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pagg 12 daily nebraskan thursday, October 11, 1079 sr)?fe 'Freshmen to meet Kansas J V's Friday By Ron Powell . When freshman Head Coach Frank Solich ' team hosts the Kansas JV's Friday, Sollch will know what the Jay hawks are going to run but not who's going to run it. Since there is no film exchange between JV teams, Sollch said he has had to use the Kansas varsity film to prepare for the game. "Without the exchange, you don't know a great deal about their personnel," Solich said. "You know a little about what they're going to do on offense and defense, because JV teams run the same thing the varsity does, but only on a smaller scale. "It makes it harder to prepare for a game, but I don't think it will be that big factor," Solich added. "Wc feel we've got good players across the front so we're not wor ried about getting dominated by them." The Kansas JV's are 1-1 on the season, defeating Okla homa State 12-0 but losing to Missouri 16-7 last Friday. The last time the Husker freshmen played the Jayhawks was in 1976 in Lawrence. The Jayhawks spoiled the Huskers' bid for an undefeated season with a 19-18 win. THE HUSKER FRESHMEN are 20 on the season, coming off a 63-0 win against Bethany College on Sept. 24. Solich said the Kansas game should be much tougher than the Bethany contest. "Now that we're into the Big Eight season, I doubt very much you'll see a game like the Bethany game," Solicit said. "I don't think Bethany plays the caliber of ball of the teams we'll play in the Big Eight." Besides Kansas, the Huskers also play the Missouri and Kansas State JV teams. The strength of the Huskers attack has been the ground game. In two games, the Huskers have averaged 439 yards a game rushing, with 13 players having rushing statistics. Leading the Husker attack have been l-back Roger Craig and Dennis Rogan. Craig has gained 277 yards arid scored three times while Rogan has 140 yards and two touchdowns. Craig is averaging 14.6 yards a carry while Rogan isn't far behind with his 14 yards a carry average. A fullback, starter Craig Holmon has rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns. He is averaging 8.7 yards a carry . Solich said he plans to alternate the backfield as he did in the first two games. Holmon and Doug Wilkening will alternate at fullback with Rogan and Craig alternating at 1 back. He added Nate Mason Will open at quarterback, but that both Dave Haase and Russel Frazier could see playing time. THE HUSKERS' PASSING game, which has averaged only 58 yards a game, has Improved, according to Sollch. "The first game (Wyoming) the passing wasn't real good because we had't had time to work on it a lot," Sollch said. Against Bethany, we didn't need to pass. I've seen improvement in our passing in practice, though, and hopefully well see that improvement in the Kansas game." Solich and defensive coordinator Jake Cabell both said they are pleased with the defense, which has given up only 16 points in two games. "I think they're playing better all the time," Solich said. "At first, the secondary was having trouble with secondary calls, but we're trying to cut down what wc re teaching them, and they're doing better,' Cabell said his defensive standouts have been noseguard Jeff Merrell, free safety Randee Johnson, defensive ends Todd Spratte and Tony Fellcl and mostcr back Ricky Mann . Johnson is a converted quarterback . Although Solich temporarily lost some of his players to varsity practice the past couple weeks, he said it hasn't affected preparation for the game, "You've got to expect It," Solich said. "The fact that we have had quite a bit of time between games has helped. "We've still had time to work on certain plays that require some work on timing." I -A CP " k J v. It iWiywzb V. I f r m ' "" ft ' tl. s. " rev Huskers triumph Photo by Mikt SwtMty Nebraska's Kathy Foley rounds second base with the winning run in the second game of a double deader against Creighton Sunday. Shelley Scott hit the game winning two-run double. The Huskers swept the games 6-1 and 4-3 to move their season record to 12-S.Satur day the Huskers host Kansas in a double-header at Ballard Field. Kansas coach is feeling fortunate The Kansas University Jayhawks are fortunate, KU Coach Don Fambrough said, considering who they play this weekend. Kansas, 1-3 for the season, will be in Lincoln Saturday to open the Big Eight season against Nebraska, who is 4-0 arid ranked fourth by UPI and fifth by the AP. Nebraska will be the third nationally ranked team the Jayhawks face this season. There are a couple of points in the Jayhawk's favor Fambrough said, including the absence of serious injury on the team. "We have lot of bumps and bruises, but physically we are m good shape " he said. The only exception is inside linebacker Monty Carbonell, senior captain of the team who will be out for the remainder of the season . Carbonell is tied for second in total tackles for the Jayhawks but suffered a broken forearm in the Syracuse game. ( Senior quarterback Brian Bethke is expected to start, despite the probable availability of sophomore Kevin Gin ton, who missed last week's 4547 loss to Syracuse because of rib injuries. Clinton leads the Jayhawb in passing, completing 37 in 84 attempts for 367 yards. Bethke has completed 20 of 34 passes Tor 236 yards. Fambrough laid Other Jayhawk strengths are lineback er Jim Zidd.i senior ho earned second team all -confer ence honors last year, and free safety Leroy Inrtn. Ztid ts the team's leading tackier with 1 1 assists and 22 unassisted tackles, trviri Is tied for second with 10 assists tnd 22 unassisted tackles. Even With these &fensive strengths, KU Is last ki the Big Eight in total defense. Frambrough said he is leery of the Husker offense which is rated number one in the nation in total offense with an average of 4835 yards per game. "They have a sound offense, Fambrough said. "I hope we can make them earn everything they get. You can't gang up bn one aspect of their offense or theyll kill you with something else. Fambrough said he is impressed with the Husker l-back corps Of Jarvis Red wine, I.M. Hipp and Craig Johnson, but his defense will not concentrate on them. "Junior Millet is probably the best in the nation. Con. centrate on the backs and theyll throw to Miller, Fambrough added. "We realize we ire playing one of the better teams in the United States. It is a. tremendous challenge. To do well well have to play the best football possible. IVe been around the Big Eight for quite awhile and 1 think this might be one of the better Nebraska teams in the past few years," he said. Kansas has had relatively little success against the Huskers in the recent past. The Jayhawks have not beaten Nebraska since 1968. coming close in 1973 in a 10-9 loss. Last season, the Huskers beat Kansas 63-21 while the Jayhawks finished the season 1-10 overall and 07 in the Big Eight. That victory came late in the season after injuries had severely depleted the KU squad. Haying Kansas early in the season while optimism is high, could be a greater challenge for Nebraska, Coach Tom Osborne said. 1 think that Toms being kind, Fambrough said, referring to the remark. X)ur team is excited about playing in Lincoln before a full house. It's definitely big time football, Big 8 standings Big Eight Standings Conference W L Pts Oklahoma Nebraska Missouri Kansas State Oklahoma State towa State Kansas . Colorado I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a o o o i 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Op 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 All games W L Pts Op 4 .4 3 2 2 I I I 0 182 64 0 158 S2 9 49 65 57 64 63 68 81 71 115 69155 Saturday's games Kansas at Nebraska Oklahoma State at Missouri Oklahoma at Texas Iowa State at Kansas State Colorado idle Volleyball team qualifies The Nebraska vofkyball team was Idle during the weekend, but qualified for the Association for tntercol legiate Athletics for Women (A1AW) Region VI competi tion by beating Kansas 154, 15-9 and defeating Wichita State, 15-5, 15 last Wednesday. Coach Terry Pettit said Nebraska will host the regional cornpetition Nov. 1547 In the Coliseum. The volleyball team will try to better its 214 record at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago Oct. 1 243