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BFPTFMBER 10. 1989 SUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR 18D BUSKERS "77 -sr 1 V71 7- Ji: A of I I i TED KIRKSUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR A concerned Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne signals his team late in the second quarter as NIU drives for its second touchdown. 5 )'11 7-- 7 1 VN Wi" SVJ KJ 4 1 Ifl II i' 1 1 1 1 iUfvV- yV v4x! 4 TED KIRKSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR Northern Illinois' Chris Montgomery is stopped by NU's Mike Petko (37), who ends up upside down. Husker Pat Tyrance (40) moves in. TForry unfounded for Kratzenstein (-7 ml By Mike Babcock about what could go wrong," Kratzen- Monte Kratzenstein knew on Friday stein said with a smile.

Jjw3, if vjH 7, "The first five minutes after he told me, that's all I thought about" The bootleg pass is based on counter-sweep action, said Kratzenstein. Linebackers are taught to key on the the first play might be a pass. The 76,194 fans who watched Nebraska open its 100th football season with a 48-17 victory over Northern Illinois on Saturday might have been surprised by the Cornhuskers' first play. But Kratzenstein wasn't offensive guards, who pull the opposite During Friday's practice, receivers direction, and "my first three steps (off coach Ron Brown told Kratzenstein that the line of scrimmage) I've got to avoid quarterback oerry uaowsKi wouia nave a linebacker who's coming my way." the option of throwing a bootleg pass on lt the linebacker can be avoided, the tight end is usually open, Kratzenstein the game opening play. Gdowski chose that option, teamming said.

However, "Gerry's (uaowski) iirsi up with his senior tight end for a 28-yard option (on the bootleg) is to run." A 11- kTTIt A I On the opening play of the game, the defense went after Gdowski, leaving Kratzenstein open over the middle. And Gdowski was on target with the first of his six completions in eight attempts Saturday afternoon. gain uie mu n-yaru ime. "I think that's a good play to start out with," said Kratzenstein, who caught a second bootleg pass from Gdowski for a touchdown early in the second half. Kratzenstein was wide opea And "when you're that open, you'd better catch it," the senior walk-on from He was intercepted once.

"Gerry can throw the ball," Kratzen- Gothenburg High School said. "Just be fore the ball got to me, I heard the iA of the senior from Fremont crowd so I knew it would be there." who was starting irst game 35 a The pressure he felt on the touchdown rnmtmskpr "He nlaved lodav iust like t4 P355-ine nuiiBiwr tareer practice(L This was a good first out- TED KIRKSUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR Tl Ulg for him." Northern Illinois Coach Jerry Pettibone makes his point with two after Brown told what the opening And the bootleg pass was a good first play. Take it from Kratzenstein. officials after the Huskies weren't allowed time to quiet the crowd piay the game would be. IAN OOREMUSSUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR Cornhusker tight end Monte Kratzenstein kneels in silent prayer after catching a third-quarter TD pass that put NU ahead for good.

in ine nrsi quaner. i ney naa to signal tor a timeout. i went through a stretch of Uiinking Cornhusker notes and quotes Coach Tom Osborne: break of the big toe (right fooU and it could take four to six booed us at halftime. and that fired me ud even more. We did- Kansas.

Gregg Barrios went into the game as the No. 1 place-kicker; but the coaches "felt he'd kicked enough for the day," said Drennan. "So any extra point or field goal (attempt) was going to be mine." Drennan, who kicked field goals of 51 and 52 yards in high school, kicked a 50-yarder at Nebraska two years ago. "I hit it pretty good," he said of his record-tying field goaL "I'd been kicking at that distance all week, and 1 knew I had the accuracy." Clark moved past Joe Orduna and Jeff Smith to 13th on the all-time NU rushing chart On the quarterbacks: "I thought they played well. Gerry weeks.

That's a big blow. We're thin in the offensive line as it nt want to let them down." (Gdowski) called some good audibles and except for the inter- is. I thought Erik Wiegert filled in well" ception and the one pitch, he played very welL I thought In addition to Glaser and Clark (hyperextended knee), Ne- Outside linebacker Jeff Mills: "The first half gut-Mickey Joseph played well, too. We have no immediate plans braska's injury list had inside linebacker Randall Jobman checked us. It made us want to play a lot harder in the second to play Mike Grant (who will probably redshirt)." (jammed thumb), offensive guard John Roschal (sprained In first haU we weren't even respectable.

The fans, On the I backs: "I don't know how bad the injury is to Ken ankle) and defensive tackle Brian Brown (sprained thumb). ey are fickle and they didnt like what they saw and we did-Clark. He said it isn't bad, but sometimes you don't know until n't give them what they wanted to see in the first half. I guess the next day or two. We had to have Leodis Flowers in there (X Safety Reggie Cooper on the defense: "Overall it was Sf1 1 know if I VfWfS: t0T Nrtern for a tremendous number of snaps.

We wanted to redshirt pretty good. The first half I dont want to talk about I guess IUmols' 1 te tWs 8ame mv snot of tne season-l017 0 well, Northern Illinois woke us up. Chris Drennan's 55-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to Clark, well redshirt Scott Baldwin. "When we stopped them the one time and forced the field tied the Nebraska record, shared by Paul Rogers (1969) and I- On the Injury to tackle Doug Glaser: It was a compound goai, made me feel great It felt good to stop them. The fans Billy Todd (1977).

Rogers and Todd both kicked theirs against ,7,5 7. i t'l'-: A is fX7 7, VI K' 7- V7.i- 17,. 7.,. HARALO ORDMANI8SUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR RANOY HAMPTONmjNriAV iri in mai jn-AM Nebraska's Ken Clartc heads for the turf after a second-quarter run. Clark gained 1 68 yards, all in the Cornhusker Morgan Gregory bobbles a first-quarter punt return, one of four fumbles Nebraska lost In first half.

Nursing a hyperextended knee, Clark returned for just one second-half play. the first half. NIU's Jeff Geary (41) made the hit with teammate Eric Nelson (181 nearbv 13 a 13 iitl .11, mm.