Husker Defense Eyed LINCON, Neb UPI - Nebraska football coach Bob De- vaney built his reputation on defense Not so in 1970 And that s a fact that worries De- vaney Our season depends on how our defense comes along, De- vaney told Big Fight Skywriters Monday night I think our off n will be as good or better than last year But defensively, I don't know Aside from our last game of tin ei on, Oklahoma, there s not a Big Eight team we beat easily So we d be crazy to say we're going to be better Keep Dual Quarterbacks 5 Offense starts with an unusual dual quarterback situation Juniors Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson shared time last year and probably will again tms season If one would show great improvement over the other, then I d say we ll go with him, analyzes Devaney But to have one drop off, then I d say no I'd rather stay with both of them Devaney also revealed there was a chance either Tagge or Brownson could be red-shirted Not this year, but perhapis next There s always a chance in that third year, he says I m not sure we could win without one of those guys 1 know we couldn t have won last year with just one Carrying the ball will be Joe Orduna and last year s sophomore back of the year, Jeff Kinney, at tailback Dan Schneiss returns at fullback Praises Rodgers Sophomore sensation Johnny will be the slotbaek and Deva- ney says, He doesn t have great speed, but he has great moves and he makes the great catch Occasionally he ll drop the routine pass, but we re thinking of throwing to him more than using him to run the ball YAMAHA SALES WE HAVE THESE FINE CYCLES ON DISPLAY COME SEE THEM HERE YAMAHA HONDA TRIUMPH BULTACO Complete Cycle Supplies Parts Service Shop And Save Where Your Friends Do Ed Meeker s Yamaha Sales Pho 918-225-0943-Cushing-Hours Weekday T-6 Sat 9-5 Defensively, the Comhuskers will be led by linebacker Jerry Murtaugh, an all-leaguer a year ago Gone is the veteran secondary and that's something that concerns Devaney I m cautiously optimistic, he says The defense hasn t proven anything yet We ve had very poor success rushing our own passers The pass rush bothers me as much as anything Of course, when the pass rush fails, the secondary must assume a disproportionate burden W'e Got Bombed We hope these kids don t get caught, says Devaney But even with the good kids last year, we got bombed early Later on, they came on real good But you re going to put an awful lot of strain on the defensive backs when you don t have a good pass rush Devaney is the nation s win- ningest coach, supported by his lifetime 103-28-5 record, a 786 percentage He s coached five Big Eight champions and there have been occasional rumors that he might step down as coach and devote all his time to being athletic director at Nebraska 1 guess so someday, he eays But I have no definite plans in that direction now I usually think about that only on Saturday mornings in the fall
