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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
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Nebraska JfW Pacific
SE 7 Reggie Baul 5-8 170
LT 75 Chris Dishman 6-3 310
LG 67 Aaron Taylor 6-1 305
C 54 Aaron Graham 6-4 275
RG 69 Steve Ott 6-4 290
RT 70 Eric Anderson 6-4 300
TE 87 Mark Gilman 6-4 240
WB33 ClesterJohnson 5-11 210
QB 15 Tommie Frazier 6-2 210
FB 22 JeffMakovicka 5-11 225
IB Damon Benning or Ahman Green
PK 20 Kris Brown 5-11 190
LOLB 93 Jared Tomich 6-2 250
DT 55 Christian Peter 6-3 300
DT 95 Jason Peter 6-4 275
ROLB98 Grant Wistrom 6-5 240
SAM 56 Jay Foreman 6-1 220
MIKE 41 Phil Ellis 6-2 225
WILL 91 Ryan Terwilliger 6-5 225
LCB 16 Eric Stokes 5-11 180
RCB 8 Tyrone Williams 6-0 185
ROV 10 MikeMinter 5-10 190
FS 9 Tony Veland 6-2 205
P 19 Jesse Kosch 6-0 180
WR 81 Tyrone Watley 5-10 176
LT 71 HormazJangi 6-3 281
LG 75 Dan Weldon 6-5 302
C 56 Justin Werth 6-2 272
RG 62 Bryan Chiu 6-2 287
RT 68 Tata Jefferson 6-5 304
TE 17 Mike Morales 6-1 219
WR12 Damon Bowers 5-9 186
QB 16 Chad Fotheringham 6-6 232
FB 26 Kerry Blakney 5-11 233
TB 33 Joe Abdullah 6-0 220
PK 15 Roger Fleenor 6-1 180
LT 94 Sean Duncan 6-4 247
NT 98 Jyme Daniels 6-2 304
RT 58 Jason Evans 6-1 265
LOLB36 Clint Carter 6-0 228
SILB 50 EdTatola 5-11 242
WILB92 Vince Bruno 6-2 225
ROLB95 Elliott Burke 6-3 251
SS 4 Rodney Campbell 5-10 180
RCB 3 Ed Atlas 5-9 165
LCB 2 RayStukes 5-9 172
FS 23 Matt Kilgras 5-10 182
P 15 Roger Fleenor 6-1 180
