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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 25husker likes chances against canes by Tom Vint Miami apr Nebraska senior Center Bill Ziegel Bein believes a Good co Husker game not a great one would be enough to provide Lith ranked Nebraska with an Orange bowl upset of no. 1 Miami. The 6-foot-4, 275-Pounder, who helped Nebraska 91-1 claim the National Rushing title with a 353-Yard-per-game average does no to believe a Blowout for the hurricanes 11-0 is Likely. Quot i think that a what a lot of people who done to understand the game think a Ziegelbein said. A but i know they watch film and we watch film and that a one Way we have to evaluate them. We see things we can attack and i m sure they do. A they know that we wont be a Pushover. At times we be played really Well. If we come in Here and have a real Flat game we deserve to lose. But i think if we play a Good game Well have As Good a Chance As anybody. We done to have to play above our  Ziegelbein an academic All big eight lineman with a 3.14 Grade Point in mechanical engineering does no Orange bowl necessarily mean to imply beating Miami 11-0 on new year s night in the hurricanes own stadium will be easy. A they re really fast and they be done a Good Job of keeping people out of the end zone a he said in reference to Miami a no. 1 National ranking in scoring defense this season. A a we la have to see what we can do. We be played against some excellent defences this year. I Don t think it will be a monumental task. A we think we re going to move the Ball some. We wont stray from our game plan All year. Well run at them some. Well throw. We be got some great receivers. Well try to keep them off  Ziegelbein remembers watching the 1989 Orange bowl when the huskers were shut Down by a Miami defense led by outland trophy Winner Russell Maryland All american linebacker Maurice Crum and All american linemen Bill Hawkins and Greg Mark. He recalls the Speed that the bigger Nebraska linemen  handle then. Ziegelbein promises things will be different in this meeting. A you just have to stay after them because these Guys will get into you and maybe they wont Bull you Back but  keep after you be relentless. That a the Way we have to look at it. We have to be relentless and stay with our blocks until the whistle blows. That a going to be a big thing. Quot we be changed. Our blocking scheme has changed tremendously. We put in a different style. The average viewer  Tell. But we be been Able to handle sortie fast teams. We got some Yards on Washington and they were very fast. Oklahoma was really fast and we gained a lot of Yards on them. I think Well be ready for them. A the defensive line we played a few years ago was really outstanding and they re playing Well in the pros now. That was a very Good defensive line our Guys faced then. A we be got a pretty decent offence id like to say a Ziegelbein  plans to remain with huskies defensive tackle a Tref Aghakhan 90 leads his Michigan teammates through a Drill for wednesday s Rose bowl. By Jim Cour Anaheim Calif. A Washington football fans  worry. Don James the huskies highly successful coach for 17 years is going to stay where he sat until he retires. On the heels of Chuck Knox a resignation As coach of the Seattle sea Hawks on Friday the 58-year-old James said saturday that he has no desire at this stage of his life to coach in the nil. A no a he told reporters after coming off the practice Field at rams Park. A a in be been through that years  James who is preparing his second ranked huskies for the Rose bowl against fourth rated Michigan has Rose bowl turned Down other nil coaching opportunities in the past. In 1982, James was mentioned As a leading candidate to become coach of the sea Hawks after the team fired Jack Patera. He elected to remain at Washington. A i never really had a goal to be a pro coach a James said. A the reasons 1 would go for it would not be very Good reasons. The dollars up there or the Glamour of the nil never really intrigued  what does intrigue James is a Chance to win a National championship for the first time. A i have a feeling it would be a Good feeling a he said. A but in a not consumed by  James has said that the huskies 11-0 will have their hands full with Michigan and can to afford to worry about top ranked Miami which will play no. 11 Nebraska in the Orange bowl. He said Washington a coaching staff must prepare the players for their Best game possible because the wolverines 10-1 May be the Best opponent the huskies have faced since he came to Seattle from Kent state in 1975. Despite the pressure of shooting for a National championship James has enjoyed this season immensely because the huskies have stayed focused. A year ago Washington lost a Chance at the National title by losing to three touchdown underdog Urcla in the next to last game. The 1988 Washington season May have been the Low Point of James coaching career. The huskies were 6-5 and missed going to a bowl game. A lot of people in Seattle were whispering that James should retire. Three years later those same people Are singing James praises. Headed by outland and Lombardi Winner Steve Emtman a 290-Pound tackle Washington a defense has been its strength. The huskies have allowed just 67 Yards a game Rushing and 237 Overall. A the difference is that our linebackers can run so Well a James said. A we be got linebackers and defensive ends who can run 4.5 and 4.4. We be never had a faster group of athletes at those  Washington has been installed As a 7-Poinl favorite to beat Michigan but James will have none of it. A we have so much respect for Michigan a he said. A i Don t think our players care what the Odd makers   
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