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Pag< Page 10 c Wednesday • August 24, 1994 : ' ' Con lem the I: few, a pr a. out Mountaineers looking for a victory in the Kickoff Classic Wednesda : ? -■ Carl curl not, lem alsc lege did the; ing The Career Center offers the following services to assist in forging a path through the jungle: Career Advising Summer Jobs Internships On-Campus Interviews Workshops Career Resource Library Coop Education Job Listings Service Career Resources Network ...and more! i Don’t miss out on Fall’94 on-campus interviews... Register Now! MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The last time West Virginia opened its season against a Big Eight opponent was 1982, and few backers of the Moun taineers had reason to be happy over that. Even the opposition that day was upset — in more ways than one, as it turned out. “Oklahoma was mad we were on their schedule,” West Virginia coach Don Nehlen remembered. “They had just beaten us by 42 points (in 1979) and they didn’t feel like they ought to be playing us.” But the Sooners did pre cious little of that, carrying the upset theme to its ulti mate in a 41-27 whipping by West Virginia. “When I first got here we were everybody’s homecom ing opponent,” said Nehlen, now in his 15th season at West Virginia. “And you know when some body schedules you for homecoming, you’ve got prob lems. “So we made a few changes and went out and beat (Oklahoma).” West Virginia once again is starting against a Big Eight foe, fourth-ranked Nebraska, in the Kick off Classic on Sunday at East Rutherford, N.J. Once more, the Mountaineers are big underdogs (16 1/2 points), but Nehlen doesn’t think his 24th-ranked team can utilize the element of surprise this time. “Nebraska is playing a team that was (11-1) last year,” he said. “We haven’t snuck up on anyone for eight or nine years.’ TAMU Career Center Suite 209 John J. Koldus Building 1 845-5139 That victory a dozen years ago over Oklahoma sending him in.” was used by West Virginia to build its program. Just two years later, the Mountaineers would beat Penn State for the first time since 1954. Since then, West Virginia has been 11-1 twice (1988 and 1993) and had two legitimate chances at the nation al title. But the Mountaineers are still one step away from joining football’s elite, as their low ranking would indicate. Nehlen believes the Nebraska game could be a big step toward solving that dilemma. “My friends are going to be watching this on TV,” he said. “All my players’ friends are go ing to be watching this on TV, And a lot of high school football players are going to be watch ing this game, from New Jer sey to North Carolina and all over. “If we win this game, that’s got be a tremendous plus for our pro gram.” Nehlen’s game plan usually is to e$ tablish a running game, then throw when defenders aren’t expecting it. It works unless the Moun taineers get too far behind. In last season’s Sugar Bowl, they fell behind Florida 21-7 and then totally unraveled. Since West Virginia should be strongest on de fense this season, and has one of the nation’s top punters in Todd Sauerbrun, Nehlen doesn’t plan on gambling. “If Nebraska can beat us, so be it,” he said. "But we don’t want to beat ourselves. ... We have a guy who I think can punt the football well. Don’t think when it’s fourth-down and 6 inches to go I’m not Continuei Oilers, traded ai ed to the Last w before th exhibit! Alamodo and the I Carlsr and his His sist their twc Gonzales Carls from Kei brother 1 The C camp at Carlson’ frequent “I kir rest of t at the ti tough ti you’re d and drir when yc But I c friends Cody Carlson always first string in hearts of family, hometown To onto brtB ,"F >rf rrodw dam BV Contiji tion, for mi: Admii autot| 21 Be able. & How do you squeeze five to ten bucks out of your first lorn distance bm? p SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Carol Compton reaches into a file cabi net in the library at Winston Churchill High School and pulls out a manila envelope stuffed with newspaper clippings. On the upper right hand cor ner of the envelope, the librarian and teacher has carefully writ ten the name of school’s most fa mous graduate: “Carlson, Cody.” Cody Carlson, who led the Churchill Chargers to two state semi-final appearances before his graduation in 1982, is the starting quarterback for the Houston Oilers. Compton has been saving newspaper stories about her for mer student for yqacg, “just in case one of the students wanted to read about him or do a paper on him.” “We’ve had kids graduate from here who have gone on to be doctors and lawyers,” she says. “Some of them have even come back here as teachers. “It’s always fun to see kids that you know make their mark in the world.” It’s a different world than it was just four months ago. That’s when Warren Moon, the long- grew up Frier mg a p faith an to the d old atb wife fre nio, esi season. 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