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EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE" f Happy Hour M-F F#(^. 4-7pm ^FOa* Cocktail 1ia0»m-1<lttuii^ifl# w Lunch 11:30am-2:00pm ** Music Always A.\\r\r \nr vir' w v- v v#- »» %# ■■ ^ » i\ X Join Us for our >; | Pre-Game Fire Up | 4 before and after the game. £ 1 I % % i . I y> Stopb) up some great tasting wings x. a before the game. Wings are the perfect thjjng to grttr^r.jT \a pre-game fire up parties. After the game A and celebrate with some spicy or BBQ BuMloJi^f--v\ Jt F chicken wings and some ice cold beer. You can abb ■ V \r choose from our other great tasting menu items includ Aing Pocket Pizzas, Grilled Chicken Sandwiches, Beef-on \> Week Sandwiches, and Weckburgers. The Buffalo is^ y i ready for Kick Off. ‘ v> ! K V •Daily Food Combos •Daily Happy Hour 3pm-9pm X NTN Interactive Television V ® <s 1328 "P" Streets 475-bwww E BUFFALO WILD WINGS & WECIT DEANGELO EVANS runs away from Colorado's Hannibal Navies (left) and Ron Merkerson in Nil’s 17-12 win U | NU defense seeks j to halt Texas run , Saturday’s winner earns a berth in the Bowl Alliance. By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter With Texas showcasing one of its best offenses ever, and Nebraska’s de fense being mentioned among the best of all time, Saturday’s Big 12 title game is the per fect time for two of college football’s most storied pro grams to meet. NU and Texas have won seven national titles — including a shared champion ship in 1970— and 66 conference titles. So it’s only natu ral that the two would meet for the first ever Big 12 championship. Third-ranked Nebraska, 10-1 over all and 8-0 in the Big 12, will play unranked Texas, 7-4 and 6-2, at the Trans World Dome in St. Lxrais, Satur day at 12:10 p.m. The winner earns a spot in one of f the alliance bowls. If NU wins Satur day, that’s the Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2 against No. 1 Florida State. A Comhusker loss fogs the bowl picture. One clear aspect of Saturday’s battle is the key matchup: Texas’ offense against Nebraska’s defense. UT has 1 been dominant lately, winning four straight games and rolling up 500 yards I per game in its last seven contests. NU Coach Tom Osborne has no k deed. “Right now, they are probably play t ing as well as anybody in the league,” ’Osborne said. k Grant Wistrom, who had a career * high 15 tackles against Colorado last , Friday, said both teams are playing at a ) high level. “I guess if there was an argument for a championship game,” said Wistrom, Starters S?888' | I I ___ Pas. No.Naaw HL WL Yr. Fes. No. Naaw HL WL Yr. LT 77 Adam Treu 66 305 Sr. LT 75 Octavioua Bishop 6-5 305 So. | ■MeaBMaaMaa—aaaeasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—aaaa—a——————— • ■hhmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm C 67 Aaron Taylor 6-1 305 Jr. C 58 RyanFiebiger 6-3 282 Jr. RT 70 Eric Anderson 6-4 305 Jr. RT 67 Jay Humphrey 6-7 295 So. QB 7 Scott Froet 6-3 215 Jr. QB 5 - James Brown 6-0 190 Jr. IB 4 DeAngelo Evans 5-9 210 Fr. RB 11 Ricky Williams 6-0 220 So. PK 35 Kris Brown 5-10 205 So. PK 4 Phil Dawson 5-11 193 Jr. !( Pea. He. Ham HL WL Yr. Pie. Na. Naaw HL WL Yr. j who was named Thursday as The As sociated Press Big 12 defensive player of die year, “this is it” The Longhorns lead the Big 12 and rank 13th nationally, averaging 456.6 yards per game. For the season, UT has 5,022 yards, less than 200 shy of the school record set last year. So it’s up to NU’s defense to bring the Texas juggernaut to a grinding halt. “We’re still trying to show people how good we are,” linebacker Jon Hesse said. “Every game we go out and try to make a statement.” That firepower figures to make for an exciting ending to the Big 12’s de but season. “We’re going to come out intense,” center Aaron Taylor said. “There is a lot at stake. They are going to hit us hard, and we are going to have to hit diem hard if we want to come out on top.” Note: Hesse, Wistrom, Jason Peter, Jared Tomich and Mike Minter, Chris Dishman and Taylor earned first-team Associated Press all-conference hon ors Thursday. NU’s second-team members in clude Kris Brown, Eric Anderson, Jeff Ogard, Jamel Williams and Michael Booker. On the third team were Ahman Green and Terrell Farley. Ralph Brown, Eric Stokes, Scott Frost, Vershan Jackson, Brian Schuster and DeAngelo Evans—who will start Saturday—made honorable mention. Brown was the league’s defensive newcomer of the year.