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The Big 12 offensive player of
the week was Kansas senior run
ning back Eric Vann, who ran for
137 yards and scored a touchdown
in the Jayhawks’ 15-7 win over
Missouri. Vann now has 289 yards
rushing for the season.
The Big 12 defensive player of
the week was Jayhawk senior out
side linebacker Ron Warner, who
forced and recovered a fumble late
in the game when the Tigers were
driving for the tying score.
The Big 12 special teams play
er of the week was Kansas State
sophomore defensive back Lamar
Chapman, who recovered an
onside kick and returned a punt 94
yards for a touchdown. The punt
return tied a Big 12 Conference
record.
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Kansas State lost two defense
players to knee injuries in its 23-20
victory over Ohio Saturday night.
Sophomore defensive tackle
Damion McIntosh and sophomore
defensive back Turelle Williams
both are lost for the season.
“This is as banged up as we
have ever been,” Kansas State
coach Bill Snyder said.
Kansas coach Terry Allen has
yet to lose a game in his coaching
career after his team has led at
halftime. Allen ran his record to
52-0 after his Jayhawk team held
on to beat Missouri. Kansas’s win
was the school’s 500th all-time.
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Texas A&M returns to the
rankings this week at No. 22 in the
USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
going into this week’s contest
against Southwestern Louisiana.
A&M fell out of the rankings last
year after a loss to the same team
and never returned the rest of the
year.
“Last year we didn’t have the
kind of season we wanted,” A&M
coach R.C. Slocum said. “We
think we’re getting back to being
the type of team that we really
want to be.”
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Baylor coach Dave Roberts
isn’t looking forward to trying to
match up against Michigan defen
sive back Charles Woodson when
the Bears take on the Wolverines
Saturday. Roberts said Woodson,
who was an All-American as a,
freshman, is nearly impossible to ■/.
throw against. ms rsotwo -mst /
“We probably should just put
our worst player out at flanker and
not throw over there all day,” he
said. “He can run and he’s got
about a 60-inch vertical jump. He’s
like Deion Sanders over there.”
This Week’s Big 12
Schedule
SW Louisana at Texas A&M
Baylor at Michigan
Nebraska at Washington
Iowa at Iowa State
Missouri at Tulsa
Oklahoma at California
Kansas at Cincinnati
North Texas at Texas Tech
Notebook compiled by Daily
Nebraskan staff reporter Sam
McKewon.
NEBRASKA SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER Lisa Reitsma leads the Cornhuskers in most offensive categories but the All-American doesn’t lead the team in
postgame celebrations.
Reitsma quietly leads NU
■The All-American senior
shines brightest against the
best competition.
By Shannon Heffelfinger
Assignment Reporter
Lisa Reitsma’s constantly grow
ing list of achievements and honors
indicate she is one of the best players
ever to compete for the Nebraska vol
leyball team.
Any coach, teammate or opposing
player wilhestify to the right-side hit
ter’s dominance across the collegiate
scene during the past year.
But don’t expect to hear it from
her.
The two-time first-team All
American doesn’t bring attention to
herself. Sometimes, at most, she may
allow a smile to cross her face follow
ing a kill, and a victory often warrants
a pump of her fist.
Just don’t anticipate a celebration
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plishments.
“I’m a quiet person and I’m not
very vocal at all,” Reitsma said. “It’s
something that I’m stifl working on. I
think it’s just growing up and becom
ing more comfortable with the role.
And now that I am a senior, I feel like
more of a leader.
1 “My teammates know I can play.
So hopefully they’ll realize that I
know what I’m talking about and
theyHfUgfento me.”
ReitsmaX dominant
appears'dtiriiig Nebraska’s crucial
matches. In Nebraska’s three matches
against ranked teams this season,
Reitsma led the Huskers in kills, and
during NU’s five-game victory over
No. 7 Pacific, Reitsma topped players
on both teams in kills and attacks
while also leading the Huskers in digs
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Damage control
begins for Big 12
By Sam McKewon
Staff Reporter
That crashing noise that every
Big 12 fan heard over the weekend
was die sound of two Big 12 power
houses, Colorado and Texas, crum
bling to the ground with losses that
left many in the nation wondering
whether or not the conference will.
have a team in the national title pic
ture at the end of the season.
' ‘ - The Buffaloes’ 27-3 setback to
Michigan and the Longhorns* 66-3
drubbing at the hands of UCLA
leaves only sixth-rated Nebraska as a
Top 10 team from the Big 12 confer
ence. That could be in jeopardy on
Saturday when the Huskers play No.
3 Washington in Seattle.
The losses themselves weren’t as
shocking as the fashion in which
they occurred.
Colorado quarterback John
Hessler threw four interceptions, and
the Buffaloes had less than 100 yards
rushing die football. Texas was never
in its game against UCLA, trailing
38-0 at halftime and surrendering 28
points in the final 30 minutes for the
66-3 margin.
Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel
said that the Buffaloes are not among
the nation’s elite teams at this point.
“We have to look ourselves in the
mirror and realize we are not a good
football team,” he said. “We may be
at some time down the road, but right
now, we’re not getting the job done.”
Texas coach John Mackovic said
his team did little right on Saturday.
“We missed a lot of assignments,
and not one person played well at
all,” he said. “There wasn’t a whole
lot that we did do right.” nounoin
Almost as disturbing was
Nebraska’s 38-24 victory over
Central Florida, a margin much nar
rower than expected. Kansas State
also struggled with Ohio, needing
special teams heroics including a 94
yard punt return for a touchdown to
pull out a 23-20 victory over the
Bobcats.
Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum
said college football has become a
game of parity where every team can
beat every team.,
Last year, the Aggies went 6-6
but lost to Southwestern Louisiana
29-22. Slocum said the Colorado
and Texas losses are not uncommon
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Fans’ opinions don’t
affect Frost’s status
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ByAntone Oseka
Senior Reporter
Fans can cheer or boo, but either
way, Scott Frost is the starting quar
terback for Nebraska.
After Saturday^ 38-24 victory
over Central Florida, Nebraska
coaches and players were adamant
that Frost is the best man for die job,
despite the booing he received when
he returned to die field in the second
point, NU was losing 17-.
14 to the Golden Kjfijjights as UCF ’
had just served on its previous pos
session to take the lead back from
the Huskers.
On Nebraska’s previous posses
sion, No. 2 sophomore quarterback
Frankie London had directed the.
Huskers on an eight-play, 65-yard
drive thatLondon finished withtm
eight-yard touchdown run, giving
NU a 14-10 lead.
As Frost trotted back on to die
field, he was greeted fay a chorus of
boos from Husker fans.
“The dung I want to get clear to
everyone who was in that stadium,
|ghat we are trying to do is make
ourselves a better football team,”
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said
after the game. “We are not demot
ing Scott Frost; we are putting in
Frankie London because we wanted
him to play when the game was
tight”
Osborne had told members of
the media last Friday that Frankie
London would play in the first half
of die UCF game. Cc
“We play option football,”
Osborne said, “and we feel it is very
important that Frankie at least feels
fairly confident, if he halio shoul
der the whole load, that he cah do it”
Husker players have confidence
in either quarterback being able to
lead the offense when called upon.
Starting 1-back Ahtnan Green and
tight end Sheldon Jackson said they
feel comfortable with either man
running the helm.
“I’m not really worried about '
it,” Great said. “Whoever’s in there
can get the job done.”
Jackson said he’s mote worried
about improving the entire offense.
The NU coaches were surprised
that Husker fans wouldn’t support
the coaches’ decision. Osborne said
he didn’t “think (booing) has a place
in that stacfiom.”
Frost said he didn’t pay any
attention to the fans.
“I kind of chain all that out,” he
said
