Wednesday, November 20, 1985
Page 8
Daily Nebraskan
Freshman should
bolster point spot
Loss to Oklahoma would
send NU to Fiesta Bowl
Analysis By Chuck Green
Staff Reporter
Saturday may be the longest day
of the 1985 college football season
for many teams.
It definitely will be the longest day
for college bowl game officials.
The earliest time that bowl invi
tations may be extended is 5 p.m.
Central Standard Time on Saturday
about the time the Nebraska
Oklahoma game will be winding to a
finish.
Mickey Holmes, Sugar Bowl execu
tive director, said the Cornhuskers
will find themselves in a warm cli
mate on New Year's Day, regardless
of a win or loss Saturday.
"It's my understanding that they
(the Rig Fight) have worked out a
deal to send the runner-up to the
Sunkist-Fiesta Bowl," he said.
Holmes added that the deal also
includes an agreement for the third
place team in the Big Eight to play
in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville,
Fla., on Dec. 30.
Nick Crane, the Orange Bowl
Selection Chairman, said top-rated
Penn State will likely be the Big
Eight champion's opponent in Miami,
even if the Nittany Lions lose to
Pittsburgh this Saturday night.
"The Penn State players voted to
go to the Orange Bowl, if they go to
any bowl at all," Crane said. "Also,
we're able to extend invitations at 6
p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Sat
urday, and Penn State doesn't play
until 7:30, so they'll be committed
before they even take the field."
The big question concerning the
Orange Bowl, of course, is who the
Big Eight representative will be.
"In my heart, it'll be a hell of a
game in Norman Saturday," said
Alex Crutchfield, Sunkist-Fiesta
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Bowl director.
Crane would not predict the out
come in Norman, but he did say that
the Orange Bowl would be pleased
with whomever the Big Eight sends
to host the bowl game.
Here's how the other bowls appear
to be shaping up:
O Rose: If Iowa beats Minne
sota at home Saturday, the Haw
keyes will return to Pasadena, Calif.,
for the second time in four years.
But if the Hawkeyes lose, the winner
of the Michigan-Ohio State game
will go. UCLA can clinch the Pacific
Ten berth with a win against cross
town rival Southern California, but
8-2 Arizona State isn't out of the
picture either.
O Sugar: Holmes said the
Miami Hurricanes, 8-1, are likely to
face the Southeastern Conference
champion. Tennessee appears to be
in the driver's seat, needing wins
against 5-5 Kentucky Saturday and
3-6-1 Vanderbilt next week. If the
Volunteers sputter, they will be the
likely opponent of Washington in
the Freedom Bowl. LSU or Alabama
will then earn the trip to New
Orleans.
Fiesta: Crutchfield said that
if Michigan wins, the Wolverines
will be invited, providing that Iowa
isn't upset by Minnesota. If Nebraska
loses to Oklahoma, they too will be
spending New Year's Day in Tempe,
Ariz. But if the Huskers win, the
winner of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma
State game will make the trip.
Cotton: The Southwest Con
ference champion, which will most
likely be Baylor, although Texas and
surprising Texas A&M are coming
on fast, will face either Auburn or
Ohio State in the Dallas classic.
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Eight's third-place team will be the
opponent.
O Florida Citrus: Formerly
the Tangerine Bowl, the inaugural
Florida Citrus Classic (billed as
"the best bowl trip in America")
looks to be a good match-up. Lavell
Edwards' 9-2 Brigham Young Cou
gars are likely to play either Ohio
State or Auburn.
Other bowl projections look
like this:
California: Fresno State vs.
Bowling Green.
Cherry: Maryland vs. Syracuse.
Independence: Minnesota vs.
Colorado or Clemson-South Carol
ina loser.
Holiday: Arkansas vs. Arizona
State.
Libert-: Air Force vs. LSU, Ten
nessee or Alabama.
Sun: Georgia vs. Arizona.
Aloha: Alabama vs. Texas A&M
or Baylor.
Freedom: Washington vs. Ten
nessee or Colorado.
All American: Georgia Tech
vs. Michigan State.
Bluebonnet: Air Force vs. Texas
A&M or Baylor.
Peach: Army vs. Illinois.
But the big game looks like the
Orange Bowl no matter who is
there from the Big Eight.
"If Nebraska wins Saturday,
they're in," Crane said. "If Okla
homa wins and then beats Okla
homa State, they're on their way.
And if Oklahoma wins but then
loses to Oklahoma State, then we'd
be happy to have Oklahoma State.
Only time will tell."
Time may seem to travel a little
slower Saturday.
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By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter
For freshman Amy Stephens of the
Nebraska women's basketball team,
adjusting to college life hasn't been too
hard: The two time all-state selection
from Alliance is the second string point
guard for the Cornhuskers.
Nebraska women's basketball
coach Kelly Hill said Stephens is push
ing hard for the top point guard spot,
but needs to get some experience and
Jearn the system better.
"Amy is a real hard worker. She is
definitely a positive addition to our
program," Hill said. "She has good
quickness and is an excellent perime
ter shooter."
In her senior year at Alliance High
School, Stephens averaged 35 points a
game while leading her team to the
state tournament. Last summer, she
Dlaved in the Junior Olympics, and
although her team was in the losers
bracket, she made the Junior Olympic
All-American team. Hill said that was a
great accomplishment because players
in the loser's bracket don't get much
attention.
Hill said she first noticed Stephens
in the Nebraska Women's Basketball
Camp two years ago. She said she knew
back then that Stephens was going to
be a good player because every day
during lunch and dinner Stephens was
practicing her shooting.
"Amy is one of most dedicated play
ers that I have seen in quite a while,"
Hill said. "She is very dedicated to
improving herself in all skills."
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Stephens said she chose Nebraska
over Wyoming and Creighton because
she has had a dream to play basketball in the Big Eight this year," Stephens
at Nebraska. She signed her letter of said.
NU wrestlers did well
despite loss, coach says
By Doug Carroll
Staff Reporter
Despite the lopsided score, Nebras
ka's wrestling team didn't wrestle badly
against Iowa State last week, Corn
husker coach Tim Neumann said.
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Stephens
intent last November, which took a lot
of pressure off her and allowed her to
have a good senior season.
Stephens started playing basketball
when her dad was a boys' coach at
Alliance. She said she started hanging
around the gym, and pretty soon she
started shooting the ball.
"I remember when my dad would
help my brother out after practice and I
would hang around and watch," Ste
phens said. "It seems like I was the one
that picked up all the tips, rather than
my brother."
Stephens said she wants to go into
teaching someday because she likes
people.
"I know I need to improve in a lot of
things, but I am looking forward to
giving my best so our team can do well
Nebraska met the Cyclones in Ames,
Iowa, and lost 34-4. However, Neumann
said his team wrestled tough.
"In six of the matches we were
there," he said. "We could have won
(those matches)."
The Huskers tied the Cyclones in
two matches.
A surprise came in the heavyweight
match where Nebraska's Gary Albright
lost to Iowa State's John Heropoulos.
Heropoulos scored an escape in the
third period for the win. Neumann said
Heropoulos wrestled Albright smart
and forced underhooks to make it look
like Albright wasn't wrestling.
Heropoulos was ranked eighth in the
nation at 190 pounds, Neumann said,
but moved to heavyweight because he
weighed 220 pounds. Albright was
ranked third.
Despite the loss, Neumann said his
team was on the right track. What the
wrestlers need to do now, he said, is to
believe in themselves. They're concen
trating on practice now, he said.
Nebraska's next meet will be at the
UNO Open this weekend. Neumann
said it is a "real tough tournament."
More than 400 wrestlers will compete,
he said.
Neumann said his team has reco
vered from the loss to the Cyclones
well. The Huskers have learned from it,
he said, and he expects them to do
better in the future.
The results from last week's match:
118-pounds Wallace Daw
kins drew with Iowa State's Gary
McCall, 9-9.
O 126 pounds Terry Cook lost
4-1 to Iowa State's Bill Kelly.
O 132 pounds Jeff Gibbons of
ISU won by decision over NU's Gil San-
' 142 pounds ISU's Joe Gib
bons won by decision over Chris
Marisette, 12-7.
O 150 pounds ISU's Tim
Kreiger won by superior decision over
Nebraska's Keenan Turner.
O 167 pounds Bill Tate won
by technical fall over Nebraska's Dan
, Boardman.
! 177 pounds Steve Metzger
defeated Nebraska's Cody Olson, 2-0.
190 pounds Nebraska's Joe
' Malac'e lost to Eric Volker 12-4.