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to friiiy, novcTdbsr 12, 1073 , ' v.-; v' . ,:' A a if m U j T a (Mt TV towa university s tiaui press emsa n offers the best description cf the Cyclones, who Ere turn er heads with their play this year. Veteran, sophomore-dominated, small, fast, dangerous and burly with questionable speed is its description. The Cyclones have 12 seniors starting, but they also have seven sophomores listed number cne on the depth charts. Freshman coach Guy Ingles told those it Thursday's ReviewPreview Breakfast, sponsored by , the UNL Extension Division and KLIN radio, that Iowa State has everything ahead of them,' v lf they win their last two games, they can win the conference championship,' he said. "They have to beat .Nebraska and Oklahoma State, which is a pretty rough Toad to go. But they do have a chance." v Olfess&e Crcsts v.-- ISlTs offensive threats include Dexter Green, Jeff Curry, Mike Williams and Ray Hardee, who are all under 6 ft. tall and weigh less than 200 lbs. But senior split end Luther Blue perhaps fits the Cyclone mold best The pre-se23on all-Big 8 selection is proving himself to Dsof up - iwesflers .'':' to start season today A battered and bruised UNL wrestling team will open its 1976-77 season this weekend at the Great Plains Open to be held in the UNL Sports Complex track area. The team is beat up," said Husker wrestling coach Orval Borgialli. We have a lot of sprained ankles and that sort of thing." . The Great Plains Open, sponsored by the AAU, is ex pected to draw about 250 wrestlers, Borgialli said. OtheT teams.rentsrsd.in the tp.urhament include the University of Missouri, Iowa State University, University of Iowa,' University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Southern Illinois University and Arizona State University.-- Two NCAA champions, Tom Hazel of Oklahoma and ; Jimmy Jackson of Oklahoma State, are entered in the meet. , . . Borgialli said the Great Plains meet is one of the bigger AAU meets. The Great Plains meet is probably next in line to the AAU national meet size-wise," BorgiaHi said. The Great Rains Open will feature freestyle wrestling, he said. Not too many of our wrestlers are freestylers, ""Bor gialli said. 4We haven't been concentrating on freestyle wrestling too much, but. we're not going to take this meet lightly." Borgialli said UNL will enter 34 wrestlers in the Great Plains meet. J; "We sent one wrestler home with the flu Wednesday,' Borgialli said. ""We hope it (the flu) doesn't spread too far", . . -.- Champions from the Great Plains meet are eligible to compete in an international meet in Tblisi, Russia. The Great Plains meet will consist of four two-hour sessions starting at 1 p.m. and 7 pjn. both today and Saturday. n hormuia snows i By Pete Wegman ' When Purdue upset Michigan . last Saturday and Pittsburgh subsequently was ranked number one this week, Orange Bowl officials must have done cartwheels. For nearly two months of the 1976 collegiate football season, it had appeared that the Rose Bowl would feature the game for the national championship, between Michi gan and either UCLA or Southern California. However, the Orange Bowl suddenly has found it may have THE GAME." Pittsburgh, a strong contender for the Orange Bowl bid, is 9-0 and with only West Virginia and an uncharacteristically weak Penn State team to play, the Panthers should be 1 1-0 entering post-season play.;: If things remain the same in the Big 8 Conference (and that isamighty big if), Nebraska -should go to Miami as the conference's representative. Husker wins in the final three games this year would send Nebraska to the Orange Bowl with a 10-1-1 mark, and undoubtedly a higher t ank ing than the current number nine spot. The Orange Bowl's luster would further increase if the following would happen to the teams rated above Nebraska: No. 2 UCLA (8-0-l)-loses to Southern Cal Nov. 20. No. 3 Southern Cal (7-l)-beats UCLA Nov. 20; loses to Notre Dame Nov. 27. - , No. 4 Michigan (8-1 Hoses to Ohio State Nov. 20. No. 5 Texas Tech (7-Q)-loses to Houston Nov. 20; loses to Arkansas Nov. 27. No. 6 Georgia (S-l)-loscs to Auburn Saturday. No. 7 Maryland (9-C)-Ioses to Cfcmcc.n Saturday; loses to Virginia Nov. 20. - No. 8 Ohio State (7-1-1 -los2S to Minnesota Saturday; If all cf the aforementioned possibilities occur, the Crars Bowl could have number one Pitt ztist number two Nebraska. " be just that. lie is second on the B-g 8 receiving list with 28 catches for 557 yards. The University cf fdissouri' s Joe Stewart is first with 32 catches f or CS2 yards. ... I thovht two yean 30 he was the best wide receiver I had seen in the Big 8 Conference, said Husker coach Tom Osborne, ISUV quarterbacks, T gyne Sttelsy End Buddy Hardeman, are described by Osborne as two of the most versatile quarterbacks around. They will go cut and mix It up real good Osborne said. They're not afraid to throw the ball 30 times in a .game. : " '' : , .". : . ';.vl :'V,;' ComelssckMis ISU the comback kids of the Big 8 this year after last year's 4-7 record, holds the sacoad best mark in the Eig 8t7-2. - " y Ingles said ISU is basically the same team m last year, 3ut this year they don have five cr six key injuries like they did last year," he said. I don't look for it to be a 52 point difference this year, referring to Nebraska's 52-0 rout in Lincoln last year. . UNL has the best mark at 6-1-1, but the teams switch. first and wcor.d places when it ccmss to totd offjr.ve yards per pme in the t'.j 8. The Cyclbr.es rc3 up an ctrre cf A"2 yards per contest while tha !iu:rs are seccrJ, avcrilrs 403 yards.! gzziz. However, the tables turn tzun ulth UNL kadins s I 1 Bi3 8 in averse pissing yards 1 sjams 187. second, avsrrir 177 yards a contest v UNL also leads the Big 8 with a 4-1 record, while ISU, tain, is second with four other BI3 8 teams zt 3-2. ISU coach Eerie Bruce, who has guided the Cyclones to their best start since 1971, balances his small backs with burly" defenders. , ,v i'--, Sophomore Mike' Stensrud, junior Torn. Randall and senior Ron McFarland bolster an ISU defensive front that gets as tall as 6 ft 6 in. with McFarland, and xs heavy as 270 lbs. with Stensrud. . v ISU serUJr Jerry Jaksich and sophomore Tom also rank among the Big 8's top 10 interceptors. Each player has had three, which may be enough to make Husker quarterback Vince Ferragamo, the Big 8's leading passer, think twice before throwing. 1 f 1 ..... 1 I . .' . X-.v.., v, VJk ' i 'A. ' . f i ' X ' I ,v , ' I , ' 1T ' " C ' j - 1 . . a ' N f O- . ' 1 .5. -Ti 4, - . r " , 4 . ..... . r " - r-T. - - i , ' I""'M"MI'M'MM,WWWWMMIWM"WM' 1 II Mill I in nWli'MMMMM MlWlrtflliHl rilWli III MIHiiHUWH 4 Photo by Ted Kirit Uete TiJen arkgd Nebraska's defense rar.st Oklahoma Siate University last Saturday, making 30 tackles. HSen may need more help from his teammates Saturday, however, when they face Iowa State's balanced attack. Mo. H ushers d Although expecting that many upsets is illogical, the top teams do finally start playing each other the next few weeks and someone has to lose. If the Huskers continue their winning ways, they will begin to climb in the polls. - However, any outside chances Nebraska has of backing into the national championship a la 1970 season) hinge play Grange Bowl fourth and twenty f J on playing Pitt in he Orange Bowl. The big question is: would Pitt risk a national title by playing the Big 8 champion? Remember last year, Alabama was 10-1 and the .running for the coveted national crown. However, Alabama coach Bear Bryant "chose" Penn State to play in the Sugar Bowl ---- The htm was criticized from coast to coast for ducking the Big 8 champion and playing s. weaker team. Husker coach Tom Osborne even -called Bryant a son cf a gun." Pitt coach Johnny Majors doesn't need to be told how tough the Big 8 is-he used to cosch h?re. Majors was head coach at Iowa State from 1963 to 1972, ccmp2ing a 9-25-1 conference mark. Tin to Cotton Lq11 All Pitt have to do is go to a major bowl, win and the Panthers wl be .camber ona. Pitt, for example, could pick the Cotton Bowl ard play Lhe Southwest Conference champion. The kadsr h that conference is Texas Tech. Allhouih Tech is undefeated and rated above the Huskers, which team is better? Last week Texas Tech held Texas Christian University (TCU) to 10 points, exactly like the Huskers did. However, Nebraska managed to score 64 points against TCU, not 14 like Texas Tech. This writer has heard a number of fans comment that Pitt would nt duck the Big 8 champion because the Orange Bowl is just too lucrative, financially, to pass up. , However, the Cotton Bowl has been paying as much as t.e Orange Bowl, if not more, to participating teams. Last .year, for example, Georgia received .5215,000 more for playing in the Cotton Bowl than Okhhoma got for playing in the Orange Bowl. Entirely possible This writr believes that it is entirely possible for Fm to pass up the Orange Bowl in favor of another bowl I wouldn't like to see it happen, but it's a possibility Husker fans must consider while pondering the slim chances for another national championship for Nebraska. Two weeks' ago "Fourth and Twenty" applauded the JWity cfMirmesota (MU) for fHIng a lawsuit against t.cwiA. Tlus week it sppiauds 3hs MU student bodv - 2mce learning of 'the NCAA-imposed probation cri' their school's alhletk: pre-nm, the MU studts have raisi behind the university. A groap called the Students for Fairnws, Inc., has been formed The group cases funds to surport MlJ's hwsuk anst theiiCA.. ;.w ' - J-3t I.- V, StlWfcjfa for p:rT!' : Tn.! rrir-.rr-.-t jt T.ue io. Your chod" party. 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