KRNU to broadcast new pre-game show
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
A new pre-game show, covering a wide
variety of topics, will air prior to Nebraska’s
game against Northern Illinois on Saturday.
Rick Alloway, a broadcasting instructor in
the College of Journalism, said Thursday that
the program, which is titled Turf Talk, is
unique because it will provide listeners with
scores and features in addition to previewing
Nebraska’s upcoming opponents. The hour
long program will make its season debut Satur
day at 12:35 p.m. on KRNU, located at 90.3
FM.
Alloway said Turf Talk is different than any
other pre-game program presented by KRNU
because of its comprehensiveness. He said the
program will strive to keep listeners aware of a
wide variety of topics, including high school,
college and National Football League scores,
player and team updates, and occasionally will
feature areas of interest on the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln campus.
Alloway said the program also is unique
because it will air on home and away football
Saturdays. He said previous programs did not
air when Nebraska was playing an away foot
ball game.
The program is the brainchild of Tim Wash
bum, a senior broadcasting major who is
KRNU’s sports coordinator. Washburn will be
assisted by three fellow broadcasting majors -
seniors Shawn Mcllnay, David Korpi and Joe
Swift.
Alloway said he does not know how many
listeners the new program will draw.
“Unfortunately, we don’t have any way of
rating the station,’’ he said. “We don’t have
any way of telling how many people are listen
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Alloway said the program will have one
advantage because it is associated with
KRNU’s new format. He said the station has
had a significant increase in telephone calls
since it scrapped its top-40 format and adopted
an alternative format this year.
“Hopefully, a few of those listeners will
stick around and listen,” Alloway said.
“We’re hoping the show develops its own
following.”
Alloway said he and Washburn are toying
with the idea of developing several additional
sports shows. He said the shows include a
monthly program that would allow listeners to
call in to talk to media members, and a sports
calendar which would keep listeners informed
about all other Nebraska sporting events.
Alloway said all the programs may not be
aired because Washburn and his staff have
other commitments. He said the KRNU sports
staff has a commitment to fulfill its instruc
tional air time, and also must provide audio
service for the Husker Hotline. The Husker
Hotline is a free service which provides taped
comments from Nebraska players and coaches
for media members.
“Their schedules are already preuy full,”
Alloway said, “so anything else they do is on
their own time.”
Alloway said he does not view any of the
programs as competition. He said the programs
are not aimed at drawing listeners away from
KFAB, an Omaha-based station which also
broadcasts Nebraska football games.
“First and foremost, we’re here for an edu
cational experience,” Alloway said. “The
more people we have listening the more bene
ficial it is, but we’re certainly not in a competi
tive station.”
NU to compete in Runza Invitational
By Darran Fowler
Senior Reporter
Being consistently ranked among
the nation’s top teams is a tough repu
tation to uphold for the Nebraska
volleyball team, coach Terry Pettit
said.
Pettit, whose Cornhuskers are
ranked seventh in the American Vol
leyball Coaches Association poll,
said his team’s strong reputation
means the Huskers can expect a
strong challenge from Houston in this
weekend’s Runza Invitational.
“Against good teams, we’re al
ways in a situation where some
body’s trying like heck to beat us,”
Pettit said. “Whfen you are consis
tently in the lop six or seven in the
country, like wc arc, there’s a few
teams that are in a position to gain
more by beating you than you are by
beating them. It’s to their advan
tage.”
In addition to Houston, Bowling
Green and Kansas State will visit the
NU Coliseum this weekend to com
pete in the tournament.
Nebraska will face Bowling Green
at 8 p.m. tonight and will square off
against Houston at 5:15 p.m. Satur
day.
Tonight’s competition also in
cludes a Houston-Kansas State match
at 6 p.m. Houston and Bowling Green
will face each other at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, and Bowling Green and
Kansas State will follow at 3 p.m.
Nebraska will not play Big Eight foe
Kansas State.
Pettit said Houston is not the only
good team in the tournament. He said
the first meeting between Nebraska
and Bowling Green, which competes
in a different conference, also will be
good.
“It gives us the opportunity to
play against teams we don’t normally
see,’’ he said.
The series between Houston and
Nebraska is even at 2-2. Both teams
will enter the match with identical 2
0 records.
4 ‘They arc in a situation to gain the
most from coming here,’’ Pettit said,
“but anybody playing Nebraska can
gain from winning the match. You
can become nationally ranked if you
win.’’
Houston coach Bill Walton said
the Cougars play nationally ranked
teams 80 percent of the time.
“We were ranked in the top 20
two or three times,” he said. “We’re
pretty confident about our ability and
I don’t think we can worry about our
recognition.”
Walton, whose team finished sec
ond in the SouthwestConference last
season behind national champion
Texas, said the best way to get recog
nition is to be a team on the West
Coast.
He said unlike teams in the Big
Eight and Southwest conferences,
West Coast teams don’t have to win
their conferences to get recognition.
“If you lose here it’s like, ‘Well
you’re not a very good team,’” he
said. “So it doesn’t matter unless you
change conferences.”
Walton said Houston has a chance
to challenge Texas for the conference
crown this year. He said he plans on
“experimenting” this weekend by
giving several players thc'opportu
nity to play.
“We’re not going to plan on los
ing,” he said, “but we’re not going to
jeopardize our chances of challeng
ing for the Southwest conference just
for the sake of winning one or two this
weekend.”
Walton said Houston’s 11-player
roster has depth.
SOFTBALL from Page 7
home runs (33), runs batted in (150)
and total bases (469).
Richens, who is now an assistant
coach at Nebraska, had a .252 career
batting average. The 94 runs she
scored are the third highest in Ne
braska history, and the 274 total bases
she amassed are the fifth highest
Wolforth said Nebraska will not
face a tougher pitcher than Sippel.
Wolforth said two Husker players
will not play. He said Kristin Vucure
vic, Nebraska’s only catcher, is out
for three weeks with a quadracep pull
and center fielder Kristin Davidson
has a broken hand.
Wolforth said he is trying out
sophomore first baseman Khara
Trenka and sophomore utility player
Misti Guenther at catcher. He said he
wants to find a position for Guenther
“because she probably is our best
player offensively.”
The Husker alumni team will fea
“Our strength is that we think wc
are fairly deep and we can go into that
11 pretty confidently,” he said.
Freshman setter Susan Rice of
Frankston, Australia, who was cap
tain of the junior national team, was
impressive in her first two collegiate
starts, Walton said. Rice has totaled
33 assists and seven kills for Houston.
Walton said injured starters Julie
Gates and Karen Bell are listed as
probable for this weekend.
Gales, a senior middle blocker, is
hampered by a bad back and Bell, a
sophomore outside hitter, is slowed
by a sprained ankle.
Bowling Green coach Denise Van
De Walle said the Falcons never have
played a team with Nebraska’s cali
ber.
“It’ll probably be one of the
toughest matches we’ve ever
played,” she said. “We’ve basically
played the toughest teams in the
Midwest, excluding Nebraska.”
Bowling Green finished 16-12 last
season and is 2-3 this year.
‘ ‘We really have an inexperienced
squad,” she said. “It’s probably one
of the youngest ones we’ve ever pul
out on the floor.”
lure members of last year’s team that
finished 32-28 and second in the Big
Eight.
Those players include catcher
Katy Wolda, third baseman Ruth
Chatwin, left fielder Jancllc Frcsc
and shortstop Jane Kremer.
Also playing for the Huskcr
alumni team are Cheryl Morrow,
1978 to 1980, Mori Emmons, 1981 to
1985, Cindy Aemi, 1980 to 1984,
Shelby Merlins, 1982 to 1986, Danita
Leidigh, 1980 to 1984, Heidi Schla
bach, 1984 to 1986, Deanne Carr,
1979 to 1982, Julie Dewing, 1975,
Jan Svoboda-Cheney, 1971, Ann
Schroeder, 1981 to 1985, Ann Wcg
mann, 1981 to 1983 and Deb Ellison,
1980 to 1982.
In addition, Leanna Miles, 1984 to
1988, Linda McCrea, 1977 to 1981,
Peggy Tilgner, 1971, Laura Lowe,
1977 to 1980, Kathy Foley, 1977 10
1980, Connie Gonyea, 1977 to 1980
and Dcnice Feidhaus, 1981 to 1985,
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I Pro teams waive former Cornhuskers
Five former Nebraska football
players, now members of profes
sional teams, were waived re
cently, including one who started
throughout last season.
The Cleveland Browns an
nounced Thursday that they had
waived safety Brian Washington.
Washington, who completed his
eligibility at Nebraska two years
ago, started lor Cleveland through
out last season.
Cleveland’s move is believed to
be the result of a new National
Football League rule which re
quires players who were placed on
the disabled list before the season
begins to spend the entire year on it
or clear waivers before they can
begin playing. Washington was
placed on the disabled hst earlier
this week with a thumb injury.
The remaining former Ne
braska players who were waived
included defensive tackle Willie
Griffin by the Tampa Bay Bucca
neers and linebacker LeRoy
Etienne by the New York Giants.
Runningback Jeff Smith and quar
terback Bruce Mathison also were
waived by the Green Bay Packers.
I NETV will air UNL softball Sept. 15
I The Nebraska Educational
Television Network announced
Thursday that it will televise the
Nebraska softball team's game
against Kearney State on Sept. 15.
The 90’minute program will air
at 9 p.m on channel 12.