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NlPs title quest returns to Ifempe ASU from page 10 agreed with Tomich but said that’s just part of playing for Nebraska. “It feels good to go back down there,” Green said. “We know we have a job to do and we want to win another game down there. “What we don’t want to do is dwell on the last game.” But the Huskers should have an extra advantage this weekend because of the Husker fans living Phoenix area. Despite being allotted just 12,000 tickets for the Fiesta Bowl last season, as many as 40,000 Nebraska fans at tended the game. • Despite a $10-hike in ticket prices for the Nebraska game, Saturday’s con test is still a sellout. Sun Devil Stadium has a capacity of 73,379. Six-hundred standing-room-only tickets have also been sold for the game. Junior quarterback Scott Frost said he is also expecting to see a lot of Ne braska fans at Sun Devil Stadium. Frost played at Sun Devil Stadium as a Stanford sophomore two years ago. Although he didn’t start the game, he was a holder on the Cardinal spe cial teams. ASU won the game 36-35 on a last-minute field goal. “I know the stadium a little bit,” Frost said. “I remember I like the grass. I like the stadium, and we played at night so it was a real nice temperature.” « We feel like we got our hands full. But on the other hand, this is proably something we need.” Tom Osborne NU Coach Notes: Junior defensive tackle Jason Pe ter missed a practice Tuesday with a strained neck he injured weight lifting before practice. Senior 1-back Damon Benning (sore toe) and sophomore full back Bill Legate (thigh bruise) didn’t finish practice. Junior tight end Tim Carpenter had a scare at practice when he popped his knee. But Carpenter, who had knee surgery last spring, should be fine for Saturday’s game. Osborne said he hopes to make a decision by Wednesday on NU’s 80 to 85-man travel roster. Noth says NU learned from five-game loss VB from page 10 But Korver and junior All-Ameri can lisa Reitsma did not come through the weekend completely healthy. Korver, a sophomore transfer from George Washington, is suffering from tendinitis in her knee and Reitsma has a sore elbow. Reitsma was held out of hitting drills Tuesday, but Noth said the 6 foot-4 outside hitter should be healthy by the First Bank Invite, Friday and Saturday at the NU Coliseum. Reitsma has carried the offensive load for NU all season. She had a ca reer high 84 hitting attempts earlier this season against Brigham Young and is averaging 5.03 kills per game — a school-record pace. Allison Weston set record of 4.99 kills per game two years ago. “We’re just going to rest her,” Noth said of Reitsma, “and as the week goes on we’ll see hoW she’s doing.” Nebraska will play host to Iowa on Friday and 21 st-ranked Colorado State on Saturday. Last weekend, Noth said, may prove helpful for the young Husker squad, which had won five straight matches before Friday. “For our team, preparation is the key,” Noth said. “They need to know exactly what each opponent is doing on the other side of net. “They want to hold each other ac countable. They want to make the dif ference in practice instead of the coaches being on them once in a while.” Cmich waits her turn CRNICH from page 10 remembered as a great all-around player who was steady and played hard,” she said. “I don’t need to be an All-American.” Cmich played the best of her ca reer when it counted most — in the 1995 national championship game against Texas — when she had a ca ■ reer-high 25 kills. Cmich has continued her solid play this season, setting career bests in digs and service aces against North Caro lina last weekend, and in block assists against Michigan State. Cmich best described her playing style as unconscious. v ;j “I try not to think at all when I’m playing,” Cmich said. “If 1 start think ing out on the court, I start playing crappy.” As one of two seniors on die team, Cmich is working to become a vocal leader. “I’m trying to became a little more vocal on the court,” she said. “ I’mkind of quiet most of the time. I try to lead by playing hard and working my butt off.” Nebraska lost for the second tune this season Friday to North Carolina in five games. Cmich sees a lesson hid den in die loss. i ' “We were too laid back in practice all week long ” she said. “We have to be mature ana practice hard every day.” Despite some growing pains in die early season, Cmich said the 1996 ver sion of Nebraska volleyball is just as good as the national championship squad of 1995. “A lot of people think we’re a young, inexperienced team,” she said. “But we’re not. This team has the po tential to be as good as any team we’ve had here, including our team from last year.” jH. Cmich is looking forward to test ing that potential against the newly formed Big 12 Conference, which fig ures to offer stiffer competition than the defunct Big Eight. Nebraska won every Big Eight tide but one since 1976. “It’s good to play tougher teams,” Cmich said. ‘Texas is always good, and the teams from the old Big Eight are getting better. The Big 12 will make us a better team.” Williams becomes NU star BtEric Rineer Staff Reporter After starting the season with a powerful performance against Michigan State, Jamel Williams has proven he means business. Since the Fiesta Bowl — when he sacked Florida quarter back Danny Wuerffel in the end zone during Nebraska’s 29-point second quarter — Williams has become a force on the NU de fense. Williams isn’t difficult to de scribe. He’s a gifted athlete, possess ing the size to play Sam line backer and the speed to place sixth in the 100 meters last spring at the Big Eight outdoor track championships. The 6-foot-2,205-pound se nior from Merrillville, Md., was recently added to the watch list for the Butkus Award, which is presented to nation’s top colle giate linebacker. “This is a good motivation for me,” Williams said. “I didn’t get a lot of recognition last year, so this makes me feel good.” Williams, who was academi cally ineligible in 1993, played rover in 1994 and switched to Will linebacker last season be fore settling at the strongside spot He played in every game last season, and finished third on the team with 47 tackles. In NU’s 55-14 win over Michigan State, Williams led the Comhuskers with 13 tackles, in cluding three behind the line of scrimmage. Osborne says hefe NU coach encourages his team to stay away from Council Bluffs casinos. By Mike Kluck Senior Reporter Nebraska Football Coach Tom Osborne spends many weeks each year on the road recruiting. During these trips, Osborne has noticed many outstanding high school athletes, but he has also observed an increased problem with gambling in the United States. So before his weekly press confer ence on Tuesday, Osborne stated his personal views on why he believes Nebraska should not partake in gam bling. “Everybody has different views,” Osborne said, “but as I observed things around the country as gambling moves in and intensifies, it causes more prob lems then it ever cures. “It provides some relatively easy and painless tax dollars, but the hid den costs are probably much greater than what we take in.” Osborne said his views on gam bling do not represent the Athletic Department or the university. This summer, while on vacation in a state that has recently added gambling to its economy, Osborne said he was appalled to see the number of recently opened pawn shops. He said he has also talked to his players and told them to stay away from the casino riverboats in Council Bluffs. “Gambling and college athletics don’t mix very well,” Osborne said. “We’ve warned our players to stay away. We don’t want than in the casi nos.” Junior quarterback Scott Frost said he has visited the casinos in Council Bluffs but not since Osborne’s warn ing. Frost said he doesn’t believe gam bling is a problem with the Huskers. “We’re in the spotlight and sup posed to be setting an example,” Frost said. “We’re suppose to be role mod els in the community, and it doesn’t lode good if we’re seen in the casinos.” Last season, Maryland quarterback Scott Milanovich was handed a four game suspension by the NCAA for gambling — even though he wasn’t betting on college football. Osborne said he was concerned with a similar situation happening at Nebraska. 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