Spanier 1 of 12 people to pick Bis 12 commissioner
By Mitch Shrman
Senior Reporter
UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier is one of
12 people appointed to a committee that will
choose a Big 12 Conference commissioner
sometime in the next few months.
Spanier, Nebraska’s representative in the
12-member group, said the committee decided
at a meeting in Dallas last weekend to choose
a conference commissioner sometime in the
spring of 1995.
“A search will be launched in the next few
weeks,” Spanier said. “And we’d like to have
someone working by July 1.”
Although the Big 12 will not begin confer
ence play until August 1996 — when Texas,
Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech join the
conference — Spanier said a Big 12 commis
sioner would be busy from the day he was ap
pointed.
Among the duties of the conference com
missioner, Spanier said, would be long-range
planning, selecting various sites of events, hir
ing a staff, becoming familiar with the univer
sities and representing the conference in na
tional discussion, TV contracts and bowl pack
ages.
Spanier is one of three chancellors on the
committee. Among the other nine members are
three women’s administrators, three athletic
directors and three faculty representatives.
He said no candidate had an advantage now.
The commissioner of the Big Eight is Carl
James, and the Southwest Conference’s com
missioner is Steve Hatchell.
Another topic on the agenda at the meet
ings last weekend was the site of the new
conference’s headquarters. The SWC is cen
tered in Dallas, and the Big Eight’s headquar
ters are in Kansas City, Mo.
Spanier said both of those cities were un
der consideration, but no city was leading right
now.
“We hope to choose a site sometime in
1995,” he said. “It could be anywhere. Right
now, everyone is open to any location.”
Some Big Eight coaches have expressed
concern that the new conference may adopt too
many SWC policies. The SWC, these coaches
have said, is joining the Big Eight, not the other
way around. But Spanier said all sites were
being considered, no matter where the city was
located.
“I haven’t heard anyone say they are for or
against any city,” he said. “You have to look at
what it means economically; what cities make
the highest bid and offer us the best facilities
and resources.
“I’m looking at it in terms of what kind of
access the city will have from Lincoln, Ne
braska.”
He said the site of the conference headquar
ters would be chosen sometime in 1995.
In addition to serving on the committee to
choose a commissioner, Spanier also was
“It’s a group that represents all
of the presidents and
chancellors in a broad range
of universities. ”
■
GRAHAM 8PANIER
UNL chancellor
elected to represent the Big 12 Conference on
the NCAA president’s commission. He begins
a four-year term in January during the NCAA’s
annual convention.
“It’s a group that represents all of the presi
dents and chancellors in a broad range of uni
versities,” Spanier said.
Eight Huskers chosen
for All-Big Eight team
From Staff Rtportt
Nebraska landed eight football
players on the Coaches’ All-Big
Eight first team, which was an
nounced on Tuesday.
Nebraska’s four offensive first
team selections were guard Brenden
Stai, center Aaron Graham, tackle
Zach Wiegert and I-back Lawrence
Phillips.
On the first-team defense, line
backers Ed Stewart and Donta Jones
and defensive backs Barron Miles
and Tyrone Williams all represented
Nebraska.
It was Wiegert’s third selection to
the first team.
Colorado also placed eight play
ers, but in nine positions — Chris
Hudson was chosen as a return spe
cialist and a defensive back — on the
first team.
Colorado’s Kordell Stewart was
chosen over Kansas State’s Chad May
as the first-team quarterback.
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Frazier won’t stump for Quayle
By Jeff Qrl+sch
Staff Reporter
Tommie Frazier and Tom
Osborne said on Wednesday that
they sympathized with Dan
Quayle’s medical condition after a
blood clot was discovered on Mon
day in the former vice president’s
right lung.
But neither had any plans of
helping Quayle with any possible
presidential aspirations.
With blood clots as a common
bond, Quayle could ask Frazier,
one of the most recognizable fig
ures in Nebraska, to campaign for
him.
But Frazier, a registered Demo
crat, shied away from any ideas of
getting politically involved.
“I’m not really that interested
in politics right now,” Frazier said.
Osborne said his experience
dealing with Frazier’s situation
also would not warrant stumping
for Quayle.
“I don’t really have much of a connection with
Dan Quayle. So I doubt that I would be much
help. ”
m
TOM OSBORNE
Nebraska football coach
“I don’t really have much of a
connection with Dan Quayle,”
Osborne said. “So I doubt that I
would be much help.”
Quayle, who is considering run
ning for president in 1996, will re
main at Indiana University Medi
cal Center for a week while being
treated with Heparin, a blood-thin
ning drug.
Frazier still is being treated
with Coumadin, another blood
thinning drug.
Frazier said that when the blood
clot was first discovered in his leg,
he was worried about the clot mov
ing to his lungs.
“I thought about it a lot at the
time, but 1 don’t really think about
what could’ve happened any
more,” Frazier said. V
Osborne said Quayle’s condi
tion made him even more thank
ful that the clot in Frazier’s leg did
not move through his heart and
into his lungs.
“At the time, we obviously
knew that Tommie’s situation
could get much worse,” Osborne
said. “It could have been tragic.”
DeForge
Continued from Page 7
DeForge—who hit two of her four
3-point attempts — scored eight
straight Nebraska points in a time
span of just over two minutes.
The 5-foot-l 1 guard from Niagara,
Wis., said her big first half was as
beneficial to her as it was to the team.
“1 was a 3-point shooter in high
school, and it’s probably my favorite
shot,” DeFoige said. “I was kind of
connecting on a few of those shots
there in the first half. For my confi
dence, that was a big boost.”
Nebraska did not let up, as it went
on a 15-5 run to end the first half with
a 48-28 advantage.
Beck said her team’s nearly flaw
less first-half performance was espe
cially impressive against Kent.
“We played an almost perfect first
half,” Beck said. “I really respect
Kent’s program. They had a 20-8
record (last year), they believe in pres
sure defense, and that’s one of the
reasons I scheduled them—because
of their strong pressure defense.
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“This was a big victory for us, and
we can build on it.”
Nebraska scored the first six points
of the second half to take a 26-point
lead, but the lead slowly dwindled
down to 16 at the 10-minute mark.
“We still have a lot of work to do
because we looked really sloppy at
times,” Beck said. “We need to pass
more and not dribble as much. Our
second half wasn’t great. I don’t think
we’ve learned how to bury some
body.”
Nebraska was plagued by 33 turn
overs, but Kent also turned the ball
over 33 times.
Nebraska, which went into the
game with four players averaging in
double figures, did not stray from that
trend.
Five Huskers reached double fig
ures, with two reaching double fig
ures in rebounds.
Lis Brenden led all scorers with
18, while Pyra Aarden and DeForge
each contributed IS. Tina McClain
had 14 and Belinda Bynum scored 10.
DeForge also grabbed 10 rebounds
and McClain, a sophomore forward,
pulled down a game-high 13.
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As one of two seniors on the team
along with Peggy Meyer, Aspegren
said she was feeling the pressure of
playing in her final matches at Ne
braska.
“I’m not nervous; I’m just really
excited at this point,” Aspegren said.
“I know that everyone is going to do
everything they can to make (Final
Four).”
Nebraska hasn’t been to the Final
Four since 1990, when the Huskers
lost to Pacific in the semifinal.
If the Huskers aren't able to make
it to Austin, Texas, for the Final Four,
Aspegren said this season still would
be a successful one.
“I don’t want to think about it if
we don’t make it,” Aspegren said.
“As long as I know that we did ev
erything we could, I’ll be all right.”
Huskers picked
for scholar team
From tiff Woports
Two Nebraska football players
earned spots on the 24-player Hitachi/
CFA Scholar-Athlete Team an
nounced by the College Football As
sociation on Wednesday.
Rob Zatechka, a graduate student
with a 4.0 grade point average in bio
logical sciences, and Terry Connealy,
a senior agribusiness major with a 3.8
GPA, both represented Nebraska.
Three other players from the Big
Eight made the team: Matt McEwen
and Laird \featch from Kansas State
and Marc Pedrotti of Missouri.
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