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The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 35

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The Sacramento Bee COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday September 16 2000 C3 Bee photographJay Mather UC Davis wide receivers 5-foot-7 Charley Nebraska player is acquitted Vedral is cleared of rape charges Associated Press LINCOLN Neb Nebraska linebacker Mark Vedral was acquitted Friday of charges he raped a woman while she slept in his home in May The jury deliberated for about three hours ending the four-day trial just want to be with my family right NOTES Vedral said after the verdict was announced Nebraska coach Frank Solich immediately reinstated Vedral to the team but said he was unsure how long it would take him to get back into playing shape Even though Vedral did not practice during the suspension Solich kept in touch with him wanted to make sure he knew he was not being abandoned and cast Solich said a very difficult type of situation for both parties both families If he had been convicted Vedral could have faced up to 50 years in prison The 21-year-old woman who accused Vedral of rape said she had awakened after a night of partying to find Vedral having sex with her Vedral testified that he went into a bedroom to get a fan and noticed the woman under a comforter He said he asked if she were warm and then sat on the edge of the bed He said the woman then rolled over kissed him and the two then began to have sex Vedral said he left the room when she asked him to stop Nebraska players Chris Kelsay and Jason Schwab testified during the trial Kelsay lived with Vedral in a duplex Schwab lived next door Schwab said Vedral admitted to having sex with the woman but that it was consensual The woman a student at Nebraska said she attended a party at the house May 5 and had sex with Kelsay in his basement bedroom She said Kelsay left the room and she fell asleep The woman said she had two beers and two shots of tequila that night but was not drunk She said she vomited soon after drinking the tequila Kelsay said he left her in bed to quiet his loud music and then left to drive a male friend home When Kelsay returned a half hour later he was told the woman was upset lawyer John Sohl said the woman became angry and made the rape accusations because she could not find Kelsay was mad because she thought the man she had just had sex with had dumped Sohl said Et cetera Quarterback Drew Henson out with an injured right foot will be sidelined again today when Michigan hosts UCLA Coach Lloyd Carr said he will keep Henson out at least one more game San Diego State starting quarterback Jack Hawley has been lost for the season with a fractured vertebra Ojo Enos play the game their way ByGaryVoet Bee Staff Writer Matching bookends they Onome Ojo stands 6-foot-5 Charley Enos is 5-7 Qjo has modest speed and minimal experience Enos is pure lightning and a football expert But when they break the huddle and run their pass routes Ojo and Enos give the Aggies a common virtue a rare versatility in two very different receivers can do some things with his quickness that I have never seen anybody else able to UC Davis quarterback JT said Onome has enough experience now that he knows how to get open and with his size that is a big target for kidding when he talks about inexperience The senior never played a moment of football before joining the Aggies Even then it took him two years on campus before he tried the game wanted to play forever but my parents especially my father who works in a hospital did not want me to Ojo said saw too many injuries in sports and he vowed never to have any of his children play Growing up in San Jose Ojo played tennis basketball and soccer in high school When he came to Davis sports was the farthest thing from his mind But he starting missing the camaraderie and teamwork He wrote a few letters to the UC Davis soccer coach asking if he could try out figured at 6-5 I could play soccer somewhere and be a big Ojo said at that first practice I have any soccer shoes I find any in Davis in my size (14) so I wore football cleats the same ones I wore in high school I took out the front cleats so they could be used for soccer but it was pretty One day Ojo met Diane Biggs wife of UC Davis football coach Bob Biggs Ojo was looking for a church to attend A friend thought the wife could offer suggestions told her I wanted to play football and she said I should go talk to Bob that he gives everybody a Ojo said said maybe I could play kicker or Bob Biggs laughs when told of his comments but admits she lying Onome first came in the office I thought he was a basketball player and was Bob Biggs said he said he was interested in playing football I thought he was a JC kid so I asked him where he played He said he had never Biggs told Qjo to work with strength and conditioning coach Greg Chapla After a week Chapla came to Biggs and told him better come out and see something went out and just watching him do some running and jumping some agility drills you could see he was a pretty impressive Biggs said But Qjo was far from being a football player know a Go route from an Out route He was the rawest football player I have ever Biggs said you could see there was something special Plus Onome is a very bright young man with a tremendous work ethic He has developed his skills now to where he can catch the ball run the routes What he lacks is instincts the things a lot of kids learn because they have been playing so Qjo who is also an accomplished ballet dancer and has done a dynamite imper- Ball State's losing streak may hit 20 Associated Press MANHATTAN Kan Ball State carries the longest losing streak in college football 19 games into game against No 7 Kansas State Coach Bill Lynch is not very optimistic that the streak will end against the Wildcats whose varied well-balanced offense is giving him all manner of concerns a tremendous he said are going to take advantage of every BURGERS 2415 16TH NR BROADWAY 823 WALES AT RILEY -FOLSOM 60 month year 25t deposit Squasht Racquet Ball Apparel for AH RACQUET WORKS 440 Howe Ave Univtfsity Village 916 929381 2 it I Last right practice on Thursday sonation of Michael Jackson at UC Davis basketball games is the first to admit he lacks seasoning is truly a different sport from all the Qjo said am learning that is quick quick quick So often I want to survey the situation rather than go on instinct which I am behind At the other end of the spectrum is Enos Inconsistency is a word not associated with the junior receiver for pound he is the best football player on our Biggs said have been a lot of scouts watching Onome and they come away and always ask just how big is that No 21 We tell them and they say 5-7 and all football Enos had more catches per game last year than John Shoemaker the All-American who broke just about every receiving record before he graduated think anybody really knew what my stats were last said Enos who dislikes publicity glad to start the season off the way have (nine receptions 257 yards four touchdowns) but I think it is a little too early to start patting myself on the Part of reserve can be attributed to what happened to him last year in the playoffs The Aggies met Central Oklahoma in the first round Leading 19-10 near the end of the first half the Aggies went for a two-point conversion Enos was hit in the shoulder with a helmet as he attempted to catch the ball The result was a in his right shoulder Enos did not play the rest of the game and missed the next one because he could not raise his arm above his waist The Aggies with a big part of their offense out in Enos lost to Northeastern State 19-14 Not only was Enos not allowed to play he was barely allowed on the field under NCAA rules He was given a media pass a dubious distinction for a 100 percent football player still have that pass hanging in my Enos said look at it every day Onome Ojo left who had no football experience when he joined the Aggies and it reminds me of what could team enjoys playing with teammate and veteran Charley Enos right Bee 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