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tuesday, October 16, 1979
daily nebraskan
JminiioF Miller doesn't like to hurt people Osborne
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By Shdlcy Smith
Nebraska tight end Junior Miller doesn't
like to block, according to Head Coach
Tom Osborne.
Miller, a 64, 222-lbs. senior from
Midland, Texas "Really doesn't want to
hurt people, Osborne told the Extra Point
Club at its weekly meeting Monday.
"He'll run over someone if he wants to
get in the end zone, but he's just not a
mean guy," he said.
Miller, who caught two passes for 39
yards and scored one touchdown in the
Huskers 42-0 win over Kansas lust
weekend, missed a couple of key blocks,
according to Osborne.
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Kansas safety Leroy Irvin (47) looks a bit out of position to make this play.
Nebraska's Kenny Brown takes advantage of the acrobatics to trot into the end zone
with a 12-yard completion from quarterback Tim Hager.
somebody but he said he doesn't want to,"
Osborne added.
Osborne praised Nebraska's offense
which tallied 611 total offensive yards
against the Jayhawks, but attributed much
of the Husker's offensive success to the
defense.
The Husker defense allowed Kansas
only 79 offensive yards and "kept getting
us the ball back , Osborne said .
- "IT'S HARD to single out who did a
good job defensively because everybody
did a good job," he said.
"Our pass defense did an exceptional
job," he added.
Osborne said he was pleased with the
Husker "no turnover" game and their
ability to "finally break a few."
Osborne said he had been concerned
because the Huskers' longest run was 30
yards. However, I -back Jarvis Redwine ran
54 yards to score, and I-back Craig
Johnson ran 94.. yards to score against the
Jayhawks..
"I guess we outdid ourselves," Osborne
said. . '
And, Osborne said he hopes the Huskers
will outdo themselves again when they face
Oklahoma State this Saturday.
Osborne said Oklahoma State could be a
tougher game for, the Huskers than most
people expect.
Before the season began, people
expected Penn State, Missouri and
Oklahoma University to be Nebraska's
toughest opponents, Osborne said .
'However, he added he Cowboys "will be
right in there too" he said.
OSBORNE SAID Oklahoma State can
be dangerous because of their offensive
speed, and added that two of Missouri's
scores against the Cowboys resulted from
Oklahoma State fumbles.
Osborne said he talked with Cowboy
Head Coach Jimmy Johnson once this
summer and Johnson said if his team stays
healthy it will be good.
Johnson has coached at Oklahoma
University, Arkansas, and Pittsburgh where
the programs have been successful,
Osborne said.
Jeff Carpenter, former linebacker for
Nebraska and assistant freshman coach,
scouted Oklahoma State's 14-13 win over
Missouri last weekend.
He said the Cowboy's will be the "best
offensive team we've seen for our defense
to prepare for."
. Oklahoma State mixes the run with the
pass frequently, and seemed very
consistent, Carpenter said.
"Okie State has always played us tough,
this is not a game to overlook," he said.
Osborne said Husker injuries were worse
than he had thought.
He said cornerback , Paul Letcher
sprained his knee, linebacker Brent
Williams suffered a severly sprained ankle,
fullback Tim Wurth sprained an ankle, and
I-back I.M. Hipp reinjured his toe. All are
doubtful for Saturday's game, Osborne
said. '
Athletes, coach accuse committee of being misinformed
By Shelley Smith
Several UNL women athletes and one women's athletic
coach Monday night accused UNL's Title IX Self-Study
Committee of being misinformed vand misrepresented.
The committee, which held its first open meeting
Monday night, was appointed by UNL Chancellor Roy
Young at the end of August. Young said the committee's
role was as a fact-finding committee designed to check .
UNL's progress on Title IX compliance.
Title IX, which became effective July 21, 1975, reads
that no person can be discriminated against on the .basis of
seVc under any education program or activity receiving
federal financial assistance.
Cindy Agee and Anne Watland, senior UNL swimmers,
questioned the committee's validity because of its
composition. The committee is made up of university
faculty, students and Lincoln residents. None are women
athletes or coaches.
Watland said she felt the committee, in order to
present an accurate view of women's athletics to the
Chancellor should also contain women athletes.
"Finding facts is a lot different than experiencing what
we as women athletes go through day to day. I don't '
know if facts are the way to find out what's really
happening, she said. ,
ALTHOUGH COMMITTEE chairwoman Alma Homze,
Homze, an assistant professor in elementary education,
insisted the meeting was an information gathering session
rather than information giving session, Affirmative Action
Director and committee member Bradley Munn said he
had to disagree with Watland.
"1 will respond for Chancellor Young in saying there
arc 20 some women's sports and it would be most
difficult to say which sports could be on the committee,"
he said.
, Agee said many people have said a woman athlete on
the committee wouldn't be objective. However, she said
no one would know more about the woman . athlete's
situation than a woman athlete.
WHEN QUESTIONING the women athletes about
recruiting procedures, committee member Sylvia Weegan,
an associate professor of mathematics, asked if someone
could explain the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women recruiting rules. '
"I really know nothing about it," she said.
UNL Women's swimming coach Ray Huppert said he
was concerned about the committee's apparent lack of
knowledge of AIAW rules " when you will be voicing your
opinion to the Chancellor on your findings here and from
other research."
"I would think you would have a good understanding
of them," he said. ;
However, Homze explained that each member has been
given a "detailed synopsis" of the AIAW rules. ,
SUE ELLIS, a student committee member, asked the
athletes about their travel and per deim allowances.
Mindy Martens, a junior volleyball player, said she was
satisfied with the volleyball food allotment increase from
$7 per day to $ 12 per day. She said this year the team will
be able to charter buses for out of town meets, and will
fly to Texas and California.
Ages said the swim team also willjje able to fly to
Texas for a meet, and will take two trips in vans. Several
years ago, she said, the team traveled to Florida in a van
and camped on an Indian reservation along the way. This
year, she said, the team will stay in a motel with four girls
to a room.
The athletes also discussed their complaints about no
women athlete's training table, and the few student
managers and trainers.
And, most agreed that newspaper coverage of women's
athletics was poor.
"SPORTS MEDIA as a whole is so male oriented. They
say people don't like to read about women's sports, but
how do they know?" she said .
Martens said the volleyball team receives small
clippings in the newspapers, but said the newspapers are
not going after the whole story.
However, Jay Davis, Women's Athletic Director, said
she felt there has been a gradual increase in media
coverage of women's athletics.
"There are more reporters interested in what women
are doing. On the whole I've been very pleased with the
merged womens and mens sports information office and
media coverage for women." she said.
Homze said the committee will continue to interview
students, athletes and coaches in order to get a fair
representation and opinions on UNL's compliance. She
said the committee hopes to report to Chancellor Young
by the end of November, and any informaion released
about the report will come from him.
Where are you going?
Members of the UNL freshman
women's crew team glide by the
Creighton freshmen men's team in
the first heat of a crew competition
Saturday at Capitol Beach lake.
UNL won two of the four heats,
including the men's varsity matchup.