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come "home rvAi ni ii" pi innnrt il 4 fi ll Blowing lis horn; Lincoln man fulfills dream Local, ib uiiuvv yuui ouppui i With poster Page 12C LINCOLN iJ US? ypNTi "170" QJJ Runs power victory, IB Manning not happy, 2B Frost delivers, 2B i Boisterous crowds 01 downtown Osborne goes out a winner firs BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal Star r-7. i i 1 BANDY HAMPTONUncdn Journal Star Final seconds: Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne watches the final seconds tick off during the Cornhuskers' Orange Bowl Victory Friday night. BY JOHN BARRETTE Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln let loose a lusty yearning yell for another national championship; soon after Nebraska put Ten nessee away in the; Orange Bowl Friday night. 1 The crowd at 14th and streets grew from 500 to more than 1,000 in minutes. Within a half hour after the game "ended, a contingent broke off and headed toward the city campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

"They're in the stadium," police reported 15 minutes later. The talk was that some in that crowd of 200 and growing wanted into the stadium for Astroturf, but only a 4ew got in and were quickly shooed out. In Lincoln, police barricaded Street at 13th and 16th streets. Cheers, car horns and sirens could be heard throughout downtown. Capt.

Citta said, second shift officers were held over, third shift personnel came in early and seven -additional officers were brought in to prepare for the postgame celebration and handle regular staffing across the city. -i Earlier, Norman Truax and his son James grinned as they joined the crowd at 14th and streets, chanting that Nebraska is No. 1. Truax, a city Parks and Recreation Department worker, sported a Husker hat and a Green Bay Packers jacket, advertising his favorite collegiate and professional teams. "Is Nebraska or Green Bay No.

a passerby asked. "Both," he yelled. His son's grin turned to a shy smile when he was asked his age and whether this was his first Big Red bowl win celebration in downtown Lincoln. He shook his head yes and said he was 12 years old as his bright eyes darted around at the building excitement. Horns blared and firecrackers popped as the celebration really got going.

People climbed on others' shoulders as more joined la At the fringe of the crowd, a man and woman kissed while she held her arm aloft signaling Nebraska is No. 1. She was asked if she and her kissing partner would share their names for a post-game newspaper article. The reply "Well, let's ask his wife." As the crowd at the heart of the downtown swelled, one man held up a Christmas tree to signal his feeling that Nebraska was tops. Bars were crowded but not jammed earlier as the televised game wound to a close.

When Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning left the game and broadcasters began talking about who was No. 1, Michigan or Nebraska, the patrons of The Watering Hole, 1321 knew the answer. It was the same one all the Husker faithful were shouting at 14th and street a short time later. MIAMI Nebraska completed the requirements for a national championship sendoff for Coach Tom Osborne Friday night in the Orange Bowl with a 42-17 blasting of No. 3 Tennessee.

The victory probably wasn't enough for anybody but Osborne. "We won 13 and we played 13. That's all we could do," Osborne said. Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost was less diplomatic. "If all the pollsters honestly think after watching the Rose Bowl and watching the Orange Bowl that Michigan could beat Nebraska, go ahead and vote for Michigan by all means," Frost said.

I don't think there's anybody out there with a.clear conscience who can say that Nebraska and that great man Tom Osborne doesn't deserve a national championship for this. At least a share." It seems unlikely that voters in The Associated Press poll will jump Nebraska ahead of Michigan. It also seems unlikely Nebraska will pick up the 23 votes needed for a change in the ESPNUSA Today coaches poll, but at least one coach changed his vote after Friday. I will vote Nebraska No. 1," said Tennessee Coach Phil Fulmer.

"They did everything as advertised, especially in the third quarter. "As for Coach Osborne, he is a great gentleman, but not too kindly to us in the second half. He is a special man and is everything that's good about college football," Fulmer said. The final game in Osborne's 25 years as head coach at Nebraska was still one for the ages. Nebraska's offense of the option, the power dive and the fullback trap more than matched the fast-break "modern" of fense of Tennessee.

Osborne's farewell came in the form of Nebraska rushing for 227 yards and three touchdowns in the third quarter to present the best argument it could, for a third national championship in four years. By the end, Scott. Frost had 60 yards rushing and three touchdowns and 125 yards passing. Ahman Green had two touchdowns and an Orange Bowl-record 206 yards rushing. Nebraska, was almost classic with 534 yards of total offense 409 rushing and 125 passing, while holding Tennessee to 315, yards of offense, including 134 yards passing by quarterback Peyton Manning.

Husker fans in the Orange Bowl crowd of 72,385 chanted "Osborne, Osborne." And they waved their No. More on HUSKERS, Page 5A In T.O.'s finale, NU fans could have danced all night ui.mi.iipii jiiiinjii 1 111 in Iipwianma uiiiii.n i tryt: r- rv t' 4- I Cindy Lange-' Ki ihirUr MIAMI, Fla Dress rehearsal ended at 7 30 last night Nebraska fans here had spent the week primping for the big dance. Dreaming of touchdowns. Hoping for 4 Michigan meltdown. Then praying for a piece of a national championship.

But most of all, when it came down to the heart and soul of it, they were here for HIM. They were here in the balmy breeze in a stadium that moved under the power of their pounding feet for more than just another win. They were here for their coach. You could feel it. As true as the tides and as real as the moon over Miami.

It wasn't just a game. This was history. And the 15,000 Husker faithful who stood in this stadium on Jan. 2, 1998, were part of it They were guests at the retirement ball of a man most of them had never met but whose face they knew, whose life they'd held in their hearts like that of a dear, old friend. Their signs proved it "Can't Beat St.

Tom," "Championship Belongs To Osborne," "Thanks Dr. Tom!" "We Want This One For Tom." RANDY HAMPTONbncotn Journal Star Interception: Nebraska's Eric Warfield returns a first-quarter interception that set up a Husker touchdown. They meant it, really. Sure, like all good football fans, they wanted another mark in the victory column. A perfect season.

A sneaking chance at a piece of the They got all of that last night. It was a glorious win big and bold and beautiful. Tim" Jackes of Omaha brought his binoculars to the game, but he didn't use them to bring plays into focus. "My glasses are on Tom as much More on SLICE, Page 5A Coming home The Nebraska football team will leave Miami this morning and is expected to arrive at Lincoln Municipal Airport at 2:50 p.m. Lincoln time.

Trie team will disembark from the plane on the tarmac and board buses for the trip to the Devaney Sports Center. The victorious Huskers will be honored in a celebration In the Sports Center immediately upon arrival. Mi Iml! 1: Clinton, Congress consider teacher incentives Stocks The Dow closed at 7965.04 Pages 9A-11A The Education Department projects that 2 million teachers, will be needed in the coming decade. Weather HIGH LOW TODAY TONIGHT 26 18 Weather details on 12A Births 2C Bridge 8C Business 8A-11A Calendar 2C CityState 1C-3C, 5C Classified 10C, 4D-10D Comics 9C Deaths 2C Entertainment 7 A Horoscope 6D Life 1D-3D 1C 6A Nation 2A-4A Opinion 4C People 4A Puzzles 10C Sports 1B-10B 7A World 2A.6A BY ROBERT GREENE The Associated Press WASHINGTON Worried about filling a projected 2 million new teaching jobs in the coming decade, the Clinton administration and Congress are considering new financial incentives to lure graduates to staff the nation's public classrooms. The administration, will give high priority to teacher recruiting in its next budget proposal.

Democrats and Republicans alike have proposed using federal dollars to recruit" new teachers through grants and forgiveness of student loans. The proposals will force a debate over who is qualified to teach and whether graduates of teacher colleges are really 'prepared for the classroom. Others question the extent of the projected shortages and whether the traditional education college will supply the teachers of the future. some focus where it is most difficult, like the cities and poor rural areas." At the NAACP convention last summer, Clinton proposed spending $350 million for scholarships and other aid to colleges for, 35,000 new teachers willing to serve in poor urban and rural classrooms. The proposal and others will be debated when Congress rewrites the, law this year governing student aid and other higher education programs.

The administration has also been discussing a larger proposal for its 1999 budget to help tens of thousands of people to become teachers by forgiving their student loans. In a National Press Club speech last month, Sea Edward M. Kennedy, floated the idea. He proposed recruiting 100,000 new teachers a year for 10 years. More on TEACHERS, Page 5 A 44 pages, 4 sections 1 1998 Lee Enterprises Lincoln, Neb.

mil inn Finding qualified teachers is the next step in improving pubjic schools now that states have begun imposing Academic standards, says Marshall S. Smith, acting deputy secretary of educatioa "Now it's beginning to penetrate down into the classrooms," he said. "So you need better teacher training in order to help that happen. You need 7 3945" 00002.