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STANDUP COMEDY IN LINCOLN JUST COT FUNNIER! - Seen on Evening at the (mprov Headliner Willie Farrell Plus feature act Bill Martin 6£T HOOKED! Don't Miss Career Day 1998!! - UNI College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources w ' Come get year reams critique*!. Bm» far success! Business attire tssaggested. * taa, Md employers, ami gala knowledge atiout year areas at career interest* Cra es at comerback ; -—- ^ ^ By Brandon Schulte Staffwriter When asked what word fits true freshman Keyuo Craver, junior comer back Ralph Brown said, “happy.” Nebraska Defensive Backs Coach George Darlington describes Craver as a “great kid.” But both Brown and Darlington have been impressed with Craver’s abilities on the field as well. “You can see a lot of athleticism,” Brown said. “Just by looking at him, you can tell he can get the job done.” Craver has been asked to step in and bolster an injury-depleted sec ondary this season. Missing were stort ing free safety Clint Finley, out with a knee injury, and starting comerback Erwin Swiney, filing from an injured groin. Thrown into the fire, Craver has responded, playing in three of NU’s four games, notching five tackles as Swiney’s backup. At the beginning of the season, Darlington said he didn’t know where Craver would fit into the mix. Rover or Craver moved to Lincoln early this summer to work out with the team and get into playing shape before the sea son started. Sophomore rover Joe Walker and junior comerback Jerome Peterson helped him out aver the sum mer, teaching him what to expect when the season began, Craver said. Coming to Nebraska from Harleton, Texas, Craver said, was a big change for him, In high school, he received first team all-state honors, rushing for 3,024 yards on 271 carries with 50 touch downs his senior season. As the state’s three-time triple jump champion, T Craver’s athletic ability has made for a smooth transition from offense to defense. And a great attitude doesn’t hurt either. “His attitude is positive in every phase of football and the classroom,” Darlington said. “He gives you the feeling that if you have a few guys like him, you’ll be awfully good.” free safety were options, but because of his physical play and sure tackling, Craver was moved to comer. And at comerback, Darlington hasn’t seen a drop-off when Craver enters the game. “We have a lot of confidence in Keyuo,” Darlington said. “He’s improved every week.” Coming into the season, Craver said he wanted to contribute to the team in any way that he could. After seeing some playing time in Nebraska’s first two games, he saw sig nificant action Saturday in the first half against Washington when the outcome was still in doubt. Craver feels he can make things happen even when the game is on the line. ‘I’m pretty confident that I can go out there and make a big play,” Craver said. “Early in the season I was too busy focusing on mistakes, but now I’m relaxed, learning and doing what I can to help the team.” t* ^ Early in the season, I was too busy focusing on mistakes, Zw*wowI'm relaxed[ learning and doing what I can to help the tecgjn.” ' FilljEl I Keyuo Carver NU comerback Wrestlers challenged by new rules ByLisaVonnahme Staff writer Wrestlers are known for having used every technique possible to drop a couple of pounds. In fact, some say their skills could be considered nothing less than a work of art But because of new rules imposed by the NCAA in April, wrestlers across the country will be forced to find new weight-loss methods. And today marks the first true test for the Nebraska wrestling team, NU Coach Tim Neumann said. The Comhuskers will take a series of tests, including a hydration check and a body fat check, to determine the mini mum weight at which they can compete at this season. “The stressful thing about the tests is that we’ve kind of got a team mapped out on paper,” Neumann said. “If they don’t test out, they don’t get to wrestle all year at that weight They have to go up a weight “That ends up making two good guys go at the same weight, and that messes up the lineup” The new rules arose after three col legiate wrestlers died last season while trying to drop a large amount of water in a short amount of time in order to make weight, Neumann said. This year, the new tests are done with the goal of not letting any wrestler become dehydrated ‘"The NCAA set a hydration level of 1.02,” Neumann said. “1.02 is normal hydration for what the average American should be walking around in. That’s what they want our wrestlers to weigh in at.” The new rules force wrestlers to cut weight in a healthier way. In prior years, Neumann said, if a wrestler was over his weight limit by a few pounds, the water weight could be dropped in a 30-minute workout Now, the only weight a wrestler can lose is fat. To do that, the NU coaches, along with the team nutritionist and ath letic trainer, have been stressing the importance of a healthy diet. “When these rules came out, Dave Ellis, our nutritionist, really jumped on (the rules),” Neumann said “He’s been monitoring the guys since April. On the first day of school he gave each guy a diet, saying that if the diet was followed and the proper workouts were done, their body weights would be right where they needed to be.” On Tuesday, the wrestling team had a dry run of the tests that will be admin istered today. Neumann and Assistant Coach Jason Kelber agreed that the j practice test results were encouraging. “The guys have been working really hard,” Kelber said. “They’ve been work ing out like it’s the middle of January rather than just September. They’ve been sticking to their diets, and for the most part, their weights are where they should be.” Derek Clark, athletic trainer for the Husker wrestling team, said the wrestlers’ body weights and percent body fat will be entered into a formula that will determine the minimum weight at which they can compete. “If a wrestler doesn’t meet the requirements today, then he will be able to test again in 48 hours,” Clark said. “If he doesn’t make it the second time, he can try again 48 hours after that But if the wrestler doesn’t pass the test the third time, he will not be allowed to wrestle at that weight and will have to move up.” UT coach: Huskers potent i OSU’s Wright By Jay Saunders Staff writer The state ofTexas wasn’t too friend ly to the No. 19 Nebraska soccer team last season. Three of the team’s four losses came against Texas schools. That includes two losses to the Comhuskers’rival, No. 12 Texas A&M. Both the Aggies (5-3) and Texas hope to bring some of that treatment to Lincoln. A&M plays Nebraska (6-2) Friday night at 7 p.m., and the Longhorns tangle with the Huskers on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games are at the Abbott Sports Complex. “These games have been close,” Texas Coach Dang Pibulvech said. “It has been either a one-goal game for Nebraska or us on top.” Texas (2-4) has not gotten off to a great start this season. Coming into this weekend, UT has lost three straight games. That stretch includes a 4-0 loss to Massachusetts and a 2-1 setback against No. 16 Vanderbilt. Part of the reason Texas is strug gling is a lack of offense. In six games, the Longhorns have scored only 10 goals. Forward Katie Baruth is UTs leading scorer with three goals. “This is our third road trip of the season,” Pibulvech said, “so this is noth ing new.” What is new for Texas this weekend is the start of the B ig 12 Conference sea son. UT takes on Iowa State on Friday before coming to Lincoln.The Huskers beat the Cyclones 4-2 last week. “This is a big weekend because it will set the tone of the Big 12 season,” Pibulvech said. “Anyone who is foolish enough to think there is an easy game in this conference is in for a big surprise.” While the Longhorns have strug gled at the start of the season, Texas A&M has jumped out quickly. All three of the losses A&M has suf fered have been against ranked teams. ^Nebraska will be the sixth team the Aggies will face that is ranked in the NSCAA/Umbro Top 25. But Pibulvech said what both teams need to worry about is the high-pow ered offense of die Huskers. “We know we will be feeing a very potent offense,” Pibulvech said. “If we were Southwest Missouri State, I would be worried. But we are not the same team.” ready for NU WRIGHT from page 7 keep teams to two touchdowns or less. And though Nebraska has yet to score fewer than 24 points through four games, Wright said, he is expecting a defensive battle. “This game might be a 3-0 game or a 3-3 tie at the end of regulation,” Wright said. “You never know. “Myself, I’m confident, and I feel that my teammates have the same confi dence level We can win this ball game. We just have to battle With than for four quarters.” In other news: Nebraska starting I-back DeAngelo Evans, who returned from injury to play his first game since 1996 Saturday against Washington, did not suit up for practice Wednesday. Evans experienced soreness in the bottom of his foot following Saturday’s game and is still having trouble pushing off, NU Coach Frank Solicit said. If Evans doesn’t practice today, Solicit said, his status for the Huskers’ matchup with Oklahoma State Saturday is questionable.
