Wednesday, September 29, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
Coach's wife has different perspective on seasons
By Chuck Jagoda
Football families live a slightly different set of seasons
from the traditional ones of other families. Nancy
Osborne, wife of Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne,
spoke about this and other aspects of the "life of a
coach's wife" at the 1982 Nebraska food, service and
equipment show annual awards banquet Monday night.
Instead of the familiar four, football families' seasons
are more accurately labelled "football," "recruiting,"
"spring ball," and "vacation time," Osborne observed.
Osborne described football season as "a roller coaster":
up after New Mexico State and down after Penn State.
Sunday and Monday are the two longest days of the
week for football coaches. The defensive and offensive
coaches view films of the previous Saturday's game and
grade their players according to their performance in a
number of categories on each play. This can go on from
7 a.m. to as late as 1 1 p.m.
After the defensive and offensive coaches have looked
at their own players on film, they look at the defensive
and offensive players of their next opponent.
Osborne described Tuesday through Tursday as days
that a coach's family can expect him home at a more
normal time (6:30 p.m.). However the coach's family
can expect him to set up a projector on the kitchen table
and spend the evening watching game films projected on
the wall.
Osborne said that her children have grown up at their
father's feet watching football films. They have become
quite expert at the game and have had to explain much of
it to her. She missed the films because she was washing
dishes while they were being show, she said.
January and February are the recruitment season.
Osborne described it as a "lonely" time.
"The coaches are essentially gone for 2 months," she
said. "They're home on weekends but they have
prospective recurits to show around the campus."
Osborne mentioned Ursala Walsh, academic consultant
to the athletic department, and strength coach Boyd
Eppley as two of the people prospective recruits meet.
Osborne credited Walsh with the 92 graduation rate
of UNL football players.
"This is higher than (the average) for non-football
players at UNL and most years it is higher than the
average graduation rate for football players at the other
schools in the Big Eight and in the nation."
Spring is the time that coaches like best, Osborne
said.
"It's the time they get to teach and coach without the
pressure of a game (at the end of each week)."
To a football coach, summer means teaching 9-through-12-graders
in summer football camp.
The hiatus between football camps and the start of
fall practice is the time "wives look forward to most.
It means time together as a group before August when a
new football season starts," she said.
Restaurateurs toasted at dinner
By Chuck Jagoda
The Nebraska Restaurant Association honored its
own Monday night with a gala banquet and awards
ceremony.
The event was the culmination of the 1982 Nebraska
Food, Beverage and Equipment Show, and was held at
Agricultural Hall on the state fairgrounds. Restaurant
owners and suppliers from all over the state met to pay
tribute to the purveyor (food supplier) of the year and
the restaurateur of the year.
Joe Price of the Bethany Pantry in Lincoln was
awarded the Mary Lutz trophy for restaurateur of the
year. The trophy is named for Mary Lutz who distin
guished herself and the food service of the state by doing
her own research on improved methods of food service
and preparation, and by her free meals for orphans.
The trophy was presented by her son Richard Lutz,
last year's winner and master of ceremonies.
Bernard Grady was the recipient of the purveyor of the
year award.
The featured speaker at the dinner was Nancy Os
borne, wife of Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne.
Other highlights of the evening included speeches
by Bob Kerrey, Democratic candidate for governor and
Roland Luedtke, Republican candidate for lieutenant
governor; and introduction of new officers of the rest
aurateurs' associations and purveyors'. A letter from
Gov. Charles Thone, recalling his discovery of Mrs. Lutz'
home cooking when he first arrived in Lincoln as a young
farm boy from Cedar Falls, was read to the restaurateurs.
Kerrey described his career in the restaurant business
as giving direction and stability to his life after military
service. He credited Larry Price of Commercial Food
Service in Lincoln, and chef of the evening's smorgas
bord, with helping him get started and giving him advice
and encouragement. He said his hopes for a successful
term as governor lay in his belief in Nebraskans' capacity
for "hard work" and making "hard choices." Luedtke
thanked the restaurateurs for providing for the food
and drink needs of the annual $1 billion tourist industry,
the third largest basic industry in the state. A basic in
dustry earns revenue from outside the state.
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