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END uiuaj, uvpiwnuti vyy j ra^c 7 is#Cis . • : : : - -_ Beau Finley Putter peril places player on probation I have one goal in life. I want to be the Huey Lewis of sportswrit ers. Maybe I’ve set my dreams too high, but my grandmother always told me: If you don’t aim high, you accomplish little. My grandmother also used to call me “Sally” and claim that she was the rightful president of Bo livia. What I’m gettin’ at is that though her credibility may be a bit weak (as well as her bladder for that matter), she has a valid point. Achievement is about goals and sacrifice. It is on this note that I divulge to you, my vast reader ship, the latest Comhumper ath letic disciplinary action. Early Friday, Nebraska golfer Heidi Wall was suspended for vio lating an agreement she had with Husker Hacker coach Robin Kiiapfl. The incident that led to the sus pension was undisclosed. But Krapfl did say that the bro ken agreement concerned the need for Wall to control her temper. “Heidi is a good kid,” Krapfl said, “but, dude, if she’s not care ful, she’s going to wrap a putter around someone’s head. Despite how cool that would be, we simply can’t have those kinds of things going on.” Wall reacted with resentment to the suspension. “I know we had an agreement and stuff, but this blows,” Wall said. “I mean it’s not like I beat my boyfriend up or something.” Athletic director Bill Byrne called Wall’s actions “deplorable” and then said a bunch of other mean stuff. But he blamed Wall s suspen sion on the unsavory influences that permeate the student body and then immediately announced that, because of this, student seating for Comhumper football games now would be in Gretna. Krapfl did leave the door open for Wall’s return. “If Heidi can complete a series of conditions, I am more than will ing to let her back on the team.” Krapfl said that these condi tions basically would be counsel ing, maintaining her GPA, and buying Krapfl some really comfy slippers. Wall said she’d comply with the conditions, but she wouldn’t admit to any wrongdoing. I wish Heidi luck in her rein statement. I also would like to apologize for anything I have writ ten about her in the past. Further, I’d like to say that if Heidi is looking for me, my listed address is wrong, and I actually commute from Idaho. DISCLAIMER: This column is a parody. I am not trying to make light of the situation now faced by the football team. I am more than cognizant of the pain and frustra tion faced by all in connection with this unfortunate circumstance. Also, if Mr. Phillips is reading, my listed address is wrong, and I commute from Idaho. FiBley Is a third-year law stadeat and a Dally Nebraskan sports colamaist Travis Heying/DN Kansas City’s Neil Smith, a former Nebraska All-American, tries to go around New York’s Doug Riesenberg in the Chiefs’ opening win. Former Husker envies team’s triumphs Neil Smith can’t get everything he wants. The eight-year veteran of the Kan sas City Chiefs and former Nebraska defensive tackle said he was jealous of Nebraska’s 4-3 defensive forma tion. In 1993, Nebraska switched from a 5-2 defensive front that Smith played to a 4-3 alignment, which helped the Comhuskers win the national cham pionship last season. Smiths, although he was a first team All-American for Nebraska in his senior season, said if Nebraska had the 4-3 defense when he was a Comhusker, he could have been un stoppable. “With the defensive alignment they have now, I could have had more tackles and more success than I did in my four years there,” Smith said. “That new alignment has made the difference for them.” Smith had 65 tackles, 7 1/2 sacks and 12 tackles for a loss as a senior. Even though Smith said he was envious of the Huskers’ success, he still had admiration for his former coaches, especially defensive coor dinator Charlie McBride. Smith cred ited his success to McBride’s coach ing philosophy. “Coach McBride yelled and chewed me out so bad one time that I almost cried,” Smith said. “But then he turned to me and told the other players, 'This player is going to make more money than any of you.’ That really impressed me because it showed he still cared about me and had faith in me that I would succeed.” Since arriving at Kansas City in 1988, Smith’s play hasn’t declined. The No. 2 selection overall in the 1988 draft has had 428 tackles in 106 games and 68.5 sacks for 529 yards See SMITH on 11 Osborne faces concerns with Saturday’s contest By Derek Samson Senior Reporter How can we improve? How long should the starters play? How can we keep from letting up? How many points can we score before we’re accused of running up the score? These are all questions Coach Tom Osborne faces when the Comhuskers play host to Pacific at 1 p.m. Satur day. In what could be the Huskers’ easiest game of the season as far as competition, Osborne said the game was far from simple to prepare for. “It’s a game that, obviously if we play well, we should win,” Osborne said. “It’s a difficult game to play. You always worry about players be ing sharp and being mentally ready to play. I think our players seem to have a good attitude toward things. I think they’ll go out and play well.” Osborne said another concern was getting enough playing time for Nebraska’s first and second teams. “Our top units need to have 40 or 45 snaps to stay sharp, and maybe even more than that, Osborne said. “I don’t think we need to keep them in there 70 or 75, but I think they need to play. I don’t want to make it seem like we think this game is over before it starts. “If we take that attitude, we may have our starters in there for 75 plays. We have to be ready to play. But obviously if you don’t play enough each week, you’re going to start go ing downhill some.” After scoring 77 points against Arizona State, Osborne joined a hand ful of coaches who are being accused of running up the score to impress voters. Quarterback Tommie Frazier, who was in for only nine plays in Nebraska’s 70-21 victory over Pa cific last year, said he would under stand when he’s pulled early. “If you score 12 points in the first three minutes, there is really no need to keep your ones (first-team) in there,” Frazier said. “All it’s going to do is get people saying you’re run See PACIFIC on 11 _ n _ ir\l- at Memorial Stadium Game Day 95*. 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