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Nebraskan
Saturday, December 17,1988
Nebraska’s Jeff Coltuet has control (but just barely) over his Sowa State opponent during last Saturday’s dual. Coltuet
defeated ISU’s Bobby Thompsan, 9-7, to help lead Nebraska to a 19-14 victory over Iowa State.
Neumann expects tough time against (JSu
By Steve Sipple
Senior Reporter
Lust Saturday, Nebraska’s wres
tling team scored a dual victory
against fawn Stale for the first time in
37 years.
This Saturday, Nebraska will try
to end 67 years of dual frustration
against Oklahoma Suite. Cornhusker
coach Tim Neumann said he was
being realistic when asked about his
team’s chances of break ing the losing
string.
‘ ‘I don’t think so,’ ’ said Neumann,
who is 0-3 against the Cowboys in his
three years as Huskcr coach. “This is
the best team I’ve seen since I’ve
been involved college wrestling.”
The 16ih-rankcd Huskers, 1-0-1 in
dual competition, will get an oppor
tunity to defeat top-ranked Okla
homa Suite, 5-0, when the teams mcci
at 7:30 p.m. in the track area of the
Bob Dcvaney Sports Center.
Neumann said the Cowboys maj
be invisible.
“This year, it’s going to take t
grenade in the locker room for any
thing to go wrong for them,” he said
But Neumann said he may havi
just the team to bomb the Cowboys
who return six All-Americas fron
last year’s team that finished 1st it
the Big Eight and 4th in the nation.
“ I don ’t want to say we don ’ t hav<
a chance,” he said. “Seven or eigh
matches will be real donnybrooks
They’ll be good, hard-fough
matches.”
Neumann became even more opti
mistic w hen he learned of injuries to
two ol Oklahoma State’s reluming
All-Americans - nS-pound starter
Wes While and 177-pound staricr
Chris Barnes. White is suffering f rom
neck spasms and Barnes is hatllmg a
rih injury. Both wrestlers sustained
their in juries at the Las Vegas Invita
tional Dec. 2 and L
“That’s great. Wonderful,” Neu
mann said when told of the injuries.
Oklahoma State is expected to
replace White and Barnes with Jeff
McAllister (J58 pounds) and Dan
Niebuhr (177 pounds). Neumann said
the absence of Barnes and White
won t rum me c owooys.
“They’re going to lose a little hit,
bul those two guys (McAllister and
Niebuhr) would make the lineup of
95 percent of the teams in the coun
u-y ” . .
Nebraska look advantage ol inju
ries to two Iowa Stale starters in its
19-14 victory at the sports center.
Tim Krieger, a 150-pound former
National Collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation champion, and Eric Voelkcr,
a 190-pound wrestler, missed the
dual with riband leg injuries, respec
tively.
Neumann said defeating the Cow
boys will be more difficult than
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“ISIJ had a couple of holes where
we knew we would win at a weight or
two,” he said. “For this meet, I’m
not KX) percent sure of victories at
any of the weights.”
The victory against Iowa State
gave Nebraska added confidence
going into Saturday’s match, Neu
mann said. He said he feels more
comfortable going into this week
end’s match than he did heading into
the Iowa State dual.
“Honestly, 1 didn’t sleep much
before the ISIJ dual,” he said. “Now
See COWBOYS on 9
_ Nebraska (#16) vs. Oklahoma State (#1) SB
Tonight, 7:30 p.m.
Bob Devaney Sports Center
1 E5 Jim Sanchez (II-6) —118-Cory Baze (13-1-1) m|
M Jason Kelber (13*5) -126--Kendall Cross (10-0)
Dave Droegemueller (6-4) --134 Chuck Barbee (12 2) HM ;
Layne Billings (10-5)--142- Charles Royer (7-3) vM
i E£3 Paul Herrera (3-3) 150 -Todd Chesbro (13-2) fSM |
i K| Jeff Coitvet (11-4) -158 Jeff McAllister (9-4) Bfl :
Kfl Scott Chenoweth (11-3 1) --167 -Mike Farrell i16 0) kfl
HmL Cody Olson (9-3) --177 -Dan Niebuhr (9-2)
Tommy Robbins (9-5) 190-Randy Couture (14-2) ^
i HHH Sonny Manley (12-5*1) -Hwt-Don Frye (9-5-1)
Miami coach
says Huskers
are ‘challenge’
By Mike KJuck
Staff Reporter
Miami (Fla.) has already played
the current No. 1 team in the nation.
In addition, it has defeated a previous
top-ranked team, the Southwest con
ference champion, the Big Ten con
ference champion and the Southeast
conference runner up.
But in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2,
Miami coach jimmy Johnson said,
his team will have the biggest chal
lenge of the season when they face
Big Eight champion Nebraska.
“Outside of one quarter of their
year I feel (the Comhuskcrs are) one
of the best teams in the nation,”
Johnson said in a press conference via
telephone from Miami. “Outside of
that one quarter, they arc a lop team in
the country.”
Miami defeated pre-season No. 1
Florida State 31-0, Big Ten cham
pion Michigan 31-30, Southeast
Conference runner-up Louisiana
Stale 44-3, Southwest Conference
champion Arkansas 18-16 and lost to
top-ranked Notre Dame 31 -30.
Now the Hurricanes face another
perennial power. And Johnson said
Nebraska and Miami both have a
claim to be the national champion if
Notre Dame falters in the Jan. 2 Sunk
isl-Fiesta Bowl against West Vir
ginia.
II Noire Dame loses, people ihen
should vote for ihe learn ihcy feel is
ihe hesi in ihe nation,” Johnson said.
“Now thal could be Miami. Ne
braska or West Virginia. I'm jtisi
trying to bring to the attention ol the
voters they should vote for the best
team in the nation.”
Johnson said Miami was ihe
underdog entering last season's Or
ange Bow because it was 2nd-ranked
and Oklahoma was ranked No. 1. He
said the Hurricanes should also be
considered underdogs this season
even though they are ranked higher
than Nebraska.
“Against Nebraska, we’ll proba
bly have our most difficult lime,”
Johnson said. “Their strengths match
well against our weaknesses. We
have a very difficult assignment.
“It is a rare occasion for Nebraska
to be the underdog. (Nebraska coach)
Tom Osborne knows this, but deep
down he knows how strong his team
matches up against our team.”
Johnson said he is worried Miami
will become complacent because of
its role as favorite.
He also said Nebraska’s si/e con
cerns him. The Hurricanes’ offensive
line averages 265 pounds while the
Huskcr interior defensive line aver
ages 280 pounds.
“I’m just trying to gel something
to compact Tom’s talk about home
field advantage,” Johnson joked.
Osborne said Tuesday in his press
conference thal Miami has an advan
tage because the Orange Bowl is
where the Hurricanes play their regu
lar-season games. Johnson said he
doesn’t think there is a home-field
advantage in a major bowl game.
Husker declared ineligible for this season
By Mark Derow itsch
Senior Reporter
Nebraska men's basketball coach
Danny Nee announced Friday that
Comhusker freshman Carl Hayes
was declared academically ineligible
for the 1988-89 season.
Nee said Haves is now considered
a Proposition48 victim, and will have
to pay for his education at Nebraska.
“The NCAA declared him ineli
gible,” Nee said. “I just don’t under
stand it.”
Nebraska assistant Athletic Direc
tor for Administrative Services Al
Jftapik said last month that the NCAA
transcripts. Apparently, the NCAA
had a question with his core courses
he took in high school, Papik said He
also said the NCAA had Hayc*? file in
October.
Hayes said he wasn’t looking for
ward to hearing the NCAA’s deci
sion. 0
“I didn’t want to find out because
I knew something bad was going to
happen,” Hayes said. “I can’t do
anything about it now, I guess.”
But unlike most Proposition 48
players, Hayes will be able to gel
some financial aid, Nee said.
“We’re in the process, of getting
financ ial aid for him,” Nee said. ‘‘ He
a national student loan."
Nee also said Hayes, a 6-foot-8
forward from Chicago, can gel a pari
limc job during the school year and
during semester break.
" He’s not under the jurisdiction of
the NCAA," Nee said. "All he has to
do is (complete) 24 hours and have a
2.0 (grade point) average to regain his
eligibility."
Hayes, who hasn’t declared «
major, said his school work has gone
well.
"This semester, I believe my
grade point average is between a 2.5
and a 3.0," he said.
Hayes said he has no plans of drop
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junior college.
“I plan to come back for the sec
ond semester,” Hayes said. “I’m
goin$lo slay at Nebraskatfie whole
four flairs. ’ ’ ^
Until next season, Hayes said he
will work out with Lewis Jeter, an
other Husker Proposition 48'player.
“I can’t practice with the others,
but I’ve been lilting weights,” Hayes
said. ‘‘I need to get bigger and
stronger so I’m working hard.
“I worked out with Lewis - we’ve
shot around at the Colise um a couple
limes. We’ll probably lift weights
together, too.’
senior year at Westchester St. Joseph
High School, averaging 22 points and
nine rebounds per game. For his ef
forts, Hayes was named the most
valuable player in the East Suburban
Catholic League.
Nee said Hayes’ situation isn’t as
bad as it appears.
“He’s doing well academically.’
Nee said. “He has to sit out for a year,
but it’s over half done. In another lour
months, it’s over.’’
Hayes, who is from the same high
as Husker guard Clifford Seales and
Detroit Piston guard Isiah Thomas,
recorded SO blocked shots and SO
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