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Show BALL TALK by Gary Les Oddsmakers sure are odd. Or maybe it's justthot.-getting justthot.-getting to be the rule of the day. Between pro bailor:, play last weekend, Jimmy the Greek, Will Grimsley, : other daring sportswriter-gambler might think tv:; picking a game. Saturday saw the demise of many of college loo" beaten powers, top ten teams, some of which were: greatness. Among these was the Western Athletic Co-own Co-own powerhouse, Arizona State. The Sun Devils k-broken k-broken into the top ten in both the Associated Press o". Press International polls, and they had been tabbed: every intermountain sportswriter as the overwhelming run away with the WAC for the umpteenth year in a. But a surprising Wyoming team surprised the .-45-43, despite a late ASU surge. It had been fig , would be a cinch runaway for the freight train W . Arizona, but an inspired Cowboy eleven put the brat-title brat-title hopes. , .: With eight teams in the WAC, it would figure thate-would thate-would play every other team once, or a total ot se-games. se-games. But due to difference or strangeness, orcoi'-, you want in scheduling, Arizona State plays only ; games this year. , ' Now this sheds a whole new light on things, i than just put the Sun Devils even with the rest ot t n -virtue of Wyoming's victory over ASU, the Cowboy sidered by some to be in the driver's seat for the But with the balance the WAC has this season-' anybody's race. So what if Wyoming puts toge minutes and beats what was once considered to D squad! The point is, now that Arizona State has lost, , with it a probable bowl bid, is up for grabs. Ana i , Utah's performance last week against Washing impressive 44-25, Bill Meek has good reasor i ' charges are now one of the teams that could d holder. , , j But winning one game, even if impressive Y.,: season make. There are still eight long weeks d . ar hung up, and anything can happen. Ho , luck, and a lot of tough, hard football, arid son , . that hasn't been found but has potential, ura counted out in the WAC this season. . ity(:. The league opener is Saturday against Umv j El Paso in Rice Stadium. It'd be a good cnhll'm number one passer in the nation, UTEP's Garry r-AstroTurf, r-AstroTurf, and possibly the first step towards a |