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Dorrell only joking about Cornhuskers
UCLA causes a stir when recalling the past.
By Jim Thomas
DAILY BREEZE
UCLA officials later insisted he was joking to make a point, but Coach Karl Dorrell briefly caused a stir Monday when he used the S-word while recalling Nebraska's early 1980s powerhouses.
Asked if USC was the greatest football team he's ever seen, Dorrell said: "It's up there. I've played against Nebraska teams that were pretty star-studded too. But they had some steroids.''
Dorrell chuckled, then added: "It was a little different in the early '80s. I vaguely remember going back to Nebraska. It was 1982. That was a pretty impressive experience. But (USC) is right up there. It's a very talented football team.''
Asked to clarify his comments later, Dorrell indicated he had no knowledge of the Cornhuskers using steroids.
"All I know is they were a whole lot bigger than we were,'' he said.
Sports Information Director Marc Dellins later said Dorrell was joking and had nothing but the highest respect for Nebraska's football program and its achievements.
Pac-10 honors
--Saw this on ESPN news and the got it of the espn website. Boy, one year of a few good games and some extremely lucky ones and someone thinks he's and authority on a few things. Here's my fav...
"All I know is they were a whole lot bigger than we were,'' he said.
Well maybe that could be because.... they were Nebraska and playing for national titles and you were UCLA and playing to kill time between high and low tide?
UCLA causes a stir when recalling the past.
By Jim Thomas
DAILY BREEZE
UCLA officials later insisted he was joking to make a point, but Coach Karl Dorrell briefly caused a stir Monday when he used the S-word while recalling Nebraska's early 1980s powerhouses.
Asked if USC was the greatest football team he's ever seen, Dorrell said: "It's up there. I've played against Nebraska teams that were pretty star-studded too. But they had some steroids.''
Dorrell chuckled, then added: "It was a little different in the early '80s. I vaguely remember going back to Nebraska. It was 1982. That was a pretty impressive experience. But (USC) is right up there. It's a very talented football team.''
Asked to clarify his comments later, Dorrell indicated he had no knowledge of the Cornhuskers using steroids.
"All I know is they were a whole lot bigger than we were,'' he said.
Sports Information Director Marc Dellins later said Dorrell was joking and had nothing but the highest respect for Nebraska's football program and its achievements.
Pac-10 honors
--Saw this on ESPN news and the got it of the espn website. Boy, one year of a few good games and some extremely lucky ones and someone thinks he's and authority on a few things. Here's my fav...
"All I know is they were a whole lot bigger than we were,'' he said.
Well maybe that could be because.... they were Nebraska and playing for national titles and you were UCLA and playing to kill time between high and low tide?
