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Tiger defensive end knows what's coming from Comhuskers Cornhusker opponent Xr Rill 5 By Ken Hambleton Steve Vandegrift expects nothing new, nothing more and nothing different from Nebraska. The problem is, when Nebraska does what is expected, it wins. "I don't think they've changed a thing in the four years I've seen them play," said Vandegrift, a four-year defensive starter at Missouri. "They run at They hit you hard. They don't try to hide anything you.

"It's like they say, 'Here's what we do. Can you stop And not many people do," he said. "We have at times over the years, but we haven't beaten them in a long time." NU has won the last nine games with Missouri Vandegrift, a senior from Grandview, has seen the Cornhusker offense from a different perspective than most players. His freshman and sophomore years, he played outside linebacker for the Tigers. Last season, he moved to de-' fensive end.

He earned honorable mention status in his first year at the position for his 62 tackles and impressive passrush. At 6-foot-5, 277 pounoX Vandegrift, who was recruited by Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, is tough on any quarterback. He has three sacks, two passes broken up and a fumble recovery this year for the Tigers. He is one of the keys to Missouri's status as third best against the rush in the Big Eight. "We should be a good defense.

We should be a whole lot better," Vandegrift said. "We've got almost everybody back from last year, and we didn't play all that bad last year." But total defense has been almost a disaster for Missouri this The Tigers were looking to challenge for a top three spot in the Big Eight this season. Yet they sit with a 1-2 conference record and a 2-4-1 record overall. The primary reason for the dismal season has been pass defense, Vandegrift said. Missouri is 98th in the country in pass defense and 66th in total defense.

"We play well for a while and then have a series of mistakes. Blown coverages, missed assignments we Just seem to lose concentration as a defense," Vandegrift said. "I don't know what tan get us over this problem. We've tried a lot of things. We played a solid first half against Oklahoma State last week.

Mistakes were down. Then, we lost concentration and they got us." Oklahoma State flew from a 15-7 half-time lead to a 49-21 victory over Missouri. "There were some good things about that game last week," said Vandegrift, who played with a cast on his right hand to protect some broken fingers. "I feel like I can play better because I have a different cast now. I can use both hands, and that's important for a defensive lineman." Another boost should come as a result of a team meeting last week.

There was a change in attitude that should help in Journol'Star library Missouri defensive end Steve Vandegrift (right) closes in on Nebraska quarterback Steve Taylor (9) during last year's 42-7 Cornhusker win at Columbia, Mo. doesn't look good right now. But we've got the right "There's been a lot of changes for the better since I first came here. We've got a great weight program and much better academic support program and good people in the football program. i "A good game against Nebraska would give us a good feeling, too." Coach Woody Widenhofer, Vandegrift said there was strong support for the four-year coach from the team.

"For us older players and for the younger players, too, we feel he's here to stay," he said. "The record speaks for itself. It's been disappointing. When I came here, I had dreams of four bowl games and we haven't gotten any. It the future, he said.

"We had too many attitudes of what can I do to change this season, rather than what can we do as a team to make us the best team. We want to win, we want to play better and the only way to do that is as a team, not individually," said Vandegrift. As for questions, about the future of Few thrills 1 this week for Top 20 By Herschel Nlsseiison Anodated Pm If you. like spine-tingling games that aren't decided until the last minute former New York Mets Manager Wes Westrum called them "cliff-dwellers" this may not be your week. You have to go all the way down to ninth-ranked Auburn to find a Top Twenty team that is favored by less than two touchdowns.

Clemson and South Carolina are the only other teams i in The Associated Press rankings that -are single-digit favorites. The main reason, of course, is that there isn't a single game between Top Twenty teams this weekend. But watch out for those Halloween hobgoblins. They may sneak up on Like seventh-ranked West Virginia, for example. The Mountaineers' 7-0 record is their best since 1955.

Since then, they are 1-30-1 against Penn State and 8-44-2 in the series, including being shut out 13 times. Despite its lack of success in the series, West Virginia is a 13-point favorite. Halloween Upset Special, Penn State 24-21. Washington State at No. 1 UCLA (favored by 21): The top two passers in the country go head-to-head and surprise! Timm Rosenbach is rated No.

1, not Troy Aikman. But Aikman has repeatedly said he would rather see his team be No. 1. UCLA 49-21. No.

2 Notre Dame (by 34) at Navy: Army was smart enough to drop the Irish; when will Navy learn? Notre Dame 49-7. No. 3 Southern California (by 16) at Oregon State: The last time the Trojans lost in Corvallis (1967) they also won the national title. History may repeat, but -not in Corvallis. Southern Cal 3S-2L No.

4 Miami, Fla. (by 31) at East Carolina: Miami is coasting until it visits LSU on Nov. 19. Miami 56-14. Missouri at No.

5 Nebraska (by 37): The Comhuskers have been on a roll since UCLA blew them away. They have -a five-game winning streak, the closest a 63-42 victory over Oklahoma State in which they led 35-0 after one period. Ne- braska 42-14. Kansas at No. 8 Oklahoma (by 58): Believe it or not, 0-7 Kansas is probably looking past the Sooners to next week's game with Kansas State, which may be its only chance for a victory this year.

Oklahoma 45-7. No. Auburn (by 7) at Florida: Tigers are 0-7 in Gainesville since 1972, but the Gators may be too banged up to' continue that streak. Auburn 17-7. No.

10 Wyoming (by 17) at Colorado State: The Cowboys have scored 171 points in their last three games, but this could be a close game. Wyoming 31-21. Rice at No. 11 Arkansas (by 22): Ar-. kansas is 7-0 and within range of its first Cotton Bowl trip since 1975.

Arkansas 38-10. No. 12 Oklahoma State (by 38) at Kansas State: Even if the Cowboys are looking ahead to Oklahoma, they shouldn't have too much trouble with winless K-State. Oklahoma State 45-14 Elsewhere: No. 13 LSU (by 11) 34, Mississippi 17; No.

14 Michigan (by 28) 49, Northwestern No. 15 Clemson (by 8) 24, Wake Forest 14; No. 17 South Caro Una (by 3) 24, North Carolina State 17; No. 18 Georgia (no line) 52, William Mary Mississippi State 17, No. 19 Alabama (by 12) 14; No.

20 Oregon (by 12) 31, Arizona State 17. Nebraska roster Nebraska review, preview Texas (4-3) UNLV(3-3) Missouri (24-1) 3 at Baylor 27 35 Utah State 21 10 Fullerton State 20 7 Houston 31 76 Ohio University 18 28 Indiana .28 8 at Nebraska 46 0 at Miami, Flo. 55 30 at Pacific 16 52 at Kansos State 21 28 New Mexico State 20 3 Iowa State 21 Oct. 29 Tulsa 21 at Oklahoma State 49 Nov. 5 at Utah State Oct.

29 at Nebraska Nov. 12 Fresno State Nov. 5 Colorado Nov. 19 San Jose State Nov. 12 Oklahoma Nov.

26 at Long Beach State Nov. 19 ot Kansos Kansas (0-7) Iowa State (4-3) 14 Baylor 27 30 Tulane 13 7 at Auburn 56 0 Baylor 21 at California 52 3 at Iowa 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 14 Oct. 29 at Oklahoma Oct. 29 at Colorado Nov. 5 Kansas Stole Nov.

5 Nebraska Nov. 12 at Oklahoma State Nov. 12 at Kansas State Nov. 19 Missouri Nov. 19 Oklahoma State 47 LeRov Etienne 48 Scott Beckler 49 Chris Collendo 51 Brad Ferguson 52 Roger Fltzke 53 MarkAntoniettl 54 Chris O'Gara 55 Randall Jobman 56 Joe Sims 57 Kenny Walker 5B David Edeal 59 Jeff Anderson 61 Dan Lohmeier 62 Bob Sledge 63 Brian Edgren 64 John Roschai 65 Andy Keeler 66 Jim Wanek 66 Kurt Skradis 67 Rob Leuck 68 Jake Young 69 Bill Bobbora 70 Doug Glaser 72 Brad Rother 73 Steve Engstrom 74 Mike Murray 75 RayValladao 76 John Nelson 77 Terry Eyman 78 Tom Punt 80 Chris Garrett 81 Kurt Broer 82 Chip Bone 83 Tim McCov 84 Willie Griffin 85 Monte Kratzensteln 86 Joe Spitzenberger 86 Lance Bobolz 87 DonSvehla 88 MikeCroel 89 Broderick Thomas 90 Le Andre Anderson 91 Kent Wells 92 Cory Hedrick 93 Jon Marco 94 Corey Grobe 95 Paul Brungardt 96 Lawrence Pete 97 Pot Engelbert 98 Joe D'Alesio 99 KevlnMiller 14 Nebraska 23 0 at Louisiana State 27 15 at Oklahoma State 52 50 Texas Tech 15 30 at Houston 1 28 Baylor 14 24 Rice 10 Nov.

5 Louisiana Tech Nov. 12 at Arkansas Nov. Texas Christian Nov. 24 at Texas Dee. 3 Alabama Utah State (2-5) 13 at Nebraska 63 21 at Missouri 35 "32 New Mexico State 20 3 at Brigham Young 38 31 Lonq Beach State 24 10 at Fresno State 51 31 at San Jose State 36 Oct.

29 Pacific Nov. 5 Nevada-Las Vegas Nov. 12 Utah Nov. 19 at Fullerton State UCLA (7-0) 59 San Diego State 6 41 Nebraska 28 56 Long Beach State 3 24 at Washington 17 38 Oregon State 21 38 at California 21 24 at Arizona 3 Oct. 29 Washington State Nov.

5 ar Oregon Nov. 12 Stanford Nov. 19 Southern Cal Arizona St. (4-3) 21 Illinois 16 28 Colorado State 17 16 at Nebraska 47 24 Lamar 13 0 Washington 10 3 at Stanford 24 31 at Washington State 28 Oct. 29 at Oregon Nov.

5 Oregon State Nov. 12 Southern Cal" Nov. 26 at Arizona Oklahoma St. (5-1) Colorado (5-2) LB 6-1 230 Sr. 64 185 Jr.

LB 6-3 240 Jr. LB 6-1 215 Jr. 64 225 Jr. OG 6-2 265 Sr. 6-5 245 Jr.

LB 6-3 230 Jr. DT 6-4 265 So. LB 6-4 230 So. 6-3 255 So. 6-4 270 Jr.

OG 6-3 245 Fr. OT 6-2 270, Sr. MG 6-1 260 So. OG 6-3 260 Jr. OG 6-3 265 Sr.

MG 6-0 240 So. DT 6-3 260 Sr. LB 6-0 245 jr. 6-5 260 Jr. OG 6-3 260 Jr.

OT 6-7 295 Jr. OT 6-3 240 Jr. OT 6-3 285 So. MG 5-10 240 Jr. DT 6-3 255 Jr.

OG 6-1 260 Jr. OT 6-6 265 So. OT 6-8 270 So. TE 6-3 225 Fr. OLB 6-1 220 Sr.

SE 5-10 175 Jr. SE 6-1 170 Jr. DT 6-3 275 Sr. TE 6-4 225 Jr. OLB 6-1 215 So.

SE 5-10 175 So: OLB 64 215 So. OLB 6-3 215 So. OLB 6-3 235 Sr. DT 6-5 250 So. DT 6-5 285 Jr.

OLB 6-2 210 So. OLB 6-1 220 Sr. TE 6-4 225 Sr. DT 6-7 255 So. MG 6-1 270 Jr.

MG 6-2 235 So. DT 6-6 235 Jr. MG 6-3 230 Jr. DT 6-4 263 Jr. OT 6-3 237 Fr.

OT 6-6 273 So. OG 6-2 262 So. DE 6-2 233 Sr. 64 240 So. TE 6-7 237 So.

TE 6-4 237 So. DT 6-2 280 Jr. DE" 6-2 240 Jr. DE 6-2 260 So. DE.

6-1 273 Jr. 3 21 21 23 41 9 17 Miami, Ohio Texas Tulsa at Colorado at Nebraska Missouri at Kansas State Oklahoma Kansas ot Iowa State Texas Tech 45 24 28 27 21 21 14 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov.

19 Fresno State at Iowa Oregon State at Colorado State Oklahoma State at Kansas Oklahoma Iowa State at Missouri at Nebraska -Kansas State Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Dec.

4 No Nome 1 Pos Ht Wt Yr 1 Ray Coleman IB 5-7 ,180 Sr. 2 Mickey Joseph QB 5-10 170 Fr. 3 Leodis Flowers IB 5-11 195 Fr. 4 Tim Jackson 60 190 Sr. 4 George Achola IB 5-10 190 So.

5 Tahaun Lewis CB 5-11 170 So. 6 Brad Devall WB 5-9 170 So. 7 Tom Janky P-K 5-11 180 So. 7JimDobesh SS 6-1 185 So. 8 Lorenzo Hicks CB 6-0 195 Sr.

9 Steve Taylor QB 6-0 205 Sr. 10 Charles Fryar CB 5-10 175 Sr. 11 Robert Hicks CB 5-10 175 So. 12 Jerry Dunlap QB 5-11 190 So. 13 Junior Monarrez MG 6-1 270 Jr.

14 Gerry Gdowski QB 6-1 195 Jr. 15 Wendell Wooten 6-1 205 Sr. 15 Bob Hoover 5-11 190 Fr. 16 Chris Drennan S-9 180 Jr. 17 Reggie Cooper SS 6-3 200 So.

18 Lance Lewis FB 6-0 200 Fr. 19 Morgan Gregory SE 64 185 Jr. 20 Terry Rodgers IB 5-7 170 So. 21 Richard Bell WB 64 195 Jr. 22 Nate Turner SE 4-1 220 Fr.

22 Bill Settles CB 64 170 Jr 23 MarkBlazek' 6-2 200 Sr. 24 Brian Harchelrood FB 6-2 205 Jr. 25 Sam Schmidt FB 6-1 230 Jr. 26 Marvin Sanders CB 64' 185 Jr. 27 Cartier Walker CB 5-10 175 Sr.

28 John Custard CB 5-9 165 Sr. 29 Bryan Carpenter FB 5-10 200 31 Jamie Worden WB 5-10 175 Sr. 31 Steve Carmer 6-1 190 Fr. 32 Ken Clark IB 5-9 200 Jr. 33 Dana Brlnson i WB 5-9 170 Sr.

34 TyreeseKnox IB 5-10 215 Sr. 35 Brian Miller LB 64 200 Sr. 36 Barry Kitreil FB 5-10 215 Sr. 37 Peter Buchanan LB 64 225 Sr. 38 Bruce Pickens CB 5-11 185 Jr.

39 Mark Hagge LB 5-11 230 Jr. 40 PotTyrance LB 6-2 230 So. 41 Scott Vampolo SS 5-11 185 42 Jeff Mills OLB 6-3 220 Jr. 43 ToddMilllkan TE 6-3 235 Sr. 44 Greg Barrios 5 8 180 So.

44 Scott Baldwin IB 6-1 185 Fr. 45 JonCrippen CB 510 165 So. 46 John Kroektr 5-11 175 Sr. Missoui No Name Pos Ht wt Yr 2 Adrian Jones CB 64 183 Jr. 3 Jeff Jocke 64 190 Fr.

4 Jesse Holmes CB 5-10 178 Sr. 6 RonnleComeron SE 6-1 207 Sr. 7 Craig Lammers SE 5-9 163 Sr. 9 JohnStollenwerck QB 64 200 Jr. 11 Darrell Bryant 6-1 200 Jr.

12 Charles Murphy 6-1 198 Jr. 13 Corey Welch QB 6-2 192 Fr, 14 Ted LePage 5-11 193 Jr. 16 Mike Logan LB 6-4 215 So. 17 Brad Fitzmouriee QB 64 182 Fr. 18 Sharron Washington 64 185 Fr.

19 Terry Boykin HB 5-10 180 Fr. 21 Harry Colon 64 196 So. 22 Cordell McKlnnev 5-10 197 Jr, 23 Pat Ray CB 5-10 179 Sr. 25 Chris Holl FB 5-10 200 Fr. 27 Sean Moore HB 5-10 194 So.

30 Ron Walters LB 6-3 242 So. 31 Tommie Stowers FB 6-3 216 Jr, 32 Smiley Elmore HB 5-9 202 Jr. 34 Kenny King CB 64 187 Sr. 35 JlmmleMlchalskl 6-1 184 So. 36 Otis Smith 5-11 180 Jr.

38 Brian Reeves LB 6-2 208 Jr. 39 Jim White HB 5-11 203 Jr. 40 Michael Jones HB 6-2 202 So. 48 Chad Mueller FB 64 232 Jr. 49 A.J.

Miller LB 6-1 241 Jr. 50 Curtis Wilson 6-3 273 Sr. 51 Pete Scott OG 6-4 285 Jr. 54 Brad Walters-" 6-3 245 Fr. 55 Darren MacDonald LB 6-1 193 Sr.

58 Darryl Darling DT 6-2 282 Sr. 59 Brad May LB 6-2 237 Sr. 62 David Washington OG 6-2 277 Jr. 63 Jay Greenwood OG 6-4 284 Jr. 64 Andy Lock OT 6-3 268 Jr.

65 Chris Russell DT 6-0 241 So. 71 Steve Vandegrift DE 6-5 277 Sr. 72 Harold Anderson DT 6-2 280 Jr. 73 Corl Box OT 6-5 275 Sr. Kansas St.

(0-7) Oklahoma (6-1) 35 45 20 31 52 70 48 10 16 28 21 24 3 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 at Tulsa Iowa -11 at Tulane Louisiana Tech Missouri at Oklahoma Nebraska Oklahoma State ot Kansas Iowa State at Colorado 28 at North Carolina 0 28 Arizona 10 7 at Southern Cal 23 35 Iowa State 7 28 Texas 13 70 Kansas State 24 17 at Colorado 14 Oct.

29 Kansas Nov. 5 ot Oklahoma State Nov. 1Z at Missouri 1 Nov. 19 Nebraska 75 Kevin White 76 Don Wright 78 Rick Trumbull 79 Miles Leismon 81 Ben Corl 83 Jim Weir 86 Larry Llnthacum 89 Tim Bruton 91 Meredith Johnson 93 Ted Monachino 94 Jeff Harper 98 Lee Johnson Ham hocks.college picks in wm PLAY THE GAME ATTHE SARATOGA! OPEN EVERY SUNDAY Test your skill at quarterback. Call the plays for college and pro games on our new TV interactive game QB1.

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Hambleton (Picks in boldface) Missouri at Nebraska (-17) Once a top rivalry when Missouri won 7 of 12 games from 1967 to 1978, but the Tigers haven't won In this series since.The Tigers have come close to being respectable but seem to manage to avoid a lump to the top four in the conference. Nebraska should be ready and confident. Iowa State at Colorado (-7) Colorado, by many accounts, should have beaten Oklahoma. But the Buffs have a tendency to let down the week after a disappointing loss, and this will be no different. Iowa State continues with a no-huddle offense led bv quarterback-Bret Oberg, who may be making the Cyclones better than expected.

No upset here but a closer game than the Vegas 1 line says. Oklahoma State (-40) at Kansas State This will give the Cowboys a chance to score 100 In a game. If K-State couldn't stop Ken Clark, lust think what Barry Sanders will do against them. If K-State could run an offense with any kind of consistency, It wouldn't be so bad. But it won't happen, life isn't fair, and OSU will cream the Wildcats.

Kansas at Oklahoma (-45) Another one of those great games to remember here. Kansas actually beat Oklahoma In 1984, but it will be 2084 before that happens again. OU got by Colorado on a prayer, but the only thing coming out of the OU-KU game will be a pew of a different kind. Ham's Hocks are 27-17 against his spread his year and 37-7 in picking the winners. Last week, the Hocks were 2-2 against the spread for the second straight week when Nebraska failed to cover a 55-point spread with Kansas State, and Oklahoma barely cut off Colo-, rado by three points.

Thank goodness for Ok lahoma State and Iowa State. Sports Report Top 25 8:00 P.M. $rn7(iffj SstJigfrttmi Harrah's college odds I TICKBT8S AP Top Twenty 1 1 Arkansas 22 over Rice 12. Oklahoma State 38 over Kansas State 13. LSU 11 over Mississippi 14.

Michigan 29 over Northwestern 15. Clemson 8 over Wake Forest 16. Syracuse Is Idle 17. South Carolina 3 over North Carolina State 1 18. Georgia vs William Mary, no line 19.

Alabama 12 over Mississippi State 20. Oregon 12 over Arizona State 1. UCLA 21 over Washington State 2. Notre Dame 34 over Navy 3. Southern Cal 16 over Oregon State 4.

Miami, Fla. 31 over East Carolina 5. Nebraska 37 over Missouri 6. Florida State Is Idle 7. West.

Virginia 13 over Penn Stale 8. Oklahoma 50 over Konsas 9. Auburn 7 over Florida 10. Wyoming 17 over Colorado State mm rFl 2301 Hwy.2 Team (record) Rating Pvs. 1.

Southern Col (6-0) .954 1 2. Notre Dome (7-0) .953 3 3. UCLA (7-0) .947 4 4. W.VIrginlo(7-0) .943 3 5. Wyoming (8-0) .895 5 6.

Arkansas (6-0) .894 6 7. Miami, Fla. (5-1) .880 7 8. Auburn (6-1) .880 9 9. N.Carolina St.

(6-1) .878 12 10. Florida State (7-1) .878 10 11.0klahomo(6-l) 11 12. Brigham Young (6-1) .841 13. Clemson (5-2) .837 8 14. Nebraska (7-1) .836 15 15.

Oregon (6-1) .823 16 16. Alabama (5-1) .820 21 17. Michigan (4-2-1) .819 18. Syracuse (6-1) .814 -18 J9. Louisiana St.

(4-2) .805 17 20. Oklahoma St. (5-1) .792 23 21. South Carolina (6-1) .789 20 22. Indiana (5-1-1) .753 13 23.

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