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Osborne wants quicker start
By Mark Derow itsch
Senior Reporter
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne
hopes the No. 10-ranked Comhuskers
decide to show up for the start of
Saturday night’s game at Memorial
Stadium.
Osborne said the Huskers have
been a slow starting team so far this
season, but that that attitude better
change soon. He said it will take a
four-quarter effort to defeat Arizona
State.
“Maybe we’ve talked so much
about being a great 4th quarter team
that we thought we didn’ t have to play
in the 1st quarter,” Osborne said of
Nebraska’s slow starts. “They seem
to be very confident that we’re going
to be really good in the end. So maybe
we need to emphasize a fast start a
little bit more.’’
Kickoff for Saturday’s game is
scheduled for 6:15 p.m. and will be
televised by ESPN (Cablevision
channel 23).
In Nebraska’s first three games,
opponents outscored Nebraska 35-14
in the 1st quarter. Nebraska’s 14 1st
quarter points were all scored against
Utah State.
But Osborne said the Huskers
usually make up for their slow start
with a strong 2nd half.
w c also did not play well early in
New Jersey (a 23-14 win over Texas
A&M in the Kickoff Classic),”
Osborne said. “Then, the last three
quarters, we played satisfactorily.
Particularly, in the last half of the
games, we’ve played well. But I don’t
think we can afford to do that and have
a good season. So we need to play well
early, and we need to play well
through the whole ballgame.
“Everyone, myself included, is
concerned as to what is the real Ne
braska football team.”
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‘Everyone, myself
included, is con
cerned as to what
is the real Ne
braska football
team.’
— Osborne
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Arizona Stale coach Larry Marmic
said he doesn’t think the Huskers will
play any different in the 1st quarter
than they do in the last quarter.
“UCLA got a couple of big plays
early in the game, but those things
happen,” Marmic said. “I don’t an
ticipate cither team winning or losing
the game in the 1st quarter.”
Marmic, who succeeded John
Cooper as Arizona Stale’s coach last
January, said the Sun Devils must
contain Nebraska quarterback Steve
Taylor.
Taylor, a senior from Fresno,
Calif., has rushed for 230 yards on 41
attempts in leading the Huskers to a 2
1 record. He also has completed 32 of
61 passes for 393 yards and four
touchdowns thus far this season.
Last season against Arizona Stale,
Taylor gained 122 yards rushing and
scored two touchdowns, and threw for
another score.
“I think I saw enough of him last
year,” Marmie said. “I wish I could
see someone else back there this year.
He’s a great athlete and he’s a little
underrated. I think he’s a great quar
terback who happens to be a great
athlete. He can beat you so many
ways and he has a lot of football
smarts.”
But Osborne said Sun Devil quar
terback Daniel Ford could be as big a
factor as Taylor.
Ford, a senior from Tulsa, Okla.,
has completed 65 percent of his
passes this season, including three for
touchdowns.
‘‘They’re a lot like UCLA in that
they have a good quarterback (who)
throws very well and who is very
experienced,”Osborne said. “They’ll
throw the ball enough so that we’ll
have to concentrate on both the run
and the pass.”
Marmic said Ford has improved
since last year.
“We think he’s a big asset for us,”
he said. “Danny’s started 12 games
for us, and wc have a record of 9-2-1.
He’s gained a lot of experience. He’s
been playing much better.”
Marmic said Arizona State will
have to run the ball well to beat
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Wyoming wants fans in the stands
By Jeff Apel
Senior Reporter
Any homecourt advantage that the
Nebraska volleyball team has in this
weekend’s Nebraska/Prairie Maid
Invitational will quickly disappear
when the Comhuskers face Wyo
ming.
Wyoming volleyball coach Mike
English said the Cowgirls plan to
negate the Huskers’ homecourt ad
vantage by using their Nebraska ties
to their advantage. The Wyoming
roster includes four native Nebras
kans who will play key roles in the
Cowgirls’ success by contributing on
the court and placing Wyoming fans
in the stands.
Nebraska will open its portion of
the tournament against Wyoming at
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A 5:30 p.m. match between Indiana
and Kansas State preceding.
Nebraska will face Kansas State
and Wyoming will square off against
Indiana at 10:15 a.m. Saturday. The
two-day tournament will then be
closed out with a Nebraska-Indiana
match at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and a
Wyoming-Kansas State match at 6
p.m.
English said the presence of three
Nebraskans in the Cowgirls’ starting
lineup will work to his team’s advan
tage. The Nebraskans that start for
Wyoming arc freshman outside hitter
Kim Smith of Lincoln, junior outside
hitter Darcy Cudaback of Exeter and
senior middle blocker Katie Donahue
of Inland.
Wyoming’s remaining player with
Nebraska lies is Karen Soukup, a
freshman outside hitter from Millard.
In addition, the Cowgirls’ assistant
coach Julie Hermann played tor the
Huskers Nebraska from 1981-84.
English said he has spoken to
Smith, Cudaback, Donahue and
Soukup about performing in frontof a
home crowd.
“We’ve talked about it and they’re
planning on putting a lot of spectators
in the stands,” English said. “They
know they want to have a strong
showing in front of their home
crowd.”
‘Our fans are
chomping at the
bit to get back
and see us play.
We need to spend
some time in Lin
coln.’
— Pettit
English said Smith was forced into
the starting lineup earlier this season
when outside hitter Ginger Brucre
suffered a season-ending Achilles
tendon injury. He said Brucrc’s loss
was a big one because the 6-5 Cow
girls arc now inexperienced at the
outside hitter position.
“We’re just hoping our system
starts pulling itself together,” English
said. “We haven’t been pleased with
the way we ’ ve been play ing but at this
point we’re just taking one match at a
time.”
Nebraska volleyball coacn terry
Pettit is looking forward to the tourna
ment because of its high level of
competition. He said he is also anx
ious for it to begin because the invita
tional will mark the Huskers’ first
home appearance since they defeated
Florida and Pacific in the Nebraska/
FirsTier Invitational on Sept. 3.
“Our fans are chomping at the bit
to gel back and see us play,” Pettit
said. “We need to spend some time in
Lincoln. It’s a time we can devote to
training, studies and mowing our
lawns.”
Pettit said he is concerned because
the 8-2 Huskers have not put together
lengthy scoring spurts. He said de
fense and ball handling problems
have prevented Nebraska from be
coming an explosive offensive team.
“We haven’t been scoring like we
have in the past,” Pettit said. “You
score points on defense. You score
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Indiana volleyball coach Tom
Shoji said offense hasn’t been a prob
lem since the Hoosiers reeled off six
straight victories after opening their
season with losses to Notre Dame and
Stanford. He said Indiana is getting
‘‘better and belter” each time it takes
the court.
“We’ve won six matches in a row,
so I’m confident we will play well,”
Shoji said. “We’re approaching this
tournament with a lot of confidence.”
Shoji said his team is looking for
ward to facing Nebraska. He said the
Hoosiers would gain some needed
national recognition if they beat the
Huskers.
“It’s a challenge to us,” Shoji said.
“It’s going to be a real eye opener."
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Nebraska freshman outside-hitter Monica Carey prepares to
return a shot during practice Wednesday at the NU Coliseum.
Carey and the rest of the Cornhuskers will begin play in the
Nebraska/Prairie Maid Invitational at 7:30 p.m. against Wyo
ming Friday at the Coliseum.
Cal Bentz to appeal unfair FIN A ruling
By Richard Cooper
Suff Reporter
Nebraska men’s swimming coach Cal Bentz
said Thursday he thinks Comhusker swimmer
Peter Williams is being treated unfairly by the
Federation Internationale de Natation Ama
teur.
FINA met this week at the Olympics in
Seoul, South Korea, and disallowed the world
record time of 22.18 seconds that Williams
posted in the 50-meter freestyle at an April 10
Olympic time trial qualifying meet in Indian
apolis. The story first appeared in Tuesday’s
edition of USA Today newspaper.
Bentz said that although he has not received
any official notification from FlNA»he is qp?et,,
about the way Williams is being treated.
“I’m fired up,” Bentz said. “I think the way
Peter is being treated in this incident is unfair.
FINA could have at least notified Peter about
the decision before they released it in a press
release.”
Bentz said that FINA’s reason for its deci
sion was that Williams could not prove he was
not a member of the South African Swimming
Federation.
South Africa is not a member of FINA and
is banned from Olympic competition because
of its apartheid racial policy.
Williams said Wednesday that the last time
he swam in a meet sanctioned by the South
African Swimming Federation was in February
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was in October 1986.
Williams said that when he and Bentz ap
plied to FINA for the 50-meter record, they
were not asked to produce evidence proving he
was not a member of the SASF. He said the
incident is ridiculous because athletes in South
Africa register with the SASF in six-month
time periods.
“I can prove to them that I’m not a member
of the South African Swimming Association,”
Williams said. “Technically, I’m a member of
the American Swimming Association because
I swim here at UNL.”
Bentz thinks FINA made the decision so
Tom Jager’s old record of 22.23 could be
broken in the Olympics’ 5p-piet$r final Satur
day, •
“It’s a hell of a lot easier to break a world
record when its slower,” Bentz said. “I think
FINA wants a new world record broken at the
Olympics.”
Bentz said that when he does get official
notice from FINA, he will appeal the decision.
Williams, a sophomre, said he suspected
FINA would deny his record. He said the
incident — whatever the outcome — will i
motivate him to swim even faster.
“I really don’t care what happens even
though it’s unfair,” Williams said. “This kind
of thing motivates me to swim faster and if they
take the record away from me, then I’ll just
have to go out and break it again.”
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