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Doormats rise up
Stronger Big 8 helps Nebraska
Things have changed.
That was the theme of the Colo
rado football team two years ago as it
won the Big Eight title and came
within a game of the national champi
onship.
Buffalo fans were making the state
ment that the Big Eight was not just
made up of Nebraska, Oklahoma and
six also-rans anymore. A third team
had broken into the Big Red domi
nance.
And judging from what happened
in Memorial Stadium on Saturday,
things are changing again.
Kansas State, Kansas and Missouri
have all showed that they are capable
| of making it into the upper level of the
Big Eight standings.
Kansas State made a loud state
ment that they are not the doormat of
the conference anymore.
That was evidenced by some of
the statements made by Kansas Slate
players after the 38-31 loss to Ne
braska.
No longer do Wildcat players appear
crushed by losing games like Satur
day’s. On the contrary, it seemed to
reinforce the confidence they have in
themselves.
“We haven’t won the big game,
but it’s going to happen,” quarter
back Paul Watson said. “If we keep
our guys going well, we’re going to
win the big game. Our season isn’t
over yet.”
Linebacker Chris Patterson said
opponents should no longer look at
Kansas State as an easy win.
“To me, long gone arc those days
of, ‘Well, we’re playing Kansas Slate
this week, so let’s take the day off.’”
These arc statements from players
who have had to endure blowout after
blowout at the hands of Nebraska and
other Big Eight teams.
Over the past three years, the sen
iors on this season’s Kansas Slate
team have been beaten by a combined
score of 476-96 by Nebraska, Okla
homa and Colorado. That’s an aver
age of almost 53-10.
Now these same players are talk
ing about competing for the B ig Eight
title.
“We have a chance to be contend
ers in the Big Eight,” Watson said. “I
think we can win in the Big Eight. We
showed that last year and now we
gave one Big Eight powerhouse a
scare.
“We’re going to give it our best
shot.”
That final statement by Watson
sums it up the best.
In the past, “our best shot” would
have meant that the Wildcats would
hope to still be in the game at halftime.
Now they believe they can beat any
one on their schedule.
They proved it Saturday.
By talking to Wildcat players, it
was obvious they are tired of seeing
every near-win as “making a state
ment.”
Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder
was overheard in the locker room
telling his players that “there is no
such thing as a moral victory.”
Snyder was telling his players that
they shouldn’t be satisfied with com
ing close to pulling off the upset.
They should expect to.
And there is nothing at all wrong
with that. Or with the fact that Kansas
Stale has improved to the point where
opposing teams will have to use their
starters in the fourth quarter.
I heard some Nebraska fans grum
bling after the game that they longed
for the old days.
“The days when we could count on
beating Kansas State 70-3,” one sa^id.
1 wanted to ask why.
Hasn’t the common complaint of
Nebraska fans the past few years been
i-—
that the national media won t stop
criticizing Nebraska’s weak sched
ule?
With perennial Big Eight door
mats Kansas State and Kansas finally
turning their programs around and
winning some games, how can Ne
braska’s schedule be viewed as weak?
I see the emergence of Kansas
State, Kansas and Missouri as noth
ing but a positive for many reasons.
First of all, with all of these teams
being improved, it makes the Big
Eight as a whole look better. Non
conference foes can no longer look to
the Big Eight to gel an easy game in
on their schedule.
Kansas has beaten Tulsa, which
beat Top-25 Texas A&M.
Kansas ataie easny nas won games
it was supposed to win, instead of
finding a way to lose them, which
usually happened in the past.
Missouri upset Illinois and tied
Indiana.
Having stronger teams in the con
ference can only help Nebraska.
With stronger teams, the Com
huskcrswill have to play harder every
week and will have some experience
in playing in the close game. These
types of games will prepare Nebraska
for the big Oklahoma game and the
bowl game. Maybe we won’t have to
witness those fourth-quarter flops
anymore.
Wouldn’t it be great to sec a close
game in Memorial Stadium every
week?
Obviously, some fans think not,
but wins over any team which is a
ratings contender can help Nebraska’s
sagging national image.
And one can’t help but be happy
for Kansas State and Kansas fans who
have had to endure season after sea
son of frustration.
It could be a matter of time before
they frustrate Nebraska.
And who’s to say that’s all bad?
Hytrek Is a senior news-editorial major
and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor.
---1
Football injuries
affect 4 players
From Staff Reports
Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said
starting left offensive guard Erik
Wiegert was held from practice
Monday because of a jammed neck
he suffered in Saturday’s game against
Kansas Slate.
Osborne said he doesn’t know how
bad the injury is, or how long Wiegert
will be held from practice.
William Washington, tight end,
attended practice, “but didn’t do
much,’’ Osborne said. Washington
reinjured his hamstring against the
Wildcats and is still sore.
Pat Engelbert, defensive middle
guard, did not practice because of a
sore ankle, but is expected back soon,
Osborne said.
Mickey Joseph, quarterback,
strained his knee in practice, but he is
all right, Osborne said.
Cross country women
take 4th place at meet
From Staff Reports
Fran ten Bensel placed second
to lead the Nebraska women’s cross
country team to a fourth-place fin
ish at the Mini Nationals at Stale
College, Pa., this weekend.
Ten Bensel finished 11 seconds
behind Cornell’s Pam Hunt with a
time of 17 minutes 10 seconds.
Lisa Graham also was among
the top 10 finishers, finishing eighth
in 17:40.
“1 was extremely happy with
our performance,” Coach Jay
Dirksen said. “We definitely im
proved in this last week.”
The No. 21 Comhuskcrs fin
ished behind fifth-ranked North
Carolina Slate, No. 20 Cornell and
host Penn Slate.
“It was very encouraging to run
with some of the best teams in the
country and hold our own,” Dirkscn
said. “We aren’t in the caliber of an
N.C. Stale just yet, but we weren’t
that far out of second.”
Other finishers for Nebraska were
Theresa Stclling (20th), Michelle
Schaefer (25th), Stephanie Quandt
(35th), Sylvia Veil (40lh) and Ka
tie Fletcher (59th).
Lewis
Continued from Page 7
Lewis made up for the miscuc later
when he rambled 25 yards to the
Kansas State 1-yard line to set up
Derek Brown’s leap for a score. The
touchdown put Nebraska up for good
as the Huskcr defense held Kansas
State on a late fourth-quarter rally.
“I was just hoping that the defense
would stick it out,” Lewis said.
“Otherwise, I was going to have a bad
weekend.”
But Lewis found relief in 79 yards
on six carries, a career high for the
junior.
“I’ll have to give it to the whole
offensive line; they did a great job,”
he said. “I don’t want to leave anyone
out, but Erik Wicgcrt was just like a
semi-truck going through there on
f' ...
my first run.”
Lewis tiptoed the sideline for 38
yards to set up Nebraska’s first score.
And he did it in front of familiar
people.
Lewis’ family was up from Scott
City, Kan., to watch the game. But
absent was his brother Rick, a line
backer at Kansas State from 1984
1987.
“I’d never hear the end of it from
my brother if we lost,” Lewis said. “I
knew it was going to go into the
fourth quarter, I just didn’t think it
would go that far.”
Lewis said his fumble and the tight
ness of the game will be “big” in his
brother’s eyes.
“I’m still going to lake some heat
from my brother for having such a
close game,” Lewis said. “But hey,
they were a great team. I’m going to
sit back and take this win.”
ESPN to show Husker-Buffalo aame
The Ncbraska-Colorado football
game Nov. 2 in Boulder, Colo.,
will be televised by ESPN, the cable
station announced Sunday.
Kickoff time has been moved
from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CST.
Following Colorado’s 34-17 win
over Oklahoma and Nebraska’s 38
31 win over Kansas Slate on Satur
day, the Nebraska-Colorado game
gained importance in deciding the
Big Eight champion. Barring an
upset, both teams will be 3-0 and
lied for first in the conference when
they meet.