Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 19

I FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1988 LINCOLN. NE. JOURNAL 19 iTrae Grin! Huskers'Big Jake likes to be in middle of action 1 I if 'V- SM 5 By Mike Babcock Journal SportiWritw Jake Young suffered a.hyper-extended 'elbow during last Saturday's Nebraska-Kansas State football game. 1, Because of the injury, Nebraska's junior center went to the sideline.

i For one play. Then he went back. I "Jake just flat doesn't want to come said Milt Tenopir, the Comhuskers' 'offensive line coach. You cant keep a good man down. Sometimes, of course, it takes Young a little longer to get up.

I During last season's 42-7 victory over Missouri, for example, he suffered a knee sprain on the final play of the first half and couldnt come back. Mention of Missouri, Nebraska's opponent Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, brings a rueful smile to Young's face. "I remember the Missouri game (last year)," he says. "I got hurt in it So that's one thing that sticks out in my mind." Young seems to remember only the injuries and the mistakes. Any of the good stuff has to come from someone else.

Tenopir, for example, who never tires of talking about Young. "Jake's the best overall center we've ever had or played against, by far," Tenopir said earlier this week. "It probably sounds like a lot of rhetoric, but we've not had one like Jake as far as his inner workings." Inner workings? That means Young works hard, that he's intense. "Jake's the only kid Coach (Tom) Osborne and I have ever had to tell to slow down in practice or he wont have anything left for the game," said Tenopir. "He goes 100 mph all the time.

"As for his work habits, you'd like to have them an like Jake. But if you did, everybody would be hurt, and you'd never be able to practice." Tenopir places Young in the same category as former Cornhusker Ail-American centers Dave Rimington, Bill Lewis and Mark Traynowicz. Rimington, who also won a Lombardi Award and two Outland Trophies, is the standard against whom most Nebraska centers are measured. Young isn't the same type of center, but he measures up very well, according to Tenopir. Young doesnt have Rimington's against Texas AIM and Utah State, after Young strained a knee, "It was frustrating for me at the beginning (of the season)," said Young.

"But I've had the support of the people I play with. They're all really good players, and they told me, 'Dont worry about it Just get 7' Young accepts no credit for his determination to play in spite of injuries like the hyper-extended elbow. "Look at Ken Clark. He sprained his ankle and played (against Kansas State). Bob (Sledge) played the whole UNLV game with a bad It's just something you have to do." 1 Whenever you talk to Young about himself, the conversation always ends up being about his teammates.

Any recognition he receives wont be because he encouraged it Young, Academic All-District and ond-team AU-Big Eight last season, deserves serious All-America consideration, according to Tenopir. Such talk probably makes Young, ever the perfectionist uneasy. But that's the way it is, Tenopir said. "Jake's a classic." Complete rosters in Extra Point section. Page.

22, 23. strength, "but as far as the finesse things, the intricate stuff we do, getting the job done inside," he's just as good, and probably better, Tenopir said. "Jake's the best" Unless you ask Young. "Personally, I dont know how I'm playing right now," he said. "But overall, I think the line's playing very well And I hope we continue to do so." I-back Ken Clark's back-to-back, 200-yard rushing performances would seem to indicate the Cornhusker offensive line is doing something reasonably welL "I would say so," said Young.

"John, Andy, Bob and Doug are playing extremely well right now." John, Andy, Bob and Doug aren't a 1960s singing group. Rather, they are Nelson, Keeler, Sledge and Glaser, respectively, the other starters in the interior of the offensive line, Jeff Anderson, the back-up center, belongs in that group, too, Young said. Anderson stepped in and started Omaha station to show NU-ISU same NEIRASKA 17-11 105. NO. Player HI.

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IBLHB 3f FB 31 WBRHB40 3 If5 Jr. 1M Jr. 1 By Mike Babcock Journal Sports Writer The Nebraska-Iowa State football game Nov. 5 at Ames, Iowa, will be televised by Sports Video Productions of Omaha, Don Bryant. Nebraska's assistant athletic director and sports information director, announcedThursday.

The telecast will be carried only by KMTV (Omaha Channel 3), Bryant said. Under terms of the television contract between the College Football Association and CBS, "it can only be a one-market telecast," Bryant said. Sports Video Productions could only televise the game at its regularly scheduled time kickoff is 10 minutes later, at 1:10 p.m. if CBS granted an exemption, according to Bryant "This is the only way we could do it and reach the to help us that much." The Comhuskers had a week off before last season's 17-7 loss to Oklahoma. Moving the Oklahoma game back would have extended an already long season, "particularly with the Kickoff Classic," Osborne said.

Given the early August start to prepare for the Aug. 27 Kickoff Classic, playing the Sooners on Nov. 19 makes the season "long enough," Osborne said. His immediate concern is Missouri, which visits Memorial Stadium for a 1:30 p.m. game Saturday.

The Comhuskers appear to be in reasonably good physical shape. "The injury thing is looking a little better than it has the last couple of weeks," Osborne said. Freshman Lance Lewis, the second-string fullback, is suffering from tonsilli- most people possible," he said. Bryant said he wasn't certain how much money Nebraska would make from the telecast Because of the one-market restriction, though, the money apparently would only be divided between Nebraska and Iowa State, and not the oUttr Big Eight schools. Cornhusker Coach Tom Osborne said having the Iowa State game on television was "all right," even though it "won't reach a real wide audience." Osborne also said rumors that the Nebraska-Oklahoma game at Norman, Okla, would be moved from Nov.

IS to Thanksgiving Day were unfounded. Earlier, "there was some talk about moving it (back) a week," he said. "But we turned it down. "The open date last year didn't seem' DEFENSE 250 Sr. OLBLE 71 275 Sr.

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1 middle guard, wasnt included on the travel roster for last week's game with Kansas State because of it Osborne was optimistic that Lewis could play Saturday. If Lewis were unable to play, Tyreese Knox would be the top backup at both I-back, behind Ken Clark, and fullback, behind Bryan Carpenter. Andy Keeler, the starting offensive left guard, was held out of Thursday's practice because of a sore ankle. However, Osborne said, "he thinks hell be able to play Saturday." Title IX complaint; probed Officials at the University of Nebraska have confirmed that representatives of the Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Depart 175 Sr.

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Norris uses a lot of tricks, but Pius ends up with treat JL with a 17-yard TD run on the first play of the fourth quarter. Pius' next touchdown came just over three minutes later on the heels of Norris' first turnover. Norris quarterback Lee Thurber was hit just before throwing the ban. The 'Bolts' Lee Hunsaker picked the fumble out of the air and returned it 7 yards to the Norris 30-yard line, Six plays later, senior halfback An-; drew Heath scored from the 2 to trim i Norris' lead to 21-19. Heath then scored the winning TD with a 17-yard run with i 3:07 left in the game.

In the huddle during the fourth quar-: ter, "we just kept saying, 'we're com- tag back, we're coming said i Heath, who had 95 yards on 16 tries. I "The line just started blowing people off the line." 1 BUI Ryan, the other halfback, led See PIUS on page 20 High school football playoff field almost complete. Page 20. "I was frustrated because we'd done everything wrong imaginable and Norris was doing everything right," Aylward said. But Pius never strayed from its run-oriented attack, which finished with 315 yards on the ground.

The 'Bolts, picked up 103 yards rushing in the final period on consecutive scoring marches of 52, 30 and 64. i. "I just feel that's our strength and that there was a lot of time left to come back," Aylward said. "There was no sense trying something else. We didn't quit We kept coming back, coming back." Fullback John Barrett who had 99 yards on 10 carries, pulled Pius' to 21-13 By Ron Powell Journal Sport Writer It was cold enough to freeze an ice cube Thursday night at Aldrich Field.

But with his team trailing Norris 21-7 late in the third period, Pius football Coach Tim Aylward was hot "You could've fried an egg on my forehead, I was so angry," he said. Not long after that the Pius wishbone offense warmed to. the task. The ninth-ranked scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to take a 25-21 win and clinch their spot in the Class playoffs set to begin next Wednesday. Although 7-2 Pius had a lot riding on the outcome, Norris, which ended the season 5-6, had nothing to lose, so the Titans mixed in a few, trick plays.

Quite a few, in fart, and they were damaging to the Thunderbolts. In passing for 243 yards, Norris had five players attempt passes and six make receptions. Titan Chad Gustin, for example, threw six end-around passes and completed five. A 46-yarder to tight end Sean Doolittle set up a Win Raftery 25-yard field goal that gave Norris a 9-0 lead in the first quarter. Later, the left-handed Gustin threw a 13-yard reverse pass to Doolittle for a late second-quarter touchdown and a 15-7 Titan halftime lead.

That TD was set up when Matt Weber threw a 28- yard pass for a first down to Gustin on a fake punt "We were going to throw everything we had at them, because we have a lot of kids who can catch and throw the ban, and we had nothing to lose," Norris Coach Ray Henning said. The trickery, combined with three Pius fumbles in the first half and a 69-yard, 16-play drive (including six pass completions) by Norris to open the second half gave the Titans their two-touchdown advantage. ment oi ftaucauon, nave oeen on campus in recent weeks to investigate a Title IX complaint against the institution. The complaint centers on comparable dining faculties for athletes. It alleges that male athletes are fed in the more contemporary Hewit Center, located in the west side of Memorial -Stadium, while woman athletes have their training facilities in the Harper-Schramm-Smith Residence Complex, located near the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Recent on-campus interviews were -conducted with members of the NU Athletic Department as a result of the complaint said Martin Bradley Munn, the university's affirmative action-equal opportunity-Title IX compliance officer. Munn said he understands the complaint was filed about three years ago during a time when the federal govern-' ment had no jurisdiction over programs not receiving direct federal funding. The case, in essence, has been reopened by the OCR, Munn said. "It is a result of Congressional action this spring which mandated that any program or offering by a federal contractor is subject to compliance with the various components of civil rights legislation," he said. Munn said this is the first on-site investigation regarding Title IX prompted by a formal charge to the OCR.

He said there have been several routine compliance reviews during the past decade. Each time, he said, the university has "fared extremely wen." None of the previous reviews resulted from discrimination charges, Munn added. Munn stressed that the Investigation Lincoln High I-back gets in the last word a 4 1 i :7 jfart of second place in the city with East and Northeast Smith finished with a game-high 126 yards rushing on 31 carries, giving him 1,089 yards for the season. "They (the Spartans) were talking on the field the whole pme," Smith said. "But I didnt let it bother me.

It's really nothing new. They were telling me that I wasnt tough, but I dont have anything against them, "That's what they try to do. They try to intimidate you." Smith said any talking done by the Spartans wouldn't have prevented the By Mark Derowitsch Journal Sports writer For Lincoln High I-back Shawn Smith, a win against Lincoln East on Thursday night meant more than a tie for second place in the city team race. Smith said the Links' win should quiet critics who keep saying he's not a durable running back. Smith silenced his critics, at least those from East when he scored on a 2-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down play with 1:03 left in the game, giving the Links a 15-13 win over the Spartans at Seacrest Field.

The win raised Lincoln High's record to 4-5, giving the Links a share HARALO DREIMANISUNCOLN JOURNAL Lincoln East's Kurk Bardsley brings down Lincoln High's Shawn See LINKS on page 20 Smith during the fourth quarter of Thursday night game. See TITLE IX on page 21 NIPs Osborng, Nee gciM favo litwi Journal By Dave Poole Journal Sport Writer University of Ne- approve of the way NU head footban coach Osborne is handling his job. Only 6 braska fans occa his staffs hat, not just his. "Our staffs been working every way possible" to make a positive impression throughout the he said. "I've Osborne, Nee approval polls (Total of 451 rtspandents) Do you approve or disapprove of the Do you approve or disapprove of the way Nebraska head football coach way Nebraska head basketball coach Tom Osborne is doing his Job? Danny Nee is doing his job? Approve Disapprove Dont know Approve Disapprove Dent know 86 6 9 67 3 30 (386) i (25) (39) (303) (13) (134) sionally enjoy second-guessing coaches Tom Os- borne and Danny i 6 Nee, especiauy surrounded myself with a staff that is and bounds since a pon taken less than two months after his March 1986 hiring showed that 70 percent of Nebraskans surveyed could not the school's new basketban coach.

Nee said the number of uncertain responses in the most recent poll stiU doesnt bother him. "I understand that," he said. "That's three years against (Osborne's) 15 years. Maybe in five years we can improve on that" Nee, who is quite aware that he's trying to build a top-level basketball pro-gram at a football-crazed school, said he was encouraged by the poll's results. Both Osborne and Nee gained overwhelming approval from every demographic group.

Nee said the figures were a feather In percent said they dis approved, with 9 percent saying they were uncertain. Although a number of respondents (134 of the 450, or 30 percent) said they were uncertain about third-year head basketball coach Nee's performance at NU, almost an of those who had an opinion were quite pleased with him. The approval-disapproval ratio was 67 percent to 3 percent Osborne's standing may or may not have been affected by the fact that National 'Research a Lincoln-based marketing research firm, conducted the pon Oct 16-18 immediately after Ne- ti after losses. L-J But when It Tom Osbom comes to overaU job performance, a recent poll indicates that a lot of people think the two NU coaches are doing a lot of things right A whopping 86 percent of the 450 Ne-braskans surveyed in a statewide telephone poll conducted for the Lincoln Journal and Tbe'Lincola Star said they very good about the way it does things Danny Net in the public eye." Nee said he might even be able to put the poll to good use. "We've got a bunch of recruits coming in this weekend.

Well try to make sure they read that," he said with a chuckle, its maximum error range of plus or minus 4.6 percent if compared to the earlier pon. The confidence level of the latest poU was 95 percent meaning that if the survey "were repeated 100 times the results would be within the maximum error range 95 times. Nee's popularity has grown by leaps braska's 6M2 victory over highly ranked Oklahoma State. Osborne's popularity has remained almost steady since November of 1985, when he was the subject of a similar poE His approval-disapproval ratio then was 89-to-2 percent" The 1988 poll's approval-disapproval ratio of 86-to-6 percent would, fall within.