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Wednesday, November 16,1988 JL
Switzer-Osborne rivalry
escalates as game nears
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
If it was up to Nebraska coach Tom
Osborne, he would like to see his
rivalry with Barry Switzer extend
well into the 1990s.
Osborne, speaking Tuesday at his
weekly press conference at the South
Stadium, said he expects to coach
against the Oklahoma coach a little
while longer.
“I would like to coach several
more years if I could,” Osborne said.
‘‘I certainly don’t want to coach any
where else (than at Nebraska).”
Barry Switzer, who has compiled a
157-27-4 (.845 winning percentage)
record in 16 seasons as tne Sooners’
coach, has said he can see himself
coaching for 10 more years.
But Osborne said he can’t tell
when his last season of coaching will
be.
“As long as I enjoy what I’m doing,
I’ll coach,*Osborne said. “But there
comes a time where it’s just not fun
anymore. But I certainly don’t have
any plans to quit right now.”
Osborne, who has led the Com
huskers to a 157-35-2 (.814) record
over 16years,saidhcdidn’texpectto
be at Nebraska for more than a few
seasons when he first started.
“After my first three or four years
here, I felt I wouldn’t be here because
I didn’t know how long I’d be toler
ated here,” he said.
Osborne’s teams complied a 9-2-1
record during his first season in 1973.
The Huskers then went 9-3 in 1974,
10-2 in 1975 and 9-3-1 in 1976.
Osborne didn’t record his first win
against Oklahoma until 1978.
Osborne’s Huskers will get an
other shot at Oklahoma Saturday
when the teams play a 2:40 p.m. game
at Memorial Stadium in Norman,
Okla.
Osborne said certain rules im
posed by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association make it difficult
for a coach to stay at one school for
very long.
“If we had a 45-scholarship limit
like we used to have, I’d feel very
conf ident that I ’d be coaching h^re 10
years from now,” Osborne said.
Osborne said one NCAA limita
tion that will hinder Nebraska’s foot
ball recruiting efforts is the one-visit
rule for a head college coach who is
pursuing a high school player.
“In the past, most players we
wanted very badly I saw up to five or
six times,” he said.
Osborne said the new rule will
make his job during the recruiting
period easier.
“During recruiting season, I work
full time on recruiting,” he said. “I’ll
probably be about one-third as pro
ductive personally this year as com
pared to the past.”
NOTES:
• Osborne said the winner of
Saturday’s Oklahoma/Nebraska
game will have a slight disadvantage
in the Orange Bowl. Most likely, the
winner of the Big Eight champion
ship will play Miami, Fla.
r‘You’d like to play a game like
that on a neutral site, and not have it
be a home game for one team,”
Osborne said.
Osborne said he would like to see
the Big Eight explore other bowl
opportunities when its Orange Bowl
contract expires in a few years.
“I think I’m the only coach in the
Big Eight who has been vocal about
questioning the contract,” he said.
Australian Junior National forward Anne Rohilliard steals
the ball from Nebraska’s Sabrina Brooks during Tuesday
nights game. Nebraska defeated the Australian team 72-58.
Beck says win
proves a point
By IVlike Kluck
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women’s basketball
coach Angela Beck said the Corn
huskers were trying to make a state
ment in their 72-58 exhibition win
against the Australian Junior Na
tional team Tuesday night.
“I was proving a point,” Beck said.
“We’ve been working on defense
now for about a month and a half
pretty solidly and the thing I was
going to do was only put the kids that
were willing to commit defensively
out there.”
Before the game Beck said the
Huskers’ goal was to hold their oppo
nent to under 65 points.
Australian coach Trevor Cook
said his team was hurt by what he said
was poor officiating in the game
played in front of 595 fans at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
“I’m just saying you can’t have
calls at one end and not at the other,”
Cook said. “They didn’t win it, we
lost it.”
The Huskers took a 14 point lead in
the first half with a basket and free
throw by senior guard Sabrina
Brooks. The Australian’s cut the lead
to 25-22 with 4:36 left in the half with
a shot by Kellie Smith, but Nebraska
outscored the Australians 12-7 in the
final 4:30 to lead 37-29 at halftime.
In the second half the Huskers held
their biggest lead on a bucket by
freshman Kim Yancey, which gave
Nebraska a 59-44 advantage. The
Australians cut the lead to five with
5:12 left in the game on a shot by
Shelley Gorman.
The Huskers outscored the Austra
lians 11-2 in the final five minutes to
post the victory . Nebraska was lead in
scoring by senior Amy Stephens’ 25
points.
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