Even Osborne
needs a break
By Derek Samson_
Senior Reporter
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne has
been feeling the stress of winning his first
national championship during the past month.
And it won’t get any easier when March 27
— the start of spring practice — rolls around.
But Osborne should get a week off for
spring break, he said.
“I’m trying to fight like mad to get some
breaks like that,” Osborne said, “because if I
go into the season like this next year, it’s not
going to be good for me or the football team.”
Osborne isn’t worried about being burned
out when the fall begins.
“That won’t happen because I won’t let it
happen,” he said. “You just have to be able to
say no — which I can do — to some things.”
Osborne said he had been receiving be
tween 10 and 15 requests a day to make some
kind of appearance or speaking engagement
since Nebraska’s 24-17 victory over Miami in
the Orange Bowl more than three moths ago.
And Osborne hopes people won’t get the
wrong impression when he denies some of the
requests.
“I’m always afraid somebody is going to
think I’m bigndealing it or that I’ve got too big
for my britches,” Osborne said.
One thing he will have to do is decide on a
starting quarterback.
But that isn’t contributing to Osborne’s
stress.
Even though it is only March, Osborne still
answered numerous questions about the quar
terback position, which seniors-to-be Brook
Berringer and Tommie Frazier will both be
vying for.
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Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne, left, signs a football for Tony Gevo, a Nebraska fan who drove three hours with
his wife from Philadelphia Monday to see the Muskers in Washington.
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Penn can’t win two years in a row,
although I’m not sure if last year’s
win over Nebraska should count as
an actual tournament win. Villanova
will cruise through the first two
rounds, as will Massachusetts. Okie
State versus UMass in the final. Take
the Minutemen playing at the Mead
owlands. Reeves can’t handle Marcus
Camby and Lou Roe at the same
time. Regional winner: Massachu
setts
UCLA figures to sleep all the way
to the round of eight, but watch out
for Utah. Rick Majerus’ team is on
fire, having won 10 in a row. Upset of
the tourney: Utah over UCLA. Indi
ana will take care of Mizzou, and
Mississippi State shouldn’t have any
trouble with Santa Clara.
Maryland sophomore Joe Smith
will make a big impression on the
NBA scouts, playing in his last tour
nament before bolting to the pros.
Smith could single-handedly carry
the Terps over Texas, UConn and
Utah. Regional Winner: Maryland
This sets up two intriguing
matchups in Seattle’s Final Four.
Kentucky vs. Kansas and Massachu
setts vs. Maryland. Rick Pitino’s
Kentucky team will have problems
handling Kansas’ inside game, but if
the Wildcats get hot from 3-point
land, look out. Kansas will be due for
a letdown after beating Arkansas.
Take Kentucky.
Massachusetts, which lost to Mary
land in the tourney last year, will be
out for revenge. This game is also a
rematch of a regular-season game
won by the Minutemen — who have
borrowed the “refuse to lose” motto
from 1993 Husker football team.
Nebraska didn’t win in ’93 andUMass
won’t in ’95. Go with the one-man
wrecking crew, Joe Smith and Mary
land.
Kentucky vs. Maryland in the fi
nal has all the makings of a classic
championship game. These are two
similar teams from great conferences.
Kentucky has more balance, better
defense and more depth, which is
extremely important in the Final Four.
National Champion: Kentucky
Now that I have shared my selec
tions, I would like to ask that you
please discard of this newspaper, so
no evidence of my predictions re
mains on April 3. Well, maybe I’ll
save one copy. You never know, any
one can be right once.
She naan b a sophomore news-editorial
major and a Daily Nebraskan senior reporter.
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