Show ( ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 16 2003 — B3 Utah clinches share SALT LAKE CITY ( AP) — Utah's celebration alter clinching alleast a share of its first conference championship in four years was relatively subdued The Utes want to wait until line Conference champioas in 1957 r After finishing 6 a year ago it's better than most anyone in Salt Lake City could have expected 5-- title off “We' re not champs yet" defeasive back Morgan Scalley said : But they played like it Satur-day After allowing Casey Brnni-lto complete hLs first nine ' passes the Ute defease regrouped and all but v shut down the Cowboys' which had been avcrug- 3664 yards per r ball" Utah coach Urban Meyer said ’‘That second half was the best half we have had all year" Meyer Is the first Ute ctiach since Jim Fassel in 19X5 to win eight games in his first season at Utah and ran Smith was i5 times for 76 yards as the Utes continued to run the ball well without leading rusher Brandon Warfield vho has missed the Wyoming finished with £ last two games while recovering et l7-of-- "" ap Wyoming's Ryan : McGuffey Utah's “ “ left? catches a - 39-yar- d trM photo &- reception as - investigatiorfoflBCS s The Associated Press said he didn’t think this was an issue his former drgania- If the leaders of the Bowl tion should gel involved in ' "Clearly this is not an Championship Series don’t ' antitrust violation" hesaid come to a resolution with the a talk ‘Tin to af to any very happy system’s yritici meeting today Utah’s attorney general " atUirneys general if I need to I ' can't believe the association might call for an antitrust 'would w ant to take up an investigation issue that w ould be as div isive Mark Shurtleff sent a letter ' York's uttorNew (6 internally as this one'" Thursday ShuriletT represents a state ! the Eliott general Spilzer ney chairman of the Antitrust Cbm- - i- that is home to three schikils mittee of theNalionaj Associa-BYUtah and Utah Statetirin pf Attorneys Generalft£f:ftJ — that ire oil the outside of the BCS Utah Sen Orriri Hatch criticizing the postseason sys-'&- ft By - Ifiv ' - - ' it -- - toward th — — rx pnH vn8 7nno riiirinn thR third Quarter vs Rrinham Younn Saturday'?11 1111 xf exchange likas t(KiayvJie vlo m current BCS contract expires s riUJh°h Utflyl e 'of 7A'5 2j(K)6bowl's and tialions will begin next year I'afterthe Prexs fby Thea Associated rjoes not "Jjglf resolution from that emerge meeiinglm(t powerful cimferen'cesSf$ vvillconsider formally requcststheBCSguarantces the Donesicarriesi SOUTH BENpTnd:(AP) 5ekseas Notre Dame has cometdi'S® laugher in' a lbrig Si Julius Jones ran for 1 6 1 yards and three Ttouchdowns leading theUishto a 33:14 Victory Saturday over Brigham Young Notre §jtf HfDame has won two straight for the first Ume® Lft this jftftlt’s always nicer tbt y have things settled in the end and not have towin 5 r'JsA'Ss y atyy field goat’ said Irish on a coach Tyrone Willingham whose team field goats in its K needed other two home wins this season Notre Dame ) which finished 3 at home for its first losing season atNotre Dame Stadium since 1 984 needs to win its final two games at Stanford and at Syracuse to finish the regular season at 500 and have a shot at a bowl ' ' game “Westillbelieve there is something out there if we keep winning” Willing- ham said Notre Dame isnT sure whether it would be bowl eligible if it wins its final r two games The NCAA has said that a team that plays 12 games arid wins six is eligible if it is a member of a conference 03 will BigTenpndPac:l fo°ur the nroriSif most playi lucrative' jKjstseisrjn gamesleayinjftanl 'JewYorkTimesp emphasized in the locker roont that ? wbleftomethings pn the table Wiliingftamsaid“Therewereopp()rturiK ties in the rirsthajf where we would like 4 to hive had touchdowns instead of field ‘We chamSt' riinninf thnsp ting that dieAnti trust Comriulp teejfopen an investigation to examinewhetherbrniitcOm petitionisrestrained anclcbn sumeis’are harmed under thej current BCS arrarigement Detailsof the letter were! first reported Saturday by'Thej howT J top tv Standing Oregon president Davell Frohnmayera menibcrofthel f game which will be the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee and the former! f s' 5 £ The Irish intercepted three of Matt ft Berry’s passes’ recovered a fumble by'j I seaspiil: ’They got better as the game went J? r on” Willipgham said “They settled in last-seco- nd game-winni- ng : 2-- (4-6- APphotp at officialscoach the nscond Quarter against Notre during Dame Satarday The Irish won BYU Gary Crowtori yells 3j4-- 14 that has agreements with bowls Notre Dame is an independent but has a bowl agreement with the Big East SotheNCAAfootbaHcertificitibn subcommittee must rule whether Notre Dame can still be eligible Big East : spokesman John Paquette has said he believed Notre Dame would be eligiblewith two more wins BYU (4t7) w hich faces Utah next g week will finish with seasons for ihe first time since 1970-7- 1 — just before LaVeU Edwards - los-in- back-to-ba- ck " ' and kept us in a position to win the game" The Associated Press By ' Jones who carried the ball a career-high 35 times scored on mils of 23 and 13 yards aridis 4 yards shyofhfs first 1000-yar- d season Jones carried the ball 20 times for 112 yards in the iiecpnd halfas the Irish went to their ground game after opening a lead “Julius has been nirining very well arid making things happen in the running game” Willingham said Crowtori said Jones w as even better than he expected 'hatching him up close you see his second effort and how he's patient” Crowton said' “I just think he's an outstanding player” : -- Nick Choumos rushed for ) 26 yards and' two touchdowns to lead Weber State to win over Sacramento a btate on Saturday at Stewart' $tadium in Ogden ' James Samuel rushed for 122 yards and one touchdown in the Wildcats' (7-- 4 3 Big Sky) win1 Weber State jumped out to a 10-lead inthe first quarter with a run by Chounios arid a field goal by Joe Johnson iBiglSilootbollj The Hornets (2-- 9 Big Sky ) cut the Wildcat lead to 10-- 7 when Billy White caught a touchdown from Keriari Smith w ith 12: 10 left in the first half But Samuel extended 'eber lead to ) 7 w hien he' scored on a y ard run Sacramento State then cut the Wildcat lead to 4 at half- - 2&-1- 19-ya- rd 7-- 5-- 4-- 17-1- 0 rd -6 ' time after Caleb Jones caught a 7Tyard pass from Smith 39-ya- rd SeeBlG5onB5 Jazz end road trip with loss to Bucks MILWAUKEE (AP) — Neither Teny Porter nor Jeny Sloan is surprised at each other’s decent start to die season Michael Redd scored 25 points Saturday night to lead the Mil- ' waukee Bucks to a 100-9- 5 vkto-r- y over the Utah Jazz in a matchup of two mediocre teams ft that were expected to be much worse Redd scored 19 points in the second half and Milwaukee used a 13-- 0 ran in the middle of the fourth quarter to pull away The Bucks also got 17 points from 1 Tim Thomas who shot from the field to go with six ' :: : ' : 1 f-l 'rebounds - w anted and we didn't get anytime you play hard you have a heck of a chance to win” Sloan ' thing” Sloan said lead 6 Milwaukee held said “I was impressed with the w ay they played” with 8:07 left before scoring die next 13 points Redd had seven Six of Milw aukee's nine games have been against Western Con- straight points during the run and ference opponents and six of the Thomas' dunk put Milw aukee ft Bucks’ opponents have a ahead 90-7with 4:14 remaining ft record “We just didn't takr care of the The winning ' Bocks one of two teams to ball during that stretch” Haipring Carlos Arroyo who beat Eastern Conference- - ' said “We didn't play defense and 30 scored a career-hig- h leading Indiana have won they scored at win”1 points at Minnesota on Fri 100 Notes: Utah outrebounded Milfive Of their last eight day finished with 21 ' Jazz 95 for 9 Milwaukee is Matt Utah waukee games points no “We wc could win knew 2 19 in seven added its last games against Haipring matter what die media or critics Both teams predicted by many Utah The Bucks arc 4 against : said” Redd said teams with a winning record and to be two of the worst squads in Crushed the Jazz their the NBA this season have won ' Although against die West The Jazz e road trip Each team ft on the road five games to make Porter and they play is t six at borne where they shot 50 percent in die first half Sloan early contenders for Coach APphoto are 0 Utah plays host to Milwaukee on of the Year honors Mtoaukee's Joe Smith left Mocks a shot by Utah's Andrw Kirilenko during ffw second haff Saturday “They got everything fhey “They play very hard and any Friday no matter who is on the team will always be disciplined teams always be a team that plays extremely hard They never really beat themselves Those are ' qualities that are always with his team no matter what players or the make-u-p of his roster - i 6 £7 47-2- 5-- 2-- 1- -3 four-gam- T m not surprised” Porter ” said “They lost two Hall-of-Fame- rs but Jerry Sloan's teams 77-7- then-nex- 4-- 1- -3 1- -5 -- ' |