tuesdaynovember 27, 1979
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daily nebraskan
Cotton Bowl also nice reward Devaney
By Shelley Smith
If Nebraska had been behind Oklahoma 17-7 instead of
17-14 going into its last drives, there might have been a
change in quarterbacks, Cornhusker Defensive End Coach
George Darlington said Monday.
Although Nebraska lost to the Sooners 17-14, quarter
back Jeff Quinn kept the Huskers moving, Darlington told
a sparsely attended Extra Point Club Luncheon gathering
Monday.
With less than four minutes to go in the game, Quinn,
who has started four games this season, marched the
Huskers to the Sooner IS yard line, and guard Randy
Schleusener ran a Quinn intentional fumble in to score.
However, Quinn was intercepted with 1 :56 left and
Nebraska's hopes for a victory were erased.
"Even up until two minutes to go I thought we were
going to win the game,' Darlington said.
Nebraska coaches opted to keep Quinn in the game
rather than replace him with second team quarterback
Tim Hager, because "Quinn was'moving the ball."
However, Darlington said the Huskers cannot afford to
look back on their loss to Oklahoma.
"We're going to go out and do a great job preparing for
the Cotton Bowl. We're going to play a great ball game,
and give it a great effort," he said.
Nebraska will face either Arkansas or Houston in the
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1. Admitting that it might have been
nice for the Huskers to play in the Orange Bowl, Athletic
Director Bob Devaney said the Cotton Bowl will be a
"nice reward" for the players who have worked hard
all season.
"Sure it's a disappointment to lose to Oklahoma,"
Darlington said.
"But, no matter how bad you feel, we wanted it worse.
We spend the time working to accomplish our goals. We're
going to keep trying and someday we're going to accomp
lish that goal," he said.
For now, Darlington said the Husker coaches will con
centrate on national recruiting. Head Coach Tom Osborne
missed his first Extra Point Club Luncheon because he
was recruiting, Darlington said.
And the players will receive a well deserved rest, Dar
lington said.
"You know after a season you really look forward to a
rest. But after two or three days, I'll bet you see 85 per
cent of our players in the weight room and on the rac
quetball courts. They get tired of resting," he said.
The Huskers will probably begin running Dec. 8, Dar
lington said, with full practice to begin soon after.
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A UNL student gazes out over the
canyons of the Sierra Madre moun
tain range during the recreation de
partment's annual excursion to
Mexico.
Mexico and Copper Canyon sites
for holiday trips
By Ed McClymont
The UNL recreation department is
sponsoring its annual Mexico excursion
during the Christmas holiday, Dec. 29
to Jan. 13. Two simultaneous trips are
planned, a backpacking trip to La
Barranca De Cobre (Copper Canyon)
and a hiking trip to the three highest
peaks in Mexico, all volcanoes.
Two openings are available for the
backpacking trip and one for the hiking
trip. Anyone interested should contact
Mark Ebel at the recreation department.
Ebel said the trips have been success
ful because most students have free time
during Christmas break and because
going south to a warmer Mexican
climate appeals to anyone familiar with
Nebraska winters.
The cost factor also is a plus for the
people involved in: the trip, Ebel said.
"Our cost is ridiculously low," Ebel
said. "$200 covers all lodging costs,
meals and transportation (for the back
, packing trip). Going as a group we are
able to cut costs that individuals going
alone couldn't."
Backpackers will speiui six days in
the Sierra Madre Mountains of north
central Mexico. An information sheet
about the trip describes the backpack
ing as ' "strenuous hiking" which re
. quires good physical condition.
While traveling through the mount
ains backpackers will encounter weather
extremes, with snow possible at the
canyon rims and tropical conditions
with 85 -degree temperatures at the base
of the canyons.
Two recreation department assistants
win, be leading the backpacking trip.
Ebel will be in charge of the hiking
and climbing trip, which lists its
objectives as climbing Pico de Orizaba,
the third highest North American peak,
and Ixtaccihuatl, the seventh highest.
The peaks are near Mexico City .
The requirements for this trip are
more specific, as one must have some
background in basic rock climbing and
snow and ice climbing. The recreation
department is planning an ice and snow
seminar in Estes Park, Col. Dec. 5 to 9
for those without experience in that
area.
Ebel said security and mobility are
the reasons travellers need a mountain
eering background.
The cost for the hiking and climbing
trip is $300 with the same items provid
ed as in the backpacking trip, Ebel said.
An added bonus to the two trips is
the possibility of spending two days on
the coasts.
"If everything goes smoothly, there
might be a couple of days at the end to
go (to the coasts)," Ebel said. The back
packers would go to the Pacific coast
and the hikers to the Gulf of Mexico.
Kunz
gets chance
to thro w discus again
By Shelley Smith
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For some it never happens.
And for some it happens twice. :
Lee Kunz, a former Nebraska linebacker now playing
with the Chicago Bears, said he never thought he would
get another chance to pursue his childhood dream.
.But, several weeks ago, eight people made that
possible.
Kunz, who was drafted by the Bears in the seventh
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the Olympics.
A good spring track season his senior year would have
inched him closer to that goal. But Kunz threw over 180
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with the Eears.
Because of a football injury his fresman year, Kunz still
has one more track season of eligibility. Big Eight officials -voted
8-0 to let Kunz remain an amateur-if he pays back
any money he has received from the Bears-and finish his
fourth season with the Husker harriers.
CURRENTLY, Kunz is living off of his $15,000 bonus
he received for trying out with Chicago. He said he will
pay the $15,000 back by December and won't touch the
money negotiated in his three one -year $60,000 contracts
for making the team.
"Ever since I was a kid growing up in Colorado I
wanted to throw the discus in the Olympics. Now I have
another chance and if I start throwing over 200, 1 have a
good chance of making the (Olympic) trials," he said.
Kunz, from Golden, Colo., came to UNL in 1975 on a
full-ride football scholarship with the stipulation that
spring football would be waived for him so that he could
participate in track.
"That's one of the reasons why I decided on Nebraska.
They said I could do both," he said.
However, Kunz said the song was a little different after
he got to UNL.
"If I was to retain my scholarship and have a chance
play first or second team football, the coaches said I had
to go through spring training my freshman year," he said.
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"In the long run I'm kind of glad I missed that track
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