Opinon
Thursday, December 7, 1995 Page 4 ... .
Daily
Nebraskan
Editorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
J. Christopher Haiti.....Editor, 472-1766
Rainbow Rowell..Managing Editor
Mark Baldridge.s......Opinion Page Editor
DeDra Janssen.r,.s .>.Associate News Editor
Doug Kouma.... i.Arts & Entertainment Editor
JejfZeleny. Senior Reporter
Matt Woody. Senior Reporter
James Mehsling.*.Cartoonist
He-is-man
Frazier best candidate for top trophy
On Dec. 9 five of the nation’s best college football players will
gather in the same room all hoping to win the most coveted prize a
college football player can receive, the Heisman Trophy.
Nebraska’s Tommie Frazier, Iowa State’s Troy Davis, Florida’s
Danny Wuerffel, Northwestern’s Darnell Autry and Ohio State’s
Eddie George all will be waiting to hear their name called.
All five players have had
t major impact this season and
in the past for their teams, but
none of the five have had more
ofan impactthan Frazier. And
he is the Daily Nebraskan’s
pick to win the 61 st Heisman
Trophy.
Of the five, Frazier,
Wuerffel and George are the
front runners and the vote
should be close among the
three.
George can run and
Wuerffel can pass but Frazier
has one advantage over these
two players; Frazier is a player
who can pass and run.
This year, Frazier has
Bret Gottschall/DN P0SteU “ W and in
his career he has helped the
Comhuskers to a 32-3 record ip games he has started. That number
would be even greater if he hadn’t missed eight games last season
suffering from blood clots.
His value was learned coming off the bench in the Orange Bowl last
season to lead N ebraska back from a 17-9 deficit for the 24-17 win and
a national championship.
In his 11 games this year, Frazier was second on the team in rushing
with 604 yards on 97 attempts for an average of 6.2 yards a carry. The
senior from Bradenton, Fla., also has 14 touchdowns. He has passed
for 1,362 yards on 92 completions, which include 17 touchdowns and
only four interceptions.
He has a combined total of 31 touchdowns, rushing and passing.
Wuerffel has eye-popping passing statistics throwing for 3,266
yards and 35 touchdowns, but with 10 interceptions. Wuerffel’s one
dimensional style shows in his -141 yards rushing.
George is perhaps Frazier’s greatest challenge. The Buckeye
running back rushed for 1,826 yards on 303 carries. He had 23
touchdowns rushing and one receiving.
But besides statistics, Frazier has meant more to his team than
anyone. Wuerffel sat out a game and the Gators still won 58-20.
George isn’t helped by having his team lose to Michigan in the final
game of the season.
Fraziershouldbecome the third Husker—Johnny Rodgers in 1972
and Mike Rozier in 1983 are the other two—to win the award with
his performances this season.
Frazier has been the best example of Nebraska football over the
past four seasons, the bestplayer this season and his efforts shouldpay
off Saturday night at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York.
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kan. Policy is set by die Daily Nebras
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Atheism
After reading several of Krista
Schwarting’s columns, I can’t
understand why she would continue
to be a member of the Catholic
Church.
She seems to realize the myriad
of flaws in Catholic doctrine, yet
she’s going to get married in that
church? I don’t get it.
I would think that someone who
discovers so many flaws in Catholi
cism would at least find another
denomination — or better yet,
reject religion and mysticism
altogether in favor of a realistic,
consistent, practical, and freedom
embracing world view, something
the chaotic and self-contradictory
writings of the Bible and other
religious texts cannot claim to offer.
Nick Wiltgen
Sophomore
Broadcasting
via e-mail
Pay up, C.
I have a question. Christian Peter
is suing the state of Nebraska
claiming that we are responsible for
a negative effect on his draft
potential, right?
My question is this: We have
been affecting his draft potential for
what, 3 1/2 — 4 1/2 years, right?
So, what was his draft potential
when he came here from high
school (right before we started
affecting his draft potential)?
I have trouble believing that he
would have been drafted higher
straight out of high school than he
will be now.
The taxpayers of Nebraska have
actually INCREASED his draft
potential in the last few years. By
his reasoning, he owes US money.
Mike Sanches
Graduate Student
Classics and Classical Greek
via e-mail
Moeser miser
I, for one, am not welcoming
Bret Gottschall/DN
James Moeser to his position at this
university. For one thing, his salary
is outrageous.
As long as students have to take
out loans to get an education at
UNL, no one should get paid
$158,000 a year.
No wonder he wants Nebraska to
be an “import” state. It appears to
be serving him well.
Isn’t it quaint that he’s reading
up on prairies and delving into
Nebraskan culture. I’m sure that
will help all of us immensely.
If he really wants to help this
university, he should leave, and take
his unnecessary, insulting position
with him. What a waste.
Scott Ferguson
Junior
Anthropology
via e-mail
St. Tom
I’m disgusted with the attitude
people are having against Tom
Osborne and the football team.
I in NO WAY approve of what
a few of the players have done,
however; Coach Osborne did not
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make them, or even encourage
them, to do these things in the first
place and there are many more
players on the team that have not
had or caused problems.
People have commented about
discipline of the players; wasn’t
Phillips suspended from the team?
I don’t think the team as a whole
should be judged by three or four
“bad apples.” P H w I
Give the bad rap to those who
deserve it, the ones who “did the
crime”, not the whole team, the
school and the coach.
Martina Seigel
Freshman
Undecided
via e-mail
Bosnia
The Monday morning paper
contained the headline that had
been expected for weeks. U.S.
troops are headed for Bosnia.
They must enforce the peace and
take minimal, if any, casualties if
their mission is to be judged a
success. This is not a good position
to be in from a strategic military
standpoint.
I regret our involvement in
Bosnia. The initiative for military
action has been given to the Serbs.
Our soldiers will find it extremely
difficult to maintain peak alertness
for an indefinite period of time
while the Serbs choose when, how
and where they wish to attack.
A world power can have severe
problems with a small opposing
force if the initiative is dictated by
the enemy.
It is with mixed emotion that I
watch our service people deploy to
another daftger zone in the world.
As you eat your Christmas
dinner, I encourage you to think of
those men and women who are
putting their lives on the line so that
others can have a better chance of
living to see next year.
Gary Cooper
Graduate Student
Spanish
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