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Bersie Kosar in his natural habitat: fading
back to pass.
Bernle Kosar steps up behind center, takes the.
snap and fades back to pass.
Whoa! Hold it! Walt a minute! Just who Is Bernle
Kosar?
Whether Nebraska fans know it, the fate of the No.
1-ranked Iluskers could depend on the passing arm
ofKccar.
The redshirt freshman assumed the signal-caller
position for the Miami Hurricanes after a highly
contested battle with sophomore Kyle Vanderwende.
Miami Coach Howard Schnellenberger said he
isnt surprised by Kosar's progress during his red
shirt year.
He didnt just sit around, he worked and learned
Schnellenberger said. "He was on the 'cab' squad and
ran our opponents' plays. It was no surprise he did
what he did."
But as Schnellenberger said it was no surprise,
Kosar admitted that he never expected to be the.
heir apparent for former Miami quarterback Jim
Kelley's position.
"I wasnt really behind him (Kelley)," Kosar said. "I
was way behind him. While he prepared for a game, I
was just concerned with learning the offense.'
After securing the starting position, Kosar was
welcomed to college football in a 28-3 thrashing by
the Florida Gators behind about 74,000 fans. .
The Florida game was a humbling experience,"
Kosar said. "We had eight other guys who were play
ing their first game. We played badly against Florida,
but there were a lot of positive things that happened"
Kosar rebounded from the early-season loss and
led the Hurricanes to a 10-1 record and an Orange
Bowl invitation against Nebraska.
During the season, Kosar completed 201 of 327
attempts, for 2,329 yards. lib yardage fell 74
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yards shy of Kelly's Ln!e-season pssstag record.
The cr.lv black nark In hb statbtics was that he
rushed for negative yards.
"I guess I'm not the quickest c:.y on foot the
20-yeET-old Bosrdrnsn, Ohio, native tzii.
As the Orange Bowl matchup approaches, Kosar
said he Is trying to withstand the pressure that goes
along with playing Nebraska.
. "Ve started talking about phyir in the Orange
Bowl the week before the West Virginia game, but we
took it one game at a time," Kosar said. The game is
a few weeks away. We're thinking about it, but it's
not worrying us."
Both Kosar and Schellenbergcr asree that the
Hurricanes will have to go for broke in order to
defeat Nebraska.
You cant be conservative," Kosar said. "You have
to go with what the defense will give you."
Schnellenberger agreed, adding that the Hurri
canes' offense b far from conservative because it is
pass-oriented.
"We throw the ball down the field more than most
teams," he said. We run the Dolphin's (Miami's pro
fessional team) oHense."
Whether Kosar performs well against the Iluskers
remains to be seen, but Schnellenberger said he has
a' quarterback that promises to be a star of the
future.
"He's going to continue to improve because he's
always seeking to improve," Schnellenberger said.
"Hell be a much better player as a senior than he is
now. He has unlimited potential
While the future may be bright, Kosar said, he is
staying close to reality.
"I haven't thought about professional football and
I dont really get too worked up over awards," Kosar
said. It's not that he doesn't like them, he said, but
for now, he's getting ready for the Iluskers and
whatever happens, happens.
Faith, hard work
bring Hurricanes
victory at last
By Jeff Browne
- The Miami Hurricanes may have a short drive to
play Nebraska in the Orange BowL but the road to
the Jan. 2 game was anything but easy. .
After being routed by the Honda Gators in their
opener, the Hurricanes seemed destined to fulfill
the dour prophecies of Florida's sportswriters.
Before the season began, the Miami Herald asked
the state's writers to predict what type of year the
Hurricanes would have. Only one writer was able to
forecast the 10-win season that Coach Howard
Schnellenberger and Miami fashioned.
Only a few writers even predicted that Miami
would win as many as seven games. Hurricane
Sports Information Director Ron Steiner said he
didnt believe the doom predictors, although he
could see their reasoning.
"We were supposed to be rebuilding," he said.
"We'd lost (All-Axnerican quarterback) Jim Kelley
and some other really good players, so they figured
that we'd just have fun this year and go at it for
keeps next year."
Schnellenberger said he never doubted his team's
ability, he just wasnt sure when it would become
apparent to everyone else. But when the Hurricanes
left the field a 28-3 loser to Florida, both Schnellen
berger and his players felt they had reached that
.point. ' -.
Te played a really fin second half c isst Flor
ida," Ctciner said. "After the gime, the ills rcercnt
depressed or worried. They just raid to thcrrr elves
that they knew they cculd plcy with anybody."
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