Sports
I
1 Orange Bowl
I predictions...
In a rare breach of editorial
egotism, you readers get a
much-nccdcd break from my
cockainamie commentary.
I’ve written to sports writers
across the nation, asking them
lor their thoughts on a subject
I™ near and dear to the hearts of the
Huskcr faithful.
Each was asked to predict
the Orange Bowl, and to give a
brief rationale to support their
The first response comes
from Jim Murray, sports col
umnist for The Los Angeles
Times.
Murray, arguably the most
renowned sports columnist in
ilk nation, has long been known
as the master of the analogy.
And so he wrote: “Playing
Miami in Miami is like lighting
a shark in a swimming pool or a
leopard in a tree. Miami by
plenty.’*
As lor the rest...
Tommy Carnes, executive
sports editor, the Tallahassee
(I la.) Democrat:
“I don’t agree with Jimmy
lohnson that -- if West Virginia
heals Notre Dame - Miami
should he national chumps. But
Miami clearly has been the best
team seen around these parts all
year.
And my guess is that it has
too much speed and experience
lor the Huskcrs - especially
playing a home game. Miami
31 15.”
Jim Weeks, sports editor,
the Norman (Okla.) Tran
script:
“Nebraska has improved -
particularly on defense - since
early in the year. But Miami is
overwhelming, especially at
home and in a crucial game.
Miami 17-7.’’
*«ivv rvjour Miann, assi-nrim
sports editor, the Baton
Rouge Morning Advocate:
'‘Considering that Miami
beat LSU this season.44-3, and
Nebraska hasn’t defeated LSU
in several years (Nebraska has
actually defeated LSU during
the team’s last three games, in
1982, 1984 and 1986), Miami
has to be considered the pro
hibitive favorite.
‘With the most complex
offense in college football, and
a quick, pursuing defense, Mi
ami has too many tools for
Nebraska to overcome. Miami
28-14.”
Peter Finney, sports editor,
I he New Orleans Times-Pica*
yunc:
“Mi^yvill move the ball
lllr°ug^Mr, and Nebraska
on the gWund. Look for the
home crowd to pull the Hurri
canes through. Miami 24-17.”
Billy Mitchell, sports editor,
the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News:
'‘Miami is obviously a pow
erful, well-halanced football
team. And the Hurricanes are
U>ugh in the Orange Bowl.
However, Nebraska may be
able to match them in fire
power, plus the Hurricanes may
no too caught up in the No. 1
hype and have a tiule too much
attention focused on the Fiesta
Bowl. Nebraska 28-24,”
Se# THOMAS on 16
*,M ! I, • M . ».,! « * t • ♦ •
♦ 11♦ • ;**y*♦ **Imfjfr1>AA[1*1.
Trapping defense catches Nebraska
By Jett A pel
Senior Reporter
A trapping defense caught the
Nebraska basketball team during its
103-76 loss to Nebraska Wednesday
night at St. John Arena in Columbus,
Ohio.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said
theComhuskerscommitted a season
high 30 turnovers in front of an ESPN
telev ision audience because ol a lull
court. trapping defense employed by
Ohio State. He said the defense
turned the contest into a “night
mare.”
"It was just a really bad experi
ence.' ' Nee said during his post-game
radio show . “I never thought at any
time we played well.”
Nee said Ohio Stale’s defense
bothered Nebraska because it forced
the game to be played at a quick
tempo. He said that tempo did not
favor Nebraska because it led to
numerous transition points by the No.
14-ranked Buckeyes.
“We’ve got lo gel our act to
gether. We just have to get our heads
together,” Nee said. “I’m really dis
turbed. Never in my dreams did I
think we would make those kind of
mistakes.”
Nee said the early tempo and Ohio
State’s defense forced Nebraska out
of its game plan. He said Nebraska
needs to be more competitive.
“We had no consistency. Wc
weren't even organized,” he said.
“The whole thing fell apart.”
Ohio Stale raced out to a 10-0 lead
when center Perry Carter and forward
l ony W hite each scored four points
and forward Jerry Francis added two.
Nebraska cut the lead to 10-4 on a
pair of baskets by center Richard van
Poelgecst, but Ohio State used two
free throws and a basket by White,
free throws by guards Jay Burson and
Jamaal Brown and a basket by center
Grady Matcen to take a 20-8 lead.
Ncc said he was disturbed by
Nebraska’s slow start. He said the
Huskers can not afford to dig them
selves in early holes and expect to
win.
“The starts have been horren
dous,” Nee said.‘‘We’ve got to do a
better job than that.”
Nebraska cut Ohio State’s lead to
27-23 with 6:29 remaining in the first
half when guard Clifford Scales hit a
15-foot jump shot, but Ohio State
used a three-point shot by Francis to
increase its lead to seven points. The
Buckeyes then outscored Nebraska
22-12 during the remainder of the
first half, as Francis fueled the Buck
eyes’ rally by converting a three
point play that followed a Nebraska
turnover.
Burson, a 6-foot-1 senior who tal
lied a career-high 38 points during
Ohio Stale’s 97-93 loss to Oklahoma
earlier this season in the Maui Classic
in Lahaina, Hawaii, also contributed
to the Buckeyes’ late, first-half
spurge as he tallied eight of his game
high 22-points during the six-minute
barrage.
Ohio Stale extended its lead to 58
37 early in the second half on a layup
by Burson, then countered a pair of
baskets by Nebraska forward Pete
Manning and a basket by guard Eric
Johnson by using two baskets by
Carter and single tallies by Francis,
Burson and While to take a 68-43
lead.
Ohio Stale extended its lead to 73
48 on a free throw by Carter, then
used three-point plays by forward
Chris Jenl and guard FJi Brewster to
lake a 79-56 lead. The Buckeyes used
seven points by freshman forward
Treg Lee and six points from Burson
to cruise to the easy victory.
Manning led Nebraska with 17
points, while forward Ray
Richardson added 13 and Scales and
center Rich King 10 each.
Nebraska’s next game is on Satur
day, when the Huskers face Furman.
The game begins at 7:35 p.m. at the
Bob Devancy Sports Center.
NU’s underdog status won’t matter
in Miami 'brawl,’ All-American says
By Steve Sipple
Senior I'.iiilor
Forget trying to live up to All
America standards. Nebraska center
Jake Young is just trying to play as
well as the rest of the Cornhuskers’
offensive line.
“I try to bring myself to that
level." said Young, a 6-foot-4, 260
pound junior from Midland, Texas.
And that level isn’t always easy to
achieve. Young said. That’s one of
the reasons being named to The Asso
ciated Pi ess All-America football
team anil the Football Writers’ All
Amenca team surprised him.
‘‘I was very, very surprised,”
Young said. “It caught me off guard.
I just try to play at the level of my
teammates.”
Young apparently has done a good
joh keeping up with the likes ol
United Press International All-Big
Right selection Andy Keeler, a 6-3,
265-pound senior left guard from
Omaha, and consensus All Big Eight
selection Boh Sledge, a 6-2, 270
pound senior left tackle who’s also
from Omaha. Young,a finance majoi
w ilh law .school aspirations, also wav
named second-team All-Big Eight
last season.
Young, Sledge, Keeler - and the
remainder of the Huskers’ offensive
line -* have helped Nebraska’s of
fense average 478 total yards per
game and .3‘).5 points per contest.
Included-among the total yards are
382 yards rushing per game.
Those numbers are due in large
part to the offensive line’s ability to
execute, Young said.
*'I think we definitely have one ol
the best offensive lines in the na
lion,” he said.
Young said the Huskers, 11 -1 am
ranked No. ft in the AH college loot
hall poll, w ill lirni out just how goex
See YOUNG on 16
(i l l. District VII All-Academic Team — Stahr, Endicott
I iislier ln\itational AII-Tournament-/i/irfirr#W (MVP), Stahr I
lllini ( lassie AII-Tournament--f:mtfc<>//, Stahr (MVP) I
(iillette Dairv/Prairie Maid Inv. AW Ymimamcwi-Endicott, m
_* - .. ■ > a am ' li i
*ianr [M\n ■
A VC A/Russell All-American lirsl team--hudicotl, \taiir
All-American Strength first team-Endicoit
AVCA/Russell All-Midwest team-EndicotU Stahr
NCAA Mideast Regional All-Tournament -Endicott
John Bruce Daily Nebraskan
Success brings pressure for Endicott
By Mike Kluck
Staff Reporter _
Illinois volleyball coach Mike
Hebert said Nebraska senior setter
Lori Endicotl is the type of player
who would grab a team by the ser ai I
of its neck w hen it’s down and lead it
to victory.
When the Cornhuskers lost a live
game match to Oklahoma in the
scpii finals of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association Midcasl
Rcgionals last Friday, it marked the
end of Endicotl’s Husker career.
Endicotl said her emergence as a
leader this season has occurred be
cause of two reasons - being a setter
and being a captain.
“One of the major factors 1 think
is, as a setter, you run the offense, you
call the plays and pretty much you’re
in control of the game plan and
, whether il’s successful or noi,’ fcndi
cott said. “The coAch does a lot of
relating one on one in that respect.”
Endicott’s talent and leadership
has helped her to receive numerous
honors. This season she was named
Big Eight player of the year for the
second year in a row and was named
to IK& 1988 A VC A/Russel I All
America First Team. She joins team
mate Virginia Stahr on that team.
Endicolt said her success has not
changed her personality.
”1 never thought that I would have
gotten as far as l have.
‘41 think it puls a lot of pressure on
me,” Endicolt said. ‘‘It means their
expectations are higher of me, which
I don’t mind because then I push
myself to play better all the lime. If 1
don’t have a good practice or a good
game or whatever, I feel like 1 disap
pointed a loi of people -even though
I should only try and do it for my
self.”
Endicolt is bound for Minneapo
lis, MiniU today to receive her All
America ilward at the Final Four tour
\
/
namcnt. She is hoping lhal in ihe
lulure she will be able to play for the
U.S. National team.
Endicoll said she is still thinking
about moving to San Diego, Calif., on
Jan. 10, to start practice with the U.S.
team. However, she said she will
never forget about her years at Ne
braska.
‘‘I have been very fortunate to
play for a program like Nebraska,"
Endicoll said. "I wouldn’t have
wanted lo have played anywhere
else.”
Endicolt, a 5-foot-9 player from
Springfield, Mo., was on the state
championship volleyball team at
Willard High School during her
freshman year.
Endicoll said she made her first
visit to Nebraska during her senior
year in high school. She said she was
recruited by Nebraska through game
films and lhal she chose Nebraska
over Missouri, Kansas Slate, Rhode
Island, Tennessee and Ohio Slate.
I
Young
Shoulder injury
continues to keep
Pete from practice
By Nick Hodge
Slat! Reporter
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne
said starling middle guard Lawrence
Pete is still nursing a sore shoulder,
which kept him out of Wednesday’s
football practice in Cook Pavilion.
Osborne said Pete will probably
miss a couple more practices to allow
his shoulder to completely heal. Pete
has not practiced since injuring the
shoulder in Monday’s workout.
Osborne said backup defensive
back Bruce Pickens threw out his
back and left early during the Husk
ers’ shouldcr-pad-and-hclmcl prac
tice session.
Osborne said he was concerned
about Pickens, but the extent of the
injury wasn t known.
Two other Huskcrs sat out of the
hour-and-a-half practice to rest nag
ging leg injuries, Osborne said. De
fensive back Mark Bla/.ek has been
nursing a chronic hamstring injury
that he originally hurt last year, w hile
fullback Sam Sufcftiidt is recovering
from a broken WHc he suffered in
Nebraska’s Sept. 10 loss to UCLA.
Osborne said Bla/ck and Schmidt
will require aday off every sooften to
rest their injuries.
Osborne said he has scheduled
practices so that Nebraska alternates
between wearing full pads and just
helmets and shoulder pads.
No practices will be held during
final exams to allow players to con
centrate on their studies, Osborne
said. Nebraska will depart for Miami
Christmas Day, he said.
The Cornhuskcrs began practicing
Friday in preparation for their Jan. 1
Orange Bowl game against the Mi
ami Hurricanes in Miami, Fla. Ne
braska had not practiced since defeat
ing Oklahoma 7-3 Nov. 19.