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Oct. 28, 1979 Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star -Cornhusker quotes- By Wayne Gonyea Virgil Parker I Hingback Kenny Brown On Colorado's defense against the NU wing back running ploys: "Their linebackers didnl flow that much (as compared to Oklahoma State). They stayed home, and didn't go with our motion." On playing a possibly angry Missouri team next week: "They ore oil ongry when we get them. They oil want to shoot for the No. 2 teom in the country.

I think we ore No. 1 Safety Russell Gary On his diving deflection of Solomon pass to tight end Greg Willeft ot the NU five-yard line on CUs first drive, which resulted in a field goal: "We were in a man-to-man ond he (Wlllett) came across the middle. I couldn't hear the monster (NU's Mork LeRoy) holler ot me to pick him up, but I saw him cross my face, so I went with him." On the improved ploy of NU's secondary as the season progresses: "We are feeling a little more relaxed. We have more confidence in each other. We hove improved eoch week and that's what we hove to do, get better ond better.

By the end of the season I feel we will be the best secondary in the Big Eight." Quarterback Tim Hager On Nebraska's early problems with Colorado's It-man defensive set: "We knew they were going to do it. We were thinking when I said 'set' they would jump out of it, but they didn't. So I started to audible and then they would iumo out of it. The Tight end Junior Miller On his SI vordi rushing on two carries: "It just tight end reverse. I hod some pretty good blocks downfielo ond on the ends.

I thought I should hove broke it (the first one) but the Colorado pursuit cought me." uted 0 bolt-carrier: "Any time I get my honds on the ball I love it." Tackle Rod Horn On Nil's early problems containing NU quarterback Bill Solomon: "A lot of times a lot of our outside people would contain too much. We knew he was a good runner ond we didnl want him to get outside so he could run on us. We protected too much on the outside ond he got owav up the middle. A lot of it wos tust bod tockling." Monster Mark LeRoy "I thought Colorado's offense chonged a little bit from lost week. We were little hesitont in thot first quarter.

We mode some odiustments, ond I'm glad we come bock strong otter losing the shutout." On Nebraska's sofety blitt against the CU quarterbacks: We ran two kinds of sofety blitzes. On one I run from the out-side and try to keep the man from going outside. On the secona one, the blitz is to the weak side going in to get to the play I audibied to wasn't too good then, so men I had to check out of the audible and go bock to the other play. It wasn't all thot confusing, it's lust that they stayed with It so long." On NU's passing game: "I know I can do a better iob of throwing the ball than I did today. We were running well and we didnt throw too much.

It's different when you are throwing the ball a lot. When you don't throw the boll really well at first, you can get hot when you throw the ball ot lot. Once you start completing a couple, you can really get going ond do some good things. "The main thing is we won. It lust shows we can win a game without throwing the ball.

I think someday if we hod to we could win a gome iust throwing too. We are just a well rounded team." On the pass interception that CU's Bill Roe returned 69 yards for a touchdown: "It was 59 fullbock flat. I rolled out and looked, but couldn't find Junior (Miller) at first. Then I looked for (Jim) Kotera and he looked wide open. I iust didnl see the linebacker.

I got hit about the time I threw the ball. I heard the crowd reaction and thought it had been caught, but then I saw it was going the other way. "I felt bod because I hate throwing interceptions. I've thrown iust two this year, but both have gone for touchdowns. For me, there is no worse feeling.

I dont plan on doing it it's lust one of those bod things. But I don't think I make a habit of it." On playing Missouri next week: "Right now a lot of people are thinking about Missouri. They beat us last year, but we're going to beat them this year." Basketball has a problem The Big Eight Conference basketball coaches are huddling in Kansas City today. Giving the matter a little more thought, "huddle" is not a very good word to use when talking about a group of guys who are paranoid about the fact the "helmets" get most of the publicity in their league. Anyway, among the many items on the agenda will be a discussion about what to do about their postseason tournament.

The pre-league tourney at Christmas-time was abandoned a year ago. Now the site of the wrapup meeting, to determine the Big Eight rep to the NCAA playoffs, may be in jeopardy. The reason? The roof at Kemper Arena, which collapsed in a storm last winter, may not be back in place by March. Rumor has it that the final two rounds will be held on the court of the regular-season champion providing, of course, that it survives the first round of the playoffs Special day for 'Mr. Football' I'm not going to take sides, because Lyell Bremser, Don Gili Tim Moreland and Joe Patrick (you'll notice they were listed in alphabetical order), who broadcast Husker football games, are all friends.

But Brad Carper of Lincoln writes to suggest that Bremser "Mr. Football" be honored with a special "day" at the closing home game of the current season against Iowa State. "How many times after a game have you heard people discussing how they really got a kick out of the way Lyell called the game?" Carper asks. "With all his adjectives such as 'Left him countin' his "Left him on the line to And of course his famous 'Man! Woman! I think the fans of Nebraska should show their thanks with an 'unofficial' Lyell Bremser Day." Carper has some suggestions: A special salute by the band at halftime and getting everybody to make a sign to take to the game. "All the fraternities and sororities could pitch in," Carper concludes.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Some student organization should take charge. And when Gill, Moreland and Patrick have logged as many seasons at Lyell, I'll suggest the same thing be done for them. This 'n that A little bit about a lot of things while cleaning out the files. A golf note before the weather for that sport completely disappears.

It wasn't too many years ago when a player on the PGA tour would be among the leading money winners if he shot a par round every time out No more. Not with so many sharp youngsters on the tour. The final result of the recent Texas Open is a case in point. Curtis Strange shot four straight three-under-par rounds of 69, yet wound up in a tie for 20th! How fleeting fame. A national feature syndicate pitched us an idea called "Sportography" the other day.

A daily quiz on sports our readers would enjoy, they said. Sample: How do some of the better known ex-pro quarterbacks compare in pass completion percentage? The answer, listed from first through seventh, they said, is: Bart Starr, Len Dawson, Otto Graham, Y.A. Tittle, John Urutas. Van Brocklin and Don Meredith. Van Brocklin? As I recall, his first name is Norm Don't read this if you're still at the breakfast table.

Drake senior football player Pat King hails from Oskaloosa, Kan. He says the population "is 1,000 if you count everybody's dog." Even as a high schooler, he had the habit of putting a little snuff between his cheek and gum. "Once the teacher caught me with tobacco in my mouth.T he told Gene Raffensperger of the Des Moines Register. "She-; told me to swallow it or go to the principal's office. I swallowed'-it." What happened? "The teacher got sick and had to leave room." Sims' four TDs lead OU to win lowost oiiio.

Season's records rstoortns 1 7 24 lowo Stole J5 Oklanomo (4-1, RWwv rants 49-1V6 47 493 Bowling Green 38 10 loo Hvordt 83 Tews ir Toiso 4913 J-elum K0i 3, 33 0o 10 63 21 wt kc Kaosa'' 7MKomSI 384 PeuoTtiRyarcB 11104 OHonomo 1 1t lowo Stole 38 9 'yfttJMW .11 Nl Colorado N3olOkloSI M)RMA Okla. (AP) It niow.ssow. moKonsos waii nf Ihi. 1(176 cr.n 17 at Nebraska Wat Missouri wa MMCHS 01 lilt' VHK SCa.SOn N240klo Slate 24 NeDrosko tor, lleisman Trophy winner Bily Sims, who picked up 202 be charming, yawls on 21 carries Saturday as "I definitely had my best thft seventh-ranked Oklahoma name of the "year today," the Soc(ners romped to an easy 38 9 relieved runner said. "I felt Big Eight Conference football better and was running better win over Iowa State.

today." "Billy Sims had a great day The senior standout has been wirji over 200 yards," Okla- suflering from a nagging rib in- hotfia Coach Barry Switzer jury, said. "He was looking like he didlast year." iowosi i i i i-i a. Oklahoma 7 in 14 7 The game provided the light- ninj halfback with his first 200- yanl plus outing this vear. Last yeir he began a string of three 3' P55 executive over 200 games by 2.11 vards against the Iowa State Cyclones. Sfms performance this vear rushing iowo stoto, Povne i6i; hasbeen disappoint ing to many SSS ilms 21 as be was held to less than SO Bublev 3 Oklahoma.

Watts 2-6-1-73. yarjls in three of the Sooners 3 34. seven games. But things might ZTv UJ' Grov- Viz I'' jw tvM? STAFF PHOTO BV GAIL FOLDA The Cornhuskers had just gained their first lead of the day as NU head Coach Tom Osborne contemplated more strategy Nebraska's game against Colorado. Okla.

St. tops Kansas, 30-17 Ok St KU 15 15 50 269 43- 63 I Go ibt, 111 5114 8 13 0 14 23 2 4 33 3-40 1-0 3-1 9-52 5-35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing vards Return vards Posses Punls Fumbles lost Penalties vords Randy York Season's records Okla. St. (4-3) Kansas (2-5) M. Texas St 257 Pittsburgh 0-J4 Wichita SI 16-6 Michigan 7-28 Arkansas 7-27 N.Texas St 37-17 Carolina 16-23 Syracuse 27-45 Missouri 14-13 Nebrasko 0-42 Nebraska 0-36 Iowa St 24-7 Kansas 30-17 Okla.

St 17-30 N3 0klahomo 3 Kansas St. 10 at Colorado 10 at Oklahoma 17 Kansas St. 17 Colorado 24 ot lowo St. 24 Missouri character and pride on this team," said Coach Jimmy Johnson. "Kverybody played a super game out there today." said Johnson, singling out for praise defensive tackle Curtis Boone and running backs Young and Taylor.

Kansas fell to 1-2 in conference and 2-5 overall. Kansas Coach Don Fam- brough was crestfallen. "I feel worse after this game than any of them this year," he Defense said. "When you know you're better than you're performing, it really hurts. We just played a terrible football game.

We got beat, and we got beat good." Oklahoma State scored 16 points before the game was six minutes old to put Kansas in the hole. John Doerner hit Ron Ingram with a 46-yard touchdown pass on the Cowboys' first play for a 7-0 lead and built the cushion to 9 points three plays later when Kansas quarterback Brian Bethke fell on a teammate's fumble in the end zone for a safety. The Cowboys made it 16-0 following the Kansas free kick when Young bolted 35 yards for a touchdown the first Oklahoma State touchdown run of more than 1 yard this season. But Kansas scored 17 second quarter points to take a 1 point halftime lead. -From page IE- NU volleyers win crown tween the center and guard, but it wasn't the whole show.

On the particular autumn afternoon, all Black Shirts' seemed to profit from a wide variety of blitzes. End L.C. Cole, the defensive captain, was among the most-active as the Huskers sacked Buff backs like some people sac-groceries. "I don't think I've ever had a game with more than I.AWRKNCK. Kan.

(UPI) -Terry Suellentrop scored on a 2-yard third quarter touchdown run and defensive end Dexter Mauley fell on a fumble in the Kansas end zone nine seconds later lo give Oklahoma State a '10-17 victory Saturday over the Jayhuwks. Suelleutrop's 'I'D came on his only carry of the day to cap a 70-yard, 10 play drive and put the Cowboys in front 22 17. Kansas tried a flanker reverse to David Verser on the very next play but he was hit by Curtis Boone and the ball bounded 17 yards into the end zone where Mauley fell on il to ensure Oklahoma Slate its sixth straight win over Kansas and also its sixth straight victory in Lawrence. Worley Taylor and Terry Young both rushed for over 100 yards to pace the Oklahoma State offensive effort. Young picked up 114 on six carries while workhorse Taylor punched out 116 in 29 carries lo help Oklahoma Stale up its record to 2-1 in the Rig Kiglit and 4-3 overall.

All four Cowboy victories have been come from-behind efforts. "That shows the individual STILLWATKR, Okla. The University of Nebraska swept through the Big Eight volleyball tournament undefeated, downing Oklahoma in the finals Saturday to claim its fourth straight league championship. The Huskers, who won two matches Friday, defeated Iowa State in a semifinal match Saturday by scores of 15-3, 15-5 and 15-6, and downed OU in the finals, 15-12, 15-4 and 15-9. Four Nebraskans were named to the all-tourney team selected by the KSPN sports network.

Senior captain Nancy Grant was named for the third time. Teammates joining Grant were juniors Lori Melcher and Reba Govier and sophomore Terri Kanouse. KSPN will televise a tape replay of the championship match today at 4 p.m. This was Ihe first Big Kight women's meet sponsored by the conference. "We played extremely well in the semifinals," said NU coach Terry Pettit.

"We made some adjustments for Oklahoma, they were the strongest of the other teams," Pettit said. Nebraska, now 36-4, will next play in the National Women's Invitational at UCLA Nov. 3-4. "I feel we can play with anyone," Pettit said, referring lo the tournament featuring the top 24 teams in the nation. Order of finish 1.

Nebrasko; 2. Oklahoma; 3. Missouri; 4 lowo State; 5. Kansas State; 6. Kansas; 7.

Oklahoma State. Saturday's results Nebraska del. Oklahoma 15 12, 15-4, 15- 9, Nebraska del. lowo State 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, ISU del. KSU 1510, 15-6, 16-14; MUdet.

KU 1510, 15-7, 915, 15-13; OU def. OSU 16-14, 15-5, 15-2; OU del. MU 11-15, 15-10, 15- 10, 15-9; MU del. ISU 1315, 15-8, 15-7, 15-9; KU del. OSU 15-5, 15-6, 2-15, 15-5; KSU del.

KU 15-10, 15-10, 15-7. All-tournev selections Lori Melcher, Terri Kanouse, Reba Govier, Noncv Grant, NU, Melissa Larson, MU; Marg Negenman, OU. sack, then today I get Cole said after collecting what'-might be a career high 14 tacki. les, which included four stops. behind the line of for losses totaling 17 yards.

"Their back thought I was taking on the tight end on a weak eagle defense, so I was open a lot," Cole said. "I loved it." So did Mark LeRoy. Although he didn't get any sacks, he forced a batch of them on his "monster fires." At times, LeRoy was so free chasine Oklahoma St. 16 14 030 Kansas 0 17 0 0-17 OSU Ingram 46 pass from Doerner (Ankersenkick) OSU-Sofety, Bethke tackled In end zone. OSU Young 35 run (Ankersen kick) KU Higgins4 run (Hubach kick) HTxL- 49 msi Bethke (Hubach kick) KU-FG Hubach 53 OSU Sueilentroo 2 run (ooss failed) OSU Manlev recovered tumble in end 36 'r0m Doernerl INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Okla.

w. Taylor 29. 116, Young 6-114; Kansas, Higglns 16-45, Sydney 9-31, Verser 2-17. PASSING Okla. Doerner 8-13-0 106; Kansas, Bethke 13-19-2-258, Clinton 1-4-0-8.

RECEIVING Oklo. Young 4-39, Ingram 1-46, Cowins 1-13; Konsas, Verser 3-151, Sydney 4-24, Higgins3-8. Tom Vering Nwes, quotes, anecdotes You can learn a lot from reading old notepads and fairlv freih clippings. Charles White, for instance, had lleisman written on his slrtjft before he even arrived on the campus of Southern California, (Hie time, when Ins San Fernando High School team was pliiving Van Nuys, White was replaced after only five carries because he'd already rushed for 243 yards and four touchdowns. Talent like thai must be God-given.

is it? Lou Hollz, after Arkansas beat Texas, said: "Piople say God never sends you more than you can handle, bill Go may be overestimating my ability." i lloltz has no opinion on White, but he's seen a lot of great running backs in his time and he'll never forget Cappellelti of temi Stale. "When I was at North Carolina State," Hollz said, "he bounced off our tacklers like Ethiopian spears off Mussolini' tanks." John McKay said it when Tampa Bay was unbeaten and being besieged by the media: "ABC was here last week and shot enough footage for 'Gone with the Alter watching practices, I thought we might be." Total offense kinjis 1 1 Tom Sorley made the observation: "When you talk wish-bonivyou talk Oklahoma. When you talk I-foniiation, vou talk Nebraska. When you talk total offense, you talk Nebraska. Why ols would the UCLA's come into Lincoln to learn how it's done." Sorley, the man who pulled the trigger on the nation's No.

1 offense last year, is enjoying life without the cameras, micro-puoiies and notebooks this year. "Jeff Kinney and I usually go to tliivgHmes together. We have fun eating hot dogs and guessing whitTthe next play's going lo be," says one of Lincoln's newest accountants, and homeowners. A Denver Bronco scout told a Phoenix writer last week that Nebraska's best pro prospect was silting on Hie bench. 1 1 is name? Freshman I-back Roger Craig.

Reggie Jackson's Oakland residence has a 10 car garage, evejijlhough Mr. Candy Bar has a mere five Rolls Royces. Kansas State quarterback Darrell Dickey, son of Wildcat Head Coach Jim Dickey, was asked by his mother when stitches woulcl be removed from his injured arm. "I think George Cumby (OKlihoma linebacker) took 'em out Saturday," he said. Kansas linebacker Kirby Criswell, who's 6-foot-fl and 230 pounds, told ex-Lincoln sportwriter Chuck Woodling that he hit Nebraska tight end Junior Miller "pretty good" on his touchdown pass.

"I just didn't wrap him up," Criswell said. "He's a big boy1', Norris Anderson, another ex-Lincoln scribe who now writes a cpjumn for "The Football News," said Miller "looks like a young and faster Dave Casper." Miller may be an incredible hulk, but he's not as b.g as 290-pound Michigan State offensive tackle Angelo Fields. Notre Dame defensive tackle Scott Zettek said Fields "doesn't block you. He engulfs you." Two-gallon hals Ex-pro football quarterback Bobby Layne says "Since the fuet shortage, we Texans are wearing two-gallon hats." I-back Isaiah Hipp has been wearing a necklace witft 8 cross since his sophomore season. "My great grand-motli gave It to me," he said.

"I wear It when I sleep, when I plttySnd when I shower. I lost It on the sidelines during the Utah sijitirgame and looked two hours for it afterwards. I was really relieved when someone found It and brought it to me that Sunday, morning." Finally, here's one from Bear Bryant, the only man ranked aliead of Tom Osborne these days: I was a girV' the Bear said recently, "I would never marry a football coach. My wife begged me to get out. She said 'Get any kind of a job, but come home at 5 o'clock In the after-noonA Then we started winning, and she saw some of the goodies, and she said: 'Get up and go to work and don't come -Colorado comments- quarterbacks he looked like a laser beam tracking spaceships ih a science fiction movie.

"I bet I blitzed once every series in the second half," LeRoy said. "I kept hoping they'd run my way, so I could make that collision with the quarterback. If I get the chance and the quartef-back doesn't see me, I'll come right through the airhole in Ms helmet." LeRoy didn't need to everyone else was. "That was kind of fun except Colorado got too many yards rushing," said middle guard Oudious Lee, who had one sack bf nine yards. "Their center was good, but when he twisted his knee at the end of the first half, I don't know if his replacement knew what was going on or not.

He was in a state of confusion and we were doing everything we could to take advantage of it. "We're starting lo call defenses where we don't have to sit back and read so much. We just go. We're getting by far more green lights than we ever have." Although everyone seemed to get in on the act, Lee had an observation about Nebraska's blitzkrieg defense. "The defensive backs deserve as much credit as anyone else," he said.

"You have to remember, if the receivers are open the quarterback can throw. If they're covered, he can't arid we can't tee off like we did By Ken Hambleton and Brent Robinson Cornerback Mark Haynes On Nebraska's offense: "Sure, we shut down their passing. We had a good man-to-man coverage. If other teams use the same coverage I think thev may be able to do the same thing. "But, if vou can't pass vou try running, and Nebraska did a good iob of that.

Technically I think we played a good defensive game. Nebraska executed plays we defensed right, and made them work anyway. "Nebraska didn't lose Its rhythm all afternoon. The plav would be over, they'd lump up, huddle and come banging at us again. They're one of the best teams I've seen." Defensive tackle Laval Short On Nebraska: "Nebraska is a good team, maybe the best in the country.

I don't wont to compare them to anybody, but thev do things pretty well. On Nebraska's offense: "Our pass rush was good. Our pass coverage was solid, but that helped Nebraska get those traps and reverses working. They'd set us up every time. Inside, Inside, inside, then, wham, here comes a reverse." Linebacker Bill Roe "If there's a teom better than Nebraska, they'd have to be a hellacious team.

Nebraska is a great team. They don't take a bock seat to anybody." On Nebraska's offense: "I guess we lust didn't read their plavs right. Just gadget plays, and all we had to do was read them." On hit 9-yard Interception return tor a touchdown: "The pass was right to me. We were blitzing and I wos to cover the fullback. I think the quarterback thought he was open, because I was behind the fullback a couple of steps.

I was lust waiting, because In that kind of coverage, you put on the speed when the ball is thrown. "it was a dream come true. I lust wish It could have been the winning points, or at least meant a little more, guess I was Johnny-On-The-Spot, for a little while. I'd love to do It again. I'd love for everybody on our teom to do It every game." On the Husker backs: "Speed and tearaway lersevs don't hurt them at all.

"They've got an abundance of great running backs. Jarvis Redwine is very fast. I almost couldn't believe that one he cut across the grain for a touchdown. I don't like to compare, but I think Redwine is faster than Billy Sims (Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winner)." On Junior Miller: "If Junior Miller Isn't the best tight end In the country I don't know who is. He didn't catch a poss today? It seemed like he wos with the ball a lot.

Maybe, that's a lot with the ball when he has It. He'd make a heck of a running back, if he'd become a running back I'd think about switching to offense." Reserve quarterback Charles Davis On Nebraska's defense: "Nebraska has one hell of a defense. Thev iust seem to do everything right, everytime I'd turn around, there would be one of their defensive linemen hanging all over me. They're thot tough." On NU middle guard Oudious Lee: "He must have really wanted me bad. He lust kept coming all afternoon, but that's one of the signs of a good football team, they lust never let up." On comparing Oklahoma and Nebraska: "Hev, I'm from Oklahoma, but I won't lie.

I think Nebraska is better thon Oklahoma. Nebraska's defense is a super group. If I had to bet on the game, I'd take Nebraska." Quarterback Bill Solomon On Colorado's successful first half: "Our first half was one of the best we've played this vear. We felt that if we could iust Plav a solid game we could stay with Nebraska, but the second half Is always the toughest against Nebraska. We needed to gain tempo and instead thev pushed two touchdowns over In the first five minutes.

That's no way to gain tempo." Defensive end George Visger Leading CU defender with ten unassisted tackles, on lust missing the tackle on Jarvis Redwlne's 23-yard TD run: "That tear-away iersey is what saved him. I gave him a pretty good shot but he didn't go down, then I reached for the iersey, and there was nothing there." Comparing Redwine and OU's Billy Sims: "They'll both kill ya, but today I'd have to lean toward Jarvis. He wos on a level with anybody." On Nebraska's blocking: "That crab blocking gave me the most problems. You have to get through the block before you can worry about making the tackle. Other teams don't crab, but with the success Nebraska's having, they might soon." NU injuries said minimal Nebraska trainer George Sullivan reported that the Huskers escaped the Colorado clash without serious injury.

Wingback Kenny Brown missed most of the second half with a sprained ankle, Sullivan said, while tight end Jeff Finn suffered a knee bruise and line backer Steve McWhiter was sidelined with a knee strain, "We had the normal number of other bumps and bruises," Sullivan said, "but I don't think anybody was seriously enough hurt not to be ready for Missouri next week." Feature Races At Aqueduct Bowl Gomt Trillion Nollvt Courltr k. I At Sportsmen's wordKln iM 1.10 4.60 3.00 Posxne jo 3.M MolloBtnt jo.