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friday, September 26, 1980
daily nebraskan
Revenge, Harris may make Penn State tougher
By Tad Stryker
A record crowd of over 85000 is expected to fill
Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa. this Saturday to
see the Huskers meet Penn State in a nationally-televised
game.
Coach Tom Osborne expressed his respect for the Nit
tany Lions, saying that he was impressed with the way
they have played so far this year.
He said that this year's Penn State team "isn't a whole
lot different from other years.'
They may be a little quicker this year, but I didn't
think they were that slow last year," he said. "They look
pretty good to me."
The Lions will be looking to turn the tables, keeping
last year's humiliating 42-17 televised loss in mind. The
revenge factor, plus the addition of Pete Karris in the
defensive backfield and some reshuffling in the offensive
backfield could make Penn State a much tougher team,
especially on their home field.
Tenn State isn't a whole lot
different from other years.
They may be a little quicker
this year, but I didn't think
they were slow last year
Harris, the brother of Pittsburgh Steeler running back
Franco Harris, was not in the secondary to get a first
hand view of Junior Miller slicing his teammates to
ribbons last year because of academic difficulties. He is
expected to give the Lion pass defenders a lot of help.
Booker Moore, Penn State's tailback last year, has been
moved to fullback. Curt Warner, a sophomore, is playing
tailback this season. As a result, the Nittany Lions have
introduced more speed to their running game.
Nebraska, of course, is not without speed of its own.
But besides showing exceptional talent so far, the
Huskers have had no real trouble with turnovers. What
if Nebraska should commit several early turnovers Satur
day? "You just never know," Osborne said. "You talk about
poise, and the ability to play well no matter what happens
to you, and that's important. Sometime during the year,
that's probably going to happen to us and well have to
play through it.
"That happened to us last year at Iowa," he said.
'There's no way to prepare for it, though, and well just
have to rise above it."
The Huskers are in relatively good health, Osborne
said. Jeff Finn was bothered by a jammed neck during the
week, an injury that he sustained in the Iowa game. That
injury "probably won't hurt him much as far as the game
is concerned," Osborne sakl. "It's not real serious."
Osborne was asked to comment on his team's attitude
heading into the eame.
"Stuff is so hard to say for sure," he said.
"I can't really tell you. I think theyU want to play well."
lie said he "wished they had practiced a little better,"
but that he "almost always feels that way."
The Huskers are taking 60 players to University Park.
"It was pretty easy to make the decisions on who's
going to go this time," Osborne said. "But when we have
a 55-man limit for conference away games, it's harder to
decide. It always seems like we have to leave a few second
stringers behind on those."
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Husker Quarterback Jeff Quinn (11) gains extra yardage against the Huskers 57-0 romp over Iowa last Saturday.
The Huskers face Penn State at State College, Pa. Saturday. The game, which will be broadcast by ABC network
is scheduled to begin at 12:50 CDT.
Despite team injuries, swim coach still optimistic
By Pat Beecham
Even though two of his top swimmers aren't even
working out with the team yet, Head Women's Coach Ray
Huppert still has high hopes for this year's squad.
It's still pretty early but I'm optimistic," Huppert
said. "Things look good so far but two of the top swim
mers from last year aren't working out yet."
Rene Sullivan and Carol Hall are on the injured list.
Sullivan has a strep throat and Hall has a knee injury
that may require surgery.
"Carol's doctor in Witchita, Kan. wants her to do the
exercises for now and see what happens, but the doctors
in Lincoln wast to operate," Huppert said.
Both girls finished second in ther respective events in
the Big Eight meet last year. Huppert said he hopes both
will be back in the water by Monday.
Huppert said he was happy with the way the rest of
the team was training, though.
"Everybody's working hard right now and we have
good competition in the workouts all the time. I'm not
worried about people worrying whether they have a
place on the team but on everyone improving," Huppert
said.
Huppert said he thinks the competition between
team members will help them improve and "creates a
challenge" for them.
Huppert said although he got some good recruits
this year, he doesn't ever think he can be happy with the
recruiting.
"You always want more people and better people.
But we had a very good recruiting year. All our freshmen
should play an important role."
Nebraska has nine freshmen on this year's squad and
10 returning letter-winners. Huppert said that all freshmen
could do well and four or five of them could score high
for the Huskers in conference.
Only five Big Eight schools have a women's team but
Huppert sad it is still a very tough conference.
- "The Big Eight is a tough conference in women's
swimming. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska
all scored at the nationals last year."
Nebraska finished third in the conference last year
and Huppert said that it will still a little early to predict
how the team will do this year.
"I think IH hold off on the predictions until I see
what other teams look like and see how our kids come off
in workouts."
Workouts officially started Sept. 15 and so far
Huppert has been emphasizing stroke technique. He said
that they will start their conditioning in October and
that will carry into the second semester until they begin
to taper towards the end of the season for championships.
CU lottery set Oct. 1-3
The student ticket lottery for the Nebraska
Colorado football game is scheduled Oct. 1-3,
from 9-12 ajn. and 14 pin. at the South Sta
dium ticket office.
Each student must present his own valid stu
dent ID card and tickets are to be paid for when
application is made. Tickets are $10.
Winning lottery numbers will be published in the
Daily Nebraskan and winners can pick up their
tickets Oct. 8-10. Married students will be re
quired to furnish proof of marriage.
Cross country opener
The UNL Men cross country team opens its
1980 season tomorrow at Wilderness Park against
Kansas State and Itfwa State. The meet is scheduled
to begin at 10:30 ajn.. This will be the only home
meet of the season.
The Cornhuskers will be running 10 men with
the top seven counting in the scoring.
toad Coach Frank Sevigne called Iowa State one
of the co-favorites in the Big-8 this year along with
Colorado.
ulowa State has a very strong team and along
with a good Kansas State team this should be a very
good test for us, especially this early in the season."
He added that this will be a good test for the
freshmen since the five mile course is a big diffee
rence from the high school distance.
Sevigne noted that senior Brian Dunnigan and
junior Tom Bowmaster have been running well in
practice. Four freshmen that will be counted on
Saturday and that have been looking good in prac
Uce are Marc Adams, Jeff Fagen, Mark Gokie and
Dave Cudmore.
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