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Mondav 6--THE .November 20. 1978 Should Provide Holiday Bowl Delight BYU-Nav- y Bv MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor There is a new look in college football these days and the Holiday Bowl game reflects that look Most football coaches and tans would scholarship limitaagree that the tion rule has levelled off the competiBYU-Nav- y 30-9- 5 tion with the big schools no longer able to stockpile players That contention is borne out by the fact there is today only one unbeaten-untiemajor college football team in the country Penn State, with a record, stands alone The Nittany Lions also 10-6- have the nation's longest winning strean at lb games Penn State plays Pittsburgh this week and if the Panthers spring an upset the country will be left without a major undefeated team for only the third time in the 20th Century The only two years that have had zero perfect record teams at the end of the regular season are 1927 and 1936 There have been five years since 1900 that only one school emerged from the regular season with a perfect record only to lose in a bowl game - Texas. 1977. Wvoming. 1967 Maryland, 1942. and Tulane 1931 When Nebraska lost to Missouri last Saturday it knocked off the nation s second longest winning streak of 9 fact there is closer competition for these rewards is proven by the won-lorecords There might be fewer super straight by the Cornhuskers That tells you how hard it is to go teams just maybe but there is a lot more fun through the season unbeaten these That s where BYU and Navy come But more than that, it is almost days in impossible to get by without 2 or more losses A Iook at the bowl schedule this The Cougars and Midshipmen both records so far Navy must play year shows a lot of teams with three or have four defeats competing And instead of Army in two weeks and BYU still has a detracting from the glamor of the game at Hawaii this Saturday and in bowls, they add to the excitement Japan against Nevada-La- s Vegas the follow ing week Either team could sufIf you look at bowl games as an infer another loss. centive and reward for a good season, there are more happy fans, players and But that won t detract from the Holicoaches this year than usual And the day Bowl one bit Anyone who thinks it 3 will has only to look at the Orange Bowl Wilson running then passing to class where Nebraska and Oklahoma will do receivers such as Mike Chronister and an instant replay of the Big 8 title Tod Thompson Chronister is fourth game If those two can meet for the se- among current senior receivers with cond time this season and in one of the 1 952 yards on 106 catches. Big Four bowl games then no other Navy will bring the eastern press to bowl has to apologize in any San Diego and BYU and the rest of the way. BYU and Navy will have everything West can use this exposure The game should be fun but it should also be going for them "in the Holiday 'Bowl The Midshipmen hold a win over Pittbeneficial to the WAC in general and sburgh and are an eastern power with BYU in particular the emphasis on defense BYU also has The Cougars can strike a big blow for a fine defensive team so the game will the conference and mountain football be solid on that score by beating the Middies or battling them But even more, the Cougars can be right down to the wire. The game is a sellout and it should explosive and their offense can be exciting with Jim McMahon and Marc be. It is going to be a good one Marion Dunn ffrtlo SPORTS Sports Editor Area Archers Claim Titles In Sectional Scribes, Coaches Pick BYU to Win WAC - Coaches, DENVER It was almost like two warring camps in the Prospector Room of Stauffer's Denver Inn here Sunday The occasion was the annual meeting of the press and the WAC basketball coaches. There were three long tables in the 0 2 3- 4- n 6 7 There were only two exceptions. Jay Monson of KBYU sat with his tape recorder just in front of the speaker's stand and Rip Bart of the Albuquerque Journal sat with the coaches. groups predicted - Stadium. 2- Arizona State, which has made six bowl appearances in the last eight years, is 3 with a game remaining, next week against Arizona. The Sun Devils hold the only victory this season over Southern Cal, which is headed for the Rose Bowl. 3 4- - Writer's, BflrBi Bh By United Press International They are a far cry from the "Cardiac Cards" of old, but the rejuvenated St. Louis Cardinals may have inflicted a death blow directly to the heart of the Washington Redskins' title hopes. who made their The Cardinals with a big reputation in the play offense and a knack for narrow victories in the waning seconds under former Coach Don Coryell captured their fourth straight victory Sunday, mid-1970- 's Washington After an in 8 start under new Coach Bud Wilkinson, St. Louis has beaten three NFC East rivals (previously Philadelphia and the New York Giants as the Cardinals have taken off on a 0-- flight for respectability. Washington, meanwhile, is crawling The along ... possibly towards oblivion after winning six Redskins, now to straight to open the season, appear a be swimming up the Potomac without canoe as they head reluctantly into showThursday afternoon's NFC East down at Dallas out flat Sunday, the Redskins came 4 Norm Eilenberger of New Mexico has the defending champions but lost most of his starters and has a bunch of junior college recruits. He has been quoted as saying, "This isn't a rebuilding year, but a reloading one.'' Sunday he said the reloading "has turned out to be with firing blanks." He said he couldn't name a starting five and pointed out the Russians beat his team by 29 points. It was a great snow job. No one knew what or who Eilenberger has when he finished. Jerry Pimm of Utah said he the final voting 6 San Diego State Colorado State 7 Wyoming B flVI & 27-1- 7 was. - UTEP (,) 5 Bl BHbv BBbb Cardinals' upsetting the Redskins listening to the football BYU (14) Utah (3) New Mexico (3) paH BKb (J 20 me that both coaches.'' After a pause for the laughter, he added, "I wish I had my trainer here so he could verify the 8 serious injuries on my squad.'' That was the kind of meeting it standings would read: First place votes in parenthesis EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI) Arizona State accepted an invitation Sunday to meet Rutgers in the first Garden State Bowl Dec 16 at Giants Wyoming Jim Williams of Colorado State was the last coach to speak and everyone ahead of him had talked so much about injuries, that Williams said: "With all the injury talk going on I thought I was from the other. Before handing out the ballots, Nordy Jensen of the WAC office reminded everyone that last year the two groups had listed the teams in the same order. "Those guys are slipping,'' a writer cracked. Well, when it was all over Sunday, this is the way the two Arizona State Gets Bowl Bid tie Colorado State there. The format called for each coach to stand and talk about his prospects and then to field questions from the press When it was all over the coaches and writers were polled on the predicted order of finish in the coming conference race, each poll separate meetings. - UTEP. New Mexico Jerry Tarkanian of Nevada-La- s Vegas and Larry Little of Hawaii took part in the meeting along with the 7 WAC mentors so everyone who will be in the conference in 1980 was But nobody was mad at basketball 1 place. Coaches anybody else. It just worked out that way WAC State voting groups picked BYU first by such a huge margin It also surprised me that the writers failed to pick San Diego State higher. It is interesting to note that the coaches did pick the Aztecs 3rd while the writers delegated them to 5th head table and on oproom. of the room two sides posite tables facing each other across the room. Almost all the press sat at a table on one side and all the coaches on the other Sunday's 9 It surprised A BRETT VROMAN, a seven-foo- t senior from Provo, was praised by UNLV's Jerry Tarkanian at - BYU (7 - Utah (1) - San Diego Bb bBV HVrw BP 0 9 " thing. No one took him seriously and voted the Cowboys dead last. But in sophs Charles Bradley and Kenneth OUie he has two of the best young players around and he has 7 other lettermen to go with them. Jim Williams said he is going to start freshman Mark Jung because that's the only way the youngster will be able to develop into the big man the Rams need. 2 Returning starters Altan Brandon tradition and cried loudest. letterman Haskins has a young team and did say the key to his year will be the play of 9 freshman Terry White of El Paso. "If White is a starter by the time the WAC season starts, we'll be competitive." The Bear growled. For all Haskins fans it should be noted he will let the air out of the ball again. He had a scrimmage with Air Force and won, Tom Vezie of San Diego State didn't weep and wail but did say he expected the tough WAC to prove as bothersome for his team as it was for the SDS footballers. The key here could be the eligibility of 5 Percy Gilbert who is returning after a suspension last year for disciplinary purposes. Larry Little of Hawaii was last year as he took over after the Rainbows were put on probation by the NCAA. He noted that Hawaii is opening on the road for the first time ever and that the last time they won on the road was back in 1975 when they beat Centenary where, incidentally, tough. Jb BT Br b bH and Barry Young and Jim Allen will be Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV will have a new team with 6 newcomers including 4 freshman, but a senior well known in this area will be the key to the Rebels' success. That senior is Brett Vroman who starred at Provo High, went to UCLA before leaving there and redshirting last season. "Vroman has a lot of talent but not much experience. He sat on the bench most of the time at UCLA but he is very competitive and I believe he will do a great job for us. We are going to press and run and Vroman can run with any of our kids. He competes hard and I feel he will be a good one, all he needs is confidence," Tarkanian said. So, Hawaii opens on the road for the first time ever and it will be against BYU in the Marriott 6-- bbTbbwbm YflBLr Bs .Bbi Little was the coach. A freshman from Honolulu, Brad Joe Frazier of Pineau, and New York, are the key players. Jim Brandenburg has moved from Montana to Wyoming and he opened by saying that after hearing all the crying, "I'm going to say, Hell, boys, I'll win this has the same problems as Eipicking replacelenberger ments for his starters He praised Danny Vranes and listed Greg Deane, Tom Chambers, Earl Williams, Scott Martin and Vranes as his probable starters Frank Arnold ol BYU pointed out this year's starters will be even younger than last year with 2 freshmen, 1 sophomore and 2 juniors Juniors will be center Alan Taylor and guard Scott Runia; the lone sophomore guard Danny Ainge; and freshmen forwards Devin Durrant and Fred Roberts. He talked about the injury to Taylor, and the health problems of Durrant and returned missionary Steve Craig, but no one really listened. They voted the Cougars first. Don Haskins of UTEP followed Center Friday night. The Cougars are tabbed as the WAC favorites. That game could give an inkling as to how accurate the prediction might be. n bBBB bTbBbbi bBrBI bBb Bb Four Pleasant Grove archers and one from Orem were among the winners at the National Field Archery Association's Southwest Sectional held at the Timpanogos Archery Club in Orem Saturday. Joyce Johnson of Pleasant Grove won the women's freestyle division with 475 points. A perfect score is 500. Robm Johnson of Pleasant Grove won the women's young adults division with a 449 and Ray Shepherd of Pleasant Grove won the men's class with a 386. Keith Hortman of Orem won , the boys' Cub division with a 355. Reed Saxey of Pleasant Grove won the freestyle limited class with a 444. The pros competing in the tournament were vying for over $1,000 in prize money. Rich MeCiintock of California won the men's division with a 495 and Liz Columbo of California won the women's title with a 493. bow-hunt- Men's Pro Division 1, Rich MeCiintock. California, 495x500. Men's Freestyle Division 1, Mario Larsen, Salt Lake City, 496x500 Women's Pro Division 1, Liz Columbo. California. 493x500. Women's Freestyle Division 1, Joyce Johnson, Pleasant Grove, 475x500. Women's Young Adults 1, Robin Johnson, Pleasant Giove, 449x500. Girls' Youth 1, Genia Starnes, Salt Lake City. 399x500 Girls' Cub 1, Christy Starnes. Salt Lake City, 230x500. Men's Bare-Bo1, Mike Allen, Salt Lake City. 380x500. Men's 1, Ray Shepherd, Pleasant Grove, 386x500 Men's Freestyle Limited 1, Reed Saxey. Pleasant Grove. 444x500. Male Young Adults 1, Mike Starnes. Salt Lake City, 465x500. Boys' Youth 1, Steve Mausner. Salt Lake City. 441x500. Boys' Cub 1. Keith Hortman, Orem. 355x500. Pact Extended - JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) Football coach Bob Tyler of Mississippi State was given a r contract extension Thursday from the State College Board Tyler, who recently was reported as heading for another job, will receive an estimated salary of $41,000 annually one-yea- OVER 150 archers from throughout the Southwest (Califor nia, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Ne,v Mexico) gathered at the Timpanogos Archery Club in Orem Saturday for the National Field Archery Association's Southwest Sectional. Four Pleasant Grove archers and one from Orem were among 13 divisional champions. This was the first time the tournament had ever been held in Utah. Victory May Be Redskins' Death Blow 27-1- 7 and an early Cardinal scoring blitz did little to shake that lethargy "We weren't looking ahead to Dal las," maintained Redskins Coach Jack Pardee. "We were prepared for this game." St. Louis opened with Willard Barpunt return for a touchdown following the Redskins' first possession, and Jim Hart passed 21 yards to reserve tight end Dave Stief for a touchdown after the ball was tipped by wide receiver Mel Gray. Hart added a pass to tight end Al Chandler and Jim Bakken followed with a field goal for a lead ren's 24-- d minutes before halftime. preparation Bakken later kicked a goal to take over second place 10 So much for d field goal with 31 senever seen so horrifying a finish to a winning game," muttered New York Coach conds remaining with John McVay after he stood helplessly Posey connected on a on the sidelines, watching Philadelphia 2:30 left to pull out the victory for the cornerback Herman Edwards scoop up Patriots, who saw a lead subba fumble and run 26 yards for the game evaporate when Matt Robinson winning touchdown with 20 seconds left ing for the reinjured Richard Todd -cas the Eagles stunned the Giants onnected with the fleet Wesley Walker TD pass in the final :n a The Giants apparently had the game quarter Todd, starting for the first won as the clock ticked away the time after missing seven games with a game's final seconds with Philadelphia broken collarbone, broke the collarout of timeouts, but on what should bone again and is out for the season. have been the game's final play, a Horace Ivory, a part-tim- e running between Joe Pisarcik and Larry back, scored his ninth and tenth TDs Csonka was mishandled Edwards for the Patriots, who lead Miami by a raced in with a TD that keeps Philadelhalfgame. in the fuzzy playoff picture phia, In other NFL games, it was miles away, at Shea Twenty-fivStadium, the score was the same only Cleveland 45, Baltimore 24; Chicago 13, Atlanta 7; Seattle 13, Kansas City 10; the names were different David Posey took hero honors and Dallas 27, New Orleans 7; Tampa Bay Pat Leahy tried on the goat horns as 31, Buffalo 10; San Diego 13, Minnesota took 7, Denver 16, Green Bay 3; Pittsburgh the New England Patriots, over sole possession of first place in the 7, Cincinnati 6; Los Angeles 31, San AFC East with a triumph over the Francisco 28; and Oakland 29, Detroit 17 Houston hosts Miami New York Jets Monday night "I missed it. I missed it. I missed It," Brian Sipe passed for a career-higsaid Leahy after the NFL's leading 309 yards and four touchdowns, three of scorer missed a potential game- - them to running back Calvin Hill, to 16-1- - han-do- e field on the e NFL scoring list with 1.367 points The final quarter of the expanded 1978 NFL season will have a difficult time matching the excitement and tension that characterized the last quarter of Sunday's two games involving the New York teams. "In all my 25 years of coaching I've -- 7 h pace Cleveland over Baltimore, which played without injured quarterback Bert Jones. Hill tied a Cleveland club record of three TD receptions with catches of 53, 37 and 23 yards Bruce Herron blocked a punt to set up a touchdown and Bob Thomas kicked two field goals to help Chicago losing streak and snap an eight-game end Atlanta's winning streak Efren Herrera kicked two field goals five-gam- e TD run and David Sims added a to lift Seattle over Kansas City for a Seahawk club record sixth victory. Butch Johnson's kickoff return opening the second half set up Dallas' third short TD drive and gave the Cowboys a share of the lead in the NFC East. Mike Rae passed for two TDs and Ricky Bell ran for another before being sidelined with a knee injury as Tampa losing Bay snapped a three-game streak TD strike Dan Fouts threw a to rookie John Jefferson and San Diego held Minnesota scoreless for the final three quarters to post its road win The Chargers, now 66, won their fourth straight while the Vikings, winning streak. four-gm- ended a e Rob Lytle. with 133 yards rushing entering the game, ran for a career-bes- t 110 yards and one touchdown to lead Denver over Green Bay, keeping the Packers tied with Minnesota for first place in the NFC Central. TD plunge in Rocky Bleier's the second quarter proved to be the game's only touchdown and Pittsburgh linebacker Jack Ham recovered a fumble at midfield in the final minute to pace the Steelers over stubborn Cincinnati. field Rookie Frank Corral's goal with two seconds remaining gave Los Angeles a narrow victory over San Francisco and increased the Rams' lead to three games over Atlanta in the NFC West. The 49ers' Paul Hofer scored on three plunges and rushed for 105 yards. Mark van Feghen scored on two smashes and added another score when he ran yard with a fumble recovery to lead Oakland over Detroit. The triumph kept the Raiders. in a tie with Denver in the AFC West d first-plac- e 1 first-plac- |
