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Show Page B4 - THE HariThcHerald com). Provo. Utah. Friday. September 28. 3001 DAILY HF.RALD. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Canes sweep By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer AnothPITTSBURGH er big first quarter, another Miami. romp for To the Hurricanes, though, it was just another impertop-rank- fect game. er 43-2- 1 ! , f.r . - ? ; fx' ,: i . .,,' ""t -Uj , v.: : 7 N'1 DAN LUNDThc Daily Herald By AVANI PATEL Chicago Tribune Continued from Bl STANDINGS Overall Conf BYU 3-- 0 0-- 0 Utah 2-- 1 0-- 0 Wyoming Air Force 2-- 1 0-- 0 1 0-- 0 San Diego State 2 0 New Mexico 2 0-- 0 Colorado State UNLV SOUTH BEND, Ind. The refrain is heard throughout college football, from coaches in every corner of the country. e "We know all about Holiday," they say. "We tried to recruit him." Every one. "I had college people calling me at 1 1 o'clock at night every night, thinking I was going to influence this kid," said Glenn Hill, Holiday's Car-lyl- 5 fl 19-of-- g t? kr.li'H SRAKOCICThc Associated Pivxs What a laugher: Miami head coach Larry Coker smiles as he talks with punter Freddie Capshaw during the Hurricanes' 43-2win over Pittsburgh on Thursday. 1 Sophomore gets start for Irish at Texas A&M icPILI d 18-ya- ' Hard at work: BYU defensive lineman Ifo Pili runs through drills during the Cougars' practice Wednesday. There's another side to C Pili. This one seems to be a bit more nasty and deter-- , mined. "The responsibility I take on for myself is I con-sider it an insult any time there's a ball (carrier) that comes up the middle," said ,J3 Pili. "Anything that passes ft through the middle, 1 real-ily get down on myself. And ,H if any team has the guts to ;3 nin it up the middle, I real-Jly get down on myself. on jt "I concentrate mainly from com-''i; keeping anything ing up the middle. Our job is !s the same as all defensive ! linemen we stop the run, Ji we put pressure on the J. quarterback." ii Does Pili like to return w the insult by slamming the it ball carrier? "Yeah," he said. "If we ? Bhut off the run against most teams, then we'll be a successful defense." BYU entered 2001 miss-!ing three starters from- ;g2000's defensive line. And H these weren't just any three ;:buu w;rs. cina oeiema oan was West Con team in 2000. first ference Tackles Hans Olsen and I Chris Hoke were isecond team. Pili is one member of BYLFs 2001 defensive line trying to replace them. BYlFa defense is allowing 166.3 rushing yards per game and 4.3 yards per I carry. In 2000, it gave up 122.4 per game and 3.3 per carry. But these numbers 'might be a little misleading. Being bo far ahead in each "of its first three games has enabled BYU to employ defenses, especially down the stretch when opponents have posted meaningless Bcores. So far, coach Gary Crowton is pleased with how Pili and others are playing. "(Pili) is playing good," Crowton said, "fro hurt his 'knee in camp and played with it a little bit banged up. but he was able to play. It's pretty healed up right now. E And lib's done a good job of t .shutting down the run in the f nniddle. (Jeff) Cowart has doneagoodjob,too.Ourends (seniors Ryan Kelley and Brett Keisel) push every- thing inside to those guys. Pili faces other challenges these days besideB stuffing the run. An impacted wisdom tooth has been causing him discomfort. It started hurting last Friday. Pili originally refused to have it removed until later in the year because to do so, Pili said, would cost him three or four days of work. like to score 100 points and shut everybody out, but that's not realistic," Miami coach Larry Coker said. Or is it? This victory Miami's 12th in its last 13 meetings with Pittsburgh came just as fast and just as furious during a first quarter, with Portis scoring twice and Dorsey throwing TD pass to an Andre Johnson on a fade pattern one play after a Pitt fumble. Portis, constantly eluding defenders with his cutback running, ran for 131 yards on 24 carries, with touchdown runs of 1 and 4 yards. Dorsey failed to throw for 300 yards for the first time in three games and missed a few open receivers, but still was for 223 yards and a touchdown. 20-poi- nt Clinton Portis scored on three short runs set up by Ken Dorsey's precision passing and Miami, showing no rust from a nearly three-wee-k layoff, came out with its accustomed flurry to beat Pittsburgh Thursday night. Miami's second trip to Pennsylvania in less than a month ended just as its first, when an overwhelmed Penn State couldn't keep up with the Hurricanes' speed and size in a 33-- victory Sept. 1. "I think this team would first-quart- : FennsylvaDnia tEiroangSi 2 0-- 1 0-- 3 0-- 0 coach at Roosevelt High School in San Antonio. "He's a very intelligent young man who doesn't need me to tell him what to do." And that, perhaps, is what people don't know about the Notre Dame sophomore quarterback. His speed is apparent, as well as his ability to swerve and spin away from high school defenders. He has demonstrated a strong, if unteste arm. ed, And he showed mental maturity when he chose his major-colleg- school history in a stadium known for its inhospitality demic reputation as its athto visitors. letic one. So it was after much vacHoliday is replacing felillation that he chose Notre low sophomore Matt LoVec-chiwho led the Irish to a Dame on the final day of record in his eight starts recruiting in 2000. a year ago but has been Now, after spending little more than a year learn- unable to spark the offense ing the Irish offense, he this season. In a game measured ultiwill try to apply his skills under pressure. Coach Bob mately by points scored, Davie has named him the Holiday is getting his shot starter for Saturday's because of Texas A&M, potential. game at where Notre Dame will "Carlyle just has unlimited athletic ability," Hill attempt to avoid an record for the first time in said. college as much for its aca- o, 7-- 1 game-breakin- 3-- g 0 0-- 3 tj J, H C ! . j ' .bend-but-don't-bre- ; ; ; "I can't afford to be out," Pili said. But apparently the pain got to be too much because he left practice early Thursday to have it pulled. He said he'll still play Saturday at aM UNLV. Pili wants to lose a little weight and get down to around 310, at which he played as a freshman in 1998 before leaving on a mission. An impacted wisdom tooth might have helped that cause. Then there's the issue of his wedding. Originally scheduled for Nov. 21, BYXTs scheduling changes and other concerns have prompted him to move it to next Tuesday. But his biggest concern right now is stopping UNLV on Saturday. Pili suffered a sprained knee in BYLTs first scrimmage in August. He will play without a brace on it Saturday for the first time this season. He expects to be a little quicker. So maybe, finally, Pili (four tackles, one for a loss, in 2000) will get his first sack of the season? "If Denney and Keisel don't take them all," Pili joked. Pili said some blockers d him have this season. He tries to split the blockers and fight through. With Keisel and Denney causing problems at the ends, it's hard for opponents to commit too many blockers to the center of the field, so it could be worse on vs. FRIDAY Sept. 28 r.'GW Vx Umio 7pm AND pictures MTU DM Sept. 2D us. Air Force picture All i ' PICK-U- P Smith Fieldhouse double-teame- OH IJ9 the sophomore. If Pili did start getting sacks, that would change. But that's not what Pili's MI mmm While listening to the radio you can: trying to do. "My main thing is make sure nothing comes up the middle," Pili said. 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