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Monday, August 27,1934 Pago 20 Daily Nebrcskan First-team offense lacks aggressiveness. By Stn Posplsil early. That shouldn't take time Dal! Nebrisitn SulTWrlter he Said. Jerry Mlinar, a fourth-string For a while Saturday, Nebras- quarterback, scored the scrim ka's scoring explosion merely was mage's first touchdown a cr.e an offensive self-destruction. yard plunge when the No. 3 The Husker offense crossed units squared away, mid-field once during the first 1 3 Mlinar didn't wait long to work possessions of Nebraska's first more magic. He caught the de-full- scale scrimmage of fall prac- fense and other observers off tice. That possession ended when guard when he completed a 65 defensive end Scott Tucker reco- yard pass to split end Rod Smith vered a fumble by I-back Doug for a touchdown on the next DuBose in the end zone. play. Smith eluded a defender in If offensive ineptitude wasnt tne middle of the Husker's new enough to worry Nebraska coach turf field and caught the bail at Tom Osborne, Nebraska's No. 2 thedefenses 25-yard line, ranking in the wire services' pre- The fast-team offense scored season polls was. cn its eighth possession. Quar- Tnat seems awfully high for us terback Craig Sundberg complet to be ranked," Osborne said. "I e,d three of his passes during thought we would be ranked in the drive including a nine-yard the top ten, but that really sur- touchdown to Jason Gamble. Sur prises me. DerS finished the scrimmage with "Having sustained the losses seven completions in 11 attempts we have, I hope they are right fof56 yards. Last year they were right ... at Thar touchdown was scored least we were up there for a long on the Blackshirt defenders, one time. Bug weVe got a lot more ofthe few mistakes the No. 1. unit things to iron out this year, espe- made all day. cially our offense," he said. Cornerback Dennis Watkins The scorecard for those 13 pos- made quarterbacking miserable sessions: for sophomore McCathorn Cby 51 plays, 107 yards, five first ton, recovering a fumble on the downs, two fumbles, one inter- Biaclcshirts' first play, then inter ception, cepting Clayton on its second ser ies Nebraska's first-string offense Don Douglas took over at quar managed one first down and 32 terback, and his two series result yards in its first four cracks at the ed ta a net loss of 10 yards nse' . , . . Osborne said he was pleased "We were getting knocked off u cV. t hit a 38-yard field go,!, ml St'Ji .-.Zuttlf.' SI I m p m J v 4fl ' Wk '-if "i f 3 tj . n s ' ' i K J got flat-whipped a couple cf times D?Je Klein added a 33-yard! UQOC j don.t if our ofTense is bad The defense was aggressive, or our defense is good," Osborne and the offense was trying to said. "We've had some years when finesse instead of knocking down, the offense had trouble moving It takes time to wor k out the on the defense, and yet ended up offense, but I was disappointed with a good offense. It just took a with their lack of aggressiveness while to smooth the offense out" It J iff if y 1 Pavld Crta'mt rOsiiy Ncbrcsksn NcbrEska sslety Bret Clark tdiss a break frcn the Husker's fell scriisisa Citrdiy at : T OS aT, tstt Lsist year, the BcttQsa Ten predicted Eice would win the nationil fact-ball title. The national title, that is, fsr the worst teaia in f&ctb&li. Now L"a its 16th season, Steve Harvey's Batten Ten makes fccth&il both profesilonsl and coEegiate fn. Throughout the football sssscp., the Dsily Nebsj kn will rvn Hsrvey's weekly pom&dlngi of losers end hslf-wits. Si little THE RANKINGS attention, 1COO Bottoi THE COLLEGES The tuba player did it. The crazed musician who threw the last-minute block that enabled Cal to score a touch down to defeat Stanford in that historic season finale of 1832 destroyed the Cardinal football program. Last year, Stanford, still shaken, sank to 1-10 status, nabbing the Bottom Ten crow by losing to such low lifes as Oregon State (2-8-1) and USC (4-6-1). Remember the bitter quote of graduating Stanford Quarterback John Etway sfter the Cslband fiasco: "They (the referees) ruined my last college footbdl gsme." Well, now it's Jack Ehvay's turn to suffer. John's father is the new coach, replacing Paul Wfein, who never could get his players' attention because they were always staring at hfa crewcut Look for a Stanford repeat this year, although the loser of the liinnesota (l-lO)-Rice (1-10) optner Sept 8 vnlLLsriSlot cf back ward momentum, too. - that the dispute over their status could be settled by permanently locating them in Athens), and Tampa Bay Coach John McKay is threatening to desert the Bucs if they dont win a division title (or at least finish fourth). Welcome to the NFL, when on any given Sunday any . team has the potential to slink out of its hometown and start a new franchise elsewhere. Tampa Bay (2-14), which reacted to McKay's threat by getting beaten up 0-48 by Seattle in its exhibition opener, is the odds-off favorite to capture its second straight Bottom Ten title. The Dolts (7-9) are a threat, though they proved they can move on the ground with sion policy (0-1); 14) TCU (1-8-2); 15) tie between their exciting 691 -mile, middle-of-the-night drive from uregon state (z-s-i; ana uregon(4-t-l)'; 17) Pentagon Baltimore to Indianapolis earlier this year. (Army, Navy, Air Force, Virginia Military Institute) 16- 28; 18) Houston (4-7); 19) Oklahoma (8-4); 20) Missis- By the way, did you all enjoy the two-week layoff sippi State (3-8). between the USFL title game and the Bucs-Seah&wks Others net receiving votes: Cal State-Disneyland (7-4). NFL exhibition opener? Why couldnt the USFL have The two schools have been ordered to play off last staged a pro bowl on one of the idle weekends? year's season-ending 0-0 tie until someone scores. . N School, 1S33 Ecord 1) Stanford (1-10) 2) Minnesota (1-10) 3) Kice(l-10) 4) UTEP(2-10) 5) USC (4-6-1) 6) Yale (1-9) 7) Georgia Tech (3-8) 8) Northwestern (2-9) 9) Duke (3-8) 10) San Diego St. (2-9-1) Worst 3 latit 7-30 USC 13-84 Nebraska 0-35 Arkansas 0-35 New Mexico 0-24 Washington 7-41 Cornell 3-37 Tennessee. 0-49 Wisconsin 3-33 Maryland 7-38 Air Force Opeadrng '84 Loss Oklahoma Eke Minnesota Texas A&M . Utah State Brown Alabama Illinois Indiana Air Force 11) Columbia (1-7-2); 12) LSU (4-7); 13) NCAA televi- OPENING EOUT (Sept. 1): Air Force (9-2) vs. San Diego State (2-9-1). Bisst question of the esry season: If the Beach Boys, whoVe been signed to perform following Temple's Sept 22 n-:e tslnst F:tt, jr by poorly, will they the two football teaxss for nxlaing the fi-sld beforehand? OFEMIIIG C2UIIIIY GA1IE OF THE VTZZZ (Sept . 1); Texas of El Intercepted Paso (2-10) vs. Texas A & 11 (6-5-1). FECIAL CITATION: A story on Michigan State ind coach George Perles in The sporting News Football Yearbook is headlined: "Spartans Are G&ining, By George." The magazine then picks them to finish sixth in the Big Ten. ,, , :; : - -. "QUOTE EOQH: Cal State-Hsyward publicist Dennis Lavery, cn why the school is considering chsrlsig its nicknaxae from the Pioneers to the Vanipires: V7e tried to think up something native to Hayward, but all we could think cf was Zucchkiis.'.- TIIEHiOS The Dolts have sneaked into Indianapolis! the EMers are still in Los Angeles (writer Frank Dfcrd suggests Tetra, Kecrd 1) Tampa Bay (2-14) 2) Houston (2-14) 3) IndlaBspclia (0-0) 4) BalUmore (7-9) 6) San Diego (6-10) THE RANKINGS 17rst 3 Lcsa 0-27 Chicago 10-33 Cinncinati idle 0-37KIarnl 102 E aiders Cpealnj tA Less Chicago Raiders RY.Jeta id'e Minnesota 6) N. J. Giants (3-12-1); 7) Philadelphia (5-11); 8) tie between 'Washington (USFL) (3-15) and Pittsburgh (USFL) (3-15); 10) Chicago (either NFL or USFL). 5:Ta2npaBay(2-14) csuiniY gaihs of the y?z vs. Chicago (8-8). QUOTE EQOII: ABCs Howard Cosell to New Orleans conch Bum Phillips: "Coach, did you ever consider thrt perhaps you'd gone into the wrong profession?" Flumps: -No, Howard, It would be too big a cdnd- dsnce for both of us to have mads the same mistd:." '