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Age, inexperience don t slow
Big Eight football newcomers
By Jeff Singer
Senior Editor
So far in the 1993 season, youth
has reigned in the Big Eight.
In past years, having true freshmen
and new transfers starting football
games was unheard of, but now it has
become a trend in the conference.
Oklahoma running back James
Allen and Kansas State quarterback
Chad May are components in their
teams’ undefeated seasons.
And Nebraska I
back Lawrence
Phillips and Kansas
running back Charles
Henley have stepped
into their programs
and excelled like test
May ea veterans.
What do all of these players have
in common? They are all newcomers
who have become key cogs in their
team’s offensive success this season.
Allen, a true freshman from
Wynnewood, Okla., is fourth in the
Big Eight in rushing with 78 yards per
game, including an 102-yard perfor
mance in the Sooners’ 38-17 win over
Texas on Saturday.
May has been equally impressive.
The transfer fromCal-State Fullerton
is third in the league in passing with
1,044 yards. He has completed 55
percent of his passes and thrown for
five touchdowns to help the Wildcats
to a 5-0 start, their best in 62 years.
May, who’s from West Covina,
Calif., said coming from the now
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won the game on their seventh
game point.
The fourth game was all Ne
braska’s as they scored six unan
swered points to begin the game.
Colorado didn’t come close as
Nebraska won 15-5.
But Colorado took charge in the
fifth game. With rally scoring in
effect, the Buffs jumped out to a 7
3 lead before Nebraska tied it at
eight. Colorado then scored six
straight points to seal the Buffs’
first-ever win in Boulder against
Nebraska.
Recruit
Continued from Page 7
“His work ethic is just exceptional.
I think he will eventually develop into
a solid player at the college level.”
Knowing his strengths. Nelson said,
he thinks he could fit right into the Big
Eight conference.
“I like to play hard and physical,”
he said. “I think the Big Eight confer
ence is a very physical conference.
That really appealed to me.”
NOTE:
— Nebraska coach Danny Nee
said Wednesday that he would not
comment on whether any disciplinary
action would be taken against senior
forward Bruce Chubick and senior
guard Eric Piatkowski.
On Sept. 31, Chubick was arrested
for public urination, assaulting a po
lice officer and resisting arrest. A
Nov. 2 trial date is set.
In an unrelated incident, Piatkowski
was cited for public consumption of
alcohol in September.
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It's really exciting to come in and play as much
as I have. I've been very happy with the amount
of time I’ve gotten.
— Philips
Nebraska l-back
defunct Cal-State Fullerton program
and starting as soon as he was eligible
at Kansas State was a surprise.
“I had to sit out a year, and this
helped me improve a lot,” May said.
“I think my confidence is what has
helped me come in and play right
away.”
NCAA rules required May to sit
out one year after transferring.
Phillips, also from West Covina,
has quickly moved up Nebraska’s
depth chart at I-back since arriving in
Lincoln in August.
Calvin Jones’ knee injury early in
the season allowed Phillips to get
plenty of playing time, including a
career-high 137-yard performance
against UCLA.
Phillips, who is fifth in the confer
ence in rushing with 74 yards per
game, said being able to play as much
as he had as a true freshman had been
a unique experience.
“It’s really exciting to come in and
play as much as 1 have,” Phillips said.
“P ve been very happy w ith the amount
of time I’ve gotten.”
Another true freshman making his
- —
name known in the league is the
Jayhawks’ Henley. The Columbus,
Ohio, native leads Kansas with four
touchdowns while splitting time in
the backfieid with L.T. Levine.
Henley said one of the reasons he
left Big Ten country to attend school
in the Midwest was because he knew
he would get a chance to play early in
his career.
“I expected to play—I just didn’t
know this much,” Henley said.
Phillips said it was easy to under
stand why most of the notable new
comers in the league were running
backs.
“I-back is an easier position to
learn, so it’s easier to come in and play
right away,” he said. “Positions like
quarterback and offensive line have a
lot more things they have to know.”
However, Henley said, players’
dedication to playing right away is the
main reason why many younger ath
letes are starring for their respective
teams.
“It’s on the player himself,” he
said. “You can do whatever you want
if you work for it—you’ve just got to
have your mind set on it.”
ESPN
Continued from Page 7
end Trumane Bell flashing a sign with
their left hands. The athletic depart
ment said it was a fraternity sign.
Smith said Muhammad told her it was
a sign of the Pyru Bloods.
Muhammad and Dixon also make
the hand sign in Nebraska’s football
poster.
“We were very careful to identify
Abdul’s kind of involvement,” Smith
said. “He admits to flashing the sign
of the Pyru Bloods in the media guide.
He says it shows love and support to
the Pyru Bloods.
“It’s not a fraternity sign. I asked
him if he is in a fraternity; he said he
is not.”
Muhammad said Wednesday he
would not comment any furtheron the
matter.
Nebraska codth Tom Osborne, who
said Tuesday that the athletic depart
ment was told the story would focus
on recruiting, said he was reluctant to
permit the interview.
“I wasn’t real enthused about any
bodycoming in here in the first place,”
Osborne said. “(The story) didn’t go
anywhere near like we’d been led to
believe.”
Smith said the story’s focus was
recruiting and that nothing negative
was meant to come from the report.
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Our story, I think,
was vary positive
end compelling. (;
—Smith, '
ESPN reporter
i
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“It was about recruiting,” she said.
“It was about kids in the inner-city •
and recruiting. We never misrepre
sented ourselves.
“We apologize if it caused his fam
ily any embarrassment. The point of
the story was to show the bigger prob
lem of inner-city gangs and their con
nection to college athletics.”
If she could speak to Muhammad.
Smith said, she would tell him not to
change his way of l ife, but to continue
to be strong.
“He’s a young man who is coura
geous, yet he’s still loyal to his guys
back home,” Smith said. “I would tell
him to stay strong, because he has
been strong. Our story, I think, was
very positive and compelling. In no
way at all did 1 mean to make anyone
think anything less of him.
“I would tell him not to have any
thing to.be ashamed of. I found him to
be a very stand-up young guy. He has
a lot to be proud of.”
Finley
Continued from Page 7
Bruce Chubick to the position of high
priest of hoops is obvious. But the
only question is when we need him.
I say there is no time to waste. We
have to have that admirable standard
of excellence now.
And then, we can sadly wave
goodbye to “Air” Jordan and hail in
the new era of “Ground” Bruce.
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