tuesday, October 30, 1979
daily nebraskan
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Osborne well acquainted with 'Missouri rollercoaster'
No one can blame weorasKa nead coach seasons for the Huskers
Tom Osborne if he had a sinking feeling What might bother Osborne even more
ihen he heard Kansas State upset Missouri is the knack Missouri hJteSff
19-3. Especially since the Huskers play the disappointing losses for stunning upsets
Tigers Saturday in Columbia. . Nebraska has been victims of this "Missouri
Osborne probably knows better than rollercoaster" two times,
any other coach in the country the success Here is the history of Missouri's unset
the Tigers have had being the "giant victories: .
killers" of college football the past seven It all began m 1972. Nebraska had de-
seasons. In six meetings against Missouri, molished the Tigers 62-0 the week before
Osborne-coached teams have two victories, they were to meet Notre Dame the
And every one of those Missouri upset wins seventh-ranked team in the country What
have darkened what otherwise were bright was to be the "wipeout of the year" turned
Husker tankers prepared to
'make a mark' in Big 8
By Paul Martin
Nebraska ' men's swimming coach Cal
Bentz says he feels that had just a couple
of things gone differently at last year's Big
Eight meet, his team could have won the
conference championship.
As it was, Kansas took home the title
and NU finished fourth. This year Bentz
and his swimmers envision a different end
ing. The team began two-a-day practices last
week and the atmosphere at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center's swimming pool is
one of confidence and optimism.
"We've seen improved performances in
our practices this year," Bentz said. "We're
ready to make our mark." .
Husker sophomore Steve Elliott, who
will be looking for his second Big Eight
crown in the three-meter dive, is also con
fident the team will be competitive.
"I definitely think we'll . be strong
because of the great coaching and the ex
cellent attitude the team has developed this
year," he said. 'This team is practicing
harder than the team ever did last year,"
Besides Elliott, the Huskers have return
ing Big Eight champions in sophomore
Rick Rhodes (100-yard breaststroke) and
junior Will Douglass (200-yard backstroke).
Douglass said the team's goals go be
yond winning the conference champion
ship, "We don't want to stop there," he said,
"We want to go on to the NCAA meet and
be competitive,"
The Huskers, however, will not go un
challenged in their quest for a Big Eight
championship,
There's no doubt the Big Eight cham
pionships will be the finest ever held,"
Bentz said.
The three teams that finished ahead of
the Huskers last year, Kansas, Iowa State
and Missouri, should all be strong again ihis
year, according to Bentz,
Bentz said that both good recruits and
walk-ons have added to the team's overall
strength this year,
Kansas State has dropped their swim
ming this year, leaving six Big Eight schools
with swimming programs, Because of this,
Bentz said depth becomes an important
factor for the remaining teams.
Rhodes said a much improved weight
lifting program has helped the swimmers
considerably this year,
Bentz also said he feels the weight
training facilities have been valuable to his
team. He said that weight-training provides
a great supplement to the swimming pro
gram, The team members held a meeting ear
lier this year where individual and team
goals were discussed. Douglass said one of
the team's primary goals was to concen
trate on winning the Big Eight this year,
Douglass said the team is "getting rid of
the attitude that we can't win the Big
Eight,"
... According to Elliott, Bentz has the team
aimed in the right direction,
"He knows what it takes to be cham
pions," he said, "And what else could you
ask for?"
No financial aid? Visit that office
Students who filed for financial aid
after July 15, 1979, and have not received
an award or other contact should immed
iately visit the Financial Aids Office, Direc
tor Don Aripoli said,
UNL students interested in officiating
and timing during Nebraska swimming
meets for the 1979-80 season should
attend a meeting 7:30 Thursday night in
the Conference Room at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center,
"Students who turned in financial aid
request forms before July 15 will be auto
matically considered for spring financial
aids," Aripoli said. "However, those stu
dents who brought in documents following
July 15 cut-off date will now have to fill
out another short form," ,
He stressed that students planning on
applying for Guaranteed Student Loans
also apply for aid through the Financial
Aids Office,
''In the past. it was easy for a student to
get a guaranteed loan," he said. "But now,
guaranteed loans will be much harder to
obtain," Aripoli said, explaining that high
interest rates and a tight money market
have reduced the availability of money to
be loaned out through the program to
banks.
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out to be the "upset of the decade" when Illinois. But Missouri rode the rollercoaster
the Tigers shocked the Fighting Irish 30-26 to the top again the next weekend with a
in South Bend. 22-21 upset of Ohio State at Columbus,
Ohio.
THE NEXT UPSET was in 1973 and Six weeks after ruining the season for
was against-you guessed it-Nebraska. The USC-it was the Trojans only loss of the
Huskers entered the game unbeaten and season-Missouri put a damper on the
ranked second in the nation, but a Husker Huskers season as well, using a 98-yard
two-point conversion failed in the last touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to
minute of play to seal a 13-12 Tiger win. hang the first loss on the Huskers 34-24.
This year was supposed to be different
for Missouri. Instead of being a "giant
killer," the Tigers were supposed to be one
of the giants. But losses in three of the past
four games, however, have cut the Tigers
from that status.
The question now is if Missouri will play
the role of the "giant killer" again. With
the Huskers ranked second in the country
and a major contender for the national
championship, the Tigers might be primed
for another major upset. .
The Tigers, also could use a win over
Nebraska to try to salvage what is left of
the season and for a possible bowl bid. It's
definitely going to be a fired-up Missouri
team that will play Nebraska Saturday,
But if you balance that against the
revenge factor the Huskers will have and
the improvement the team has shown every
week, an upset by Missouri doesn't seem as
likely. Despite that though, Osborne prob
ably won't relax until the Huskers have this
one under their belts.
1974 was another rollercoaster year for .
the Tigers. After upsetting Arizona State
the third game of the season, Missouri
came back the next weekend and was
swamped by Wisconsin 59-20, A supposed
ly down Missouri football team came back
the next weekend after the Wisconsin loss
to knock off Nebraska 21-10, in Lincoln.
Missouri kept the tradition going in
1975 when they shocked ,a highly rated .
Alabama team 20-7 in. Birmingham, That'
year the Huskers smashed the Tigers 30-7
in Columbia.
It was J976 that Missouri had their best
year as the "giant killer" as well as spend
ing the whole season on the rollercoaster,
The Tigers opened the season with a 46-25
win over USC, but followed the next
weekend with an embarrassing 31-6 loss to
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