Green
Continued from Page 10
— Hurricane quarterback Gino
Torrctta threw an interception at the
1-yard fine in the second quarter. He
chose to throw into double coverage
near the sideline despite having an
other receiver wide open over the
middle.
— On at least six occasions, wide
open Miami receivers dropped passes,
each of which would have netted more
than 10 yards.
— Hurricane place-kicker Carlos
Huerta missed a field goal after dropped
passes stalled another Miami drive.
— Miami’s offense had more than
100 yards in penalties.
* Take all that away and add the
long gains negated by mental errors,
and the Hurricanes would have had
far more than 700 yards of offense
and 40 points.
Nebraska’s defense was a non
factor.
But what is most important comes
before the game, when Huskcr fans
religiously scour the sports pages and
tune in to the nightly news for Ne
braska football propaganda for weeks
before the Orange BowL, so they can
learn to ignore common logic and
become hypnotized into thinking a
mediocre Nebraska team can defeat
the country’s premier college foot
ball team on its home field.
That’s what’s REALLY important
around here.
So, with that in mind, here arc a
few quotes from Husker coaches,
players and fans that appeared in local
newspapers’ stories and letter sec
tions in the weeks prior to the 22-0
loss to Miami that should have been
'"42-0.
Just in ease you missed any of
them ...
Nebraska players: _^
“We’re going to have an attitude
out there . . . We’re going to play
hard. We’re going to play with these
guys. We’re not going to let them
push us around.”
“Our defense has gotten a lot bet
ter. If we were the same as we were to
start the season, this game wouldn’t
be close.”
“We like the attention. We want to
be part of the spotlight — to show
*vhat we can do and to play as well as
we can.”
“We’ve matured a lot as a team.
Our spirits arc high.”
“It’s a great situation to pull off a
victory and shut up all the so-called
sports analysts saying that Nebraska
doesn’t have a great team.”
“We’re going to come out there
and play smash-mouth football. We’re
going to play some hard football. 1
hope they expect it.”
“I think Nebraska will go in and
play great regardless of what type of
atmosphere it is.”
“We have great athletes, but we
don’t get much crcdiL If we had played
the first half of the season like the last
half, we’d be undefeated and playing
this for the national championship
ourselves.”
“It won’t be an upset, because I
know we have a great team.”
“Most people don’t know what
they’re talking about. We havea great
team.”
“Colorado and Oklahoma and
Washington had great defenses, too.
And we scored on them. We earned
the right to be here, and I don t think
we’re a fluke team at all.”
Nebraska coaches: t
“Miami has a great team, but I
know they can be-stopped. They arc
beatable.”
Nebraska fans’ letters:
“NU Coach Tom Osborne won’t
receive his Christmas present Irom
his football team until Jan. 1. But it
will be worth the wait as it hands Dr.
Tom a win over Miami.”
“ ... I wonder, can Nebraska beat
Miami? The answer is yes. Nebraska
can beat Miami.”
“... Without aplayoff, (the Husk
ers) can’t demonstrate that they arc
the best in the perception of the sports
writers.”
“I see where Florida State sus
pended a top football player from a
bowl game for not meeting academic
standards, Miami suspended a top
running back forcriminal activity and
Missouri suspended a top basketball
player for criminal activity. Thank
God that Nebraska doesn’t jeopard
ize our chances of winning by such
foolish action.”
“Congratulations to the Com
huskers on their lucky win over Okla
homa. Now the Big Eight co-champi
ons will go to Miami and gel beat by
at least 21 points.”
Welcome back to reality.
Green is a senior news-editorial major, a
sports senior reporter, copy desk editor and
columnist.
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Defense leads
Buffalo back
to Super Bowl
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) —
No offense, but Buffalo is going back
to the Super Bowl and Denver isn’t.
The Bills’ no-huddle offense was
a no-show against a brilliantly pre
pared Denver defense, until Buffalo
broke a scoreless tic in the third quar
ter on Cartlon Bailey’s 11 -yard touch
down return of a tipped John Elway
pass. That helped Buffalo to a 10-7
victory in the AFC championship game
Sunday and sent the Bills to their
second straight Super Bowl, at Min
neapolis on Jan. 26.
The Broncos, who entered the game
an underdog by nearly two touch
downs despite a 12-4 season, had
their chances, even alter losing El
way in the fourth quarter with a bruised
thigh. Gary Ktibiak, his replacement,
drove the Broncos from their 21 to the
Buffalo 21, where Michael Young
was stopped alter catching a 10-yard
pass on fourth and 11.
Then the Bills mounted their long
est drive of the day, 50 yards, that
resulted in a 44-yard field goal by
Scott Norwood.
Thatoffset Kubiak’s2-yard touch
down run for Denver’s only score
with 1:43 left.
Denver recovered the ensuing
onsidc kick, but Steve Sewell fumbled
on the Broncos’ first play, and Kirby
Jackson recovered at the Buffalo 44,
clinching the victory.
Norwood was a lot more success
ful than Denver’s David Treadwell,
who missed from 47,42 and 37 yards
in the first half as the Broncos got into
Buffalo territory on all six of their
possess ions, getting as far as the B i 11 s ’
11 on one drive.
But Buffalo’s defense, ranked next
to-lasl in the NrL during me Bills
13-3 regular season, rose up each
lime, led by linebackers Cornelias
Bcnncll and Darryl Talley and nose
tackle Jeff Wright, forcing the field
goal tries.
So the game was scoreless at
halftime, with Buffalo, which led the
NFL with an average of448 yards per
game, held to 58 total yards. .
The Bills almost matched that to
tal on their second possession of the
third quarter, driving 44 yards to the
Denver 26. But on a third and seven,
Tyrone Braxton intercepted a Jim Kelly
pass.
That turned out to be a turning
point—for the Bills.
On ihc second play, Elway dropped
back and attempted a middle screen
pass, a play that had worked for 21
yards in the first half.
But he couldn’t gel it over Wright
and Bailey. Bailey grabbed the ball
on the 11 Juggled it, broke a tackle by
Elway and look it into the end /one.
Elway was 10 for 15 for 113 yards
in the first half, but finished only 11
for 21 for 121 yards.
Kubtak, playing against a prevent
defense, was II ol 12 for 137 yards.
This was supposed to be a shoot
out between the two teams that had
represented the AFC in four of the
live previous Super Bowls, particu
larly with the relatively mild 42-dc
grcc weather in Buffalo.
Instead, it was a day for futility,
particularly by the Bills, who seemed
bewildered by a Denver defense that
sent Simon Fletcher and Michael
Brooks blilzir.g on most plays.
NFC champs
Rypien, Redskins,
roll to 41-10 win.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Wash
ington Redskins used brawn and ver
satility, an almost unmatchablc com
bination, in qualifying for their fifth
Super Bowl, and their fourth under
Coach Joe Gibbs.
Looking every bit the NFL’s best
team, which they have been all sea- -
son, the Redskins routed the Detroit
Lions 41-10 in the NFC Champion
ship game on Sunday.
The Redskins will face the Buffalo
Bills in the Super Bowl in two weeks
at Minneapolis. Buffalo edged Den
ver 10-7 on Sunday for the AFC cham
pionship
When Washington needed the big
play, Mark Rypicn provided it. Or
Charles Mann came through. The Lions
hung in for a half, but were over
whelmed after that.
Washington’s pass rush was re
lentless, forcing Detroit quarterback
Erie Kramer into a fumble and an
interception in the first seven plays.
Both led to scores.
The fumble, forced by Mann, was
recovered by Fred Stokes at the Lions
11. Two plays later, Gerald Riggs
was in the end /one.
Moments later, Kramer,' under
pressure, threw a weak pass that Kurt
Gouveia picked off and rctumed-38
yards to the Detroit 10. Chip Lo
hmillcr made a 20-yard field goal.
Just 4:02 into the game, the Lions
were down 10-0. For a while, they
didn’t flinch, as they hadn’t through
out their run to their first champion
ship game appearance in 35 years.
Bui Detroit, winner of its last seven
games, simply didn’t have the talent
or experience to stay with Washing
ton. The Skins (16-2) romped through
the regular season with the league’s
most productive offense and No. 2
defense. And they showed it all Sun
day.
The Lions never have won in
Washington and were beaten 45-0 in
the 1991 opener, when running back
Barry Sanders was injured. Although
the Lions hung close for 30 minutes
in this one, they never really seemed
capable of stopping Washington.
The Lions couldn’t block Mann,
who had one sack, forced a fumble,
lipped a pass and was involved in
nearly every key defensive play. The
Lionscouldn’t pressure Rypicn as the
“Hogs,” Washington’s impenetrable
line that allowed only nine sacks all
season, stood firm.
Rypicn took advantage, complet
ing 12 of 17 passes lor 228 yards, with
touchdowns of 45 yards to Gary Clark
and 21 to Art Monk.
Sanders, the NFL’s No. 2 rusher
this season, touched the ball just four
times in the thirdquartcr when Wash
ington oulscorcd Detroit 10-0. He
accounted for 4 yards in that period.
With 10 minutes remaining, the
55,585 fans were chanting, ‘‘We Want
Buffalo!” If the Bills were watching,
could they have wanted Washington?
The Redskins won the Super Bowl
following the 1982 and 1987 seasons,
both strike years, and lost after the
1972 and 1983 seasons.
