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5C The Miami Herald Sunday Jan 2 1983 know Maybe it was a lack of concentration It just seemed that everything that could go wrong did the first time made that many mistakes We made some in our last game at Hawaii but they capitalize on them like LSU did has a helluva team They compare to Penn State which handed the Com-huskers their only loss 27-24) Maybe better We had to play the whole game we Fryar allow the Tigers a chance to relax either He caught a 28-yard pass for a first down at the LSU four in the touch By JIM MARTZ Herald Sports Writer Sometimes it takes four weeks for Nebraska to fumble four times and suffer two interceptions It took only four quarters Saturday night in the Orange Bowl game against LSU makes mistakes Cornhusker I-back Mike Rozier said after the game why we The turnovers four of them in the first half set up first two touchdowns and both field goals But the Corn down drive that gave the Comhuskers a 21-17 lead early in the fourth quarter Moments later he had a 42-yard punt return to the Tiger 25 But Nebraska failed to capitalize when Tim Brungardt dropped pass on a fake field goal try that probably would have produced a touchdown made every imaginable said center Dave Rimington the Lombardi and Outland trophy winner whose No 50 jersey will be retired now that his college career has ended fake punt just misses by inches and the fake field goal just misses We were going for it all the way We were trying to win impressively I huskers overcame themselves and the Tigers for a 21-20 victory None of the Nebraska players seemed to doubt that come back from a 17-7 deficit midway through the third quarter knew what we had to said wingback Irving Fryar who fumbled a punt return at his own 45 before second TD He also was the victim of an errant pitchout from quarterback Turner Gill that the Tigers recovered at the LSU 48 to set up their first field goal stopping us we were stopping added Fryar I giywiiilij HjWB ay I 4 I I I i 1 1 I Pf '-Va 4 A 45 5 $4 I 0 mA a YU -X" 'W A 3 tv- a 2 ZJ know that sounds silly when you look at the score count on things like that happening We were moving the ball well just got to play over There was no fiery speech at halftime by Coach Tom Osborne just said we know we can come back that we have to keep our character all the bad has already said Gill mistakes were just one of those things that he said had a feeling we were going to come back I get down on the situation it was just a matter of time to get ourselves going" Finally Qsborne gets victory ride By GEORGE DIAZ Herald Sports Writer For Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne it was one of the sweetest rides of his life Minutes after his Cornhuskers nipped Louisiana State University 21-20 in the 49th annual Orange Bowl Saturday night Osborne had his stroll to the locker room interrupted by some of his players Just 15 yards away from the end zone' players hoisted Osborne on their shoulders and gave him a' free ride the rest of the way But this game was anything but the leisurely stroll that many observers expected for Nebraska The Cornhuskers were lO-point favorites but needed two-second half touchdowns to secure the victory Osborne left the Orange Bowl a winner for the first time in three tries Nebraska lost to Oklahoma in 1979 and to Clemson here last year in the game that decided the national champion Penn State figures to have a lock on this honor as the nation's best although Osborne briefly stated the case for his team which lost only to Penn State 27-24 in the third game of the season The Cornhuskers won 12 others "Some arguments can be made for Nebraska although I think we played well enough tonight" Osborne said you look over our 13-game schedule we may deserve it But the fallacy about the whole thing the voting by coaches and writers in the polls I hate to have to get up here on this podium and campaign for this great The squad Osborne called best football team had here in 10 committed four turnovers in the first half and two more in the second three of which would prove pivotal in LSU scoring drives Osborne said he tried to compensate for his jitters by gambling more than usual Osborne took three gambles and lost twice Nebraska faked a punt in the first half and tried a run but missed the first down In the second half Tim Brungardt dropped a pass from quarterback Turner Gill on a fake field-goal attempt that would have given the Cornhuskers a touchdown Osborne won his gamble when Gill passed to Todd Brown on a fourth and one from the LSU 35 to give Nebraska a first down on the LSU 17 took our Osborne said you play a great team like LSU you have to take chances I -V'- A-: 'J '5- n- i 1 i I I i A i 1 i -t 1 i-- i 4 I BILL FBAKES Miami Harafci Start 'Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill has I-back Mike Rozier trailing but keeps ball on this option run -i yaf- ebraska grows fits players big A i 4 coach Boyd Epley average for a player is 230 to Epley is impressed with yet another redshirt who should help Nebraska continue its national prestige: freshman defensive back Greg Rozier brother of starting halfback Mike Rozier the strongest back ever said Epley He bench-presses 350 Epley spent his pre-game time on the sideline explaining football to members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London most of whom were seeing their first American football game Til A I fj- tv vx 1 I i i V-1 xx: Mi? UAi- Xja i Jf li y-e ff 4 I 4 i4s Ay' By JIM MARTZ Herald Sports Writer The biggest tourist in the Nebras- ka contingent stood on the sidelines I before Saturday Orange Bowl game wearing a Cornhusker jersey and toting a camera 5 At 6-7 260 pounds Bill Lewis is brawnier than most of the behe- moths on the Nebraska football 1 team Yet he is only the fifth-team I center I Lewis a sophomore is one of more than 40 redshirted players who had to watch the game against I LSU from the stands or behind the i bench hate to stand here and watch I the Lewis said as his team- mates went through pre-game drills still get tense even though I not playing But next year will be my turn to Ken Shead a sophomore nose guard who also is being redshirted stood next to Lewis wearing radio earphones redshirted is good and bad in so many Shead said in the long run going to come out on top if you have the right attitude You get an extra year to get bigger and better and you have an extra year to get your degree hard week after week to get I hit and not look forward to playing in a game Saturday But at least this separates us from the fans" a national rope-jumping contest is ever held the Cornhuskers would do well to enter Lewis can do 306 hits in a minute which is said Nebraska strength A A student manager discovered a flask under the Nebraska bench just before kickoff but he suspect it belong to a player was left by somebody in the he manager said as he turned it over to a policeman Cornhusker defensive tackle Doug Herrmann celebrated his 22nd birthday on New Day When center Dave Rimington trotted off the field for the final time after the game his No 50 jersey was retired Nebraska tradition says that any player who wins the Heisman Trophy or who wins both the Outland and Lombardi trophies in the same year will have his jersey retired jersey is the fourth retired at Nebraska joining center Tom Novak (1946-49) Rich Glover (1970-72) and Johnny Rodgers (1970-72) Rodgers won the 1972 Heisman Trophy Glover won both the Outland and Lombardi in and jersey was retired by a vote of the Varsity Club (no longer active) 1 -rA i xi 2 fl VWA -X A lA' "I 'x-- tx -A' i- -x-Ttt1ftfrrt -f -iiitfnir- -in mi BILL FRAKES MUmi Herald Staff Nebraska tight end Jamie Williams gets hug from teammate after 21-20 Cornhusker victory i A ir irt tA A.