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Coach: Huskers need to crack Auburn wishbone
By Bob Asmussen
The Huskers haven't played Auburn since the 1964
Orange Bowl, but they are very familiar with the Tiger
offense. Like Oklahoma's Barry Switzer, Auburn Coach
Pat Dye employs the wishbone.
In the last five yean the Huskers have played against
the wishbone in eight games. They have lost six of the
eight with the two wins coming against Alabama in 1977
and Oklahoma in 1978. Coach Tom Osborne said the wish
bone presents a problem because there are so few teams
that use the formation.
aThe wishbone is hard to adjust to,' Osborne said. "It
doesn't give you a chance to get much continuity going.
Osborne said the Saturday game against Auburn will help
prepare the Huskers for the Oklahoma game.
"It's awful hard to get ready for a wishbone team the
last week of the season, Osborne said.
Osborne said the Tigers do more things with their wish
bone than Oklahoma. He said the Tigers use more varia
tions, motions and put the ball in the air more.
"They do a lot of things offensively, Osborne said.
"It's still basically the wishbone.
Osborne said Auburn's 1-2 start may be because of the
adjustment the players have had to make. Auburn ran out
of the I-formation until Pat Dye took over the program
last spring.
"It sometimes takes you a year or so to get things fine
tuned," Osborne said.
In general, Osborne said Auburn appears to be an ag
gressive, hard-hitting team.
"They've moved the ball pretty well, Osborne said.
"They have a very good fullback.
Osborne said the Huskers attitude going into the game
is good. He said this weeks practices have been reasonably
good.
"I think if they're ever going to play hard they'll do it
now, Osborne said. "We've got our backs against the walL
1 haven't seen any indication they're not going to play hard
and fight back.
As far as injuries are concerned, Osborne ruled out two
players for sure, Steve McWhirter and Nate Mason.
"We hope Steve will be able to play next week, Os
borne said.
Second team fullback Doug Wilkening suffered a pull
behind his knee in practice early this week.
"We're hopeful heU be all right for Saturday, Osborne
said. "We have Mark Moravec running number two at fullback.
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Photo by Mark Biltingsley
Nebraska players Tony Felici, Jimmy Williams, Henry Waechter and Jeff Krejci scramble for a second quarter fum
ble in last week's game against Penn State, w hile PSU's quarterback Todd Blackledge looks on. Husker cornerbak
Ric Lindquist eventually recovered the ball and UNL scored a field goal seven plays later.
Men's, women's and co-recreational intramural place
kicking will be at Memorial Stadium from 2:45 to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Participants should enter the stadium at the time
of the event.
The UNL soccer club will play in the Ed Chart rand
Tournament Saturday and Sunday at Manhattan, Kan.
The Huskers have a 3-0 record with wins against Concor
dia College, UNO, and York College.
The Chartrand tournament, which is at Kansas State's
Memorial Stadium, includes UNL, Oklahoma State, Colo
rado, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State.
The Nebraska baseball team will have an intrasquad
scrimmage game at 10 a.m. Saturday at Buck Beltzer
Field. Admission is free.
The Nebraska junior varsity football team will play Ok
lahoma State at 1 p.m. today in Memorial Stadium. The
game time originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. was changed
to accommodate a request by the Auburn Tigers for a late
afternoon practice at th stadium.
The Nebraska volleyball team will compete in the South
west Missouri State Invitational today and Saturday at
Springfield, Mo.
Auburn's wishbone pale imitation of OU's
Cornhuskers picked to be 2-2 after the Tigers
Iowa cracked the top 20 this week. Big deal, you say?
Consider this: The last time Iowa was in the top 20 Ron
ald Reagan was still an actor.
But excuse the Hawkeye fans if they aren't exactly
jumping with joy. United Press International rates the two
teams Iowa has beaten UCLA and Nebraska - ahead of
the Hawkeyes. That is so ludicrous that it defies comment.
Suffice it to say that it points out once again how unequal
the polls are.
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Auburn at Nebraska. Probably no one thought before
the season started that Nebraska would be 1-2 heading
into the Auburn game. But virtually everyone thinks the
Huskers will be 2-2 heading into the big showdown with
Colorado.
Of course, any team that runs the wishbone is danger
ous (except UNO), but Auburn's wishbone is only a pale
imitation of Oklahoma's. Add the fact that this is the first
year Auburn's had the wishbone offense and you have the
possibility of numerous fumble recoveries by the Black
shirts. If Nebraska can't beat Auburn it's time to pick up the
footballs for the rest of the year and start the gymnastics
season early: Nebraska 31, Auburn 13.
Missouri at Mississippi State. After beating three lame
teams, Missouri faces its first real test of the year.
Mississippi State is ranked ninth, a position it may or
may not deserve (see above). Mississippi State's ranking
isn't likely to make a great deal of difference to the Ti
gers, who have a tradition of beating highly ranked teams.
Mississippi State probably has better material than Mis
souri but the team was busy last week preparing for Flori
da. It's hard to believe that Warren Powers hasn't found a
few minutes during those preparations for Army, Rice et.
al., to get ready for the Bulldogs: Missouri 28, Mississippi
State 23
Colorado at UCLA. The bookies have made UCLA a 20-
point favorite in this game, which is interestng when you
consider the UCLA Bruins won 56-14 last year.
What does this mean? Is Colorado 22 points better
than last year? Is UCLA 22 points worse? Or is Colorado
11 points better and UCLA 11 points worse? None of the
above. It means Colorado is just as bad as ever but some
one is giving the team the benefit of a doubt. Add UCLA's
loss last week to Iowa and you have the makings of an
other rout along the lines of last year's: UCLA 42, Colo
rado 10
Other games:
East: Harvard 14, Army 10; West Virginia 26, Boston
College 14; East Carolina 21, Duke 12; Maine 31, Lafay
ette 30; Navy 24, Yale 20; North Carolina 38, Georgia
Tech 14; North Carolina State 23, Virginia 7; Penn State
41, Temple 20; Maryland 24, Syracuse 23.
South: Miami (Fla.) 28, Vanderbilt 7; Alabama 3 1 , Mis
sissippi 14; Florida 23, LSU 10;Tu!ane 26, Rice 8; Pitt 30,
South Carolina 13; Texas A&M 27, Texas Tech 10; Clem
son 10, Kentucky 6; Arkansas 35, TCU 10; Houston 16,
Baylor 10.
Midwest: Ohio State 24, Florida State 20; Notre Dame
28, Michigan State 10; Michigan 38, Indiana 17; Minne
sota 14, Illinois 10; Purdue 21, Wisconsin 17; Iowa 26,
Northwestern 10; Oklahoma 24, Iowa State 7; Oklahoma
State 21, North Texas State 14; Kansas 19, Arkansas
State 3; Tulsa 24, Kansas State 17.
West: USC 33, Oregon State 7; BYU 38, Utah State 14;
Stanford 23, Arizona 20; Washington 32, Arizona State
27.
Last week: 218 7Z4 percent Season: 57-32, 73 J per-cent
CFA wants stronger academic rules
By Kevin Warneke
The College Football Association has been out of the
news lately, but according to Elayne Donahue, administra
tive assistant to CFA director Chuck Neinas, that doesn't
mean it still isnt around.
"The CFA is having a board of directors meeting this
weekend to come up with legislation that will be presen
ted at the NCAA meeting," Donahue said.
The NCAA meeting will be Dec. 3 and 4 in St. Louis,
Mo.
The meeting, according to Dave Cawood, director of
public relations for the NCAA, is to introduce legislation
about the restructure of Divisions 1 A and 1 AA. The legi
slation would make the criteria for being in the two divi
sions more stringent.
One of the major differences between the CFA and the
NCAA concerns TVproperty rights.
"We feel that television rights should belong to the in
dividual colleges, whereas the NCAA feels they should be
governed by themselves (NCAA)," Donahue said.
Cawood said the NCAA says college property rights
should belong to the individual colleges, but in a different
sense.
"Nebraska has property rights to television," Cawood
said. "For example, if ABC called and wanted Nebraska to
change the date of the Oklahoma game, they could, but
they still must abide by the NCAA restrictions concerning
television."
Another major issue with the CFA, according to Big
Eight Commissioner Carl James, is academic regulations
for athletes.
James said the Big Eight has always had stricter acade
mic regulations and the CFA is pushing for that.
Donahue said the purpose of the CFA includes provi-.
ding a unifying organization for similar athletic philoso
phies and programs. The CFA also hopes to show that
sponsoring a -quality intercollegiate football program is
consistent with goals of higher education, he sail.
The organization plans to continue efforts to eUminate
abuse attributed to college football, particularly the ex
ploitation of the student athlete, Donahue said
Also included in the purposes of the CFA is a clause
which reads, "to operate within the structure of the
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