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During their first three games,
which were ail at Boulder, Colo.,
Colorado players would point toward
the press box after making good
plays. Aunese, who had his own pri
vate box, would point back.
But now, the pointing is over. The
Buffs know what needs to be done,
and they know how to do it. The
tribute to Aunese at Washington
won’t be the last
Before his death, Aunese told his
mother to pass along one wish to his
former teammates: to bring the Or
ange Bowl trophy back to Boulder.
If Colorado players and coaches
needed any more inspiration before
Aunese’s death - which is doubtful -
they now have it. That’s bad news for
upcoming opponents.
Last season, the Buffs lost 7-0 to
Nebraska. Colorado tailback J.J.
Flannigan fumbled the ball in the
(men field on his way to the end zone,
eliminating one touchdown against
the Comhuskers.
The Buffs later turned the ball
over inside the Nebraska 30-yard line
to end another scoring opportunity.
• Against Oklahoma, Colorado
missed a field goal at the end of the
game that would have tied it
Two mistakes, no Orange Bowl.
$o far this season, Colorado has
played virtually mistake-free.
Colorado sports information di
rector David Plati has designated the
Nebraska game as Sal Aunese Day.
His jersey, No. 8, will be retired that
day, and the Buffs undoubtedly will
play in all black uniforms, as they did
two years ago against the Huskers.
Last Saturday in the press box, a
member of Nebraska’s sports infor
mation office told me he thought it
was “tacky” for Colorado to milk
Aunese’s death for an emotional
edge.
Tacky? Aunese’s dying wish was
for his teammates to win the confer
ence and bring home an Orange Bowl
championship. Plati is doing only
what any sports information director
in America would do. He’s waiting
for the most potentially emotional
moment, in the school’s biggest
game of the year, to pay tribute to a
team leader.
If former Husker auarterback
Turner Gill would have died during
his Nebraska career, would Nebraska
officials have honored him during the
Kansas State game? Of course not It
would have been at the Oklahoma
game.
The game against Nebraska will
be one of the most emotion-filled
games in college football this year.
Colorado’s fans, which are not the
most congenial folks around, will be
in their usual fine form, throwing
bottles, rocks and obscenities at
Nebraska fans.
Husker fans are not advised to
wear red for this one.
The game, which tentatively is
scheduled for 3 p.m. Nov. 4 in Boul
der, won’t be a fun one for Nebras
kans. It probably won’t be fun for
Husker players, either.
Losses never are.
Green is • senior news-editorial mqjor, is
a First Down Magazine co-editor and is a
sports senior reporter.
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Pete Strudwick delivers a speech titled, “Dare To Win.” Strudwick is the author of a book titled,
“Come Run With Me.”
Distance runner’s defiant attitude '
lets him ‘Dare to Win’ despite odds
By Chris Hopfensperger
Staff Reporter
Pete Strudwick was born with legs
that end in stumps just past tne
ankles, a left hand that only has a
thumb and one finger, and a right arm
that stops at the wrist.
But that did not stop him from
running in the Pike's Peak marathon
and more than 800 distance races.
And it also did not stop him from
delivering a pair of speeches Tuesday
in the Nebraska Union.
During his evening presentation,
"Winners and Losers: That’s Us?"
Strudwick spoke about the ingredi
ents runners need to be successful. He
also spoke about the thousands of
miles he has traveled since he began
telling his story.
His morning presentation was
titled "Dare to Win." The speeches,
which were co-sponsored by the Of
fice of Campus Recreation and the
Univeisity Health Center, were part
of the Steinhart Lecture Series.
Strudwick said his speaking en
gagements have taken him around the
world - and farther.
Strudwick’s second speech cen
tered on his secrets of DARE - which
stands for diet, attitude, rest and exer
cise. It also focused on tenacity,
imagination, motivation, discipline
and self-control, abilities he said he
learned in a “failure of courage” in
1953. .
“I was afraid to have another
human being look at me and find me
lacking,” Strudwick said. “I
could’ve turned my back to the wall,
could’ve blown my brains out.
“But I knew that if I did that I had
no more opportunities, no more sun
sets, no more mountains. I made a
decision to stand up and walked out
and faced the world head-on.”
Strudwick’s birth defects were
caused by measles that his mother
caught during pregnancy. She de
cided to have her child even though
doctors recommended that he be
destroyed because he was deformed.
As part of his evening presenta
tion, Strudwick showed his audience
of 50 people a film entitled “The
Human Race.” In the film, his
mother reacts to the doctor’s sugges
tion by saying “I will have this child
and if he is deformed, he will just
have to fight like all the others.”
Strudwick said his mother’s deft
ance helped him face the challenges
of life and long-distance running.
The film also dramatized
Strudwick’s first marathon, in 1969,
in which he finished last among the
1,500 participants. He was so far
behind that the finish line had been
taken down and only his his wife and
children remained for his finish.
Strudwick said he was not discour
aged by his performance.
“We’re all winners and losers
every moment of our lives,” he said.
“We have to decide to go for the win
or settle for the loss.”
JAYHAWKS from Page 6
lightly, because Colorado is capable
of beating us,” he said.
After Nebraska's two weekend
matches against Hawaii, the Huskers
will have one day of practice before
traveling to play the Cyclones.
Cook said the Iowa State match is
a concern. Although the Cyclones are
winless in all 30 matches against
Nebraska, he said the trip to Ames
will be tough.
“That may be our stiffest road
challenge in our conference,” he
said.
He said it will be difficult because
the preceding matches against Ha
waii in addition to a four-hour bus
ride to Ames, Iowa, could prove tire
some.
Code also said Iowa State always
creates a lot of hype whenever the
Huskers play there. He said last year
it televised the match statewide and
he thinks it might do the same this
year.
‘ ‘‘When Nebraska comes to town
it's a big deal." Cook said.
SCHULTZ from Page 7
on yet another project which he said
could start soon. tie described the
project as a voluntary “certifica
tion” program in which universities
would set down guidelines that would
compare athletes to the rest of the
student population in terms of aca
demics and conduct
The program, which would be
done in conjunction with a manda
tory self-study, is being designed to
keep graduation rates as well as the
everyday life of the athlete as compa
rable as possible to the “normal”
student
The NCAA would then examine
the results and either “your program
will pass muster and we’ll certify it,
or it won’t be certified,” <Schultz
said.
Schultz said the NCAA is count
ing on a volunteer from each confer
ence and the idea that academic cer
tification would be desirable to
schools from a recruiting standpoint
The organization also js planning
legislation because of a study of
4,000 Division I athletes who said
that their time was too limited be
cause of their sport, Schultz said.
The athletes, all football and bas
ketball players, said they felt isolated
from the rest of the student body.
Schultz said. He said that within 4 * the
next year or two" something would
be done, possibly including practice
restraints to "limit the demands on
athletes."
UNL Chancellor and NCAA
Presidents Commission Chairman
Martin Massengale announced after
the start of commission meetings this
week that the NCAA would look to
shorten spring football practice and
the basketball season.
Also on the drawing board are
more ways to help athletes with fi
nancial need, which would include
need based items such as trips home
and other allowances.
4 ’That scholarship for some kids is
all they’ve got," Schultz said, 44so I
would support that (need-based aid).
‘‘My feeling is that we bring the
athletes in. Wc recruit them, they
ought to be able to live like the aver
age student"
