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Show C C I had heard of the older players at Nebraska talk of the Orange Bowl, but I never imagined it the way it finally turned out. They really rolled out the red carpet. ) ) -Dave Burke s Burke Relives s Football at 1 Nebraska Keith Duncan i Clipper Sports - -. N T- p r 5 ' i f , v. -. . ; imi i m i . t : f j) I - I ? - . - ' - $ ' : . t I " . . I " 4 ; . vii .J " '-4 x . f" - - . " H , i . , - "..-. in the Big F.ight. THE TRIP io the Orange Bowl as an event of a life-lime, life-lime, according to Dave. He'd heard the older players talk about ab-out it but had never pictured it the uay it finally turned out. To begin with the team was flown to Miami in chartered planes. Each member of the team was given a S240 meal allowance in addition to two full course dinners a day. "They really rolled out the red carpel for us. When we landed in Florida a special committee met us. They gave us oranges and loaded us into three different diffe-rent buses. "WE GOT a police escort in the buses to the hotel. When we got off they gave each of us a bag of all kinds of things. It had tanning lotion, cologne, pen sets, sun screems. maps and everything.'.' said Burke. Everyday ihe team was there they were treated to something new . At the same time the tension ten-sion was building for their battle bat-tle with Clemson. "'We were all thinking that Georgia had to lose and Texas had to beat Alabama. After things started going our way. our fans started going crazy . The tension was really building." build-ing." he said. "THE TENSION in the air was thick." recalled Burke. "It was penalties that hurt us and mental mistakes too. Clemson was good but 1 think on another day we could have beat them. 1 was amazed at how they accepted us. Even in Nebraska it's incredible how people open their arms to the football program and its players." play-ers." he added. Burke said families in Lincoln Lin-coln would take in scholarship players and give them a home-cooked home-cooked meal, players are treated tre-ated like sons there. There are plenty of things to lure a star athlete to Cornhusker Country. Coun-try. Dave says the weightroom in Nebraska is the largest in the countv. The stadium houses 60.000 and has 1 13 straight sellouts. "AS FAR as recruiting goes, people outside Utah hac some weird idea about BVL and the "Mormons." Some of the things they hear and be-liee be-liee are funnv more than serious. se-rious. I'm sure the coaches hae to set the records straight ; plenty of times. "But. oerall. 1 think Neb- : raska will always be among the : top ten. They hae a class organization and many people support the program." said Dave. ONE AREA in which Dae feels he could contribute to the : Cougar program is complimenting com-plimenting their passing game. "I was a pretty good receiver in high school and I don't think I've lost my touch. 1 think 1 . could add a new dimention to ; their program, if 1 decided to transfer." he said. : As far as playing pro ball. Davewilltakeitasilcomes.lt' . he got a chance to play, he'd take it. But it isn't going to kill ; him if he doesn't play on the : professional level. ' LAYTON Former ; Layton Lancer star Dave , Burke said, words could not describe his feelings when he and his prep teammates won ' the state championship in foot-1 foot-1 ball. "I THOUGHT nothing could compare." said Burke. ; who spent last week in Layton during spring break from college. col-lege. "When I decided to J attend the University of Nebraska, Neb-raska, all 1 could think of was : winning a national champion-: champion-: ship. If w inning the state title was as good as it w as. 1 can't image w hat w inning a national title would be like." he said. Burke flew back Monday for spring quarter and the start of 3$, spririg football... With the red- , p. shin year behind him he is gp, more than excited about get-ting get-ting into the thick of things j? again. He saw some limited ac-tion ac-tion as a freshman but has plans now to expand his football foot-ball playing horizon. IN HIS two years at Nebraska. Nebras-ka. Burke has played w ith star-studded star-studded All-Americans. been through all the glamour and excitement ex-citement an Orange Bowl trip can bring and can see how possible pos-sible it could be that Nebraska could have a national cham- pionship of its own. But despite de-spite it all. has had second thoughts about continuing his football career at the powerful Big Eight School. He is excited about the way people in Neb raska love their football, bn like most other athletes. wants to play a lot and doesn want to wait too long to do i: "I've had thoughts of trans-fering trans-fering to BYU. If 1 came back to Utah I'd go to the "Y" because, be-cause, in my opinion, they are the best football school in the state." said Burke. He claims he still has thoughts about coming back to Utah, but promises he won't make a decision de-cision until after spring ball at Nebraska. THE CORNHLSKERS will have to replace a talented defensive de-fensive backfield this fall and they plan on using Burke at a corner spot. "They told me they plan to play their best athletes in all positions and have given some indication that 1 may get to start." said Burke. As a freshman Dave ran the ball from the 1-back spot but learned the fullback position when other fullbacks were injured. It's no secret that the Cor-nhuskers Cor-nhuskers are loaded with talented running backs. Coaches, however, like what they see in Burke and see the day when his contributions will be greater. But. for right now . they think they've found a spot for him at cornerback. "I DON'T want to give the wrong impression. I love it at Nebraska. If they give me a shot at playing I plan on giving it all I've got. I just want to play somewhere." he said. The competition is fierce in the Cornhuster's camp. That is one reason why Burke was redshirted. As a redshirt Dave had a chance to gain more strength and learn the program. prog-ram. Redshirt years are not just for injured players like some are led to believe. "PERHAPS THAT is one reason why I've had thoughts of transfering. The competition competi-tion w ouldn't be quite so fierce at BYU and it might give me a chance to settle down and learn the system w hile at the same time gaining some personal per-sonal recognition." he said. Dave Burke was visiting Utah for a break between the winter and spring quarters at the University of Nebraska. 150 walk-ons. It's little sur- country every year. The comprise com-prise Nebraska finds itself petition on the team is just as among the top ten teams in the incredible as w hat takes place When Dave was first recruited re-cruited by Nebraska, scouts and coaches alike said he would have as great a chance to start as a sophomore as anyone any-one in the program. But those same coaches didn't count on the competition from 50 other full scholarship players and |