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THE LINCOLN STAR sports Wednesday, 11977 Page 33. Huskers host Oklahoma Sports Signals By Virgil Parker Osborne tabs Badger cxach for NU defense By Virgil Parker Sports Editor Charlie McBride, an assisUnt football coach at Wisconsin for the past seven years, was announced Tuesday as Nebraska coach Tom Osborne's choice to be the Cornhusker defensive line coach. The appointment is subject to approval by University of Nebraska officials. McBride is a former University of Colorado football star. An end and punter for the Buff3, McBride was an all-Big Eight selection in 1961 when Colorado won the conference cham On the surface, being an athletic recruiter for a major college looks like a good way to spend part of each year Fly around the country Stay in nice hotels Eat well on the expense account Visit with the top high school talent and their parents.

Sign up a few 'Blue Chip' stars and head for home Unfortunately, it's not quite such a simple process At this time of year, the airlines seldom fly where or when the recruiter needs them. That means sliding in a rental car over icy roads. Fields pionship and played in the 1962 Orange Bowl game. as easy a task the second time around. Adding to Nebraska's problems Is the fact Oklahoma will enter the game on the heels of an ego-boosting, 71-67 win over Kansas last Saturday.

The victory pushed the Sooners to a 94 overall mark and a 1-2 mark in league play. "Oklahoma will come in here thinking it has every right to win," Cipriano said. "If we let ourselves get outhustled, we're dead." Coach Dave Bliss' Oklahoma team is youth personified. In his second season on the Norman campus, Bliss starts two freshmen, a pair of sophomores and a senior. Guard Eddie Fields is the old man on the team The freshmen are 8-9 center Al Beal and 6-fl forward Terry Stotts.

Second year players John McCullough, a 6-4 forward, and 6-3 guard Cary Carrabine Senior Bob Siegel, who scored 25 points in Nebraska's December win over Oklahoma, will team with Terry Novak at forward Guards are Brian Banks and Allen Holder and the center is Carl McPipe. There will not be a preliminary game prior to the OU-NU game. Tickets for the contest will be on sale at the South Stadium ticket office until 4 p.m. Gates will open at 6 The Nebraska gymnastics team will host nationally-prominent Southern Illinois immediately following the basketball game Halftime of the Nebraska-Oklahoma game will be highlighted by a performance from the Shrine Foot Patrol. The two coaches, Cipriano and Bliss, will appear at 11:45 a today at the Nebraska Rebounders Club luncheon at the Nebraska Center.

The public is OU(-4) NU (10-7) John McCullough (i-tf Bob Slagel (6-7) Terry Stotts fi- Terry Novak (4-4) Al Beal'(6-9) Carl McPIpe (6-8) Eddie Fields (5-9) Brian Banks (6-1) Cary Carrabine (6-3) Allen Holder (6-4) Tlpotf: 7 35 NU Sports Center No preliminary game Radio broadcasts KFOR, KLIN, KFAB, KRNU-FM By Dave SttttV Staff Sports Writer Depending oh which coach you listen to, Nebraska's basketball team is either bumbling or brilliant. The latter tag was attached to the Cornhuskers by Iowa State coach Lynn Nance. In his first season as the Cyclones' boss, Nance was impressed with Nebraska after the Cornhuskers tripped Iowa State, 49-48 last Saturday in Ames "Nebraska played a super game," Nance said. "If they had some size to go with their style of play, they would be a national contender." It's that patient, methodical style on offense that has NU fans mumbling and calling the Huskers bumbling Husker coach Joe Cipnano is aware the patrons are uneasy with his low-scoring approach to the game. But the criticism doesn't bother Cip.

"We have to go and play the way we do best and not worry about somebody in the stands screaming at us," Cipriano said. "But it seems like we're ending up with 8.500 coaches." Cipriano, the dean of the Big Eight Conference coaches, may not listen to the coaches in the stands, but he loves the fact they are interested enough to come out and give him some advice. "Don't get me wrong," said the 14-year veteran Nebraska boss. "I think our A recurring knee injury cut short his NFL career after he signed with the Denver Broncos, and McBride started his coaching career at Fenger High School in Chicago. After two years he returned to Colorado as a graduate assistant, then joined Arizona State under Frank Kush as the offensive line coach for three years support has been great this year." Cipriano will have his sneakers crossed tonight, hoping the fans show up in droves when Nebraska hosts Oklahoma in the Sports Center at 7:35 p.m.

Cipriano is still seeking the home court advantage which abandoned his club when it moved from the crackerbox Coliseum to the spacious Sports Center. He's convinced a sellout crowd of 15,000 vocal fans would go a long way toward reclaiming the home court edge. Tonight's contest is certain to be a decibel or two louder than recent home contests. After a month's break' for the holidays, the student body will be back in force to cheer the Huskers, who are tied for the Big Eight Conference lead with a 2-1 record Victories at home are vital to any club which fancies itself as a Big Eight contender. "Home or away, it doesn't matter," Cipriano said.

"We have to battle every game. We Can't let down at anytime or we'll get beat. It's that simple." Nebraska, 10-7 overall, manhandled Oklahoma 66-56 when the two squared off in the Big Eight Conference preseason tournament. But Cipriano isn't expecting A 'Wm Pnor 10 moving 10 Wisconsin. am la McBride, 36, coached the aV llllBBP ifcJ.

of fensive line for the Badgers un Charlie McBride til last year when he took over the defensive line and became defensive coordinator. former Buff star Arrival in the middle of the night often means a motel already filled with snow-bound travelers The next statement to greet the recruiter is likely to be, "Sorry, the dining room closed two hours ago Then, there's the prep standout, who has his head swelled out of shape from all the attention He and his family are apt to be elusive and evasive if not totally inaccessible. It's bad enough for the football recruiters, who have from the end of the season until the first week of April before Letter of Intent Day rolls around But, pity the poor basketball coaches. They face the same Letter of Intent Day, barely a month after the prep cage season ends That means the bulk of the recruiting must be done while the season is in progress. Problem pointed out A conversation with Husker hoop coach Joe Cipriano this week dramatically points up the problem Cip and assistants Lonnie Porter and Moe Iba have been hot on the trail of a 6-11 center in the Denver area.

With that kind of height, so are a million other coaches While the NCAA rules restrict an institution to three "official" visits to the prospect's home to talx to him and his parents about your school there's no limit on the number of times you can watch him play. Porter went a couple of weeks ago and found himself one of 22 count 'em, 22 college coaches in the stands Last Saturday, since the Huskers had a daytime TV game at Iowa State, there was time for Cip to zip to Denver to watch the kid in action again If you just happen to bump into the prospect, that doesn't count as an official visit. I suppose Cipriano went down by the locker room in search of a drink of water, resulting in just such a "bump "If you're on hand watching him play a half dozen games during the season it becomes rather obvious you're interested in him," Cipriano admits "All you need to say is, 'Hi. good to see you, hope we can get together for an official Cip adds "But, you can't believe the scene down there by the locker room," the veteran NU coach" recalls 'One guy a graduate assistant who has never coached a college game his life had the kid cornered and was trying to tell him what he was doing wrong He was demonstrating footwork moves, how to hold his hands on defense Everything Cipriano says one eastern coach has called this particular prospect EVERY day for the past month. The poor kid is becoming so confused he isn't playing as well now as he was at the start of the season "Such a situation isn't fair to the boy or his high school coach," Cipriano reasons.

"The boy and you can't blame him is becoming so gun-shy he doesn't really want to talk to any recruiter or try to make a decision about his future at this time." The solution9 "The football signing date is a full three months after the season is completed," Cipriano points out "The same rules should apply to basketball. In fact," Cip adds, "it wouid be better for everyone concerned if ALL contact were declared illegal during the season Then, have the three-month recruiting season commence with the signing date late in the spring toward the end of the school year." Wonl hold breath It makes sense. But, Cipriano isn't going to hold his breath waiting for the NCAA to make such a logical change So, like all the other college basketball coaches in the country, he will continue to try to direct his own team while chasing prospects all across the nation in his "spare" moments It's a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week chore The coaching profession may look like the "green grass on the other side of the fence." But, beware. A lot of weeds are also growing over there. Rose Bowl blasts Super Bowl proposal "My experience as an offensive line coach has helped me tremendously with the defense," McBride feels.

"Knowing what the offense is trying to do and knowing their techniques makes it easier to teach bow to counteract those moves McBride admits the Nebraska defensive interior will miss graduated tackles Mike Fultz and Ron Pruitt, "but when a new coach comes on the scene, a new enthusiasm develops. We need to start as a group and develop pride as a group. A lot can be done along those lines. I like to call it a 'total relationship' with all the players not just the starters or second team members. "You never know when a third or fourth teamer will become a starter.

I expect to find a lot of players here with the ability to play There's certainly more depth at Nebraska than we had at Wisconsin." McBride adds, "Defense is the name of the game. I even believed that all the years I was an offensive coach." Cornhusker coach Osborne is out of the city on a recruiting trip and was unavailable for comment A native of Chicago, McBride was an all-around athlete at Morgan Park High School lettering in football, basketball, baseball and track He also earned Prep ail-American honors in football and baseball. McBride is married to the former Deborah Anne Denniston of Barrington, HI. They have three children Mike, 12, Jeff. 9, and-David, 8 Lance Van Zandt, defensive coordinator and defensive backfield coach at Kansas, was earlier named to Osborne's staff in the same capacity.

He and McBride replace Warren Powers, who took the head coaching job at Washington State, and Monte Kiffin, who hat switched to Arkansas as the defensive coordinator for the Razorbacks. Hogan, Wenz propel Doane to 94-89 win By Km HambMon basketball we've played aU NWU avenges earlier loss Nebraska Wesleyan, an 84-60 loser to Mt Marty Yankton, earlier this year, came back to edge the visitors 59-57 Tuesday night in an overtime thriller at Ira Taylor gym. The winning basket came with three seconds left in the overtime when Ken Hatfield's jumper missed but 6-9 Blake Butler was there with the tipin for the vital two points. The losers tried a shot at the buzzer which barely missed and Wesleyan had its win. The score was tied at 55-all at the end of regulation The deadlocking points came with 1 07 to play on two free throws by Kim Gloystein, a 6-2 sophomore forward Wesleyan, now 9-7 on the year compared to Mt.

Marty's 13-3 record, went into a stall with 2:50 to go and played for the last shot, which eventually led to the win. The winners trailed almost the entire game after Mt. Marty ran off 13 straight points early in the game. Wesleyan trailed 39-24 early in the second half After intermission the winners went into a full-court press which stymied the taller visitors, who committed 18 turnovers in the final 20 minutes of play. Wesleyan hit 13 of 14 free throw shots after intermission compared to two of six for the losers and the winners went 19 for 24 for the full contest.

The losers, who missed several crucial charity tosses in the overtime, were led by Bill Dawson, who had 18 points and 19 rebounds. Next game for Wesleyan is Saturday, a 7:30 p.m. game in Ira Taylor gym against Midland. Box, Pap 34 Kansas tips ISU, 73-62 Big Eight and 4-11 for the year. Nobles, Brad Sanders and Hasan Houston sparked the Jayhawks to a 48-33 halftime lead with a 8-0 scoring surge just before intermission, but Iowa State, led by Andrew Parker's six points, fought back to 54-50 with 13 55 to go.

Lawrence, Kan. (AP) Herb Nobles chipped in 15 points to top four Kansas players in double figures and the Jayhawks temporarily took over first place in the Big Eight Conference basketball race with a 73-62 conquest of Iowa State Tuesday night. Kansas, 124 overall, boosted its league record to a pacesett-ing 3-1, but three other conference teams with 2-1 marks are IOWA STATE (42) Parker 4 4-5 12. Surgsun 1 2. Uth-oH 4 34 11.

Alien 11 0-3 22. Evans 0 1-2 1. Harm.son 5 10. Tillo 2 0-14, Byrawna 0 04 0 Totals 27 H9 62 KANSAS (71) Johnson 3 3-5 9. Nobles 7 1-1 15.

Koe- to play f. Anoerwn 0 04 0 Totals 31 11 73 Halftime-Kansas Iowa St 33 Total year. "We got into a lot of foul trouble because they kept drawing the charging fouls throughout the game until the final few minutes," said Erickson. "Playing all these games in the past week built up an extra burden for our players and there was a lot of pressure on this game." The Tigers connected on 16 of 21 Held goal attempts in the Final 12 minutes of the game and finished with a 41 of 77 mark while Wayne connected on 36 of 79 for the game. Bat neither team snot well from the free throw line with the Wildcats hitting 17 of 31, 8 of 17 in the second half, compared to Doane 12 of 22 for the game.

"We're usually a good free throw shooting team, but we missed an awful lot tonight," said Wayne coach Jim Seward, referring to Wayne's 75 free throw shooting for the season. "We had Doaoe in deep foal trouble, bat didn't take advantage by hitting our free throws and driving the lane. And we took some bad snots which let Doane back in the game. "I think we had gone ahead in the second half it would have Crete Doane had never been better prepared mentally than it was Tuesday night, and the result was a 94-89 win over Wayne State The Tigers, now 12-5, scored their 20th consecutive win in Fuhrer Fieldhouse behind a 21-point performance by senior guard Frank Hogan and a 24-point output by forward Randy Wenz. "This was the best game we've played all season as far as team attitude goes." said Hogan.

"We had been beaten by Wayne pretty badly (by 18 points) in December, and had played four not so good games last week." With a 654 lead at 10:30, the Tigers appeared to be in trouble when 6-5 center Fernando Chevannes became the third Doane player to collect bis fourth foul. But a combination of coM free throw shooting by the Wildcats and supurb field goal shooting by the Tigers helped Doane maintain the lead. The Tigers took a 78-71 lead on a jump shot by Tom Westorer and two free throws by Ross Andersen, who was fouled immediately after the shot by Western with 5:57 StaM pnoto by Dave Kennedy St Kansas 19 Iowa State is now 1-3 in the Northeast edges Gl games for public attention "Pro football should not hurt us more than they have. Most bowls, other than our Rose Bowl, were in difficulty attendance-wise this year as it was. Now with the pros vying for the spotlight, the consequences could be serious.

I don't like what is happening." The Tournament of Roses also didn't like the Super Bowl being played in the Rose Bowl just eight days after tbe Southern California-Michigan game there on Jan 1. But there was no protest. In 1978, the Rose Bowl game will be played on Jan. 2 to avoid tbe conflict with church services. That is a Mondav since New Year's Day falls on Sunday Pasadena, Calif.

(AP) -Plans of the National Football League to hold its Super Bowl semifinals on Sunday, Jan. 1, 1978, drew a blast from the Rose Bowl collegiate hierarchy Tuesday and could threaten other bowl games. "Now they are moving in on our bowl games," declared Bill Nicholas, chairman of tbe Tournament of Roses football committee. In an interview with Joe Hendnckson, sports editor of the Star-News in Pasadena, tbe borne of the Rose Bowl, Nicholas was emphatic. "Now they are moving in on our bowl games.

The championship games in the NFL will compete with our college NWU's Blake Butler (54) drives toward the basket with Mt. Marty's Bill Dawson (55) in the background. Steinke named coach of year Kansas City (AP) Gil won the NAlA Division I cham-Steinke, who led Texas Aid to pionship, took the coaching its third straight undefeated award for the third con-season in 1976. has been named secutive year and tbe fourth Coach of the Year in the time since 1970. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Texas Aid has won 38 Steinke. whose Javelinas straight games. Northeast used a stall and night two free throws by Teri com Bullock in the closing seconds Grand Island here Taesday Evans night in girls basketball. fST Teri Amend led the Rockets $2,. MI4 n-ia with 11 points, while Lyme Grand island 10 13 9-40 17 10 5 11-43 Ttamt Pnli: Grand island 14 Miller of Grand bland led all scorers with IS.

Northeast, 7-2, travels to Beatrice Thursday for Felix Being coach's son no Seward. "Bit we kept having to battle back and we ended up Wayne Robinson, who led all scorers with 30 points, est the margin to 80-79 after scoring on two dazzling layups and two By York Older brother Tim was a two-year Seward basketball starter until graduating two years ago. Younger brother Mike, a junior, also has worked into tbe eighth-ranked Tbe coach's kid. Yoa've beard tbe tone some use when they say that It creates a cer- of animosity and aiuejays last summer's Nebraska Coaches Assn. all-star basketball games, expects bis son to pUywelL "Every father expects bis son to play well" Marc said.

My fatter is tbe same way. He expects a lot out of me "If be wasn't tbe coach, I suppose things would be a little easier." added Marc "But there's never been any problem To him. I'm just another player om tbe court He knows what lean do and what I can't do Marc, a Class all-state defensive back in football and According to Rod. "there's a lot more pressure on the player than the coach" in a father-son basketball relationship ference a favor when tbe ban dropped through the net. Schuyler was off to a 5-0 start in tbe rugged Central 19 Conference race.

A win over Seward migbt have meant curtains for other contenders because Scbuyiert final three league games are at borne against Aurora. Crete and York Seward bad tbe benefit of a timeout to plot strategy for Felix's last second shot "There were eight seconds left," Marc recalled Tuesday. We had i haMouwrt hoaeds ptav designed in case Schuyler pressured as. I was told to take the shot Schuyler fell back toto a sow bounds pass and dribbled for tbe right corner. He turned around and delivered with one second remaining.

"It was kind of an awkward shot really," Marc said. "A couple guys started coming after me But they couldn't afford to foul." Marc's father never hesitated to designate Urn for the final shot. "Marc has started off and on for three years now." Rod pointed out. We feel he's our best shooter and since he's our most experienced player, be should be ablf to handle rnoat am kind of pressure Tha might hm been a slip of tbe tonne. Rod, the head Hogan.

who grabbed a game-leading 12 rebounds, semmed the difference in the Tigers' play. "We had been doing a lot of one on-one because we have a lot of talented people Bat tonight we worked the ball in to the open man and had a lot more fea as a team Wayne, now 9-6. travels to Fort Hays on Friday and then visits Kearney State Saturday in Centra States Conference play. Doane will have a week's rest after playing seven games hi the last 12 days, before hosting Hastings next Tuesday in a MAC contest. Pi But a four-point spurt by Wenz and a slam dank by Chavanoer.

who stole the ball and raced the length of the court at 3 19. all bat iced the game with Doane leading, N-71. Robinson fouled out with 2 66 left and with two baskets bv Westover the Tigers coasted to the victory "Both teams played lousy defense, but both teams shot well down the stretch," said Doane coach Bob Erickson. Wayne did a snper job. bail Oirnk we pUyed tt best team Marc Felix handles the pressure well So well, in fact, the son of Seward basketball coach Rod Felix is tbe Sunday Journal and Star's Athlete of the Week He fired the shot beard around tbe Central 10 Conference last weekend an It-foot, turnaround jumper as the final gun sounded to give tbe Bloejays a 56-54 overtime triumph over Schuyler.

Felix did tbe rest of tbe con "1 suppose it might have been a different story if any i of his sons i bad been the 11th or 12th man or worse But they've all had tbe ability to plav And play isn't Mhrtelix setting a precedent in Ike Felix shot sunk Schiryler coach for the South team In Turn to: Stun, Pip 36 NfwspapfrRRCHIVE( RRCHIVI KWSPAPER.