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SPORTS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1987 7E COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEBRASKA 42, MISSOURI 7 Cornhuskers Have Fun On The Sideline fj 1 ff I 'J noon, Thomas' mouth never takes a day off. "This is how loud he was talking," Bruton said. "When we were closest to our sideline, he was talking so loud about me that the guys on the sideline and the coaches could actually hear him talking." For example? "As soon as they broke the huddle and we'd be lined up, he'd tell (linebacker) LeRoy Etienne, got Bruton again. He's a little He was saying things like that." After the game, the Sandman tried to kiss and make up.

"He's one of my high school buddies," Thomas said. Even Bruton conceded, "He did come up to me like a human being." Wheels Of Fortune: Most days, Tom Whelihan just punts or kicks and gets out of the way. This wasn't one of those days. The barefooted kicker tried his luck as an option back on a fake punt late in the third quarter and got hammered. "It was a good lick," Whelihan said.

"I bet you my mom was having a heart attack when I got hit. I'm sure away from Broderick "The Sandman" Thomas, who was allowing youngsters beyond a security line and signing their sneakers, pennants and shirts. "I might as well. We've got nothing else to do," he said. When told by a security guard in black and gold that the game's never over until it's over, Thomas laughed.

"Don't get your hopes up," he said. "Let the kids have fun." Battle Of The 89s: With only four tackles, Thomas had a relatively quiet day. "When we did actually go one-on-one, it really ended up in a stalemate," said Mizzou tight end Tim Bruton. "He didn't really make any outstanding big plays. Most of the time when he did make big plays, I was not lined up across from him." Bruton and Thomas were high school teammates in Houston, and both players wear No.

89 in college. "One play for instance, I knocked him on his back," Bruton said. "He got up and said, 'What the hell is that I said, 'This is football Even with a less-than-stellar after By Dave Luecking And Jim Thomas Of the Post-Dispatch Staff COLUMBIA, Mo. What do players do on the sideline when their team is ahead 42-7 in the fourth quarter? Yuk it up, that's what. Here's a slice of life from the Nebraska sideline during the final minutes of the Cornhuskers' 42-7 shucking of the Missouri Tigers: Linebacker Steve Forch signed autographs, then stopped: "I better get out of here before I get in trouble." Defensive tackles Neil Smith and Lawrence Pete got in trouble, dumping Gatorade on running back Keith Jones.

An' assistant coach admonished them, but Smith said: "We came here to have fun; let's have fun." Reserve defensive back Jeff Tomjack had fun with teammates Charles Fryar and Lorenzo Hicks, holding two fingers behind their heads as they posed for a picture. Center John Nichols talked to his girlfriend; linebacker Doug Welniak and tackle Bob Sledge talked to fans. Security guards tried to shoo fans Jim RackwitzPost-Dispatch Missouri's Craig Lammers (left) and Tim Bruton (89) chase Lorenzo Hicks of Nebraska out of bounds in the second quarter of Saturday's Big Eight game in Columbia. Taylor: 'I'm The Best Quarterback In Big 8' FALL Wood Stove FLOORING INDUSTRY COUNCIL right and found tight end Tom Ban-deras in the right corner of the end zone for a 9-yard completion. "It was kind of like UCLA," Osborne said.

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"I couldn't go outside and I couldn't cut back; there were three guys there," Taylor said. "I just did a little move, and split the three." Steve Taylor is human, though. He lost two snaps from center in the first half, Missouri recovering both times. He threw a pass interception in the third period. He also ran an option on which he pitched back, only to find no one there but the referee.

"I just saw a blur. I thought it was Keith Jones," Taylor said. Still, he felt good about his performance. "I think I played pretty well," he said. No one has to remind Widenhofer.

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2-ranked Cornhuskers to a 42-7 victory over the Tigers at Faurot Field. Taylor's day: Four touchdown passes. Another touchdown on a run. A total of 214 combined yards. All without knowing that Widenhofer had gone out on a limb and said Taylor couldn't do to Missouri what he had done to UCLA early this season.

Taylor threw five touchdowns en route to a 42-33 victory after the Bruins had shut down the 'Huskers vaunted running game. "I didnt know that," Taylor said in disbelief when told of Widenhofer's remark. "I could have thrown for five touchdowns, but that's something I didn't want to do." And something he couldn't do because he was out of the game by the end of the third quarter. Winning teams have the luxury of resting starters Besides, that would have been too much like kicking a defenseless pooch. Taylor wants to save that for the Oklahoma Sooners, the No.

1 team in the land. After the game, Taylor picked up where Widenhofer had left off in the war of words department, but he directed his remarks at the Sooners. Unlike Widenhofer, Taylor may have the stuff to back up his words. "We're better than last year, and tley're just the same," Taylor said of the might not even be close. "I know we're better." He said he also knows he's better than Sooners quarterback Jamelle Holieway, the Big Eight Conference offensive player of the year last year and a two-time all-conference quarterback.

Taylor was the honorable mention last season. "I think I'm better. I know I am," I Taylor said. "There's no comparison i between us. I'm faster.

I'm quicker. I throw better. I run better. "I feel I am the best quarterback in i the Big Eight." I Taylor wasn't finished. "I'm one of the best quarterbacks i in the nation," he said.

"I'm only a junior. I do a lot of things. I have the mobility to run, and I can throw. I There aren't too many things I can't I do." When Taylor talks, other teams listen. "There's no way to compare him.

I'd have to put him at the top," Missouri defensive tackle Kevin White said. "He's a heck of a quarterback. He has moves. He's shifty. He's quick.

"His quickness helps him more than anything." Taylor is a throwback the old triple threat. He can run, as he did 14 times for 75 yards Saturday. He can pass, which he did 13 times, complet-- ing eight for 139 yards Saturday. Or he can pitch out on the option. Taylor leaves defensive lineman clutching for air in his wake, defen- sive backs baffled by his sleight of hand, and coaches scratching their heads in disbelief.

"I think he's the best quarterback in the Big Eight, but he's my quarterback," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. "Barry Switzer in Oklahoma might have a different opinion, but I think he's a great player." If Taylor has achieved greatness, it's because he has learned the art of passing. The popular book on Taylor had been that he could run like the wind, but he had a spaghetti arm, sort of a collegiate version of Vince Evans. Taylor runs the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds. 1 The touchdowns were something to behold.

Touchdown One: On a play-action pass, Taylor hit tight end Todd Millikan for a 54-yard scoring pass, defensive back Erik McMillan trailing 10 yards behind. "I was shocked he was so wide open," Taylor said. "I didn't want to overthrow the guy." Touchdown Two: Taylor rolled tickets. You'll agree it's the best seat you've never used! Steamer Tickets 781-4030. Also available at the Arena Box Office, all Famous-Barr outlets, sj-'Marriott Pavilion, the Record -Company i they're turning up the steam with an aggressive, new game plan that's Wall To Wall Wild! Just as exciting are the Steamers' new, low ticket prices and special season ticket Mini-Packs.

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