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One hour service $15.00, three hours and up, regular price. 1434“0” Street, Lincoln, Nebraska68508 Burgers - Steaks Salads - Sandwiches Nightly Drink Specials Big Red Pool Room 17 tables - darts - foosball Nightly Drink Specials All ages Welcome Until 8:00 PM Chesterfield s Introduces [UNDERGROUNDj DJ - Live Music - Dancing Wed-Sat 8:00-1:00 AM Nightly Drink Specials Lincoln's Alternative in Night Club Entertainment We've»Got Something for Everyone 13 &Q Gunnys' Building 475-8007 Mickey and Mikey Show opens to equal reviews By John Payne Senior Reporter___ Welcome to the Mickey and Mikey show, starring Nebraska junior quar terbacks Mickey Joseph and Mike Grant. The ratings have been high, the reviews good, but there has been word of an eventual breakup. At the end of spring practice both quarterbacks graded even, and little has changed since then, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. Osborne said that he would prefer not “shuttling quarterbacks in and out.’’ “1 guess if we had to, I’d rather to do it by quarters,’’ he said. Although he’s not completely opposed to the idea, the 6-fool-2,210 pound Grant also said he didn’t mind the idea of a platoon system, at least initially. “I’m not setting any timetable,’’ he said. “But a decision will have to made eventually. I don’t think it can go on for 11 games.’’ Although he and Joseph arc good friends, Grant says that hasn’t made it difficult to compete for a starting position. “I think we both have an on/off switch,’ ’ Grant said. “We arc friends, but if we went out there and didn’t compete, it would hurt the team.’’ Grant, who injured the collarbone in his throwing arm in last year’s Homecoming game against Iowa State, says he understands why the battle with Joseph is so close. “I think I do certain things well i-~ and he does certain other things well,” Grant said. The Tampa, Fla., native is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the in jury: “Right now it feels good,” he said. “We’ll see when it gets hit.” Th; 5-11, 180-pound Joseph played in eight games in the 1989 season, completing 4 of 12 passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. He was the Huskers’ sixth-leading rusher with 210 yards. Grant, who missed the team’s fi nal four games, played in five, com pleting 8 of 17 parses for 123 yards and two touchdowns. He had a 6.1 yard rushing average, carrying 27 times for 166 yards. Osborne said that who starts in the Sept. 1, home opener with Baylor would be determined by who grades the highest in two major scrimmages and one minor one. In Saturday’s first major scrim mage of the fall, Joseph, from Mar rero, La., was the second-leading rusher, carrying seven times for 39 yards and one touchdown, a 15-yard run. He completed 2 of 5 passes for 19 yards and no interceptions. Grant rushed four times for 22 yards and scored on an eight-yard run. He threw seven times, complet ing one for 21 yards. Osborne expressed pleasure with the offense’s execution regardless of who was calling the signals. “The offensive execution was probably as good or a little better than I expected,” he said. “We only had one or two turnovers at the most with the top two units. So that wasn ’ t bad. ’ ’ Michelle Paulmaii Daily Nebraskan Freshman graduate assistant coach and former Cornhusker quarterback Turner Gill signs autographs for fans during the team’s photo day. Turner Gill guides backs I in return to Husker turf By John Payne Senior Reporter It has been seven years since Nebraska football fans last watched Tumcr Gill’s familiar swagger across the Memorial Stadium turf. But you’d never guess that by looking at the swarm of admirers surrounding the former Nebraska quarterback at the football team’s annual Photo Day Aug. 10. Gill, arguably the best ever to play his position at Nebraska, returned to Lincoln in July to lake an assistant coaching position with the junior varsity squad. He will be working with the running backs and quarter backs this fall. As Nebraska’s quarterback from 1981 to 1983, he led the Cornhuskers to three straight Big Eight champion ships - a feat not accomplished be fore or since No. 12 triggered the offense - and came within an eyelash of winning national championships his junior and senior seasons. While teammate Mike Ro/.icr went on to win the Hcisman Trophy and wingback Irving Fryar was the first player chosen in the NFL draft, Okla homa coach Barry Swit/cr repeat edly said Gill was the one who con cerned him. Gill says he knows Nebraska Ians t still arc appreciative: | “There’s a definite recognition | here,” he said. “At times that makes § it a little hard to do the job, but all the attention is just part of being an ath lete. “On the other hand, I was already familiar with the offense, so it made it a little easier to step into the job. This is a good place to get myself estab lished in coaching. I wanted to get the immediate experience.’’ Gill received his bachelor’s de gree from the University of North Texas this year, and on June 11 he and his wife, Gayle, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Jordan Hillcry. While studying, he worked as a volunteer assistant coach at North Texas. Will Gill try to emulate Tom Osborne’s coaching style? “I think that there will be similarities there,” he said, “because our personalities arc pretty similar. We’re both kind of reserved, we don’t get real excited about things." Gill played in two narrow victo ries over rival Oklahoma -- 28-24 in 1982 and 28-21 in 1983 - and two memorable losses - 27-24 at Penn See GILL on 27