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With a 40-yard rushing day against Kansas State on Saturday, Iowa State junior tailback Troy Davis will become the first-ever college player to record consecu tive 2,000-yard rushing seasons. However, Davis will not be the Big 12 Conference’s only 2,000-yard back. Texas Tech senior Byron Hanspard reached 2,000 with a 257 yard performance last Saturday in a 56-21 Tech win over Southwest Louisiana. Hanspard became the sixth player in history to reach the 2,000 yard plateau. “It speaks well for Byron and for the whole offense,” Texas Tech Coach Spike Dykes said. “It is one of those feats that is truly outstanding. I am tickled to death.” ■ Hanspard’s performance against the Ragin’ Cajuns earned him Big 12 offensive-player-of-the-week honors. The senior from DeSoto, Texas, rushed the hall 37 times for four touchdowns, which tied a per sonal best. The Big 12 defensive player of the week is Colorado nose tackle Ryan Olson. The junior had eight tackles*.»ckickng six solo-stops, and two sacks. Olson also had a pass deflection in the Buffaloes’ 12 0 win over Kansas State. . m ■ The Big 12 men’s basketball season begins Wednesday night when St. Mary’s (Calif.) visits Oklahoma State. On Friday, sec ond-ranked Kansas plays at Santa Clara; Kansas State plays host to Missouri-Kansas City; Oklahoma State plays in the preseason Na tional Invitation Tournament and Baylor plays in the Top of die World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. Five other Big 12 Conference teams begin play Friday night, in cluding Nebraska and 20th-ranked Texas, who will meet at 7 p.m. in Austin, Texas, in a nonconference battle. With coaches leaving schools all over the country, die rumor mill has been firing up — even in die Big 12. Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Lou Tepper at Illinois. Snyder said he has not talked to Illinois about its job opening. Kansas Coach Glen Mason, who left KU for Georgia last sea son only to return a few days later, said rumors hint coaches and play os trying to make progress at their schools. “I have been in that arena ever since I came to KU” Mason said. “It doesn’t help you dd.^our, j business.” V % ■ Colorado Coach Rick Neuheisel was born in Arizona and spent seven years as an assistant coach at UCLAThat did not piepate him for last Saturday’s game in Boulder against Kansas State. winds and a frozen field sent die Arizona native California dreaming. “Hay ing speot most of my life in warm fMithe& I know what they'mean ftp by frozen tundra,” Neuheisel Ip.;- :*.V 'T~ Big 12 Notebook by % 1 jpMnn flft-nn Tnar Cniltulnrfr $t8u reporter jsy osunoers* Mm r-1 .l..,,.----- 'i3i&^£l' ^ '..P M &*■ ■ Scott Bruhn/D^ victory Sunday at the Abbott Sports Complex. Huskers make histovy Sunday’s game came within two minutes of record. By Mike Kluck Senior Reporter Kari Uppinghouse’s second goal Sunday afternoon was nothing spe cial to her. But die junior’s game winner against Minnesota made a lasting impression on "ft® ffcijd-year Nebraska soc cer program. - Upping house’s goal with less than two minutes ie Uppinghoiiae gaining in the second half of sudden-death overtime clinched fifth-ranked NU’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, a 3-2 win over Minnesota. Nebraska advanced to the round _ of 16 and will play host to Duke Sunday at 1 p.m. If the Huskers win Sunday, they will play either Vanderbilt or Portland, the top seed in the West Region, for a both in the Final Four.. “When I have my back to the goal,” said Uppinghouse, a 5-foot 11 Comhusker co-captain. “Ijusttry to swing my legs around one way. That’s basically it It’s nothing too special. It works sometimes, I - guess.” Once she swung her legs around, Uppinghouse booted a kick past Gopher goalkeeper Teresa O’Heam and off the far post putting an end i* Matt Millee/DN JENNY BENSON, who scored NlTs second goal Sunday, battles Minnesota’s Megan Johnson for a loose ball. to the 148-minute, 43-second mara thon, die third-longest soccer game in NCAA history. “Right when I kicked it, I saw that it was in pretty good position to go in,” Uppinghouse said. “Up un til I lacked it, I didn’t know.” Another 1:17 and the game would hdvfe been decided by penalty kicks. Only twice in NCAA history have soccer games been decided by penalty kicks after four 15-minute overtime periods. Uppinghouse was a part of one of {hose games. : In the 199-1 NCAA Tournament semifinals, George Mason and Stanford battled to a 1-1 tie after 150 minutes. Uppinghouse smarted as a freshman that season for George Mason, which won th» game on a penalty kick. Last year, North fwttpnfffiritr defeated Clemson in the -**-%—--——'— : Please see SOCCER on 8 Matt Millkr/DN • ISABELLE MORNEAUscored 16 goals this season, tying Lindsay Eddleman for NU’s second-hipest total. Holtz leaves Irish Notre Dame coach to announce today that his 11th season is his last in South Bend. SOUTH BEND, Ind.(AP)—Notre ■ Dame Football Coach Lou Holtz will announce today that he is leaving col lege football’s most glamorous kh coaching position. I Holtz met I Monday with Notre Dame Ath- ja letic Director Mike I Wadsworth and the Rev. William ^^^H5jpKTa Beauchamp, the I university’s execu- ^ tive vice president. Holtz They have reached a decision and it will be announced at 1 p.m. (today),” school spokesman John Heisler said. The resignation, which takes effect after the season, ends nearly a week of speculation that Holtz’s 11th sea ' son will be his last. And Holtz did nothing to deny it, at one point saying Sundays “We can. talk about this forever, but there isn’t much I’m going to say.” Holtz will officially announce his decision today during his weekly press conference. His future plans are not immediately known, nor is it clear when his successor will be named. Among the top contenders to re place Holtz are Northwestern’s Gary Barnett and Irish Defensive Coordina tor Bob Davie. ‘1 don’t think you ever say never,” Barnett said. Others mentioned include LSU’s Gerry DiNardo, forma UCLA Coach Terry Donahue and Wisconsin’s Barry Alvarez. The 1 urn-ranked Irish (7-2) have two games remaining — at home against Rutgers on Saturday and at Southern California Nov. 30. A bowl game, probably die Orange or Fiesta, will end Holte’scareer at Notre Dame. Holtz is 99-29-2 at Notre Dame — six wins shy of tying Knute Rockne’s Irish all-time victory record — and 215-94-7 overall. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday that Notre Dame officials want Barnett to succeed Holtz and have agreed to talk with the Northwest ern coach. After last Saturday’s 60-6 rout of Pittsburgh, Holtz said he wants the pro gram to have a solid foundation when he leaves. “Can we beat anybody in the coun try today?” he said. “Yeah, I think we’re capable.” Meanwhile, Holtz, 59, may be in terested in returning to the National Football League, specifically the Min nesota Vikings. Holtz coached the New York Jets in 1976and has also coached collegiately at Minnesota, Arkansas, North Carolina State and William & Mary. Vikings President Roger Headrick said his team has had no official con tact with Holtz. ‘1 don’t know anything about some of our board members,” Headrick said, “but they aren’t representing the team in that capacity. I’ve had no discus sions. It’s all news to me.”