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TYRANCE from Page 15
a starter went about as well as he ex
pected.
He’s made 12 unassisted and five
assisted tackles in the Cornhuskers’
firstthrecgamcsagainstTexasA&M,
Utah State and UCLA.
“I’m kind of hard on myself as far
as expectations go,” Tyrance said.
“I’ve made some progress, but I’m
still not totally satisfied with my
game.
“I just want to contribute to the
team. I was happy with the way I was
playing early. I made improvement
from the A&M game to the Utah State
game. Then, I fell off a little. But I was
glad 1 was able to play. I just want to
play better.”
Tyrance said his improvement fell
off in the Husker’s 41-28 loss to
UCLA Saturday. He was credited
with six unassisted and eight total
tackles against the Bruins.
He said Nebraska’s defense had a
major breakdown in the 1st quarter.
The Bruins jumped out to a 28-0 1st
quarter lead.
“It’s kind of hard to explain,”
Tyrance said. “We pretty much broke
down. We missed a lot of assignments
and blew some key plays. It wasn’t a
good performance, but it’s behind us
now.”
Tyrance considered his perform
ance below par, he said.
“1 was having trouble with my
quadriceps,” he said. “I had that in the
back of my mind. I thought I played
pretty well, but I was overaggressivc
on a few plays.”
Melton said Tyrance played
“pretty well” against UCLA.
“When you get beat, sometimes
you have the tendency to get down on
yourself,” Melton said. “He missed a
couple tackles, but he wasn’t the only
one. He’s the kind of guy who will
work hard and will come back and
play a good ball game against Arizona
State. He has a lot of personal pride.”
Tyrance, who is 6-foot-2 and
weighs 230 pounds, said his thigh
muscle is still only 75 percent
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Sophomore linebacker Pat Tyrance takes a breather after
Tuesday’s practice at Memorial Stadium. The Millard North
High School graduate came out of nowhere to rise to the top
of Nebraska’s depth chart.
healthy, but he should be ready to play
against Arizona State on Sept. 24.
The Husker’s other starting inside
linebacker, LcRoy Etienne, has 17
unassisted tackles and 24 total. Tyr
ance said Etienne is always around
when he needs him.
“He makes up for a lot of my
mistakes,’’ he said. “It's good to have
somebody there who knows the de
fenses so well. He makes things easier
for me.”
Melton said Etienne’s experience
allows him to help the younger line
backers.
“LcRoy’s been around so long and
Randall Jobman is a seasoned
player,” Mellon said. “Those guys
leach the other players because they
know the younger guys need some
help.”
But against UCLA, Tyrance said,
Etienne and the rest of the defense
wasn’t so perfect.
“We’re all human,” he said.“It just
happens.”
Because of the loss to the Bruins,
Tyrance said, the defense has been
working extra hard on tackling.
“We worked on it Tuesday and
we’ll probably have to work on it
some more,” he said. “Thai’s really
what hurt us. We all know what we
have to do.”
‘World’s best’ finally get chance to dive
into after-boycott pool of competition
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los
Angeles 1984 was a party without the
hard stuff. It was lively but lacked
kick.
The East Germans were invited
but declined. RSVPs from the Soviet
Union, Hungary and Poland said,
sorry, we’re not coming cither.
American swimmers had the punch
bowl to themselves.
They dove in and came up with 20
of the 29 gold medals at those Sum
mer Olympics. But the gleam was
tarnished by the Eastern-bloc boycott
that locked out some of the world's
best swimmers.
“There’s a lot of great racing going
on and, because it was in the United
States, it was very exciting. So it
wasn’t hollow. But it is misleading
from a statistical standpoint with
regard to the number of medals that
were won.”
There are 31 swimming events in
Seoul, 16 for the men and 15 for the
women. Quick predicted his team
will win more gold medals and more
total medals than any other nation.
Another 20-win season is unlikely.
Fifteen is a more realistic number.
Of the 26 individual events, East
ern-bloc swimmers hold records in
11.
Among ihc men with very good
chances to win arc Poland’s Artur
Wojdat in the400-mctcr freestyle, the
Soviet Union’s Igor Polianski in the
100 and 200 backstroke, Hungary’s
Josef Szabo in the 200 breaststroke
and Tamas Damyi in the 400 individ
ual medley.
The women’s competition will
resemble a dual meet between the
Americans and East Germans. Kristin
Otto, Hcikc Friedrich, Cornelia
Sirch, Silkc Horner, Birtc Wcigang
and Danicla Hunger head the East
German team.
Now those nations have relumed
to crash this month’s Seoul soiree.
Welcome back, the Americans say,
and get ready for a fight.
“When this meet’s over with,
there’s no debate,” U.S. swimming
coach Richard Quick said. “We’re
going to add up the results and people
will know, and that’s what athletes
and coaches thrive on.”
For decades, Americans, particu
larly the men, have dominated inter
national swimming. In the last three
Olympics that brought ^together the
Eastern bloc and the West — 1968,
1972 and 1976 — U.S. swimmers
won 14 of the 63 individual events.
The East had a feast in Moscow in
1980 and the West was best in Los
Angeles in 1984. Those results,
though, had a hollow ring because of
the missing competition.
“I don’t think, at the time, the
coaches or athletes looked at it that
way,” said Quick, an assistant coach
on the 1984 team. “We kind of did
months in advance, but when you’re
in the Olympic Games and the excite
ment lakes over and all that kind of
thing, then it’s not hollow.”
Sprinter's outfits dazzle
CHIBA, Japan(AP)—In less than
two months, U.S. Olympic sprinter
Florence Griffith-Joyner’s appear
ance fee has skyrocketed from $ 1,500
to more than $25,000.
If she wins gold at the Olympic
Games, the figure will increase sub
stantially, said her business adviser,
Gordon Baskin.
‘‘I cannot project what she will be
worth,” Baskin said at a press confer
ence. “But each deal will be sclcc
tive.” .
Griffith-Joyncr’s athletic ability,
attire and beauty were accentuated
during the U.S. Olympic trials in July.
Wcaiing outfits with one leg cov
ered and capping her appearances
with an “athletic negligee,” Griffith
Joyner set the world record of 10.49
seconds in the women’s 100-meter
dash and broke the American record
in the 200 with a 21.77 clocking,
barely missing the world mark of
21.71.
“Don’t call her outfits sexy,”
Baskin said. “Call them sensuous.
“If you stop to think about it, she’s
wearing more clothes on the track
than anyone else. It’s the perception
of what she’s wearing that’s exciting.
It’s the way she does her clothes.”
Griffith-Joyncr, the silver medal
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ist in the 200 at the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympics, created the one-legged
look.
“The one-lcggcr is my favorite,”
she said. “I came upon it by accident.
I was looking in a mirror trying some
thing else and I decided to try it this
year. I wasn’t sure how it would go.”
Griffith-Joyncr had previously
worn unique outfits, including many
with hoods that made her look like a
spccdskatcr. But since she never had
attained results comparable to those
at the trials.
“The spark was her world record
and her fashionable outfits,” said
Baskin, whose West Coast offices
have been flooded with requests for
Griffith-Joyncr since the trials ended
July 23.
Griffith-Joyner, who is married to
A1 Joyner, the 1984 Olympic triple
jump gold medalist, also has been
featured on magazine covers
throughout the world and has been
besieged for radio and television in
terviews, commercial advertise
ments and endorsements.
So far, Baskin said, he has ac
cepted one big offer, with Disneyland
studios if Griffith-Joyner wins a gold
medal in the 100 or 200 dashes or the
400-mcter relay.
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