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Wistrom excited for home opener
By Mitch Sherman__
Senior Reporter
When the first- and second-ranked
Nebraska football team plays host to
UCLA Saturday in its home opener, it
will mark the first time Grant Wistrom
has ever been to a game at Memorial
Stadium.
However, Wistrom will have a per
spective different than those of most
of the new faces at the game.
He will be on the field.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound outside
linebacker from Webb City, Mo., said
he had been looking forward to this
game since before his arrival in Lin
coln.
“It’s just going to be crazy,”
Wistrom said. “I can’t imagine what
the atmosphere for that game is going
to be like.”
Wistrom, who was named by
SuperPrep as the Midlands region
defensive player-of-the-year last year,
chose Nebraska over Michigan. He is
the only true freshman on the Ne
braska team to see action so far this
season.
Comerback Octavious McFarlin
probably wi 11 be the on ly other Husker
freshman to skip a redshirt year.
After an impressive fall camp,
Wistrom began his move up the depth
chart. He made it all the way up to the
T can’t wait until the game here at Memorial
Stadium. That’s just going to he unreal. ”
■
GRANT WISTROM
Nebraska linebacker
No. 2 spot at left outside linebacker
prior to Nebraska’s season-opening
trip to East Rutherford, N.J., for the
KickofTCIassic.
“That was a big surprise,” he said.
“I just walked into the meeting room,
and my name was up there on the
board behind Dwayne Harris. I was
really excited about that.”
Wistrom said he was excited just to
make the trip to New Jersey.
“It was definitely amazing just see
ing all those people wearing red and
cheering for your team,” he said. “I
c£n’t wait until the game here at Me
morial Stadium. That’s just going to
be unreal.”
Back home in Webb City, he said,
most of the town was tuned in to see
the Huskers’ 31-0 win over West Vir
ginia. Wistrom treated them to a sack,
the first of his career, late in the sec
ond quarter.
“The night before,” he said, “I
thought it would be great to have a
sack playing on national television in
my first game as a freshman. And
when it came, I can’t explain the feel
ing that came from that.
“My brother said the phone was
just ringing off the hook after the
game and during the game.”
In two games, Wistrom has made
five tackles, including two and a half
behind the line of scrimmage, which
ranks him second on the team to de
fensive tackle Christian Peter.
He said the chance to play early
helped lure him to Nebraska, even
though a redshirt year was not out of
the question.
“They told me I would have a
chance to come in and make the trav
eling roster,” Wistrom said. “But a lot
of coaches were telling me that, from
a lot of different schools. I wasn’t sure
how much I could believe that or how
much of that was just recruiting talk.”
Walker hopes success carries over
By Matt Otbwdlng
Staff Reporter
Nebraska soccer coach John
Walker hopes the success his team
had last weekend in Missoula, Mont.,
will carry over to the Huskers’ games
this weekend.
rNeorasKa goi ns
first-ever soccer
wins with identical
2-1 triumphs over
Arizona and Mon
tana.
The Huskers
face Baker (Kan.)
College Friday and
Park (Mo.) Sunday
... , at Whittier Meld,
wamr Both are NA|A Dj_
vision II schools, but Walker said that
doesn’t mean they won’t be able to
compete with his team.
“We have to assume every team we
play is a good team and that they’re
gonna want to play hard,” he said.
But Walker said the Huskers have
a new-found sense of confidence after
defeating two Division I opponents
away from home.
That confidence could come in
handy in Sunday’s I p.m. contest
against Park College.
Park College is a traditional NAIA
soccer power, Walker said, and has
been a Top 20 team in recent years.
He said he knew little about Baker
College, but he expected a tough game
from them as well.
Walker said he was “relatively
happy with the performance of the
entire team” last weekend, but there
are things that need to be worked on.
The most important thing, he said,
was for his team to continue to play
with “sustained intensity.”
Softball team seeks win
in weekend tournament
By Clay Short
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska softball team has
high hopes of national recognition this
year.
But before the Comhuskers get into
national and Big Eight competition,
they have a local score to settle.
Nebraska will play host to the
Husker Fall Classic Saturday and Sun
day. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, the Husk
ers will go against the University of
Nebraska at Omaha. The Classic will
consist of three local teams — UNO,
Northern Iowa and Creighton.
Coach Rhonda Revelle knows what
caliber of a program awaits her team
Saturday in the Lady Mavs.
“UNO is Division 11, but they are in
the top five of Division II, so they are
the best of the best,” she said. “Their
coach, Mary Yori, was named the
NSCA (National Softball Coaches
Association) Coach of the Year last
year in Division II, so they are very
respected nationally.
“Plus they come in here very moti
vated.”
Creighton will also come in very
motivated to face the Huskers, who
have had the Bluejays' number the
last couple of years. Nebraska and
Creighton will play at 5:30 p.m Satur
day.
“I think Creighton will be very hun
gry. They want to beat us very bad,"
Revelle said. “We have beaten them
in the past, and they will be very
hungry on Saturday."
Northern Iowa, while being a local
team, is the “dark horse" of the tourna
ment, Revelle said.
The Huskers will take on the Pan
thers in a 1:30 p.m. contest Saturday.
“I really haven’t seen them that
much. I remember from seasons past
that they are very competitive, and
they are also excellent hitters," Revelle
said.
Thursday s practice smooth;
Osborne says players healthy
From Staff Reports
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said
Thursday’s practice went smoothly,
and his team is looking forward to
Saturday’s matchup with No. 13
UCLA.
The Comhuskers worked out for a
little less than two hours in their sec
ond-to-last preparation for Saturday's
home opener.
“Everybody’s ready to go,”
Osborne said. “We seem to have a
good attitude.”
Osborne said wingback Clester
Johnson and split end Brett Popplewell
both suffered sprained ankles in
Wednesday’s practice, but returned
Thursday and weren’t hampered.
Osborne also said the kicking game
would probably remain the same with
sophomore Darin Erstad kicking the
longer field goals and senior Tom
Sieler handling shorter duties.
Against Texas Tech, Erstad missed
on two opporunities from outside the
40.
The Huskers will have one final
walk-through today before Saturday’s
game.
“We have to assume
every team we play is a
good team and that
they're gonna want to
play hard."
■
JOHN WALKER
Nebraska soccer coach
i ni
He said the team has played hard in
every game, but there have been lapses,
which he hopes to avoid this weekend.
Walker also said that he was gener
ally happy with the defense but would
like to see a little more sophistication
in his team’s attack.
HuskerVision
will highlight
football party
From Staff Reports
Weekend-long festivities will
begin tonight for the Huskers’
nationally-televised home foot
ball opener against UCLA.
The Nebraska athletic depart
ment will sponsor a free Kickoff
Celebration on Friday evening
in tribute to the best fans in the
nation. The camival-like atmo
sphere starts at 6 p.m. on Sta
dium Drive on the west side of
Memorial Stadium.
Husker coaches and athletes
will make appearances Friday
evening. There will also be
clowns, face painting and live
music.
The program will move into
Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
Festivities inside the stadium will
include a performance by the
Comhusker Marching Band, and
the unveiling of the new
HuskerV ision video boards. The
evening will be capped off with
a fireworks display.
ESPN *s college football ana
lysts, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso
and Craig James will also be in
Lincoln this weekend doing live
broadcasts east of Memorial Sta
dium.
ESPN “Sportscenter” will air
live from Lincoln on Friday at
5:30 p.m. and “College Football
GameDay” will be live at 10:30
a.m. Saturday and throughout
the afternoon. Fans are encour
aged to attend the live telecasts
and support the Huskers.