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Scott Bruhn/DN -V - . > "'7 - * ^*fe- ■$£ . V -. ■?**.*.-*■ Clockwise from left: JEFF OGARD grabs Kent Skornia as the MU quarterback fumbles and guard Cliff Smith tries to block. SCOTT FROST motions downfield. Frost played only 2% quarters, completing 9 of 14 passes for 114 yards. AHMAN GREEN attempts to elude Tiger linebacker Paul Schmanke. Green carried the ball 12 times for 161 yards and one touchdown. JASON PETER battles MU quarterback Corby Jones for a loose ball in the first quarter. Jones recovered the fumble, which was caused by Jared Tbmich, at the Tiger 29-yard line. Ryan Soderun/DN . • ■'* J - Missouri seals its own errors. •_ ___. ' . By Sam McKewon Staff Reporter ii— Their defense is like bees. They have 11 shirts to the ball every time J9 Brock Olivo MU tailback comerback Randy Potteirftnhbled a punt midway through thefirst quarter. Nebraska’s Jay Sims recovered at die Tiger 25, and Scott Rost hit Brendan Holbein for a touchdown three plays lata. Mistake No, 2: The Big 12’s top punter, freshman Vince Sebo, dropped a snap, which bounced out of the end zone fbr an NU safety. “I got ahead of myself out there,” Sebo said. *1 should have caught die punt, mid I didn’t” Mistake No. 3: Missouri’s other punter, Jason Smith, was blocked by Nebraska’s Eric Warfield. Terrell Farley scooped up die ball and pranced in for a touchdown. “Nebraska’s special teams is out standing,” Smith said. “They have great personnel and tons of speed.” Along with the kk&ng-gamemis cues, Missouri had trouble moving the ball on the Nebraska defense. The Ti gers ran 27 plays in the first half for only 27 yards. Nebraska’s Mike Minter set up another Comhusker score with an interception. “Their defense is like bees,” tailback Brock Olivo said. “They have 11 shirts to the ball every time.” Senior wide receiver Rahsetnu Jenkins said NU disturbed Missouri’s game plan throughout the entire first half. “They frustrated us a lot this year,” Jenkins said. “We weren’t able to do the things that we wanted to do with our strategy.” While Smith was disappointed with die special teams ami offensive show ing, he said he was happy with the li ger defense, which held NU to 50 yards rushing in the first half. “They basically played their butts off the whole game,” Smith said. “They hung in there and came hard die whole game.” Scott Bhjhn/DN -•--1 4. Arizona St (1) 1(M) 4 4, Arizona St 104 4 6. Colorado8-1 7 6. Colorado8-1 7 8. Alabma 8-1 10 8. Alabma _8-1 10 10. Brigham Young 10-1 12 10. Brigham Young 10-1 12 12. Tcmcnce 6-2 6 12. Tnutwir 6-2 6 14. Nortwatem 8-2 18 14. Note Dam6-2 17 16. Michigan7-2 9 16. Michigan7-2 9 18. Miami6-2 21 18. hbm6-2 21 20.LSU6-2 13 20. Anban7-2 22 22. Wyoming 9-1 IS 21 Army <M) 24. We* Vagina 8-2 - 24. Vngma 6-3 IS . ■ \ ' ' ..■ • •' K"- ■ ' ■' . ; ■' -■' ' ■ • •' ^ , i