European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Colorado 7-0 at Nebraska 8-0_. T a 1 to f a t 4 f or k no. By Tom Vint Lincoln neb. A Check those helmets and pads make sure they re ready to take a beating. There is going to be some serious Contact when no. 2 Colorado 7-0 and no. 3 Nebraska 8-0 Bash Heads Here today. Nebraska s offensive line considered one of the Best in the country will go against Colorado s Interior de sense which is in the same class. And Colorado s offensive line possibly the Best in school history will go against a Nebraska Interior with two of the strongest players Ever to pull on a Nebraska Jersey. Nebraska s two 300-Pound senior tackles Rob Zatechka and Zach Wiegert will be going head to head with Colorado defenders Shannon Clavelle 6-foot-3, 275 and Darius Holland 65,285. In Between them is 6-6,260-Pound Kerry Hicks. I know All three of those Guys Are some of the big Gest strongest defensive linemen we re going to face Zatschka said. They also All started playing quite Young and they re All mostly juniors so they have a lot showdown on radio to College football Colorado at Nebraska 5 . Get saturday on an radio 9 20 . Get delayed on an television. Of experience up to this  Zatechka and Wiegert Are veterans of the trenches too As is Junior Center Aaron Graham 6-4, 280. They la have help from guards Brenden Stai 6-5, 300considered one of the top offensive line pro prospects in the country and Joel Wilks 6-3,280. Nebraska s offence has a nation leading 390-Yard Rushing average. Colorado s defense has Given up Only 98 Yards per game on the ground. Something has to give. Cor Husker quarterback Brook Berringer believes it will be the buffaloes i watched the tape of the a state game he said. I think they be got a Good defense. I Don t think it s any thing that we won t be Able to move the Ball against or put up some Points  running Back Lawrence Phillips who has the nation s third Best Rushing average with 154 Yards per game agrees. The holes opened by his line this season have let him run for 100 or More Yards in each of no s eight games. They just keep getting better All year Phillips said of his blockers. Even with everybody sending All these stunts bringing safeties and linebackers and everybody else they be been picking up a lot of  on the other Side Colorado s offensive tackles Tony Berti and Derek West guards health Irwin and Chris Naeole and Center Bryan Stoltenberg will try to keep control of Husker tackles Terry Connealy and Christian Peter. Stoltenberg is the lightweight in that crowd at 6-2,265. The buffaloes line has been Good enough to help Rashan Salaam average a nation leading 179 Yards per game but Nebraska has held opponents to Only 60 Yards Rushing per game no. 3 in the country. Bagwell bags a 11 map votes escape artist Nick Price uses his Sand wedge to get out of trouble thursday at the olympic club course in san Francisco. Price Winner of the British open the pea and four other american tour titles and already assured of player of the year honors shot a Par 71 in opening round of the tour championship. Scores on Page 27, Story on Page 31. By Michael a. Lutz Houston a Jeff Bagwell does t intend to Analyse his season. Hell just enjoy it along with the National league most valuable player award. What turned me from 20 Home runs to 39, i m not going to try to figure it out Bagwell said thursday. Ill just ride it  the baseball writers association of America had no trouble figuring out a Winner. Bagwell received All 28 first place votes becoming Only the third unanimous no Winner along with Orlando Cepeda in 1967 and Mike Schmidt in 1980. There have been seven unanimous picks in the Al. Bagwell was the astros first Rookie of the year in 1991 and became the club s first map finishing with a 292 total Points with a marvellously consistent sea son that had few dips. Hopefully i have an idea what my mechanics Are and How to get out of slumps Bagwell said. There was Little need to escape slumps in the strike shortened 1994 season. In 110 games Bagwell hit .368, second in the Bat Ting race to Tony Gwynn s .394. His 39 homers were Bagwell four behind Matt Williams 43. Bagwell led the majors in Bis and the league with 104 runs. He had 32 doubles and two triples and his 300 total bases tie Cesar Cedeno s club record set in 1972. His 39 Home runs 116. Bis 72 extra base hits and .368 batting average were All Houston club records. Bae vell almost doubled his previous career High of 20homers in a season. I Don t think i could have played much better than i did Bagwell said. It feels great but it still feels strange too not having the world  s season ended on aug. 10,two Days before the strike started when he broke a Bone in his left hand after being hit by a pitch from Andy Bones of the san Diego padres. The stars and stripes ports october 29,1994 Page 32 i m becoming an All pro at breaking my hand Bagwell said. I seem to learn things the hard Way but now i m having a pad put on my batting Glove so hopefully this won t happen  second place went to san Francisco s Williams the no s Home run Champion who had 201 Points. Moises Alou of Montreal was third with 183. Barry Bonds Winner of the last two no map awards and three in the last four seasons finished fourth with 144 Points. Bagwell and Williams were the Only play ers named on All 28 ballots. Bagwell who had a $2.4 million base salary got a $50,000 Bonus for winning the award. Under the expired collective bargaining agreement he d be eligible for salary arbitration again this Winter. Under the owners proposal he d be restricted free agent it the 52 Days of the strike Are included in his service time. That Means any team could make an offer but the astros would have the right to match  be been traded before he said. I be Learned that baseball is a business. All of America has Learned that. So i in not going to worry about  Bagwell is the 10th unanimous a pick. Al players to accomplish the feat were Al Rosen 1953mickey Mantle 1956frank Robinson 1966denny Sclairr 1968reggie Jackson 1973 Jose Canseco 1988 and Frank Thomas 1993. Thomas the Chicago White sox slugger repeated As Al map wednesday. On or o f oot a 11 predict ions 0ii246850ii000504