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Gregg Madsen
Farley taught
hard lesson
on draft day
Nobody seems to know where
Terrell Farley was during this
weekend’s National Football
League draft.
Not many NFL teams seemed
to care about his location either.
Wherever he was, it’s likely he was
waiting anxiously, hoping the -
phone would ring.
Farley held loosely to the the
hope that a team might look past
the two DWI convictions he sus
tained during the 1996 football sea
son. But the former Comhusker
standout was not drafted in one of
the seven rounds.
No phone calls. No cameras. No
interviews.
Maybe he was alone, quiet,
thinking.
, Thinking about the conse
quences of his actions.
Recalling the blurred images of
that cold night back on Nov. 20,
when he drove under the influence
of alcohol and was arrested for the
second time in three months.
Thinking about the $500 in
damage to his 1981 Oldsmobile
Ninety-Eight, the parked car he
crashed into and the chase he led
Lincoln Police on.
The memories had to have
crossed his mind as the hours passed
ana me leiepnone remainea sueni.
As player after player was se
lected in place of Farley — most
with far less talent — the minutes
must have slowed to hours as the
memories became more vivid.
The first round, the second round.
The first offense, the second of
fense.
Farley hasn’t served any time in
jail. But sometimes the mind can
be its own prison, holding Farley
to a life sentence of regret and
thoughts of what might have been.
He is a terror on the field. His
unique combination of speed,
strength and pure athleticism show
through on every down he plays.
Those were the images on the
minds of NFL scouts as they
watched Farley and other former
Huskers last month in two private
evaluations at Cook Pavilion.
Farley’s physique, quickness and
power was impressive.
But just as unmistakable was his
criminal record, making Farley a
draft-day risk fa* any NFL team.
In time, Farley will end up get
ting a chance in the professional
ranks, but this weekend made it
clear what the NFL’s current opin
ion of him is.
Wherever Farley was this week
end, there were no celebrations.
There was no phone call from an
NFL coach. There was no signing
bonus, no congratulations and no
forgiveness from the NFL.
There were only thoughts.
Madsen is a junior news-edi
torial major and a Daily Nebras
kan staff reporter.
Matt Miller/DN
RALPH BROWN has become the veteran of the Nebraska secondary after playing just one season.
Brown becomes a yeteran
sophomore is the
leader of a young
secondary.
By Shannon Heffelfinger
StaffReporter
When Ralph Brown runs onto
the Memorial Stadium turf next
fall, he will see mostly the same
76,000 red-clad, screaming fans he
saw last year. He will hear the fa
miliar cheers. He will sense the
same anticipation that sweeps
throughthestandsevery season.
He will know how high the ex
pectations are. But he won’t feel the
intimidation that overcame him last
fall.
The Nebraska comerback en
tered last seasdft as a wide-eyed
freshman playing—and starting—
his first collegiate game on a de
fense that included seven returning
starters.
But after becoming the first true
freshman ever to earn a starting role
in all 13 games for the Comhuskers,
he left the season as an experienced
veteran.
“Last year, I was nervous,”
Brown said. “I was coming out of
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high school, and I had always
watched these guys on TV. It was
just a fantasy being here, like a
dream come true.”
What started out as a fantastic
dream turned into an even better re
ality for Brown over the course of
the season.
As an untested freshman in an
experienced secondary that in
cluded seniors and soon-to-be NFL
draft picks Mike Minter, Eric
Stokes and Michael Booker,
Brown was often the target of op
posing quarterbacks.
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Beck may
leave HU
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interviewed for job with
the San Jose Lasers.
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fired earliei; this month.
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coach fori iling a 191
128 rec^d ireeNCAA
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NWIT appearance in that time.
On Monday night, Beck and cur
rent Nebraska players had no comment
when asked about Beck’s future at NU.
On Sunday, Beck held an unscheduled
team meeting apparently to discuss her
future with the school.
“Unfortunately, I’m not at liberty
to discuss that right now,” Beck said
Monday night. “Right now I’m the
head coach at Nebraska, and until that
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Beck at NU
Year Record Postseason
1987-88 22-7 NCAA Tournament
1989-90 10-18
1991-92 21-11 NWIT
1902-93, 23-8 NCAA Tournament
1993-94 17-13
1995-96 19-10 NCAA Tournament
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Huskers worry top-ranked Tfexas Tfech
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By David Wilson
StaffReporter
You’d think die top-ranked baseball
team in die country would be confident
entering a three-game series against
Nebraska—die second worst team in
the Big 12 Conference.
But after two weeks at the No. 1
spot, Texas Tech Coach Larry Hays is
still not completely convinced that his
team is the best in the country.
The Red Raiders (37-5 overall and
17-4 in the Big 12) play host to the
Comhuskers (22-25 and 4-14) in a
doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. to
day at Dan Law Field in Lubbock,
Texas. The two teams play a single
game Wednesday at 1 p.m.
“They scare us to death,” Hays said.
‘They’re scoring runs. I guarantee you
(NU Coach) John Sanders’ teams al
ways scare us. They’ll get after you.
We’re expecting a battle.”
Nebraska was swept by Oklahoma
in a three-game series last weekend. The
Sooners extended their winning Streak
to 10 games and moved up to 14th in
this week’s Collegiate Baseball poll.
Oklahoma (30-10 and 14-4) ranks
second in the league followed byNo. 15
Oklahoma State (32-12 and 14-7).
The Huskers are 0-9 against the
southern teams of the conference and are
0-13 in road games this season. But Hays
said he refused to believe that the Red
Raidas will have their way with NU.
“When we went into conference
(play), we woe as concerned as we’ve
ever been because we just felt like we
weren’t ready,” Hays said. “We felt
totally unprepared. So that’s why do
ing well has kind of surprised us.”
Hays said although his team is not
looking ahead to postseason play, the
Red Raiders are just three wins away
from clinching a spot in die conference
tournament. The top six teams in the
league will travel to Oklahoma City,
Okla., May 15 through 20 for the Big
12 Conference tournament.
Hays said he didn’t see his team as
one of the top in the country entering
the season, but his players have almost
convinced him, he said.
“These guys find a way to win, so
I’m not going to argue with them,”
Hays said. “We’re not as talented as
we have been.”
With six returning starting pitchers
this season, the Red Raiders’ staff has
carried the team, Hays said. Texas Tech
returned just one starting position
player this season. 9
“We’re surprised and we feel pretty
fortunate that things have fallen in
place for us,” Hays said. “But we’ve
really struggled. We’ve had lots of
injuries.We’ve had enough problems
that you’d think our win-loss record
would reflect it more than it does.”
