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Oklahoma soars,
Colorado tumbles
in latest AP poll
The Associated Press
The Sooners soared and the Pan
thers plunged in The Associated Press
college football poll this week.
After routing Pittsburgh 52-10,
Oklahoma rose three spots to No. 11
and Pitt fell 12 places to No. 25. The
Panthers almost dropped out of the
rankings, just edging Fresno State by
one point for the final spot.
Nebraska, idle last Saturday, re
mained No. 8.
Colorado, a 23-22 loser to Illinois,
fell from ninth to 20lh, its lowest
ranking since last year’s prcscason
poll.
The Buffaloes, who had a perfect
regular season in 1989, arc off to a
rough start this year. They tied Ten
nessee in their opener and needed a
last-minute touchdown to beat Stan
ford before losing to Illinois, which
jumped six spots to No. 15.
Notre Dame strengthened its hold
on No. 1 with a season-opening vic
tory over Michigan.
The Fighting Irish, who rallied to
beat the Wolverines 28-24 Saturday
night, received 44 first-place votes
and 1,480 points from a nationwide
panel of sports writers and broadcast
ers. That’s seven more first-place votes
and 29 points than last week.
Florida State moved past Auburn
into second after routing Georgia
Southern 48-6. The Seminoles got 10
first-place voles and 1,385 points,
while Auburn, which beat Mississippi
24-10, received four first-place votes
and 1,382 points.
Brigham Young rose one spot to
No. 4 after overcoming a 22-point
halftime deficit to beat Washington
State 50-36. BYU was the top team
on two ballots and received 1,236
total points.
Also moving up a notch were
Southern Cal, to No. 5, and Tennes
see, to No. 6. Southern Cal beat Penn
Stale 19-14 and Tennessee crushed
Tcxas-El Paso 56-0.
Michigan fell from No. 4 to No. 7
after losing to Notre Dame for the
fourth straight year. Miami, which
rebounded from an opening loss to
BYU with a 52-24 win over Califor
nia, rose one place to No. 9. Virginia
Kansas State, CU
have Big Eight
players of week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Tail
back Patrick Jackson was named Big
Eight Offensive Player of the Week
after rushing for a career-high 156
yards and tying a Kansas State record
with four touchdowns.
Jackson, a senior, averaged 7.4
yards a carry Saturday in a 5z-7 vic
tory over New Mexico State. His four
touchdowns lied a mark set in 1969
by Mack Herron and lied in 1971 by
Bill Butler.
Pat really got it turned loose and
made it possible for us to get a run
ning game established,” said Kansas
State coach Bill Snyder. “His versa
tility continues to be a big bonus for
our team.”
Jackson won the honor in a split
decision by a media panel over Mis
souri's Ronnell Kayhill, who rushed
for 93 yards in 12 carries and scored
three touchdowns in a 45-10 victory
over Utah Slate.
Greg Biekert, a sophomore line
backer for Colorado, was named the
conference’s defensive player of the
week for his 20 tackles in a 23-22 loss
to Illinois.
Biekert registered a school-record
19 solo tackles and had the school’s
iirst safety in 12 years.
Our defense is solid,” said Colo
rado coach Bill McCartney. “Our
kids played hard, and the defense
played well enough to win. Greg’s
making rapid development at inside
linebacker. It’s exciting when you
realize the kid is only a sophomore.”
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Press Top
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1 Notre Dame
2 Florida St.
3 Auburn
4BYU
5 Southern Cal
6 Tennessee
7 Michigan
8 Nebraska
9 Miami
10 Virginia
11 Oklahoma
12 Texas A&M
13 Arkansas
14 Houston
15 Illinois
16 Ohio St.
17 Clemson
18 Arizona
19 Florida
20 Colorado
21 Washington
22 Texas
23 Arizona St.
24 Michigan Si
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moved up a spot to No. 10 after rout
ing Navy 56-14.
Oklahoma is 11th, followed by
Texas A&M, Arkansas, Houston, Il
linois, Ohio State,Clemson, Arizona,
Florida and Colorado. Rounding out
the top 25 arc Washington, Texas,
Arizona Slate, Michigan State and
Pittsburgh.
Florida’s 17-13 victory over Ala
bama pushed the Gators up five places
to No. 19 and Houston’s 51-35 win
over Texas Tech lifted the Cougars
up four spots to No. 14. Michigan
State dropped from 19th to 24th after
lying Syracuse 23-23.
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men’sand women's racquefball
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the East Campus Activities
Building.
By Chris Hopfensperger
Senior Reporter
Several Comhusker football play
ers, held out of Friday’s scrimmage,
returned to the field Monday.
To Nebraska coach Tom Osborne,
that was reason for optimism.
“The guys we held out last week
practiced,” he said. “Some of them
aren’t real healthy, but at least they’re
out here.”
Osborne said Reggie Cooper, Lance
Lewis, Mike Grant, and Tyrone Byrd
were ail allowed topractice in prepa
ration for Saturday’s game against
Minnesota.
“It was a fair practice today,” he
said. “The weather probably helped
them a little bit.”
One player who practiced, how
ever, won’t be playing against the
Golden Gophers.
Nate Turner, who missed the
Huskcrs’ first two games after break
ing his collarbone, will sit out again
this weekend, Osborne said.
“They’re saying ... they want to
hold him out another week, so that’s
disappointing.”
It is also disappointing for Turner
who, last fall, missed three regular
season games with a pulled leg muscle
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healthy, but at least
they’re out here.
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and the Fiesta Bowl with a pulled
quadricep muscle.
This year, the junior wingback broke
his collarbone during the second day
of fall practice while diving for a pass
on the turf.
“I’m disappointed, but there’s
nothing I can do about it,” Turner
said. ‘‘They’re scared. They don’t
want me taking that chance of break
ing it again.I can’t wait to play though.
Practice and games are totally differ
ent.
“You work hard and then it’s time •
for the game. I’ve worked so hard all
this time, I’m just waiting for a game
to come along that I can play in.’’
Turner said neither this injury nor
his history of injuries are going to
make him think twice.
“All I can do is play as hard as I
can and pray for the best,’’ he said.
“There’s no need to be extra careful.
I’m a football player. If something is
going to happen, something is just
going to happen.
“I’m going to go all out no matter
what.’’
Tumer is back on the regular work
out program and practicing with the
team. But earlier, he said, the team’s
practices were loo hard to stand through
because he wanted to play so badly.
However, he has been on the side
lines during the Huskers’ first two
games and said he will be there again
this Saturday.
“During the games is fun,” Turner
said. “You can cheer more during
games than during practice. During
practice, you can just give encour
agement.”
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In his only carry of this season, junior fullback Robert Glantz scored his first Nebraska career
touchdown on this 12-yard play against Northern Illinois. After a week off, the Cornhuskers
ploy Minnesota Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Teammates, roommates both get playing time
By John Adkisson
Staff Reporter
Nikki Strieker and Laura Luther
have been getting their trials by fire.
Strieker and Luther, two freshmen
on the Nebraska volleyball team, have
seen playing time for the top-ranked
Comhuskers this season against top
notch competition.
Strieker, an outside hitter from
Lincoln East, has played in each of
Nebraska’s seven matches. She has
earned extensive playing time in wins
over then No. 1 UCLA and No. 2
Hawaii. Strieker also served the final
point of last weekend’s Baden-Mizuno
Invitational with an acc against
Wyoming.
Nebraska assistant coach John Cook
said that Strieker has showed poise in
the big matches.
“For a freshman, she has done an
exceptional job for us,” Cook said.
“She has served well and also played
good defense. I’m not sure that an
other freshman at Nebraska has ever
come in and played so well so soon. ’’
Strieker said adjusting to the speed
of the college- level game has been
her biggest concern.
“It’s a lot faster than high school,
and you have to do twice as much on
the court,” she said.
Strieker said her ultimate goal is to
move to setter position, now occu
Ried by senior All-American Val
lovak. ‘‘I can just watch Val and
sec what I need to improve on,”
Strieker said, ‘i s till have so much to
learn.”
Luther, an outside hitter from Grand
Island, got her first collegiate kill
Friday against Texas A&M.
“That was fun,” Luther said. ‘‘I
wasn’t really nervous at all.”
Luther said that playir g in front of
the large crowd at the NU Coliseum
didn’t faze her.
“I didn’t even notice the crowd,”
Luther said. “You’ve got to block
them out and focus on what you’re
doing ”
Although Luther has not seen as
much playing time as Strieker has
this season, Cook said that Luther
also holds promise; especially, he said
jokingly, if Nebraska strength and
conditioning coach Boyd Epley
strengthens her. “I think she’s going
to be a great player,” Cook said. “If
Boyd Epley does his job, she’ll be an
All-American.”
Strieker and Luther were both All
State in high school, but both said that
previous awards don’t matter when
playing at Nebraska.
“They don’t treat you any differ
ent,” Luther said. “You’re just an
other player, and the team and the
coaching staff help you any way they
can.”
Strieker and Luther arc roommates
and support each other.
“I can let her know what I’m think
ing, and she can let me know the
same,” Luther said. “We’re very
supportive of one another.”
Osborne: Injury situation improving
Novak is named
player of the week
From Staff Reports
Nebraska senior volleyball
player Val Novak was named
the Big Eight Player of the Week
Monday.
It is the second straight week
that the 5-foot-10 setter has won
the award as the league’s top
performer.
Novak, a first-team All
America selection last year,
propelled No. 1-ranked Nebraska
in its three-game sweeps of Texas
A&M, Purdue and Wyoming in
the Baden-Mizuno Invitational
at the NU Coliseum last week
end. She also was named the
most valuable player of the
tournament.
Novak’s numbers over the
weekend include 102 set assists,
seven kills, a .429 hilling per
centage, nine service aces, live
blocks and 16 digs.
