Friday, October 17, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
By Jim Ballard
Senior Reporter
The Missouri Tigers are having trou
ble winning lately and Coach Woody
Widenhofer knows it.
"The bottom line is winning, and we
haven't. We have a very young team,
and we've ran into a lot of injury prob
lems," Widenhofer said.
Besides having a banged-up offen
sive line, Widenhofer, who is in his
second year as the Tigers' coach, has
had problems at one of the more vital
positions.
"We've lost our top two quarter
backs. As a matter of fact our fourth
stringer is the starter," he said.
The regular starting quarterback,
Ronnie Cameron, gave way to Omaha
Burke graduate Jeff Henningsen last
week. Cameron is suffering from a
sprained right foot. He was doubtful for
this week, but Widenhofer said he def
initely won't see any action.
"It doesn't look like he's going to
play. Jeff started last week, so we're
going to stay with him," Widenhofer
said.
On defense, because of inexperience,
the Tigers are giving up an average of
27 points a game, losing to Indiana,
Texas, Syracuse and last Saturday
Colorado. Their only win of the season
was an opening game victory over Utah
State.
"On defense, we're just too young of
a football team," he said. "We start five
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By Rich Cooper
Staff Reporter
Nebraska's cross country teams
are preparing for the Big Eight
Championships in two weeks, by
facing the toughest competition of
the season Sunday. The women's
team will compete in the Cal Poly
San Luis-Obispo Invitational, while
the men's team will run at the
Razorback Invitational at Fayette
ville,Ark. The Razorbacks
have a great team
and they will be
running on their
home course. . . '
Dirksen
Nebraska coach Jay Dirksen said
both teams will have their hands
full. The No. 3-ranked women's team
will have to worry about last year's
NCAA Division II champions Cal
Poly San Luis-Obispo.
"Cal-Poly is kind of like us. They
have a lot of depth, and there is not
much time between their first and
seventh runner. They will definitely
give us a good race," Dirksen said.
Crew team
By Jim Ballard
Senior Reporter
Nebraska's crew team travels to Bos
ton this weekend to compete in the
largest one-day rowing race in the
world.
"This is considered the biggest race
in the U.S. and the largest one-day race
in the world," crew coach Steve Knapp
said.
The "Head of the Charles Regatta"
race will take place on the Charles
River.
Knapp said several teams competing
are the best in the country. Included in
the field are the Canadian, British and
American National teams, all the Ivy
Courtesy of Missouri Sports Information
compete
Last week Cal-Poly ran at the
Stanford Invitational third, but the
two teams it finished behind (Stan
ford and BYU) were ranked higher
than Cal-Poly, Dirksen said.
Dirksen said Cal-Poly will not be
the only school the Huskers will
have to worry about. No. 20-ranked
Cal-Irvine will also give the Huskers
a run for their money along with
UCLA and Houston. Both teams have
been ranked in the top 20 at one
time in the season, Dirksen said.
The reason this meet is so impor
tant to Nebraska, Dirksen said, is
that if the Huskers need to be
selected for an at-large berth for the
NCAA Championships they will be
picked by how they did against Top
20 teams.
Another reason why the meet is
important, Dirksen said, is that it
will be a very fast-paced competi
tion, which the Huskers need to get
used to for the NCAA Champion
ships. The course is much different
than what NU has run on because it
will be on dirt or asphalt, which will
make the course fast, he said.
Dirksen said Jill Noel will not run
because of a pulled muscle in her
left foot. Dirksen said he is not wor
ried about Noel not running this
weekend because the team has
enough depth that they can do
to compete in Boston
League schools, Army, Navy and several
other schools from the East Coast.
"Every year they take the top 15
teams from the year before and then
send out entries for the other teams,
Knapp said. "They look at past perfor
mances and how teams did against
other teams."
The Nebraska squad will send the
men's lightweight eight-man team. They
also entered a heavyweight-four and a
women's four.team, but they were not
accepted.
The team already has competed in
two meets this year the Head of Des
Moines and the Head of the Rock in
Rockhurst, 111.
Huskers have been successful this sea
son is their sophomore quarterback.
"I think Steve Taylor gives them
something the've been looking for since
Turner Gill," he said. "Also, (Keith)
Jones has come in and played well."
"Defensively, I think with (Danny)
Noonan and some of the people they
have up front, they're better because
they seem to have better speed on
defense," Widenhofer said.
Widenhofer thinks with a healthy
offensive line, Missouri would match
up well with Nebraska.
"If we were really healthy and we
had John Clay at four different posi
tions we would be able to match-up."
he said.
"With a healthy offensive line, we'd
be able to play anybody in the country."
Clay is the Tigers' offensive tackle
on the right side and is a top contender
for the Outland and Lombardi awards
that go to the top linemen in the coun
try. He broke his hand, however, and
has been playing the last two weeks
with the injury.
Nebraska has won seven straight
over Missouri. Nebraska's last loss was
a 35-31 heartbreaker in 1978. However,
four of those seven wins have been by
eight points or less. Widenhofer feels
his team gains an extra incentive when
it plays Nebraska.
"I think everybody does; it's a real
privilege to play a team of that caliber,"
Widenhofer said. "But our players aren't
intimidated about playing a team like
Nebraska."
without her.
The men's team will have the
opportunity to race against the No.
1 team in the nation, the Arkansas
Razorbacks. They also will be able
to see what some of the Big Eight
teams have because Oklahoma State
and Oklahoma will be running.
The Huskers are ranked No. 14 in
the country. Dirksen said he doesn't
think Nebraska can beat the Razor
backs but thinks the Huskers can
finish in the top three if they run a
good race.
"The Razorbacks have a great
team and they will be running on
their home course, so that will make
them even tougher to beat," Dirksen
said. "It should be a very fast race
because they have some excellent
runners."
Dirksen said the men's team is
having a great season because of his
No. 3 through No. 5 runners: Brian
Clark, KraigVanderbeek and Harald
Graham. He said this meet will give
them the experience necessary to
do well in the Big Eight Champion
ships Nov. 1 at Manhattan, Kan.
Jean Verster, Nebraska's top
runner, will match up well with
Arkansas' Joe Falcon, their No. 1
runner, Dirksen said. Last year at
the NCAA's, Verster finished fifth
while Falcon finished seventh.
"At Des Moines, we didn't do well at
all because we weren't prepared," Knapp
said. "At the Rock, we did better
because we had a couple of weeks to
train and get ready."
Because crew is a club sport, the
members pay for trips like these from
their own pockets or through fund rais
ers. They also get $1,000 a year from the
Campus Recreation Office. For this trip
to Boston, Knapp said, it is costing
members $135 each for their rooms and
vans, plus whatever they want for
spending money.
Their next meet for the team is Oct.
26 when it will sponsor the University
of Nebraska Fall Regatta. Knapp said
11 entries have been received so far.