end
sp at virtually the same place where we began, Wan
ssid.
Total cost for the trip, from Dec 2S ta Jan. 14wi31r-j
$192.
The department also sponsored a nine-person canoe
trip to the Missouri Ozarks from Oct 22 to 25, Wan said.
""We canoed down the north fork of the White River in
IvSissoari," Wan said. "It "rained most of the time but I
think everybody sfi3 had a pretty good time. We were
there just at the right time of year because the trees were
just turning cedar. It was really besutifuL"
Cost of the canoe trip was $45 per person, Wan
Wan said that the only difficulty involved on trips is
the weather. .
Sometimes its hard to suit everyone's tastes, but
that's no big problem. We never have trouble flHmg up
tbsess trips. People sign cp well in zivzscc .
: ' ' ' Stadents . wanting additional information should
contact the Recreation Dept. af472-3457.
as game saver,
ivafed Cyclones
Senior quarterback Vince Ferragamo also had a good
day despite throwing two interceptions, Osborne said,
adding the offensive line did "a good job protecting
Vince."
Osborne expressed concern with the Huskers' five
turnovers against OSU and about UNL's next opponent,
Iowa State University (ISU).
"A year ago we did a great job, averaging about two
turnovers a game," he said. "It would have been a much
different ballgame had we taken care of the ball on our
first two possessions."
On the Huskers first two possessions Saturday, drives
were thwarted inside OSlFs 30-yard line. One was stopped
when Ferragamo threw an interception. On the other,
Thomas fumbled after catching a Ferragamo pass.
Doable trouble
ISU quarterbacks Buddy Hardeman and Wayne Stanley
offer the biggest problem for the Huskers Saturday.
Osborne said.
"Both are great runners," he said. "But they can also
, pass. You won't find two quarterbacks that do things fo
well."
Osborne said the difference between last year's and this
year's ISU team is that the 1976 Cyclones have stayed
healthy and 1975's team had little to play for.
Osborne said the Huskers' 4-1 mark doesn't give UNL
much breathing room while leading the Big 8, and any
talk about the bowl picture is premature.
"It could end up one Big 8 team goes to the Orange
Bowl and everybody else, (in the Big 8) sits home,"
Osborne said. "The best thing we could do is make sure
we're the team to go."
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Husker senior co-captain mud linebacker Qete FI!sn
leased 3D tackles Saturday ia the Huskers 1413
wia over Oklahoma State Usr?erssry. Gsach Tosi
Osborne called it "the finest defensive perfocssace
of fee yesr" far the Huskers. . ; " ,
eauinment manager Babcocl
has shared in Husker andiron luck
By Rob Barney ' t
If Gib Babcock quit farming just to get Big 8 Con
ference championship watches, he has been lucky.
During bis 12 years at UNL, Babcock, football equip
ment manager, has received seven Big 8 championship
rings and two national championship rings.
It was 14 years ago that Babcock decided to leave his
farm near North Loup to work on -the UNL grounds
crews. -
"It was getting to where it (farming) wasnl profit
able," Babcock said. 1 just decided I wanted to do some
thing else."
After two jtars on the grounds crew, Babcock applied
for the equipment manager job.
' : Respoiu&LZfy .. '
"1 knew one thing when I applied for the job," Bab
cock said. "That it would be quite a responsible job. But
I figured I wouJd maybe get a championship watch."
Babcock is in his last year at UNL. He sail he plans to
retire and go back to North Loup at the end of ApriL
Babcock said his busiest time of the year is just be
fore the football season starts.
"The hardest thing I do is to try to get the players
fitted with the right eqament," he said. "Some players
who wear a large in one type of pants might wear a
medium in another."
. Bibcock said he has had problems fitting some players.
He said the bigest prc&km was fitting Mania Crenshaw
with shoes, adding that Gren&aw wore a size 16 shoe,
which had to be speckHy zrude. .
"IDob Lmgenfelter (UNL senior offensive tackle) is
about as big as they come. He wears a size 15 shoe, but
those are a let easkr to come by tfrr size 16s," he cV
Eshcock, who also is equipment manaju mot baseball
and track, said his game preparations start Thursday.
tn Thursday we get four trunks fu3 of practice
clothes, sideline the weather is bad and face
masks and chin straps along with other odds and ends
ready," he said. -
Also on Thursdays, the players pick up their own
game equipment, he said. -
"The players are responsible for all of their game
uniforms and equipment," Babcock said. "Plus we take
along an extra jersey for each player."
Babcock said jerseys usually last a couple of year-
then are used as practice jerseys.
"We have to replace the mesh jerseys a little bit more
often," he said. t
After being packed, the equipment is taken to the air
port to be loaded on the Husker plane. If the team takes a
bus, the equipment is loaded in the van which Babcock
drives to the game. He shares driving time with UNL
groundskeeper Bill Shepard. .
After the game.
He said the van aha goes to the road games that the
team flics to.
""We bring back the equipment ourselves in the fan
instead of by plane because in the past we hired people to
to do it and we havent got our stuff back when we wast
ed it," he said.
After the game is over and the equipment is retamtd,
Babcock's job is not over. He has to wash all of the jer
seys and pants.
We use 60 pounds of soap a week and over a ton a
year," Babcock said. The only things we don't wai are
the towels. There is a towel service for that"
He said the installation of AstroTurf has helped save on
washing costs, but has cost UNL in another way.
"Before the turf, players had shoes for practice and
then for the game. But now some players have four or five
pairs of shoes depending on if the surface is wet or dry."
, Babcock said he has noted some differences ia equip
ment over the years.
"The basest difference is how the prices have gone trp .
but the quality stays the same."
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