Wednesday, September 18, 1985
Page 10
Daily Nebraskan
Huskers attack Illini's
By Mike Reilley
Senior Reporter
Nebraska fans can expect to see a
new style of football when the Corn
huskers play Illinois at Memorial Sta
dium Saturday, said Coach Tom Osborne
on Tuesday.
"Illinois is unique in many respects,"
Osborne said at his weekly press lun
cheon. "They're very different both on
offense and defense than what you
would normally see in our (Big Eight)
conference."
What makes the Fighting Illini's
offense unique, Osborne said, is that it
uses only one running back in the
backfield on most of their passing for
mations. That allows Illinois AU-Amer-:can
quarterback Jack Trudeau an
extra receiver to throw to.
"They have four receivers that are
able to get into the pass patterns very
quickly," he said. "They release to the
running back at times, too. They have a
very sophisticated passing game."
One of Trudeau's favorite targets is
wide receiver David Williams. Willi
ams, an All-American last year, led the
nation with 101 receptions and set a
school record for yards gained receiv
ing, with 1,278. He also scored eight
touchdowns.
In his first two games this year,
Williams has 15 receptions for 196
yards. In the Illini's 28-25 win over
Southern Illinois last week, Williams
surpassed Purdue's Dave Young to
become the Big Ten's career reception
leader. He also became Illinois' career
receiving yardage leader in that game.
But Illinois' passing game isn't its'
only offensive weapon, Osborne said. It
uses its passing attack to set up
defenses for its running game.
"They have a draw-trap play that's
their number one running play," Osborne
said. "It's similar to the one that BYU
runs and is difficult to read.
"They can threaten you in a number
of ways."
Fullback Thomas Rooks, an all-Big
Ten selection, led the team in rushing
last year with 1,056 yards. He also
caught 17 passes.
Osborne said Illinois had trouble
running the ball in its opening game, a
20-10 loss at home to Southern Cali
fornia.
Their main concern after the USC
game was that their rushing yardage
was negligible," he said. "They worked
hard to improve that in the Southern
Illinois game, and they did."
Illinois' defensive formations may
also cause the Huskers some head
aches on Saturday, Osborne said.
"They have a different look than
anybody we've played in some time,"
Osborne said. "They run a 60 defense,
where most of the defense we see are
odd (number) defenses.
"We've had to adjust quite a bit in
our blocking patterns in terms of how
we're going to attack them."
The Huskers' offensive plan, Osborne
said, is to imply the same type of stra
tegy the Illini do: Emphasize one aspect
of the offense to set up another.
"We'll probably run at them and
hopefully, every once in awhile, use a
play-action pass to catch somebody out
of position and make a big play."
In other matters concerning Satur-
pass p
day's game, preparations for the Farm
Aid concert in Illinois' Memorial Sta
dium have hampered the Fighting Illini's
practice schedule this week, said Illi
nois Assistant Sports Information
Director Dale Ratermann.
The marathon concert, which is
atterns
designed to raise funds for the farm
crisis, will start Sunday. Crews began
setting up for the concert on Monday,
which forced Coach Mike White to
move workouts from the stadium's arti
ficial surface to a nearby grass practice
field, Ratermann said.
Poll lists top intramural teams
The Husker Red poll, a rating of the top ten teams in men's Softball and
co-rec football, was released by the UNL Campus Recreation Department this
week.
MEN'S SOFTBALL
1) Flex Express (1-0)
2) Delta Tau Delta A (1-0)
3) Soupbones (2-0)
4) Phi Kappa PsiA(l-O)
5) Sigma Chi A (1-0)
6) Playmakers (1-0)
7) Cather2(l-0)
8) Burr 1 West (2-0)
9) Off Campus Coalition (2-0)
10) Alpha Tau Omega A (1-0)
tie
10) Schramm 6B (2-0)
CO-REC FOOTBALL
1) Gamma Phi BetaSigma Phi
Epsilon (1-0)
2) America's Team (1-0)
3) Gators (1-0)
4) Harvey Smith (1-1)
5) LXIXERS (2-0)
6) CatherllPoundll(2.0)
7) Phi Gamma DeltaPi Beta Pi
(2-0)
8) Hokies (1-0)
9) Road Warriors (1-1)
10) TKEKappa Delta (1-0)
Eeporter strikes out
in baseball bid
By Brian Keenan
Staff Reporter
Editor's note: In this article,
staff writer Brian Keenan be
came the Daily Nebraskan's
version of George Plimpton. He
was far from a Paper Husker.
Like most kids who have played
baseball, I dreamed of playing in the
major leagues. I dreamed of hitting
home runs like Reggie Jackson does,
throwing no-hitters like Nolan Ryan
does and stealing bases like Rickey
Henderson does.
My dream, I thought, had ended
after an undistinguished high school
career. However, after interviewing
Coach John Sanders for a story, my
baseball fancy struck. After talking
with my editor, it was agreed that I
would try out for the baseball team.
I decided I needed to prepare myself
for the tryout. I started running two or
three miles a day. I was lucky that the
tryouts were a week later than usual
that gave me a week and a half to
prepare for the tryout. I went to
McCormack's in Omaha to practice my
hitting and played catch with my
brother to warm up my arm.
As the first day of tryouts came, I
spent half an hour figuring out what
position to try out for. I decided to
try out for catcher because I knew they
needed catchers and I caught in Little
League.
Going to the tryout, I was really ner
vous. I met a kid named Tadd Delozier
Broken Bow. He was relieved to know
that I was just as scared as he was. We
talked for a while, and I found out he
was trying out for outfielder not my
position. When I got there, I saw Mike
Morris, a kid I have been coaching for
the last couple of years. Seeing him
reminded me of my age and the reason
that I was here.
I sat talking with those two for a
while and noticed all the candidates.
Forty to 50 kids were trying out for that
"chance of a lifetime."
A big guy (assistant coach Mark
Haley) came over and took roll and got
through with all the trivial business.
Then Sanders came over and told us
about how nice it was that we were
getting a chance to play. He then pro
ceeded to tell us about our chances of
ever playing if we were fortunate enough
to get past the cuts. Our chances were
minimal, to say the least. We were,
however, getting a chance, which was
better than any other Big Eight school,
he said.
Please see TRYOUT on 1 1
(l TTd)i cnid) (! A U I
30WAVE
NOW fl
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
SOFA SLEEPER
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
mini
REFRIOERATORS
2 CU Ft.
o
e CU FT.
RENT MONTHLY,
SEMESTER OR
SCHOOL YEAR.
Tunrj, full a
CUEErJ DEOB
STARTING AT
RENT-TO-OWN
I'JAOfiER G UOYER
(FULL SIZE)
PER MONTH
5 PC. DINETTE "!: v',f5 !
mm
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
COMPACT STEREO
NOWfjJg) O
5
if;
RENT-TO-OWN
FEilBEOS
sea now en m -oo
m
1 J I,, ft kC
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
OACIt G'
now gnn oo
1 PER MONTH
i RENT-TO-OWN
l RENT-TO-OWN
ff f(F fly)
v v X-J"
OO PER
RENT-TO-OWN
COIOO
NOW Qjj gj
o
1
OOper
month
rent-to-own
- ACT-NOW; J
1 474-3444P
9H-l-iojf:) lining
nECLlWEOS
NOW
Cjcl OOper
LJ MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
' VACUUM
NOW
1. 03 a-
RENT-TO-OWN
UUnii DEE23
now cp1 OO per
LsuJB MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
J
NOW 0fl m PER
LaUa MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
SOFA B CMAfR
NOWQp OO
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
VIDEO RECOnDERe
oo
NOW Q
PER MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
PORTABLE
UJAGHER Q OHYER
NOW
frthl c n QSper
l! Uj 11 Ob MONTH
'- RENT-TO-OWN
10" OLACIC G
OHITE TV
NOW
01
G
OOper
b MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
APT. SIZE RAOGE
i. - v.
10 per
ax,J B MONTH
RENT-TO-OWN
(II) O 7s MM
iimHh : mm m -Jin