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Young quarterbacks back up Frost
By David Wilson
Senior Reporter
Nebraska Football Coach Tom
Osborne and quarterbacks coach
Turner Gill agree that senior quar
terback Scott Frost should be an
improved signal caller this season.
However, unlike last season, the
Cornhuskers have a deep bench to
relieve Frost if he doesn’t live up to
expectations.
“I think we have a lot of depth,”
Frost said. “I wouldn’t want to be
the coaches and try to decide who’s
going to be the backup. Hopefully,
I’ll be the starter going in, and hope
fully it will stay that way. I expect it
to. Right now - I’m not a coach -
but they have a lot of talent there.”
Behind Frost, sophomore
Frankie London and junior Monte
Christo will battle for time.
Freshmen Eric Crouch and Bobby
Newcombe could also fit into the
picture before the season is over.
Crouch, a 6-foot, 190-pounder
out of Millard North High School,
rushed for 1,960 yards as a junior
and passed for 785, leading the
state’s largest class in total offense.
Despite being hampered by an ankle
injury last season, Crouch threw for
600 yards and ran for 1,300.
Newcombe rushed for 663 yards
and passed for 510 as a senior at
Highland High School, in
Albuquerque, N.M. As a junior, the
6-foot, 190-pounder ran for nearly
1,400 yards and passed for 477.
The two freshmen have done
well in fall camp and could see play
ing time this season, Gill said.
“The one thing about it is they
both have a chance,” Gill said.
“They’ve shown that they can learn
our offense, and they have the phys
ical tools to be able to run and throw.
But mentally, they have to try and
learn the whole thing in three
weeks. That’s really difficult. But
they’ve shown that they do have
some ability, both physically and
mentally, to learn our offense.”
London, who played in four
games last season, said he hopes to
play more this year. Though he did
not attempt a pass last season, he
rushed three times for 6 yards.
“Right now, I’m in a situation
where I’m still kind of fighting for a
position,” London said. “Backup is
not a definite. I’m just making sure
that if I am the backup, that I secure
that position. It’s not a difficult task
being the backup. I’d say a harder
task is just going out day to day and
just making sure each play means
something to you, and that you do it
right and get it done right.”
Since last fall, London said he
has studied new plays and audibles
and will enter this season with more
confidence on the field. The 6-foot,
180-pounder also said he put on a
few pounds, which will help him
this season.
“I’d just like to secure the back
up spot, and if something happens in
the season, then be ready to go step
out on the field and get the job
done,” London said. “Right now I
just pray that nothing happens to
Scott, but if the time comes, then I’ll
look forward to getting out there and
getting my turn to take some snaps.”
As a redshirt in 1995, London
said, he learned a lot about his posi
tion from former NU quarterbacks
Tommie Frazier and Brook
Berringer. Knowing what it takes to
learn the system, London said, he
does not feel pressured by Crouch
and Newcombe.
“I try not to make it a factor,”
London said. “Just like when I was a
freshman, I had to learn. They come
in, and they have to learn. I don’t
feel any immediate threats. They’re
not a threat to me; I’m just a threat
to myself. I have to get the job done
and get it done right. Otherwise,
they could be the backup or they
could be second team or third team.”
By the end of the season, Frost
said, he expects the freshmen to
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“It will probably take them
awhile for them to get there,” Frost
said, “but by the end of the year I
expect them to be challenging for
the backup spot - not saying they’re
going to win it, but it’s going to be
tough.”
Frost, the Big 12 newcomer of
the year last season, completed 52
percent of his passes for 1,440
yards. Osborne said he expects
those numbers to improve.
“Scott should be in a lot better
shape than last year,” Osborne said.
“In many ways he was like a fresh
man. He showed a lot of maturity.
He has excellent speed, and he’s a
good thrower.”
Gill also said he expects Frost to
improve his passing game and has
helped Frost with his throwing
motion. Frost recorded the lowest
interception percentage in school
history last season and currently
ranks 16th on the Huskers’ all-time
passing-yardage chart.
Scholarship quarterback Jeff
Perino, who would have been a red
shirt sophomore, left the team after
spring practice, and Christo, a walk
on slowed by injuries in 1994 and
1995, entered fall camp at No. 3.
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Quarterbacks
Name Ht Wt. Yr. Pass Yds. Rush Yds. TDs
Seo« Frost 6-3 220 Sr. 1440 488 8
Monte Christo 6-0 200 Jr. 0 35 0
Frentte tendon 60 180 So. 0 6 0
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freshman Carlos Polk, a former
USA Today All-American in high
school.
“This team has a lot more depth
than anybody realizes,” said sopho
more Mike linebacker Ben
Buettenback, listed at second string
behind Foreman. “We’re all working
hard in practice.”
Possibly the most beneficial
thing for the linebackers is that the
first two games of the season are
against Akron and Central Florida,
neither considered to be one of the
top 50 teams in the nation. This may
help the newcomers get their feet
wet before the Sept. 20 showdown at
preseason No. 4 Washington.
“You don’t always want to play a
great team right away,” Buettenback
said, “This way, wejcnow what
we’ve got before we play them.”
Foreman agrees.
“We’re not going to overlook
Akron or Central Florida, but they
will be a good preparation for
Washington,” he said. “Akron prob
ably thinks they have a good running
attack, and Central Florida has a
Heisman candidate (quarterback
Dante Culpepper), so they’ll want to
pass the ball.”
Overall, Foreman sees the line
backer corps and the defense as one
the best in the Big 12.
“We’ll be as good if not better
than everyone in the Big 12, hope
fully in the nation,” he said. “We just
have to keep practicing and we’ll be
all right.”
