The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 155

Husker Corner Comho Merits Plaudits September 21,1975, Uncoln, Sooday Joomai and Star -5D By Randy York When the victim, it always easy to cough up the praise. But Indiana football coach Lee Corso believes in recognizing individual excellence. always respect great individual effort and the kid in the left hand corner (of the end zone) and the kid in the right hand comer put our team to sleep with great individual Corso said Saturday after his Hoosiers absorbed a 45-0 loss to Nebraska. He was alluding to Nebraska fullback Tony determined 20-yard touchdown run and split end Bobby 12-yard touchdown catch both in the second quarter. Davis, Thomas Ciled broke tackles against two of our best Donnie Thomas (linebacker) and Willie Wilson (cornerback) and Thomas made a great catch against a great defensive back (Harold Corso emphasized.

those two things, we were but in Corso said. all of a sudden, boom then boom again. They just knocked us out. believe it was 24-0 at added Corso. told my players, this a 24-0 ball game.

a 10-0 That was more of a short-term analysis. Corso later amended it. Compares With Best right, Nebraska compares with the best in the Big he said. they compare with Ohio State and Michigan. And, defensively throw Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State in there As much of an optimist as Corso is, also a realist.

think safe to say, if we played Nebraska 10 times, we might beat them he said, emphasizing the word might. good. I mean Corso said in what was to become a 20-part series saying Nebraska Corso, who has said every game is a ning experience, kept his stance despite the lopsided score. learned he insisted. learned what it takes to have 75 straight sellouts of 75,000 people.

Program got a helluva football Corso volunteered. all he assessed. offense. Super defense. Great quickness.

Well Corso went through the motions the rest of the interview. His questions, nervously asked as he mingled through the locker room clapping his hands, became more interesting than his amswers. Purdue he asked. Informed the Boilermakers had been shut out, Corso said: He pressed a sportswriter from the Indianapolis Star. you came up.

Glad you came up today. going to cover us next week, too, Aren't Corso was equally enthusiastic when he made small talk with an Indiana backer in the corner of the locker room. good, he asked. are they good. This is a good town.

Big time. We learned something, 3 Indiana Players Injured Saturday Three Indiana players were injured in 45-0 Hoosier loss to Nebraska. The most severe seemed to be an ankle injury to freshman split end Don Burrell. All-American linebacker candidate Donnie Thomas and defensive right end Carl Smith each suffered knee injuries. Craig Brinkman, the starting middle hnebacker, played only on punt units because of a shoulder injury.

Taking advantage of the block supplied by Tony Davis (25) on cornerback Willie Wilson (48), John (14) leaps over his teammate and eludes Mark Deming (47). O'Leary, the top rusher against Indiana with 88 yards on 17 carries, gained nine yards on this play to the one- yard line. Keith look is one of nothing but despair as three I members of Black Shirt forces make sure well covered from several different angles. Magic Thomas Touch a defender to do? Harold Waterhouse (41) leaps high and has his hands on the football but Bobby Thomas (8) is right there, too. Thomas wins the battle for the ball and holds on for a touchdown just 20 seconds before halftime.

Photos By Bob Gorham illis Gan Sickle II eb Bay Handy Hampton Harald Dreimanh Dave Kennedy Graceful Tom Heiser (27) takes a baUet- like leap as he latches onto a third quarter pass for a Nebraska first down. Powerful Mike Fultz (72) throws aside an Indiana blocker as Fultz made five unassisted tackles against the Hoosiers, in- if he exist and bears down on Darrick Burnett (28). eluding three behind the line of scrimmage..