ISU true-freshman quarterback passed on NU
By Mitch Sherman
Staff Reporter
For most quarterbacks, the transition from
high school to college takes a year or two.
But Iowa State true-freshman quarterback
Todd Doxzon said his promotion to the Big
Eight Conference had been fairly smooth.
“The speed is probably the biggest differ
ence,” he said. “And the hits are about three
times harder, but I like it in the Big Eight.”
Doxzon, who has shared time with junior
Bob Utter, came off the bench last week to
lead the Cyclones on three fourth-quarter scor
ing drives en route to a 27-23 come-from
behind win over Kansas State.
For the season, the 6-foot, 167-pounder from
Millard North has completed seven of 16 pass
es for 125 yards and one touchdown. He has
ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns on 67
carries.
Doxzon said he did not know who would
start this week against Nebraska.
Doxzon said Iowa State coach Jim Walden
had not told either him or Utter anything.
“He just tells us that we should always both
be ready to play. So I don’t know about this
week,” Doxzon said.
Walden said he wouldn’t name a starter
until Friday afternoon.
“I have no idea who it’s going to be,”
Walden said. “We’re going to see how Todd’s
handling it at the end of the week — especial
ly with his high-level anxiety, considering that
he’s a true freshman.”
Walden is not the only coach who has been
impressed with the play of Doxzon. Nebraska
coach Tom Osborne said the Huskers were
beginning to regret the fact that they did not
offer Doxzon a scholarship.
“He’s a really good football player for a
freshman,” Osborne said. “It looks like we
probably made a mistake.
“We did not offer Todd (a scholarship)
primarily because we were hoping that Scott
Frost would come here.”
Frost, a highly touted quarterback from
Wood River, chose to play for Stanford.
“So we obviously made an error," Osborne
said. “Todd’s a really good player, and we let
him get away.”
Doxzon said the Huskers did not let him get
away but that he went away on his own. He
said he decided to go to Iowa State before
Nebraska encouraged him to walk on. Doxzon
said he would have probably gone to Iowa
State even if the Huskers had offered him a
scholarship.
Doxzon said the opportunity to play early
attracted him to the Cyclones. But Doxzon
said he did not envision this.
“I expected to play some — maybe be a
backup — but I didn’t expect to play as much
as 1 have,” he said.
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Cyclones pressed to prove ability
By Derek Samson
Staff Reporter
Iowa State defensive back Kevin
Fulton can feel the pressure mount
ing as the Cyclones prepare for their
matchup with Nebraska on Saturday.
Fulton said the Cyclones had as
much to prove as Nebraska docs af
ter last year’s 19-10 Iowa State upset
of the then-No. 7 Cornhuskers in
Ames, Iowa.
“This year, to us, is a much bigger
game than last year,” Fulton said.
“We don’t have a lot at stake, but we
know to Nebraska that this is their
big game.
“We know they are looking for
revenge and are out to get us. We
have just as much pressure on us to
prove that last year’s game wasn’t a
fluke.”
Iowa State’s disappointing season
received a major boost last week when
it upset Kansas State 27-23 to raise
its record to 3-6 overall and 2-3 in
the Big Eight.
Fulton said the Kansas State win
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“It was a real important win,” he
said. “We’ve been pretty much an
up-and-down team. It was real up
lifting for us and it should give us a
lot more confidence going into Ne
braska.”
Fulton, a junior from Benbrook,
Texas, was fifth on the Cyclone ros
ter in tackles as a sophomore with
60. Fulton, who has already racked
up 98 tackles, said he would have to
turn in another big day if Iowa State
wanted to win.
“We need to contain their running
game and make them pass," he said.
“I don’t want to downplay their pass
ing game, but I’d rather see them
pass than run. I have to come up and
make a lot of plays to help our line
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and linebackers out on the Nebraska
running game.”
Nebraska’s 21-20 win at Kansas
last week shows that anything is pos
sible in the Big Eight, he said.
“All the teams are pretty equally
matched, but the teams arc pretty
much up and down a lot,” Fulton
said. “Kansas State was having a good
year, then we beat them, and other
teams seem to go up and down a lot.”
A second-straight win over the
Huskers is within reach, Fulton said.
“We’ve shown in different games
that we have the capability to beat
about anybody,” he said. “I’m look
ing for a win. We flat out should be
able to stick with them.”
Underdog Missouri prepares for NU
By Tony West
Staff Reporter
When the Missouri Tigers upset
the Oklahoma volleyball team on Oct.
30, they felt they had proven some
thing to every team in the Big Eight.
“We’re the underdog,” Missouri
volleyball coach Craig Sherman said.
“And we’ve proven we can pull off
an upset.”
The fact that Missouri, 10-15 over
all and 3-6 in the Big Eight, is out of
the conference championship only
adds to its advantage, Sherman said.
“That puts more pressure on (our
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opponents),” he said. “They’re try
ing not to screw up, while we’re just
playing for pride out there.”
But when Missouri comes to the
NU Coliseum on Saturday night, the
Tigers will be facing a Nebraska team
that has won 19-straight games and
38 out of 40 games overall.
Nonetheless, Sherman said his
team would focus on its game plan
and hope for the best.
“We need to stay in our system
and keep the tempo up,” he said. “If
we can play really competitive in
game one, I think we will be in good
shape.”
Missouri is in a better position to
challenge Nebraska this year,
Sherman said.
“This year, potentially, we’re able
to do more things against Nebraska
than in past years,” he said.
Sherman said his team shouldn’t
be intimidated coming into the not
so-fricndly confines of the NU Coli
seum.
“Sometimes, I think that we're a
better road team than a home team,”
he said. “We were ready for Oklaho
ma, and we have to make sure we’re
ready for Nebraska.”
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Four commit
to Nebraska
basketball
From Staff Reports
Nebraska basketball coach Danny
Nee announced Thursday he had re
ceived national letters-of-intent from
four high school basketball players.
Chad Idcus, a 6-foot-7,200-pound
forward from Adams; Andy
Markowski, 6-foot-7, 185-pound for
ward from Ord; Chester Surles, a 6
foot-8, 210-pound forward from
Saginaw, Mich.; and Leif Nelson, a
6-foot-10, 265-pound center from
Riverside, Calf, had all signed Thurs
day to play for Nebraska.
Nee said the recruits formed “one
of the most balanced” groups Ne
braska has signed.
Huskers
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the wishbone, Osborne said, Iowa
State docs more than just run the
basic wishbone.
The Cyclones run some double
wingback formations where they op
tion to one of the wingbacks.
They also manage to run the op
tion without having a running back
in the backfield.
“They run a very innovative and
creative offense,” Osborne said.
Along with having an inventive
offense, Osborne said, Iowa State
coach Jim Walden likes to experi
ment with the kicking game.
“They do a lot of interesting things
in the kicking game,” Osborne said.
“They have a lot of fakes and they
like to run them, so it involves more
preparation."
The two most dangerous weapons
in the Iowa State kicking game arc
place-kicker Ty Stewart and punt re
turner James McMillion.
Stewart has hit eight consecutive
field goals in the last three games,
including two 58-yardcrs.
McMillion is the lOth-leadingpunl
returner in the nation, averaging
12.08 yards per return.
