Daily Nebraskan
Page 15
Q
gptan&st s toy. ffio
F!d
Thursday, September 26, 1985
5 MU
ILLS
MB.
By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter '
Five Nebraska gymnasts will com
pete today and Friday in the United
States team trials for the World Cham
pionships in Minneapolis, Minn.
It is the last summer meet for Wes
Suter, Mike Epperson and Tom Schle
singer, and a big meet for former
Nebraska gymnasts Scott Johnson and
Phil Cahoy.
All five gymnasts nnished in the top
24 at the USA Championships last
June. At the trials, the top eight gym
nasts will earn a spot on the USA team
going to the World Championships in
November at Montreal.
Nebraska Men s gymnastics coach
Francis Allen said all five are physi
cally in good shape, but mentally some
are almost burned out.
Suter, for example, has been com
peting in meets since last January,
Allen said. The NCAA all-around cham
pion needs a good rest to get ready for
the upcoming college season, Allen
said.
"This is not a good time of year for
college gymnasts because they are out
of shape," Allen said. "But for the
former Olympians, this is a very impor
tant meet for them because it could be
their last shot."
Suter said he feels tired mentally
and physically, and that he would like
to just practice more for the next cou
ple weeks so gymnastics can be fun
again.
"I'm tired of this," Suter said. "If it
keeps going like this I'm going to quit.
I'm in serious need of a rest."
Suter said he still thinks he can
make the team despite his fatigue. He
said the trials will be all mental for him
because he has been doing the routines
since April.
Suter said he wouldn't be disap
pointed if he didn't make the team.
Epperson and Schlesinger said they are
excited about the meet, but working
out over the summer has taken a toll on
their bodies.
"I can feel those little aches and
pains," Epperson said. "But I try not to
let it bother me becuse this meet is
important to me."
Even if he doesn't make the team,
Epperson said he still wants to do well
because the trials are a ranking meet.
Epperson is now ranked 16th in the
country and says he would like to move
up.
He said he feels good going into this
meet. Epperson, a sophomore from Bar
tlesville, Okla., said he thinks he can
make the team, but that he can count
eight guys that are better than him.
Schlesinger said he is excited about
the meet and is not feeling burned out.
He said he thinks he might make the
team if other competitors make
mistakes.
Allen said just one gymnast making
the team would be great. He said he
thinks Johnson and Cahoy will make it.
Johnson said he is in good shape but
not like he was before the Olympic
trials two years ago.
"When I was working out for the
Olympic trials I was so psyched," John
son said. "Before the Olympics, I had
no questions in my mind about my abil
ity, but going into this meet I do have
some questions."
Johnson said he thinks knowing how
to deal with the pressure gives him an
advantage going into this meet. He said
he has competed in enough big meets
to know what he has to do to make the
team.
Johnson said he would like to win
the all-around title but he said there
will be a lot of good competition at the
meet. He finished second at the USA
Championships behind Brian Baboock.
Allen said this is the last shot for
gymnasts like Babcock and Cahoy since
gymnastics has a lot of young talent.
Cahoy said this is the last chance for
him because he is starting medical
school in August. He said he thinks he
is in the best shape he has ever been in
because he had operations on his ankle
and shoulder.
"Mentally I am just a little bit ner
vous but I feel like I am in great
shape," Cahoy said. "If I hit all 12 rou
tines then I think I will make the team.
He said he thinks he has enough
experience to not let the pressure get
to him.
Allen said if one of the Nebraska
gymnasts do make the team he will try
to give them a rest. He said he thinks
Epperson's, Schlesinger's and Suter's
experiences will help the Cornhuskers
in their quest for their sixth national
title in April.
Some walk
on
5
by Huskers
to
ISU
By Chuck Grpen
Staff Reporter
Editors note: This is the third of an
eight-part series. Tomorrow Kansas.
Every August, more than 100 graduated
Nebraska high school football players flock to
the Nebraska campus to walk on to the Com-
husker football team, hoping to fulfill their life
long dream of becoming a Husker. These players
J WW
vjiv if
Phil TlDHy Ntbrtifcin
names of five players from Nebraska who spurned
a chance to walk on at Nebraska to become Iowa
State football players.
Scott Crimmins, the former all-state quarter
back from Lincoln Est is one of these players.
Crimmins said Nebraska recruited him, but only
to walk-on.
"Iowa State offered me a scholarship," Crim
mins said. "I really enjoyed my visit to Ames. I
had a good host, and I liked the campus."
Exports
Crimmins says he sometimes has second
thoughts about his decision.
"When things go badly, I question my decision
a little," Crimmins said. "But not for too long. I
like it here. I have a lot of good friends on the
team, and the school's great. I feel like I'm doing
pretty well."
Crimmins will redshirt this season at quarter
back. Iowa State coaches had moved him to split
end "but that only lasted for about three days. I
couldn't catch."
"I'll spend time on the scout squad this sea
son. I've been trying to imitate Chuck Long
(Iowa's quarterback) this week. I'm finding out
what a big rivalry the Iowa-Iowa State game is
around here."
Crimmins said his main ambition is to become
a starter for the Cyclones.
"I want to improve well enough to start,"
Crimmins said. "Right now, the team is improv
ing well. I think we're much better than last
year's team. We're winning the games that we're
supposed to be winning, and hopefully we can
improve well enough to win some bigger games."
have no guarantee of making the team.
Every year, however, many Nebraska high
school graduates leave the state to pursue foot
ball careers at other schools, such as Iowa State
University.
The ISU Cyclone football roster lists the
At Lincoln East, Crimmins earned all-conference
and second-team superstate honors as a
senior while leading the Spartans to a 9-2 record
and a berth in the state semi-finals. He com
pleted 127 of 248 passes (49 percent) for 1,507
yards during his final season.
Other Nebraska players at Iowa State include
Al Watson, the Cyclones' starting tailback. At
Omaha Benson, Watson rushed for 2,540 yards
and 24 touchdowns in his three-year career, he
earned all-Metro his senior year under Coach
George Grillo.
Vince Jasper, a 6-3, 252-pound junior from
Omaha Burke, will be Iowa State's starting right
guard this season. Also recruited by Nebraska to
walk on, Jasper earned honorable mention all
state honors as a middle guard.
Another Omaha Burke player attending Iowa
State is defensive end Scott Benson. An all-super
state and all-Metro selection, Benson recorded
two solo tackles in the last Cyclone spring game.
The final player from Nebraska attending
Iowa State is Mark Matuscak, a 6-0, 205-pound
safety from Omaha Creighton Prep. As a senior
for the Bluejays, Matuscak had 27 unassisted
tackles, 23 assists, six passes broken up and one
pass interception. He was a second-team all
state pick by the Omaha World-Herald.
Nebraska picked to win
By Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press Reporter
Auburn Coach Pat Bye and Tennessee's Johnny
Majors had their little joke this week.
"I'll hold Bo out if you hold Robinson out," Dye
said to Majors over the telephone.
Both teams have had two weeks to get ready
and the oddsmakers have tabbed No. 1-ranked
Auburn a 5'2-point favorite. The pick is Auburn
28-21. .
Last week's score was 34 right and 16 wrong
for a percentage of .708. For the season, it's
106-43-4 .711. Against the line, however, last
week's record was only 13-24-.351. On the year,
it's 43-57-1 .430.
One of the week's key games finds No. 17
Maryland at No. 12 Michigan, with the Wolve
rines a l'ipoint favorite. Michigan 17-14.
No. 2 Oklahoma (favored by 15'2) at Minnesota-
Oklahoma 35-14.
No. 3 Iowa (by 17'2) at Iowa State: Iowa 24-14.
Kansas at No. 4 Florida State (by 13'2): Flor
ida State 28-21.
Washington State at No. 5 Ohio State (by 12);
Ohio State 35-14.
No. 6 Southern Methodist (by 10) at Texas
Christian: SMU 31-17.
Miami, Ohio at No. 7 Oklahoma State (no
line): Oklahoma State 33-7.
No. 9 Penn State (by 5) at Rutgers: Penn State
24-17.
New Mexico State at No. 10 Arkansas (by 29):
Arkanasas 42-7.
No. 11 Florida (by VA) at Mississippi State:
Upset Special of the Week; Mississippi State
24-21.
No. 1 3 UCLA (by 1 lA) at Washington: Washing
ton 27-21.
No. 15 Alabama (by 17) at Vanderbilt: Ala
bama 28-17.
Oregon at No. 16 Nebraska (by I8V2): Nebraska
37-14.
No. 18 Southern California (by 2) at Arizona
State: Southern Cal 24-14.
No. 19 Air Force (by WA) at New Mexico: Air
Force 35-24.
Navy at No. 20 Virginia (by 13'2): Virginia
26-19.
Texas Tech at Baylor (by 8'2): Upset Special of
the Week Texas Tech 24-17.
Rec Scoreboard
HUSKER RED'S POLL
Co-Rec Football
1. America's Team (4-0)
2. Gator's (3-1)
3. Harvey Smith (3-1)
4. Gamma Phi BetaSigma Phi Epsilon
(3-1)
5. Kappa SigmaKappa Kappa Gamma
(4-0)
6. CatherllPound 11 (4-0)
UXIXERS(4-0)
8. Hokies (4-0)
9- Kappa DeltaTau Kappa' Epsilon
(3-1)
JO. Too Nonchalant (4-0)
10. Connection (4-0) tie
Women's Football Pre-Se&son
J- Smith 10 Independent
2. Gators
Kappa Alpha Theta
4. Delta Defta Delta
5. Sandoz 4
Men's Softball
J- Flex Express (2-0)
2. Alpha Tau Omega (4-0)
3- Sigma Alpha Epsilon (4-0)
Kitty Muhlahon Squad (3-0)
& Soupbones (3-0)
6. Delta Tau Delta (4-0)
7. Burr 1 West (4-0)
8. Off Campus Coalition (3-0)
9. Norma & Tillie's Cafe (3-0)
10. Schramm 6 (Gatzmeyer) (4-0)
10. Schramm 6 (Herink) (3-0) tie
Comments: Rain and poor playing
conditions are making it tough for
Husker red to rate teams this week.
There still are 45 undefeated slowpitch
softball teams. The fields are still in
really good shape a credit to OCR's
fine grounds crew. The Sweets are one
ball away from the Top 10. Will League
. I-23B get to play this year?
America's Team in Co-Rec Flag
Football No. 1-team had a big win over
Gamma Phi BetaSigma Phi Epsilon,
26-0. Gators Co-Rec Football teams
only loss was a forfeit because of lack of
male players. There have been only
two ejections in flag football, and one
in softball, keep up the good work.
Men's Slow Pitch Softball
We're So Sweet 14, Busch Hunters 11
Brews Brothers 15, Caster Raiders 4
Bee's 8, Lifer's 7 ,
Dewey & the Schbags 16, Addams
Family 7
MayberryRFD 17, Sons of the Beaver 13
Off Campus Coalition 7, Playboys-
Wallander6
Drunk & Stupid 10, Mudville Sluggers 5
Jamokes-Hansen 16, NROTC 0
Master Batters-Nutting 13, Brief Relief
10
Gaetti-8 23, Underdogs 0
I.CB.M.'s 3, Master Batters-Hochstein 1
Hoggers 15, Big Sticks 11
Anug 5, Sigma Phi This 3
America's Team 12, McSoftballers 4
Burr-1 West 3, Harper-9A 2
Cather-5B 4, Abel-33 1
Stray Dogs 9, Ball Busters 8
Selleck-8300A10,Abel-llA2
The Outlaws 9, Sweets 8
Abel-6A 16, Selleck-7200A 2
Harper-5B7,Abel-llB6
Cather-11 18, Schramm-4 13
Abel-6 17, AbeMl 0
Cather-3 7, AbeI-13 3
Selleck-8300 3, Harper-9 2
Abel-9 8,Abel-12 2
A Men's Flag Football manager's
meeting will be tonight at 6 p.m. at the
Nebraska Union.
AP Top 20
The Top Twenty teams in the
Associated Press college football
poll, with first-place votes in paren
theses and total points based on
Pts
1. Auburn (26) 1,083
2. Oklahoma (21) 1,076
3. Iowa (5) 1,008
4. Florida St. 877
5. Ohio St. 807
6. S. Methodist (3) 787
7. Oklahoma St. 695
8. LSU 681
9. Penn State 624
10. Arkansas 515
11. Florida 503
12. Michigan (1) 475
13. UCLA 487
14. Brig. Young 443
15. Alabama 413
16. Nebraska 404
17. Maryland (1) 351
18. Southern Cal 328
19. Air Force 109
20. Virginia 73
Sweet 16
The Sweet 16 is a poll of reporters
and editors of the Daily Nebraskan.
Points are based on 16 for first and 1
for 18th.
Rank, Team Points
1) Auburn 196
2) Iowa 172
3) Oklahoma 168
4) SMU 155
5) Okie State 138
6) Florida St. 137
7) Michigan 100
8) Ohio St. 93
9) Nebraska 92
10) Florida 71
11) Kansas . 68
12) Alabama 63
13) LSU 58
14) Penn State 45
15) Southern Cal 36 (tie)
15) Maryland 36 (tie)
Others receiving votes: UCLA,
TCU, Texas, Illinois, Notre Dame,
Baylor, BYU, Marshall, Virginia,
Tennessee, Oregon, Temple, Arkan
sas, Indiana and Air Force.