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Pass is fourth leaf on CU’s clover By Mitch Sherman Senior Reporter Colorado coach Bill McCartney’s swing of emotions in the final minutes of Saturday’s game against Michigan was so vast that he couldn’t even describe the feeling. The fifth-ranked Buffaloes, down 26-21 with 15 seconds remaining, had the ball at their own 15-yard line following a Wolverine punt. “I’ve got to tell you,” McCartney said, “I was very frustrated prior to that last play. I felt like we were the best team, and we weren’t going to get the victory." After moving the ball 21 yards to the Michi gan 36-yard line, the Buffs called a timeout. With eight seconds left and 64 yards to go. McCartney said he thought the game was over. But Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart launched a pass that traveled more than 70 yards in the air. The ball came down in a crowd of players, was tipped and fell into the arms of Colorado wide receiver Michael Westbrook. “I was the last one to think that play would work,” McCartney said. “I wasn’t optimistic. When Kordell did launch it, I thought. Doggone, we got a chance.’’’ Even after the reception, McCartney still had to look twice before believing the Buffs had won. “We had so many penalties during the game that when 1 looked around and saw no flags, it was a great feeling,” he said. McCartney, whose teams have been known to pull off fourth-quarter magic in recent years, said the play came down to execution and luck. “We were fortunate that they only rushed three people,” he said. “Kordell was able to buy extra time. That was about as far as he could throw it and still have it come down with our guys having a chance to catch it.” Stewart, a 6-foot-3,210-pound senior from I tW*W0BM Confw«n»FoottaltStaBdmBi j i Nebraska 70 Padfic 21 Oklahoma St. 17 Tulsa 10 Kansas St. 35 Minnesota 0 Rice 28 Iowa Si 18 \ Colorado 27 Michigan 26 Kansas 72 UABO I._— Marrero, La., is third in the nation in both passingefficiency and total offense. Last week’s Big Eight offensive player of the week has completed 66.7 percent of his passes this year. McCartney said Stewart deserved to be consid ered for the Heisman Trophy. “IfKordell continues to play like he has and we continue to win,” McCartney said, “he has a chance.” Colorado travels to Austin, Texas, to take on Texas Saturday, the last of three consecutive games against top 15 opponents. BIG EIGHT NOTES: • Colorado players swept this week’s player of the week honors. Westbrook, who DN Graphic caught seven passes for 157 yards, was given the offensive award. Ted Johnson, a senior inside linebacker, who had 14 tackles and caused a Michigan fumble in the fourth quarter, won the defensive honor. • Nebraska continued to roll up the rushing yardage Saturday. The Comhuskers’ 510 yards on the ground in their 70-21 win over Pacific pushed their season average to 471.5 yards per game. ITie Nebraska record for rushing yards pergameis401.7,setin 1983. Nebraska is less than one yard away from being on pace to eclipse the NCAA record of 472.4 yards per game, set by Oklahoma in 1971. NU softball team defeated after 11 wins From Staff Reports The Nebraska softball team's 11 -game winning streak was stopped last weekend at the National Invitational Champion ship tournament, held in Rock Island, III. After advancing to the championship game of the tournament, the Comhuskers were defeated by Big Eight rival Okla homa State 7-2. Junior Stacie Stafford won two games against Drake and Iowa State on Sunday to propel the Huskers into the title game. The Huskers defeated Drake 8-0 and Iowa State 10-2. The game against Oklahoma State was tied 2-2 after six innings, but Nebraska pitcher Angela Blackwood allowed five runs in the top of the seventh inning. Blackwood, a freshman, gave up seven runs, with only two earned. Stafford, a transfer from Fairoaks. Calif., was named to the all-tournament team. Outfielder Amy Offenbacker and Blackwood were the other two Huskers who made the all-tournament team. Offenbacker had two hits and two RBIs against Oklahoma State to lead the Nebraska hitting attack. The Huskers went 6-1 in the tourna ment. The Huskers are now 11-1 on the season, and their next action will be Oct. 2 in the alumni game. After the alumni game, Nebraska will head to the Big Eight Classic, which will be Oct. 8-9 in Independence, Mo. -]i • f; «. YOU’RE LOOKING AT TWO COMPLETELY OPPOSITE, FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT WAYS TO INVEST IN STOCKS. WE RECOMMEND BOTH. Introducing the CREF Growth Account and the CREF Equity Index Account. 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I guarantee practicing against their own Husker teammates would be bet ter experience than going up against a Pacific player. And the crowd doesn’t have to pay money to watch practice, either. I wouldn’t want to see Nebraska schedule itself out of a national cham pionship by playing Michigan, Notre Dame and Florida every year, but let’s get some better teams than a Pacific or North Texas, which came to Lincoln last year. Despite a70-21 triumph, there were no winners last Saturday. Even though the Tigers are once again on Nebraska’s schedule in 1995, I hope in future scheduling the Husk ers stay away from any team that is named after an ocean. Samson Is a junior news-edttorlal major and a Daily Nebraskan senior reporter. Frazier Continued from Page 1 “If he is put on blood thinners,” Edwards said Monday afternoon, “then it would be dangerous for him to play.” Osbome said doctors Frazier had seen in Lincoln agreed, though he would be in otherwise perfect physi cal shape. “It would be kind of a tragedy if he wasn’t able to play because of the oioou winners, Osborne said, “even though he could run and do everything at full speed.” The clot be hind Frazier’s knee was the sec ond clot to form in his leg. Doctors lorn usoorne a Frazier clot closer to his calf moved to his knee, probably last Thursday. “It was a long shot,” Osborne said. “It was just something they thought they should check out. Nobody thought there would be any chance or very little chance of a blockage ." Edwards said the proximity of the clot was critical to the length of Frazier’s recovery. He said a clot above the popliteal vein (located near the knee) would likely require blood thinners, while a clot below the popliteal vein could be handled quickly without blood thinners. Frazier, a starter of 22-consecutive games for the Comhuskers, first com plained of soreness in his calf the morning of the UC LA game, Osborne said. “We don’t know exactly when it happened or if he got hit,” Osborne said. “Monday (Sept. 19) he came in and said his leg was a little sore.” Frazier was carted out of practice last Monday with ice on his lower leg but returned Tuesday. “Tuesday, he practiced some," Osborne said. “Wednesday, he prac ticed real good. He ran normally and said the soreness was all gone. TTiurs day, he said it was a little sore again. That’s when we began to get a little concerned because the assumption was that it was a bruise.” Frazier, whom Osborne said would be hospitalized at least until Wednes day, played sparingly in Saturday’s win over Pacific. He saw action on Nebraska’s first two drives, leading the Huskers to a 14-0 lead before being replaced by Brook Berringer. Edwards said it was probably dif ficult for the medical staff to diagnose a vascular problem on a young ath lete. Most vascular problems, he said, occur on older people. “They probably thought it was just a muscle bruise,” Edwards said. “It’s not their fault that they didn’t recog nize the vascular problem. 1 probably wouldn’t have seen it either. After it didn’t go away, I’m sure they looked at it a little closer.” Osborne said more would be known in the next few days. “We certainly wouldn’t do any thing that would jeopardize his future or his career,” Osborne said. “I don’t know if we’re talking three, four months or a couple, three weeks. I just hate to speculate right now. I don’t think the doctors know right now.”