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Huskers score seven touchdowns in scrimmage
By Bob Asmussen
It was a year ago August 29 that Mike Rozier first
made his mark in a Husker scrimmage. On that day
Rozier carried the ball 12 times for 243 yards.
He celebrated the anniversary of that scrimmage with
an impressive performance in a Saturday scrimmage at
Memorial Stadium.
Rozier ran 82 yards on nine carries. On one 10-yard
run he bounced off five defenders before being brought
down. That run brought him a big ovation from the crow'd
at the scrimmage, which was supposed to be closed to the
public.
'That Rozier," Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride
said. "I told him finally 'when you get hit for the fifth
time, why don't you just fall down?' We had people
around the ball but we just didn't get the job done.
They're good runners (Rozier and Roger Craig). We're not
going to be the only ones to miss them ... I hope."
The Huskers scored seven touchdowns during the
scrimmage, the first on a 7-yard run by .Jeff Smith.
Nate Mason then connected with Shane Swanson on a 65
yard touchdown pass.
Mark Moravec scored the next touchdown on a 60-yard
run and Paul Miles scored on a 33-yard run.
That score was followed by a 6-yard touchdown pass
from Mason to tight end Dan Hill. Rozier and Jamie
Williams accounted for the other two touchdowns.
Transfer Tim Coen also kicked a 46-yard field goal.
Moravec was the leading rusher in the scrimmage with
89 yards on seven carries. Craig chipped in 63 yards on six
carries and Smith had 53 yards on 1 2 carries.
"Moravec isn't the quickest kid in the world but he's
valuable to us because he's a pretty good fullback and a
good 1-back and he doesn't make mistakes," Coach Tom
Osborne said.
Craig Sundberg was the leading passer with nine
completions in 14 attempts for 138 yards and a touch
down. Turner Gill completed six of 10 passes for 62 yards
and Mason completed three of six passes for 110 yards
and two touchdowns.
"1 think the quarterbacks generally had a good day,"
Osborne said. "We completed quite a few passes. Mason
probably had his best day of fall camp. Turner played well
and with the exception of one or two bad plays, Sundberg
did well."
Hill caught three passes for 32 yards and Williams
snared three for 26 yards. Ricky Simmons caught two
passes for 29 yards and Roger Lindstrom caught two
passes for 25 yards.
The Cornhusker offense gained 389 yards on the
ground and completed 21 of 38 passes for 330 yards.
"I think we had a pretty good scrimmage," Osborne
said. "The effort was pretty good. The offense looked
better than a week ago."
"I think the offensive execution looked better. We
have things to improve on but we didn't look as shabby as
a week ago."
Trainer George Sullivan said the team suffered no
major injuries during the scrimmage. He said there were a
lot of bumps and bruises and that the quarterbacks got
bumped around pretty good. Neil Harris sat out the
scrimmage with a bruised knee but will take part in
practice today.
Kansas State soon to know
result of redshirt gamble
Editor's Note: This is the fifth part of a
series previewing Nebraska's 1982 football
opponents. The articles will appear in the
order Nebraska plays the teams this fall.
By Bob Asmussen
Last year before the season began,
Kansas State football Coach Jim Dickey
took what he considered a necessary
gamble. Dickey asked 10 senior players to
sit out the 1981 season as redshirts and
come back in 1982. Eight of the 10 players
were 1980 starters.
Now, with the 1982 season fast
approaching, Dickey will soon find out if
his gamble paid off.
"Coach Dickey is expecting a winning
season," Assistant Sports Information Di
rector, Nancy Raleigh said. "If the team
wins more games than it loses, Coach
Dickey would feel the redshirting wasn't a
bad gamble."
Right now the jury is out on the 1982
Wildcats. They have been picked to finish
between sixth and eighth in the Big Eight,
and many are expecting KSU to have its
12th straight losing season. The Wildcats
return 18 starters from last season along
with the eight starters from 1980.
'The depth this year is the best that
Kansas State has ever had," Raleigh said.
"In the past, depth has been a big problem
but this season it isn't."
The Kansas State defense could be
strong this season. The Wildcats are led by
junior Reggie Singletary, an ail-American
candidate at defensive tackle. Also return
ing are redshirted players Will Cokeley and
Vic Koenning as well as linebacker Dan
Ruzich.
"Reggie will be able to play like last
year but he'll have better overall support,"
Raleigh said. "We have a lot more size on
defense. Reggiewon't have to do it by him
self." The defensive backfield is considering a
team strength with the return of L.E.
Madison, Mike Simeta and Phil Switzer.
The kicking game is expected to be another
Wildcat strength with the return of kicker
Steve Willis and punter Scott FuDiage.
The Kansas State offense is led by
Darrell Ray Dickey, Coach Dickey's son.
Dickey has started part of 'all three of his
seasons at Kansas State. Stan Weber was
expected to challenge Dickey for the start
ing job, but a knee injury will keep him out
of the entire season. The backup to Dickey
is expected to be Doug Bogue.
The running game is headed by Mark
Hundley and losefatu Faraimo. The Wild
cats also return Masi Toluao. The running
game will be aided by an improved
offensive line.
The line will be led by 1980 starter
Amos Donaldson, as well as Jim Kennedy
and Doug Hoppock. The Wildcat receivers
will be Eric Mack and Rick Manning.
Depth at the receiver positions is one of
the main concerns for Wildcat coaches.
Raleigh said the 1982 Wildcats appear
to have a winning attitude. She said that
attitude should be helped by the first three
games, which are against Kentucky, South
Dakota-Sna Wichita State. The Wildcat's
lone non-conference road game is against
Arizona State.
"Coach Dickey said Kansas State would
have to play to the best of their ability to
get a bowl game," Raleigh said. "He thinks
we would have to have a 74 record and
possibly even an 8-3 record to be consider
ed for a bowl game."
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Kansas State's Ivan Pearl (16) breaks free from a Nebraska defender in last year's
49-3 Husker win in Manhattan, Kan. Pearl played running back last year for KSU but
returns this season as a split end.
Former Knicks greats get together in Hastings
Commentary by Pat Higgins
The New York Knicks in the early 1970s were some
kind of a team. National Basketball Association champ
ions in 1970 and 1973, the Knicks were the epitome of
unselfish play, hustle and intensity on defense. In what
was possibly the golden era of the NBA, the Knicks
classics with the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and
Washington Bullets demonstrated the definitive way to
play ball.
Two stalwarts of those great Knicks team, Willis Reed
and Bill Bradley were seen Saturday at Hastings sitting on
a brick wall eating fried chicken and potato salad at a
fund-raiser for Sen. Ed Zorinsky.
Reed, now head basketball coach at Creighton Univer
sity, was wearing a charcoal gray pinstripe suit. Graying
around the temples, he remains physically imposing at the
Nebraska ranked 3rd, 4th
Nebraska was ranked third by United Press
International and fourth by The Associated Press
in pre-season football poll results that were released
Friday. The Huskers received three first place
votes in the UPI poll and two in the AP. Both
wire services ranked Pittsburgh first.
age of 40.
Bradley, now the senior senator from New Jersey, was
wearing a conservative gray suit with a skinny blue tie. He
has a receding hairline but looks good because he says, he
recently lost 25 pounds.
"I think the Knicks were something special," Bradley
said. "There was a certain chemistry in the way the
different players and the coach meshed."
Reed said basketball has changed over the last 20 years
as money has become more important to the game and its
players.
"Kids who watch the pros just want to go one-on-one.
Julius Erving is a good friend of mine but he's ruined
more players than anyone. Everybody wants to be the
Doctor," Reed said.
A self-made player, Reed said he was able to become a
good player through self-discipline. Reed grew up in rural
Louisiana and said he taught himself a tot about the game.
"The athletes seem to be missing the learning process.
I used to practice the same shot 30 times in a row," he
said.
Bradley said playing in the NBA was a broadening
experience, particularly traveling around the country.
"That was a job where I was associated with
remarkable people from diverse backgrounds," Bradley
said. "It was a way of learning who you are and what you
value."
Bradley said that he gained quite a bit from his ex
perience with the Knicks.
"I was doing something that I loved," Bradley said.
'The competition was great. Plus I had a three- or four
month off-season to pursue other interests."
A film clip shown during last year's NCAA tourna
ment inspired Bradley to take off some weight.
"It was a clip from when I was at Princeton. I was
quite a bit thinner," Bradley said. "Everyone in the
Senate got one me for the next week asking me 'what
happened, Bradley. That and my wife helped me lose 25
pounds."
Reed said he still has the urge to play these days but a
bad knee prevents it.
"Every time I get the feeling that I want to play again
I get out a film clip from the old days and then I'm over
it."
Reed contributes money to Bradley's political
ambitions. He said he would like to see Bradley become
president some day.
"I sleep better at night knowing that there is at least
one guy who I can trust back in Washington," Reed said.
Bradley wrote a book about playing in the NBA called
"Life on the Run," a memoir of his last season. He said
that he isn't ready to write a book about the Senate.
"I don't plan on retiring from this league for quite a
while," Bradley said.