Clones
squander
chance of
a lifetime
AMES,
Iowa —
There are
many
things that
people only
get one
chance at
in their
lives - the
first car,
first mar
Joshua
Camenzind
riage and,
for the have-nots of the Big 12,
first legitimate chance to beat
Nebraska.
None of the three are easily
reproduced.
If history holds true, all of die
Iowa State football players will
never get another chance like
they had against Nebraska on
Saturday.
A chance to beat the great
powerhouse of the Big 12, the No.
1 team in the nation and a long
time nemesis only comes around
about once every decade. It last
happened back in 1992 in Ames
with a 19-10 Iowa State victory.
The Cyclones missed their
best chance in a long while to
gain some ground on the
Huskers, and it is very likely
another opportunity won't come
around with these same players
in uniform.
Players like Sage Rosenfels,
J.J. Moses and Reggie Hayward
have never played the Huskers
tough before Saturday, and sadly
for them, this was their last
chance.
Cyclone sophomore phenom
Emm Haywood, who was limited
to 27 yards on 11 carries, will see
NU at least two more times. But
he will never see a Cyclone win or
even another close game in his
time at Ames.
Heck, it’s not even known
how many more of these
Nebraska-Iowa State matchups
Cyclone Coach Dan McCamey
has left in him if he doesn’t take
his team to a bowl this year.
People in Ames are getting
restless after being spoked by the
men’s and women's basketball
teams. They want to be in this
dream called the Big 12
Championship game, have play
os considered for national hon
ors and, most of all, want people
to talk about Iowa State football
without laughing afterward.
Dui iui uuw, ncurasu
remains a mystery to Iowa State
and represents that hurdle too
impossible to clear. As good as
the Cyclones were coming in, A
sporting their 4-0 record against
a suspect schedule if there ever
was one, they should have
known that they would come up
short again.
v- Hie campus was abuzz with
a struggling and wounded
Husker squad coming to town.
They hoped to gain that elusive
win that would springboard
them into talk of the nation's elite
at 5-0.
And it looked as if the goal
posts might come down until
disaster struck and the Cyclones
found a way to hand the game
over to Lil' Red and blow their
chance.
Iowa State was about to knot
up the score after a 4-yard
Haywood touchdown run with
6:46 left in the third quarter. But
the ensuing point after was
missed by Cyclone kicker Mike
McKnight and the Cyclones
found themselves staring at a
one-point deficit at 21-20.
1SU players tried to play off
the importance of the miss in the
post-game press conference, but
when a team goes on to score 21
straight points as NU did from
that point on, it did matter.
The Cyclones would have
been lining up against the
Huskers on every down with a tie
score and die wind at their backs.
Psychological edges such as
those are a must for a team like
Please see CAMENZIND on 12
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RIGHT: Nebraska
wingback Bobby
Newcombe returns
a punt during the
second quarter
while three Huskers
protect him from
behind.
BOTTOM: Husker
defenders DeJuan
Groce, Joe Walker
and dint Finley
break up a pass
headed for ISU
receiver Jamaul
Montgomery to end
the first half.
RIGHT: Husker
fans, from left,
JennyJonyka,
Amanda McGill
and Dawn
McNally celebrate
a Nebraska
touchdown dur
ing the fourth
quarter.