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and brothers won't bump heads in USU game
By Shelley Smith
Cornhusker offensive tackle Gary England Jokingly said
the news that his younger brother had been injured wasn't
necessarily bad.
His brother is Dave England, a 6-3, 228-pound starting
outside linebacker for Utah State, who Gary would have
lined up against on Saturday .
Dave hyperextended the middle finger on his right
hand in Utah State's 4848 tie with San Jose State last
Saturday.
But for Dave, the news is bad, Hell have to sit out the
Nebraska-Utah State game scheduled here Saturday-a
game he'd been looking forward to since he signed with
the Aggies two years ago.
"It really brings me down," Dave said.
"I don't know if 1 can stand to watch the game. 1 really
want to be playing," he added.
Gary, who is listed as the second string tackle behind
senior Mark Goodspeed, said that seriously, he was upset
about Dave's injury because he, too, was ready to play his
brother.
GARY, AT 6-3, 234-pounds, said he and Dave have
been "kidding around" about the match-up since Dave
was a freshman.
"We knew we'd play each other. But I know Dave
wasn't really expecting to win-he just kind of sarcastical
ly would ask me if I was ready for him," Gary said.
However, Dave said "no way."
"We're going into this game with the thought that
we're going to win. And I'd like to talk to Gary afterwards
and give him a bad time about losing the game," Dave
said.
The England brothers, both with sophomore standing
now, played high school football at Skyline High School
in Salt Lake City, Utah under Coach Ken Schmidt, Gary
was a year ahead of Dave but was fedshirted.
GARY EARNED all-state football honors his senior
year and Dave was instrumental in bringing two state
championships to Skyline.
However, last Saturday's injury wasn't Dave's first.
He underwent knee surgery when he was in ninth
grade, and then on the first day of practice his junior year,
reinjured the same knee.
'The doctors told me I ought to sit out a year other
wise I might not be walking," he said.
Dave was able to play his senior year, and when Utah
State was the only school to offer a scholarship-he took
it
she said.
"I actually couldn't lose this game, but with Dave hurt
maybe 111 cheer a little harder for Nebraska" she added,
Gary suggested that a tie would "suit them (their
parents) just fine."
DAVE SAID that because of the way both teams'
defenses are set up, if he hadn't been injured he would
have had to line up right across from Gary,
"On some plays we would have been head to head and
I was looking forward to playing against him," he said.
Hie last time the brothers played against each other
was in high school.
"I was a sophmore on the meat squad and he was a
senlor-but I was a little kid then," he said.
Gary said that if Dave could have played, he would
have wanted him to have a good game.
"But I'd still want to win," he added.
Dave said that Utah State's team was disappointed
in last Saturday's tie.
"WE MADE a lot of mistakes but there was a lot of
hard hitting in there. They played an offense we weren't
quite ready for "he said.
Will they be ready for Nebraska's offense?
"Well they're big," he said.
"Everyone knows I have a brother at Nebraska but
they just ask me how big he Is," he said .
"When I tell them, they just say 4oh,' " he said.
When Dave plays he is lined up right next to 6-7, 265
pound tackle Rulon Jones, an All-American candidate.
He said it is very reassuring .
"I know that if I make a mistake or something Rulon
is usually there to cover," he said.
"I'd sure hate to play against him," he added!
"I KNEW then that I would play Gary someday, and I
was really looking forward to it."
Dave underwent surgery Monday morning to repair the
severed tendon in his hand, and will travel with his parents
and the Utah State Booster Club to see the game this
weekend.
Mary England, Gary and Dave's mother, said she and
her husband Leonard were planning on cheering for both
teams.
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Freshman Husker football player kicks off new season
By Frank Hassler
At UNL, most football players need time to get used
to the system before they can play on the varsity.
Not Kevin Seibel.
Depth Chart
Offense
Tight end-Miller, Finn-Davies, Williams-Hill, Krenk,
Left Tackle-Goodspeed , England, Carlstrom-Thiess,
Lingenfelter-Anderson, Left Guard-Havekost,
Adams-Potadle, Mandelko, Hendricks, Center-Saal-feld,
Rimlngton-Deloach, Johnson, McElroy Right
Guard-Schleusener, Potadle-Rice, Brand, Glathar,
Right Tackle-Steiner, Hurley ruce , Boll, Kwapick,
Split End-Smith, Wood ard -Brown, T., Noon an,
Wehrle, Quarterback-Quinn, Hager-Mauer, Mathi
son-Gebert, Knoll, I-back-Hipp-Redwine , Johnson,
Landwehr, Smith, Vair, Toscas, Fullback-Franklin-Wurth,
Kotera -Bates, Moravec-Smith, Zobel-Toscas,
Wingback-Brown, Steels-McCrady, McCue,
Huebert-Vergith.
Defense
Left End-Cole. Williams, Thlessen, Holmes, Peter
son, Left Tackle-Horn, Clark, Williams-GDowskl,
Tuck, Middle Guard-Weinmaster, Lee-Hineline,
Whiteculley, Wees-f.linor-Lindstrom-Engler, Rht
Tackle-Barnett, Penstek, Stromath-Waechter,
Lonowski-Relners, Riht End -Nelson, Lindstrom,
Esss, Miles-Nelson, Stronj linebacker-Baker,
Vering, Damkroger, Ruud, Evans, Florell, Weak
liaebacker-Williami, Vering, McWhirter, Ruud,
Zutavern, Moravec, R. Left Comer-Letcher-'
Lfadquist, Liegl, lodence, LarsenCenter-Beach,
Monster-LeRoy, , Sims, Searcey. Bohl-Roark-Petersen,
Safety-Cary, Kreicl, Van Norman,
Valasek-Pkkett-Bakalas . Ript Comer-Means,
, Fischer,-! Lewis, iHoIbrook-Bell-Hoeslng, Kfcker
" Sukup, Bergkamp, Kirk, Schoening, Gemar, Krejd.
Seibel, a freshman from Vermillion, S.D., will be play
ing when the Huskers open their season in Lincoln Satur
day against Utah. State. He'll be easy to spot. When UNL
kicks off, he'll be the kicker.
Seibel was brought up to the varsity to handle klckoffs
after he had been a starting linebacker on the freshman
team.
"We knew alout him through recruiting," said Milt
Tenopir, assistant offensive line coach. "We knew he was a
kicker before he came here."
"Kevin has really good leg strength," Tenopir added.
"He had the strongest leg ot those kickers we tried. He
needs to do some work on his consistency, but he can
kick it a long way."
Seibel holds the South Dakota record for the longest
field goal, a 53-yard effort against South Sioux City. He
said he kicked a 60-yarder once while practicing.
At the UNL tryout, Seibel said, he kicked "about ten
or fifteen. About three or four of them were with the
wind.
Seibel said that, althoush he is no longer on the fresh
man squad, he still practices as a linebacker.
"I was real pleased with the way it was all handled," he
said. "Now, I work on kicking with the varsity and do
some linebacking for the scout team, so I can get both of
them in at the same practice."
"Those guys (the vanity) are huge compared to what
I've been used to," Seibel said. "I've never played against
them in a scrimmage."
Td like to play linebacker as well as kick," he said.
"Hopefully, 111 get to play, maybe not this yen, but
sometime in the future."
Seibel said that while at Vermillion, the largest crowd
to watch his team was "about 500." What will happen
when he runs out on the field in front of 76,000 football
fans?
"I knew you'd ask that," the stocky Seibel said.
"Hopefully, I'll get used to it before the game. I guess it'll
be my initiation."
Although he has not yet played in Memorial Stadium,
he did watch Nebraska beat Oklahoma, 1714, last Nov
ember. "That was really something," he said. "I was sitting in
the north end zone, and it was like the stands were shak
ing." By this time, Seibel was already being recruited by Ne
braska. He said UNL was the first college to contact him
during his junior year in high school.
In high school, Seibel said, he also threw the shotput
and the discus.
"I held the South Dakota state record in the shotput
for about five minutes," he said.
At the state meet his senior year he said he uncorked
a 62 foot, 2 12-inch toss. However, his rival from Bran
don Valley broke the 63-foot barrier on his next throw.
If the ex-shotputter finds himself redshirted, it will give
him a chance to space out a heavy academic workload,
Seibel said.
-Seibel said he plan to major in engineering at UNL, al-
though he hasn't decided whether it will be chemical pr
electrical.
Husker JVs beat Wyoming 9 2846
Frank Solich, UNL junior varsity football coach, is
itm undefeated as a college coach.
Solich', in his first year, improved his record to 1-0
Monday as the Huskers stopped 'a stubborn Wyoming
JV eleven, 26-1 6.
It waiSolich's first win at UNL, but it was the 18th
straight opening win for the primarily freshman teams.
UNL1! 1st opening loss was in 1961, 18-0 toJowa Stite.
Roger Craig at Davenport, Iowa, carried only 12 times
to the game, but he piled up 196 yards to lead the strong
Husker ground ame ,
Craig scored one touchdown, on a 69-yard run.
Nate Mason, quarterback from Greenville, Texas,
scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of one and 55 yards.
Craig Holm an, an Omaha Northwest graduate, scored
on a seven yard run. t
Hie Huskers took a 13-8 lead into the locker room at
halftime.
The JVs will try to keep their record intact Sept. 24
when they play their first game this fall at home. ;
'Hie opponent will be the Bethany College Swedei of
Lindsbbrg, Kan,, and game time is 1 :30 pin.