Wednesday, September 24, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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Is it Miller time for Oregon?
By Bob Asmussen
Niqht News Editor
Oregon thinks it's time for quarter
back Chris Miller to be named All
American. In fact, Oregon is so convinced that
it's Miller time, it's sending out digital
clocks featuring a photo of Miller to
media throughout the nation. Even the
Daily Nebraskan got one.
Miller is the returning all-Pacific
Ten conference quarterback. In three
Duck games this season, lie has com
pleted 65 of lOti passes for o60 yards,
lie has thrown three touchdown passes
and has had only two passes intercepted.
"I think Miller is probably as good a
quarterback we'll play this year of that
type," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne
said.
Osborne, speaking at his weekly
press conference Tuesday in the South
Stadium Lounge, said he doesn't include
wishbone quarterbacks Jamelle Holie
way and Mark Hatcher in the Miller
comparison. Osborne said Miller and
Miami's Vinny Testeverde are probably
the two best dropback passers in the
nation.
"This guy is a great football player,"
Osborne said. "We think he's a very
dangerous player."
One thing that makes Miller diffi
cult to the defense, Osborne said, is his
ability to move from the passing pocket
and still hit his receivers.
"Miller does have the ability to
scramble," Osborne said.
Nebraska defeated Oregon 63-0 last
season in Lincoln. Osborne said teams
usually bounce back the year after that
type of loss to a team. Both Iowa and
Syracuse in recent years have come
back to defeat Nebraska after getting
routed the year before.
"I'm sure Oregon will have intense
practices this week," Osborne said.
Osborne said that Oregon's defense
will present formation Nebraska hasn't
played against this season. Oregon will
have defensive players lined up in front
of the Nebraska guards.
"Normally our guards have been
uncovered," Osborne said. "I'm glad
Stan Parker has put on about 25
pounds. Those guys (Parker and John
McCormick) are really going to have to
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Osborne said Oregon's defense has
had an up-and-down season.
"At times they've played well and at
times they've given up some yards,"
Osborne said.
One area of Nebraska's gam? Osborne
said he'd like to see improve this week
is the kicking game. He said he'd also
like to see the turnover ratio go in
Nebraska's favor.
"I'd like to see some better punt
returns." Osborne said. "I think our
punting could improve somewhat."
Osborne said he was pleased with
the overall performance of the team in
its first two games.
Osborne said the Nebraska running
backs have improved between the Flor
ida State and Illinois games.
"I think Keith (Jones) ran with a
little more confidence," Osborne said.
"We're really encouraged by his pro
gress. He has good strength."
"I think Ken Kaelin is really an
underrated player," Osborne said. "He's
worked very hard."
On defense, Osborne said the Ne
braska secondary has played well this
season.
'Right now. if they're healthy, we
have some of the finest cornerbacks
we've ever had here." Osborne said.
Younger Cipriano
doesn't live up to
father's tradition
When the name Cipriano is menti
oned to Nebraskans most individuals
who ever have followed Comhusker
basketball remember the late Joe
Cipriano.
Cipriano, who passed away during
the 1979-80 season after a long battle
wit h cancer, spent the better part of 17
years toiling away in the now nearly-
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unbearable conditions offered by the
old Coliseum.
His style was colorful. Cipriano, or
"Cip" as he was often called by fans
and members of the media, often made
up for a lack of height the Huskers
almost always seem to possess by play
ing a fast transition game.
Because of this, most fans have plea
sant memories of the games they saw
"Cip" coach.
Besides the foot-stomping and the
musty smell that always accompanied
Nebraska home basketball games, fans
remember how "Cip" used to turn
teams into winners.
When "Cip" died during the 1979-80
season, it appreared former Husker
coach Moe Iba would turn the program
into a national powerhouse.
But Iba made two mistakes.
NU's Delaney returns;
volleyball team wins
By Tim Hartmann
Staff Reporter
See CIPRIANO on 11
According to Nebraska volleylxJI
coach Terry J'ettit, one of the keys
to having a good volleyball team is
having a good setter.
"A team can only play to the level
of their setter," he said. "If you have
a mediocre setter, you'll have a
mediocre team."
If that adage is true, then Nebra
ska should be in for a very success
ful year.
Nebraska's setter is senior Tisha .
Delaney, a first team all Big Eight
selection and Most Valuable Player
in the Dig tight tournament last
year. She also re-wrote the Nebraska
all-time record for assists in a match,
by setting assist records for a three,
four, and five game mitch. -
Evidence of Delaney's importance
can be seen in Nebraska's first
three games, when she was forced to
sit out because she appeared in the
Women of Nebraska calendar last
year. The appearance was a viola
tion of National Collegiate Athletic
Association rules.
The Huskers got off to a slow
start, losing to Division II UNO. :
'I just want us to
do really well in
the Big Eight Con
ference and hope
fully, of course,
make it to the
Final Four.'
Delaney
Since Delaney has returned, though,
Nebraska has improved its record to
7-2. Delaney said she thinks the
team is stili improving.
"Right now we're kind of adapt
ing to one another because I had to
sit out those first three games," she
said. "It's taken a while for us to
adjust, but we're finally coming
around. I feel now that I have been
practicing with the team as a setter
we're really adjusting well "
Delaney, a speech communica
tions major from Festus, Mo., has
been playing well since returning to
the line-up. She was named to the
all-tournament teams f botlr the
Mid-America Classic and the Nbra
sl:a Invitational, andwasnamedXig
'. Eiji Player cf the Week for lr
pcrforraaitce in the Nebraska Invi
tational. Among the teams the Huskers
defeated in those tournaments were
Illinois and Purdue, both ranked in
the top 20, and powerful Athletes In
Action. Nebraska has a difficult
schedule, facing 11 198 NCAA
tournament teams, Including nat-
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ional champion Pacific.
"It's (he toughtest teams we've
ever played," Delaney said. "I love
it. The more competition we have,
the better we'll be."
The Huskers are hoping to improve
from last year when they finished
28-3 and lost in the NCAA Regionals.
"1 just want us to do reallyvell in
the conference and hopel jlly, of
course, make it to the Final Four,"
Delaney said.
Nebraska will be the favorite in
the Big Eight. When the Huskers
beat Kansas earlier this year it
extended Big Eight winning streak
to 4? games.
Delaney came to Nebraska from
Jefferson, Mo., Community College,
where she was a Junior College All-
American.' She chose to attend a
junior college because she wanted
to stay close to home. She said she
wasn't satisfied with the schools
that were recruiting her.
"I was recruited by various
schools, but none that were really at
the caliber as Nebraska," Delaney
said. "I don't think I was ready to go
away. I was really a homebody."
After her two years at Jefferson
Community College she was recru
ited by Minnesota, Missouri and
Texas, but she signed with Nebraska.
"Actually, I didn't want to come
here (Nebraska)," she said. "Then
when I came and I watched the
team play and I met the girls, they
showed me around and I just knew
it was just automatic instinct
that I wanted to be here."
Delaney redshirted her first year
at Nebraska and then started dur
ing her junior year. She quickly
proved that she was a good all
around player, not just a setter.
"She's one of our strongest def
ensive players, and she's also one of
our best servers,' Pettit said.
The Sweet 16
Rank Team Points
1. Oklahoma 92
2. Miami 82
3. Alabama 78
4. Washington 76
5. Nebraska 74
6. Michigan 63
7. Penn State 49
8. Southern Cal 38
9. Auburn 37
10. Arkansas 19
11. UCLA 18
12. Florida 17
13. Arizona State 16
14. Florida State 14
15. Iowa 13
16. Maryland 12
Basketball schedule cheats UNL student;
I always thought I was a smart shopper. But the
grocery boy sacked me this time.
The price tag said $18. Not a bad deal, huh? I
knew there had to be a catch somewhere. I read
the fine print; I sorted through my double cou
pons. And when I came to my senses, I realized
Steve Thomas
that the "UNL shaft" had outdone me again. If
you bought a student season ticket for Nebraska
basketball games, feel free to join me.
If you paid the ticket office $ 1 8 for your ticket,
you got an abbreviated version. Unlike Coca
Cola, your season ticket isn't the real thing. It's
called a "season ticket," but that's hardly the
proper label.
The season ticket will get you into 57 percent
of Nebraska's home games this year. The semi
season ticket is fine for the Big Eight games, but
the non-conference games are another story.
Your ticket will work for one non-conference
game and one exhibition against Bosnia.
The source of the problem is Christmas vaca
tion. While most students are home packing
their faces with eggnog and fudge, the Nebraska
men's basketball team will be playing some
home games. Lots of 'em. Six games are on the
slate during Christmas vacation.
Games that your ticket won't work for include
Wyoming, Detroit and Creighton. I was looking
forward to seeing these "real" teams. If you go
back a few years, you'll remember that decent
non-conference foes were a rare commodity.
So it appears the schedule has some meat to
it, but the timing couldn't be worse.
Die-hard Nebraska basketball fans can still
get a ticket for the Christmas break games. But
let's face it: first, you could probably fit all of the
die-hard Nebraska basketball fans into a small
foreign car. Second, the cost is a factor.
A student who goes to a home game over
Christmas break will pay $4 to sit on the floor ($5
for the Creighton contest). Let's not be greedy.
After all, twilight movies cost $2, Johnny Carson
tickets are free and we can sit by Broyhill Foun
tain for eons without paying a cent.
For the few, the proud, the students who go to
the Christmas games the atmosphere just
isn't the same. The obnoxious students who
would heckle their grandmothers are home for
the holidays. They have been replaced by the
geriatrics ward. Hot dogs and frosted malts give
way to cups of coffee. The party has become a
funeral.
It wouldn't be right to not offer a solution to
the problem. In this case, there are two answers.
First, why not just charge $30 for a real season
ticket and include the six Christmas games?
Nebraska students would still turn out for the
games. Our students are from places like Rising
City, Palmyra and Crete. It's no big deal to come
to Lincoln for a game.
If Nebraska drew students from the tips of the
nation, the present system would seem reasona
ble. But it doesn't. Nebraska offers the sandhills
and a state fair.
The second solution is just as simple: the six
games that fall during Christmas should have
been scheduled during the time when school is
in session.
I've been too selfish. I'm crying because I'll
have to pay a few extra dollars. If I don't, my
Christmas entertainment will be sapped. A real
tear-jerker, right? The players are the ones who
have a right to be upset.
