Friday, November 19, 1982
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Daily Nebraskan
Bowl speculation will be history after Saturday
By Bob Asmussen
Weeks of speculation will end Saturday when college
bowl bids are announced. Everyone, from the fans to
the college bowl presidents, has their own opinion of
how the bowl picture will shape up. Cotton Bowl Exe
cutive Director Jim Brock shared his ideas about the
bowl matchups.
Orange Bowl: The winner of Nebraska-Oklahoma will
be Big Eight champion and receive an automatic bid.
The Orange Bowl announced earlier this week that it
probably will take the winner of Saturday's Florida
State-Louisiana State game.
Gator Bowl: Brock said the loser of the Florida
State-LSU game will oppose West Virginia. Gator
Bowl Publicity Chairman Ted Emery said the Gator
Bowl is looking at nine teams. Florida State and LSU
are included in those nine.
Cotton Bowl: "Everybody's got Pitt in the Cotton
Bowl, but they've got to beat Rutgers," Brock said.
Should Pittsburgh defeat Rutgers and receive the
bid from the Cotton Bowl, its opponent will be the
Southwest Conference champion, which could be de-
Pettit says home court
no advantage for MU
By Ward Triplett
Even though the Big Eight volleyball tournament will
be played on the home court of their nearest conference
rival, Nebraska's 12th ranked Huskers should not have
to worry about a disadvantage.
"Any time you play at home you have a little
advantage," Nebraska Coach Terry Pettit said. "But the
home court is not as much of a factor in tournament
play."
Nebraska finished the first season of home-and-away
play against their Big Eight rivals with a 9-1 record,
earning its seventh straight league championship and a
first-place seeding in the league tournament.
The Huskers' lone conference loss, however, was to a
then-rated Missouri team at Columbia. The Tigers lost
only to Iowa State and Nebraska, both away from home,
while finishing second.
Friday and Saturday, the Tigers will be host to the
two-day tournament, which will automatically qualify
the winner for the NCAA tournament.
Pettit said he is confident the home setting will not
work against Nebraska for three reasons.
"First of all. we've played there before," he said.
"Second, by the time we will have to play Missouri, we
will have had one successful match behind us, and third,
we'll be practicing there Thursday."
Nebraska, which ended the regular season 24-5, will
take on the winner of the Oklahoma-Kansas State match
Saturday at 10 a.m. The winner of the Kansas-Iowa
State match will meet Missouri at the same time.
The championship final is scheduled for 7 p.m. follow
ing the Tiger football game that afternoon.
Pettit said the Huskers had played their best volley
ball during Big Eight tournaments of past years, and
added, "we still haven't played our best match."
"There's been no magic in our domination," he said.
"We've just played our best during this tournament.
There have been times when we did not have as good of
personnel some other teams had and we still won," he
said.
This year's team docs have the personnel, Pettit said.
He praised his squad, saying it had developed and
accomplished faster than he had anticipated.
"I think this team has done a very good job accepting
roles." he said. "Maybe because it is such a young club,
they were willing to accept their roles. From that stand
point, that's probably why we've been more successful
than I had anticipated."
Cagers to play Windsor
The Nebraska basketball team tips off its 1982-83
season Saturday night with a 7:35 p.m. exhibition game
against Windsor College.
Ilusker Coach Moe Iba said Thursday that he did not
yet know who his starters will be, but that "all our
players will play about the same amount of time."
The main goal, he said, is to evaluate the team.
"I want to see how we play against someone besides
ourselves," he said. "We want to see if we can stay with
what we've been doing in practice.
"I hope we play hard," he said.
The Lancers, from Windsor, Ontario, have played
three games in the United States this season, Iba said.
They lost to Wisconsin, New Mexico and Central Michi
gan. "They do this for the experience," he said. "I under
stand that they're an aggressive team and play hard."
cided if Southern Methodist defeats Arkansas Satur
day. Sugar Bowl: One spot in this game has gone to Georgia,
the winner of the Southeast Conference. Sugar Bowl
Executive Director Mickey Holmes said his bowl will
take either Pittsburgh or Penn State.
"I just know he's (Penn State Coach Joe Paterno)
going to the Sugar Bowl," Orange Bowl President Charles
Kimbrell said.
Fiesta Bowl: Fiesta Bowl director Bruce Skinner said
the loser of the Nebraska-Oklahoma game is high on
their list, but that nothing is official until Saturday.
"The Fiesta Bowl is going to be Arizona State against
the loser of Nebraska and Oklahoma," Brock said.
Peach Bowl: Art Gregory, chairman of the selection
committee for the Peach Bowl, said his bowl game tries
to match a local team against one not from that region.
He said the Iowa Hawkeyes, if they defeat Michigan
State Saturday, are No. 1 on the Peach Bowl's list of
visiting teams.
"Iowa versus Tennessee in the Peach Bowl," Brock
said. "That sounds good."
Aloha Classic: This is the first ever Aloha Classic,
which will be played in Honolulu, Hawaii. Brock said
the Aloha Classic will match Maryland against UCLA.
"It's almost a cinch," he said.
Tangerine Bowl: Both Brock and Kimbrell mentioned
the same two teams when they talked about the Tangerine
Bowl - Auburn and Boston College.
"It looks very likely that Auburn and Boston College
will be in our bowl," Tangerine Bowl representative
Dillon Thomas said.
Holiday Bowl: Bruce Bimkowski, public relations
director for the Holiday Bowl, said they were looking
at six teams to oppose the Western Athletic Conference
champion, which receives an automatic bid. He ment
ioned California, Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio State, Louisiana
State and Arizona.
"The Holiday Bowl will be BYU against Ohio State,"
Brock predicted.
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Nebraska volleyball players Gwen Egbert (6), Michelle Smith (7) and Sallye Ramsey (12) try to block an
opponent's spike attempt in a game earlier this year at the Coliseum. The Huskers will be in Columbia, Mo., this
weekend trying to win their seventh straight Big Eight tournament.
Buckeyes could get black eyes
Well, this is the last weekend before college football's
annual orgy of great games on Thanksgiving weekend.
But there are a few games to watch this weekend, too.
Starting with . . .
Michigan at Ohio State. Remember when you were
a kid and you sat down and watched this game and then
Southern California-UCLA and by 6 p.m. you knew who
Jeff Goodwin
was in the Rose Bowl? Life has changed, folks. Michigan
already has clinched the Rose Bowl bid and all Washing
ton has to do is beat Washington State this weekend to
gain the right to face the Wolverines New Year's Day.
The Buckeyes still would love to lay another loss
on Bo's boys. Actually the Buckeyes won't be that
far from Pasadena. The scuttlebutt says they're likely
to end up in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl. But only
the time zone is the same.
The Wolverines rip the Buckeyes: Michigan 28, Ohio
State 10.
Southern California vs. UCLA. Neither one of these
teams is going to the Rose Bowl cither. Actually UCLA
already has been there several times this year since they
play their home games there now.
USC, on the other hand, can't get to the Rose Bowl
unless they buy tickets. That's what you get for being
bad, Trojans.
The Trojans always seem to beat the Bruins one way
or another in this game. The Bruins get their revenge
during basketball season.
USC gets a measure of revenge for an otherwise disap
pointing season: USC 27, UCLA 20.
Arkansas at Southern Methodist. This is one of those
games Husker fans are watching and hoping the Hop
can pull an upset. The possibility is there.
Arkansas has one of the best defenses in the country.
And it's not unusual for Tom Jones to throw a touch
down pass once in awhile either.
Still, the Ponies can smell the cotton. The Cotton
Bowl, that is. SMU lucked out last week and now they
have to believe they're a team of destiny. They've pro
bably had dreams of Julius Caesar all week .
The Ponies stampede the Hogs: SMU 24, Arkansas
14.
Yale at Harvard. This is The Game. Ask George Plimp
ton. Ask Ted Kennedy, who played in it and scored a
touchdown one year that enabled the Crimson to tie
the Bulldogs.
They don't walk around New Haven these days ana say
"How 'bout them Dawgs?" But then, they never did.
Instead, they walk around talking about the Industrial
Revolution or Keynesian economics. Not an unpleasant
way to spend a fall afternoon.
Harvard has had a pretty good year, beating the spread
almost every week and this week, too. Harvard wins
this one for Harvard alumni Bobby Kennedy, who would
have been 57 this Saturday. The dream lives on. the
hope will never die: Harvard 33, Yale 21.
Other Games
East: North Carolina 38, Duke 10; Maryland 24,
Virginia 14; West Virginia 35, Syracuse 21; Miami, Fla..
28, North Carolina State 17.
Midwest: Kansas State 34, Colorado 17; Missouri 23,
Kansas 7; Oklahoma State 28, Iowa-State 21; Iowa 23,
Michigan State 17; Purdue 27, Indiana 20; Wisconsin
35, Minnesota 30.
South: Clemson 35, South Carolina 20; Tennessee 31,
Kentucky 2 1 ; Mississippi State 34, Mississippi 26; Texas
24 Baylor 17; Houston 45, Texas Tech 31; Louisiana
JS F,or,da S,a,c 23 f:,orida 33. Tulane 24.
West: Washington 34, Washington State 20; Notre
Dame 31 Air Force 20; Stanford 28, California 20;
Arizona 23, Oregon 0.
