Solich:
Revenge
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WILDCATS from page 12
Dame and Oklahoma, the jun
ior has learned that the field is
the same size and has learned
to tune out the rowdies in the
stands.
Matt Davison said KSU has
great fans, but it is not the most
hostile crowd he has seen.
As far as his memories of the
Wildcats as a kid growing up in
Tecumseh, Davison said his
view has changed.
“I wouldn’t say I hated
them, but I always remember
them being bad,” Davison said.
“Now the last few years they
have come along, and they are a
team that has to be reckoned
with in the Big 12.” '
But, like Crouch, Davison
still hurts from die loss in 1998.
“It was one of the toughest
losses I have ever had to take,”
Davison said. “That game was a
big game for us, and with the
way our season was going, that
game was going to, I don’t want
to say salvage our season, but
we really wanted that one.”
Although many of the
Huskers said that they distinct
ly remember the game two
years ago, Coach Frank Solich,
who lost to Kansas State in his
first-ever meeting with the
Wildcats, would soon forget it
“That was then, and this is
now,” Solich said. “There is no
sense looking back at what hap
pened that year.”
But Solich, while downplay
ing the aspect of revenge on the
game, showed that he does
remember a little from the
game, but quickly reverted back
to keeping focus.
“There are two different
football teams - maybe it is the
same crowd,” Solich said. “It
really doesn't matter.
“What does matter is how
you prepare for the game and
how you play the game. There
are so mady reasons to play
with great intensity in this
game, so anything that has hap
pened in the past doesn’t really
enter into it as far as this team is
concerned.”
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BASKETBALL from page 12
NU within striking distance as
both Ford and Boeker struggled
in their first action for the
Huskers, totaling 0 points and
three turnovers apiece.
Struggling alongside the
newcomers in the first half was
senior guard Cookie Belcher,
who missed all eight of his shots
in the first half - five of which
were 3-point attempts.
“He settled too much in the
first half for the perimeter shot
and took the ball to the basket in
the second half and made a
number of really nice plays,"
isomer saia.
In the second half, Belcher . Steven Bender/DN
settled in and ended with 16 Nebraska guard Cookie Bekher and the Huskers struggled in their exhibition open
gameS ^ ? 19 shootin8 for ^ Belcher missed all eight ofhis shots in the first half.
The defensive specialist, Chesnut adding two. “I got myself out qf position
who is in reach of the NCAA Global Sports was led by a lot and it hurt me both offen
career steals mark, got three guard CJ. Bruton, who played at sively and defensively,” Cochran
steals in the game, but also com- Indian Hills Community said.
mitted six turnovers. College. Bruton had 18 points “There is a lot more to my
Overall, the Huskers had and four steals. game than the numbers and, as
only three other players score Bradford and Cochran said it far as the overall game, I am dis
for the game, with Brian Conklin was tough to play shorthanded, appointed,
and Craig Wortmann totaling but neither was making excuses “Thankfully, it doesn’t count
four points apiece and Ben fortheloss. against our record.”
KSU, NU stats nearly identical
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them,” said Bohl, whose defense is coming off a
dominating performance against Kansas on
Saturday.
Bohl said NU will look to pressure Beasley and
throw him off his game and out of his comfort zone
- something that did not work against Oklahoma
but was effective last season against Beasley, when
the quarterback was three for 19 passing against
NU.
Nebraska’s secondary was torched by OU’s Josh
Heupel two weeks ago, but pasted KU 56-17 after
losing to the Sooners. In similar fashion, Kansas
State bounced back from its loss to A&M with a
convincing 56-10 win against Iowa State.
"Kansas State did Iowa State in all phases of the
game ana consequently, are on top oi men game
right now,” NU Coach Frank Solich said.
KSU has suffered two losses, compared to NU’s
one, but both teams enter Saturday night’s
matchup having traveled down comparable roads.
Aside from the statistical comparisons that
range from punting to turnover margins, and vary
only in passing offense and kickoff returns, both
teams lost convincingly to Oklahoma at pivotal
points in their seasons and are looking for a route
that leads back into their goals for the year.
The game will most likely decide the Big 12
North’s participant in the conference champi
onship game and for NU, could have national title
implications as well.
“This is what we play for every year,” Raiola
said.
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“Boooo...” the crowd retali
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mouth for yelling such an
obscene gesture during Barry
Collier's coaching debut.
This is a new team, a new
coach. Final Four or bust...
However, it was hard to
cover up the fact this Nebraska
team looked like a mirror image
of last year’s 11-18 bunch.
Nebraska lost 76-62 to
Global Sports, and it may not
have been that close.
There were countless
turnovers. Cookie Belcher was
back on the floor but looked
rusty, going 0 for 8 in the first
half.
Kedrick Ford drew the start
at point guard, but dare I say,
Kedrick has seen better days
than his 0 for 5 output
The hoop looked the size of a
golf hole for every Husker who
dared to cast a shot
Nebraska scored 24 first-half
points. All 24 belonged to Cary
Cochran and Steffon Bradford.
Two guys scored in one half.
TWO!
"Jitters,” was the term Collier
used to describe his team’s first
game.
At least Collier hopes it was
jitters. If not, it’s going to be a
long year.
In fairness, there was a
bright spot The second half was
better.
Cookie started taking the pill
to the basket. NU’s defense
began to contest Global Sports,
and the Huskers began to claim
a few boards.
They even cut the lead down
to nine and got the crowd into
the game before a fatal Global
Sports stretch run ended come
back hopes.
When asked what the bright
spots were, Cochran thought for
a moment... or two. “The best
thing is that we didn’t have our
full team out there tonight,” he
said.
Indeed. Kimani Ffriend and
Rodney Fields were sitting out
the first of a three-game suspen
sion. That twosome would have
eased the bleeding.
But the best news on this
night was that it was only an
exhibition.
It was all a dream in the
record books. NU is 0-0. Barry is
undefeated as a Husker, and
nobody in the crowd ever men
tioned Danny Nee.
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