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fj JPll Lincoln Journal-Star SUNDAY NOVEMRFR 1, 1392 ive up mhmtz NU Scoring, team stats Colorado 0 7 0 07 Nebraska 7 17 7 21 52 NU C. Jones 3 run (Bennett kick) NU C. Jones 47 run (Bennett kick) NU FQ Bennett 24 CU J. HW 3 run (Berger kick) NU C. Jones 1 run (Bennett kick) NU Armstrong 5 pass from Frazier (Bennett kick) NU Lewis 34 run (Bennett kick) NU Washington 1 pass from Frazier (Bennett kick) NU Schlesinger 5 run (Sleler kick) A 76,287 CIV rT- i' i I.

a. CU NU 9 20 22-8 78-373 136 55 144 428 33 89 12-34-3 4-14-0 4-3 3-0 6-47 7-71 17:10 42:50 4-13 11-22 0-0 1-2 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Total yards Return yards Passing Punts Fumbtes-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession Third-down conversions FourttHtown conversions -V' v''-, vVv By Ken Hambleton Lincoln Journal-Star Nebraska grabbed all the goodies smashed Colorado 52-7 before a wet and delirious crowd of 76,287 football fans Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The Cornhuskers bullied their way through a "big one" that many said they couldn't win, shoved aside Colorado's 25-game Big Eight unbeaten streak and rubbed the Buffaloes' passing attack into the turf. It appeared to take more time to tear down the goal posts than the self-app- pointed archrivals of Nebraska. "We took the No.

8 team in the country and slammed them," said NU defensive tackle John Parrella. "We 'didn't win by a fluky field goal, a fifth down, a weird penalty or some lucky deal. We slammed them." Part of plan The ferocious attack was part of the plan, according to NU outside linebacker Trev Alberts. "It was just straight-up, blood-in-your-eyes, go get the quarterback," he said. "Four quarters from the get-go of flying around and going crazy.

We could line up in the wrong defense, go the wrong way and still make something happen." NU freshman quarterback Tommie Frazier, who improved to 2-0 in his second career start, added: "I'm glad I didn't go against our defense today. I wouldn't have gotten up, much less gotten a yard running or passing." It would be hard to find anything that went wrong for 6-1 Nebraska, which entered the game tied with Colorado for eighth in the Associated Press poll. The Cornhuskers, who had been 0-8 against Top 10 teams since 1988, took away any chance of a close contest with a 428-144 edge in total offense. Nebraska controlled the ball for almost 43 minutes of the 60-minute game. From the opening play, when Nebraska's Travis Hill intercepted a pass to set up the first touchdown, until the finish, the Cornhuskers controlled everything in the game between 1991 Big Eight ccKihampions.

'Most dominant' "We wanted to be the most dominant, physical team we could be," said NU Coach Tom Osborne. "I didn't see any way we would beat Colorado that badly. Turnovers make you look bad. Colorado is a better football team than what they showed today, but the turnoveis just make you look like you're not getting anything done." By halftime, the Buffaloes were in the bag, trailing 24-7. Colorado entered the game as the fourth-best passing team in NCAA Division I-A.

Nebraska's defence dropped the Buffaloes' average of 334 yards per game passing, allowing Colorado just 136 yards passing and 8 yards rushing. The Buffs, 2-0-1 in their three most recent games against Nebraska, managed just 7 yards passing on three completions in the second half. TED KIHMJNCOLN JOORNAL-STR Nebraska's Travis Hill (93) picks up a fumble after stripping the ball from Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer (14). The recovery set up Calvin Jones' 1 -yard touchdown run with one second left in the first half. Cornhuskers played with a passion They didn't have a first down in the second half until late in the fourth quarter.

Hill, who along with Alberts, Parrella, Bruce Moore and Terry Connealy harassed Colorado freshman quarterback Koy Detmer, broke the game open when he picked off a pass on the first play of the game. Four plays later, Calvin Jones scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 3-yard dive play. Only sputter The Cornhuskers sputtered for the First and only time in the game on a drive late in the first quarter when on a fake field goal, a shovel pass from holder Mike Stigge to Cory Schles-inger was dropped. Nebraska more than made up for that play on its next possession. Jones, a sophomore I-back from Omaha Central, tore through the Colorado defense rated 11th in the country on a 47-yard touchdown blast behind key blocks from guard Will Shields, tackle Rob Zatechka, wingback Abdul Muhammad and tight end Gerald Armstrong to put NU ahead 14-0 with 13:26 left in the first half.

Minutes later, Steve Carmer, who had almost intercepted two other passes, finally picked off a Detmer pass. Nebraska drove to the CU 1-yard line before Byron Bennett kicked a 24-yard field goal to increase the lead to 17-0. "The offensive line caused havoc for Colorado," said Jones, who finished with 101 yards rushing. Colorado answered for the first and only time when Detmer, the younger brother of 1990 Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer of Brigham Young, strung together six completions in nine attempts to drive the Buffs 81 yards in 12 plays. James Hill capped the drive when he scored on a 3-yard run.

On Colorado's next possession, Nebraska's Hill made sure his team had See NU on page 4E Mike Babcock Columnist jdkL The day-long mist softened the glare from the lights above the rim of Memorial Stadium, providing a contrast to the violence that had occurred on the artificial surface below. In the early evening Saturday, after the storm and the ritual tearing down of the goal posts, there was calm. Inside the South Stadium, in the varsity lounge, Nebraska football players discussed their roles in the Cornhuskers' 52-7 victory against Colorado. They showed little of the emotion that had characterized their efforts against the Buffaloes. Rivalry? "I wouldn't say it's a rivalry," said outside linebacker Travis Hill.

"I think things are back to normal now." Hill paused for emphasis. Then he laughed. For Hill, a senior, normal meant the way the Nebraska-Colorado series was before he arrived as a freshman in 1989, when the Cornhuskers had won 25 of the previous 27 games. Oklahoma was Nebraska's only consistent nemesis then. Three years ago, beating Colorado, even 52-7, wouldn't have provided an excuse for pulling down the goal posts and wild celebrations.

But Hill hadn't played in a victory against Colorado until Saturday. He had suffered through two losses and last season's tie. "If you kick a dog long enough, pretty soon he's going to jump ap and bite you," Parrella said. "When you've got the best coach in the country getting criticized we wanted everybody to know you don't ever downplay Coach Osborne." Outside linebacker Trev Alberts, a junior, was 0-1-1 against Colorado prior to Saturday. The frustration might not have been quite as great for him.

But beneath his reserve during postgame interviews was a hint of the passion with which he had played. Osborne isn't bothered by criticism directed at him, according to Alberts. But he is upset when his players are criticized. "Coach Osborne, at halftime. was really emotional," said Alberts.

"He didn't want us to just win the game, he wanted us to dominate. Every guy on the team wanted to do it for Coach." The Cornhusker defense dominated with physical play, which has been forged in practice against Osborne's run-oriented offense. Alberts and the other Nebraska players weren't shrill in their comments. They were matter-of-fact, businesslike in discussing the devastation of an opponent that hadn't lost in 25 conference games. That's how the Cornhuskers used to react to such See BABCOCK on page4E Defensive tackle John Parrella was another of the seniors who hadn't experienced a victory against the Buffaloes.

Parrella, who had a scholarship offered then pulled by Colorado, played on Nebraska's junior varsity as a freshman walk-on in 1988. Parrella must have had emotions similar to Hill's. He has endured not only the Colorado games but also several of the losses that have eroded national respect for Coach Tom Osborne's program in bowl games against Georgia Tech and Miami, back-to-back games against Washington and the 45-10 humiliation at Oklahoma two years ago. Parrella has felt the abuse that follows losing "big games." Saturday was payback time, for all the losses. 'espite blowout, Buffaloes confident they'll salvage season scored his third touchdown and the Cornhuskers led 24-7 with one second left in the half.

"We were giving them like one play each series," Brown said, "and then something happened and something happened." Nothing, however, happened for Colorado offensively in the second half. The Buffs managed just 32 yards, and eventually, the CU defense crumbled under that kind of pressure. "Our offense usually does a lot better in the second half," Brown said. "We were hoping that they could get rolling, maintain the ball or something. It just didn't work out." Colorado's defense spent nearly 43 minutes total and all but 6:29 of the final 30 minutes on the field.

still have three more games left and we have a bowl game. "We haven't had a loss like this around here in quite awhile, so I can't exactly say how we will bounce back, but well be back." On Saturday, however, the Buffaloes couldn't bounce back from six turnovers. The only time they threatened to make things interesting followed their only scoring drive of the game to make it 17-7 in the second quarter. After stopping tie Nebraska offense, CU took over at its 44-yard line with 1:49 left in the half, but on the first play, quarterback Koy Detmer fumbled after being sacked by outside linebacker Travis Hill, who recovered the ball at the 27. Six plays later, Calvin Jones Nebraska's defensive backs made right reads.

Page 5E McCartney says Detmer wasn't totally to blame. Page 10E Those aren't the kind of numbers that lead to a competitive rivalry, something the Buffaloes have made of their recent games against Nebraska. Saturday, however, Brown said he thought the Cornhuskers had more important things to think about than a budding rivalry. 'They just wanted to beat us. Once the game started, it had nothing to do with rivalry," he said.

"It was a big game for both of us and they wanted to beat us." years ago, when the Cornhuskers focused on the Colorado game only to lose 27-12. In the aftermath of that 1990 loss Nebraska's first of the season the Cornhuskers proceeded to drop two of their remaining three games. Saturday's defeat left the Buffaloes at 6-1-1 and likely knocked them out the Big Eight Conference championship and the Orange Bowl berth that goes with it. Colorado hasn't been in that position for the last three seasons, and Brown said he believes that he and his teammates face a big challenge to pick up the pieces from a totally unexpected blowout "We did put a lot of emphasis on this game, but this game isn't our season," he said. "We By Curt McKeever Lincoln Journal-Star The mood in Colorado's locker room following the Buffaloes' 52-7 loss to Nebraska Saturday was remarkably up-beat considering it was their first defeat in 26 Big Eight Conference games.

"If we would've lost 24-21, or something, then I could see everybody just being totally down," outside linebacker Chad Brown said. "You know, we got our asses kicked. It's like, 'We got our asses kicked, let's move It's not like, 'Oh, if we would've done this or if we'd have done We just got worked." Essentially, Colorado now faces a similar situation that Nebraska experienced two COLOR A.P. Indy regains championship form ft deem himself in the Mile after a frustrating 3-year-old campaign. He was sitting in perfect position on the rail behind the leader in the turf race, but when he turned for home he didn't have a semblance of his once-famous acceleration.

In what was surely the last performance of his career, he tired badly to finish Uth behind the record-setting winner Lure. Mr Brooks, a highly regarded European horse, shattered his right front leg in the Sprint, spilled his 56-year-old jockey, Lester Piggott, and then rolled onto him. The horse was destroyed immediately, and the semiconscious jockey was rushed to the hospital with a fractured collarbone, broken ribs and a spleen injury. This was a thoroughly dismal day for a large and strong European contingent that had come to the Breeders' Cup with high hopes of winning races on both dirt and grass. The invaders may have been at a disadvantage in the 87-degree heat, and they had never seen such a rock-hard, speed-favoring track as the one they encountered at Gulfstream.

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He threaded his way through traffic, accelerated powerfully in the stretch and won the world's richest race by two lengths over Pleasant Tap, who before Saturday had been considered the leading candidate for the horse-of-the-year title. AP.Indy probably earned the sport's top honor with his performance Saturday. A.P. Indy, owned in partnership by Tomonori Tsurumaki, the Japanese businessman who paid $2.9 million for him as a yearling, and William Far-ish, William Kilroy and Harold Goodman, who bought in after the Belmont Stakes in June, earned $1.56 million slightly more than his pre-Classic purse total. It was his eighth victory in 11 starts.

But prior to A.P. Indy's victory before 45.415 fans at Gulfstream Park and a national television audience, much of the drama had been of a negative variety. Arazi. the hero of last year's Breeders' Cup, had been attempting to re State football playoff pairings Page6E NWU trounces Midland 48-16 Page 3E Nebraska volleyball team triumphs Page7E Training saves life on lanes sge 2F res, WWW CU "WW Indy (4), with Eddie Delahoussaye aboard, pulls away in the stretch to win the $3 million Breeders' Classic Saturday at Gulf stream Park. A.

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