Wistrom chooses
to hold decision
NU junior concentrates
on the Orange Bowl, not
the NFL.
By Gregg Madsen
Staff Reporter
For Grant Wistrom the words “there
is no place like Nebraska” are more
than just lyrics to the Comhusker fight
song.
Those words
describe his life.
Amid specula
tion about
, whether or not
junior rush
from Webb
Mo., will
his senior
and enter nexi
April’s National Wistrom
Football League draft, Wistrom said he
said he hasn’t thought much about leav
ing.
He’s been too busy.
“I’ve got so many other things,” he
said. “I’ve got school, and I’ve got to
try to do well on my finals. And I’m
preparing for this next football game.
Honestly I’m not real concerned with
the NFL right now. As far as the NFL
goes, it will be there after the season’s
over, so that’s when I’ll worry about
it ”
For the entire 1996 season,
Wistrom has been concerned with dis
rupting opposing offenses.
His concern has produced results.
The 6-foot-5, 250-pounder leads
the Husker defense with 914 quarter
back sacks and is third in total tackles
with 75.
Wednesday, he was named a first
team Associated Press All-American,
and earlier this month, he was chosen
as the Big 12 defensive player of the
year.
His performance this season has
also caused many NFL scouts to list
Wistrom as one of the top defensive
end prospects in the nation. But
Wistrom said he was much more con
cerned with preparing for the No. 6
ranked Huskers’ Dec. 31 Orange Bowl
matchup with Virginia Tech.
“If they told me I was going to be
the No. 1 pick,” Wistrom said, “then I
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If they told me I
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was going to be the
No. 1 pick, then I
probably would^s
have to leave. But
that’s not going to
happen.”
Grant Wistrom
NU rush end
probably would have to leave. But
that’s not going to happen.”
Underclassmen must declare them
selves eligible by Jan. 10 if they wish
to enter the NFL draft. Wistrom said
he would discuss the possibility further
with his family after the Orange Bowl.
The departure of Outside Lineback
ers Coach Tony Samuel, who accepted
the head-coaching position at New
Mexico State on Thursday, will not
affect his decision to leave Nebraska
early, Wistrom said.
“I’ve go to do what’s right for me,”
he said, “like I’ve been saying. But
right now, that’s not what’s on my
minrl ”
What has been on his mind recently
is the Orange Bowl.
When the Nebraska defense takes
the field against the No. 10 TIokies,
Wistrom said, it will have something
to prove.
The 37 points surrendered by the
Huskers in their 10-point loss to Texas
in last Saturday’s Big 12 championship
game were the most scored by a Ne
braska opponent since Georgia Tech
ran up 45 points in the 1991 Citrus
Bowl.
Wistrom said the Blackshirts will
be ready to redeem themselves tor the
Texas loss.
“We haven’t talked about it, but we
know what we have to do,” he said.
“The performance we put on against
Texas didn’t reflect our defense. We’re
a much better defense than that.”
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NU hopes to avoid
Chippewa upset
e
By Jay Saunders
Staff Reporter
One would think that the 7-0
Nebraska women’s basketball team
could take it easy against 0-3 Cen
tral Michigan Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
That is exactly what Head Coach
Angela Beck does not want to hap
pen.
“You always worry about taking
people for granted,” Beck said. “We
have responded well and practiced
hard.”
The Huskers enter Saturday’s 2
p.m. game against the Chippewas
caning off of a victory over Iowa
in the Big Kona Classic last Sun
day in Hawaii.
“Everything that we wanted to
have happen did,” Beck said. “We
feel it gives us respect and credibil
ity.”
The win also got the Huskers
one step closer to breaking into the
top 25. In this week’s Associated
Press Top 25, NU earned the 26th
highest number of votes.
“We have never gate 9-0,” Beck
said. “We can’t go 9-0 without go
ina 8-0.”
The Huskers will tie their best
start ever with a win Saturday and
can break the mark by downing
Southwest Texas in Lincoln on Dec.
21.
“We have a lot of respect for
Central Michigan,” Beck said.
“They are a scrappy team and they
play hard.”
Central Michigan is led by for
ward Ebony Rainge, who is aver
aging 12.3 points per game. Guard
combine to average 21.3 points per
game. The Chippewas finished 5
21 overall last season and 2-16 in
the Mid-American Conference.
Heading into the game, Beck
said, the win over Iowa should help
Nebraska’s confidence.
“But the win is all for not if we
don’t take care of business now,”
Beck said. “What we have done is
put ourselves on the map. We have
to keep our guard up.”
True freshman Nicole Kubik is
not sure what kind of an affect the
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Kubik was one of two freshmen
to make a big-time contribution last
weekend. In the first game of the
Big Kona Classic against Pacific,
freshman Brooke Schwartz led the
team in scoring and rebounding with
14 points and nine rebounds.
Schwartz and Kubik were
Nebraska’s only selections to the
all-tournament team.
The freshmen are contributing
on offense, Kubik said, but scoring
points is not the first thing on their
mind.
“We are thinking about defense
the most,” Kubik said. “The fresh
man know their roles. We can all
J come in arid help the team.”
Beck said the freshmen give NU
a great deal of depth. Four first-year
players are averaging more than
seven minutes per game and have
combined for 34.8 points per game.
“I am totally pleased with our
bench,” Beck said. “Way down our
roster, our bench comes in at key
times and plays well.”
“We have to play Nebraska bas
ketball,” Beck said. “We have to try
to make people beat us at our
game.”
Gophers eye
By Mike Kluck
Senior Reporter
Nebraska Running Backs Coach
Frank Solich interviewed for the head
coaching job at Minnesota on Thurs
day.
Solich’s wife, Pamela, said her
husband’s interview went well.
San Francisco 49ers Offensive Co
ordinator Marc Trestman withdrew
from consideration Thursday, leaving
Solich and Northern Iowa Coach Terry
Allen as the two leading candidates.
“We are looking for somebody wTro
is very knowledgable and has very
solid values,” said Minnesota Athletic
Director Mark Dienhart, who hopes to
name a coach within a week.
Jim Wacker resigned as
Minnesota’s coach in November after
compiling a 16-39 record in five years
at Minnesota. The Gophers were 4-7
this season and 1-7 in the Big Ten.
Solich, 52, has been an assistant at
Nebraska since 1979 and was pro
moted to assistant head coach in 1991.
The Associated Press contributed
to this report.
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