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Nebraska’s 56-17 victory
over Kansas was NU’s 32nd-con
secutive defeat of the Jayhawks.
The win also marked the
Huskers’ 32nd-consecutive
homecoming victory.
*♦*
Eric Crouch, Dan Alexander
and Correll Buckhalter each
reached the century mark in
rushing against Kansas. It was
only the second time three
Huskers rushed for over 100
yards each in the same game.
The previous time occurred
against Arizona State in 1988,
when Ken Clark, Steve Taylor
and Terry Rodgers accom
plished the feat.
***
Nebraska rushed for 493
yards on Saturday, its second
highest total this season behind
the 505 yards it racked up on the
ground against San Jose State.
Kansas had allowed only 180
yards rushing in it previous
three game before allowing 493
to the Huskers. The 493 yards
marked the most rushing yards
allowed in Kansas team history.
***
Eric Crouch scored a per
sonal-best four rushing touch
downs and also became
Nebraska’s number one rushing
quarterback with 2,152 yards,
surpassing Steve Taylor’s mark
of2,025.
When asked about feeling
guilty for scoring four touch
downs while the running backs
provided much of the yards
leading to those scores, Crouch
said: “I never feel guilty when I
get a touchdown.... I don’t con
trol the play calling. I just hear a
call and go in there and run the
play and try and get in the end
zone."
**•
1 For the ninth time in team
history, Nebraska did not punt
in the game. The 1997 Akron
Zips were the last team to see no
Husker punts sail their way.
***
The Huskers fumbled a sea
son-high five times, but only
turned over the ball two of those
times.
***
Saturday’s game marked
some firsts for a handful of
Huskers: Mark Vedral’s first
career start, Wilson Thomas’
first reception, Judd Davies’ first
touchdown and Jeremy Slechta’s
first interception.
Cornerback Keyuo Craver
jokingly responded to a ques
tion about possibly moving
Slechta to the secondary after
the defensive lineman’s first
interception.
“Maybe if he losses about 20
pounds, he could be there,”
Craver said.
***
Starting linebacker Randy
Stella was held out of Saturday’s
game for an undisclosed team
violation. Vedral earned his first
start in Stella’s absence.
***
Before the game, center
Dominic Raiola was named one
of four finalists for the Lombardi
Award, which is awarded annu
ally to the nation’s top college
offensive or defensive lineman.
***
With Virginia Tech’s 41-21
loss to the Miami Hurricanes,
the Huskers moved up one spot
in each of the polls. NU is now
No. 4 in the Associated Press Poll
and No. 5 in the ESPN/USA
Today Coaches Poll.
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Afterwards, NU Coach John
Cook told his team they were a
part of volleyball history.
“When I got here at 5:30,
there was people lined up all
the way out to the street wait
ing to get in,” Cook said. "I had
a sense that this was going to
be a big crowd tonight, a lot
more then 7,000.
“I think people in the state
of Nebraska have really
become attached to this team.
I think this team has created
interest.”
Cook said an advantage of
playing at the Devaney Center
was that the big arena would
give his a team a look of what
they might see during the Final
Four in Richmond, Va., on Dec.
14-16.
“We like the Coliseum,”
Cook said. “My goal in schedul
ing this match was not to break
a record crowd; it was to create
a Final Four atmosphere.”
Former NU Coach Terry
Pettit said another advantage
was giving more fans a taste of
Nebraska volleyball.
“I think we have a responsi
bility to play (at the Devaney
Center) once or twice a year
just so people have an oppor
tunity to see the team play,”
Pettit said.
Pettit proposed a yearly
match at Devaney nearly a
decade ago because of that
obligation to the state’s volley
ball fans.
“Basically, we did it because
fans were asking how they
could see a match,” Petit said.
But then he, and now, Cook,
would much rather play volley
ball matches in the Coliseum.
“The Coliseum is a better
venue for volleyball,” Petit
said. “This is nice for special
events, but the Coliseum is a
much more intimate atmos
phere - the fans are closer to
the court.
“When you get more than
25 rows up, the ball is awfully
small, the players are small and
you really can’t sense the game.
Maybe you could configure a
good arena at 6,000 seats, but
the Coliseum is 4,500 seats,
and I think it’s the best volley
ball facility in the country.”
CU Coach Pi’i Aiu was
impressed with the electricity
surrounding the Devaney
Center on Saturday, though.
“I think it’s a great atmos
phere to play in,” Aiu said. “The
Nebraska fans are very knowl
edgeable about volleyball, and
they appreciate good volley
ball.
“I think both teams can
feed off of that. If you play it
right, I think the opponent can
also.”
KU victimized by Huskers
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Nate Dwyer, a junior defen
sive tackle for KU, said the
Huskers were "definitely a high
caliber team.”
But losing to a highly ranked,
much-hyped team is still hard,
Dwyer said.
“It hurts,” he said.
But what’s done is done, and
Dwyer said the team has other
things to focus on.
Dwyer said the team goal was
six wins and a trip to a bowl game.
This is still possible with Texas and
Iowa State looming in the future,
he said.
“We’ll put this game behind
us,” Dwyer said. “It’s over - we
need to focus on our other
games.”
As for the questions sur
rounding Crouch’s chance for a
Heisman Trophy, Allen said he
wasn’t sure how Crouch would
stack up.
Crouch, who rushed 128 yards
in 13 carries and scored four
touchdowns, left the game mid
way through the third quarter.
“He's such a different breed of
quarterback,” Allen said.
But Crouch’s strong running
game gives him a shot at the
award, he said.
“I'm always impressed with
him,” Allen saick “He’s a unique
quarterback with great running
skills.”
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