Thursday, August 20, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Cyclones quarterback hopes to avoid injury, lead team to improved season
The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — Sweet and sour could be one way to describe Todd Bandhauer's junior season at Iowa State. Sweet and sore might be a better description.
It was sweet because Bandhauer threw for 2,514 yards, the second-best total in school history, and a school-record 20 touchdowns. Both figures led the Big 12 Conference.
Sore because Bandhauer took a lot of hits while achieving those numbers, including one that left him with a nasty scar on his chin, courtesy of an opponent's helmet.
"That was (Villiami) Maumau, from Colorado," Bandhauer said. "Actually, I had another scar there and that opened it up and created another."
Bandhauer can joke about the scar now. But the punishment he took from opposing defenses last fall was nothing to laugh about, nor was going 1-10. That was something Bandhauer had never experienced before.
"We weren't very good in high school, but nothing like that," he said. "That was just miserable."
It was all the more miserable because Band-hauer put much of the blame on himself. After completing only seven of 23 passes in a 45-21 loss at Missouri, Bandhauer called it "the worst game I've ever played in my entire life" and apologized for his play. He suggested he might
Bandhauer realizes now he was taking things too personally.
need to talk to a psychologist.
"I've got to step back a little," he said. "Some of the things I said last year, I was way too hard on myself. I've just got to take each play one at a time and focus on the present and not dwell on the past."
Easy to say, he noted, not so easy to carry out.
or snap your finger and do it." Bandhauer said. "It's going to be done over a period of time."
Besides, Bandhauer pointed out, he's just as hard on himself in school, where he has been successful enough to earn first-team academic All-Big 12 honors.
"Ask my girlfriend. See what she says on that," said Bandhauer, a mechanical engineer-major. "I've got to control myself on that, too, but it's easier in school work. If我 mess up on a problem, I'm not going to hear about it in the newspaper the next day."
Actually, Bandhauer doesn't even find his statistics all that impressive because he knows why he got them. The Cyclones were behind a lot and for much of the season they couldn't run the ball very well, so they had to pass.
Because of that, opponents blitzed constantly and Bandhauer became an easy target for defenders storming unchecked into the backfield.
With tailback Darren Davis completely
healthy now, the running game should be better this season. The offensive line protecting Band-hauer doesn't have much experience, but he can deal with that.
"You can't blame guys for not having a lot of experience," he said. "I wouldn't mind having five red-shirt seniors in front of me, but that doesn't bother me. I've still got to do what I've got to do win.
"We've been working on a lot of things in the offseason. Our first-team offense had no turnovers the entire spring ball. I think that had a lot to do with us getting rid of the ball faster and making crisp, clean reads and throwing on time. If do that, that will help those guys a lot."
Bandhauer is working with a new offensive coordinator. Pete Hoenner was lured away from TCU after Steve Loney left to become offensive coordinator at Minnesota. Hoenner, who also coaches the offensive line, has a more simplified, straightforward attack, Bandhauer said.
"You have to change gears when you're 1-10," he said. "You have to do something, I think this will help. We're definitely on the right track. Coach Hoener's a fantastic coach. He's a fantastic addition to our staff."
"He'll get those o-line guys who don't have much experience and bring those guys along," Bandhauer said. "I know they'll be ready."
It'll make life a lot easier — and safer — for Bandhauser if they are.
Nebraska assistants happily tackle roles
The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — Tom Osborne was one. So was Frank Solich.
Before Nebraska's two most recent coaches led the Cornhuskers, they toiled in relative anonymity as assistant coaches — those hardworking but largely unknown people who all dress the same on game day.
The assistants insist it's great to be a face on the sideline.
When Osborne retired after the Orange Bowl, he turned over the program to Solich, an assistant for 19 years.
"As long as the players know who's coaching them, that's enough for me," said Charlie McBride, defensive coordinator. "I'm not in it for ego. I just enjoy the coaching."
Few other programs in the country enjoy the loyalty among staff that Nebraska has. At many other schools, assistants who stay only a year or two make it harder for players to learn systems
and personalities.
The Cornhuskers don't deal with that kind of confusion.
"We know what we want to get done with our players, and our players know what we're after." Solich said.
Several of the men who coach the positions at Nebraska look more like barbers or grocers than football coaches. With their quick smiles, some seem as if they had wandered from a hardware store.
The staff includes George Darlington (26 years), defensive backs; Milt Tentopir (25 years), offensive line; McBride (22 years); Dan Young (16 years), offensive line and kickers; Ron Brown (12 years), receivers; Turner Gill (seven years), quarterbacks; Craig Bohl (four years), linebackers; Nelson Barnes (two years), defensive ends; and Dave Gillespie (first year), running backs.
Tenopir said he enjoyed working behind the scenes.
"I don't need to have a pat on the back," he said. "I know people will appreciate the things my guys do up front. As Tom used to say, the head coach gets all the credit, but he knows who did all the work."
Brown said that in some ways, being an assistant at Nebraska was like being a head coach elsewhere. He said that Husker assistants spent time talking to boosters and the media, a job usually reserved for head coaches.
"I've talked to other coaches around the country who can't believe the platform we have," Brown said.
Then there is the reward from contributing to a program that has won 60 of 63 games during the last five years. Brown also described the camaraderie within the Husker coaching family.
"The quality of life for assistant coaches at Nebraska is so good that a lot of us probably just say, 'Hey, what could be better than this,'" Brown said. "We're all comfortable together."
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