NU injuries
keep coming
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska football team
did not practice in full pads
Monday, but it did not stop the
injuries from coming.
Tommie Frazier, Calvin
Jones, Donta Jones, Zach
Wiegert and Lance Lundberg
all sat out of the Monday prac
tice with injuries and the
Comhuskers added fullback
Cory Schlesinger and wingback
Abdul Muhammad to its injured
list.
“It was a pretty rough prac
tice,” coach Tom Osborne said.
“Cory didn’t finish practice and
someone rolled over Abdul’s
legs and he had to be helped off.
They already X-rayed Abdul and
it was negative, so nothing is
broken.”
Osborne said Muhammad’s
status for Saturday’s game with
. Colorado State is questionable.
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Rose Bowl turns red for Huskers
Loyal Nebraskans
travel to California
By Jeff Singer
Senior Editor __
PASADENA, Calif.—Thousand
and thousands ofComhusker fans cla<
in red.
The “Go Big Red” chant echoinj
throughout the stadium.
The sounds of“Hail Varsity” bring
ing the Nebraska fans to their feet.
It is a fitting description of tfo
sights and sounds of Lincoln on hom<
football Saturdays, but the familia
ring of Memorial Stadium filled th<
Rose Bowl on Saturday.
‘To us this was like another home
fame,” Nebraska quarterbacl
ommie Frazier said. “Look how
many people we had here. This is like
our second backyard.”
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attended Saturday’s 14-13 Nebraska
win at UCLA.
Many of those wearing red were
part of the Husker group “Califor
nians for Nebraska,” which caters to
the 11,554 Nebraska alumni who live
" in California, other former Nebras
kans and Big Red fans,
j Jean Heaton, president of Califor
1 nians for Nebraska, said the strong
support indicated how unique Husker
5 fans were.
“It just shows that we’re a united
. group and that we’re die-hard fans,”
Heaton said.
i Californian Husker supporters
s grew by a large amount when
r wingback Abdul Muhammad, a na
j ti ve of Compton, signed with Nebras
ka.
Muhammad’s mother, Henrietta,
: said she needed to rent two buses to
' bring 156of Muhammad’s family and
' friends to the game.
Another Husker fan in attendance
i was Keith Schorling, who played foot
> ball with Nebraska coach Tom
— II—
To us this was like another home game. Look
how many people we had here. This Is like our
second backyard.
——Frazier
Nebraska quarterback
Osborne when they were attending
Hastings College in the late 1950s.
Schorling has since moved to
Southern California, and he said no
schools in California could claim the
kind of following Nebraska has.
“You’ve got tons of huge colleges
all over, but you can’t find as much
allegiance as you can to Nebraska,”
he said. “That’s the only game in town
on Saturdays, even if it isn’t in town.”
Rob Steele, a member of Nebras
ka’s yell squad who was at the game,
said he was amazed by the Huskers’
support at the Rose Bowl.
“I’m shocked to see this many
people here — you never see this on
w w
away games," he said.
Familiar faces at Nebraska foot
ball games, Bob Devaney, athletic
director emeritus, and UNL Chancel
lor Graham Spanier, said they were
pleased with the pro-Nebraska turn
out.
While Devaney said the support is
a symbol of the Huskers’ success on
the football field, Spanier said devo
tion is what keeps Nebraska’s support
in California strong.
“My conclusion is that when peo
ple graduate from the university or
have some tie to the state, they never
really forget that,” Spanier said.
“There’s areal strong sense of loyalty
that carries on for quite some time.”
Husker defensive depth chart
► ^
Nebraska's new 4-3 defensive alignment rearranged the lineup from last season, when they ran
a 3-4 formation. A look at the Cornhusker defense's three-deeps by position:
MKE LMEBACKER MIX LMEBACKER
48 Mke Anderson, 5-2,230, Sr. 32 Ed Stewart, 5-1,215, Jr.
98 Dairen Williams, 6-1,245, Sr. 54 Troy Branch, 6-0,230, Sr.
46 Doug Coltnan, 6-3,230, So. 41 Phil Ellis, 6-2,220, So.
ROVER \ \ LOLB
3 Toby Wright, 5-1,200, Sr. \\ 54 Donta Jones, 5-2,220, Jr.
10 Mike Minter, 5-10,175, Fr. \ \ 90 Brace Moore, 6-6,240, Sr.
33 Jason Simdom, 6-4,200, Jr. \ \ 86 Dwayne Harris, 6-2,220, Jr.
FREE SAFETY \
4 Troy Dmt, 1-3,220, Jr.
25 Mike Heins, 5-10,190, Sr.
17 Sedric Collins, 6-0,195, Jr.
LEFT CORNER BACK
14 Barraa Was, 5-8,180, Jr.
16 Eric Stokes, 5-11,170, Fr.
NOSE TICKLE
99 Tarry Connealy, 6-5,260, Jr.
73 David Noonan, 6-3.273. Sr.
33 Christian Peter, 6-2,283, So.
• Jofca Rmm, i-0,190, Sr.
8 Tyrone Williams, 6-0,185, So.
1 Kareem Moss, 5-10,190, Jr.
SAM LINEBACKER MMJ
23 Erato Bator, 5-11,205, Sr. 34 Tiw Alberts, S-4,240, Sr.
5 Lorenzo Brinkley, 6-0,195, Sr. 90 Bruce Moore, 6-6,240, Sr.
44 Zelce Cisco, 5-11,190, Sr. 92 lend Higman, 6-1.220, Jr.
Brian ShaMo/DN
Extra
Continued from Page 7
Coach Sonny Lubick was the defen
sive coordinator at Miami before tak
ing the Colorado State job.
Colorado State lost 23-9 to Oregon
then beat the Air Force 8-3 before
losing to Brigham Young, 27-22. The
Rams have allowed opponents just 77
yards per game rushing and 1.9 yards
per carry.
“Sonny Lubick knows defense,”
Brown said. “We cannot just show up
and expect that they will lay down.
They will play very hard.”
NOTE:
Brown said he was pleased Satur
day to see a good performance from
wingback Abdul Muhammad, who
caught three passes for 38 yards. The
game was a homecoming for
Muhammad, who is from Compton,
'
Calif. While home this summer,
Muhammad was shot, and is now
eaying with a bullet lodged in his left
ittock.
“Many of our young men come
from neighborhoods and areas where,
we may take for granted here in Ne
braska that everything is safe and
sound,” Brown said. ‘The area that
Abdul comes from is a tough area.
Sometimes you’re very innocent, like
Abdul, and can be a victim of some
tough circumstances.”
Brown said football had to be sec
ondary for many of the players from
tough areas.
“Just think,” Brown said, “you’re
preparing for a football game, and
perhaps you’re thinking, ‘1 hope my
family is OK. I hope my mother
doesn’t just walk outside and some
thing happens to her.*
“It’s always in the back of your
mind. It makes me appreciate these
wonderful young men.
Buffs
Continued from Page 7
now, then we're right back in it,"
McCartney said.
The Buffaloes play the Hurricanes
in Boulder,Colo., Saturday. The game
will be televised on ABC;.
NOTES:
• Colorado wide receiver Charles
Johnson was named the Big Eight
offensive Plaver-of-the-Week.
Johnson, who hadeight receptions for
172 yards against Stanford, ranks
eighth in the nation in receiving, av
eraging 127.3 yards per game.
• Jason Gildon, a senior defensive
end from Oklahoma State, was named
the Big Eight Defensive Player-of
the-Week. Gildon had seven solo tack
les, including three sacks and another
tackle for loss.
He also caused two fumbles and
recovered another in the Cowboys’
16-10 win over Tulsa.
