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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Ten Tuesday, January 14, 1992 Sports Pioneers draft three former Utes Culverhouse put pie back in Bill Parcell's face Nobody asked me, but. . . Serves you right, Bill Parcells. The current NBC analyst for now, at least, but stay tuned and former New York Giants head football coach who led the Giants to two NFL titles during his reign, got exactly what he deserved when Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse turned him down in favor of Sam Wyche as the Bucs' new head coach. After leaving Culverhouse feeling like a bride that had been spurned at the alter two weeks ago when five-yea- r, he turned down an $6.5 million dollar offer (the highest in NFL history) to captain the pathetic Pirates' ship, Parcells had a sudden change of heart this past week, and decided he wanted to call his marriage to Miss Tampa Bay back on. But like a father protecting his baby daughter, Culverhouse correctly decided that this was not the man for his baby, the Tampa Bay football team. Parcells, who eye-poppi- Zi? rs. f(y 'fH ..v x-f- sx ) iu sS l Chronicle Sports Editor Before the draft, Utah coach John D'Ottavio said, "We'll go in looking for corners and offensive linemen. . .The key will be to get the 25 best athletes, the 25 top players will carry you as a team." e Though no one really expected the PSFL to attract players, Utah's choice of running back J.J. Flannigan of Colorado brings a smile to future Pioneers' fans. Other notables are former BYU stars: tight end Chris Smith, linebacker Alema Fitisemanu and Mark Bellini. Tony Rice of Notre Dame fame and Major Harris of West Virginia are two other marquee names playing for other big-nam- LaVon Edwards heads a group of three former University of Utah football players that were drafted in the territorial draft by the Utah Pioneers of the new Professional Spring Football League Monday in Las Vegas. e Edwards, who is the interception leader at the U., started for four straight years in the Utah secondary and for the 1991 season. was named The other Utes drafted by the Pioneers were running back e Eddie Johnson, the Utes' rushing leader who was chosen early on to be a cornerstone and spokesman for the team, and wide receiver Darrell Hicks, a 1990 graduate who all-tim- C all-tim- performed extremely well at the Atlanta combine last October. Among the 30 players that the Pioneers drafted from seven protected states (Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota) were 11 players from Brigham Young and two from Utah State. All the players chosen have displayed their skills for scouts at one of four scouting combines held around the country or have expressed interest in playing in the fledgling league. So none of the draft picks should back away from the team before the Pioneers training camp begins in Phoenix Jan. 27. PSFL teams. At the quarterback position, the Pioneers took Bruce to Turner Gill in his years at Nebraska Mathison, a back-u- p (1981-82- ) and, also, Frank Seur of Kansas. Mathison played for seven years in the NFL, mostly as a backup for the San Diego Chargers. Before drafting ended Monday at Bally's Hotel in Sin City, 22 rounds of open drafting had taken place. However, none of the names chosen by the Pioneers are recognizable to the local fan and most carry names like tight end Duncan Burgermeister, a seventh round pick from Mesa State. Sixty rounds of drafting continue through Wednesday. The Pioneers will go to camp with approximately 5 Just 43 players players plus punters and players will be on the active roster in season, five will be in 75-8- place-kicker- s. reserve and five more will make up the developmental squad. Intramural Update Winter intramurals getting set for heated action The result is a more intense and more challenging (some think) sport. Games for this event will be played on Monday and Justin Peterson Chronicle Sports Writer By Thursday nights at If 'you still had hoped to round up an intramural squad for basketball, volleyball or soccer it's not too late. But after this week, it will be. (See accompanying and 7 p.m. at the Fieldhouse. Floor Hockey: A floor hockey weekender tournament begins play on Jan. 25. Bear in mind that this is not the style of requiring UPCOMING INTRAMURAL DEADLINES Other intramural events are just around the corner. Here's a look: Wallyball: If you've never played or even heard of this 6 Remember, two forfeits disqualify a team, so be committed. deadline dates.) Basketball Today! hockey This s. double-eliminatio- n tournament, will take place on consecutive weekends until finished. The games are played on Saturday mornings Co-RBasketball (M&F, introduction might suffice. so check your schedules. All January 15 floor hockey games will be Wallyball, simply put, is Volleyball Winter Classic January 15 volleyball played within the played in HPER confines of a racquetball Indoor Soccer Squash: With this event, January 15 court. the format for play as well as Sound fun? It should. Creep, Crawl and Croak Club the level of division offered January 17 Where regular volleyball is will depend on the number Wallyball . January 21 confined to the parameters of participants entered. Each of its floor boundaries, match Floor Hockey Weekender Tourney requires that you get January 22 an has added in touch with your opponent wallyball Squash and arrange a time to play January 22 aspect to it. You're forced to play with before a certain date. Failure the 'additional factor of the to do so will result in a court walls and depending on your familiarity with them, double forfeit. So with this event, more of the responsibility they can either work to your team's advantage or against it. lies with the participants than the intramural officials. "sport," then 5 little Napoleon (under ec 6-fe- et) Basketball floor roller-blade- style asks only that you wear white-sole- d tennis shoes. A -5 Today! -6) N-10- three-dimension- al cr? L Kftm Defensive back LaVon Edwards, shown here making a diving interception against BYU, was one of three former Utes chosen by the Utah Pioneers of the fledgling PSFL in the territorial portion of the 1992 draft in Las Vegas. Matthew Coles also turned down the head coach job at "lli Bronicel Chronicle Sports Writer CHROtttOI PHOTOiwM all-WA- d; ft y;t By nummtmrn ng 1. Green Bay, was in a no-los- e situation. Next year he'll try to become NBC's version of John Madden by replacing the Bill Walsh as the network's number one game analyst. As talented as Parcells is Mr. Bill helped turn the Giants from doormats to perennial Super Bowl soon-to-be-depart- ed contenders he tried to use his considerable reputation and endless options for all its worth. It was a situation comparable to a teenager with three attractive dates to the prom and the dilemma of having to answer just one. In what would have been a valuable and sobering lesson for Parcells, here's one person who was hoping that Bill would have been left all dressed up with no place to go. Secretly I was hoping that Parcells was holding out to become the coach of the new Utah Pioneers, but after reading unconfirmed reports from Las Vegas oddsmaker Danny Sheridan, who had Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cosby, Bill Marcroft, Bill Murray and Bill and Ted all at better odds to become the Pioneers pilot, I soon gave up hope. Fingers out of 1900 business? Congratulations is certainly in order for Rollie Fingers, who joined Tom Seaver last week as the two newest members of baseball's Hall of Fame, Fingers, whose mustache must have been used as a model for Dustin Hoffman's in Hook, certainly deserves to be immortalized, as he stands as baseball's e leader in games saved. It's quite an honor for a man who, in recent years, has had to overcome the death of his father and his less than fortuitous business dealings. But perhaps most importantly, what Fingers' induction should mean is this: He will no longer God willing be forced to resort to serving as a pitchman for the Better Business Bureau-leer- y sports quiz contest he once promoted. You know the one. By simply answering five sports questions, you too can join the thousands of people across the country who have used their sports knowledge to win $100! Yeah, sure. You can win $100 all you have to do is know who won the 1964 Australian Girls badminton tournament. Hopefully, the Hall of Famer Fingers can latch on to more glamourous endorsements in the future. Ellison bust to boom An early vote for most improved player in the NBA this year? Check out Washington's Pervis Ellison, if you can. Ellison, the overall number one draft pick by Sacramento in 1989, who appeared to be a bust of Dolly Parton proportions his first year and a half, has flourished since being sent to the Bullets in the same trade that brought Jeff Malone to Utah. Thank heaven Broncos are in Denver Jan. 26 The Super Bowl gods smiled upon the entire globe this past weekend by keeping the Denver Broncos in Colorado for the Big Game. Denver vs. Washington? It would have been the first time in Super Bowl history that a commercial of battling beers was the most anticipated event of Super Sunday. Quote of the weekend NFL hive's Will McDoriough on the NFL fining the Atlanta Falcons twice for having rapper (and the team's unofficial mascot) Hammer on the sidelines during the playoffs: "The NFL has determined that Hammer is a public enemy and doesn't want' him around that motley crew." all-tim- . |
