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XTTDBA IPdDIIKfTP. Lincoln Journal Star Friday, Nov. 4, 1988 23 Veteran glad he stayed at Iowa State middle linebacker Cornhusker opponent 4 ByKenHambleton The season that almost wasn't has been better than Mike Shane could ever dream of. 1 "I'm glad I came back. I'm having fun.

Football is fun at Iowa State again," the ISU middle linebacker said. "We've turned things around defensively. It's not a matter of 'Oh, no, we've got to go out on the field again? Now, Shane and the rest of the Cyclone defense look forward to every moment on the field. It's quite a change for Shane, who almost quit the team last August It wasn't the first time Shane had thought about quitting, but it was the first time he thought about havingta quit. In his two previous years, Shane considered leaving because of the coaching style of former ISU Coach Jim Criner.

This year, just before fall practices began, Shane's father Richard suffered a heart attack. Shane returned home to Indi- ana to help with the family tire business. 7 He was going to stay until his father and mother talked him into going back to school Two days after his return, Shane lined up against Tulane for the season opener. Iowa State won; Shane collected 19 tackles and was named the Big Eight Defensive Player of the Week, The next week against Iowa, he had 14 tackles. Shane never let up and was named Big Eight defensive player of the week again for 19 tackles, three fumble recoveries and an overall strong performance in ISU's victory over Missouri He is the first Iowa State player to be named defensive player of the week twice in a season.

Against Colorado last week, Shane had 15 tackles and a quarterback sack. For the season, he has a team-best 108 tack-, les including 60 solos three pass breakups, three fumbles caused and one interception. All that while missing the Oklahoma game because of an injury. "I'm glad my folks talked me into coming back," Shane said. "My father is doing better and my folks have made it out to a couple of games.

Things are looking better back home." Things are also looking better for Shane at Iowa State. "I thought about staying home and not coming back two years ago, when Jint Criner was the coach here. It wasn't fun and there was so much pressure on every little thing you do," Shane said. "If you walked around campus, the last thing you "told anybody was that you played football at Iowa State. That was the quickest way to end a conversation I can think of," he said.

Iowa State fired Criner and hired former Washington State head Coach Jim Walden two years ago. The change in coaches wasn't an immediate cure. "We were terrible on defense last year," Shane said Too many inconsistencies and too many mistakes. We were 103rd in the country in defense. But we've worked to improve and we're a whole lot better on defense now." Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said the Iowa State defense' has improved tremendously.

Missouri Coach Woody Widen-- hofer1 would agree after the Cyclones stopped the Tigers from scoring on six drives inside the Iowa State 15-yard line. Shane was partially responsible for ISU's 21-3 victory, recovering two fumbles inside the ISU 5-yard line. This week, Shane faces his toughest test of the year against Nebraska. But he appreciates the challenge. "Nebraska is great always great and always will be.

We have no pressure in this game because we have nothing to lose," he said. "We're looking for an upset Coach Walden told the press we don't stand a chance, but we know we do. That's why we're playing the game. "That's the change in attitude and results here at Iowa State. We've got a defense that works.

Our defensive line is to the point where I can nam free and be more effective as a middle linebacker." The system has helped Iowa State move to 63rd in the country in total defense. The Cyclones are fourth in the Big Eight and 38th nationally in scoring defense. They are second in the conference in passing defense, behind Nebraska. "I'm sure Steve Taylor and Ken Clark don't care about those stats," Shane said. "They'll come at us with all their and strength.

Wei just give it our best shot" Journol'Stor library Iowa State middle linebacker Mike Shane (45) watches from the sideline during Nebraska's 42-3 victory over the Cyclones last year in Lincoln. Nebraska travel roster Switzer will have to play second-fiddle AP picks No Name Pot HI Wt Yr 45 Jon Crippen CB 5-10 165 So. 2 Mickey Joseph OB 5-10 170 Fr. 46 John Kroeker 5-11 175 Sr. 3 Leodis Flowers IB 5-11 195 Fr.

47 LeRov Elienne LB 6-1 230 Sr. 4 Tim Jackson 4-0 190 Sr. 47 Chris Coliendo LB 6-3 240 Jr. 8 Lorenzo Hicks CB 6-0 195 Sr. 53 Mark Antonietti OGv 6-2 265 Sr.

9 Steve Taylor QB 6-0 205 Sr. 55 Randall Jobmon LB 6-3 230 Jr. 10 Charles Fryar CB 5-10 175 Sr. 56 Joe Sims DT 6-4 So. 13 Junior Monarrez MG 6-1 '270 Jr.

58 David Edeal 6-3 255 So. 14 Gerry Gdowskl QB 6-1 195 Jr. 59 Jeff Anderson 6-4 270 Jr. 16 Chris Drennan 5-9 180 Jr. 62 Bob Sledge OT 6-2 270 Sr.

17 Reggie Cooper SS 6-3 200 So. 65AndyKeeler OG 6-3 265 Sr. 18 Lance Lewis FB 4-0 200 Fr. 66 Jim Waned MG 64 240 So. 19 Morgan Gregory SE 6-0 185 Jr.

68 Joke Young 6-5 260 Jr. 21 Richard Bell WB 6-0 195 Jr. 69 Bill Bobbora OG 6-3 260 Jr. 22 Nate Turner SE 6-1 220 Fr. 70 DougGlaser OT 6-7 295 Jr.

23MarkBlazek 6-2 200 Sr. 74 Mike Murray MG 5-10 240 26 Marvin Sanders CB 6-0 185 Jr. 75 RavVailadao DT 6-3 255 Jr. 27 Cartier Walker CB 5-10 175 Sr. 76 John Nelson OG 6-1 260 Jr.

28 John Custard CB 5-9 165 Sr. 77 Terry Eyman OT 6-6 265 So- 29 Bryan Carpenter FB 5-10 200 Jr. 78 Tom Punt OT 6-8 270 So. 31 Jamie Worden WB 5-10 175 Sr. 80 Chris Garrett TE 6-3 225 Fr.

32 KenClark IB 5-9 200 Jr. 82 Chip Bane SE 5-10 175 Jr. 33 Dana Brinson WB 5-9 170 Sr. 84 Willie Griffin DT 6-3 275 Sr. 34 Tyreese Knox IB 5-10 215 Sr.

85 Monte Kralzensteln TE 6-4 225 Jr. 37TimJohnk FB 5-10 210 So. 87 DanSvehla OLB 6-0 215 So. 38 Bruce Pickens CB 5-11 185 Jr. 88 Mike Croel OLB 6-3 215 So.

39MarkHagge LB Ml 230 Jr. 89 Broderick Thomas OLB 6-3 235 Sr. 40PatTyrance LB 6-2 230 So. 91 Kent Wells DT 6-5 285 Jr. 42 Jeff Mills OLB 6-3 220 Jr.

93 Jon Marco OLB 6-1 220 Sr. 43 Todd Miilikan TE 6-3 235 Sr. 95 Paul Brungardt DT 6-7 255 So. 44 Greg Barrios 5-8 180 So. 96 Lawrence Pete MG 6-1 270 Jr.

Iowa State roster North Carolina at No. 17 Clemson (by 22): Clemson is hard to figure but Carolina has been easy to beat Clemson 35-14 No. 19 Georgia (by 3) vs. Florida at Jacksonville: Florida's looking back to Auburn and Georgia's looking ahead to Auburn Georgia 17-13. No.

20 (tie) Brigham Young (by 15) at San Diego State: It took seven straight victories to get the Cougars into the Top Twenty and they aim to stay there BYU 41-14 No. 20 (tie) Indiana (by 5) at Illinois: The winner still has an outside shot at the Rose Bowl Indiana 24-17. Other games: East Army 30, Air Force (by 1) 27; Penn State (by 7Vi) 24, Maryland 14; Pitt (bv I6V2) 31, Rutgers 21; Temple (by V2) 35, East Carolina 28. South Duke (by 3ft) 27, Wake Forest 17; Georgia Tech 42, VMI Kentucky (by 7) 27, Vanderbllt 17; Louisville (by 42) 28, Virginia Tech 21; Memphis State (even) 28, Southwestern Louisiana 20; Mississippi (by 15) 34, Tulane 17; Tennessee (by VA) 26, Boston College 19; Virginia 24, North Carolina State (by 2Vi) 20. Midwest Akron 28, New Mexico State 21; Ball State 20, Western Michigan 14; Central Michigan 28, Ohio University 14; Eastern Michigan 24, Toledo 17; Iowa (by 30) 45, Northwestern 14; Kansas State (by 2Vz) 0, Kansas Bowling Green 24, Kent State 21; Colorado (by 5V2) 28, Missouri 17; Western Illinois 35, Northern Illinois 21; Ohio State (by 20'2 37, Wisconsin 13; Michigan State (bvl3'j)24, Purdue 20.

Southwest Houston (by 5) 36, Texas 28; Texas 45, Louisiana Tech Texas Christian (by 4'2) 28, Texas Tech 21. Far West Arizona State (by 3'j) 30, Oregon State 24; Fresno State 49, Pacific Hawaii (by 33) 45, New Mexico 14; San Jose State 35, Long Beach State 14; Washington State 31, Stanford (by V2) 28; Utah (by 4) 34, Colorado State 27; Utah State 35, Nevada-Las Vegas 24; Washington (by 6V2) 27, Arizona 13. Seminoles but perhaps another fall in the AP poll South Carolina 24-21. No. 6 UCLA (by 14) at Oregon: Halloween turned into a real nightmare for both teams last week.

But Oregon also lost quarterback Bill Musgrave while Troy Aikman is still slinging for UCLA 34-17. No. 7 Nebraska (by 27) at Iowa State: It's a measure of how far Coach Jim Walden has brought Iowa State that the line is only 27. Nevertheless braska 42-14. Southern Mississippi at No.

9 Auburn (by 21): Florida State caught Auburn in this same spot between Florida and Georgia last year and bushwhacked the Tigers 34-6. Southern Miss is 8-1 and will host the Independence Bowl Auburn 28-17. Texas-El Paso at No. 10 Wyoming (by 15): Texas-El Paso's football team is on network TV (CBS) for the first time ever and the amazing Miners can throw a monkey-wrench into Wyoming's plans for a return trip to the Holiday Bowl Wyoming 45-28. No.

11 Arkansas (by 7) at Baylor: Expect a letdown by the Razorbacks after clinching a Cotton Bowl berth last week Upset Special of the Week Baylor 24-21. No. 13 LSU at No. 18 Alabama (by 2): None of Bama's first seven opponents has a winning record. This week's foe does arid also has won its last three visits to Alabama LSU 21-14.

Minnesota at No. 14 Michigan by 30: Minnesota won in Ann Arbor two years ago, but the Gophers are not as good and the Wolverines are better Michigan 38-14 Navy at No. 16 Syracuse (by 25): While Navy was playing Notre Dame tough, the Orangemen beat up on Open Syracuse 42-7. "Barry Sanders is the best running back in the nation today," the other Barry S. says.

"No one has even slowed him down." Oklahoma leads the series 64-12-6, including 11 in a row, and 28-44 in Stillwater. In that string of 11 straight Switzer has bested Jim Stanley (twice), Jimmy Johnson (five times) and Pat Jones (four times). Oklahoma State leads the nation in scoring with a 48.1-point average. Oklahoma is seventh in scoring defense, yielding just 13.1 points a game. The eighth-ranked Sooners are a three-point favorite over No.

12 Oklahoma State and the other Barry S. The pick is Oklahoma State 31-28. Rice at No. 1 Notre Dame (favored by 33): All of Lou Holtz's poormouthing can't hide the fact that Notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice is 8-0, Rice University is 0-7. Notre Dame 35-7.

California at No. 2 Southern California (by 22): The Beach Boys will be in concert at the LA. Coliseum after Southern Cal beaches Cal, which has scored only five touchdowns against the Trojans in the last 30 quarters Southern Cal 34-14 Tulsa at No. 3 Miami, Fla. (by 36): Hurricane warnings will be all over the place when the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (CQ) meets the Hurricanes of Miami 56-14.

No. 4 West Virginia (by 39) at Cincinnati: If Cincinnati's fans are smart, they'll invade the playing field and disrupt the proceedings BEFORE the game West Virginia 42-6. No. 5 Florida State (by 4) at No. 15 South Carolina: No more patsies for the.

No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr 1 Eddie Brown WR 5-10 180 Sr. 4 Sylvester Brown RB 60 207 Jr. 5 Chris Pedersen QB 6-3 200 Fr. 7 Troy Moore WR 64) 175 So. 8 Jeff Bauer FS 64) 178 So.

9JeffShudak 5-11 178 So. 11 Marcus Robertson DB 6-0 184 So. ISGregGloede DB 64 182 Jr. 16 BretOberg QB 6-2 190 Jr. 17JimDoran FS 64 183 So.

18 Judge Johnston 64 183 Jr. 19 Derek DeGennara QB 6-4 210 Sr. 21 Chad Welding DB 6-6 203 Sr. 22 Dave Eder DB Ml 174 Jr. 23 Adam Beck DB 64 187 So.

24 Jerry Dammann DB 64 180 Fr. 27 Ray Carreathers DB 6-2 194 Sr. 28 Athonv Benson RB 5-7 163 Fr. 29 Tim Baker DB 6-2 192 Jr. 31 Paul Thibodeaux RB 6-0 188 Jr.

32 Ron Wilkinson RB 64 185 Fr. 33 Joe Henderson RB 64 205 Sr. 35 Randono Johnson WR 6-3 185 Fr. 37 Charles Vondra DB 64 199 Jr. 38 Gary Pedersen RB 6-23 195 Fr.

40 Curtis Warren RB 64 205 Sr. 41 Jeff Dole DB 6-2 202 Sr. 43 Don Edwards DL 6-3 230 Jr 44 JohnCinefro DL 63 212 Jr. 45 Mike Shane LB 6-2 216 Jr. 46 Larry Ratigan DL 6-4 224 Dr.

47 Robert Lendino LB 6-4 226 Jr. 48 DeannAhlers DL 6-1 210 Sr. 49 Anthony Hoskins LB 6-1 231 Sr. 50 Dea White LB 6-1 215 Jr. 54 Trent van Hoosen OL 6-3 244 Jr.

56 Chris Mussman 6-5 250 So. 58 Tyrone Davis LB 6-1 210 Fr. 59 Mark Foley DB 6-3 226 So. 60 Alan Patten DL 6-4 240 Sr. 62 Rich Moore OL 6-4 270 Sr.

66 David Hey 6-2 257 Sr. 68 Lance Henkel OL 6-4 234 Fr. 69 Keith Sims OL 6-3 289 Jr. 72 Gene Williams OL 6-4 274 So. 73 Ben Mitchell OL 6-4 287 Jr.

75 Randv Bern DL 6-4 260 Jr. 77 Dave Benoit DE 6-5 246 Jr. 78 Scott Armbrust DL 6-3 240 John Glotfelty WR 6-1 181 So. 85 MikeBusch TE 6-5 252 Jr. 86 Dennis Ross WR 6-3 190 Sr.

88 Craig Mahoney TE 6-3 228 So. 90 Dan Daly DL 6-4 240 Jr. 93MattGrubb DL 6-2 225 Fr. 95 Mathew Rehberg DL 6-5 262 So. 97 Paul Schulte LB 6-2 210 Fr.

By Herschel Nissenson Associated Press Barry Switzer won't be the' most talked-about Barry S. in Stillwater, Okla, on Saturday. Oklahoma's coach, whose 16-year winning percentage of .844 is the best among active coaches, will have to play second-fiddle to Oklahoma State tailback Barry Sanders, who leads the nation in rushing, all-purpose running and scoring. With 1,476 yards following last week's school-record 320-yard effort against Kansas State, Sanders is 672 short of Mike Rozier's Big Eight mark and 866 shy of Marcus Allen's NCAA record. Sanders has four games remaining.

Ham hocks college picks Big Eight games By Ken Hambleton (Picks in boldface) Nebraska at lows State (-35) Iowa State has a much improved defense and a growing offense but simply not the size and strength to match Nebraska, which wants to make up for last week's narrow win over Missouri. Look for the Huskers to get back on a 600-yard total offense pace and set up tough final games with Colorado and Oklahoma. Nebraska should be ready and confident. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (-1) Upset here, finally a big-time win for the Cowboys over Oklahoma, which hasn't lost a conference game since a loss to Kansas eons ago. Barry Sanders should be the Heisman Trophy winner and will prove it here against a weakened OU defense.

The problem Is, OSU's defense stinks, and the Sooners will score a bundle, too. OU has only seven starters who were pegged as starters in the preseason actually starting this game. The key here is OSU not losing turnovers and the defense keeping Sooners from less than 60 points. If that happens, the Cowboys should win. Colorado at Missouri (-1) Why not stick with the upsets.

Missouri may have gotten enough confidence from sticking with Nebraska that it will make a difference. Colorado has only been playing well enough to win and lust not quite good enough to beat Oklahoma. If Colorado can be kept on defense the ma-iority of the game, Missouri hos a chance for on upset. Plus, the Buffs may be looking ahead to match with Nebraska. Kansas State (-1) at Kansas Somebody has to win this.

Oops, they tied last year. But Kansas State actually seems to have an offense as shown with 27-' point outburst against Oklahoma State. Kansas may actually have a defense, but the edge goes to the Wildcats. This is the game everybody in the country wants to see. It's like watching a train wreck.

The problem is, neither team has been on the trcicks for three years. Ham's Hocks are 29-19 against his spread his year and 41-7 In picking the winners. You can toss a coin and tie the Ham Hocks, who went 2-2 against the spread for the third straight week. HarrahV odds AP Top Twenty 1. Notre Dame 33 over Rice 2.

Southern Cal 22 over California 3. Miami, Fla. 36 over Tulsa 4. West Virginia 39 over Cincinnati 5. Florida State 4 over South Carolina 6.

UCLA 14Vj over Oregon 7. Nebraska 27 over Iowa State 8. Oklahoma 3 over Oklahoma State 9. Auburn 21 over Southern Mississippi 10. Wyoming 15 over Texas-El Paso 1 1 Arkansas 7 over Bay lor 12.

Oklahoma State 3 under Oklahoma 13. LSU 2 under Alabama 14. Michigan 30 over Minnesota 15. South Carolina 4 under Florida State 16. Syracuse 25Vi over Navy 17.

Clemson 22 over North Carolina 18. Alabama 2 over LSU 19. Georgia 3Va over Florida 20. Brigham Young 15 over San Diego State (tie) Indiana 5 ver Illinois Sports Report Top 25 Nebraska review, preview Texas (4-3) UNLV(3-4) Missouri (2-5-1) Worst in 1-A Wisconsin (0-8) .065 Miami, Ohio (0-8-1) .079 Kansas (0-8) .079 1-AA leaders 1. Marshall (8-0) 2.

S.F.Austin (7-1) 3. Furman (6-2) 4. North Texas St. (6-2) 5. Georgia So.

(6-2) 6. M. Tennessee St. (6-2) 7. Western Illinois (9-0) 8.

Western Kentucky (7-1 9. Lafovette (6-1-1) 10. Appalachian St. (5-3) A computer ranking based on the percentage of games a team would be expected to win over time were it to Play a schedule of .500 teams. Compiled by Bill Berghel, Atlanta, Ga.

21 31 28 55 21 21 49 26 14 Nebraska 23 0 at Louisiana State 27 15 at Oklahoma State 52 50 Texas Tech 15 30 at Houston 16 28 Baylor 14 24 Rice 10 Nov. 5 Louisiana Tech Nov. 12 at Arkansas Nov. 19 Texas Christian Nov. 24 at Texas Dec.

3 Alabama 35 Utah State 1 Houston 28 Indiana 0 at Miami, Fla. 52 at Kansas State 3 Iowa State 21 at Oklahoma State 18 at Nebraska Nov. 5 Colorado Nov. 12 Oklahoma Nov. 19 at Kansas Iowa State (44) 3 at Baylor 27 10 Fullerton State 20 26 Ohio University .18 at Nebraska 48 30 at Pacific 16 28 New Mexico State 20 7 Tulsa 33 Nov.

5 at Utah State Nov. 12 Fresno State Nov. 19 SanJoseState Nov. 26 at Long Beach State Kansas (0-8) Team (record) Rating Pvt. 1.

Southern Cal (7-0) .948 1 2. Notre Dame (8-0) .945 2 3. West Virginia (8-0) .934 4 4. Auburn (7-1) .910 8 5. Miami, Fla.

(6-1) .899 7 6. Wyoming (9-0) .897 5 7. UCLA (7-1) .882 3 8. Arkansas (8-0) .881 6 9. Florida State (7-1) .868 10 10.

Oklahoma (7-1) .861 11 11. Brigham Young (7-1 .855 12 12. Nebraska (8-1) .833 .14 13. Clemson (6-2) .829 13 14. South Carolina (7-1) .820 21 15.

Michigan (5-2-1) .819 17 16. Louisiana State (5-2) .805 19 17. Alabama (6-1) .799 16 18. North Carolina St. (6-2) .797 9 19.

Syracuse (6-1) .797 18 20. Oklahoma State (6-1) .776 20 21. Indiana (6-1-1) .773 22 22. Houston (5-2) .763 23. Oregon (6-2) .745 1 5 24.

Texas-El Paso (6-1) .744 24 25. Colorado (6-2) .738 Dropped out So. Mississippi 23 Arizona 25 Utah State (3-5) 14 Baylor 27 30 Tulane 13 7 at Auburn .56 Baylor. 35 21 at California 52 3 atlowa 10 28 New Mexico State 31 7 at Oklahoma 35 10 Nebraska 63 20 Northern Iowa 17 9 Colorado 21 21 at Missouri 3 14 at Iowa State 42 42 Kansas 14 14 at Oklahoma 63 12 at Colorado 24 Nov. 5 Kansas State Nov.

5 Nebraska Nov. 12 at Oklahoma State Nov. 12 at Kansas State Nov. 19 Missouri- Nov. 19 Oklahoma State 13 at Nebraska 63 21 at Missouri 35 32 New Mexico State 20 3 at Brigham Young 38 31 Long Beach State 24 10 at Fresno State 51 31 at San Jose State 36 23 Pacific 20 Nov.

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19 Dec. 4 Miami, Ohio Texas Tulsa at Colorado at Nebraska Missouri at Kansas State Oklahoma Kansas at Iowa State Texas Tech 45 Fresno State 3 24 atlowa 21 28 Oregon State 21 27 at Colorado State 23 21 Oklahoma State 41 21 at Kansas 9 14 Oklahoma 17 24 Iowa State 12 Nov. 5 at Missouri Nov. 12 at Nebraska Nov. 19 Kansas State Kansas St.

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