recalls first catch
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska-Utah football game
this Saturday will be a homecoming
of sorts for Utc wide receiver Bryan
\ Rowley.
He both started and scored for the
first time as a freshman when the Utcs
came to Memorial Stadium in 1989.
Utah played the Huskers close during
the first half of the game — trailing
21 -16 at halftime — but lost 42-30.
Rowley said he can still remember
the catch.
| “I caught it in the back left corner
of the end /one and slid into a fence
[. that was real close,” he said. “It was
the first touchdown I caught in col
lege.”
Rowley earned first team All-W AC
honors last season, and enters his se
nior year with more than 2,000 yards
receiving. This year, he is listed in
Utah’s press guide as an All-Ameri
can candidate.
Rowley said he is excited about his
return to Lincoln.
Utah wide receiver Bryan Rowley caught
60 passes for 1,011 yards last season.
A look at Rowley's top five games in 1991:
-£AH-OPPONENT_CATCHES YARDS TO!-1
11/2/91 Hawaii 8 200 3
10/26/91 San Diego State 7 157 1
11/23/91 BYU 5 121 2
9/14/91 Air Force 7 92 0
9/21/91 Oregon 5 82 2 JEj
“I like playing in big games,” he
said, “so it’s going to be fun to come
back and play again.”
_ Although Rowley has had great
success in college catching passes, in
high school he was throwing and in
tercepting them.
He played quarterback and defen
sive back for Orem High School in
Utah, and led the team to a stale
championship his junior year and to
the state finals his senior year. Rowley
intercepted 21 passes in his final two
years of at Orem.
He was also captain of Orem’s
basketball team and plapetTfourth in
the long jump at the Utah stale track
meet his senior year.
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Rowley said he was recruited in
high school by Stanford, Arizona
State, Air Force, Brigham Young and
Arizona —= to continue to play quar
terback or defensive back.
But Rowley decided to switch to
receiver in college. Only Utah would
let him make the change, he said, and
that was the primary factor in dccid
ing which college he would attend.
Rowley said he made the change
because he thought his college — and
possibly National Football League—
career would last longer at receiver
than at quarterback.
“Everyone dreams of playing as a
professional,” he said. “I’d enjoy it,
I’d love to play in the NFL ... and I
thought my best chance would be as a
receiver.”
Rowley will get a chance to dis
play his talents in front of more than
76,(XX) fans in Memorial Stadium
Saturday.
The game is probably the toughest
one Utah will play this year, Rowley
said, but he said he isn’t worried about
the pressure or Nebraska’s screaming
fans.
“It’s just fun to play against a good
team,” he said.. “I like playing in front -
of big crowds.
“(The Cornhuskcrs) are a good
team, they’ve got a lot of talented
players, so we’re just going to play
hard and wherever the chips fall, they
fall.”
Assistant volleyball coach Cathy Noth and 1985 alumna Sharon (Kramer) Abel miss a block during the Nebraska
alumnae match at the NU Coliseum on Tuesday night.
Post-college benefits continue for Kruse
By Peter Theoharis
Staff Reporter__
Janet Kruse’s days of playing for Ne
braska are over, but the benefits her volley
ball career gave her will keep the experience
locked in her mind.
The three-lime All-American graduated
last spring, received a graduate scholarship
from the NCAA, and attends school this fall
at the University of Nebraska Medical Cen
ter.
Kruse graduated with a 3.93 grade point
average, and as a result, she was named
Academic All-American of the Year for
1990-91.
The Fori Calhoun native said it was an
honor to receive such accolades for her off
the-court achievements.
“It was great to go through a strong
program and do what I did,” Kruse said.
Kruse said that the NCAA scholarship
was for one year, and she was not sure what
area she will pursue.
“I am thinking about pediatrics, but I
don’t know what that all entails,” she said.
The practiced skill that took Kruse to her
high level of play during her college years
may not have been there Tuesday night.
Kruse said she fell “a bil rusty” during the
Nebraska alumnae match.
“I came down and worked camps and
played some stall matches, but that’s about
it,” Kruse said.
The current Nebraska team beat the alum
nae in five straight games, winning the
second game 15-0.
Kruse said it was difficult to play in a
volleyball game and know that there wasn’t
another game or practice the next day.
“It’s hard to come back,” she said. “It’s
hard not to be on the other side of the net. B ul
it’s great to come back and support them.”
UNL delays
announcing
radio rights
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter
Sparks arc flying between rival Omaha radio
stations KFAB and K K AR in their battle to win
broadcasting rights to Nebraska Comhusker
football and basketball games.
KFAB and KKAR arc in a two-way race to
win the broadcasting rights that KFAB has held 1
since 1983. Another Omaha station, WOW, fell
out of contention Tuesday when its bid did not
meet the minimum requirements requested by
the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln.
UNL has requested 5800,000 annually over
three years, the broadcast of women’s volley
ball or basketball games, free public service
— LL_
It’s really questionable
whether we ought to be dis
cussing our strengths and
weaknesses in the press... but
it seems KFAB is going out of
their way to make a big issue
that someone else is being con
sidered.
—John C. Mitchell
• KKAR owner and
president
-*f -
radio spots, an intern program for UNL stu
dents, and bumper stickers and schedule cards
for the contract.
Both KFAB and KKAR met those require
ments in their offers. KKAR increased its bid to
$850,(XX) for the first year and $ 1 m illion for the
last year of a five-year contract.
UNL is continuing negotiations with the two
stations and will announce a contract winner
Sep. 21.
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Winning tradition will prevail for the “Big Two”
There arc few things more solemn
m college football than the Big Eight
football standings.
With the exception of a few fluke
years by Colorado, the Big Eight has
historically been dominated by the
Comhuskers and Sooncrs, inspiring
the conference to be known as the
“Big Two and Little Six.”
There are few things in the college
football world that can parallel the
foregone conclusion of a 1-2 Nc
braska-Oklahoma finish. Clcmson’s
players touching their infamous magi
cal rock before each home game,
Texas A&M’s student body, a.k.a.
“The 12th Man,” making a ruckus at
games in College Station, and Miami
breaking NCAA rules are examples
of traditions that parallel the infa
mous 1-2 Big Eight finish.
So here’s a look at how the Big
Two and Lillie Six will do this season:
I. Nebraska: The Huskcrs have
the best players at the skill positions
necessary to bring home a conference
title. With Mike “The General”Grant
leading the charge at quarterback and
the best I-back combination in col
lege football,Derek BrownandCalvin •
Jones, Nebraska has too much fire
power for the rest of the Big Eight.
Also.havinga less dominantand more
balanced conference doesn’t hurt.
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2. Oklahoma: The Sooners should
be back to their competitive form as
they have recovered from a recent
NCAA probation. Quarterback Cale '
Jeff
Singer
Gundy is blossoming into one of
Oklahoma’s best-ever signal callers,
and Oklahoma Coach Gary Gibbs
needs at least a second-place finish
this season. If not, the Norman lynch
mob — also known as the Sooner
booster club — will be bringing a
noose to Gibbs’ office during the off
season.
3. Colorado: A lack of experi
enced talent at quarterback will put
the Buffaloes back on top of the Little
Six standings. After three years at the
top of the conference, Colorado will
be back where it belongs, battling
with Kansas for a third-place finish.
4. Kansas: Speaking of the
Jayhawks, Kansas is for real and will
prove it with a winning season. Lucky
for the Jayhawks, the Big Eight is
about to sign a contract with tnc Free
dom Bowl to send the conference’s
fourth-place team to Anaheim, Calif.
Kansas will be spending Christmas
this year with Mickey Mouse.
5. Missouri: Yes, you read this
right. The Tigers will be ^hc surprise
team of the conference with a fifth
place finish, led by the nation’s most
underrated quarterback, Phil John
son. Also, Missouri coach Bob £tull is
impressive entering his fourth year at
the helm.
6. Kansas State: A recent Sports
Illustrated cover read “Kansas State is
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