The Big 12 offensive player of
the week was sophomore running
back De’Mond Parker of
Oklahoma. Parker had 291 yards
on 31 carries and three touchdowns
in a 27-24 loss to Texas.
The Big 12 defensive player of
the week was Kansas State sopho
more linebacker Mark Simoneau,
who had 13 tackles (four unassist
ed) in a 41-11 win over Missouri.
The Big 12 Specialty Teams
player of the week was Oklahoma
State sophomore place-kicker Tim
Sydnes, who was four for four on
field goals in the Cowboys’ 33-29
win over Colorado.
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Texas A&M’s soccer team
clinched at least a tie of the Big 12
Conference Championship with a
4-2 victory over Texas Tech on
Friday. The Aggies could have won
the title outright on Sunday against
Baylor but lost 2-1 in overtime in a
controversial game.
Baylor’s Nikki Hales’ goal at
the 23:46 mark appeared to hit the
outside of the net until the linesman
and head referee determined Hales
had scored a goal. The game is
under appeal to the Big 12
Conference and NCAA Rules
Committee.
Kansas State junior quarter
back Michael Bishop had the best
rushing day ever for a Wildcat
quarterback with 196 yards and
two touchdowns in the 41-11 win
over Missouri.
“This was a coming out game
for Michael,” KSU coach Bill
Snyder said. “He’s getting better
every week and his game manage
ment has improved a lot, too.”
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After a 158-yard performance
against Baylor, Nebraska junior I
back Ahman Green now has 691
yards on the season and is tied for
the Big 12 lead with 11 touch
downs.
“Green is just one great football
player,” Texas Tech coach Spike
Dykes said. The Red Raiders face
the Huskers this week.
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Kansas junior linebacker Ron
Warner has already set the KU sin
gle-season record for sacks with
10. He had four sacks against Texas
Tech alone. / •• < •
With a 51-yard boot against
Oklahoma, Texas senior place
kicker Phil Dawson set the Texas
record for consecutive field goals
with 14.
Coach John Mackovic said
Dawson compares well with a
kicker he coached while with the
Kansas City Chiefs: former All-Pro
NickJLowrey.
“Phil and Nick are both guys
that believe that they willmake
kicks,” he said. “That’s what sepa
rates good kickers from great kick
ers, that they think they can make
everything.”
This week’s
Big 12 games
Unas A&M at Kansas State
Kansas at Colorado
Big 12 Notebook compiled by
staff reporter Sam McKewon.
Second, third teams need to improve
By David Wilson
Senior Reporter
WACO, Texas - Depth is comforting, but it
was also Nebraska coach Tom Osborne’s main
concern after NU’s 49-21 victory over Baylor
Saturday night.
Although the Huskers second and third
team defenses allowed Baylor to score seven
points in the second half, Osborne said, not
everyone was to blame.
One of the players who may get a compli
ment instead of criticism for his performance <
was sophomore linebacker Tony Ortiz. i
Playing behind Brian Shaw at Sam line- 1
backer, Ortiz finished with a team-high five 1
tackles against the Bears. He also recovered a <
fumble in the second quarter and sacked
Baylor quarterback Jeff Watson for a seven- j
yard loss. 1
Ortiz, who had only recorded six tackles 1
prior to Saturday, said he did not take the
Bears for granted.
“We treated this team with a lot of respect,”
Ortiz said. “We came out there knowing that if
we slipped up, they could take advantage of us.
We didn’t want to let anything happen that
would put us down. We wanted to keep them in
a hole as long as possible.”
The NU backup linebackers finished the
game with 10 tackles compared to the 19 tack
les recorded by the rest of NU’s second and
third team players.
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NU offensive line
wipes up field
with Bear defense
By Darren Ivy
Staff Reporter
Baylor’s defense and Nebraska’s offense
feasted on two completely different diets
Saturday night in Waco, Texas.
Bears defenders found themselves eating a lot
of turf, while the NU linemen enjoyed an all
they-could-eat pancake feed of Baylor defensive
players.
The second-ranked Huskers (5-0 overall, 2-0
in the Big 12 Conference) recorded a season-high
88 pancake blocks en route to a 49-21 conference
victory.
“Whenever we needed to move the ball, we
were able to,” said NU offensive line coach Milt
Tenopir.
The solid play of the offensive line, Tenopir
said, was one reason why NU leads the nation ip
total offense with 530.20 yards per game and
rushing offense averaging 401.8 yards per game.
NU is also second in the nation in scoring offense
averaging 45.8 points a game.
The play of the first-team offensive line has
pleased Tenopir, but he still wants the reserves to
improve.
“I have no complaints about the top unit,”
Tenopir said. “These guys are making things hap
M
pen.
me starting line oi Aaron rayior, josn
Heskew, Erik Anderson, Fred Pollack and Jon
Zatechka is ahead of last year’s line, Tenopir said.
They are focused and have the right mind set, he
said.
Although the reserves have improved from
the beginning of the season, Tenopir said, they
still need to get sharper.
“I feel better about how these guys are play
ing now than 1 did three weeks ago,” Tenopir said.
Against Baylor, Tenopir was happy with the
play of backups James Sherman, Jason Schwab
and Adam Julch. They played well for the 20 or
^ 30 snaps they were in, Tenopir said.
Tenopir said he needs to do spot substitutions
rather than wholesale substitutions. —
“I worry about injuries, but I need to weigh
that against having continuity,” Tenopir said.
“Ybu have to get kids in game situations to tell if
they have progressed enough to play.”
Tenopir has been pleased with die effort of all
the linemen this year, but says the team still needs
to work on little phases of the game if die team
wants to get to where it wants to be at the end of
theseason.
“Regardless of opponents, we want to keep
improving each game,” Tenopir said. “We are
going to be a difficult team to contend with.”
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By David Wilson
Senior Reporter
When Nebraska coach Tom
Osborne calls, you answer.
Even if you’re sitting in contem
porary literature class. -
Such was the case for Jon
Bowling, a senior at Lincoln
Southeast High School, who received
a pass during his 9:30 a.m. class on
Friday with a memo to call Osborne.
**l was just like, ‘Whoa, that’s
pretty sweet,”’ Bowling said.
Bowling wasted no time and
returned the call on the in-classroom
phone.
*My class was freaking out,”
Bowling said. “My teacher was like,
‘We’ve never had anybody call Coach
Osborne from that phone before.’”
But Bowling ± and the rest of his
'The 6-foot-4,210-pound tight end
was offered a scholarship to play foot
ball at Nebraska. And after talking it
over with his parents and his coach,
Chuck Mizerslri, Bowling became the
sixth high school senior to give the
Comhuskers a verbal commitment
A three-year starter on varsity,
Bowhnghas caught 13 passes for 326
yards and four touchdowns for the
top-ranked Monarchs (6-0) this fall.
As a defensive end, Bowling has four
quarterback sacks and one intercep
tion.
' “He’s au exceptional athlete,”
Mizerski said. “He has very good size
and very good speed and very good
hands.”
Bowling, who has qualified acad
emically, runs a 4.84-second electron
ic 40-yard dash and has a 31 Vi-inch
vertical jump. An All-State basketball
player, Bowling chose to play football
over basketball in college even
though he played on the Godfather’s
All-Star Basketball team last summer.
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