Colorado still no NU, OU, McCartney says
By Jeff Griesch
Senior Reporter
Despite winning a national cham
pionship in 1990 and winning three
Big Eight titles in the last five years,
Colorado coach Bill McCartney said
his football program still had not
reached the success levels of Nebras
ka and Oklahoma.
McCartney said it would take time
for the Buffalo program to achieve the
success Nebraska and Oklahoma have
enjoyed.
“They have been there for such a
long time, and we are still emerging as
a program,” McCartney said Monday
during the Big Eight coaches weekly
teleconference.
“We have not played our best foot
ball yet, and we arc going to get
better.”
The Buffaloes and Cornhuskcrs
each have won three conference titles
during the past five years, with the
two teams sharing the championship
in 1991.
But the Sooners have been knocked
out of the title hunt since 1989, when
Barry Switzer left Oklahoma after
allegationsofNCAA rules violations.
Last year, the Sooners were 5-4-2
and rumors were frying that Oklaho
ma coach Gary Gibbs’ job was in
jeopardy after losses to traditional
rivals Texas, Nebraska and Colorado.
After Oklahoma’s win over Texas
Saturday, the Sooners are 5-0 and will
play host to Colorado this week for a
chance to regain lost prominence.
Although Oklahoma has not been
in the title hunt for five years,
McCartney said he considered the
Sooner program among the best in the
nation.
“Everything is directed toward
excellence at Oklahoma and they
weren’t really that far away at any
time,” McCartney said.
A key matchup will be the play of
each team’s quarterback, McCartney
said.
McCartney said Oklahoma’s Calc
Gundy was an established quarter
back, while Colorado’s Kordell
Stewart had not yet reached his poten
tial.
“Gundy is in his fourth year, he has
great instincts, and you are not going
to surprise him with anything you
throw at him on defense,” McCartney
said. “Stewart is still emerging and he
will only get better.”
Gibbs said he hoped the Sooners’
win over Texas would help Oklahoma
prepare for Colorado.
“Any time you win you’re in better
shape,” Gibbs said. “Before, we’ve
had to go through the early part of the
week trying to get over the Texas
hangover.
“The excitement of winning that
game is certainly a positive. The con
fidence can carry over for a few days
and help our team.”
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Colorado 30, Missouri 18
Oklahoma 38, Texas 17
Kansas Stale 10, Kansas 9
Nebraska 27, Oklahoma State 13
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Two Huskers miss practice;
Armstrong leaves after injury
From Staff Reports
Nebraska practiced for two hours
Monday in preparation for Saturday’s
game with undefeated Kansas State.
Two Comhuskcrs— nose tackle
Terry Conncaly and I-back Clinton
Childs — did not practice. Connealy
was out with a sore shoulder, and
Childs is still hampered by the sprained
ankle he suffered during practice last
week.
Coach Tom Osborne said tight end
Gerald Armstrong left practice early,
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but the injury wasn’t serious.
Osborne alsojokcd about the pun
ishment defensive tackle Kevin
Ramaekers would receive for dump
ing a water bucket on Osborne after
the coach’s 200th career victory at
Oklahoma State Thursday night.
“(The punishment) will be some
thing unexpected,” Osborne said.
“We’ll give him no warning. I think
he might have had a little help from
others, but I think he organized it. He
was the brains behind the plan.”
Solich
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Barron Miles — who was named Big
Eight defensive player of the week
Monday. While the Blackshirts have
come together, Solich said, the of
fense appears shaky.
“I don’t think we were as smooth
as we’d like to be offensively,” Solich
said. “I know our players are giving a
great effort. I think we will smooth it
out.
“We will have an offense that can
be a dominating offense. I think it has
to be that if we’re going to reach the
goals we want to reach.”
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— Alberts’ 23 1/2 — broke Broderick Thomas’ career position record.
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“My strong philosophical belief is
that we want to try to return to the
glory days when Mcrl inOlsen was the
star, and we want to regain confi
dence in our program,” Bell said. “In
order to do that, we need to play teams
home-and-away.
“If teams like Nebraska, Arizona
and LSU would come to Logan, then
we would play them.”
Utah State coach Charlie
Wcathcrbie said he would much rath
er play Colorado State—the replace
ment for the Huskers on the Aggies’
schedule — than Nebraska.
“If you’d ask me ifl’d rather play
Nebraska or Colorado State, then I’d
definitely say I’d rather play Colo
rado State,” he said. “We recruit from
Colorado, and they’re a natural rival
ry for us.’r
As for Colorado State, the Rams’
game against Nebraska in 1996 is in
jeopardy, Byrne said. Colorado Stale
has indicated it would like to get out
of the game, but the cancellation was
still being debated in Fort Collins,
Colo.
Teams like Utah State and Colo
rado State that break their contracts
might face slitter penalties in the fu
ture.
Utah State was required to pay
$25,000 to break its contract with
Nebraska
Nebraska now calls for a $250,000
penalty if a school decides to break its
contract, Byrne said.
However, Bell said, since the
Aggies were able to find a replace
ment for Nebraska’s schedule, Utah
State would be exempt from paying
its $25,000 fine.
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“I just try toflo something to help
my team pick it up,” he said. “When
we’re down, I tr'y to find a way that I
can ignite them and make them just go
out there and run crazy”
And run crazy Nebraska has. The
Huskers sport the Big Eight’s top
rushing offense, averaging more than
277 yards per game.
The ankle injury Frazier suffered
on the first play of the season in the
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When we’re down, I try
to find a way that I can
ignite them and make
them just go out there
and run crazy.
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NU Quarterback
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buskers’ 76-14 victory against North
Texas hasn’t affected his play, he
said.
“I’m not going to put the blame on
my ankle,” Frazier said. “If 1 was to
blame my ankle, I wouldn’t be out
there playing.
“But I was out there playing. When
you play football, everything’s men
tal, and whatever’s physical is extra.”
Frazier said he has tried just to play
through the extra pain.
“I’m a little banged up right now,
but it’s nothing serious,” he said. “It’s
just some bumps and bruises.
“If it’s not broken, you try to shake
it off and go back in there for the next
play.”