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Husker linebacker faces trials
in life as well as on the field
by Mixe muck
Staff Reporter
No matter how big an opposing
lineman is or how fast an opposing
back is, Nebraska linebacker Ryan
Terwilligcr already has faced his
greatest challenge.
A senior on this year’s Comhusker
squad, Terwilligcr’s greatest chal
lenge came last season when he was
the keynote speaker at the national
championship celebration in his
hometown of Grant.
Terwi 11 iger said although he didn ’t
mind speaking in public, returning to
his hometown and giving the address
was a little more difficult than he
expected.
“It was a little nerve-racking for
me because I knew most of those
kids,” Terwilligcr said. “A lot of my
former teachers were there and some
of the kids I knew, so that made me a
little nervous.”
The challenge for Terwilligcr was
after the speech when he went to the
classrooms of his former school and
talked to the students.
Terwilliger said he was surprised
about some of the questions the
younger kids asked, including some
about whether he had a girlfriend and
how tall he was and if he 1 iked school.
Very few of the questions had to deal
with football or the Huskers’ recent
championship.
Now, however, Terwilliger’s full
concentration is on the game he loves
to play and hopefully someday coach.
Terwilliger is majoring in secondary
education and hopes to teach and
coach in a school system after gradu
ation.
But first for Terwilliger and the
Huskers is Missouri, which faces
Nebraska in a 1 p.m. contest at Me
morial Stadium on Saturday.
Tiger coach Larry Smith said that
after Missouri’s 30-0 loss to Kansas
State last Saturday, the Tigers were
going to revamp their offense.
But this announcement has not
affected Nebraska’s preparation.
Terwilliger said.
“We kind of go into it just prepar
ing for what we’ve seen them do,”
Terwilliger said. “If they switch their
offense though, we’re just going to
have to adjust on the run. We’re just
going to have to go with what they
have now and adapt.”
Adapting has not been tough for_
Terwilliger as he had to replace All
American and Butkus Award finalist
Ed Stewart at the WILL linebacker
spot.
Terwilliger is second on the team
in tackles with 22 and has four tack
les for losses. In the Huskers’ 50-10
victory over Michigan State,
T erwi 11 i ger had a season-best six tack
les, including one for a loss.
Since Missouri has been a run
oriented team, Terwilliger said he
was looking forward to the game
more because of the potential to make
more plays.
“I hope as a linebacking unit,”
Terwilliger said, “not only me, but as
a unit, we step our game up a little bit
this week and continue to get better.”
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Nebraska l-back Damon Benning is battling with freshman Ahman Green for the starting
nod against Missouri Saturday.
Starting I-back still undecided
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
Freshman I-back Ahman Green
has improved, impressed and in
creased his position on the I-back
depth chart.
but that
doesn’t mean
he will start.
Green was
listed as the co
No. 1 I-back,
alongwithjun
ior Damon
Benning, and
Osborne said
I he would wait
Green until later this
week to name a starter for
Saturday’s game with Missouri.
“We’re not trying to play games
with anybody, but I don’t think it
makes much difference what kind
of offense we run, as to who is
playing I-back,” Osborne said. “We
just want to look at them in prac
tice a couple more days. They’ll
both play a lot, and we want to
work Clinton (Childs) in there be
cause he’s a very good football
player.”
Childs, a senior, started in
Nebraska’s third game of the sea
son — a 77-28 win over Arizona
State — and rushed for 143 yards.
But he left the game early with a
strained knee, and has not returned
since.
“I can’t say he will be where he
was when we played Arizona State,
but 1 think he’ll be well enough to
play," Osborne said. “It will be
nice to get him back on the field. I
doubt if he’ll go into the game any
higher than third on the depth chart,
but we want to get him in the
game."
Benning took over the starting
job, but has been hampered in his
two starts by injuries to his ham
string and ankle.
Osborne said Benning had re
turned to old form, and he wouldn’t
be punished for injuries.
“Damon Benning has a little
more experience, and has been
practicing full-time for the last 10
days," he said. “He was only prac
ticing about half the time for the
better part of two weeks, and that
will affect anybody. If you don’t
get that repetition, you’re just not
as sound in what you’re doing. So
he certainly deserves to play, and
he may,
or may not, start."
But Green, who was preparing
for a high school game at Omaha
Central one year ago, has made the
biggest strides.
“Ahman has always had great
ability, but he’s really improved
his grasp of the offense,” Osborne
said. “He makes fewer mistakes,
he’s a lot more confident and he’s
a lot more physical. At first, he was
a lot more tentative because he
wasn’t real sure what he should be
doing.
“The last two or three weeks,
we’ve seen a lot more confident
and aggressive player. I thought he
showed a lot of toughness against
Washington State.’’
Green rushed for 176 yards
against the Cougars, who had the
fourth-best rushing defense in the
country.
On the season, Green has 525
yards on 51 carries (10.3 yards a
carry), seven touchdowns and a
105-yard average per game. His
525 yards ranks third in the Big
Eight, even though he hasn’t started
a game.
NOTE:
•Quarterback Brook Berringer,
linebacker Phil Ellis and split end
Kenny Cheatham all missed prac
tice Wednesday with injuries.
Osborne said Bcrringer’s status
for Saturday’s game against Mis
souri was unknown.
“We’ll see what he can do
(Thursday),” Osborne said. “We’ll
see if he loosens up. He might be
able to play, but he won’t be able
to do much before Friday or Satur
day.”
