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§ t t « I I -JVC 7 AT 7:30 PM PERSHING AUDITORIUM LINCOLN — Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets - w Pershing, Homer's, Younkers, Blockbuster Music, UNL's City .Union & All Omaha Ticketmaster outlets. (No convenience fee at P/srehing) PRESENTED sy JW ' P i?iT»rif9ft Hi ifi OcpOLBYRIDGF charge 475-1212 LINCOLN PRODUCED BY OGDEN ENTERTAINMENT 4gjg££MAHA tch ina Peter Marhoefer Staff Reporter Kevin Steele, a former Nebraska as sistant coach now with the Carolina Panthers, is enjoying life in the land of roundball and NASCAR but has never ruled out a return to college football. “The Carolina Panthers are a class, class orga nization,” said Steele, 39, who coached NU’s linebackers from Steele 1989 through 1994. “But the NFL is very interesting. Every day you’re learning something new.” tnetaronna uneoacker s coacn has adjusted to life in the National Football League. The second-year Pan thers are 5-2 and tied for first place with San Francisco in the NFC West after Sunday’s 19-7 win over New Orleans. As a coach who isn’t much older than many of his players, Steele said the NFL is a new experience. Expecting his players to cover Jerry Rice and blitz Ttoy Aikman is a big change from college, when he taught defense of the option every day in prac tice. “It’s a different kind of coaching,” Steele said. “Football is a job. You perform or you don’t get paid. The teams are so equal, and it’s your job as a coach to get your players prepared.” Steele said he is happy as an NFL assistant, but if the right opportunity comes along, nothing is out of the ques tion. “I love college football,” Steele said. “Looking back, those were the greatest career years I could experi ence.” Steele still has ties in Lincoln. His brother, Jeff, is an intern in the Ath letic Department. “Kevin misses Nebraska tremen dously,” Jeff Steele said. “The players, coaches, the city of Lincoln itself. His daughter, Caroline, keeps telling me she’s coming back here to live.” Kevin Steele has not seen the Husk ers play in person since he left Ne braska. The NFL schedule makes it difficult to get away from the Caroli nas. Steele’s best chance to see a small piece of Nebraska in action is next year at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, when Lake Speed races in his Nebraska NASCAR. But even in North Carolina, where Tar Heel and Blue Devil basketball reign supreme, Steele doesn’t miss a Husker football game on television. “There’s some hotel rooms that have dents in the walls and furniture,” he said. Carolina has no former NU play ers on its roster, but Steele meets up with several former Huskers each year on the opposing sidelines. “I miss Nebraska,” Steele said, “and working for Coach Osborne. Ne braska has so many good people, I al ways miss them. “We play St. Louis twice a year. Toby Wright, Lawrence Phillips and Zach Wiegert play for the Rams, so I get to talk with those guys. We leave the war on the field.” r^r-js OFFENSE from page 7 Coach Tom Osborne also could not pinpoint the problem. “The puzzling thing is you never quite know what is going to happen,” Osborne said, “and I thought we kind of got beyond our execution problems. “We had three-straight games with one turnover and basically pretty good execution. Then suddenly the wheels come off. Why that would happen, I have no idea.” If Frost struggles, the statistics show, NU’s offense is unproductive. Frost completed 10 of 32 passes (31 percent) fix-121 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in games against Arizona State and Texas Tech. Against Michigan State, Colorado State, Kansas State and Baylor he is 34-for-61 passsing (56 percent). Overall, the Huskers rank 104th in passing offense. That isn’t all Frost’s fault, however. His receivers have had problems catch ing the football, making some of his stats worse than they appear. “When you only throw the ball 12 times in a game, and two or three are dropped, and then another two or three are not catchable balls,” Frost said, “then that makes your percentage pretty low. “In order to have a real efficient passing game, we’ve got to eliminate those things.” Moore wants to be leader MOORE from page 7_ Troy Piatkowski and Larry Florence will be expected to play right away this faU. “They’re corning along,” Nee said. “But it takes awhile. We’re throwing a lot at them.” Belcher has played exceptionally weU for a player with no college expe rience, Nee said. The 6-3 guard, who averaged 24.2 points and 8.3 rebounds as a senior at Mexico (Mo.) High School last year, will compete for a starting position this season. Florence — who along with Mitchell and Piatkowski did not meet academic requirements to play last year —- also missed a few days of practice last week because of a knee injury. Nee said he was glad to have Moore and Florence back in practice. Ne braska has only nine scholarship play ers this year. z “We need everybody we can get,” Nee said. "3 Huskers leap lady Lions From Staff Reports The Nebraska volleyball team moved up one spot in the newly re leased AVCA Coaches* Poll to No. 5 after weekend wins over Texas A&M and Texas. The Comhuskers jumped Penn State, which lost to sixth-ranked Michigan State. m Rank Team Record 21-1 Huskersup another spot From Staff Reports The undefeated Nebraska soc cer team moved up one spot in the NSCAA Coaches’ Poll, released Tuesday. The Huskers jumped ahead of Santa Clara, which lost to No. 3 Portland. NSCAA TOP 25 m ---- ^ ■ ■ ■■ ,T< ni»i if 11■ Hi^ ■ . . ' ■ v‘
