Buffs'schedule only gets tougher
■ After two agonizing losses,
Colorado faces an uphill battle
In the next four games.
BY JOHN GASKINS
Monday morning was not a
good morning to be Colorado
Coach Gary Barnett.
First, Barnett had to watch
the tape of his Buffaloes’ agoniz
ing 17-14 loss at No. 10 Southern
California, one week after they
took a 28-24 nose dive to
Colorado State in Denver.
CU let the USC game slip
through its hands, or more liter
ally, its kicker’s foot. Mike
Mariscal missed four of five field
goals, including a 41 -yarder with
1:14 left that would have given
the Buffs the lead.
USC then drove down the
field for the game winner, and
some young Buffs were flagged
for several wasteful penalties.
“We went completely into
the tank once again,” Barnett
said. “You don’t know how tough
it was to stand on that sideline
knowing we should have won.”
Then, Barnett had to face
questions in his weekly confer
ence call to reporters about
meltdown No. 2, an 0-2 start and
the uphill climb that only gets
steeper.
C U ' s
next four
games: No. 9
Washington
(fresh off a
34-29 win
over then
No. 4
Miami),
Kansas State
(who’s beat
en CU two of the last three con
tests), at Texas A&M (which has
n’t lost at Kyle Field since 1996)
and No. 5 Texas.
It’s tough to figure what
Barnett went to first before the
conference: TUms or Advil.
"Those were awfully tough
losses to take,” Barnett said. “We
knew the schedule was going to
be hard, especially considering
we have 10 to 12 new guys out
there.
“I’d feel better about a sched
ule like this if it were last year’s
team or next year’s team, but I
can’t do anything about that. We
just have after it, and we haven’t
let our kids get discouraged. We
can’t. We’re just one-third of the
way through this schedule.”
Colorado had a tough slate
in ’99, starting 3-3 and finishing
6-5. Knowing a bumpy early
road was ahead with CSU, USC
and Washington on its slate,
Barnett dropped his jaw when
he first saw the conference
schedule, which the Big 12
decides.
It’s safe to say he doesn’t like
it.
“It takes its toll - the way the
league schedules, at least for us,
discourages playing good teams
in the non-conference season,”
Barnett said. “They need to
make better decisions.
“If they want us to play weak
er teams and just mop them up,
games which aren’t great TV
games, if that’s what the league
wants to do ... Well, that should
change in my opinion.”
Several Big 12 coaches on
Monday agreed that CU is at a
handicap, but they said they
think such punishing early
games will help them in the long
run.
Having said that, teams such
as Kansas State and Texas Tech,
“I’d feel better about a
schedule like this if it
were last year’s team
or next year’s team,
but I can’t do
anything about that. ”
Gary Barnett
CU football coach
which have three laughers at
home to open the season, are
better off now.
“A schedule like (Colorado’s)
is not necessary,” Nebraska
Coach Frank Solich said. “I
would not want to have a sched
ule that loaded. Every team
should have their best chance to
win the conference. You don’t
have to have an extremely tough
non-conference schedule to get
there. Your best bet is to go
undefeated.
“But Colorado is a good foot
ball team, Gary Barnett is a good
coach and they’ll do a good job
coming back from all this.”
Said Barnett: “It could get
better, or it could get worse.”
Nil's Frisch wins singles at Shocker Classic
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The Nebraska women's tennis team
served up a great start to its 2000 fall season.
Highlighting Nebraska’s outing at the
Wichita State Shocker Classic in Wichita,
Kan., on Sept. 8-10 was the performance of
junior Amy Frisch in the singles competi
tion.
Frisch defeated Oklahoma City
University's Anne Laure Leguennec in the
championship match. Leguennec retired
after trailing 3-0 in the first set because of an
ankle injury.
Leguennec hurt her ankle and had it
taped during the semifinals earlier in the
day.
In the three-day tournament, Frisch
went undefeated with five wins. Frisch met
her toughest competition in the quarterfi
nals on Saturday where she won 0-6,7-5,7-6
(9-7).
“Even though I lost 0-6 in the first set, I
felt like it was real close,” Frisch said. “I kept
a positive mentality.”
Coach Scott Jacobson, in his 10th year at
Nebraska, said the four-hour match was one
of the most exciting and longest matches he
iiao ottn 111 mo lqicci.
“The kids (on the team) learn from
watching Amy play,” Jacobson said. “She
never thinks she’s going to lose. After being
down 6-0 (in the first set), she wasn’t frustrat
ed. ... She never gives up."
Frisch, a No. 6 singles player who went
14-2 on Nebraska’s team last year, went
through some tough competition to come
out on top. Oklahoma City is the top NAIA
women’s tennis team.
Jacobson said Oklahoma City would be a
top-50 team in Division I.
“It was an amazing thing for Amy,”
Jacobson said. “If you work hard, as she does,
it pays off.”
Jacobson said he was also pleased with
the play of junior Katarina Balan, who made
it to the quarterfinals before losing to
Leguennec.
In doubles action, Balan and freshman
Rose Ketmayura made it to the semifinals
before falling.
Also in doubles action, senior Ndali
Ijomah and Frisch reached the consolation
championship match before retiring
because of Ijomah’s sore knees.
Jacobson said he didn't want to have
“The kids (on the team) learn
from watching Amy play. She
never thinks she's going to
lose. After being down 6-0 (in
the first set), she wasn't
frustrated.... She never gives
up.”
Scott Jacobson
NU women’s tennis coach
them continue and risk injury.
Overall, Jacobson said the tournament
was “good for us to find out where everyone
is on the team.”
Now, Jacobson said, the team needs six
weeks of solid practice in preparation for the
regional tournament in Omaha on Nov. 1, its
main tournament of the fall season.
The Huskers will be in action next on Oct.
7 at home when they play an intrasquad
tournament at the Cather-Pound courts.
Husker men in fifth place going into final round
■After completing two
rounds of the tournament, the
golf team is only nine strokes
behind first-place Missouri.
BY KRISTEN WATERS
High temperatures and wind
generally do not make for an
ideal day on the golf course. But
the scorching sun and blowing
winds, for the most part, didn’t
phase the Nebraska men’s golf
team on Monday.
The team completed its first
two rounds of the 54-hole tour
nament at the Fairway Club
Invitational held at Firethorn
Golf Club, finishing the 36-hole N
day with a team score of 605,
which was nine strokes behind
top-dog Missouri.
i inougni we starred out
good, but we didn’t end up as
well as I had hoped,” Coach
Larry Romjue said.
In the first round of play, the
Huskers managed a score of 298
which left them four points
behind first-place Missouri and
tied for fourth place.
However, the Huskers drift
ed in the second round with its
score dropping to 307, leaving
them in fifth place.
"It’s a hard course,” Romjue
said. “And the wind was blowing
heavy.”
Nebraska currently trails
Michigan State, which has a
team score of 603.
The top finisher for the
Huskers was junior Seth Porter,
who shot a 73 in the first round
and a 73 in the second round for
a combined score of 146. Porter
“Seth is in good position to do well tomorrow. It
wont get any easier. It will just depend on the
scores they shoot tomorrow. “
Larry Romjue
NU men’s golf coach
, h
ended the day in second place
only three strokes behind first
place Bryan Milberger of Kansas
State. •
“Seth is in good position to
do well tomorrow,” Romjue said.
“It won’t get any easier. It will
just depend on the scores they
shoot tomorrow. “
Sophomore Blake Humbles
finished second on the team after
firing a 73 in the first round and a
76 in the second round for a total
of 149. He is tied for 14th place.
Humbles and Co. will begin
action today as teams tee off at 8
a.m. for the final round of the
Fairway Club Invitational.
“We’ve got a good shot to do
well," Romjue said. “But we’ve
got 12 teams here, and only one
can win.”
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Notebook
NOTEBOOK from 10
second consecutive 2-0
start for the first time since the
1980 and 1981 seasons.
ISU now is preparing to
travel to interstate rival Iowa
on Saturday. The Cyclones are
gunning for their third straight
win over the Hawkeyes after a
15-year dry spell.
“It’s going to be as wild and
crazy as it gets in college foot
ball,” ISU quarterback Sage
Rosenfels said.
Missouri (1-1; lost 62-9 to
No. 16 Clemson)
Talk about a quick death in
Death Valley. The Tigers kept
things close for most of the
first half. The scoreboard read
14-9 in favor of Clemson until
the 2:29 mark in the second
quarter.
In the next 8:33, Clemson
racked up 34-straight points
to record the most points
scored by Clemson in a game
in over 18 years and ensure
Mizzou’s fifth-straight loss on
the road.
“The game was a tremen
dous humiliation,” said
Missouri Coach Larry Smith,
who must now prepare his
troops for a Saturday home tilt
with No. 22 Michigan State.
Texas A&M (1-1; beat
Wyoming 51-3)
Two things were proved
this weekend: 1. The Aggies’
opening loss to Notre Dame
doesn’t seem so bad after the
Irish nearly beat No. 1
Nebraska. 2. A&M does have a
capable offense, amassing 490
total yards.
Mark Farris’s 93-yard
touchdown pass to Robert
Ferguson in the second quar
ter was the second longest in
school history.
A&M has not lost a non
conference home game since
1988.
Oklahoma (2-0; beat
Arkansas State 45-7)
Senior quarterback Josh
Heupel has taken just 13 regu
lar season games to tie Cale
Gundy for the school record
for touchdown passes. It took
Gundy 40 games to reach that
feat.
Heupel threw for three
touchdowns in the Sooners’
seventh-consecutive home
sellout.
Texas Tech (3-0; beat
North Texas, 13-7)
This time the Red Raiders
were gasping for air, narrowly
defeating the third straight
cream puff on their early
schedule. Quarterback Kliff
Kingsbury broke his own
record with 42 pass comple
tions, while tying a record of
55 attempts.
Patsy No. 4, Louisiana
Lafayette, will limp into
Lubbuck, Texas, on Saturday,
fresh off the heels of a 52-10
beating from Texas.
Oklahoma State (1-0; beat
Tulsa 36-26)
A stale unit in 1999, the
Cowboy offense came out
blazing to open 2000, scoring
21 points in the first quarter
and 30 in the first half. Junior
tailback Reggie White ran for
187 yards on 25 carries in his
first career start.
OSU stays home for No. 25
Southern Mississippi on
Saturday.
Kansas State (2-0; was
idle)
Ball State (0-2) comes
rolling into town after losses at
Florida (40-19) and at home to
Western Illinois (24-14). The
Wildcats have won 23 in a row
at KSU Stadium.
Quarterback Jonathan
Beasley is ranked 17th in the
nation in passing efficiency.
Coach Bill Snyder said
there is no controversy right
now between Beasley and
highly-touted freshman Ell
Roberson.
Baylor (1-0; was idle)
If there is any chance for a
breakthrough win in the sec
ond-year Coach Kevin Steele
era, Saturday is the day. The
Bears host ’99 bowl team
Minnesota, which is coming
off a 23-17 upset loss to Ohio.
Despite the off-week,
Baylor ran an extensive two
hour practice on Saturday.
“Where this program is at
right now, there’s really no
time or space to sit back,”
Steele said.
Kansas (0-1; was idle)
Terry Allen’s squad has had
plenty of thinking to do after
an embarrassing 31-17 sea
son-opening loss to Southern
Methodist University.
The Jayhawks will have a
chance to take out their frus
trations in Saturday night’s
home opener against
Alabama.
The two teams played an
NCAA-record four-overtime
game two years ago, with KU
winning 39-37 in Birmingham,
Ala.
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