Wednesday, August 21, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
11:
Page 61
Staff selections
Sweet 1(5
8
2)
3)
4)
3:
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
H)
15)
16)
SMU
ou
Ohio State
Nebraska
Florida
Iowa
LSU
Okie State
Auburn
use
BYU
ND
Illinois
Georgia
South Carolina
Washington
Kevin Dob Gcr.2 Jeff JefT Tom Chuck
Wameke Asmussen Centra? Korbelik Apcl lUsickl Green
Iowa Auburn Oklahoma Ohio State Auburn SMU OU
Ohio State Illinois Iowa Auburn Florida Auburn Auburn
Washington Okie State Auburn OU SMU OU Nebraska
OU Texas ASM SMU Florida OU Iowa Iowa
Auburn Iowa Okie State SMU LSU Texas Florida
SMU LSU Nebraska Maryland Nebraska Washington SMU
Maryland Nebraska Ohio State Nebraska Okie State Nebraska Maryland
Florida Georgia Tech. LSU Washington Iowa Okie St. USC
Nebraska OU Notre Dame BYU Ohio State Ohio State Arkansas
ND SMU Washington LSU BYU Illinois Illinois
Okie State Maryland TCU Texas Washington USC FSU
Penn State BYU BYU Michigan ' Illinois ND Missouri
UCLA Arkansas Illinois Penn State Navy Michigan LSU
Illinois Hawaii FSU Illinois TCU Maryland Penn State
FSU Florida Navy Okie State Kentucky UCLA Okie State
USC Navy USC TCU ND TCU . Ohio State
College football polls.
AP, UPI, CNN, USA Today, Sporting News,
Sports Illustrated everybody's in on the act.
Well, the Daily Nebraskan hates getting left
out of a party, especially one where opinion is
involved.
Introducing the Daily Nebraskan Sweet 16.
Why would readers care about what a bunch of
DN folks think about college football? Well,
students have opinions on things just like other
people. It's time for a poll of students. Students
who go to class (sometimes) and students that
follow college football.
Every Tuesday during the fall the DN will run
both the Associated Press Top 20 and the Daily
Nebraskan Sweet 16. To kick off the football
season each voter is listing his preseason top 16
in the table to the left.
The name the Sweet 16 was chosen because
we weren't sure any of us could count to 20. The
polling will count 16 points for first, 15 for
second, etc. We will include the point totals.
Frosh coach waits before calling team 'best ever'
By Chuck Green
Staff Reporter
Freshman football coach Dan Young
doesn't like to label any recruiting
class as the best ever at Nebraska, but
he is optimistic about the 1985 crop of
recruits.
"On paper, this is the best recruiting
class we've had," Young said. "We've
got a group of toD scholarship players
and the walkons compliment them in
every way.
"However, it's hard to tell how good
a player will be until he gets here.
Potential is one thing, but actual
performance on the field is another."
This year's recruiting class consists
of 24 scholarship recruits, two junior
college transfers, and over 60 walkons,
including eight from out-of-state. Young
said a consistent football program like
Nebraska's "benefits from numbers."
"You always hope a few good players
could be found in a large recruiting
class," Young said. "This class is one of
our largest ever."
The main recruiting concern of Ne
braska coaches this year was the offen
sive line. The Huskers signed eight
offensive linemen, including John
Roschal, a 6-4, 265 pound tackle from
Houston.
"Roschal is the best blocking line
man I've seen since I've been at Ne
braska," Young said. "He really con
trolled games."
At the offensive skill positions, the
Huskers came up with less number of
players, but compensated with quality.
The only quarterback signed was
Steve Taylor, a 6-1, 185 pound player
from San Diego Lincoln High School,
the same school which produced Heis
man Trophy winner and Super Bowl
MVP Marcus Allen. Taylor broke Allen's
school single-season records for total
offense and for average yards per carry.
If there was any deficiency in the
recruiting class this year, it was at the
ft, - '
, - t ... f . . . t '
I
i
. :
Mark DavisDaily Nebraskan
Nebraska freshman defensive linemen work out during the first week of practice. The freshman
class Is considered one of the best in Tom Osborne's 13 years as coach.
The
Sweet 16
Team Pts.
Auburn 111
OU 109
SMU 100
Iowa 89
Nebraska 87
Ohio State 74
Okie State 64
Florida 63
LSU 53
Illinois 48 tie
Washington 48 tie
Maryland 40
BYU 31
ND 26
USC 24
Texas 18
I-back position, Young said.
"We didn't really have an outstand
ing I-back recruit this year," said
Young. "But when there's guys like
Doug DuBose and Paul Miles and Keith
Jones already on campus, we feel like
we're pretty well set."
Nebraska did sign Bryan Carpenter
of Olathe, Kan., and Ken Clark from
Omaha but "Carpenter mav be moved
to fullback and Clark will be given a
look at defensive back," Young said.
Richard Bell, a 6-1, 190 pound split
end from Omaha were the only receivers
signed. Both have 4.5 speed in the 40
yard dash as well as "excellent receiv
ing ability." Young said.
Sam Schmidt from Wood River and
Kris Lamb from Waxahachie, Tex.,
were the two fullbacks signed by the
Huskers. Lamb was told he could start
as a freshman at SMU, but chose
Nebraska instead.
Defensively, the Huskers signed four
linemen, three of whom are defensive
ends. One end is Broderick Thomas, a
6-4, 235 pound player from Houston
who Young described as "very aggres
sive." Thomas is the cousin of Chicago
Bear linebacker Mike Singletary.
Nebraska signed five defensive backs,
including two junior college transfers.
Brian Davis, 6-2, 185 pounds, is one of
the new defensive backs. A junior
college All-American at Glendale Com
munity College, Davis chose Nebraska
over Southern California, Miami, and
South Carolina. Davis runs the 40 in
4.36 seconds.
The prize of Nebraska's 1985 recruit
ing class is LeRoy Etienne, a 6-2, 225
pound linebacker from New Iberia, La.,
a suburb of New Orleans. A Parade
Magazine All-American, Etienne was
the Louisiana Defensive Player of the
Year both his junior and senior seasons.
"They play very good football down
there," Young said. "For Etienne to be
the defensive player of the year twice is
really something."
The Huskers also signed Chris Dren
nan, a 5-10, 175 pound place kicker
from Cypress, Calif. During his senior
year at Cypress High School, Drennan
coverted 13 of 13 extra points and
kicked seven of nine field goals, includ
ing a 51-yarder and a 5 2-yard er. He was
offered soccer scholarships to UCLA
and Columbia.
This year's recruiting class has been
rated highly by many national rating
services, some as high as second. This
means very little to Young, because
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6
7)
8)
9)
10)
10)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M
13; Arkansas 12; Florida State, TCU
11; Penn Slate 12; Georgia Tech,
Michigan 9-, Navy 7; UCLA 6-, Mis
souri 5; Georgia, Hawaii 3; Ken
tucky, South Carolina 2.
"Nebraska has their own system of
rating individual players."
"The system was developed by the
Dallas Cowboys," Young explained. "It
takes into consideration the athletic
and academic ability of a player, as
well as the character of the individual.
However, this system isn't absolute.
The final decision usually depends
upon the coach who is recruiting the
player."
Nebraska signed four players whom
they had rated as the best in the
country at their position. They include
Taylor, fullback Kris Lamb, Thomas at
defensive end and linebacker Etienne.
"Overall, the recruiting year went
well," Young said. "We got a great
mixture of scholarship players and
walkons. I think these players will go a
long way."
LIQUOR j
1 27th & Vine I J
I (across from Pefferoni's)
Budweiser I i
rj rpu mr fir iivim. w m
H A A 1 l
M II 3 i a B B
1 .Wl i.M li
1
$1.00 OFF
ANY LARGE
PIZZA
OR 50C OFF ANY
MEDIUM PIZZA
USE THIS VALUABLE COUPON
AND SAVE!
12 PACK WARM
''"ttwfc,.
.--afc-?;-
.Y'At r
' V 4 " - ' .'
GOOD THROUGH 8-29-85
J
VvJJPIZZfi & C-TC6TSRni7 i
I . tJ y LHJ C- J L.
' FREE (27,h and Vlne) WWEM
I Use for dine-in. take-out or DELIVERY
J (Limited delivery area.) This coupon not j
J good with any other offer.
$1.00 OFF
AflY LARGE
PIZZA
OR 500 OFF ANY !
MEDIUM PIZZA i
USE THIS VALUABLE COUPON !
AND SAVE! j
Use for dine-in. take-out or DELIVERY I
(Limited delivery area.) This coupon not i
good with any oxher offer.
i
(Limited Area)
47(5-11
47
(Limited Area)
(m(m
j