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Show 0 Ca& Knetm II. ita m rail Rowley's Utah football career is winding down Senior looks to stand alone in U. record book SPSS ketball was Bryan's favorite sport, so football seemed to take a back seat to the other two. So what happened? Well as you BY MATT OTT Chronicle Sports Editor know, Rowley came to the University of Utah, switched to wide receiver, and was the team's best receiver for four out of the next five years, made The After reviewing the facts, Bryan Rowley's football career at the University of Utah seems very unlikely. First of all, Rowley grew up in Orem, just about 15 minutes away from the BYU campus, a place i Sporting News' second team team as a junior and is All-Ameri- ca now the most prolific wide where many a young Mormon lad like Rowley has dreamed receiver in Utah football history. "At the start of recruiting I was going to go to BYU for sure," Rowley said. "Then after the U. recruited me, I liked the coaches so much more up here and they acted like they cared more about me as a person... BYU kind of just took it for granted that I was going there so they didn't think they had to really recruit me." So there you have it. The Utah coaches then promised Bryan that of playing college football. Secondly, Rowley never played wide receiver the position he plays now in high school. He started off as a tailback, and was then moved to quarterback his senior year to run the option. He also played defensive back, which is what most colleges recruited him for. To top it all off, many people told Rowley that he would be better off sticking to the sport he was best at: baseball. Of course, bas- - he could not only play wide receiver, but that he would proba- bly start, and the rest, as you know, is Rowley is just one touchdown catch away from breaking the tie between he and Dennis Smith for the Utah record, which Rowley hisss-tor-eee- e. appeared to have broken last week against Hawaii. Althdugh replays show it differently, the side judge ruled Rowley out at the line. No biggie. It's just a matter of time before he gets iL two-yar- d "Bryan's gonna get it, I don't doubt that," U. wide receiver coach Fred Graves said. "He was robbed in Hawaii. But he'll get it." Rowley hopes it happens in Rice Stadium, but it's not something he's been dwelling on. "I'd much rather get it in Rice Stadium...! hope I do, but if not, Rowley was forced to redshirt last year after he injured his ankle in the first game of the season against Nebraska. BSB&I i t P r j"' If you've never seen Bryan Rowley make a catch like this, you might want to be in Rice Stadium Saturday afternoon. Rowley will play in his last game at Rice Stadium at noon Saturday as the Utes take on Air Force. I get a bunch of them at BYU," Rowley said, noting that he wouldn't be disappointed if he didn't own the record by himself and that he'd be more than happy to continue sharing it with Smith. then I hope numbers have dropped off slightly this year, but everyone seems to agree that it is Rowley's - - because Utah has the best receiv ing corps they've had in a long time with Rowley, Greg Hooks, Deron Claiborne and Henry Lusk. "There's so many good wide receivers on the team this year," Rowley said, "and that's better. It's great for everybody." "He's a team-gu- y first and a self-gu- y second," Head Coach Ron McBride said. "He'll do anything he can do to help the team win.. .He always plays above the rim. He doesn't have any valleys, it's always peaks." peaks this year Rowley's include 100-yar- performances in d three of his last four games, including a 133 season-be- st yards against Hawaii last week. His see "Rowley" on page fourteen - Ptrskin Picks for Pf.psi & Pizza Hut Pizza Cellini tries to top Hickman This past week in Pigskin Picks the Chronicle staff uncovered two incidents of what we consider cheating. Two of our contestants turned in two pick sheets each. It is against the spirit of the contest to turn in more than one pick, but if you want to break the rules let us give you some fundamental advice when trying to beat the system. 1) Dont be stupid enough to use you own name twice. Instead use an alias or the name of a family member; 2) Dont be stupid enough to put the picks on top of each other. At least shuffle them in so we cant readily see that you are cheating. .Anyway, here is some advice on how to Gil out the pigskin pick sheet fairly. Step one: Fill it out, including your name, phone number and picks. By the way dont forget to fill in what Utah-AForce game will be. you think the total score of the and form Take the complete drop it off at the Step two: Chronicle offices (240 Union building) no later than 5 pan. Friday. Step three: Watch all the weekend games and wait by the phone to see if you win the case of Pepsi and the Pizza Hut Pizza. Last week's winner was none other than Doug McNeil "Before Zod." Old Doug took top honors and the pizza with a 17-- 1 record. The Chronicle sports staff was led by Ed "No Relation to 15-The rest of Captain Nemo" Woodland at an unbelievable sh-the staff including Sports Editor Matt "Buck " Ott, Editor in Chief Jason "Boyz in the" Wood, and Sports Writer Patrick "Eddie Munster" Sheltra all went a respectable 11-Guest picker Rick Sofield turned in an impressive 12-- 6 record, but choked on his Giants pick. This week's guest picker is Vince Cellini from CNN. Mr. Cellini will try to best his counlast 9 this year and terpart, Fred Hickman, who went too be tough. year. Shouldn't ir 3. This week's games Ott 70-3- 7 Air Force at Utah Utah UTEP Colorado St. at UTEP Fresno Hawaii at Fresno St. Wyoming at N. Mexico N. Mex. Fla. St. at Notre Dame N. Dame Rams Falcons at Rams Browns at Seahawks Seahawks Woodland 69-3- 8 Sheltra 64-4-3 Wood Cellini 60-4- 7 65-4- 2 Utah Utah Utah Utah CSU CSU CSU UTEP Saints Saints Saints Packers Saints at Bengals Chiefs at Raiders Oilers Chiefs Oilers Chiefs Oilers Chiefs Dolphins Broncos Oilers Raiders Dolphins Broncos Eagles Dolphins Broncos Broncos Oilers Raiders Dolphins Broncos Colts Jets Jets Jets Jets Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys 49ers at Bucs 49ers 49ers 49ers 49ers 49ers Redskins at Giants Bears at Chargers Giants Giants Chargers Bills Bills Giants Bears Steelers Giants Chargers Steelers Giants Chargers Dolphins at Eagles Vikings at Broncos Jets at Colts Cardinals at Cowboys Bills at Steelers HSv Your Pick 92-1- 5 Fresno Fresno Fresno Fresno Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming N. Dame Fla. State Fla. State Fla. State Rams Rams Rams Falcons Browns Seahawks Browns Seahawks Packers at Saints Oilers Pi Chargers Steelers 7. 9-- Name Tl Phone TOTAL POINTS IN GAME 7-- 11 BREAKER (Am Force at Utah) ' to :, jr |
