Kansas (4-4,2-3; lost 45-39 to Texas
Tech; at Nebraska)
The Jayhawks lost a heartbreaker to the
Red Raiders after KU was down by 21 in the
third quarter and 17 in the final quarter.
Kansas battled back but was unable to
pull out the win as a last-second pass was
batted down in the end zone.
For its inspiring comeback performance,
KU gets to come to Lincoln to face Nebraska
for the third straight year after NU lost its
first game of the season.
NU lost to Texas A&M in 1998 and then
shutout KU 41-0. In 1999, the Huskers lost to
Texas and then beat the Jayhawks 24-17 in
Lawrence, Kan.
“It makes it that much more of a chal
lenge,” KU Coach Terry Allen said.
Oklahoma (7-0,4-0; beat Nebraska 31
14; at Baylor)
For their performances against Nebraska
on Saturday, quarterback Josh Heupel and
linebacker Torrance Marshall were recog
nized as the Big 12 players of the week on
their respective sides of the ball.
Heupel, who completed 20 of 34 passes
for 300 yards, was honored with the award
tor the second game in a row. Marshall had
12 tackles and two sacks in helping OU hold
the Huskers to 14 points in the game.
The Sooners took over the No. 1 ranking
in the country in both major polls and in the
BCS rankings after the win.
Oklahoma State (2-5,0-4; lost 37-21 at
Colorado; Texas A&M)
Hie Cowboys dropped their ninth game
out of 10 to the Buffaloes. The lone bright
spot in the game was quarterback Aso Pogi.
Pogi, a redshirt freshman who is playing
for the injured Tony Lindsay, threw for 313
yards and brought die Cowboys back from a
21-0 deficit to come as close as 30-21.
“He is going to be one of the better quar
terbacks in the league,” said OSU Coach Bob
Simmons.
Kansas State (7-2,3-2; lost 26-10 at Texas
A&M; Iowa State)
The Wildcats dropped out of the Top 10
in both major polls after suffering their sec
ond defeat in three games.
Kansas State is now No. 15 in the Coaches
Poll and No. 19 in the Associated Press Poll.
KSU’s national championship hopes
have gone down the drain, but Bill Snyder's
team can still make the Big 12
Championship game if it wins out and beats
Nebraska on Nov. 11.
After having one of the more explosive
offenses in the country before the Oklahoma
game, KSU struggled on offense for the third
straight game. The team was held scoreless
in the first half for the first time in four years
against the Aggies.
Missouri (2-6,1-4; lost 39-20 at Iowa
State; Colorado)
Missouri's loss in Ames, Iowa, guaran
teed the Tigers a losing season with three
games remaining.
MU Coach Larry Smith said his players
might play loose with expectations low.
“There is no pressure of a winning sea
son, and it just comes down to one game at a
time,” Smith said.
The Tigers might receive a lift by the
return of quarterback Kirk Farmer from
injury. Farmer broke his collarbone against
Nebraska and has not seen action since.
Smith said he would make a game-time
decision about whether to use Farmer.
Texas Tech (6-3,2-3; beat Kansas 45-39;
Texas)
Tech Coach Mike Leach said his team
had its best offensive game of the season.
The Red Raiders put up 45 points and 489
yards.
Quarterback Kliff Kingsbury said that
outside of Tech’s loss to Nebraska, the
offense has been improving in conference
play after adjusting to Leach’s system.
“It’s been a learning process and hasn’t
been all smooth, but we are peaking at the
right time,” he said.
Tech’s Wes Welker was named the Big 12
Special Teams Player of the Week. Welker, a
freshman running back, scored a rushing
touchdown against KU and also had a 66
yard punt return touchdown to lead Tech.
Baylor (2-6,0-5; lost 48-14 at Texas;
Oklahoma)
The Bears found themselves in unfamil
iar territory in Austin, Texas, as they jumped
out to a 7-0 lead on the Longhorns.
The touchdown ended a three-week
drought for Baylor’s offense.
Baylor held the lead at 7-6 at the end of
the first quarter, but UT poured it on from
that pomt.
BU quarterbacks Kerry Dixon and Guy
Tomcheck continue to struggle as the two
combined for four interceptions and com
pleted only nine of 33 passes against the
Longhorns. Baylor was held to under 150
yards of offense for the second-straight
game.
Iowa State (6-2,3-2; beat Missouri 39
20; at Kansas State)
The Cyclones became eligible to go to a
bowl for the first time since 1978 with their
win over the Tigers.
ISU Coach Dan McCamey said his team’s
goal of gaining its sixth win has been
reached, but he didn’t expect any letdown for
the remaining games on the team’s slate.
“It will be easy to keep their attention
after watching five minutes of Kansas State
on film,” McCamey said.
Texas (6-2,4-1; beat Baylor 48-14; at
Texas Tech)
Mack Brown, who had to play Nebraska
twice in 1999, again reiterated his disap
proval of the Big 12 Conference’s current
alignment.
Brown said in its current state, if
Nebraska and Oklahoma were to win out,
the Big 12 would have two teams in the BCS.
But because the two teams may face off
“It will be easy to keep their
attention after watching five
minutes of Kansas State on
film.”
Iowa State Coach Dan McCarney
on his team’s focusing after becoming
bowl-eligible on Saturday
again in Kansas City, Mo., in the conference
championship game, Brown said, the two
schools and the league lose money. This is
because unlike other conferences without a
championship game, one of the two will
drop out of the BCS, he said.
“Last year, the Big 10 was able to send
Michigan to the Orange Bowl and Wisconsin
to the Rose Bowl,” Brown said.
Texas A&M (6-2,4-1; beat Kansas State
26-10; at Oklahoma State)
Despite dropping Kansas State handily
in College Station, Texas, A&M remained
ranked lower than the Wildcats this week.
A&M is ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll and
No. 25 in the Coaches Poll, while KSU
remains in the Top 20 in both.
A&M controls its own destiny in the
South division. If the Aggies win out, includ
ing a victory over Oklahoma in two weeks,
they will be in the Big 12 championship
game.
Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum said his
team is starting to achieve the offensive bal
ance that he has been looking for as the
Aggies rushed for 171 yards and passed for
155 against KSU.
Colorado (2-6,2-3; beat Oklahoma State
37-21; at Missouri)
Colorado will travel to Columbia, Mo.,
next Saturday to play for nothing more than
pride.
One player not making the trip is true
freshman Marcus Houston. Houston, a
promising running back, will most likely sit
out the rest of the season and apply for a
medical redshirt after suffering a hip injury
againstWashingtononSept. 16.
Houston hasn’t played since the injury,
and both he and Coach Gary Barnett agreed
that it would be in his best interest not to
play again in 2000, including a Nov. 24
matchup against Nebraska.
Nebraska (7-1, 4-1; lost 31-14 at
Oklahoma; Kansas)
NU Coach Frank Solich said last year’s
team did not practice well coming off its loss
at Texas.
The letdown may have had something to
do with NU’s lackluster performance against
Kansas last season, a 24-17 Husker win.
Solich said he hoped that this year's
squad would bounce back better from a loss
with a good week of practice.
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Humble Rheem has'touch'on field
RHEEM from page 10
two players a great combina
tion.
But if Walker had one gripe
with Rheem, it would be that she
doesn’t shoot enough. In 18
games as a high school senior,
the forward scored 19 goals. In
nearly three years at NU, the
junior has tallied just 23 goals.
Despite the low scoring
totals, Walker said he is pleased
with the forward’s output
“She shoots the ball well,”
Walker said. “I keep telling her to
shoot. Just keep shooting.”
She has taken 40 shots com
pared with Latham’s 89, but
Rheem said she was just playing
to the team’s strength.
“Shooting hasn’t always
been my strong point - it still
isn’t,” Rheem said. "But on the
other hand, Latham and the
other forwards have an awe
some shot.”
While Rheem said she knows
she must shoot more, she's con
tent with her role of “creating for
the other players.”
She’s also content leaving
the recognition to other players.
She thrives in her relative obscu
rity.
Awards came in waves to
Rheem at Arapahoe High School
in Littleton, Colo., where she
was a top scorer, earning NSCAA
All-American honors, as well as
being named a Parade Magazine
All-American.
But even back then, the hon
ors didn’t mean much to Rheem,
she said.
“(Publicity) isn't something
that I look at,” Rheem said. “I
don’t really care about it.
“In high school, they try to
make a big deal out of the
awards, but I was more excited
that we won state.”
While awards and recogni
tion don’t excite Rheem, she gets
pleasure outside the sport from
helping others who are stricken
with diabetes, which she was
diagnosed with when she was 9
years-old.
The Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation asked Rheem to
speak to 500 people to help raise
money for the program.
"It feels great to help the kids
because I remember how I felt
when I was that young," Rheem
“(Publicity) isn’t
something that I look
at. I don’t really care
about it.”
Kelly Rheem
NU forward
said. “I let them know that it
won’t stop them from doing
anything. It gives them hope.”
And it didn’t stop Rheem
from becoming a Second Team
All-Big 12 forward last season.
She said the disease hasn't hin
dered her on the soccer field.
“It changed my daily rou
tine, but I’m used to it,” she said.
NU looks to improve
in final tournament
■ The women's golf team will
try to better its seventh-place
standing at Price's Invitational.
BY KRISTEN WATERS
The Nebraska women’s golf
team will be looking to improve
its seventh-place finish after its
first day of play at the 18-team
Price’s Invitational held at New
Mexico State-Las Cruces.
The Huskers are one day
away from wrapping up it's fall
season as it shoots its last round
of play today at NMSU Golf
Course.
NU started the day early
with a first-round team score of
302, giving them a three-way tie
for fourth place just 1 stroke
behind Oklahoma State.
But the tough New Mexico
State course had its way with the
Huskers in the afternoon. The
team shot a 306 in the final
round of the day while other
teams improved on their first
round scores.
The Huskers finished the
day with a score of 608, leaving
them in the middle of the pack
at seventh.
Nebraska finished 27 shots
behind tournament-leader
Texas Christian and only one
stroke behind Oklahoma.
Junior Sarah Sasse led the
team, following an opening
round 73 with a 77 for a 6-over
par score of 150. Sasse finished
the day in a six-way tie for 15th
place, nine shots behind leader
Courtney Wood from TCU.
Junior Catha Fogelberg fin
ished second on the team with a
first-round score of 78 and a
second round score of 73, for a
7-over-par total of 151 and a tie
for 21st place.
Senior Amy Roux pulled in a
third-place finish on the team
with scores of 76 and 77 for a
total score of 153 and a tie for
31st place. Amanda Sutcliffe, a
junior, shot a 75 and 79 for a
score of 154 and a tie for 37th
place. Sophomore Stephanie
Schafer finished the day with an
87th-place finish after shooting
87 and 86 for a total score of 173.
The Huskers will look to
move up in the final round of
play at the Price's Invitational
tournament today. Teams tee off
at 7:30 a.m.
Huskers goals intact
after loss to Sooners
CHANCES from page 10
Miami and No. 3 Florida State
plays host to Clemson, which
suffered its first loss of the sea
son last Saturday to Georgia
Tech.
These four teams will go a
long way in eliminating each
other, with No. 6 Florida factor
ing in, as well. The Gators have a
meeting with the Seminoles on
Nov. 18, followed by the
Southeastern Conference
championship game.
TCU, along with the Hokies
and Oklahoma, are the last of
the unbeatens. But the Horned
Frogs’ schedule is by far the
worst of the contenders, and
they won't be able to gain a BCS
bid with all eyes on Notre Dame
for an at-large bid, should the
Irish win out.
Much like last season, NU
will need some help to reach its
goal, but Davison said this is the
way it should be.
“It has really come down to
the way it should with all the top
teams at the top playing each
other the last few weeks of the
season,” Davison said.
“Everybody at the top is good
enough to beat anybody else on
any given day. That was proven
on Saturday.”
NU Notes: Nebraska’s Nov.
11 game at Kansas State has
been scheduled for 6 p.m. and
will be televised by Fox Sports
Net. ABC picked up the Texas
A&M-Oklahoma game for its
prime 12 p.m. time slot.
Defensive tackle Jeremy
Slechta and offensive lineman
Toniu Fonoti practiced in new
gear on Monday. It was gear the
two probably could do without
as it consisted of a red cast for
Fonoti and a black cast for
Slechta. The two broke their
hands against OU.
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