Cyclones pin upset dreams
on rushing game vs. Wildcats
By Joshua Camenzind
Staff writer
This week’s Iowa State-Kansas
State matchup is more than just a game
for the Cyclones.
After starting the season 3-0,
including a 17-10 win over in-state
rival Iowa, ISU is looking for more
than a close game. It is looking to win.
“We know we have to step it up this
week,” Head Coach Dan McCarney
said. “An outstanding Kansas State
football team is coming to town, and
they are again one of the top teams in
all of America.”
And who would be better to beat
than the reigning Big 12 North
Champions. The Wildcats are less than
a two-touchdown favorite for the game
in Ames, Iowa. McCarney is quick to
remind people of the past - flashing
back to last season to a 52-7 loss at
KSU.
“It was not a game at all last year,”
McCarney said. “It was a complete
mismatch, and many of those players
are back on Coach (Bill) Snyder’s team
again.”
Despite his concern, McCarney
has seen his players conveying a differ
ent attitude thus far around campus
after a 24-0 win at UNLV
“Just to have some semblance of
some success,” McCamey said. “And
have some positive things and achieve
some goals that we set in the early part
of the season; they do have an extra
bounce in their step.”
McCarney; in his fifth season as
ISU’s head coach, has the Cyclones off
to their best start since 1981. The start
not only has raised his players spirits,
but his as well.
“This is the most fun I have had
coaching since I left Madison (Wis.)
with this team,” McCamey said.
Coming off a 3-8 season last year,
the undefeated start has folks in Ames
thinking that this could be the turn
around McCamey has promised since
arriving in 1995.
Iowa State will bring a powerful
rushing attack into the Big 12 game of
the week. The Cyclones rank first,
nationally averaging 354 yards per
game. Darren Davis, brother of former
Cyclone Troy Davis, is leading the
chaige. Kansas State linebacker Mark
Simoneau said it is important for the
Wildcats to contain Davis.
“We cannot let him get started,”
Simoneau said. “We have to shore him
up at the line and can’t let him get to the
secondary because he is a tough guy to
tackle.”
Davis has rushed for 555 yards thus
far in three games. He is averaging 6.3
yards per carry and showing durability
with more than 29 carries per game.
Davis and backup Ennis Haywood
will be keys to the game as ISU has yet
to establish any type of air attack.
“We are not going to come out and
throw it 35 to 40 times,” McCarney
said. “You saw that last year because
we had to; we had some injuries to our
offensive line, and our rushing offense
was inept. I just hope that we never
have to get in that situation again.”
KSU also enters the game unde
feated, but Snyder said his team would
be “foolish” to overlook the Cyclones.
Snyder and McCarney both were assis
tants at Iowa under Hayden Fry.
McCarney guarded against over
confidence when asked if he had
checked any December flights for bowl
games. “No I sure haven’t,” McCarney
said.
“I know we got a date with Kansas
State this Saturday.”
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a. Just trying to protect his
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c. In danger of giving boxing a
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4. Cleveland Browns rookie
quarterback Tim Couch went cukoo
for Cocoa Puffs after throwing his
team’s only touchdown in a 26-9 loss
to Tennessee because:
a. It was the first touchdown
pass of his NFL career.
b. It was the first touchdown in
the “new” Cleveland
Browns’ franchise history.
c. That going at his current
touchdowns-per-game rate
(0.5) and his $6.9 million-a
year contract, he earned
more than $850,000 on that
pass alone!!! (Lucky bas
tard! Barbara Bush could
have thrown that pass!)
5. The hype surrounding
Sammy Sosa’s second consecutive
60-plus home-run season means:
a. The media and fans make
too much out of the long
ball.
b. Last season wasn’t a fluke.
c. What? Baseball is still
going? Living in Nebraska, I
kind of forgot.
That’s it. Once again, you all fail.
Now, go to your homes!
John Gaskins is a junior
broadcasting major and Daily
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NU upbeat after loss
SOCCER from page 7
friends and family, she assisted
Eddleman’s goal against Santa
Clara. Benson showed the same
form that she showed in 1997 before
she tore her anterior-cruciate liga
ment last year.
She has assisted goals the past
five games and leads the team in that
category with nine assists on the
season.
Walker saw a fast, dangerous
Benson on the outside midfield this
past weekend.
Women’s golf
From staff reports
The Nebraska women’s golf team
stands in first place through the first
day of the Lady Razorback
Invitational in Rogers, Ark.
Rain forced a cancellation of the
second round Monday, after the
Comhuskers shot a 298 to finish one
stroke ahead of second-place Nevada.
NU was led by junior Amy Roux,
who shot a 71 and finished in third
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“She’s got that burst of explo
siveness,” Walker said. “She’s a
player who can maintain her top
speed with the ball.”
Even though they took the loss,
the Huskers took a giant step against
Santa Clara toward its top two goals
for the remainder of the year.
“There are two main things we
talk about,” Walker said. “The first
is improving as players and as a
team so others don’t pass us by. The
second is playing as many games in
Lincoln in the NCAA tournament as
we can.”
■team in first
place behind leader Angie Yoon of
Nevada. Husker senior Elizabeth
Bahensky fired a 73 to end the day in
fifth place.
Behind Bahensky was sophomore
Sarah Sasse, who shot a 75 and fin
ished the day in ninth place; freshman
Amanda Krane, who fired a 79; and
sophomore Catha Fogelberg, who
shot an 82.
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