page 10
daily nebraskan
friday, november 9, 1979
Husker defeiise hopes to disappoint Inez
By Shelley Smith
NU Defensive Coordinator Lance Van
Zandt said he wants to get a lady named
Inez mad at him Saturday afternoon.
"If she gets mad at me, it means we're
getting through the offensive line and to
the quarterback," he said .
Saturday, second ranked Nebraska (8-0)
faces unranked Kansas State (3-5) in Man
hattan. And Inez is the wife of K-State Head
Coach Jim Dickev.
She is also the mother of the Wfldcats'
starting quarterback, Darrell.
We never intentionally go after any
player but we've got to try to get to the
quarterback and that might not make Inez
happy." Van Zandt said.
Van Zandt said he is an old friend of the
Dickeys, and that seriously, he wouldn't
want Inez to get too upset.
Both Van Zandt and Jim Dickey grew
up in Texas and attended Texas colleges.
Dickey coached at Oklahoma State from
1963-69, and Van Zandt coached there in
1973. Van Zandt also replaced Dickey as
assistant head coach and defensive
coordinator at the University of Kansas
before he came to Nebraska in 1975.
Darrell Dickey, a freshman who
emerged as the top quarterback after the
first two quarterbacks were injured, has
, been a strong point in the Wildcat offense,
Van Zandt said.
Darrell is avim them life." he said.
Three weeks ago, K -State wasn't playing
very well, Van Zandt said. Dickey came
into the spotlight in the Wildcats 19-3
upset over Missouri. Although K -State was
beaten by Kansas last week, Dickey still
passed for 306 yards and one touchdown.
Van Zandt said playing against a
passing-oriented team doesn't really
concern him.
Nebraska's secondary, which was widely
criticized in the beginning of the season,
was criticized by people "who don't know
football," he said.
Right now, Van Zandt said, Nebraska
has the best secondary in the league.
"The problem is people look at the
yards of passing completed, rather than
average yards an attempt," he said.
The Huskers lead the Big Eight in
number of yards an attempt with a 49
average. No other Big Eight team is below
5.0 yards, he said.
Van Zandt said he expects Kansas State
to pass a lot Saturday, but said he won't
alter the Huskers' pass defense tactics.
'We're still going to dance with the ones
we've been dancing with ," he said .
Despite what many people think, pass
defense is more than just the secondary,
Van Zandt said.
"A good pass defense is really the line
men. If you have a good pass rush by the
lineman, you're, going to have good pass
cover age, "he said.
Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne,
earlier in the week, said he thought the
Wildcats will give the Huskers a tougher
game than many think.
They've been improving consistently in
the past two weeks," he said.
What will hamper the Huskers, Osborne
said, is injuries to two key players.
I-back Jarvis Redwine suffered a knee
sprain last week in the Huskers 23-20 vic
tory over Missouri.
Defensive end Derrie Nelson suffered
a sprained ankle in the third quarter of the
Missouri game yet still made a game saving
tackle the last play of the game. Both prob
ably will not make the trip to Manhattan,
and freshman Roger Craig will replace
Redwine's spot, he said. N
Craig Johnson is expected to start at
I-back.
Lottery results announced
Students that drew lottery numbers be
tween 13 and 2,834 are assured of football
tickets for the Oklahoma game, the Ne
braska Ticket Office announced Thursday.
Only students with the numbers be
tween 2,835 and 3,000 failed to get tic
kets, according to Jean Walcott of the tic
ket office.
Students may begin picking up their
tickets Nov. 12, between the hours of 9-12
a.m. and 14 pjn.,. Walcott said. Students
who failed to receive tickets should come
and claim their payment during the same
hours, she added.
sQtrfis starts
Anyone interested in becoming a batgirl ketball. If interested apply at the Recrea-
for the 1980 Nebraska baseball team tion Office. For more information call
should attend an orientation meeting at 9 Intramural Coordinator Stan Campbell at
pjn. Nov. 11 in the South Stadium 472-3467.
Lounge. For more information call Genon - '
Rost, 477-9498.
The varsity swim team needs timers,
Men's and women's co-rec intramural judges and officials. For information call
officials are needed for volleyball and bas- Cal Bentz at 472-2271 or 472-2268.
i
to
tr - , - . , v , i ...
U " ' 4 f
4 ax, "irf-ar
1 v. . , v 'VP
1
Up and over
Photo by Tom Gessner
Eric Williams (44) and Mike Naderer
wait for a rebound during one of the
Huskers' basketball practices this week.
Nebraska, with only two returning
starters off a 14-13 season, opens the
1979-1980 year Nov. 24 by hosting
Windsor, Ontario at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Texas vs Houston game to decide Cotton Bowl bid
It's hard to believe the college football season is wind
ing down to its final weeks. Bowl bids may be issued any
time after 5:30 p.m. CST, Saturday, Nov. 17.
This week's lineup of games should clear the waters for
some bowl officials, but it could muddy some others as
the conferences involved in bowl contracts try to find a
champion.
0 fejfKiK3elIs3
For the record", this predictor went 26-7 last week for
78.8 percent. That makes the season record 206-75-7 for
733 percent. .
It looks like Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne will have
to get together and line up a bowl spot for the loser of the
annual Nebraska-Oklahoma bash for the Big Eight title.
But neither squad can afford to look ahead at this point,
especially the injury -plagued Huskers.
Nebraska at Kansas State-There may yet be
a silver lining to the cloud of injuries cast over the Husker
rushing attack. With the running corps depleted, it could
force Nebraska to rediscover its passing game, AWOL for
the last two weeks and last seen in its prime during the
second quarter of the Penn State game. Having a receiver
the quality of Junior Miller and then throwing to him
only cr.ee last week is like owning a Cadillac and taking it
out of the garage only on holidays.. Junior, who has just
12 catchss this year, dropped the only pass thrown his
way last week. Someone suggested he has been in cold
storage so long his hands are frozen.
It is about time to drive the Cadillac out of the shed,
and it wouldn't hurt to bring the two sporty models, Tim
Smith and Kenny Brown, along with it. Overall, the
Huskers have proved worthy of their No. 2 national
ranking. Because the only two teams to give Nebraska
trouble this season wore black jerseys and gold pants
(Iowa and Missouri), the Huskers should be home free,
unless the Pittsburgh Steelers pop up on the schedule
somewhere. At least they are safe for this week against the
purple -shirted Wildcats . . . Nebraska 42, Kansas St. 10
Texas at Houston-This should decide the SWC
bowl representative. A Texan win would leave the Long
horns, Cougars and Arkansas tied. Should that tie hold up
through the last two weeks of the season, the Razorbacks
win the trip to the Cotton Bowl because they are the least
recent participant. A Houston win virtually assures them
the bowl bid, barring a later upset. Cougar quarterback
Delrick Brown said recently, "I'm beginning to think we
can't lose." He may be right. . . . Houston 17, Texas 15
Alabama at LSU; Georgia at Florida-Alabama and
Georgia are tied in the SEC run for the Sugar Bowl. An
LSU upset would probably eliminate the Crimson Tide
from consideration, but don't bet the farm on the Bear
getting beat this late in the season. Georgia, thoroughly
embarrassed last week by a loss to lowly Virginia 31-0, is
just 44 overall but 4-0 in the conference. Remember,' if
Georgia and Alabama tie, Georgia goes to the Sugar Bowl.
Officials of the New Orleans classic are shuddering at the
though of having to host the Bulldogs. A Georgia win this
week will make them reach for the ulcer pills one more
time . , Alabama 28, LSU 14 . . .Georgia 27, Florida 17
USC at Washingon-The Pac-10 Rose Bowl spot hinges
on this game. The Huskies, who started fast with five
straight wins, have faded just as fast with losses in two of
the last three games. Washington is in a must-win situation
if it wants to go to Pasadena Jan. 1-to play thai is, . .USC
29, Washington 10
Northwestern at Wisconsin-No, these two teams aren't
going to a bowl game. The Big Ten Rose Bowl representa
tive will be decided in next week's Michigan-Ohio St.
showdown. But a win over anybody for Northwestern will
probably create as much excitement for them as a bowl
trip would for any other team. The "Upset Special" . . .
Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 20
Other Games Saturday
Midwest-Oklahoma over Kansas; Missouri over Iowa
St ; Colorado over Oklahoma St.; Indiana over Illinois;
Ohio St: over Iowa; Michigan over Purdue; Michigan St.
over Minnesota.
South-Georgia Tech over Air Force; North Carolina
over Clemson; Wake Forest over Duke; Kentucky over
Vanderbilt; Tulane over Ole Miss; Auburn over Mississippi
St.; Notre Dame over Tennessee; Penn St. over North
Carolina St.; Florida St. over South Carolina.
Southwest-Arkansas over Baylor; SMU over Wichita
St.; Texas Tech over TCU.
s?"?futgers over Army; Pittsburgh over West
Virginia; Navy over Syracuse.
c WJtUCLA over Arizona St.; BYU over Long Beach
St.; California over Washington St.; Stanford over Oregon.
