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TTTT iDinme getts-Jt Quote of the game NU linebacker Kevin Parsons on Coach Tom Osborne's halftime speech: "I think it kind of shocked guys. When Coach Osborne raises his voice, you know it's time to get with it." Scoring, team stats Nebraska 7 0 14 14 35 Iowa State 0 14 0 0 14 NU Taylor 1 run (Klein kick) ISU Henderson 1 run (Frank kick) ISU Minor 19 pass from Espinoza (Frank kick) NU Taylor 5 run (Klein kick) NU Kaelin 5 run (Klein kick) NU Blakeman 1 run (Klein kick) NU R. Schnitzler 70 punt return (Klein kick) A 48.007 NU ISU First downs 23 11 Rushes-yards 74-310 36-126 Passing yards -3 74 Total yards 307 200 Return yards 91 31 Passing 1-9-0 10-244 Punts FumbieS-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 2-2S 7-50 Time of possession 36:07 23:53 Third-down conversions 9-19 5-15 By Mike Babcock AMES, Iowa Dadgumit In a word, that was it 'When Coach Tom Osborne spoke, his Nebraska football team listened, just as ifhewereE.F.Hutton. 1 "People think Coach Osborne is really reserved, but all he has to say is 'Dadgumit' and everybody gets real quiet," fullback Ken Kaelin said after seventh-ranked Nebraska had scored 28 second-half points to defeat Iowa State 35-14 Saturday at Cyclone Stadium. An Osborne "dadgumit" or two at halftime proved too much for the Cyclones, who scored 14 points in 45 seconds late in the second quarter, to lead 14-7 at intermission.

"He's a motivator," Kaelin said. "Coach Osborne is the best there is. People say he doesn't let emotion come into play, but he does." Saturday's halftime deficit produced an emotional pep talk that apparently was vintage Osborne. He "blew his stack; he did his red-face trick," Corn-husker defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said. Senior linebacker Kevin Parsons was surprised "It was the first time I've ever heard Coach Osborne yell at half-time.

It wasn't because he was mad at us. He just wanted to get us motivated," said Parsons. "He got pretty excited." It was straight from the heart "When Coach Osborne does that, you know it's from the heart because he doesn't do it very often," senior defensive end Brad Tyrer said. In fact, "I've never heard him talk like that," said Tyrer. "He was, in a pretty loud voice." Osborne had a lot to say at halftime, more than ever before," senior middle guard Danny Noonan said.

Osborne talked about winning a Big Eight championship and playing in a major bowl game on New Year's Day. Then he pointed out the relationship between those things and that 14-7 deficit on the scoreboard, dadgumit. No swear words, just dadgumit f-'f) Mi iV-V 1 4 On the inside Ken Kaelin has his best day against Cyclones. Page 7E. "I think it kind of shocked guys," Parsons said.

"When Coach Osborne raises his voice, you know it's time to get with it "That was the case today." and shut Nebraska scored 14 points in each of the final two quarters to spoil Iowa State's upset bid. See HUSKERS on page 7E TEO KIRKSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska fullback Ken Kaelin (49) breaks loose up the middle on the Huskers 80-yard drive following the opening kickoff. Kaelin rushed for 126 yards on 25 carries. Nebraska warms up leftover9 defense APUPI This week 1. 1.

Miami, Fla. (9-0) def. Pittsburgh 37-10 Tulsa 2.1 2. Penn St. (9-0) clef.

Maryland 1 7-1 5 at Notre Dame 37 3. Michigan (9-0) def. Purdue 31 -7 Minnesota 4 4. Oklahoma (8-1 def. Missouri 77-0 at Colorado 57 5.

Arizona St. (8-0-1 def. California 49-0 Wichita St. 67 6. Alabama (8-2) lost to touislana St.

14-10 Temple 77 7. Nebraska (8-1) def. Iowa St. 35-14 at Kansas 87 8. Texas (7-1 was idle at Arkansas 910.

Auburn (8-1) def, Cincinnati 52-7 Georgia 107 9. Arkansas (7-2) lost to Baylor 29-14 Texas 11711. Ohio St. (8-2) def. Northwestern 30-9 at Wisconsin 1271 2.

UCtA (6-3) lost to Stanford 28-23 at Washington 13713. Washington (7-2) def. Oregon St. 28-12 UCLA 1 47 15. Southern Cal (5-2) was Idle California 157l4.N.CarolinaSt.(6-2-1)losttoVirginla20-16 Duke 16716.

Iowa (6-3) lost to Illinois 20-1 6 Purdue 1 77 1 7. Arizona (7-1 def. Washington St. 31 -6 idle 18718. Louisiana St.

(6-2) def. Alabama 14-10 at Mississippi St. 197 Georgia (6-3) lost to Florida 31 -19 idleat Auburn 20. Clemson (7-2) def. North Carolina 38-1 0 at Maryland 19t Stanford (7-2) def.

UCLA 28-23 idle 1 9t Baylor (6-3) def. Arkansas 29-1 4 at Rice By Ken Hambleton AMES, Iowa The halftime score of Iowa State 14, Nebraska 7 could have been worse. The Cyclones had muffed a center snap on a field-goal attempt after driving to the Nebraska 12-yard line, and NU's Bryan Siebler intercepted a pass at the Com-huskers' 6 early in the second quarter Saturday at Cy-'clone Stadium. I "We looked like the leftovers from Custer's Last Stand," Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said. But the Nebraska defense looked more like the heavily favored Indians at the Little Big Horn in the second half as the Cornhuskers went on to beat ISU 33-14.

"We weren't putting any effective pressure on their quarterback and I was just too conservative," McBride sail "We were not sharp." "We were not physical," NU defensive end Brad Tyrer said. "We certainly weren't slopping them," Husker middle guard Danny Noonan said. Turned up the heat on Espinoza However, there were some changes made at half-time, and the effect was dramatic. "I got a little liberal with the slants and blitzes. The players got more pressure on (ISU quarterback Alex) Espinoza," McBride sail shovel pass from Frank.

The Huskers then scored to take the lead and romped to the win. "There wasn't a lot of talk, but you could see the change in their (the Black Shirts') faces in the defensive huddle," Noonan sail "The change of attitude, the determination. We stuffed their momentum," Noonan, who bloodied both arms and burned his stomach on the turf when he sacked Espinoza, said emotion was the biggest difference. "It's hard to get the elevation in emotion week after week," he sail "Coach (Tom) Osborne told us It was a minor bowl a New Year's Day bowl for us and this game would determine that "That was enough motivation," he sail "They were throwing pretty quick in the first half, and he (Espinoza) started dropping deeper in the second half. Maybe in the back of his mind he knew we were coming." Not a Colorado replay Although the breaks of the game in the first half made it appear the Huskers would suffer the same fate as they did at Colorado, Noonan said that was never a concern.

"I knew that wasn't going to happen again. We had been getting pushed around in the first half, but we weren't beyond helping ourselves," he sail "It may not have been our best defensive game, but See DEFENSE on page 6E "We got a few sacks and we put the heat on," he said And the Cyclone offense melted On 13 rushing attempts in the second half, Iowa State managed a net gain of 4 yards. On 15 second-half pass attempts, the Cyclones completed five for a net gain of 8 yards. The longest ISU run in the second half was an 8-yard scamper on the final play of the game. Nineteen of ISU's 26 plays in the second half netted either zero or negative yardage.

"We have to run to pass," Espinoza sail "Nebraska was so much more aggressive in the second half. They stuffed our running holes and then poured everything onto stopping the pass. "They were a different defense," he said "They were slanting, twisting and moving around in the line and plugged up everything. They got to me." Change of attitude A sack by Tyrer for a 10-yard loss after the Cyclones had earned back-to-back first downs in the third quarter showed the change in the Nebraska defense. On Iowa State's next series, Noonan muscled his way through the ISU offensive line for a tackle behind the line and a sack.

On fourth down, ISU punter Rick Frank couldn't handle a low snap and Nebraska took over at the Cyclone 5 after Jeff Jamrog tackled Anthony Hosklns, who took a Did they win? Or lose? TV suit has underlying ramifications Ken Hambleton Columnist $25 million for each conference. The CFA schools weren't off-camera yet as they came up with a deal for $130 million worth of contracts with CBS and ESPN. But before that deal could be signed the Southeastern Conference voted 9-1 to accept a deal with ABC worth $25 million and with WTBS (Turner Broadcasting) worth an additional $15 million. Seeing that it had lost the popular SEC, CBS put its offer to the CFA on hold Chuck Neinas, executive director of the CFA, said the SEC move was "disappointing and surprising." How about alarming, stunning, shocking? Now, there is no contract for the remaining 53 schools in the CFA for 1987. "We're obviously working with CBS and ESPN to get a contract" said Nebraska Chancellor Did Oklahoma and Georgia and the rest of the College Football Association (CFA) get what they sought in a suit brought against the NCAA in 1983? For a while, it appeared they dil Now, with no CFA television contract for the 1987 season, the answer to the question is fuzzy and the ramifications could be very important to athletic programs around the country, especially the Big Eight Conference.

In 1983, the ABC and CBS television networks paid the NCAA $34.5 million to broadcast 20 college football gimes. It was part of a four-year, deal the NCAA negotiated. By June of 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld a lower-court decision that said the CFA (Oklahoma and Georgia) was right the NCAA could not monopolize the television deals for colleges and the NCAA TV package was thrown out Coast Conference (including Maryland North Carolina, Clemson) and independents (including Notre Dame, Miami, Penn State) could be seen often. Meanwhile, the Pac-10 and Big Ten schools worked out an agreement with CBS.

There were less-expensive television contracts with conferences, such as Raycom's with the Big Eight that dumped some extra money into the hoppers and gave the viewer a plethora of games from which to choose every Saturday. In 1985, ABC paid $15.75 million for 22 games involving the CFA teams, and ESPN paid $12 mil-lion for a similar number of CFA games. This fall because of a difference of $400,000 between the two sides offers (that's less than $7,000 per CFA member), the CFA turned down a proposed package from ABC. ABC then went to the Big Ten-Pac-10 and signed a four-year deal worth Martin Massengale, who also is president of the CFA. "We are working to keep the SEC (Southeastern Conference) with us in our negotiations.

They haven't signed the deal with ABC yet "Obviously, it would weaken the television package if we did not have the SEC. The CBS-ESPN offer Is very good because it includes more resources than the current contract we have with ABC such as starting times and number of exposures." i Nebraska athletic director Bob Devaney said the situation "has become quite a mess. We don't know what's going to happen. But without the SEC teams involved in a CFA television package, there is an obvious loss of leverage in working a deal with CBS." He also said the SEC contract was done quick. See TV on page 3E There was a frantic scramble for television packages.

The CFA signed with ABC and ESPN. That meant the CFA's 63 schools including Nebraska and the Big Eight Conference, the Southeastern Conference (including Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Auburn), Southwest Conference (including Texas, SMU, Arkansas), Atlantic Centennial volleyball team ready waiting for attempt at third consecutive state title Passing combination lifts Plainsmen to title Duffy Cobbs' lunging deflection of a two-point conversion attempt with 14 seconds left saves second-ranked Penn State. Page 2E. Scoreboard. Page 8E.

JJ i tr be the first team to win three straight crowns since Waverly did it from 1972-74. Centennial, 17-4, wont be the favorite when the eight-team tournament opens, but that's nothing new to Rice. Last year, her squad came to Lincoln with a 13-6 record and was seeded seventh. This year, the fifth-seeded Broncos will face No. 4 seed Wisner-Pilger at 7:40 p.m.

in Thursday's opening round at Lincoln High's Earl Johnson Gym. "Last year, nobody felt we'd go all the way; it just happened that we clicked at the right time," Rice said "This year, we were missing two people from that team one setter and one spiker but I thought we could be as good as last year." And for the most part, the Broncos have been. They started the season with four wins before losing to Class power York. Two more wins followed before By Curt McKeever Centennial and the state volleyball tournament go together like poltergeists go with haunted houses. As Drew Barrymore would say, "They're re!" After a minor mid-season slump, the two-time defending Class C-l champions have rebounded and Friday will take the next step in trying to become the second team to win three consecutive championship trophies.

"We really seem like we have a mid-season slump Just about every year," Coach Phyllis Rice said of her Broncos, "hut these last two weeks the kids have come around and started playing better." Centennial earned its spot in the state tournament by defeating Sandy Creek 15 6, 15-8 in the CM district final Friday at York. If the Broncos go all the way, they'd they suffered the first of two losses to Class C-2 No. 3 Lincoln Christian. Centennial also lost to Raymond Central, but since losing to Christian in the finals of the Centennial Invitational the Broncos have won seven straight "I think the fact that these kids don't want the (championship) streak to end probably helps motivate them, but it does put additional pressure on them," Rice said "They've had more pressure on them this year than any other year. I just hope they can continue to play well." Centennial will be joined by three other defending champions in this year's tournament Top-seeded Lincoln East (Class A), Oshkosh (Class C-2) and Lewiston (Class D-l) return to defend their titles, but Class and Class D-2 will crown new state champions.

Class defending See VOLLEYBALL on page 1 0E By Curt McKeever HASTINGS Hastings College football Coach Wendell Maupin had to be nearly passed out after Saturday afternoon's game against Nebraska Wesley-an. Passed out from four Scott Cooper touchdown tosses to Tim Beebe that lifted the Plainsmen to a 26-7 season-ending victory and their first outright Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. In the process of hauling in TD passes of 10, 33, 61 and 45 yards, Beebe broke three school records in his final game in a NWU uniform: Most career touchdown receptions: 23, surpassing the previous record of 20 held by receivers Coach Greg Petersoa Most touchdowns receiving in a season: 13, breaking the old mark of 11 held by Peterson. Bumper bowling is helping little Lincolnites to knock down some pins. Dave Poqle.

Page 9E. Yutan has used Its defensive strength to advance to the quarterfinals of the state football playoffs. Page ioe. Nebraska's nine-day rifle deer season opened Saturday with mixed results reported. Page 1F.

TImBMb sconcooper, And most touchdowns receiving In one game. That No. 10 (Hastings' Del Richmond) is the best cornerback I've faced this year, but it's kind of hard to play man-to-man all across the field" Beebe See WESLEY AN on page 3E.