The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 19, 1982, Page Page 10, Image 10
Friday, November 19, 1982 Page 10 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. Continued on Page 11 1 I , f I 1 i 2 i i . mif mm i A ill r w i r i 3 m Mm ' trnni m lirmiinOTi 7 i Staff Photo by Dave Bsntz 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.