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2D Football SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1994 LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR. KICKOFF CLASSIC Probable starters OFFENSC Salary cap causes QB shuffle WEST VIRGINIA (0-0) NEBRASKA (0-0) No. Player HI. WL Vr. Pot.

No. Player Ht. Wt Yr. 25 Rahsaan Vanterpool 5-11 165 So. 6E 7 Reggie Baul 5-8 170 Jr.

78 Calvin Edwards 6-4 305 Sr. IT 58 RobZatechka 6-5 315 Sr." 69 TomRobsock 6-5 275 Sr. LQ 78 JoelWifcs 6 3 280 Sr." 57 Jay Brooks 6-3 265 Jr. 54 Aaron Graham 6-3 280 Jr. 72 Pete Tir ado 6-7 315 Sr.

RQ 68 BrendenStal 6-4 300 Sr. 70 ChrlsKHck 6-8 300 Jr. RT 72 ZachWiegert 6-5 300 Srs 82 Lovett PurneH 8-3 230 Jr. TE 85 Man Shaw 6-3 235 8 Chad Johnston 6-3 200 So. OB 15 Tommie Frazier 6-2 205 Jr.

29 Jim Freeman 6-0 238 Sr, FB 40 Cory Schlesinger 6-0 230 Sr 43 Robert Walker 6-11 200 Jr. TB'IB 1 Lawrence Phillips 6-0 200 So. 47 Zach Abraham 6-0 180 Sr. FLWB 27 Abdul Muhammad 5-9 160 Sr. 18 Todd Sauerbrun 64 200 Sr.

12 TomSleler 6-5 205 DEFEN8E 97 Steven Perkins 6-3 255 Sr. DELOLB 66 Dwayne Harris 6 2 225 Sr. 93 John Browning 6-6 260 Jr. OT 65 Christian Peter 6-2 285 99 Barry Hawkins 6-4 295 Sr. NTDT 99 Terry Connealy 6-5 275 Sr." 42 Canute Curtis 6-2 245 So.

RUSHROLB 64 Donta Jones 6-2 220 Sr." 4 James Wright 6-3 230 Sr. SLBSAM 4 Troy Dumas 6-4 220 Sr. 55 BoCharfietd 6 3 230. So. MLBMIKE 48 DougCotman 6-3 240 Jr.

3 MattTaftoni 8-0 220 Sr. WLBWILL 32 Ed Stewart 6-1 215 32 Aaron Beasley 6-0 190 Jr. WCBLCB 14 Barron Miles 5-8 165 Sr. 30 David Maytieid 8-11 195 Sr. SSROV 29 KareemMoss 5-10 190 Sr.

1 Vann Washington 6-1 195 So. FS 10 MikeMtnter 5-10 175 23 Mike Logan 8-1 200 So. SCBRCB 2 Leslie Dennis 5-8 185 Fr. 16 Todd Sauerbrun 6-0 200 Sr. 6 Darin Erstad 6-2 195 So.

KkAorti 1 p.m. Sunday, Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J.; TV: ABC (Channel 7); radio: KFAB (1110 AM), KLIN (1400 AM). 1 i i (o A Vi uD ASSOCIATED PRESS Tommy Maddox, who saw little action in three seasons with the Denver Broncos, was traded to the Los Angeles Rams Saturday for a fourth-round draft pick. Rams obtain Maddox for fourth-round pick NUQB Frazier ready to get going Continued from page 1 There is so much more we can do -than last year," Frazier said. "We lost the national championship to Florida State in the Orange Bowl and the only way to erase that memory is to win the title this year.

It starts on Sunday. "We're in position to get it all done, but we also have to win each game to' do it," he said. Both teams also have a chance to eliminate the pain of seeing 114 sons end with bowl losses last year. "We want to take the next step upt-from last year," said NU offensive tackle Zach Wiegert. "It'll be nice to go against someone besides your friends.

We've been pounding on each other for three weeks this fall and three weeks last spring. "You know that gets kind of tiring because you locker right next to those guys you've been knocking heads with and you never find out if you brought out the best in each other until you -play somebody else." KEBRASKA TRAVEL ROSTER No Nam Pos HI Wt Vr 43 Sean Nosier LB 6-3 215 Fr. 1 Lawrence Phillips IB 6-0 200 So. 44 Jon Hesse LB 6-4 225 So. 1 Davs Alderman ROV 5-10 180 45 Clint Brown LB 6-1 215 Sr.

2 Leslie Denris CB 6-8 165 Fr. 46 DougColman LB 6-3 240 Jr. 2 John Livingston SE 6-0 170 Jr. 61 Bill Humphrey 6-2 265 Sr. 3 Riley Washington SE 6-9 170 So.

62 Aaron Penland' IB 6-1 215 Jr. 4TroyDumas LB 6-4 220 Sr. 53 MattVnal 6-1 290 So. 5 Brendan Holbein SE 5-9 180 So. 54 Aaron Graham 6-3 280 Jr.

6 Darin Erstad K-P 6-2 195 So. 55 Christian Peter DT 6-2 285 Jr. 7 Reggie Baul SE 6-8 170 Jr. 56 RobZatechka OT 6-5 315 Sr. 8 Tyrone Williams CB 64 185 Jr.

57 Jason PesterflekJ DT 6-3 260 Sr. 9Tonyveland FS 6-2 200 Jr. 58 Luther Hardin LB 6-2 230 Jr. 9 Monte Christo QB 6-11 175 Fr. 61 Brady Caskey OT 6-4 .290 Sr.

10 MiksMinter ROV 5-10 175 So. 64 JonZatechka OQ 6-2 280 Fr. 11 MattTurman QB 5-11 165 So. 65 Bryan Pruitt OQ 6-1 255 Jr. 12TomSieer 6-5 205 Sr.

66 BrendenStal OQ 6-4 300 Sr. 14 Barron Miles CB 6-8 165 Sr. 67 Aaron Taylor OQ 6-1 290 Fr. 15 Tommie Frazier OB 6-2 205 Jr. 68 Steve VoKi OQ 6-2 275 Jr.

16 Ehe Stokes CB 5-11 175 So. 69 Steve Ott OQ 64 275 Jr. 17 Cedric Collins FS 6-0 190 Sr. 70 Eric Anderson OT 6-4 295 Fr. 18 Brook Bemnger QB 6-4 210 Jr.

72 ZachWiegert OT 6-5 300 Sr, 19 Jesse Kosch 6-0 180 Fr. 73 Fred Pollack OT 64 305 Fr. 21 Damon Benning IB 5-11 205 So. 74 Scott Saltsman DT 6-2 255 So. 22 JetfMakovcka IB 5-10 210 Jr.

75 Chris Dishman OT 6-3 305 So. 22 Tramp Wnce CB 6-9 170 So. 76 JoelWilks OQ 6-3 280 23 LarryArnold LB 64 220 So. 77 AdamTreu OT 64 290 So. 23ToddUhlir IB 5-10 210 Fr.

78 KoryMikos OT 6-5 260 So. 24 Jason Fisher LB 6-1 220 Sr. 80 Brett Popptewe SE 6 0 205 Jr. 25JonVedral WB 5-9 160 Sr. 84 Donta Jones OLB 6-2 220 Sr.

26 Clinton Childs IB 64 215 Jr. 85 Matt Shaw TE 6-3 235 Sr. 27 Abdul Muhammad WB 5-9 160 Sr. 86 Dwayne Harris OLB 6-2 225 Sr. 28 Brian Schuster FB 5-11 210 So.

87 MarkGilman TE 6-3 240 Jr. 28 Jamel Williams ROV 6-2 195 So. 88 EricAlford TE 6-2 225 Sr. 29 KareemMoss ROV 5-10 190 Sr. 90 Tim Carpenter TE 6-2 225 Fr.

31 Justin Stephens LB 6-1 230 Fr. 91 Ryan Terwilliger LB 6-5 220 So. 32 Ed Stewart LB 6-1 215 Sr. 91 Jeff lake SE 6-4 205 Fr. 33 Oester Johnson WB 5-11 210 Jr.

92 JeradHigman OLB 6-1 230 Sr. 35 Jeff Sakalosky OLB 5-11 210 Fr. 93 JaredTomich OLB 6-2 250 So. 36 Leonard Alexander LB 6-1 235 Sr. 94 Larry Townsend DT 6-4 285 So.

37 Darren Schmadeke CB 54 180 Jr 95 Jason Peter DT 64 275 Fr. 38 Chris Norris BF 5-10 235 Jr. 96 Jason Jenkins OT 6-5 265 Jr. 39 Mike Roberts ROV 6-1 175 So. 97 JeffOgard OT 64 290 So.

40 Cory Schlesinger FB 6-0 230 Sr. 98 Grant Wistrom OLB 6-5 230 Fr. 41 Phil Ellis LB 6-2 225 Jr. 99 Terry Connealy DT 6-5 275 Sr. Ex-Husker QB saves CFL team New York Times picks Huskers No.

1 KICKOFF CLASSIC ROTES sive tackle Jason Jenkins (Hammon-ton) are also from New Jersey. Husker outside linebackers coach Tony Samuel is also a native of New Jersey. Linebacker Donta Jones, a senior from La Plata, Md is expecting more than 60 friends and relatives to watch the game. This is the closest to his hometown, which is 30 miles south of Washington, that Jones has played since starting college. The seven players making their first start for Nebraska are: split end Reggie Baul, tight end Matt Shaw, I-back Lawrence Phillips, defensive tackle Christian Peter, middle linebacker Colman, right comerback Leslie Dennis and punter Darin Erstad.

West Virginia's senior offensive lineman Tom Robsock believes the Kickoff Classic will give West Vir ASSOCIATED PRESS Forget the Deion Strut and Givins Glide. The NFL dance craze of the '90s is the Quarterback Shuffle. Just about everybody is doing it. Of the 28 NFL teams, just eight did not make any significant quarterback moves. The other 20 went through free agency and the advent of the salary cap in a head-spinning series of maneuvers that would do Michael Jackson proud.

"Quarterback traditionally has been a position characterized by stability and longterm tenure," says Leigh Steinberg, who represents many of the top quarterbacks in the game. Traditional football wisdom dictates there be familiarity of a quarterback with playbook terminology, that he has interaction with the receivers and line, which comes over time. Each year of stability adds to a quarterback performance. "Along comes the salary cap and it dims traditional football wisdom on its head. We have seen the most stunning shift of personnel in the modern Bstory of the NFL, both at the starting' and reserve quarterback levels." That shift brought new starters in three of the five NFC Central cities and possibly a fourth if rookie Trent Dilfer ,1 takes the job at lampa Bay.

it meant a different No. 1 quarterback for each NFC West team except the 49ers, who merely lost their sunerb Phil SimmS harlrnn Rtoua Bono, to Kansas City. Mt forced high-priced veterans such 4s Mark Rypien, Jim Harbaugh and Warren Moon to move elsewhere. The salary cap was a major factor in the premature retirement of Phil Simms from the Giants, who forced him off the field and into the ESPN booth. "Free agency can be a positive if the guys who have worked their butts off to become stars weren't the ones suffering," says Moon, who was traded (or exiled) from Houston, where he guided the Oilers to seven straight playoff berths, to Minnesota.

guys who played a long time and are making good money are the first guys to go. It's not a good thing. The salary cap definitely was needed to keep salaries in control, but you don't like what's happening at the beginning here, with some of the stars suffering the most" Such as Simms, who was recovering from shoulder surgery when he was called into Coach Dan Reeves' office and told his 15-year career as the best quarterback in Giants history was over. "I was coming off a Pro Bowl year, I had a great season, but I had a high salary and then I was let go suddenly," Simms says. "How can you say that it had nothing to do with the salary cap when it had everything to do with it The old guys with the big salaries have a bomb on our heads." So those veterans Rypien, Moon, Harbaugh, Dave Krieg, Bernie Kosar, Jini Everett Chris Miller, Jim McMahon become transients.

And unproven youngsters such as Elvis Grbac (49ers), Dave Brown and Kent Graham (Giants), even rookies Heath Shuler (Redskins) and Trent Dilfer (Bucs), are placed in important spots they previously couldn't have dreamed of so early in their careers. The tutelage process that has been a tradition in football for young, promising quarterbacks where they spent several years on the sidelines and in the classroom learning has gone out the window," Steinberg says, "So the cap takes away the ability for a club to have two or three highly paid quarterbacks waiting in the wings to replace a starter. The second quarterback position became the obvious and convenient way for a club to slash salaries, and the concept of a quarterback in waiting dissolves." CThe upheaval stretched from tcjms at the top to those at the bottom. Every team in the NFC West made a change, with San Francisco losing Bono, the Rams signing Miller and letting Everett go to New Orleans and the Falcons trading for Jeff George. Simms and Rypien, major factors in their teams winning the Super Bowl in this decade, were unceremoniously dumped.

Steinberg thinks the quarterback shuffle is a fad, an aberration caused by the newness of the salary cap. "I believe what was good financial wisdom in March will lead to disaster loo the field in November," be said. "As front-line quarterbacks go down to be replaced by inexperienced, low-paid backups, division races will be determined in many cases by that dropoff, "1 predict by the end of next year coaches again will insist it is more important to have a high-quality backup quarterback than a player at another position. The reality is, as the carnage and injuries pile up, there will be a hue and cry among coaching staffs to make the economic cuts other than at the quarterback position." 'ft- JLv BALTIMORE SUN Two weeks ago, former Nebraska quarterback Keithen McCant was still No. 3 on the depth chart of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers, relegated to holding a clipboard and charting plays.

Then, the Bombers lost starter Matt Dunigan for six weeks to a knee injury. Suddenly, McCant was No. 2. In Wednesday's game against Sacramento, backup Sammy Garza was lost for the season with a similar injury. He Keithen McCant left with Winnipeg trailing, and McCant became the top quarterback.

McCant an All-Big Eight quarterback for Nebraska in 1991, rescued a 31-28 Winnipeg victory against the Gold Miners. So desperate are the Blue Bombers, with only one healthy quarterback in camp, they've signed an Elvis impersonator Tom Porras to back up McCant Porras, an 36-year-old veteran who doubles as a lounge act with a big Elvis repertoire, spent time with Winnipeg last season, and most recently played with the Phoenix Rattlers in Arena ball "He knows the offense and he knows all the bars where he can do his (Elvis) gigs," said Winnipeg Coach Cal Murphy. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones used an interview in Playboy magazine to defend his hands-on management style, including his dumping of Jimmy Johnson and hiring of Barry Switzer. Jones stunned Dallas fans in March when he announced that Johnson, his one-time Arkansas teammate, was out despite coaching the Cowboys to consecutive Super Bowl titles. He added to the controversy by bringing in Switzer, who hadnt coached since 1989 when he was forced to resign at Oklahoma.

i JOURNAL-STAR WRITERS and News Services Nebraska, which played for the national championship last season, is the preseason No. 1 team in the rank-ings by Malcolm Moran of The New York Times. The Huskers, who play West Virginia today in the Kickoff Classic, finished last season rated No. 5 by the newspaper. In explaining why he picked NU as the top team, Moran wrote: "The narrow Orange Bowl loss to Florida State (18-16) reaffirmed the conviction and imagination of Tom Osborne's program and demonstrated how close Nebraska is to the top.

"Quarterback Tommie Frazier has emerged as a complete player, and four returning starters in the offensive line provide continuity." Arizona was the No, 2 selection, followed by Florida, Miami, Florida State in the top five. Rounding out the top 10 are Penn State, Alabama, Notre Dame, Michigan and Wisconsin. The teams in the second 10 are Colorado, Auburn, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Tennessee, UCLA, North Carolina, Southern Cat, Texas and Texas NU defensive tackle Christian Peter and his brother Jason expect to have more than 250 friends and family members at today's game at East Rutherford. N.J. The Peter brothers are from nearby Locust, N.J.

Three other Huskers comerback Barron Miles (Roselle), linebacker Doug Colman (Ventnor) and defen- This newspaper uses recycled paper snd can be recycled again. See Section 123 In classifieds for drop-off sites. cushion insole and steel ASSOCIATED PRESS After a two-year internship learning under John Elway. Tommy Maddox returned to his old college stomping grounds Saturday when the Denver Broncos traded him to the Los Angeles Rams for a fourth-round draft pick in 1995. Maddox, who left UCLA after his sophomore season, will likely be the Rams' No.

3 quarterback behind starter Chris Miller and Chris Chandler. "It feels great it's good to be coming back to a place I've been before instead of a place that's altogether KFL NOTES new," Maddox said. "I'm excited about getting together with the team and getting to work." Maddox, who had refused to take a major cut in salary, said that while he wasn't actively seeking a trade, he "knew the cards were on the table." The Rams would not release Mad-dox's salary for the upcoming season. Maddox, 22, was the Broncos' No. 1 draft pick in 1992.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound Maddox saw little regular-season action in his three seasons with the Broncos, although he was billed as Denver's quarterback of the future once John Elway retired. His main duty during the regular season was holding for kicker Jason Elam. In two years, Maddox started four games and took snaps in four others. He completed 67 of 122 passes for 548 yards with six touchdowns and nine interceptions. Rams spokesman Rick Smith said the trade for Maddox will "improve the whole quarterback picture." "Here's a kid who's 22 years old, as young as any quarterback coming out of college this year, and he's got two years behind him," Smith said.

"It's definitely enhanced pur position for down the road." Free agent comerback Deion Sanders has received contract offers from at least two teams and may decide where hell play this season by Monday, his agent said Saturday. Eugene Parker declined to identify the teams that have made an offer. Sanders is interested in playing for Miami, San Francisco, Kansas City, New Orleans or Atlanta. Dolphins general manager Eddie Jones said Friday that team officials believe they have "as good a shot as anyone" at signing Sanders, although a decision about whether to offer a contract had not been made. The Dolphins' concerns about their pass defense only reinforce a desire to sign Sanders.

During the preseason Miami allowed 281.6 yards passing per game and eight touchdowns. The Falcons placed rookie wide receiver Corey Dixon on injured reserve Saturday, only one day after he suffered a knee injury in a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons. By being placed on IR, the former Nebraska star, who signed with Atlanta as a free agent is not eligible to play this season, but will be paid his salary. The Falcons also waived three players veteran guard Keith Alex, rookie linebacker Mitch Davis, a fourth-round pick from Georgia, and free agent safety Bryan Addison. So much about Jerry Rice evokes speed and grace.

But the San Francisco 49er wide receiver is in no hurry to look back on an astonishing career, especially not with another milestone insight Rice, entering his 10th season, is three touchdowns shy of breaking toe NFL career mark of 126, set by running back Jim Brown in 1965 after nine seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton is second with 125. mop mm JuT IValker Tire I ginia a big jump on other Big East teams. "I think playing Nebraska at the beginning just prepares us more for' the rest of our schedule," Robsock said. "There's not too many teams in our league that can stack up to the caliber of Nebraska.

If we start off playing Nebraska like this, well be more prepared for other teams." Batman, a low-fat gourmet chef, television weatherman Al Roker, and a handful of West Virginia and Nebraska fans turned out to watch TV's "Today" show broadcast Saturday morning in New York. "We wanted to get our Nebraska point across, that there are some Nebraska fans here," said Bob Thomas of Lincoln. Richard Rundle of Pineville. W.Va, saw Cornhusker red on TV and quickly headed to defend the Mountaineer gold and blue. "We saw so many Nebraska people on, we thought we'd try to dilute it a little," Rundle said.

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