NU coach is remaining positive; injured pitcher isn t
Broken foot stuns
Brohawn, teammates
By Jeff Griesch
Senior Editor__
While Coach John Sanders sat behind his
desk at the Nebraska baseball office on Tues
day, he somehow managed to maintain a pos
itive outlook. , . ■
His Comhuskers not only lost their first
three games of the season at Oral Roberts in
Tulsa, Okla., but also lost All-American pitcher
Troy Brohawn.
“We feel terrible for Troy,” Sanders said.
“He’s here to play baseball, not sit around in a
cast. But I think the positive thing is that he will
be back for crunch time.”
Brohawn, a left-handed pitcher from
Woolford, Md., broke his foot during the third
inning of Friday’s 11-1 loss to Oral Roberts and
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will miss five to eight weeks of the young
season.
Brohawn stumbled in the soft dirt near third
base and limped back to the dugout after the
final out of Nebraska’s half of the third inning.
After having his foot taped, Brohawn re
turned to the mound for his warm-up pitches,
but he couldn’t continue and was taken to a
local hospital.
“When the doctor told me my foot was
broken, I was shocked,” Brohawn said. “I said,
‘What? You’ve got to be kidding me.’”
His teammates were just as stunned, Sanders
said.
Nebraska trailed 2-1 before Brohawn left the
game, but Oral Roberts scored five runs in the
bottom of the third and went on to win 11 -1. The
Huskers also lost 11 -6 Saturday and 5-4 Sun
day.
“It was a shock; the way it happened was so
strange,” Sanders said. “I think it definitely
affected us Friday and may have carried over a
All I know is I am lying here with a damn cast on my foot, and
April seems more like It Is five years away than five weeks.
— Brohawn
NU baseball coach
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little bit Saturday.
“But we played well Sunday, and I think we
have accepted what has happened and we are
moving on.”
Bronawn underwent surgery Monday at St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital. Doctors inserted a screw
into his foot.
Surgery went well, Brohawn said, and he
expects to return in five weeks. He will wear a
hard cast for two weeks and then a walking boot
for two more weeks before he can start rehabil
itation.
The loss of Brohawn will allow the younger
Husker pitchers to get more experience early in
the season, Sanders said.
“Our whole attitude is by no means panic,”
Sanders said. “It will definitely be good for us
in the end because we’ll be deeper, and it will
force us to get rolling.”
But while Sanders remains positive, Brohawn
is finding it more difficult to see a bright side to
his injury. /
“Coach always talks about positives and
tries to get us to see the good side of things, but
right now it is hard,” Brohawn said. “All I know
is I am lying here with a damn cast on my foot,
and April seems more like it is five years away
than five weeks.”
Jon WaJler/DN
Nebraska’s Erik Piatkowski (right) and Kansas forward Patrick Richey will face off in a
7:05 p.m. game in the Bob Devaney Sports Center Wednesday. The Jay hawks have
dropped five of their last six games at Devaney.
Jay hawks
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that is not going to help us Wednes
day night unless we come ready to
play.
“What has happened in the past
is not going to have any effect on
what’s going to happen Wednes
day night. 1 think this is the biggest
challenge of the year as far as play
ing against a team that is very fo
cused and determined."
And if the Huskers arc not fo
cused and determined, Nee said,
they won’t win.
Nee said he was rooting for the
Jay hawks to beat the 20-2 Tigers on
Sunday so Kansas wouldn’t be com
ing to Lincoln so hungry for a win.
“Wednesday night is a major
challenge,” he said. “We have got a
great basketball team coming in
here after two games that have not
been the best situations for them. I
was really hoping they would win
against Missouri."
The past few games have not
Probable Starters
Nebraska vs. Kansas
Bob Devanev Sports Center. 7:05 toniaht Radio: KLIN 1400
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ended well for the Huskers, either.
Nebraska has lost six of its last
e ight games, and Nee said the Husk
ers needed to turn it around in a
hurry.
“This is the critical part of the
season,” he said. “We have three
out of the next four at home. If we
win the next three, we are right
where we are supposed to be."
Merger
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“I’m not really able to comment on
a lot of what has taken place because
I ’ ve only been involved a little,” Papik
said. “Pm sure the Big Eight wanted
to get a 12-team league. A 12-team
league does allow divisions and a
playoff. That’s an additional contest,
which would be an attractive game for
television and bring in more money
for the conference.”
A1 though TCU is one of the schools
out of the loop, TCU Athletic Direc
tor Frank Windegger said in a state
ment Tuesday that the proposed merg
er does not exclude TCU from other
options.
“There are still numerous options
available,” he said. “The Pac-10 is
still looking, the Big Ten is still look
ing, etc. It would be premature to say
that everything is signed and scaled as
long as there arc other options avail
able.”
Papik said he would assume the
Big Eight was looking at schools that
would better benefit the conference.
“Those (invited) schools certainly
have something to bring to the table,
he said.
Fan base may have been consid
ered when the invitations were sent.
Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M and Tech
all averaged home attendance of more
than 33,300 at football (games last fall.
Those bypassed by the Big Eight,
meanwhile, pulled in fan averages no
higher than 26,255 for 1993 football
games.
Students like the potential for great
er prestige, higher poll rankings, more
TV exposure and new rivalries, Texas
Tech Student Association president
Mike Fietz said.
“The students in the Southwest
Conference are kind of sick of hearing
us be talked bad about — not getting
the recognition the SWC schools de
serve." Fietz said.
