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Saturday’s Texas-Texas Tech game at Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, was a shootout. The two teams combined for 1,183 yards in the Longhorns’ 38-32 victory. Tech out-gained Texas 608-573, but the Longhorns put the game away by holding on in the second half after building a 28-3 lead. The yardage total was the highest ever in the Big 12 and the most ever gained in the 30-year history of Jones Stadium. ■ r. Texas senior Phil Dawson has become one of the most reliable place-kickers in the nation, making 14 of 18 field goals, first in the Big 12 and seventh nationally. Dawson hit a career-long 53-yarder against Texas Tech to seal Texas’ win. “He has ice in his veins, that kid,” Longhorn Coach John Mackovic said. “I have total confi dence in putting the game in his hands.” ■ Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer has been named the Big 12 offensive player of the week. The 6-foot-l, 185-pound senior was 27 of 41 for 401 yards and five touch downs passing in No. 6 CU’s 49 42 win over Iowa State. The league’s defensive player of-the-week award was given to Kansas State defensive end Nyle Wiren. Wiren, a 6-foot-l, 250 pound senior, had nine tackles, two sacks, and two tackles behind the line of scrimmage in No. 9 KSU’s 38-12 win over Kansas. . ■ Missouri Coach Larry Smith said again Monday that the Ne braska defense is something spe cial. Two days after the Huskers shut down the Tiger attack in NU’s 51-7 victory, Smith compared the 1996 Nebraska defense to the 1991 Washington defensive unit Washington won a share of the national title that season, downing Nebraska 36-21 in Lincoln and Smith’s Southern California team 14-3. “Nebraska dominates the way Washington did for a couple years,” Smith said. “They just line up and stop everything you try to do on offense.” Despite a 5-5 record, Texas A&M has a chance to have four 500-yard rushers for the first time in school history. The Aggies al ready have three in that category: Sirr Parker (704 yards), D’Andre Hardman (555) and Eric Bernard (554). If Dante Hall can manage 12 yards in the last two games of the season, A&M will complete the fc#L - m In other Big 12 action, Texas A&M came back from a 7-0 half time deficit to defeat Baylor 24-7 in Waco, Texas. >= j Scott Beuhn/DN LISAREITSMAdinks a kin uvw missuui i a ciuui maime last r nday. Keitsma and her Husker teammates play at No. 20 Kansas State Friday night. K-btate battle to begin season’s stretch drive cozy confines of the NU Coliseum. Kate Cmich attributed NU’s road problems to a lade of focus. ; “But I don’t think we’ll have any more problems,” said Cmich, a senior. “We know we cannot af ford to lose any more matches.’’ By winning its last six matches, NU could possibly put itself in po sition to gain atop seed in the tour nament and earn the right to play host to a regional, clearing a path to the Final Four, Dec. 19 through 21 in Cleveland. Playing at home, Cmich said, will increase NU’s chance of ad vancing to die tournament’s final rounds. Currently, top-ranked Florida (26-1), No. 2 Stanford (21 2) and No. 3 Hawaii (25-1) appear to have inside tracks to play host to regionals. Penn State (23-2) is ranked one spot ahead of NU at No. 4. In addi tion to records, the tournament se lection committee considers atten dance in determining regional sites. Nebraska ranks second nationally to Hawaii in attendance, averaging 3,511 fans in 12 home matches. “Our crowd is so big and intimi dating to other teams,’’ Cmich said. “We absolutely love playing in the coliseum.” Pettit is reluctant to look past Friday’s match but acknowledges that his team’s remaining road ^_mm nuutnes are important in aeiennm ing its seeding in the tournament Nebraska will play at Kansas Saturday before returning home next weekend to face No. 22 Texas Tech and Baylor. The Hu&kers close the regular season on the road against^No. 8^xas and 13th ■ i- ' !*i' .r i >' v v v , • -j Big 12 picture unclear First-year league may not fill allotted bowl slots. _ By Sam McKewon Staff Reporter With three weeks to play in the regular season, The Big 12 Conference bowl picture remains surprisingly un clear. An upside-down inaugural year in the league’s South Division has left some coaches wondering if the con ference can fill the six bowl spots al lotted for the Big 12. “I think everybody is surprised at 1 Minor pains cannot slow Comhuskers By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter Bumps and braises can’t seem- to stop die Nebraska football team. Only twice this season have start os been held out f" - - of a game because of an injury. I back Ahman Green did not play against Baylor on Oct. 12 and full back Brian Schuster sat out the Oct 26 Kansas game with a knee _ J injury. Both play- Kelsay ers returned the next week. Despite playing nine games this season — eight on consecutive Satur days — NU has remained in fairly good health. “I suppose there isn’t anybody who is starting for us that doesn’t have something wrong with them,” Coach Tom Osborne said. “But they will play. Please see FOOTBALL on 8 ,/v