Friday, August 29, 1997 1. 2. 3. 4. The University Daily Kansan Section B·Page 3 Nebraska's defense hopes to hold line The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska's defense started the 1996 season by scoring three touchdowns in a 55-14 win against Michigan State. But the team's All American defensive captain Grant Wistrom — w h o returned an interception for one of those scores — wasn't predicting a repeat performance tomorrow against Akron, which went 4-7 last year. No. 6 Nebraska's defense, with only three returning starters, gave up 334 yards and four touchdowns to its running backs during a team scrimmage last week. "We looked kind of rusty last Friday and hopefully we'll be able to fix that through the week," said Wistrom. The scrimmage wasn't all bad for the defense — second-string free safety Gregg List returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown. But coach Tom Osborne said it was impossible to tell how the unit would perform until it hit the field before 72,000 fans. Nebraska, which won national championships in 1994 and 1995, had the No. 1 defense in the Big 12 last year (fifth in the nation) and gave up only 15 touchdowns and 3,065 yards, an average of 255.4 vards per game. "Sometimes people react a bit differently in a game when the stands are full," Osborne said. "We'll have a lot of first-time starters. Will they get lined up correctly? Will they play like veterans?" All that remains of that defense is Wistrom, tackle Jason Peter and cornerback Ralph Brown. Nebraska's offense has more experience: six players return, including second-year starting quarterback Scott Frost, who completed 104 of 200 passes for 1,440 yards in 1996. I-back Ahman Green, who rushed for 91.7 yards per game, will be in the backfield. Akron ranked ninth out of 10 teams for total offense in the Mid-American Conference with 3,136 yards — an average of 285.1 yards per game. Two starters at Texas Tech suspended before game LUBBOCK, Texas — An ongoing NCAA investigation into Texas Tech athletics has forced suspensions of two players for tomorrow's game against No. 5 Tennessee, the The Associated Press school conf i r med wednesday. Chancellor John T. Montford said that two players were suspended in relation to a 18-month-old NCAA probe. Citing school policy, however, he declined to identify the players. "We are simply carrying out an NCAA directive," Montford said. "The action has been pending for quite some time." "The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal" quoted an unidentified athletic department source who said that linebacker Eric Butler and cornerback Tony Darden, both starters, were suspended for one game. Both players were linked to a series of unauthorized long-distance calls made from athletic department phones between October 1995 and March 1996, the "Houston Chronicle" reported in April. Heisman hopeful excited about season opener The Associated Press sify, everybody's got a little skip in their step." Peyton Manning, eager to start his final season, gets his chance tomorrow when the Heisman Trophy favorite leads No. 5 Tennessee against Texas Tech before a sellout crowd of more than 102,000 at Neyland Stadium. "It's an exciting time," Manning said. "It's what I've been waiting for for a long time. It seems like the offseason was getting longer and longer and longer. Practices inten- Two other Heisman contenders played in last week's Kickoff Classic, with Syracuse quarterback Donovan McNabb excelling and Wisconsin tailback Ron Dayne falling back in the pack. to Florida, but still threw for 3,287 yards and 20 touchdowns in '96. But Manning, who opted to stay in school rather than turn pro, is college football's brightest star. 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