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Wednesday, December 5, 1934 Daily Ncbraskan Pago 13 Denver finds goldmine in drafting rights to senior Huskers Dally Nebrkn Senior Editor The Denver Gold figures it hit the lark. nnf hv receiving territorial draftins? rfrht to Nebraska's senior football players. Each United States Football Leasne team receives exclusive rights to protect . 1 .. and try to sign piayers irom a certain amount of college teams. This vear. the Gold has rights to Drotect 25 players from six college teams includ ing Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Brigham Young. According to June Jones, offensive coor dinator, the Gold received its allotted teams through "some inner-circle negoti ations." The Gold is excited about their teams, he said. The USFL will have its territorial draft Dec. 15, and can protect players from their respective teams. The teams will select the remaining players in an open draft Jan. 3 and 4. The Gold has to make some decisions. Jones said, whether to take a chance and draft the top players or take those not highly sought after by the NFL The piayers we taxe might not be the best ones, he said. Because of Nebraska's strong nrojjram and depth in all positions, Jones said, the Gold won't lose out by signing the players the NFL isnt actively pursuing. Speed is the most important factor for the Gold, he said. "We're interested in SDeakinjz with anv kid who can run " he said. "It doesnt mat ter if he hasn't played much. "But if he hasn't played much and isn't fast, we probably won't look at him." snane &wanson ana uraig sundberg, Y! O Mud two Nebraska players high on the Gold's list who orobablv won't be hiszhlv sought after by NFL teams, said the USFL allows college players to continue to play the game. "Any opportunity I would have to play pro football, whether it be in Canada, the NFL or whatever, I would take it," Swan son said. Sundberg agreed. "For me in the posi tion I am," he said, "it lends an oppor tunity in which I could continue to play football." According to Jones, the Gold is inter ested in some players, not in others. Jones' views on some of Nebraska's seniors follows. Mark Treyisowkx and Elsrk Behalng: "These two guys are high on the NFL's list so they probably wont be high on ours," Jones said. "But we'd love to have them." Cra!3 Sandbsrg: Jones said the Denver Gold coaching staff would be assessing their needs for the quarterback position soon. He said he was impressed with Sundberg's performance last season and the early part of this season. Jeff Smith: "He won't fit into our pro gram," Jones said. The Denver Gold offense uses four receivers, two split ends and two slot men, Jones said. The only run ning back used in its offense is a fullback type, Jones said, who needs to weigh about 225 pounds. Smith is an NFL run ning back, Jones said. ScottrPorten He fits into our running category, Jones said. Realistically, he said, Porter could play some football for us. Shane Sw&nson: Although undersize by NFL standards, Jones said, Swanson fits our slotback mold. "He has good hands and is fast," Jones said. The Denver Gold probably will have 15 to 20 players his size at spring camp, Jones said, bat tling to make the roster. Tom Morrow and Anthony Thomas: "They're our type of players," Jones said. Morrow and Thomas could start for most colleges, Jones said, but had to play behind people who are top NFL picks. Scott Livingston: USFL roster limits have been lowered to 40 players, Jones said. This makes Livingston a top pros pect, he said, because he can punt and kick. Jones said the likelihood of whether the Gold drafts him in December depends on his status with the NFL Usrry Griramingen Grimminger is on NFL lists, Jones said, so he might not be hl&h on ours. Dave Csrke: "He's not rated high in the NFL," Jones said, but Nebraska defensive backs are rated high with the Gold. A definite prospect, he said. Bret Cl&rk: "He's a player," Jones said. According to Jones, Clark has been rated as high as a second-round NFL draft pick, but usually as a fourth or fifth-round pick. The Gold's interest depends on Clark's interest, he said. "We'd definitely love to have him," he said. Scott Strasbcrger: "He's the type of guy we're interested in," Jones said. Stras burger makes a lot of plays and runs fast, he said. Although Strasburger has indi cated he wants to attend medical school, Jones said, he could play for the Gold and attend school in the off season. Stras burger probably would be used as an out side linebacker, Jones said. Bob Stuckey and Bill Weber: The two aren't rated high in the NFL, Jones said, but meet the Gold's standards. - V. ' '. V A ))r " A ' ,N Divld CrtamtrDally Ncbrctkan Bret Clark, one of the Denver Gold's prospects. li im Iowa ctasil By Ward W. Triplett III Dally Nebreskan Senior Editor The teams are almost alike, their strengths are about the same. The one difference between the Iowa women's swimming team and Nebraska is that the Hawkeyes will enter Friday night's dual at the Bob Devaney Sports Center with a national ranking. Nebraska won't be, but coach Ray Huppert would like to change that while the opportunity is available. "With the times we posted last week in our invita tional, and if we can go head-to-head with Iowa and beat them, it would show some coaches that we belong in the top 20," Huppert said. The national ranking is a team goal, Huppert said, even at this early stage of the season. The Huskers already have registered a few times good enough to make national standards, led by Dana Powers, Erin Hur ley and Emily Ricketts. They will need more to beat Iowa, Huppert said. "We've got a lot of people in a lot more events who will make national standards," Huppert said. "You can't say enough about the swimmers that meet standards in the invitational. It's nice to get that out of the way early." The teams are comparable to begin with, Huppert said, but there is no closer match-up than those in the spring-freestyle races. Nebraska will swim Powers, Shauna Gilmore, Linda Sebesta and Cindy Hampel, while Iowa will counter with Jennifer Petty, Kim Stevens and Donna Strilich. "All seven of those girls are within a half-second of each other," Huppert said. Iowa is ranked No. 19, a carry-over from last season's strong finish, Huppert said. At the same time, the Huskers, bogged down with injuries, faltered at the end of the season. "We've got to beat the teams like Iowa in order to get into the top 20," Huppert said. "We got beat in some duals at the end of last season and lost our position in the rankings. We need to beat the Iowa's, the Minneso tas, and the Kansases to get some respect." Huppert said this year's team has proven to be stronger depth-wise than previous teams. Swimmers like Christy Forsberg, Melissa Johnson and Penny Shanek haven't won, but they have been swimming fast enough to get Nebraska important fourth and fifth place points. "Maybe they're not swimming as fast as our best peo ple, but by them continuing to improve, it will help us get points in the conference meet," Huppert said. The comebacks of Sebesta and Gilmore have helped as well, he said. Sebesta and Gijmore were both big point-getters as freshmen, but Sebesta had an off-year last season because Huppert said he misjudged her training. Gil more had a rotator cuff injury last season and was out of the water for an entire year. Both have come back to swim faster than their freshmen times. "It would have been so easy for them to quit, but they've responded well," Huppert said. "We're just really pleased they're doing so well after very disappointing years for them." 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