Taylor’s No. 9 in program
but No. 1 at quarterback
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
For the first time since the Turner
Gill era, Nebraska fans will know who
the Comhusker starting quarterback
will be when the Huskers open their
season.
Steve Taylor enters fall camp as the
No. 1 signal-caller, a position he said he
expects to keep.
“I’ll be No. 1 throughout the year as
well as my whole career here,” Taytyr
said. “I’m pretty sure coach (Tom)
Osborne feels the same way. But you
never know what could happen. I could
get hurt and Clete (Blakeman) could
come in. But as of right now, I’m the No.
1 quarterback and there’s no plans in
the future for me not to be.”
Last year, Taylor
was second on the
team in rushing
with 537 yards. A
junior from Fresno,
i>aiu., layior aiso
connected on 52
passes in 125
attempts for 808
yards with six touch
downs.
But some, includ- Osborne
ing Taylor, thought
his play was inconsistent at times.
"I had one or two games where I
really wasn’t up to par. But you’re going
to have those games, especially when
you’re a true sophomore," he said. “I’m
looking forward to my junior year and I
have a lot of experience. I believe in
myself very m«;h; I don’t think there’s
anything out there I can’t do. I think I
should have a super year.”
Osborne said that Taylor has im
proved since he’^been at Nebraska. He
said the Huskers have a lot of depth at
quarterback.
"I think Steve’s shown consistent
improvement in the past two years,”
Osborne sard. “He had a good spring
and he has good physical skills. Plus
his confidence has improved. But Clete
Blakeman is fairly consistent and is a
good player. And Gerry Gdowski played
well this spring.”
“We are pretty complete (at quarter
back),” Taylor said. ‘‘We have Clete,
who has a lot of experience and who is
a pretty good quarterback. So if some
thing happens to me, we do have Clete
to come in and play like he did against
Kansas.”
The Huskers might throw more this
season because of the experience,
Taylor said.
“We threw the ball against South
Carolina, Oklahoma, Florida State,
Oregon, and Louisiana State quite, a
bit,” Taylor said. “I think we’re going
to continue to throw the ball like we
have been. Our passing percentage will
go up and we’ll throw a lot more
efficiently.”
Two more players will add to the
competition for playing time. Mickey
Joseph, a highly recruited freshman
from Marrero, La., and Keithen McCant,
a freshman from Grand Prairie, Texas,
might see some playing time with the
varsity this year, Osborne said.
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Sports section plans fall changes
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
Welcome to the fall semester
sports section of the Daily Nebra
skan.
This semester, the sports page
will adopt a different look with the
addition of a daily scorebox and the
use of more art work. These changes
twill not only allow students and
faculty members to see daily results
lof their favorite pro and college
I
teams, but also will allow for a more
creative layout.
Along with these changes, the
Daily Nebraskan sports staff will
provide extensive coverage of all
Nebraska sports. The reporters will
spend the first, two to three weeks
focusing on previews of all Com
husker teams, then switch to profiles
and timely stories. The sports staff
hopes to improve its coverage of all
sports by having «mch reporter
assigned to a particular beat. This
should eliminate some of the prob
lems that arose in the past when
reporters were asked to do a story
that they weren’t familiar with.
The Daily Nebraskan sports staff
also will have Mike Reiiley and
myself writing weekly columns, and
Bill Allen and Chuck Green will
contribute every other week. A
special feature will be the addition
of celebrity columnists, who will
write once a month about their
opinion on sports-related matters.
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