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>> STEVE ERWIN: HELLO, I'M STEVE ERWIN, PRESIDENT OF US BANK IN NEBRASKA. WE ARE PROUD TO JOIN NET IN SPONSORING HUSKER VOLLEYBALL. US BANK HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. THE COACHES AND YOUNG WOMEN INVOLVED IN HUSKER VOLLEYBALL, HAVE REPRESENTED NEBRASKA AS TRUE CHAMPIONS. AT U.S. BANK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CHEERING THEM TO VICTORY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SINCE 1989, TALENT PLUS HAS BEEN ASSISTING CLIENTS WITH RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITION OF TALENT IN THE WORKPLACE. WITH OFFICES IN LINCOLN AND SINGAPORE, ASSOCIATES PROVIDE TALENT, TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP TO OVER 200 CLIENTS AROUND THE WORLD. LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE. DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS REALIZE THEIR FINANCIAL GOALS AND DREAMS SINCE 1938. YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY IS THEIR BUSINESS. BISON. SUPPORTING YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ATHLETICS SINCE 1985. ON THE WEB AT BISONINC.COM OR 1-800-247-7668. THE MATCH CLUB. A BOOSTER CLUB OF OVER 800 MEMBERS SUPPORTING HUSKER VOLLEYBALL. FELLOW ENTHUSIASTS PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL EVENTS TO MEET THE PLAYERS AND TRAVEL TO AWAY MATCHES IN SUPPORT OF THE TEAM. INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THEMATCHCLUB.ORG. MUSIC > > COACH TERRY PETTIT: I JUST SAID TO THEM THAT YOU THREE WILL BE ON THE COURT WHEN WE WIN OUR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> COACH TERRY PETTIT'S VISION ELEVATES NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL. JOHN COOK'S TEAMS REACH NEW HEIGHTS, BUT IT WOULD COME FROM A DEVASTATING DEFEAT. >> COACH JOHN COOK: WE'RE NOT GONNA LET A LOSS BEAT US TWICE, SO WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THAT LOSS. IT TAKES A TRIP TO CHINA, DETERMINED ATHLETES, AND LEADERSHIP TO FIND A WAY TO WIN. >> TRACY STALLS: TO BE ABLE TO LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THIS DONE IF WE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY. >> NARRATOR: WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM, A TEAM PUTS EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL HISTORY. COACH JOHN COOK: THEY JUST BELIEVED; THEY KNEW SOMEHOW THEY WOULD FIND A WAY. ANNOUNCER: "THEY WIN, THE TWO THOUSAND SIX SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP." (APPLAUSE) (CROWD CHEERING) >> JOHN BAYLOR: ONE OF THE MANY GIFTS COACH PETTIT GAVE THIS STATE, CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF VOLLEYBALL, IS THE MANNER IN WHICH HE HANDLED THE TRANSITION. TO GIVE UP A TEAM THAT HAD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER SHOWS HIS GENEROSITY, FOR HIM TO CHOOSE JOHN COOK AND TO HELP PERSUADE HIM TO LEAVE A TERRIFIC JOB AT WISCONSIN AND TO COME HERE SHOWS COACH PETTIT'S POWERS OF PERSUASION. NANCY METCALF: HE AND COACH COOK ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN THEIR PERSONALITIES, BUT I THINK IN THEIR COACHING STYLES, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN THAT THEY BOTH TEACH TECHNICALLY GOOD VOLLEYBALL. THEY TAKE A PLAYER AND THEY SAY, IF YOU HAVE SOME ATHLETIC ABILITY, WE CAN TEACH YOU VOLLEYBALL. >> KATHY DEBOER: JOHN KNEW THE CULTURE OF NEBRASKA, UH KNEW HOW TO BE HIS OWN COACH AND BE HIS OWN PERSON AND YET BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED HERE. >> NANCY METCALF: IT WAS A GOAL OF OUR TEAM EVERY YEAR IS WE WANT TO WIN CONFERENCE AND WE WANT TO BE A CONTENDER FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE WANT TO BE IN THAT FIGHT. >> NARRATOR: IN WHAT IS TO BE A TRANSITION YEAR, COACH COOK'S FIRST TEAM GOES UNDEFEATED AND PLAYS FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IN A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, NEBRASKA'S OPPONENT IS WISCONSIN. AFTER FALLING BEHIND, TWO TO ONE, NEBRASKA EASILY WINS GAME FOUR, TO FORCE A RALLY-SCORING FIFTH GAME FOR THE NATIONAL TITLE. ANNOUNCER: "...SET PILAKOWSKI... AND SHE PUTS IT AWAY. NEBRASKA'S MADE HISTORY!" (CROWD CHEERING) >> COACH JOHN COOK: WHEN WE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2000, I REALLY NEVER ENJOYED ANY PART OF THAT MATCH BECAUSE WE WERE PLAYING AGAINST WISCONSIN, WHICH WAS THE SCHOOL I HAD LEFT TO COME TO NEBRASKA. SO FOR ME, IT WAS A NO-WIN MATCH. >> NANCY METCALF: THAT TEAM THAT YEAR HAD JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT CHEMISTRY. THEY HAD GREAT TRUST IN EACH OTHER. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOKED OUT ON THE COURT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU SAW SIX PLAYERS THAT WERE TOGETHER AS ONE UNIT. >> NARRATOR: THE HUSKERS BECOME THE SECOND TEAM IN NCAA HISTORY TO FINISH A SEASON UNDEFEATED. FIRST YEAR NEBRASKA HEAD COACH JOHN COOK, IS NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR. >> JOHN BAYLOR: BUT HE IS A TIRELESS WORKER. HE'S A MASTER MOTIVATOR. I MEAN HE IS ALWAYS THINKING AND SCHEMING AND COMING UP WITH STUFF. AND IT USUALLY WORKS IN THE END. (OCEAN WAVES) >> NARRATOR: JOHN COOK SPENT HIS COLLEGE YEARS ATTENDING SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY AND SAN DIEGO STATE. COOK'S COACHING STYLE IS INFLUENCED BY HIS OWN EXPERIENCE AS A COMPETITIVE MEN'S SAND VOLLEYBALL PLAYER. ANNOUNCER: "A GREAT HIT BY JOHN COOK. SHARP ANGLE CROSS." >> COACH TERRY PETTIT: I LOVE THE SETTER POSITION. I LOVE THE FAST TEMPO. I THINK JOHN COMES FROM MORE OF A MEN'S VOLLEYBALL BACK-BACKGROUND. AND MEN'S VOLLEYBALL IS MORE VAR- MORE-IT' S DOMINATED MORE BY OUTSIDE HITTERS AND SO YOU SEE PAVAN AND HOUGHTELLING AND JORDAN LARSON. THAT'S WHAT THE OFFENSE COMES FROM A DIFFERENT POSITION. THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG TO EITHER WAY, ANYMORE THAN THERE'S A RIGHT OR WRONG TO RUNNING THE FOOTBALL OR PASSING THE FOOTBALL. >> NARRATOR: COOK'S STYLE OF PLAY, BUILDS ON PETTIT'S EARLY SUCCESS. IN 2005, THE HUSKERS ARE BACK IN THE CHASE FOR A THIRD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SMUSICS NARRATOR: RANKED NUMBER ONE, THE ENTIRE 2005 SEASON, NEBRASKA FALLS ONLY TO RIVAL TEXAS, YET DOMINATES OTHER OPPONENTS. NEBRASKA WINS ITS FIFTH BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER HEAD COACH JOHN COOK. (CROWD CHEERING) >> NARRATOR: THE HUSKERS ADVANCE AT THE NCAA REGIONALS, PLAYING BEFORE A RECORD VOLLEYBALL CROWD OF 15,000 AT THE QWEST CENTER IN OMAHA. SWEEPING UCLA AND SAILING PAST FOURTH-RANKED FLORIDA, THE HUSKERS TRAVEL SOUTH TO THE NCAA FINAL FOUR IN SAN ANTONIO. >> JOHN BAYLOR: "GREETINGS EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE ALAMO DOME IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 'FOR THE SECOND OF TWO SEMI-FINALS. 'NEBRASKA IS FACING UNSEATED SANTA CLARA." >> NARRATOR: IN GAME ONE OF THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, SENIOR, MELISSA ELMER LED THREE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURE KILLS AS NUMBER 1 NEBRASKA POUNDED SANTA CLARA IN A 3 TO 0 SWEEP, ADVANCING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST NUMBER 2 WASHINGTON. SMUSICS >> REPORTER: "AFTER SEEING NEBRASKA TONIGHT, 'ARE THEY ONE OF THE BETTER TEAMS, 'MAYBE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SPORT." SANTA CLARA COACH: "FOR SURE, THE WAY THEY PLAYED TONIGHT, I CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EYES. 'THEY DEFINITELY WANT THIS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY SEEM PREPARED." >> DR. BARBARA HIBNER: IT'S GREAT TO BE IN ANOTHER FINAL FOUR. HATS OFF TO THE PLAYERS, COACHES, COACH-OF-THE-YEAR. >> NARRATOR: LEADING UP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL COACH'S ASSOCIATION NAMES JOHN COOK COACH-OF-THE-YEAR. SENIOR MELISSA ELMER AND SOPHOMORE SARAH PAVAN EARNS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN HONORS. AND JUNIOR CHRISTINA HOUGHTELLING, IS NAMED ALL-AMERICAN AND NATIONAL PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR. SMUSICS >> CROWD: "GO BIG RED!" >> STEVE JOHNSON: "WE'VE GOT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLISEUM! 'WE'VE GOT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLISEUM EAST! 'AND NOW, WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLISEUM SOUTH!" (CHEERING) >> JOHN CRIPE: WE'VE GOT A HUSKER HUDDLE PUT ON BY THE CAPITOL TEXANS FOR NEBRASKA. THEY JUST INVITED THE MATCH CLUB AND THE HUSKERS TO COME OVER FOR A LITTLE SOCIALIZE. >> STEVE JOHNSON: "SO WE THOUGHT WE'D PRACTICE TONIGHT. 'JUST LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON TRACK." CROWD: "ROOF! ROOF! ROOF!" >> STEVE JOHNSON: "THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN." >> MIDDLE MAN: "WE'RE NUMBER ONE GUYS." >> MAN ON LEFT: "WE'RE NUMBER ONE." >> MIDDLE MAN: "THERE'S NO..." >> MAN ON LEFT: "NO QUESTION ABOUT IT." >> MIDDLE MAN: "NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. HUSKIES ARE GONNA KICK SOME BOOTY." >> MAN ON LEFT: "UH NO." >> MIDDLE MAN: "FIVE O'CLOCK TOMORROW." >> MAN ON LEFT: "HUSKERS." SBAND PLAYINGS >> NARRATOR: THE ALAMO DOME CROWD OF NINE THOUSAND IS SATURATED IN RED. VINCE CRUIKSHANK, MATCH CLUB >> MEMBER: HALF THIS STADIUM IS PROBABLY NEBRASKA PEOPLE. RATHER IT'S THE TEXANS FOR NEBRASKANS OR THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CAME DOWN FROM LINCOLN AND FREMONT AND CAMBRIDGE AND HOOPER AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. (CROWD CHEERING) >> NARRATOR: CONFIDENT OF NEBRASKA'S EDGE IN SIZE, POWER AND STRENGTH, MANY FANS EXPECT A HUSKER SWEEP. >> WES SALEAUMUA: WE NEED TO WIN ONE MORE MATCH AND SO WE CAN HANG UP THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN NEBRASKA. I LOVE SAYING HUSKER NATION. MAN, THEY'RE THE BEST! THEY'RE IT MAN! (CLAPPING) >> NARRATOR: NEBRASKA APPEARS UN-STOPPABLE. >> ESPN ANNOUNCER: "THE NCAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 'DESCENDS UPON SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 'AND IT'S A SHOWDOWN OF NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, 'THE NEBRASKA HUSKERS AND THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES." SMUSICS >> COACH JOHN COOK: WE WERE BUILT UP THAT WE WERE THE KING KONG, UH YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE UNBEATABLE TEAM AND I THINK THAT WAS GREAT FUEL FOR WASHINGTON AS MOTIVATION TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BE THE UNDERDOGS. >> WASHINGTON COACH, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN: I DO BELIEVE THAT WORKED TO OUR ADVANTAGE FOR SURE. UH IT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON THEM AND IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ANY TOUGH ON US, BUT UH YOU KNOW, WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT DOING THE THINGS WE WE HAD DONE ALL YEAR AND JUST BEING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT THOSE THINGS. SMUSICS >> ESPN ANNOUNCER: "...SONIA TOMOSOVICH AND DARLA MYREE 'IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE REJECTION 'AND A QUICK TIME OUT BY JOHN COOK." >> WOMAN: "WOW." >> COACH JOHN COOK: AND THAT FIRST TIME-OUT, I ACTUALLY (COUGH) LOOSENED EM UP A LITTLE BIT BY SAYING UH THAT WE JUST MADE HISTORY. THAT WAS THE EARLIEST TIME-OUT EVER AT A FINAL FOUR. WELL, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT WAS A BRILLIANT TIME-OUT AND SOME PEOPLE THINK IT WAS AN IDIOTIC TIME-OUT. UM IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I SAW, YOU KNOW, CHRISTINA HOUGHTELLING MAKE A MAJOR MISTAKE AND SARAH PAVAN MAKE A MAJOR MISTAKE, SO I THOUGHT-SLOW THINGS DOWN. CALL TIME OUT AND GET EM REFOCUSED, LOOSEN EM UP A LITTLE BIT, AND LET'S TRY AGAIN. >> DIANE MENDENHALL: JUST LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS OF THE TEAM YOU SAW. THEY WERE TIGHT. THE EXPECTATION WAS OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES THAT EXPECTATION CAN CRIPPLE YOU AND THAT DID WITH THAT TEAM, UM WHICH YOU NEVER WANT TO HAPPEN. IT'S SOMETHING SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T CONTROL, BUT IT HAPPENED WITH THAT TEAM. >> JORDAN LARSON: WE COULD JUST NOT DO ANYTHING RIGHT. IT WAS JUST-EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT ON THEIR SIDE AND WE WERE JUST PRESSING, PRESSING, PRESSING AND WE JUST COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. >> CHRISTINA HOUGHTELLING: IT WASN'T JUST ONE PERSON WHO WAS HAVING A BAD GAME. IT WAS ALL OF US AND UM WE JUST WEREN'T STRONG STRONG ENOUGH MENTALLY. AND WASHINGTON HAD THAT EDGE ON US. THEY'D BEEN THERE BEFORE AND IT WAS WEIRD AND CONFUSING. WE'D NEVER BEEN PUT IN THAT POSITION BEFORE. WE USUALLY STEPPED UP TO FORM, UH JUST CONQUERED EVERYTHING AND MOVED ON. JOHN BAYLOR: THE SETTERS COULDN'T GET IN A RHYTHM. WE RAN INTO ONE OF THE HOTTEST POST-SEASON SETTERS OF ALL TIME IN COURTNEY THOMPSON. NEBRASKA RARELY LED. I REMEMBER EARLY GAME THREE, THE HUSKERS HAD A SHORT BRIEF LEAD AND I MADE SOME COMMENT LIKE WELL, YOU KNOW, HUSKERS ARE SUDDENLY PASSING LIKE A BMW ON THE AUDUBON. IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME I REALLY HAD HAD A HAPPY MOMENT AND THE HUSKERS HAVE BEEN STARING AT WASHINGTON'S TAILLIGHTS THE ENTIRE DOGGONE GAME. >> DANI MANCUSO: WE WERE JUST KIND OF WE WERE JUST INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE ON THE COURT AND WE WEREN'T REALLY TRUSTING EACH OTHER AND UM YOU KNOW, TRUSTING OUR PREPARATION UP INTO THAT POINT AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR US. (CHEERING) >> ESPN ANNOUNCER: "PERFECT. TO ELMER. AND IT'S OVER!" (CHEERING) >> ESPN ANNOUNCER: "THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES MADE A STUNNING THREE-GAME SWEEP. 'WIN THE PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP." (CHEERING) >> COACH JOHN COOK: THEY WERE PLAYING AT -AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL FOR THEM, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THEIR GREATEST MATCH OF THE YEAR. (CHEERING) >> COACH JOHN COOK: UH WHAT WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR US IS THAT WE DIDN'T PLAY OUR BEST MATCH. BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET A LOSS BEAT US TWICE, SO WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THAT LOSS. SMUSICS >> TRACY STALLS: I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD A VERY GOOD SEASON, UM YOU KNOW, THAT-AT YEAR AND WAS VERY -KIND OF DISAPPOINTED IN MY OWN PERFORMANCE AND SO -SO THAT SHED A PRETTY, YOU KNOW, POOR LIGHT ON THE SEASON ITSELF. SMUSICS >> DANI MANCUSO: IT WAS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, A SAD TIME AND A DISAPPOINTMENT. I MEAN THE -THE SEASON WAS GREAT, UM YOU KNOW, AND THE JOURNEY TO GET TO THE FINAL FOUR WAS GREAT, BUT I THINK AFTER THAT GAME, YOU KNOW, JUST SEEING HOW WE PLAYED AND KIND OF LET OURSELVES DOWN. >> SARAH PAVAN: I WAS ANGRY CAUSE I WANTED TO DO SO MUCH MORE AND IT WAS -IT WAS JUST A REALLY BAD FEELING ESPECIALLY BEING -LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A POSITION LIKE THAT BEFORE, ESPECIALLY IN VOLLEYBALL. SO THE-JUST THE -WHAT DO I DO NOW. (CHEERING) >> JOHN BAYLOR: THAT LOSS STUNG FOR A LOT OF REASONS. THERE WERE MANY SUB-PLOTS ON THAT DAY. ONE-THAT THE FANS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IS THAT THE TWO COACHES GENUINELY HAVE A PERSONAL RIVALRY. I MEAN IT'S BUILT ON RESPECT, BUT THERE'S A REAL RIVALRY THERE GOING CERTAINLY BACK TO KANSAS STATE WHEN MCLAUGHLIN WAS THERE AND THEN ALSO WHEN THEY BOTH WERE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS. AND FOR THE MATCH TO BE THAT LOPSIDED, I KNOW PERSONALLY HURT JOHN COOK AND THE NATURE OF THE LOSS AND HOW LOPSIDED IT WAS AND UH THE STRUGGLES OF THE WHOLE TEAM REALLY HURT THE HUSKERS. >> COACH JOHN COOK: THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO THE -TO THE NON-SENIORS IS YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THIS AGAIN IN OMAHA. THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T WIN THIS NEXT YEAR. NO REASON. SMUSICS >> COACH TERRY PETTIT: TODAY'S A GREAT DAY FOR NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL, NOT THAT WE LOST THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THAT WE WERE HERE AND COMPETED FOR IT. AND THAT IT ISN'T A ONE-TIME THING. IT'S NOT A COMET. YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE EVENT AND THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU COULD TAKE CHARGE OF. >> COACH JOHN COOK: AND IT DIDN'T END LIKE WE WANTED TO TONIGHT, BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED. UM YET THE--THE OTHER POSITIVE IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO SENIORS ON THIS TEAM, SO WE HAVE A-THE CORE OF OUR TEAM COMING BACK THAT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TRY TO DO THIS IN OMAHA. AND-AND ONCE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND GO THROUGH THAT, IF YOU CAN GET THERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE MUCH BETTER PREPARED TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO PLAY IN FINALS. NEBRASKA'S ELITE STATUS IN COLLEGIATE VOLLEY BALL TAKES DECADES TO DEVELOP. LONG BEFORE THE CHAMPION FOUR, NEBRASKA IS FORCED TO WORK THROUGH LEAN TIMES. IT ISN'T EASY FOR WOMEN TO GET ACCEPTANCE IN THE WORLD OF MALE DOMINATED SPORTS. THE FIRST WOMEN ATHLETES COMPETED IN LOOSELY ORGANIZED AND UNFUNDED EVENTS. THE EQUIPMENT IS HAND ME DOWN AND WOOL IS THE SPORTSWEAR CHOICE OF THE DAY. THROUGH THE 1900'S, WOMEN'S ATHLETIC CONTINUES TO MAKE POSITIVE STRIDES. IN 1972 AT A TIME WHEN WATER GATE AND VIETNAM GRIPPED ATTENTION OF THE NATION. PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNED TITLE NINE LEGISLATION. IT FORBID DESCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX. TITLE NINE FORCES SCHOOLS TO EQUALIZE SPENDING ON MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SPORTS OR LOSE FEDERAL FUNDING. >> WHEN I WORK WITH WOMEN WHO MAY BE IN THEIR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF COACHING OR ARE COLLEGIATE ATHLETES IS WHEN I HEAR THEM SAY, WHAT IS TITLE NINE? HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO IS 20, OR 22 OR 23 YEARS OLD, AND THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF FEELING LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A TITLE NINE IS. >> I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYERS OF TITLE NINE. I REMEMBER THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF INTENT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T DONE. THERE WERE NOT SIGNING DAYS. >> WHEN I TELL THEM STORIES, THEY ARE THINKING I'M TELLING THEM WE WALKED TO SCHOOL BACKWARDS IN FIVE MILES OF SNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. IT WAS A HUGE DEAL WHEN WE FIRST GOT OUR FIRST SWEAT SUIT. WHEN WE WENT FROM FOUR PEOPLE IN A ROOM TO TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM, THAT WAS AWESOME. EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN BED. WE THOUGHT, MAN, WE ARE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, ISN'T THIS AWESOME? >> WOMEN'S VOLLEY BALL BECOMES A BIG EIGHT SPORT SOON AFTER IT'S ENACTED. PAT SULLIVAN'S TEAM EARNS AN 83 AND WINS THE BIG AGENT SEASON AND THE TOURNAMENT CHARCHSHIP IS '76. AFTER THAT, COACH SULLIVAN MOVES ON, A SEARCH FOR A NEW HEAD VOLLEY BALL COACH IS UNDER WAY. >> MY FIRST TEACHING JOB WAS AT LOUISBERG COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA. TITLE NINE HAD JUST COME IN. WHEN THEY HIRED ME, THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS. I WAS HIRED AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER AND SPONSORED A LITERARY MAGAZINE. THEY SAW VOLLEY BALL ON MY RESUME. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY MEANT WOMEN'S VOLLEY BALL. AFTER A YEAR OF COACHING VOLLEY BALL AT LOUISBERG, TERRY PET IT IS URGED TO LOOK AT THE NEBRASKA OPENING. PET IT IS HIRED BY BOB TO HEAD THE NEBRASKA VOLLEY BALL PROGRAM. >> THE FIRST YEAR THERE WERE A LOT OF PLAYERS, BUT MOST WERE NOT ON SCHOLARSHIP. WE HAD 150 FAN IN HIS THE COLISEUM, USED FOLDING CHAIRS, SET UP THE NETS AND WASHED THE COURT. WE DID EVERYTHING. THERE WAS TALENT. NOT NECESSARILY SKILLED PLAYERS, BUT TALENTED ATHLETES THAT COULD RUN, JUMP AND THROW, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT. >> IN 1977 IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS NEBRASKA'S FIRST VOLLEY BALL COACH, HE WINS HIS FIRST OF 21 NATIONAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. >> HE'S A VISIONARY. EARLY ON, HE SAW WHAT IT COULD BE, MADE FIVE YEAR PLANS, TEN YEAR PLANS, HOW TO GET IT TO WHERE HE THOUGHT IT COULD BE AND I'LL BE DARNED IF WE ARE NOT THERE. >> MY GOAL WAS TO KEEP MY JOBMENT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE VISION I HAD IS THE VISION THAT EMERGED. INITIALLY IT WAS TO DEVELOP AS A COACH, A PROGRAM, AND BE COMPETITIVE. TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. >> WE HAD TO LOOK AROUND AND THINK, OH MY GOSH, EVERY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN NEBRASKA. I'M SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT COULD HAPPEN IN ANOTHER SPORT. >> THE FIRST THING, ONCE WE LET OUR TEAM OUT ON THE FLOOR, THE FIRST THING I TRAINED COACHES AND BELIEVED THAT THE NEXT THING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GROW. WE ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM IN THE CORN HUSKER WAY AND THEY'LL GROW UP WANTING TO GO HERE. >> IT ATTRACTED CONSISTENCY. IT'S HARD TO WIN NEBRASKANS OVER, BUT IN TIME, IF YOU CONTINUALLY HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT, IF YOU CONTINUALLY ARE SUCCESSFUL, IF YOU CONTINUALLY WIN, IN TIME, YOU WILL DEVELOP A FOLLOWING. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO, INSTEAD OF SEEING SOMETHING AS A WEAKNESS, LEVERAGE IT AS A STRENGTH, CERTAINLY THE SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL PROGRAM HELPED IN TWO WAYS, IT HELPED GIVE YOU A BUDGET TO COMPETE, AND SECONDLY, IF SOMEONE HADN'T HEARD OF NEBRASKA VOLLEY BALL, WHEN YOU WENT INTO THE HOME AND TALKED TO THE PARENTS, THEY WERE AWARE OF THE COMPETITIVE SCHOOL. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE. THEN, YOU HAD TO HAVE GRACE ON TOP OF IT. >> PET AT THIS TIME DEVELOPED A SUCCESS THE WAY THE COACH DEVNI COACHED FOOTBALL. >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND MATCH, HE SHOOK MY HAND AND WALKED OUT. I ALWAYS FELT PERSONAL SUPPORT FROM HIM. IF HE DIDN'T LIKE BEING REMINDED ABOUT SOMETHING, HE WOULD SAY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A JOB SOMEPLACE ELSE, HE WOULD CALL ME AND SAY, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. HE HAD ACCESS, AND YOU COULD BELIEVE WHAT HE SAID. >> BOB IS SUPPORTIVE OF WOMEN'S ATHLETICS, BUT NOT UNTIL BARBARA IS SELECTED AS ASSISTANT IN 1976, THAT VOLLEY BALL HAS A TRUE ADVOCATE. ALL WOMEN'S SPORTS TAKE A BIG STEP FORWARD. HIBNER SEES IT GROW FROM TEN SPORTS TO THE CURRENT 13 SPORTS, LEAVING NEBRASKA WOMEN, 117 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. >> SHE WAS CRITICAL TO THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEBRASKA VOLLEY BALL. SHE'S A GIANT IN WHAT HAPPENED HERE. ANYONE THAT SPENT TIME AROUND BARB KNOWS SHE TALK TALKS ABOUT LABOR OF LOVE. HER FOCUS WAS TO ENHANCE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES. IT WAS NEVER PERCEIVED AS WE ARE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING. WE ARE GOING AFTER SOMETHING. WE WILL INVEST. IT STARTED WITH COACH DIVANI SAYING TO HER, GO, RUN THIS THING. TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED. THE FACT THAT HE HAD THAT OPEN MINDEDNESS TO EMPOWER HER AND LET HER LEAD A PROGRAM SET NEBRASKA OUT AHEAD OF THE CURVE. >> THE MODERN SITUATION DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL THE EARLY 1980'S WHEN WE SHIFTED THE COURT, CHANGED THE ORIENTATION IN THE COLISEUM AND TOWARD 1990, WE RENOVATED THE COLISEUM AND BROUGHT IN BLEACHERS. AS SOON AS WE DID THAT, FANS FILLED THEM. I USED TO QUOTE CHURCHILL, IN THE END WE ARE SHAPED BY THE BUILDINGS WE LIVE IN. I THINK THAT'S TRUE WITH THE COLISEUM. I THOUGHT THAT WE DIDN'T CARE WHETHER THE BUILDING WAS OLD OR THE SEATS NEEDED PAINTING, IF YOU LIT IT IN THE CORRECT WAY, IT WAS A STAGE AND THE ATHLETES WERE THE FOCAL POINT. CARRIE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST VOLLEY BALL COACHES TO SELL OUR SPORT. I MEAN THAT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY TO SAY, THIS IS A SPECTATOR SPORT WORTH SEEING AND WORTH BEING PART OF. LET ME TELL YOU WHY. LET ME SHOW YOU WHY. LET ME GET YOU INTO THE BUILDING SO YOU CAN SEE IT AND BECOME PART OF IT. HE WORKED HARD TO GET FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE FAN FRIENDLY. HE LOOKED AT HIT ROLE TO BE AS MUCH A SALESMAN FOR HIS PROGRAM AS HE WAS THE COACH OF THE ATHLETE. TERRY P.E.T.I.T.'S TEAM ADVANCE TODAY THE SEMIFINALS SIX TC > MTINU WHY. (CHEERING) >> ANNOUNCER: "AND IT'S OVER. 'THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES HIT A STUNNING THREE GAME SWEEP. 'WIN THE PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP." >> COACH JOHN COOK: "I'M VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. HOLD YOUR HEADS UP HIGH." >> COACH JOHN COOK: FOR ME, THE PROCESS STARTED THE NEXT DAY, AS FAR AS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO GET OUR TEAM READY FOR 2006. TAKING NOTICE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT WEEK AND -AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND HOW WE WERE GONNA CORRECT THAT. SMUSICS >> NARRATOR: THE JOURNEY TO THE FINAL FOUR IN OMAHA BEGINS IN A VERY DISTANT PLACE -ASIA. >> COACH COOK TAKES HIS TEAM ON A COMPETITIVE TRIP THROUGH JAPAN AND CHINA. WHERE HIS 2000 TEAM BEGAN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS. THE FAR EAST IS RECOGNIZED FOR DEVELOPING THE MOST COMPETITIVE WOMEN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. COOK'S 2000 TEAM ENDED THEIR SEASON WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. COULD ASIA PROVIDE NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL THE FOUNDATION FOR ANOTHER DREAM SEASON? >> COACH JOHN COOK: AND ONE OF THE REASONS I CHOOSE CHINA IS, BESIDES THE GREAT VOLLEYBALL, IS- IT'S A COUNTRY THAT THIS GENERATION WILL GROW UP WITH AS FAR AS BEING A MAJOR INFLUENCE IN THEIR LIFE, WHETHER IT'S TRADE, INFLUENCING WORLD POLITICS. AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT GOING TO CHINA IS THERE'S NO CELL PHONE SERVICE. THERE'S NO TEXT MESSAGING. THERE'S NO BOYFRIENDS. THERE'S NO SCHOOL. >> RACHEL SCHWARTZ: WE HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN AWAY FROM US THAT WE WERE USED TO. WE WERE PUT INTO AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION AND UM BEING AROUND PEOPLE THAT DON'T SPEAK YOUR SAME LANGUAGE, YOU HAVE NO ONE ELSE THERE, EXCEPT FOR YOUR TEAMMATES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT KIND OF BROUGHT A LOT OF STRESS ON RIGHT AWAY. >> COACH JOHN COOK: THEY'RE JET-LAGGED. WE'RE GOING AT A VERY FAST PACE AND WE'RE PLAYING AGAINST GREAT COMPETITION EVERY TIME WE STEP ON THE COURT. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY GONNA MOLD US TO BECOME A GREAT TEAM OR IT WAS GONNA BLOW US UP. >> TRACY STALLS: YOU ARE SUDDENLY IMMERSED IN THIS WHOLE NEW CULTURE AND THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GONNA DO IS CLING TO WHAT YOU KNOW AND THAT'S EACH OTHER, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO TOGETHER THAT MAKES SENSE WHEN ALL OF THIS GOING ON DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. >> RACHEL HOLLOWAY: I MEAN WE COULDN'T EVEN CALL HOME OR OUR PARENTS AND THAT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME, BUT UH IT BROUGHT US CLOSER TOGETHER AND I MEAN WE BECAME A TEAM IN CHINA AND THAT'S WHEN THE JOURNEY BEGAN. >> JOHN BAYLOR: THIS VERSION OF NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL FARED MUCH BETTER THAN THAT TWO THOUSAND TEAM. THAT TEAM BARELY COULD WIN GAMES AGAINST THE PROFESSIONAL CHINESE TEAMS. NEBRASKA 06 WAS VERY COMPETITIVE AND WON MATCHES. MAYBE THE BEST MATCH THEY PLAYED ALL YEAR WAS AGAINST THIS JAPANESE PROFESSIONAL TEAM. IT WAS AN AMAZING MATCH AND THERE'S SO MUCH PASSION AND THE HUSKERS PLAYED IT VERY, VERY WELL. AND THE HUSKERS HAPPENED TO PULL THAT OUT. FOR THREE GAMES, IT WAS HIGH DRAMA AND INTENSITY. >> AMANDA GATES: CHINA WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE SO FAR, UM EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T LOOKING FORWARD TO IT THAT MUCH BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN OVERSEAS BEFORE. UM I HAVE NEVER LIKE EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE WE WERE GOING TO DO. IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SAY THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVERSEAS AND PLAY VOLLEYBALL. WE EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE. I'VE NEVER IMAGINED WHEN I WAS LITTLE LIKE I COULD SAY I CLIMBED THE GREAT WALL OR SAW THE BEAUTY OF JAPAN. >> EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM BELIEVED IT AND KNEW WE WERE GOING TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. >> I THINK THE CHEMISTRY WAS THERE. AFTER THAT, WE BECAME LIKE SISTERS. SISTERS DON'T ALWAYS AGREE AND GET ALONG, BUT THERE IS A LOVE THERE. THE BOND IS SOON TESTED. EVERY TEAM HAS ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP THROUGH THE EF EVOLUTION OF THE TEAM. WE MADE A DECISION TO KEEP CHRIS OUT FOR THE YEAR AND NOT TRY TO GET HER BACK SO SHE CAN HEAL. >> NEBRASKA'S NEW HITTER IS DANNY MANCUSO. >> OBVIOUSLY, IT THREW HER INTO A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR TEAM. >> MY MIND SET HAD TO CHANGE FROM FOCUSING ON WORRIES ABOUT HER AND IS SHE GOING TO BE OKAY AND THIS STUFF, NOW I HAVE TO PREPARE MYSELF. I HAVE TO GET READY. THIS IS MY CHANCE, MY OPPORTUNITY. >> THE BLOCK BY MANCUSO. IN EARLY NONCONFERENCE PLAY MINNESOTA PROVED TO BE THE TOUGHEST OPPONENT. NEBRASKA FIGHTS BACK TO WIN GAME FOUR. THEY FIND A SURPRISE IN BOULDER, COLORADO. DESPITE A CAREER NIGHT FOR TRACEY, THE TEAM SUFFERS ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON. >> BECAUSE WE WERE NEBRASKA AND RANKED NUMBER ONE, THE TEAMS ARE NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER FOR US. IT'S LIKE WE CAN LOSE TO ANYBODY. THAT VULNERABILITY BECAME REALITY. WHEN YOU FEEL THAT, YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL IT AGAIN. >> IN THEIR FINAL HOME GAME AT THE COLISEUM, FRIENDS GIVE A FINAL FAREWELL TO THEIR FRIENDS. >> I STILL SEE HOW NERVOUS THEY ARE TO GO OUT IN FRONT OF THAT CROWD SENIOR NIGHT. >> IT WAS AMAZING. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON THE FLOOR. I CAN'T GIVE WORDS. YOU CAN SAY AMAZING, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. WE ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER OUR SENIOR YEAR. WE REALLY LOOKED TO EACH OTHER TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND MADE SURE THAT WE BOTH ENJOYED IT. WE MADE SURE OUR TEAMMATES ENJOYED IT. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF MY BREAST FRIENDS. THE HUSKERS BREEZE THROUGH AND TRAVEL TO GAINSVILLE FOR THE REGIONAL BEATING SAN DIEGO. >> THE DRAMA CHANGED WHEN THEY PLAYED FLORIDA. WE WERE PREPARE TODAY MEET FLORIDA ALMOST AS AN UNDER DOG. IT CHANGED THE COMPLETE PSYCHOLOGY OF OUR TEAM. THAT'S WHEN THE PRESSURE MULTIPLIED BY 100. >> EARLIER IN THE SEASON, NEBRASKA NEARLY LOST AT HOME IN THE COLISEUM. NOW, ON A NEUTRAL COURT, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST THEM, DOWN TWO GAMES AT INTERMISSION. >> WE WANT TODAY WIN SO BAD. A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU JUST HAVE TO LET IT HAPPEN. WE WERE ALMOST FORCING IT. OUR STRONG POINT WAS THE TEAM DYNAMICS, THE TOGETHERNESS, SAYING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THIS DONE IF WE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY. TRACEY PULLED IT TOGETHER. IT WAS MOSTLY, WE ARE NOT PLAYING FOR THE PEOPLE WAITING FOR US IN OMAHA. WE ARE NOT PLAYING FOR ANYBODY BUT EACH OTHER. INDIVIDUALS DON'T MAKE UP A CIRCLE. IT'S THAT RING THAT NOBODY CAN PENETRATE. WE ARE IN THAT STRONG. WE ARE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND DOING IT. DOWN TO THE WIRE, NEBRASKA BEATS MINNESOTA IN FIVE GAMES. CLENCHING A BREAK BACK HOME IN OMAHA. >> FOR NEBRASKA'S FIRST GAME WITH UCLA, THE CENTER IS FILLED WITH 17,000 FANS, AND NCAA ATTENDANCE RECORDS. THE FINAL FOUR WAS SOLD OUT AS FAST AS A PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT. >> THIS WAS HISTORY. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FOCUS ON PLAYING. YOU ARE IN AWE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T PLAY WELL IN THE FIRST GAME. >> TRACEY STALL HIT THE CAREER HIGH OF 17 KILLS AS THEY DEFEATED UCLA IN FOUR GAMES. AFTER WE BEAT UCLA, THAT NIGHT, WE WERE TALKING, AND WE WERE LIKE, MAN, WE CAN WIN THIS THING HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR TEAM TO BELIEVE? ARE THEY JUST HAPPY THEY GOT TO OMAHA AND WON A MATCH OR JUST THE CHAMPIONSHIP? WE HAD TO TAKE A MAJOR GAMPLE. IMMEDIATELY, OUR TEAM IS REFLECTING BACK TO MINNESOTA. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. >> DANNY, WHO HAD THE MOST TO LOSE, SHE'S ON THE GREATEST STATE OF VOLLEY BALL IN HER HOMETOWN, IF SHE PLAYED POORLY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SHE REMEMBERED. THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN NUMBER ONE NEBRASKA AND NUMBER TWO STANFORD IS NATIONALLY TELECAST. THE ALL TIME COLLEGIATE VOLLEY BALL RECORD. STANFORD OVERCOMES THE 23 DEFICIT WITH THREE KILLS ON ROUTE TO 37 WINS. >> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT THE VOLLEY BALL IS PERFECT AS IT DOESN'T AT THAT POINT. TWO TEAMS LOOKING AT THEIR MARK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY HAPPEN TO WIN THE FIRST ONE. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF WE WERE DOWN OR HOW WE WERE PLAYING. THEY KNEW SOMEHOW THEY WOULD FIND A WAY. DANNY HAD A BIG MATCH. I THINK THERE WAS TWO PLAYERS, IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE TAPE, AMANDA GATES, WE SUBBED HER IN, AND SHE MADE FOUR SPECTACULAR PLAYS THAT, I FELT, CHANGED THE MOMENTUM OF THE MATCH. SHE COMES IN TO HELP THIS TEAM WIN. THE OTHER PLAYER WAS RACHEL SCHWARTZ. SHE MADE A COUPLE OF GREAT PLAYS THAT COMPLETELY TURNED IT. IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE STATS OR ON THE HIGHLIGHT VIDEO OR INSTANT REPLAY, BUT A LOT OF PLAYERS WON THOSE POINTS. >> RACHEL HOLLOWAY HAD 58 ASSISTS, FIVE BLOCKS AND TWO KILLS. DANNY HAS A MATCH HIGH. NUMBER ONE NEBRASKA RALLIES TO DEFEAT THEM FOR THEIR THIRD DIVISION A VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> THEY WIN THE 2006 I HOPE YOU ARE WATCHING, AND THIS ONE WAS FOR YOU. >> YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THE SCRIPT THIS SEASON AND WE FIND OUT CHRIS CAN'T PLAY THIS YEAR. THE STATE RANKED NUMBER ONE ALL YOU TO PLAY KNOWING WE HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE QUEST CENTER, TO HAVE DANNY SWITCH POSITIONS, TO OVERCOME ALL THOSE TEAMS AND TO PLAY LIKE WE DID LAST NIGHTHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE FAIRY TALE, THE FEELING THESE WOMEN HAD LAST NIGHT, THEY'LL BE HEROS FOREVER. SOMETHING THEY'LL HAVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. IT'S WHAT NEBRASKA IS ALL ABOUT, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE YOUNG WOMEN TO GO OUT AND DREAM BIG. * * >> WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF N.E.T., YOU RECEIVE AN N.E.T. CARD. JOIN TODAY. HELP SUPPORT N.E.T. AND JOIN TODAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT N.E.T. NEBRASKA.ORG OR CALL 634-6788. >> YOU ARE WATCHING N.E.T. TELEVISION, NEBRASKA'S P.B.S. STATION. 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