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JAPAN 1:30 p.m., October 27 • attend this session to learn more about other study abroad opportunities in many other countries* ***NO LANGUAGE REQUIRED*** ***UNL FINANCIAL AID/SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE*** ***STUDY WITH OTHER UNL STUDENTS*** ***EARN UNL CREDIT TOWARD YOUR DEGREE*** ***GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT OPTIONS*** KSU comerback eyes Frazier By Mike Kluck Staff Reporter “ Joe Gordon isn’t worried that his name isn’t known to Nebraska quar terback Tommie Frazier before Sat urday. , Mate junior corncrback only wants to make sure Frazier re members the name Joe Gordon after the game against the sec ond-ranked ■ J.LflH Lornhuskers. Gordon Gordon said he thought he would have a few oppor tunities to introduce himself to the Nebraska signal-caller while helping the Wildcat defense try to stop Nebraska’s No. 1-ranked rushing of fense. “1 like to come up and hit because most teams don’t expect it,” Gordon said. “I like to support the run, and this week I’m pretty sure I’ll have my fair share of opportunities.” Studying the Huskers offense, es pecia! ly Tommie Frazier, has become a constant for Gordon since the end of the Wildcats’ 23-17 victory over Oklahoma State last Saturday. “Tommie is a great athlete, and he’s a guy that will make you study him,” Gordon said. “You need to be prepared because if you’re not pre pared, the scoreboard will indicate it.” Although Gordon has played against Frazier only once — a Ne braska 45-28 win in 1993 — he said Frazier was an improved quarterback. Gordon said Frazier has continued to show a lot of confidence since last year’s national championship game against Miami, a 24-17 Husker vic tory. Gordon also said Frazier was a good leader and disciplined football player. Frazier is also aided, Gordon said, by having good running backs. “Tommie Frazier can cause some problems,” Gordon said. “He’s the type of guy that’s a threat anytime — by the pass or by the run. With the great running backs Nebraska has, you have to play him very smart. “You have to be disciplined when you play Tommie Frazier because he can pull up and throw it; or he can keep it and tuck it; or he can toss it at the last minute. He really keeps you playing him honest,” he said. “I think it’s going to take a lot of preparation and a lot of hard work to match up to these guys and play a good solid football game.” So far this season the Wildcats have played solid defense. They lead the nation in scoring defense, allow ing only 7.5 points a game. And they are ranked No. 1 in total defense, giving up only 199.8 yards a game. Gordon has been consistently solid since last season, when he was named as a first-team All-Big Eight comerback. This season, he leads the Big Eight in pass breakups with nine, and he has 22 total tackles. In the last four games, Gordon and the other Wildcat defensive backs have allowed only 96 yards passing. Kansas State has allowed only 630 yards passing this year, first in the nation. Despite Kansas State’s success so far this season, Gordon is predicting a difficult game for the Wildcats. Nebraska ranks first in the nation in rushing offense and total offense, and is second in scoring offense, av eraging 55.3 points a game. “It will be another hard fought game every minute,” Gordon said. “I know it’s going to boil down to the team that wants it the most. We’ll just go in with our game plan. We won’t sit on our heels.” Newcomers Continued from Page 7 Kansas State is ranked third na tionally in rushing defense, and first in scoring defense and to tal defense. “It’s just something I had to do,” Green said. “It feels good. It’s another game and another challenge for me.” Playing a high-profile posi tion for a top-notch program was overwhelming at first, Green said, but he said it was a challenge he wanted to con quer. With 615 yards on 66 at tempts, the former high school All-American from Omaha Central ranks second behind Calvin Jones—who ran for 900 yards in 1991 — on the all-time Nebraska freshman rushing charts. He is averaging 9.3 yards per attempt and has scored eight touchdowns in addition to earn ing a spot on the Huskers’ No. 1 kickoff return unit. “I picked up a lot of stuff in the first couple of weeks and first couple of games,” said Green, Nebraska’s leading rusher. “I picked it up, and I thought I was ready.” Green said he was looking forward to playing against one of the top defenses in the coun try. “I dreamed about this much earlier than high school,” he said. “All my family and friends will be watching.” Research gave AvMtcialinnl him a future 0 Nebraska loses to Texas A&M From Staff Reports The Nebraska soccer team lost to lOth-ranked Texas A&M 2-0 Wednesday at the Aggie Soccer Com plex in College Station, Texas. Aggie sophomore forward Bryn Blalack scored 29 minutes into the first half, the only goal scored by cither team before halftime. In the second half Blalack, Texas A&M’s leading scorer, scored 62 minutes into the match to give 13-3 Texas A&M a 2-0 lead. The Aggies are ranked second in the Central Re gion. Nebraska, 8-6, attempted seven shots on goal compared to 14 shots for the Aggies. The Huskers will play host to Brigham Young Friday at 7 p.m. at the Abbott Soccer Park Complex. Sunday at noon, Nebraska will con clude its home season against Texas. Blomstedt Continued from Page 7 Although Blomstedt improved throughout the season a year ago, she said she was still apprehensive about trying out for the junior national team. “My coach started bugging me about it,” she said. “He told me there was a junior national competition in Walnut, Calif. I wasn’t going to go. I wanted to go home and relax for the summer. It had been a long season. But he just kept bugging me and bugging me.” Blomstedt said her second-place finish at the Big Eight outdoor meet motivated her to compete for a spot on the national team. “I couldn’t just be satisfied with second place. Coach just showed me that I really had a chance to win. A lot of people go there, so I thought that I wouldjustbe one-in-a-million. I never thought that I would make it to the Pan-American games.” Blomstedt is one of the hardest workers Smith said he had ever seen. This summer, Smith coached Blomstedt through daily 4-5 hour practices, purposely scheduled in the middle of the day to prepare her for the heat and humidity she would find in Chile. “There are very few athletes who are as motivated, dedicated and work as hard as she does,” Smith said. Phillips Continued from Page 7 “It’s just killing me,” Phillips said. Osborne said Phillips had held up his end of the deal and was still undergoing counseling twice a week. He also meets with a psychiatrist once a week. The coach said the toughest part of the situation was keeping Phillips informed on his own status. “The biggest thing I try to do is let Lawrence know what’s going to hap pen,” Osborne said. “One of the frus trating things for me is that I haven’t been able to let him know what’s going to happen. There are so many little things. He’s kind of been in limbo, and it’s a difficult situation. He really does need instruction.” Osborne said he had concluded that it would be in the best interest of Phillips if the junior returned to foot ball. “You don’t want to take away the one thing that has given the person some sense of self-worth and some sense of self-esteem,” Osborne said. “Usually there is a problem with self worth and self-esteem in abusive be havior. If you take the one thing that has given his life a sense of organiza tion and meaning, then you’re not going about it the right way.” The Associated Press coatributed to this report HOW DO YOU GET STARTEDf Even easier! 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