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Tuesday, October 12, 1982
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Osborne: Game against K-State won't be 'typical'
By Larry Sparks
Saturday's football game against Kansas
State in Memorial Stadium won't be a
typical Husker-Wildcat match-up, Nebras
ka football Coach Tom Osborne said
Monday at the Extra Point Club Luncheon.
"We're going to play a team that is very
much in things yet. A lot of times when
we've played Kansas State, they were
maybe one and three coming off their
non-conference season and had maybe
lost a couple of games in the conference,"
Osborne said.
"They're three-one-and-one now," he
said. "They certainly have nothing to be
ashamed of in what they've done."
K-State is coming off a 7-7 tie with
Missouri Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.
Husker Assistant Coach Lawrence Cooley
scouted that game and said the Cats
should have won the game but allowed
Missouri an early touchdown when they
(KSU) fumbled a punt.
Cooley said he won't make any predic
tions about Saturday's homecoming battle
but he did promise one thing.
"You'll see the Kansas State football
team as being one of the finest in the
years since I've been at Nebraska. That I
can guarantee," Cooley said.
The Wildcats can move the ball, Cooley
said, although he pointed out that that
might not have been evident in the regionally-televised
game with Missouri.
Fifth-year players.
Cooley said most of the K-State'
offensive line weighs about 260-pounds
and several of them are fifth-year players
who were redshirted last season.
Kansas State also has some good
receivers and is able to throw the ball
well, Osborne said.
Cooley and Osborne agreed that the
Wildcats may have the best defense the
Huskers will face this season.
"They probably, have more quality
athletes (on defense) than at any time in
the past," Cooley said.
Assessing last week's 40-14 win at
Colorado, Osborne said the most critical
point of the game came in the third period
after CU scored a touchdown to come back
within six points, 20-14. On the extra
point attempt, CU kicker Tom Field
tripped over Nebraska's Ken Graeber who
was called for roughing the kicker. The
Soccer Club's quick start
slows near end of season
By Kevin Warneke
After bursting out of the starting
blocks with a 3-1 record, the UNL Soc
cer Club has run into its share of ob
stacles and has seen its record fall to
4-3.
The club defeated Nebraska Wesle
yarl University 6-0, but fell to York Col--lege
4-2 and UNO 5-0 in recent matches.
"Things were really picking up the
last three years," Coach Mike Bosilevac
said. "But this year there has been a lack
of interest mainly due to financial piob
Icms." "We have had a slight mental break
down," Co-President Greg Barmettler said.
"Last year we defeated UNO twice and
our loss to them this year has set us back.
The big losses have hurt the morale of
the team."
Other problems, according to Barmet
tler, have been the scheduling of home
games, finding money to pay referees,
lack of attendance at practices and lack
of experience.
I he financial problems are a combina
tion of factors, according to Barmettler
and Bosilevac.
"We are sponsored by the Miller
Brewing Company and not by the univer
sity," Barmettler said.
"Most small colleges in Nebraska get
help from the intramural departments
and student activities organizations, but
we don't." Bosilevac said. "I guess the
money's just not there."
"We talked to Bob Devaney and he
said that the sport has to be voted on by
Big Eight schools in order for it to go
university," Barmettler said. "He did say
that soccer would be the next sport to go
but he didn't say when so I guess we won't
see it happen for awhile."
Bosilevac said the UNL team is made
up of a lot of new players this year and
that has contributed to some of the poor
showings.
But the efforts of Joe Casey and Rich
Bene, both of whom play midfield, have
been two bright spots of the club, Bosi
levac said.
"They've been playing really well and
have kept us in a lot of games," he said.
"They have to control the middle of the
field and play both offense and defense.
The lack of scoring and defense breakdown
can't be attributed to them."
The club is in the final stages of its
fall season and will be competing at the
EdChaitrand Tournament in Manhatten,
Kan. this weekend.
Bosilevac said that there was talk of
making this tournament into the Big Eight
Tournament because of the lack of finan
ces of many of the clubs in the Big Eight,
but he said it won't happen for a couple
of years.
"It's hard to say how we'll do this
year. Hopefully, we will win two games
and play respectably," Bosilevac said.
Another reason why Bosilevac said
he hopes the club fares well in Manhat
ten is the possible upcoming match with
Creighton University tentatively set for
Nov. 4.
"If we have a good showing this week
end and pick up a few games between
then, we should have a good showing
against Creighton," he said.
15-yard penalty was tacked on to the
ensuing kickoff.
"You don't realize what a big call that
was because ifyou were kicking off from
our 45-yard line, about 80 to 90 percent
of the time, the other team is going to try
an onside kick," Osborne said. "Onside
kicks are almost 50-50 deals."
Osborne said the Huskers put in their
onside receiving team, which features
most of the pass receivers on the front
line, and that may have been why CU
elected to kick deep into Nebraska
territory.
Sealed win
I-back Mike Rozier had trouble handl
ing the kickoff, however, and the Huskers
had to start from their own 9-yard line
before mastering a 91 -yard drive that
sealed the win.
"If we had turned the ball over at that
point, we were in danger of losing the ball
game," Osborne said. "We probably
would have had to come back and win it
at the end because they had a lot of mo
mentum." Osborne said the offense played well
against Colorado except for the early
part of the third quarter. The Buffaloes
were able to shut the Huskers ottense
down on its first three possessions of the
second-half and Osborne said that momen
tum was important at CU's third-quarter
comeback.
Osborne said he wasn't totally satis
fied with the performance of the defense,
but he wasn't as alarmed as many people
were at the .361 yards of passing CU
gained.
"If you go back and throw the ball
fifty-some times, you're going to get some
yards," he said.
Osborne said the Huskers defense has
been vulnerable at times this season but he
said he hasn't seen a lack of effort or a
bad attitude from any of his players.
"I guess that's all you can ask for -that
they play as well as they can play,"
he said. "We've got to coach them as well
as we can coach them and after that,
there really is not much else you can do.
If you get beat, you get beat. Hopefully,
that doesn't happen very often."
"We can be beaten. We're not an invinc
ible team. There 's no question about
that," he said.
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Nebraska running back Roger Craig (21) breaks free for yardage in Saturday's game
against Colorado in Boulder, Colo. The Huskers defeated the Buffaloes 40-14.
World Series commands well-deserved attention
Last year about this time I was sitting down at
O'Kourke's watching the World Series. At one point we
began talking about the significance of the World Series.
One of my friends uttered the definitive statement on the
World Series.
Fixing us with his glassy stare, he said, "This is one
of the three most important things in the world."
To some people that may be overstating the case but
it's a statement that can easily be defended by any ardent
baseball fan.
The World Series is the premier sports event in
America. You can talk all you want about the Super
Bowl, hut nobody is going to feel they've missed any
thing if they don't see the Super Bowl. To tell you the
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truth, I slept during part of last year's Super Bowl and
it was a wise investment.
No one ever faiks about great Super Bowls of the past.
That's because almost without exception, they've been
boring.
Of course, there are other great sporting events - the
Kentucky Derby, the Indy 500, the NCAA basketball
playoffs but they don't command the interest the
Series does. If you don't believe me ask someone who
won this year's Derby. Then ask who won the Series last
year. More people are going to know the Dodgers won the
Scries than that urn. oh you know, what was that horse,
oh, yeah, Gateo del Sol won the Derby.
Even people who don't follow baseball at all watch
the World Series.
Another thing the Series has going for it is the time
of year it's played. October is the perfect month for the
Series.
Some people say the baseball season is too long. To
those people I say: Phooey! The season has to be as
long as it is to allow the Series to be played in October.
This year's Series promises to be a good one. On paper,
the Brewers appear to have the stronger team but, as some
genius once said, they don't play the games on paper.
if the Brewers get hot with the bat they could make
mincemeat of the Cardinals' pitching statl. On the other
hand, once you gel past Don Sutton and Pete Vucko
vich, the Brewer's don't have a pitching staff. When you
have Pete "Big Foot" Ladd as your stopper in the bull
pen, you have problems.
The Cardinals have Bruce Sutter, the Goose Gossage
of the National League and the stopper the Brewers wish
they had.
. OK, now for a prediction. You've all been waiting
for this one. I know. How about the Brewers in seven? -with
Gormon Thomas hitting a home run in extra innings.
JV game postponed
This Friday's junior varsity football game at
UNO has been postponed until Nov. 5, JV football
Coach Frank Solich said. No date has been set yet
for a possible replay.
lite final home game for the Husker junior
varsity is Oct. 29 against Waldorf Junior College.