The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 24, 1996, Page 10, Image 10

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Peter will play
with broken hand
By Patrick Wyman
StaffReporter
It takes more than a broken hand
to keep Nebraska defensive tackle
Jason Peter from starting Saturday
against Kansas.
Peter, who was hurt last Satur
day against Texas Tech, has been
fitted for a cast that will allow him
to play in the 6 p.m. game at Me
morial Stadium.
“If he feels like he’s able to do
something then we’ll play him and
see how he does,” Defensive Coor
dinator Charlie McBride said. “But
I’ll play also play both (Scott)
Saltsman and (Jason) Wiltz, so I’m
not worried about it.”
Peter’s comeback doesn’t sur
prise fellow tackle Saltsman, who
is a senior this year.
“He did break his hand, but
knowing the kind of person he is,
he’ll find a way to get on the field,”
Saltsman said.
However, Peter, who earned
honorable-mention All-Big Eight
honors last season, could see lim
ited time, creating opportunities for
Saltsman and Wiltz, who spell Pe
ter and senior Jeff Ogard.
Wiltz, a 6-foot-3, 285 pound
sophomore from New Orleans, will
fill in for Ogard, while Saltsman will
replace Peter. Depending cm how
well Peter plays, McBride said, he
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He did break his
hand, but
knowing the kind
of person he
is, he’ll find a
way to get on
the field.”
Scott Saltsman
NU defensive tackle
“You always miss a guy like Pe
ter,” said Saltsman, who has five
tackles and one quarterback hurry.
“He’s a real intense player and he’s
a really good player, but I don’t
think that we’ll be any less of a de
fensive unit.”
If Peter’s injury keeps him off
the field, McBride will lean to
wards giving Wiltz the majority of
time at Peter’s spot.
That doesn’t bother Saltsman,
who has battled back from five knee
operations since his freshman year.
we s just a great atmete,
Saltsman said of Wiltz. “He’s a big
kid. He moves really well and he’s
going to be a really great defensive
linemen before he leaves here.”
Regardless of who plays when,
McBride said, each of the top four
tackles know the NU game plan
against KU.
“The biggest thing is they’ve got
to stop the run,” McBride said. “We
have to shut down the running game
and make Kansas a one-dimen
sional team so they have to depend
on the pass all the time.”
That could be easier said than
done. The Huskers, whose rushing
defense ranked fourth in the nation
allowing 68.3 yards per game, will
be facing the nation’s seventh-lead
ing rusher in June Henley.
Henley, a senior, is averaging
131.6 yards per game. Henley is
also the nation’s second-leading
scorer with 13 touchdowns.
Saltsman and Wiltz between the two
spots.
“Scott’s had more experience at
playing both positions, so I’d back
him up at both positions,” McBride
said. “But he’ll get the same amount
of playing time.”
Saltsman, a 6-2, 270 pounder
from Wichita Falls, Texas, said he
will do whatever it takes to help the
team. If that means rotating spots,
he’s all for it.
“That’d be great,” Saltsman
said. “Wiltz has really stepped it up
this year and is playing good. I think
there will be a lot of benefits to that.
The biggest one is that people will
be a little bit more fresh.”
And if Peter, a 6-foot-4, 285
pound junior from Locust, N.J.,
can’t make a big contribution
against the Jayhawks, Saltsman is
confident the defense will still play
well.
NEPO from page 9
-ond-guessing what she does,” Pettit
said.
“She’s made a lot of errors along
the way, but nobody’s written columns
or stories about it, and that’s given her
a chance to develop.”
Husker middle blocker Megan
Korver credits her recent success on
the court to Nepo’s ball distribution.
“Every ball that I hit down I at
tribute to her,” Korver said. “Every
kill I get is because of the good sets
that she gives me.”
Nepo said she’s not concerned
about the postseason that Nebraska
setters have become accustomed to
earning. Her main goal, she said, is to
play consistently and continue to de
velop as a leader.
Korver said Nepo has already done
that.
“When somebody’s not playing
their game she lets them know about it
—and that’s a positive thing,” Korver
said. “We need to have somebody take
charge on the court, and she does that
for us.”
Nepo has the ability to follow the
long line of great Nebraska setters,
Pettit said.
OSU Coach
Ward resigns
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) —
The most successful baseball coach
in the history of the Big Eight is
going out with the conference.
Oklahoma State’s Gary Ward
resigned Wednesday after 19 years,
saying his ailing back had become
too much of a burden. Ward, 56,
compiled a record of 953-313 at
Oklahoma State and a 53-24 mark
against Nebraska.
His teams won 17 Big Eight
titles, including the past 16 in a row,
and reached the College World Se
ries 10 times, most recently last sea
son.
Kansas coach
wants a win
MASON from page 9
-tack will be difficult against NU,
Mason said.
“It’s the best defense I’ve seen
in the (conference) since I have been
here,” Mason said. “They are aw
fully aggressive and they play aw
fully hard. They make tilings hap
pen.”
Offensively, Mason said, the
Huskers may be down this year.
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fense is as good as it was with
Tommie Frazier, the answer is no,”
Mason said. “I think Scott Frost has
stepped into the difficult job of fill
ing someone’s shoes, and that’s hard
to do.”
Nebraska ranks third in the na
tion in rushing yards per game
(300.8), but is the 104th best pass
ing team, averaging 114.3 yards per
contest.
“It’s an opportunity,” Mason
said. “That’s why players want to
crane to places like the University
of Kansas or coach at a place like
Kansas, because you want to play
the best.
“Right now and for a long time,
Nebraska represents the best in col
lege football.”
Note:
Former Nebraska quarterback
Ben Rutz, now at Kansas, will play
behind starter Matt Johner on Sat
urday, Mason said.
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Huskers’ Nepo sets her own pace
“Fiona certainly has the potential,”
he said. “She’s had the advantage of
learning from those people, and I’m
sure she’d be the first to tell you that
she’s better for watching those excep
tional people.”
Nepo said she agreed.
“Christy Johnson was a great per
son to learn from,” Nepo said. “I
watched her on the court — the way
she took charge and the presence she
had on the court.
“It was amazing to watch her and
know that one day, I would be in that
same position.”