The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 20, 1986, Page Page 8, Image 8

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During his weekly media luncheon
the week after the South Carolina foot
ball game, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne
expressed his desire for a new indoor
practice facility for the football team.
The new facility would likely be con
structed on the existing grass practice
field just north of Ed Weir track. The
project would cost several million dol
lars a price tag that would offend
most people who know anything about
UNL's present financial situation.
Granted, the athletic department's
budget is separate from the rest of the
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one would work fine
So what's Nebraska to do? The Extra-Inning World Series?
weather certainly can't be changed. If the rest of the 1986 World Series is
Building a dome over Memorial Sta- as exciting as the playoffs and the first
dlum would be a little extreme and a two games were, baseball fans might
lot more expensive than the original not be able to take the strain. For a
plan of a new facility, so that's also In season that was decided as early as this
the woods. The answer to Nebraska's one was, with the Mets clinching the
problems is not to build a new, expen- National League Eastern Division early
sive indoor practice field but to utilize and the other pennant races virtually
the facilities Nebraska already has. ending at mid-summer, the playoffs
The answer can be found in Cham- were just what baseball fans needed to
paign, 111., and In several other places all salvage an otherwise ho-hum season,
over the northern United States. Don't be surprised if half of Boston and
Illinois recently purchased a $1.5 New York calls in sick each day after
million air-supported dome, or bubble, the games just to rest their throats. I'll
that covers all of Zuppke Field. The say the Red Sox will take home the
dome, similar t.n the one aver the tennis crown in seven games in extra
university budget, but the number still
could bring a lot of fire from the critics.
On the other hand, though, Nebras
ka's recent lack of success in post
season bowl games can be attributed,
in part, to the weather the Comhuskers
were forced to practice in before the
games. A good example is the sub-zero
conditions Nebraska faced in December
1983, while preparing for the 1984
Orange Bowl national championship
shootout with Miami. While the Hurri
canes practiced hard for three weeks in
the hot sun prior to the game, the
Huskers were shovelling snow at South
Stadium.
"A lot of people are still talking
about that Miami game three years
ago," Osborne said at the luncheon. He
also said that an indoor facility would
have aided Nebraska's preparation for
the game a great deal.
courts at Woods Park here in Lincoln,
is like a parachute with air underneath
it. It can be stored when it isn't in use
and then set up in a short time when
it's needed. Such a dome could cover
all of Memorial Stadium's field for cold-
weather practices or even scrimmages
at night. The price tag is much less
innings, of course.
Watch the Sooners
If Oklahoma somehow beats Nebraska
on Nov. 22 and plays in the Orange Bowl
for the national championship, it could
be the first of two championship games
Oklahoma will be playing in three
months. Oklahoma's basketball team,
than that of a new permanent structure losing only one starter from last year's
and vet the facility serves the same squad, has been picked No. 2 in the
purpose. The dome at Illinois is heated Sport Magazine pre-season college
and can be lit from inside. basketball poll and No. 4 In The Sport-
The $1.5 million bill could be paid by ing News poll. Wouldn't that be sicken-
a surcharge on Nebraska's 50,000 regu- ing, watching Oklahoma contend for
lar season ticket-holders. It would cost two national championships in two
them only $5 extra per home game and sports in one calendar year? Yuck! The
the dome would more than pay for itself sound of it even curls my tongue. But
in a few seasons that might otherwise credit belongs where credit is due.
be spent practicing only twice a week Oklahoma has proved to the world that
on a frozen practice field. it is possible to become a national
End Zone Knox powerhouse in two major sports. Here's
Tyreese Knox, a 5-11, 218-pound hoping the Sooners don't sign any
sophomore from Daly City, Calif., prob- major blue-chip baseball recruits this
ably should have been moved back to winter.
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his usual I-back position the day after
Doug DuBose was knocked out for the
season because of his knee injury.
Knox gained 127 yards and scored two
touchdowns against Missouri on only
eight carries. Keith Jones may be fight
ing for his job after a couple of more
games. Jones is an outstanding runner
whens he turns the corner. Jones is
very erratic when he runs up the mid-
Dixon's Follies
Entrepreneur Dave Dixon, one of the
masterminds behind that professional
football joke known as the United
States Football League, is at it again.
Now Dixon is trying to create a new
spring football league which would
make high-school players eligible to be
drafted into its respective teams. How
nice. Now high-school wide receivers
die. A good, outside running game is and kickers, and maybe-even a few
great, but when it's stopped, what do very few other players at other
vou do? Sure. Colorado. Kansas State positions can maka thousands of dol-
and Iowa State aren't going to damage
Nebraska too much if they stop their
inside game, and neither will Kansas,
but what about Oklahoma? How effec
tive will Jones be up the middle against
Brian Bosworth? Knox may not be very
effective against Boz, either, but he will
gain the extra yards that add up.
It could be time for one more
sophomore to stand up and take charge
in Nebraska's offensive backfield.
lars right after they graduate. I wonder
what these players will do with their
lives when their careers are over at the
age of 25. Go to college and learn a
trade? Good luck. Dixon and the rest of
these millionaire armchair quarterbacks
should stick to what they know, wha
tever that may be, and stop trying to
exploit athletes.
Especially athletes who have just
hung up their high-school letter jackets.
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