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< ' Williams?
Husker defense
looks for answer
this Saturday
By David Wilson
Senior staff writer
Getting plowed over while applying
a pass block, then being intentionally
stepped cm by a Baylor linebacker is all
part of playing an integral role for the
Texas-offense, according to running
back RickyWilliams.
The accident he suffered in the first
half against the Bears last Saturday, he
said, had nothing todo with die feet that
he is a Heisman Trophy candidate in
pursuit of the NCAA career rushing
record.
Itb just part of die game.
“I’m not going to cry about it or
anything,” said Williams, who hobbled
off the Held before halfdime with cleat'’
marks qn his leg.
But what does come with being a
Heisman Trophy candidate is attention
-lots of attention.
„ Williams, who holds a weekly tele
conference for out-of-town media
before each game, answered Heisman
question after Heisman question
Wednesday morning in preparation fra:
, the Longhorns’ nationally televised
matchup with seventh-ranked Nebraska
Saturday at 2:30 p jn.
“Lak year we didn’t really have any
games like this hat we had a chance to
win,” said Williams; a senior. “That’s
one of the reasons I came back. That’s
what college football is all about - big
games.” •
Nebraska senior Mike linebacker
Jay Foreman said the Blackshirts will be
up for the challenge, but he didn’t dis
credit the hype that surrounds Williams.
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Kansas State when Williams took 25
carries for 43 yards; his longest run
from scrimmage was 7 yards.
But the Comhuskers, Williams said,
aren’t likely to have die same success
against Texas’ruslnng attack. *
In die 1996 Big 12 Championship
game, Williams did not see significant
playing time as Texas downed the
Huskers 37-27. Longhorn back Priest
Holmes recorded 120 yards on nine
* , carries indie effort
“Nebraska thinks they
can just play seven men in
the box and with
their athletes
up there,
they can stop the run,” Williams said.
t This season, the Huskers (7-1 and 3
1) rank 17th in the nation in run defense,
while Texas ranks ninth in rushing
offense.
NTJ’s rushing defense was tested
last week by Missouri’s Devin West,
who ranks third in the nation in rushing.
West took 24 carries for 72 yards —
averaging 3 yards per carry against the
Huskers.
“Facing two of die best acts in the
nation is certainly no small challenge,”
Solichsaid.
And Williams isn’t about to let
Nebraska burst his Heisman hopes.
“When I came to Texas, one of die
reasons I came was for a
chance to win the
Heisman Trophy,”
Williams said. “It
would be a
come
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ing defenses this season. He already has 1,484 yards this
season and needs 1,196 more to beat Barry Sanders’ sis
P gle-season record of 2,682 yards, set in 1968.
Nepo directs Rushers in national title chase
NEPO from page 7
season at NU, Nepo has guided the
third-ranked Huskers to a 19-0
record.
Nepo, who trained with the U.S.
National Team this summer in
Colorado, broke die Nebraska all
time assist record Oct. 3 - she cur
rently has 4,123 career assists - and
has developed into a serious con
tender for nadonal-player-of-the-year
honors.
“I feel like I am someone my
teammates can depend on now,”
Nepo said. “I see different aspects of
situations I didn’t see before. I’ve
changed. I’ve grown up. And it’s a
good thing, too.”
During the past few weeks, Pettit
said, Nebraska has relied heavily on
Nepo, who posted 52 assists, 11 digs
and seven blocks Friday in a three
game win over Oklahoma. The
Huskers defeated No. 13 Texas two
weeks ago but did not play well.
The following weekend, unranked
Kansas pushed Nebraska to a four
game match.
“When the team is not performing
as well, Fiona wills her teammates to
stay in matches and to stay in games,”
Pettit said. “She handles die responsi
bility when others aren’t playing well.
“Fiona is fun to coach. She is
enthusiastic^and she wants to do the
right thing. She is a very motivated
individual.”
The extroverted Nepo commands
her teammates’ respect on Jhe court
by balancing her serious side with a
fan-loving demeanor. Growing up in
Hawaii, Nepo unknowingly practiced
for her role as a stabilizing force for
theHuskers.
“If we had any problem at home, I
could bring everyone together,” Nepo
said.
One of six children, Nepo had a
difficult time leaving her family for
Nebraska. She said she missed her
mom, who refers to Nepo as her little
angel, and her dad, who calls Nepo
his. sweetheart. Both parents were
upset when their daughter left
“I grew up in a large family, and I
was the fust to leave and the first to
go to college,” Nepo said. “I guess
you could say I was the heart of my
family.”
Nepo’s parents grew to under
stand her desire to “make it” some
where else, and Nepo adjusted to the
Nebraska weather and the state’s con
servative people. Nepo said coming
to NU was the best decision she has
ever made, and she calls Nebraska
her home.
Nepo said she will feel disap
pointed if the Huskers don’t play for a
national championship in her final
season, and she swears she won't
leave NU without a trip to the NCAA
Final Four in December.
But Nepo remains ever ready to
wake up to her next challenge.
“I want to go to the West Coast
somewhere- tiy to make the National
Team or play on the beach,” Nepo
said. “I want to go as far as I can.”
Big 12 looks to
hold spotlight
in ‘98-99 season
WOMEN from page 7
Even with aU ofthe returning talent,
Kansas Coach Marian Washington said
she is surprised to see her team at the
top of the Coaches’ Foil
“It was quite a shock that we are on
top,” Washington said. “We’re going to
be a contender, but there are several
teams that can fill that role.”
In third place in die Coaches’Poll is
Baylor. Even though the Bears have
gotten the coaches’ attention, BU isn’t
ranked nationally.
Baylor is followed by Iowa State,
Nebraska and Colorado in the Coaches’
Poll. NU Coach Paul Sanderford said
six teams could qualify for the NCAA
Tournament from the Big 12.
But Oklahoma State Coach Dick
Halterman said picking foe order of fin- *
ish is difficult after the top three.
“The top three choices are easy,”
Halterman said “But you could proba
bly throw the rest of us in a hat and
pick.”
