lberts has tools to make an impact j
house and offered me a scholarship.
“That’s when I decided I might
want to look at Nebraska.”
Alberts said he wasn’t sure where
he would be playing when he was
recruited, as he was told he could be
playing inside or outside linebacker.
He began his career as the inside
position, but moved outside last fall.
He has since battled for the fifth and
final spot on the traveling squad be
hind Mike Crocl, Travis Hill, David
White and Dan Svehla.
Alberts said the Nebraska coaches
had a good reason for moving him.
“They needed to move one of us,”
Alberts said. “I was taller and skin
nier than most of the other guys, so it
was me.”
Alberts said he likes his new posi
tion.
‘' I enjoy playing outside a lot more
than inside. It’s just a lot more fun,”
he said. “You get to rush the quarter
back.
‘ ‘Inside all you’re doing is getting
beat up all the time.”
Alberts said he also is enjoying
spring football much more than last
fall, when he was a redshirt.
“Spring bdll gives you the oppor
tunity to show what you can do,” he
said. ‘ ‘The coaches look at everyone,
and evaluate everyone. It’s a lot eas
ier to impress them and, hopefully,
move up.”
Alberts said his redshirt season
had its advantages.
“I was going against the No. 1
offense every day,” he said. “Even
though sometimes I was just holding
bags, I still was able to get the feel of
how the varsity went, get adjusted,
and get my confidence up to where I
felt I could play against someone of
that caliber.”
Alberts said one thing he wasn’t
prepared for is Saturday’s spring game,
which will be witnessed by the largest
crowd he has ever played in front of.
A crowd of about 30,000 is expected
for the contest, which begins at 1:30
p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
“Fvc never played in front of that
many people,” Alberts said. “I’m a
little nervous about it.
“Really I just want to continue
learning the system. That’s my big
gest problem right now is learning the
plays.”
At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Alberts
has the tools to make an impact for
Nebraska, Huskcr outside lineback
ers coach Tony Samuel said.
“Trev has real good speed and
very good balance. He is a strong and
bright kid,” Samuel said. “He’s got a
chance to be a pretty good player.”
Samuel said he isn’t surprised by
Alberts’ success.
“I expected this,” he said. “Trev
didn’t expect it, but I did.
“Right now, he just needs a lot of
repetition and that’s what he is get
ting in spring ball.” I
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chance to scrutinize starting prospects
By unucK Green
Senior Reporter
Saturday’s annual red-white scrim
mage will be, as usual, a time for
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne
to see what he has to work with next
fall.
One of the most scrutinized spots
will be the race for quarterback. Gerry
Gdowski, last year’s starter, will gradu
ate this May and was drafted by the
National Football League’s New
Orleans Saints.
Mike Grant and Mickey Joseph,
both juniors, are listed as the top
prospects at quarterback. Grant will
start for the red team, while Joseph
will start for the whites.
Both players have shared the No.
1 -spot on the depth chart throughout
most of the spring drills. Grant re
mjured his shoulder during the first
week of drills, aggravating an injury
he suffered late last season.
Grant said he doesn’t expect the
shoulder to affect his play Saturday.
Another area of concern is the
offensive backficld. Last year’s start
ers at fullback and I-back have used
up their eligibility.
Leodis Flowers is all alone at the
top of the latest Huskcr depth chart in
the I-back spot, with Scott Baldwin,
Terry Rodgers and George Achola
behind him.
Tim Johnk and Omar Solo share
the No. 1 position at fullback.
Nate Turner and Tyrone Hughes
are the top two contenders at wing
back, while Jon Bostick and Mark
Dowse will battle for the No. 1 spot at
split end.
Defensively, one of the biggest
concerns for Huskcr coaches is re
building the interior line. All three
starters from last season have used
their eligibility.
Kenny Walker is listed at the top
spot al right tackle, while Joe Sims is
the No. 1 player on the right side. Pat
Engelbert is at the top of the depth
chart at middle guard.
David White and Mike Croel are
listed at the top at the outside line
backer positions, while Pat Tyrance
and Mike Petko are the No. 1 players
on the inside spots.
Nebraska’s secondary returns all
four starters from last season, but the
No. 1 spots are not solidified. Alright
comerback, Tahaun Lewis and Ty
rone Legetlc arc the top contenders,
while Bruce Pickens is the No. 1
player on the left side. Reggie Cooper
and Tyrone Byrd arc the safeties.
Earlier this week, several players
missed practice because of injuries.
Turner had a hip pointer and a bruised
groin; offensive tackle Terry Eyman
had a thigh bruise; offensive tackle
Tom Punt suffered a shoulder injury;
and split end Vernon Powell suffered
a bruised shoulder.
None of the players are expected
to miss the red-white game.
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Continued from Page 6
In another Husker two-out rally,
Nebraska countered when Kristin
Davidson scored from second after an
errant throw to first by shortstop Karyn
Rice on a half hit by Michelle Cudde
ford during the fifth inning.
Aside from giving up the home
run, Wolforth said he was pleased
with Skcgas, who upped her record to
a career high of 19-6.
Skegas gave up five hits, struck
out three and surrendered an inten
tional walk.
“That one pitch was a rise ball,
and she has had some trouble with
that,” Wolforth said, “but she kept
us in it.”
Nebraska has now won five straight,
going into home dual games with
Iowa State and Oklahoma on Satur
day and Sunday to close the regular
season.
On those days, Nebraska plays
Oklahoma State at noon and Iowa
State at 4 p.m. Kansas also will play
dual games with those two teams to
conclude the conference regular sea
son schedule.
The tournament’s top seed will be
decided this weekend as Oklahoma
State leads the conference, Kansas is
second and Nebraska third.
All games this weekend arc free to
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln stu
dents who show their student ID cards.
Calvin
Continued from Page 6
won in three sets in the first round. At
No. 1 doubles, Tyggum and Collins
defeated Sonja Panajotovic and Elke
Schaumberg of Colorado. 6-4, 6-2.
Gubaand Flannery skunked Missouri's
Allison Felton and Courtney Carith
ers, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 2. Quinn and
Coutretsis completed the round witn
a 6-1,7-5 win over Colorado’s team
at No. 3.
The Huskers are only five points
away from bettering their 1989 poinjl
total of 77. Nebraska could add 27
more points.
If any Huskers win titles today,
they would be the lirst individual
champions for second-year coach
Gregg Calvin.
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By Chris Hopfensperger
Staff Reporter
Last spring, Trev Alberts was an
Iowa high school senior who was
planning on making his childhood
dreams come true by playing football
at the University of Iowa.
That was before Nebraska called.
“1 had done just about everything
but commit,” Alberts, a redshirt fresh
man for the Cornhuskers, said. ‘ ‘ I had
told them (Iowa) I planned on com
ing, and they planned on having me,
because I hadn’t been recruited by
Nebraska.”
Alberts said that all changed when
someone sent Nebraska an article about
him. He said the article prompted
Huskcr recruiters to request his high
light tape, and also prompted a visit
from former Nebraska linebackers
coach John Melton.
“Coach Melton called my coach
and told me they were interested in
me,” Alberts said. “It was about three
nights later when he came to my
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