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daily nebraskan
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ffceman' becoming solid Husker pass receiver
By Tad Strykcr
From the time he stepped on the field to start his first
ksity game against Iowa, in a season that has been
kracterized by surprise and upsets, tight end Jamie
iaiiams has been a hallmark of consistancy for the Corn
tuskers. .
Williams and other Husker first-year starters received a
Japtism of fire in September when Nebraska faced three
ams in a row mar nave been raniced in the nation s top
;0 this year.
"They were the type of games where you had to grow
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any.
Whether it was the Iowa game, where nothing seemed
o go right for the Husker offense; the runaway wins over
folorado and Kansas State; the seesaw struggle against
enn State; or the intense, emotional Missouri game.
Williams has been a constant. The junior from Davenport,
owa, has caught at least one pass in every game so far this
Jeason.
"I take a lot of pride in it," Williams said.
always get a lot of passes thrown to me.'
'I don't
More chances
Williams is lately getting more opportunities because
he Huskers opponents have been blitzing more.
"With the linebackers rushing," Williams said, "I have
hiore or a responsiouny 10 caicn ine oau, oecause ira
Lsually open in those situations," Williams said.
Responsibility is something Williams has taken serious
ly, whether it be catching the ball or blocking.
"I'm still learning, every game," he said. "Things are
starting to come easier for me: my blocking techniques,
jgetting open for passes, catching the ball, everything. I'm
starting to see things better than I did in the first game."
Inexperience has not kept the one they call "Iceman"
from making plays in the clutch. William's first touch
down catch was in the heat of the Penn State game. He
grabbed a Mark Mauer pass at the goal line as a Nittany
Lion defender crossed in front of him. In the fourth
quarter of the Kansas game, Williams fourth touchdown
reception of the year sealed the Nebraska victory, and a
seven-yard catch on a third-and-six kept another Husker
drive alive.
Williams said inexperience should not always be a cure
all excuse for not getting the job done.
"It's a pride thing," he said. "You cant worry about it
because it's your first year of starting. You've got to play
hard and do good whether it's your first year or your
fourth year as a starter."
Ignores injury
Williams has shown the ability to disdain injury as well.
He had to leave the Kansas State game because of a knee
injury, but came back the next week with the joint heavi
ly taped and played at Missouri, catching three passes.
"I was really nervous about playing on it (the injured
knee) at Missouri, but (wingback and tight end) Coach
Gene Huey helped me out. He told me about playing with
an injury like that and some things that had helped him
when he had to do it.
"It's no big deal," the 6-5, 227-pound junior said.
"You've got to put the team first. I figure if I can run, I
can play." Williams said he is almost back to full speed.
Williams, who lived in the same neighborhood and
played on the same high school team as I-back Roger
Craig, is a broadcasting and speech communications
major. He said he enjoyed working at KRNU, the univer
sity radio station, last year.
Williams had his own show last spring, a spot he filled
with soul music and named, "The Iceman Cometh."
"The university needed a little variety in its music,
Williams said. "I really liked that, or any form of broad
casting. I'm going to try to get another show next
semester."
But in the meantime, the "Iceman" title may have to
share time with a new one. Williams is becoming "Mr.
Consistency" as the Huskers head into the climax of the
Big Eight race.
UNL Sports Information photo
Nebraska tight end Jamie Williams
Soccer club isn't university sport-yet
By Kevin Warneke
Although the UNL soccer club is finishing one of its
best fall seasons, the likelihood of the club becoming a
university sport is still doubtful.
"We would definitely like to become a university
sport, Faul Hornby, one ot the presidents ot me ciud,
said. "It would make so much difference in the way our
lub is run."
If the club were considered a university sport, the club
would no longer have to be self-supporting and it could
bring in top players from around the country, Hornby
said.
"The sacrifice of time and money that our players have
to give would be taken care of ," Hornby said.
"Take Creighton University, for example. I hey are a
university sport and they have only two players on their
team that are from Omaha, all the rest are from different
parts of the country," he said. "If we could do that, our
team could get more top-quality players."
The main reason the soccer team has not become a um-
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versity sport, according to Hornby ana Atmetic uirecior
Bob Devaney, is because ot the financial situation or Ne
braska's Athletic Department.
"It is doubtful that the soccer club will become a
varsity sport in the near future," Devaney said. "We now
have to support two athletic departments instead of one."
Devaney said most soccer teams can t maKe it iinanciai
ly and go broke and the athletic department at this time
can not afford to take on another sport.
Hornby agrees that the soccer team would probably be
a financial burden to the university because soccer is not
a well-established spectator sport.
"We would have to show that we can turn a profit,
maybe not in the first couple of years, but soon after
that."
Another reason why the club is not a university sport is
because soccer is not recognized as a Big Eight sport,
Devaney said.
"There are two Big Eight schools whose soccer clubs
are close to becoming university sports," Hornby said.
Missouri and Colorado both have strong financial backing
and influence within the school.
"If these schools become university sports, the others
will eventually follow suit," he said.
But according to Devaney, if other schools in the
Big Eight did make their soccer clubs university sports,
Nebraska would not necessarily follow suit.
"We are like ambassadors for the university," Hornby
said. "We could be a Lincoln soccer club, but we want to
be associated with UNL.
"We hope it's just a matter of time before we are a
university sport," he said.
"Soccer has the best chance of all the club sports of
becoming a university sport," Devaney said. "Since soccer
is being played in more and more high schools, it should
become a varsity sport in time.
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Center pool.
The Nebraska women's
swimming and diving team
will compete against UNO
and Wyoming Saturday at
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The NCAA regional
cross-country meet will be
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ABC announced its crew
of Darrell Royal and Verne
Lundquist will announce
Saturday's Nebraska-Oklahoma
State football game.
The telecast will begin at 1 1
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The Nebraska men's
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at the Bob Devaney Sports
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