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Tuesday, September 18, 1934 Pago 10 Daily Nebraskan n 11 , ? . M.irmr! "- 'm mil -- v,1 J w u - - ' '-r o By Jim r usscn DilfyNebrai TEeportcr Nebraska's! honeymoon is over, coach Tom Osborne said Monday. After big wins over Wyoming and Minnesota, the Huskers head for UCLA for a nationally-televised battle with the Bruins. Nebraska then plays at Syracuse before coming home to play Big Eight rivals Oklahoma State and Mis souri Osborne, speaking to about 200 people at the weekly Extra Point Club luncheon, said he thinks those four opponents will have talent similar or equal to Ne braska. That hasn't been the case the last two weeks, Osborne said. "Everybody in the state thought we should beat Wyoming and Minnesota, and beat them rather handily," he said. "I felt the same way, but I didn't want to say so." Osborne said he expects UCLA to play well against Nebraska, even though the Bruins had to struggle past San Diego State and Long Beach State. The Bruins may be more dangerous because of the close games against teams they were expected to rout, Osborne said. "I'm sure the people at UCLA .aren't real statisfied with their performance so far," he said. "I'm 'sure well see them at their very best." Osborne reminded his audience that UCLA started out with three straight losses last year, but came back to win the Pacific Ten Con ference title and the Rose Bowl. "ThcyVe got the type of coach ing staff that doesn't panic," he said. "I sure theyll get better, and they'll be ready to play this week. Osborne praised the Husker defense for its performance against Minnesota. He said he expected Minnesota to move the ball a little better than it did. The Gophers scored 31 points and rolled up 485 yards against Rice the week before. "I thought if our defense went out and held them to 10 or 14 points and 300 or 250 yards, we'd be doing real well, Osborne said. Instead, the Gophers wound up with seven points and 195 yards. Sixty-three of those yards came on a fourth-quarter touch down pass from Rickey Foggie to Valdez Baylor. "If you take away that one play, we would have had .a whale of a defensive game," Osborne said. Osborne had no explanation for Nebraska's numerous fumbles. The Huskers lost four of eight fumbles against Minnesota. "People always ask me, 'what are you going to do about fum bles? " Osborne said. "Well what are you going to do about the sun rising? We dont practice fumbl ing. I dont give them a pep talk and say, 'go out there and fum- U1C. " -. - ; t 1 MM - I t, jf ft I 07 t ' r ( 1 7 j Jeff Smith slides psst Minnesota defanier Willie Holler on Ms wcy to 183 yards estdnst the Golden Gophers. 'Durable' Smith assumes spotlight; Heisman hopes return to Lincoln The Huskers do work on pre venting fumbles, he said. The re ceivers and offensive backs go through a. "gauntlet" drill, where players from the lower units form a gauntlet and try to knock the ball out of their teammates' hands. By Mike Reilley Daily Nebrsskan StefTWriter The Nebraska Football Media Guide describes Cornhusker I back Jeff Smith as a "tough, dur able and very quick back who should do great justice for the NU I-back tradition." After last week's 183-yard j)er formance against Minnesota, Husker coach Tom Osborne had to Held questions about a second straight Heisman going to the Husker I-back. Smith also rushed for 170 yards against Wyoming, and moved up to No. 16 on the Nebraska all- time rushing chart. He has seven punt returns for 121 yards, and two kick-off returns for 36 yards. Smith already did partial jus tice for Nebraska's I-back tradi tion when he showed his true colors in the Husker's 3 1 -30 Orange Bowl loss to Miami With eventual Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rosier on the bench, injured, Smith stepped in during the second half and rushed for 99 yards on nine carries and scored two touchdowns. A 24-yard scamp er by Smith in the waning seconds brought the Huskers to within one point, 3 1 -30. A two-point con version pass from Turner Gill to Smith fell incomplete, thus dash ing Nebraska's hopes for a nat ional title. "It (the strong performance) is going to have a positive effect on me," Smith said. "But the Orange Bowl is out of my mind now, . I know I just have to go out and play my best" . , . , . Smith came to Nebraska in 1 080 as a highly-recruited freshman running back. He earned all-state honors during his senior season at Southeast High School in Wichita, Kan. - Continued on Pase 1 1 provides sec ond voice WW- 1 jiA'tJLiEi Ker football Analysis by Julie Bauer . Daily Nebraskan Senior Reporter KRNU, UNL's student radio station, is fast becoming a viable second voice for the Huskers. The station broadcasts every home varsity football and basketball game and has begun a new sports pro gram, "NU 90 Sports Saturday." Associate Professor Hal Graves, through his Sports Broadcasting 375 class, is in charge of the broadcasts. Each student is given an opportunity to do play-by-play and color commentary. Because of the size of the class, not all students are able to do live broadcasts of Husker games. Other arrangements are made for them. "Because there are only six varsity football games at home, and 20 students in my class, some students are assigned to do play-by-play at junior varsity games, women's and men's basketball games or high school games," Graves said. Although each game has one play-by-play commenta tor, it takes several other students to do the broadcast, he said. It takes a color commentator, a spotter, a booth engineer and others to make a successful broadcast, Graves said. The spotter helps the commen-tator recognize num bers and players on the field. The color person supplies general information on each team and interviews a guest during the half-time show. The booth engineer coordinates the crowd micro phones with the commentator's microphone and over sees the broadcast. Other students are in charge of making short features about the opposing team through out the broadcast. A 10-minute Husker highlight feature alsc is produced for a post-game broadcast. Graves said there have been no major problems dur ing the broadcasts since they began in 1972. It's up to the I 1 1 f I 11 X- !. I i ..... , t ' S' . " . -- ) ; A- - f V-' . . j tf v - - I ' '' ' t-i , 1 The KHNU bocth for the HinEssuta gisae. From ri!ht, Trani and Gzmt Haovcr (with Macalsis). commentators to do their homework in order to prevent problems, he said The thing I try to teach my students in class is that it's important they prepare for their broadcasts," Graves said. This means memorizing numbers and players of both teams and retaining a general knowledge about both teams." David CrtsmarDe lly Ms hm kan Kerry Echsfer, Ccrey Andersen, Sh&ne iie, Frask . A gsneral knowledge of sports is essential for sports broadcasters, Graves said. "A test is rivrn tn nr ct. dent ci the beginning of the semester. This is to test the students' sports knowledge. If they dont do well I recommend they reconsider their future in, sports broadcasting."