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National title hopes on the line for Colorado, Michigan _ .■■■in.mm-- A Buffaloes challenge No. 4 Wolverines By Tim P»ar»on_ - , Senior Editor Colorado coach Bill McCartney is returning to his roots. The Buffaloes will travel to Ann Arbor. Mich., to take on No. 4 Michi gan Saturday in a, contest of top 10 teams. McCartney came to Colorado in 1982 after servi ng as an assistant coach at Michigan for eight years. “I’m excited to go back." he said. “Really all of my roots are there." And he is thankful that Bo Schembcchlergavehiniashotin 1974. “It really goes back to being se lected tocoach there." McCartney said. “I was a high school coach, and I think the only one Michigan ever hired. “I wasn’t ready when they hired me, and 1 probably wasn’t ready when I left, but I was honored to be given the opportunity to coach there." The challenge of playing the Wol verines, who arc always a national championship contender, is one McCartney thinks his team is ready for. , . “The most significant thing is that I'm going in there with a good team,” he said. Colorado is coming off a 55-17 drubbing of then-No. 10 Wisconsin in Boulder. But McCartney said the large margin of victory docsn t necessarily mean his team is that much better than the Badgers. “We recognize that the victory over Wisconsin got out of hand with the turnovers they had.” he said. “We fcnow there's not that big of a discrep ancy between us and Wisconsin" Colorado’s Kordell Stewart was named the Big Eight Player of the Week after his 301 -yard passing per formance against the Badgers. But McCartney slopped short of calling that Stewart's best game. “He’s played really good games, but he hasn't gotten the same atten tion,'' he said. Stewart said the win was a big confidence-builder for the Buffaloes. “It was definitely the best game that we have played as a team since I have been here,” Stewart said. “We really were prepared for them, and you can sec what happened. “Our team won’t settle for less than a conference title and a national cham pionship this year.” But first the Buffaloes must get by the Wolverines, who may have run ning back Tyrone Wheatley back in action. McCartney said the Buffaloes have a tough test ahead of them. “We’vcbccnstudyingthcmhard.'' he said. “They have great players. They, along with Florida Slate, have done the best job of recruiting the last five years.” 1884 Big Eight Conference FoolbsH Standings Nebraska 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0 1.000 KansasSt. 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1.000 Colorado 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1.000 Kansas 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 0 .667 Oklahoma 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 0 .667 Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 .500 Missouri 0 0 0 1.000 1 2 0 .333 (owa St. 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 0 .000 Weekend Results Baylor 14 Oklahoma St. 10 Western Michigan 23 Iowa St. 19 Missouri 16 Houston 0 Kansas St. 27 Rice 18 Texas Christian 31 Kansas 21 Colorado 55 Wisconsin 17 Oklahoma 17 Texas Tech tt Nebraska 48 UCLA 21 » DN Graphic —-------—-1 T"v': ... . Frazier, Veland sustain injuries From SUff W»port» Nebraska quartciback Tommie Frazier left practice early Monday after bruising his calf in the UCLA game. Comhusker coach Tom Osborne said Frazier practiced for about half the practice before leaving. Osborne said Frazier didn’t know how it happened, but he said it's probably not serious. Behind Frazier, the Huskcrs have junior Brook Berringer and sophomore walk-on Matt Turman. Also, linebacker Ed Stewart and free safety Tony Veland both missed practice. Veland. who started his first game at free safety in Saturday's win. had a sore hamstring. Stewart was also sore following the game. Husker runners try out skills in their first, only home meet From Stiff fUporf In its only home meet of the year, the Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams fared well, Coach Jay Dirksen said. The Comhusker women won the Woody Greeno-Nebraska Invitational at Pioneers Park on Saturday. The men finished in sec ond place behind HCA Wesley, a running club from Wichita. Kan. Senior Julie Mazzitelli helped the women to the team title by placing fourth overall and third in theuniversity division. The Huskers. ranked 12th in the nation, finished ahead of Lincoln Track Club 25-36. Dirksen said he was pleased with how his top six runners ran Saturday. “They really ran well asa group.” he said. “There was only a 32-sccond spread be tween our top six runners. - 'j|t'II mumWL"—■■ ""f TTT “I think we really did a pretty dam good job. The nice thing about this team is that if somebody falters, we don’t drop off much.” Dirkscn was pleased that his top seven runners returning from last year’s team all improved. Two former Husker All-Americans, rac ing for Lincoln Track Club, finished I -2 for the individual title. Theresa Stclling, an All-American last year, won the overall title, and Fran ten Bcnscl finished second. On the men’s side. Husker co-captain Brady Bonsall won the university division and finished third overall. Right behind Bonsall was teammate Kevin Miller, who finished fifth. 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The current mark, set in 1983. is 401.7 yards per game. Leading the way is Lawrence Phillips. Tne sophomore I-back leads the Big Eight and ranks fifth in the nation in rushing yardage per game at 159.7. But the passing game has lacked firepower. The Huskersare averaging 86.5 yards per game through the air. which ranks 102nd in the nation. Solich said Nebraska hadn't been forced to use its passing game because of the team' s success rushi ng the ball. “We have been able to run the ball against every team we have played this year.” Solich said. “People say. Yes, but can you throw?’ “If you look at last year, when wc have trouble running the ball, wc can have a good passing attack. When you are running the ball as effective as wc were, you'll probably run the ball. But there will be a day when the throwing game will be a big factor.” Line Continued from Page 7 In its first three games, Nebraska has rushed for 1.412 yards, an average of more than 470 yards a game. • But Wiegert said that number could be improved upon. “Right now. I'm really pleased where we’re at. and hopefully we ll improve,’’ Wiegert said. “We've got a lot of tough games left, and I don’t know how tough the teams are that we've played already. “We’ve got so many guys back with experience, and we’ve got the size, speed and mobility. I think this is 1 I Dance Contest Every Tuesday 9 p.m. 1 1823 "O" Street ^IOCOVERi__ definitely the best line since I 've been here.” Left guard Joel Wilks said the key this year was that the offensive line was enjoying its job. “Today (Saturday) is probably the most fun I’ve ever had in a game," Wilks said. “So far, this whole year has been fun. It's fun being out there with my four friends, who have been working so hard for four years now. and come out and dominate people like this. “We've gotten better every week, and hopefully we'll continue that. If we keep improving, we'll be the team we want to be at the end of the sea son.” Clinton Childs, the No. 2 l-back. came off the bench to run for 78 yards but still gave credit to the line. UI had a question asked to me ear lier. asking if I was spoiled." he said. “1 thi nk we (running backs) are spoiled to a certain extent here. That line is going to open holes for us no matter what defense we're playing against" Left tackle Rob Zatechka said the early success ofthc running game was no surprise. "I was pretty confident we’d have a lot of success with this line." he said. "I thought the rushing game would do really well, and it has. It's kind of hard to tell how good you are going to be. but I think we've played three pretty good opponents, and we've fared pretty well." 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