tuesday, august 25,1981
daily nebraskan
page 11
Losing recruits . . .
Continued from Page 10
Although the Nebraska recruiting
situation has become more difficult, it has
not become impossible. Quality athletes
from throughout the country continue to
come to Nebraska. According to Osborne,
the Husker's two biggest drawing cards are
the state's intense interest in football and
good facilities.
"A lot of people in Nebraska don
realize it, but this is one of the reasons why
Vince Ferragamo transferred. There's un
divided interest in college football. There's
no pro football or other schools real close
by. You've got a stadium that's always sold
out," Osborne said.
Osborne also named weight Coach Boyd
Epley, Academic Counselor Ursula Walsh
and the NU academic record as other re
cruiting pluses. Social life, however, is
sometimes a minus.
"Some people enjoy living in the Mid
west, some don't. Social life probably
works against more than it works for us,"
Osborne said. "It's tough for somebody
who's lived all his life in Los Angeles to
come to Lincoln. There's a certain amount
of culture shock that native Ncbraskans
don't realize
To help draw players from a distance,
Nebraska has entered into a cable television
contract that will allow Husker games to be
seen across the nation on cabal networks.
Osborne said it's not uncommon for a
parent in Dallas or Los Angeles to say, "I
followed this young man since he was in
the 5 th grade. IVe been to everyone of his
games. If he goes to Nebraska, 111 never get
to see him play."
With the new cable agreement, parents
across the nation can watch Cornhusker
football. Hopeful recruits can also catch
a glimpse of Nebraska action. Osborne said
the agreement will be a useful recruiting
tool.
Osborne said he was pleased with Ne
braska's recruiting program not only be
cause it attracts good athletes but because
it also attracts good people.
"Most of the players that come to Ne
braska are basically, character-wise, pretty
good people. Not all of them, but most of
them. They come here for the right
reasons. They come here because they're
interested in football and they're interested
in an education, Osborne said. "If they
were interested in social life they wouldn't
come here. If they were interested in
getting something under the table they
wouldn't come here because we dont offer
them anything. So character is usually
pretty good when they come and that's
helpful to us.
Osborne said he was happy with the
recruits who have signed with the-Hus-kers
this season. He feels the freshmen are
comparable with the classes recruited the.
past two years. Those classes, Osborne said,
have proven to be good' classes. Not stag
gering but solid.
"That's my own feeling. Then, what
I've read in the papers has lead me to be
lieve I dont know what I'm talking
about, Osborne said.
spaxrfe shorts'
The men's tennis team will have a meet
ing at the varsity courts at 3:30 pjn. Aug.
26. All current members of the team as
well as anyone interested in joining should
attend.
Anyone interested in being the student
manager for the women's swimming and
diving team should contact Coach Ray
Huppert at 472-6466.
Student football tickets for new stu
dents and those who did not purchase one
last spring are on sale now through Friday
at the outside windows of the Athletic
Ticket Office, South Stadium 117.
Women interested in trying out for the
UNL women's basketball team should
contact Coach Colleen Matsuhara today.
According to Matsuhara, physicals, which
will be taken tonight, and attendence at a
Sept. 9 meeting are required.
The intramural flag football officials
will meet Aug. 26 at 4:30 p jn. in Coliseum
7.
There will be an intramural chairpersons
meeting Aug. 27 at 6:30 p jn. in the Nebra
ska Union Rostrum.
Men's slow pitch Softball entries are due
by 5 pjn. Aug. 28 at the Reaeation Of
fice, 1740 Vine St.
Rowers will compete
Lisa Rohde of Hubbard, Neb., former
captain of the UNL women's rowing
team, and Robert Spousta, former row
ing coach at UNL, have been selected as
members of the 1981 UJS. National
Rowing team which will compete at the
World Rowing Championships in Mu
nich, West Germany, Aug. 26 through
Sept. 6.
Rohde will compete in the women's
quad-sculling event. A Big Eight champ
pion while competing at UNL in 1974
76, Rohde was selected as a member of
the eight-oarred crew of the 1977 UJ5.
national team which competed in the
world championships in Amsterdam.
Rohde is now residing in North Caro
lina. Spousta will compete in the men's
quad-sculling event at the world cham
pionships. Now a teacher in Washington,
D.C., Spousta served as head coach at
Nebraska in 1975 and 1976. Under his
tenure, Nebraska crews produced sever
al conference championships and gpld
and silver medalist crews at regional
competition.
Spousta returned to training and
competition after his departure from
the Husker program.
Defense may be Hawkeyes
salvage from embarrassment
Editors Note: This is the
first part in a series pre
viewing Nebraska's 1981
football opponents. The
stories will run in the or
der that Nebraska plays the
teams this fall.
By Cindy Gardner
The cards have been
dealt. Coaches are busy re
arranging, discarding and
counting their, aces. On
Sept. 12, Nebraska's Tom
Osborne and Iowa's Hayden
Fry will get a chance to see
how their cards stack up.
In 1980 Osborne put to
gether a full house that
left Fry trying to reshuffle
after his Hawks were defeat
ed 57-0 at Memorial Stad
ium. As Fry plans his
strategy for 1981, he hopes
to avoid a similar situation
but is faced with the prob
lem of inexperience.
"Our inexperienced play
ers have got to come front
and center real quick before
we go against Nebraska,"
the third year Iowa coach
said, "or well be embar
rassed again
Fry has 44 lettermen and
14 starters returning after a
4-7 season. He lost four
seniors from the offensive
line which could hinder
attempts to establish a
consistent offense, one of
his goals.
The Hawkeyes hope to
have an explosive offense
this year centered around
the passing of quarterbacks
Pete Gales and Gordy
Bohannon. The pair are
equally talented and it may
come down to a coin toss to
determine who will be
number one at the start of
the season, Fry said.
The offensive attack will
be aided by split end Ivory
Webb and wingback Lon
Olenjniczak. Tailback Jeff
Brown, Iowa's leading rusher
in 1980, will return as a
wide receiver.
While Fry's first offen
sive priority is establishing a
consistent scoring attack,
his number two concern lies
with the backfield. Senior
Marty Ball is the probable
holder of the fullback
position after playing be
hind Dean McKillip last
year.
Fry said he feels like the
running back position will
be stronger with sophomore
J.C. Love-Jordan and Eddie
Phillips competing for the
spot. The tailback position
is still up for grabs, accord
ing to Fry.
Depth is one area Fry
said he feels more confident
about this year. Though still
not firmly established, he
said the Hawkeyes depth is
improving.
We feel like we have
seven positions where one
or two men will do a good
job. This is something we
haven't had in the past,
particularly on defense,"
Fry said.
Defensively, the Hawk
eyes will feel the loss of
tackle John Harty and twin
brothers Kevin and Kent
Ellis. Eight defensive start
ers and the entire second
team will return to form
what Fry termed a quality
unit." He does still have
some question about the
secondary where he said
Iowa is better than last year
but still lacks depth.
A tough early season
schedule could hamper the
Hawks who face Nebraska,
intrastate rival Iowa State
and UCLA early. Injuries
will also be a factor in deter
mining success. After a
healthy 1979 season, 10
Hawkeyes underwent
surgery in 1980.
Summing up his pre
season feelings, Fry said he
feels best about his defense,
his kicking game, his
quarterbacks and receivers
- in that order. After that,
he claims it's a tossup of
inexperience.
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