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SllOItS Citified Ads JL Wednesday January 21991 4 22 S'" 1 A JU i ij bi i ii i ij i l'mb Ljy'i jl 1 1 :7 4 By Steve Sinclair World Herald Staff Writer Missouri Valley Conference favor ite Creighton needs a win in a difficult environment tonight to avoid an 0 2 start in the league race The Bluejays 5 3 overall and 0 1 in the MVC play Southwest Missouri State 9 4 and 2 0 in a 7 05 pm game at the Hammons Student Center in Springfield Mo got to win some road games to be the Creigh ton Coach Tony Barone said is an opportunity for But it won't be easy The Bears who joined the Valley this year after eight seasons tn the Mid Continent Conference have won 87 percent of their home games (106 16) the past seven years under Coach Charlie Spoonhour a former Nebraska assistant a tough place to Barone said Tuesday by telephone from Springfield have great' enthusiasm Basketball is really im portant to the people here and they rally around the basketball The Bluejays experienced South west rabid support at home last year when the Bears defeated CU 81 74 in the finals of the Pizza Classic Guard Darryl Reid a 6 foot 2 sen ior scored 27 points to lead South west Missouri in that game Arnold Bernard a 5 5 senior guard contnb Please turn to Page 28 Col 4 New Conference oe Bear9 As Bluejays Go for Road Win Cotton Bowl second consecutive national title were dashed when second ranked and un beaten Georgia Tech whipped No 19 Nebraska 45 21 they are not the best then I want to play the said Coach David McWilliams whose Longhorns finished 10 2 and are assured of taking a nose dive in the final rank ings Said Miami Athletic Director Sam Jankovich: are the best team in the country Everybody was saying that Texas was the best in the coun try and we beat them In a game the referees deemed foul and unsportsmanlike 73521 stunned silent fans witnessed all at once the Humcanes at their prettiest and the Hurricanes at theirugliest Pretty: Quarterback Craig Erick son the offensive MVP completed 17 of Please turn to Page 31 Col 5 Leaving Tech Ollpstinnc A Bowl Results Orange Bowl Please tum to Page 30 Col: 1 Rose Bowl Please tum to Page 30 Col 1 10 game winning streak into the 7:35 pm game at the 5600 seat Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green Bay Wis The Phoenix 7 2' have won 11 straight games at home said think historically if you playia team as worthy as Notre Dame and you beat them you should hold your rank ing Comparative scores really mean nothing If you look at what Colorado has done all year the teams beaten we should maintain our rank NU Avoid Head On Wreck a Heck of a Claim By Doug Thomas World Herald Staff Writer Orlando Nebraska has to make changes to prevent break downs in pass coverage Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride said after the loss to Georgia Tech i just he said' my fault I know Maybe doing too much we cut down an awful lot not doing a lot of things we 1 should be able to ive of the Yellow six touchdowns came after they escaped jams of second down and long or third and long They got first downs on third and 20 and third and 18 was like lorida State all over again said Thp SpmmnlPQ hnmtvl tha HhcV ers repeatedly in similar situations last iesta Bowl Nebraska also gave up big pass plays in this i losses to Colorado and Oklahoma Georgia Tech quarterback Shawn Jones completed 16 of 23 passes against the Huskers for 277 yards we just could have had a come from the underdog? to the top Nee said how it was the other night down at Nebraska defeated The Citadel 94 80 Sunday night at Charleston SC game is final tune trouncing Nebraska 45 21 in the Citrtis Bowl and No 4 Miami 10 2 made its case by routing No 3 Texas 46 3 in the Cotton Bowl But it seems highly unlikely that either team will pass Colorado the rankings Holtz was no position to argue with Colorado or Georgia Tech i was No 1 going in and they beat us so I guess who you have to give it he said Then remembering his disappoint ment a year ago when Miami was voted national champion ahead of the Irish Holtz added: you never know: 1 hope Colorado gets it but I be upset if Georgia Tech got it Both are very Things looked bleak early in the second half for the Buffaloes who were Miami (AP) Colorado got one big break instead of five downs to lay claim to its first national football champion ship 1 I Backup quarterback' Charles John son who scored the winning touchdownin the infamous fifth down victory over Missouri took over for injured Danan Win Proves ry Is Right fidence Now it seems that ry knew exactly what he was talking about have the fastest football team in ry said their statistics have been phenomenal on both sides of the ball make big plays on offense and they led the nation turnover margin and rushing defense They put nine people up on the line of scrimmage and just dare you to throw the ball problem is you know if going to blitz all nine or if going to drop all nine (into pass coverage) or what going to do They keep people off balance very aggressive and got great speed Special Teams Special also have probably the best special teams in the Iowa learned just how special Wash special teams are when mid way through the first quarter the Phil JohnsonWorid Herald Nebraska quarterback Tom Haase goes airborne past defensive lineman Jerimiah McClary No 96 to pick up a yard on a third quarter keeper to the Georgia Tech 1 17 yard line Nebraska had a 34 yard field goal blocked on the next play blocked field goal really NU Coach Tom Osborne said By Lee Barfknecht World Herald Staff Writer Orlando la Pull out the Nebras ka football history book and an eraser A big eraser a Revisions aplenty are needed after the 13th and 19th ranked 45 21 Citrus Bowl loss Tuesday to No 2 Georgia Tech That setback before a record crowd of 72328 at Citrus Bowl Stadium pro duced the following entries few of which NU fans will want to remember: our straight bowl losses a first in the 29 game postseason his tory 45 points allowed matching the most ever given up by a Tom Osborne team his 18 years as head coach That mark was established in previous game a 45 10 loss at Oklaho tha Thus the 45 points also were the most ever allowed ma bowl game The 90 points allowed two games are the most since 1945 losses of 61 7 to Minnesota and 54 14 to Indiana i Three losses in four games (Colo rado Oklahoma and Georgia Tech) is a first for Osborne No victones over ranked teams for the second straight year The last time before 1989and 1990 was 1967 But perhaps most painful is that Nebraska could drop out of the national rankings at end something that happened since 1968 afraid going to 'Senior offensive tackle Tom Punt 9 3 Nebraska what jjeople Junior middle guard Pat Engelbertagreed "As far as respect goes we beaten a top ranked he said if lucky only drop out of one poll and stay about 20th in tfie Please tum to Page 32 Col 1 At Nebraska Orlando la The Huskers were soundly beaten Tuesday but they never quit Give them that much credit If there were questions after the 45 10 loss at Oklahoma in November about the heart and their wil lingness to fight back we are reassured that they are fighters But this was another whipping time to step back rebuild re tool whatever you want to call it no reason to push the panic button but the buttons the Husker coaches are pushing getting the results Nebraska has become accustomed to Internally one imagines lots of ques tions will be asked Or should be Nothing should be sacred If changes are needed in coaching assignments offensive and defensive schemes team psychology whatever the staff should not be afraid to make them Not long ago when Nebraska was playing lesser teams coaches were saying this defense was best ever After 45 21 loss to Georgia Tech in the lorida Citrus Bowl it is ever clearer that the Huskers stop a good passing attack especially a balanced offense like that of Georgia Tech Balanced Attack The NU offense no longer dominates imbalanced as it is toward rushing A key to Georgia undefeated sea son was an attack that could throw as well as run keeping opponents off balance If the Huskers are headed in that direction and the type of quarter backs being recruited hints that Ne braska may be we yet seen the effect Mike Grant a talented athlete who has not put it together at NU played so disjointedly at quarterback in the first quarter Tuesday so tentatively that Coach Tom Osborne yanked him Play ing admirably for the next three quar ters and at times nearly getting Nebraska back into the game was Tom Haase a junior from Aurora Neb who never had played when the outcome of a game was in doubt orced to throw to come from be hind his passing statistics were not greatly different from those of Georgia Tech quarterback Shawn Jones the Citrus Bowl MVP but he have running ability speed or experi ence i So what does it all mean for the future? The Huskers finished 9 3 beating the middling opponents and losing to the good ones possibly dropping Nebraska out of the national rankings it just a down year or is NU dropping from its place of national prominence to the second rung of col lege football teams? Shooting Stars The Huskers and the Yellow Jackets passed each other in the night so to speak shooting stars headed in oppo site directions Nebraska had been the subject of annual national championship talk and before falling apart in the second half against Colorado on Nov 3 seemed on the verge of a No 1 national ranking however weak the evidence that the Huskers were that good Georgia Tech burst almost out of nowhere unranked at the start not receiving a national rating until Octo ber And now the Jackets finish unde feated claiming they should be national champions The Wreck from Georgia Tech crashed into Nebraska and barely received a dent The Comhuskers meanwhile are stalled by the side of the road Nebraska has given up 90 points in two games a stunning number It is the most allowed by an NU team over two games in the post World War II era hard to figure Osborne said glumly Nebraska lost three of its final four games and for the first time has lost four bowl games in a row If there is better evidence that no longer time for business as usual hard to imagine what it would be Personal Record The Huskers fell behind 21 0 Tuesday but scored twice in a hurry to cut it to 21 14 Despite some chances they never got closer than that Georgia Tech blitzed 50 to 60 percent of the time and that had to be tough on a third team quarterback Jones joined the list of passers who have set personal records against Nebraska In the third quarter on third and 11 at the NU 43 he completed a pass that a Husker defensive back might have 'broken up had he been looking for the ball but he was looking at the receiver who made the first down setting up a touchdown that gave Geor gia Tech a 31 14 lead Wisconsin GreenBay Pointing ToNUGanie as Years Biggest By Steve Sinclair including four this season Nebraska ranked 15th and 19th World Herald Staff Writer natl0nally )S leam)ng about hfe Wisconsin Green Bay has pointed closer to the top in college basket for game against Nebras ball Nee said opponents now are ka Husker Coach Danny Nee said shooting to knock off the Huskers inisgamenas oeen soia out tora Nee said the premier game on their home schedule as far as a marquee name and as far as us the coming in ranxea inis is tne tirst time history played a Big Eight team at home a really big The Comhuskers 12 1 take a 10 game winning streak into the 7:35 ence opener at Kansas State we just have to show jxiise Nee said playing in a hostile en Please tum to Page 28 Col 4 couple of big McBride said had one interception always seems like we have one of something but not McBnde had blasted the defense before the Citrus Bowl saying play ers appeared to lose incentive after 1 the loss to Colorado The Huskers ranked second na tionally through eight games scor ing defense and total defense But in their final four games including a win over Kansas they gave up an average of 315 points and 3955 yards McBride said his players tried hard against Georgia Tech not leaving this field dis pleased with their he said: 90 percent of the cases I think the effort was really good rhcmnranrod with tha 1UI U1V OVV1C OJIU 1 111 discouraged with a few plays illCt lilzzi ma juji ivii imc nu inauu aviiicr mistakes in the secondary and we just recover In some cases wehad guys there and make the play In other cases we just blew coverages was The Huskers also failed to get Please tum to Page 34 Col 6 By Dave Cunningham The Long Beach Press Telegram Pasadena Cahf Give Iowa Coach Hayden ry credit He did a spectacu lar job scouting his opponent for Tues Rose Bowl No really he did True the Hawkeyes got stung by Washington 46 34 full view of 101273 at the Rose Bowl and millions more on "international TV Tuesday It was the 'highest scoring game in the 77 year history of the Rose Bowl But ry said it would be hke this or the last two weeks ry told anyone who would listen that Washing ton was the best college football team in the country He said the Huskies were bigger faster and stronger than any team seen this season He even predicted that Washing ton does the same things done against everyone else going to in America Problem was no one believed him Even Washington Coach Don James figured it was just a case of ry setting up his opponent with a dose of overcom Miami Vise Puts Squeeze On Longhorns By Dan Le Batard The Miami Herald Dallas With all the subtlety and finesse of a blowtorch the University of Miami strutted into a cold Cotton Bowl on Tuesday afternoon and scorched the University of Texas The fourth ranked Humcanes kicked Texas all over the artificial turf en route to a 46 3 victory the most lopsided win in the Cotton 55 year his tory Miami finished 10 2 and assured itself at least a one spot jump in the polls by beating the third ranked Longhorns already slight hopes for a Changes NeededSays Defensive Boss Rocket's TD Called Back as No 1 CU "Clips' Irish Buffs Set to lag Down Title! Gator Bowl Michigan 35 Mississippi 3 Hall of ame Bowl Clemson 30 Illinois 0 1 Citrus Bowl Second ranked Georgia Tech 114M Georgia Tech 45 Nebraska 21 bolstered its claim to the title by vuiiurtDuwi Miami la Texas 3 Hagan and led the topi ranked Buffaloes lestaBowl to a 10 9 win over No 5 Notre Dame in Louisville 34 Alabama 7 Tuesday Orange Bowl Rose Bowl" The victory was first in Washington 46 Iowa 34 eight bowl games' and it almost got Orange Bowl away in the final minute Colorado 10 Notre Dame 9 Notre Rocket Ismail re Sugar Bowl turned a punt 91 yards for an apparent Tennessee 23 Virginia 22 touchdown with 35 seconds left only to have it called back because of a clipping penalty on senior Greg Davis national title for the Buffaloes 11 1 1 a got a little lucky on the clip goal that eluded them last year when runback 'Colorado Coach they were beaten by Notre Dame in the Bill McCartney said Orange Bowl 7 return by Rocket was one of Every top ranked team that has won the greatest individual a bowl game has been crowned national said Notre Dame Coach Lou champion so it would be amajor break Holtz know if the clip had with tradition if Colorado finish anything to do with the run Isurehope No 1 when the final Associated Press it poll is released today' The victory apparently clinched the the way I McCartney Michael Kelly aprons ranor abt ISM til A £7 a 1 NU made too many mistakes to beat a team as good as this Tuesday the team a wreck was not Georgia Tech The Yellow Jackets are a young team returning eight starters on de fense next season seven on offense and the place kicker NU returns eight on offense but only four on defense and must break in a new kicker Nebraska has worked hard to build and hold its position in college football and getting tougher to hold on This season was not the sinking of the Titanic but the sea is full of icebergs Inside Sports Chiefs Have a Bone to Pick With Miami i The Chiefs are less with nmg top seeded Bons Becker in the first Miami Dolphins cornerback Tim round of the Australian Hardcourts McKyer who called Kansas sec tennis championship Page 28 ondary Page 29 RACER SIGNED: The Sacramento BECKER UPSET: Magnus Larsson of Kings sign Omaha Racers guard Jim Sweden earns his biggest win bystun fLes to a Kklay Page28.