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Sports Weekend Friday, September 30, 1994 Page 9 No. 1 Huskers face Wyoming Cowboys By Mitch Sherman Senior Reporter When the Nebraska football team takes the field for Saturday’s I p.m. game against Wyoming at Memorial Stadium, the Comhuskers will have a different look. Aside from the absence of No. I quarterback Tommie Frazier, 4-0 Nebraska also will be without the ser vices of tight end Eric Alford. The 6 foot-2,225-pound senior will serve a one-game suspension for disciplinary reasons, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. Alford, who has caught a touch down pass in each of the last three games, leads the Huskers in receiv ing yardage and touchdown recep tions. Free safety Mike Minter, out for the season with a tom ligament in his right knee, had surgery on Sept. 23. “We have got some pretty good players that aren’t playing,” Osborne said. “I would like to have them all out there, but in some cases, there isn’t anything you can do about it. “Everybody has got to step up and play a little bit harder, and we've got to coach a little bit better.” Osborne said he thought the Husk ers had been able to remain focused on Wyoming this week despite the attention given to Frazier’s blood clot. If they haven’t, he said, the 2-2 “I think they are still going to have to watch our fullback and our other options. They can’t really key on one guy or somebody else is going to get loose. ” u LAWRENCE PHILLIPS NU l-back Cowboys may come into Lincoln and surprise some people. Wyoming returns 13 starters from a team that won a share of the West ern Athletic Conference title and lost 52-17 to Kansas State in the Copper Bowl. The Cowboys lost 42-7 to Utah last week in Salt Lake City. “You see that score, and you think they got whacked,” Osborne said. “Yet Utah did not run the ball very effectively against Wyoming. What happened was Utah hit about four or five long passes.” Utah’s method of attack, he said, is something Nebraska probably will See OSBORNE on 10 Wyoming coach sees NU as ultimate test ®y Trevor Parks_ Tiller said he heard the Nebraska staff Reporter offensive line wanted to step up to protect quarterback Brook Berringer, Wyoming coach Joe Tiller wants who replaces the injured Frazier, and to keep his sense of humor about play- that worried him. ing No. I Nebraska on Saturday at . “They are a very dominant group,” Memorial Stadium. Tiller said. “What are they going to During his weekly teleconference, do, step it up to the moon?” Tiller was full of one-liners in de- Even though Tiller was in a jok scribing the Cowboys’ situation go- ing mood, he said Saturday’s game ing into the game. was no laughing matter. Wyoming is coming off a 41-7 “This is an ultimate challenge,” defeat at Utah and has dropped to 2- Tiller said. “We just want to play the 2 on the season. best to our ability and see where that “Somebody wanted to know if we will take us.” were going to bounce back,” Tiller Tiller said he didn’t expect to see said. “Unfortunately we have to any drastic changes in the Nebraska bounce back right into the face of a offense because of Frazier’s absence. Mack truck.” “It’s a great tribute that over the However, that Mack truck may be years, the plays haven’t changed,” he missing a wheel with the absence of --— Tommie Frazier. See TILLER on 11 r~—-- ■ -■»■■■ ■. . ■ - - -- — . 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Joel Wilks 6-3 280 LG 79 Jay Korth . 287 6-3 C 54 Aaron Graham 6-3 280 C 52' Jeff Pinnick 274 6-3 TE 85 Matt Shaw 6-3 235 TE 85 Jeremy Gllstrap 240 6-2 PK 12 Tom Sieler_6-5 205 PK 26 Taylor Sorenson 184 5-9 LOLB 86 Dwayne Harris 6-2 225 LT 89 Brent Leu 6-5 252 DT 55 Christian Peter 6-2 285 DE 81 John Burrough 6-6 259 NT 99 Terry Connealy 6-5 275 RT 87 Tyrone Williams 6-4 277 ROLB 84 Donta Jones 6-2 220 DE 41 Brent Schieffer 6-3 262 SAM 4 Troy Dumas 6-4 220 SILB 49 Mark Brook 6-5 227 MIKE 48 DougColman 6-3 240 WILB3 Jason Holanda 6-3 201 WILL 32 Ed Stewart 6-1 215 MLB 94 JlmTallch 6-1 215 LCB 14 Barron Miles 5-8 165 LCB 29 Steve Hendrix 5-11175 RCB 8 Tyrone Williams 6-0 165 RCB 21 Greg Van Leer 5-10180 ROV 29 Kareem Moss 5-10 190 SS 36 Chuck Poison 6-0 185 FS 9 TonyVeland 6-2 200 FS 37 Lee Vaughn 5-11 171 P 6 Darin Erstad 6-2 195 P 40 Brian Gragert 6-1 223 — DNQripWc Wyoming’s leading rusher anxious to play Nebraska By Travor Parfct Staff Reporter Wyoming running back Ryan Christopherson is fifth in the nation in rush ing yards per game, but that doesn’t mean he’s happy with the way things have gone this year. “I’m not happy unless we’re winning foot ball games,” Christopherson said. “We’re a pretty young team, but we’re getting a lot of experience.” The Cowboys are 2-2 this season with wins over Texas-EI Paso and Tulsa. After a 41 -7 loss to Utah, the Cowboys play two straight games outside of the Western Ath letic Conference — at Nebraska and at home against Northeast Louisiana. The senior from Glendale, Ariz., said it would be tough playing the No. I Comhuskers. “Any time you put yourself up against the best, that’s great,” Christopherson said. “It will be an education for everyone.” The 6-foot, 241 -pound Christopherson is averaging 152 yards rushing per game. In only four games this season he has 608 yards on 108 carries. Nebraska’s Lawrence Phillips is just ahead of Christopherson in rushing with a 154.3 av erage, and he has nine more yards than Christopherson at 617. Last season Christopherson became the sixth Cowboy to rush for more than 1,000 yards with 1,014. He needs only 219 yards to be come Wyoming’s all-time leading rusher. But Nebraska’s defense may present Christopherson with a challenge. Christopherson said he was impressed with the speed of the Husker defense. “All 11 players get to the ball quickly every time,” Christopherson said. “They are real physical, and I won’t get a good chance to go one-on-one with anybody.” Christopherson said he used his size to his advantage whenever he could. “I’m not going to say that I’m a finesse guy,” he said. “I’m a guy who likes to try and wear people out.” The Doak Walker Award candidate said Wyoming’s new starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Jeremy Dombek, should be able to handle the situation on Saturday. “He battled for the position since the spring, so the guys are used to him,” he said. Christopherson said he hoped the younger puys, including Dombek, didn’t get caught up in the atmosphere surrounding the game.