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Show Thursday, September 27, 1990 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Prognosticator picks Du cks to ase teams By RICK WARNER AP Football Writer College football Auburn-Tennesse- 21-1- 9.2 yards loss to the Volun- 4 teers, Auburn finished in a three-wa- y tie for the league title with Tennessee and Alabama. Prior to that, no team had ever lost the game and gone on to win the SEC crown. is any indication, Saturday's meeting at Auburn tween the third-ranke- d the Vols will go a long No. 5 be- Tigers and d way-towar- determining this year's SEC champ. Both teams are undefeated. 0 after beating Cal and Mississippi. Tenneswith lopsided wins over see is Pacific, Mississippi State and TexasPaso following an opening tie -El with Colorado. Au- burn is 2-- per carry. The Vols also have a vastly improved defense which hasn't given up a point In the last two games. Tennessee's pass defense, 244 which gave up a league-woryards per game last season, is now leading the nation. Auburn also has a strong defense, one that has given up only 73 yards per game on the ground. The Tigers' best defensive player is tackle David Rocker, whose brother Tracy won the 1988 Outland Trophy at Auburn. On offense, the Tigers feature standout guard Ed King and running back James Joseph, who rushed for 119 yards last week against Mississippi. Auburn is favored by 1 points. . . . TENNESSEE Purdue (plus 23) at No. 1 Notre Dame Are the Irish the best team in the country or just the luckiest? . . . NOTRE DAME Virginia Tech (plus 25) at No. 2 Florida St. The Seminoles won't get a real test until they visit Miami on Oct. 6 FLORIDA ST. No. 4 Brigham Young (minus 4) at Oregon In last year's game, Ty Detmer and Bill Musgrave combined for almost 1,000 passing yards. Expect another wild shootout. . . . OREGON 5248. Maryland (plus 22) at No. 6 Michigan Michigan is 14-- 2 against ACC st Tennesee-Aubur- n So if history State-Fullert- 21-2- 0. In fact, the Volunteers have been beaten only once in their last 21 0 a loss to Alabama games last season. Their current unbeaten streak is second longest 31-2- 1. 47-3- in the nation behind Florida State, which has won 13 in a row. 38-1- 4. Tennessee has so much offensive talent that it was able to replace tailback Chuck Webb with a back who is now leading the league in rushing. Senior Tony Thompson, who became the starter g after Webb suffered a knee injury in the second game, ran for 248 yards against Mississippi State and is averaging All-SE- C season-endin- 28-1- 4. & Nebraska . schedNebraska's NEBRASKA 61-ule Is a joke Kansas (plus 42) at No. 9 Oklahoma The longest uninterrupted rivalry in the nation. . . . OKLAHOMA 7. Wi 58-1- 0. Games include Timpview at Provo, Orem ?t Mountain View and Pleasant Grove at American Fork. In Region Eight games, Dixie will be at Springville, Cedar City will be at Spanish Fork and Payson will be at Pine View. Uintah will be at Lehi and Carbon will be at Wasatch in Region Seven matchups. All games in those three leagues will start at 7:30 p.m. LSU No. 12 Washington (plus 7) . . Juab entertains Park City at 5 p.m. and South Summit is at North Sanpete at 7:30 in Region Nine games. Perhaps the "biggest" games are and at Provo (2-Timpview (0-Dixie (2-at Springville (2-2) 0, 5-- 0) 0, ). With a victory, Provo could go a long way toward claiming the Re- gion Four title. The other four teams in the league are all In the game the Region Eight lead is on the line. Last year's game was a classic. Dixie won and went on to claim the league title. One moment Provo coach Frank Henderson says Friday's contest is "just another game." The next he's saying, "records don't matter." the most common comment about rivalry matchups. "It's really important for us," Henderson said. "We would like to continue to win. But, once the game's over with, both of us realize there are tough opponents still to play. "Timpview always plays well 1. Dixie-Springvil- le "We're just trying to improve each week," Van Orden continued. "We have executed fairly well, but have made some mistakes at the end that have cost us." I am a student athletic trainer here at SDSU and I work with the at No. After shocking Southern Cal, Washington suffers a letdown. COLORADO 24-1- . . . 4. Rice (plus 29) at No. 13 Houston This one's for the city champion4 HOUSTON ship No. 18 Southern Cal (minus ll2) at No. 15 Ohio St. The Buckeyes hand the Trojans their second straight loss. . . . 48-1- OHIO ST. 17-1- 6. (plus liv2) at No. 16 Arizona Arizona has scored in 206 consecutive games, the second longest streak in NCAA history. . . . Herald Photo Andrew Hollow California ARIZONA 31-2- 1. Mississippi St. (plus 17) at No. 17 Florida Florida's only loss this year was to the NCAA FLORIDA Duke (plus 25) at No. 19 Clemson Blue Devil fans are waiting for basketball season. . . . CLEMSON 38-1- ABC's Brent week's game No. 21 Arizona St. (minus 10l2) GAN ST. at .. 34-2- 4. 34-2- 1. No. 22 42-1- 0. Michigan St. (minus 16) vs. Rutgers at East Rutherford, N.J. Rutgers won their only previous 3 in 1988. . . . MICHI meeting, 7. By BOB HUDSON Cooper. Norman, PG Hooley. PG DeGering, Orem PASSING Lehi pet tda 9 5 1 1 4 Jorge neen, Pr 5 s Cook, SF Bateman, TtmpS Montgmry, PG 5 Ford. Pay 4 Robinson, AF 5 Nelson, Orem 5 5 Hawkins, MV 5 Allman, Spr !MM VPS 213.6 203.4 142.4 136.0 129.4 112.0 111.8 62.4 81.8 54.2 .5409 .4487 .5416 .4946 .4513 .4273 .4254 .3774 .4092 .4683 Assistant Sports Editor The praise was unsolicited. Orem coach Paul Clark was on the telephone, reporting his statistics. Before ringing off, he said, "Boy, (Matt) Stringham (of Provo) had a game against us. He made some unbelievable catches, including one when he was lying on his back." O Lehi Provo PI. Grove Timpview Am. Fork YPO 187.4 107.8 6.1 52- -432 7.2 7.7 8.3 86.4 61.0 74.3 72.6 7.1 9.7 4.2 64 3 3 2 53- - 318 Orem Springville Timpview Ml. View Am. Fork 880 Taam 644 63.6 54.3 50.8 Timpview Orem Lehi Springville YPC CPO 14.3 6.0 5.2 Team 6 0 7 5.9 4 4.1 Provo RECEIVING Name Smith, Lehi Revlll, Lehi 8 11.0 Stringham, Pr 4 Frischknecht, Spr5 Critchtield, B.Nielaon, P.NIelson, SF Pay Pay Chrstphran. Lehi Saluone, Pr Morrlss, Timp Olsen, Lehi Nam Penrod, Spr Smith, Lehi Nelson, Orem Hooley, PG Critchtield Palmer, NS Bailey, NS Allred, NS Timp Jacobsen, NS Devil matof the best running backs in the state. Spring-ville- 's John Penrod is closing in on season. He has 937 a 1,000-yar- d after five games. Dixie's Tyler Wilkinson is over 600 yards after five games. The two defenses must figure out ways to slow those two men down if their teams are to have a chance at a victory. Mama Bachelder, Spr Nelson, Blgler, 15.4 14.4 14.4 13.6 13.1 18.2 11.62. 2 Tolman, PG Norman, PG Duncan, Pr 6 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 10-- 139 11- - 151 Lehi Mt. View Orem 30 13.9 13.7 13.1 13.7 SCORING 9 td pat p 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 3 Provo 3 8 3.0 2.6 Team 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 Provo Springville Timpview Mt. View Orem Taam tp ppg 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 50 46 3 10.0 1066 1017 746 725 606 1209 1109 994 766 559 5 5 5 5 5 TOTAL G 5 5 5 5 5 OFFENSE Yds 1719 1667 1544 1180 2555 PASSING DEFENSE G Yds PI. Grove 2.2 3.2 5 5 5 5 5 RUSHING OFFENSE G Yds Team YPC Morrlss, Timp Harwdrd, Pr Nelson, Orem Harding, Orem B.Nielaon, Pay Smith, lehi Ostler, AF Bird, MV Ford, Pay Hooley, PG PASSING OFFENSE O Yds Taam RUSHING Name Penrod, Spr .40 40 .40 .40 Rasmussen, Orem Springville Timpview Mt. View 5 5 5 5 5 RUSHING G 5 5 5 5 5 TOTAL G 5 5 5 5 5 405 464 517 534 596 DEFENSE 38 410 585 599 666 DEFENSE MV Pay Lundberg, Pr Saluone, Pr Creer, Spr Nackos, Spr Frischknecht, Spr Revlll, Lehi Olsen, Lehi Chamberiain, Timp Henstrom, Timp Wlnterton, Timp YPO 61.0 92.8 103.4 106 8 119.6 21-1- YPO 137.4 202.6 223.8 0. 2300 239.4 9.2 7.2 6.0 6.0 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 IPG Team G Pts 1.0 .60 .50 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 Springville Delta Mt. View 5 5 Wasatch 5 Timpview Orem 5 5 68 69 73 79 82 SCORING OFFENSE Taam Q 4 5 Delta Orem Timpview Springville 5 5 5 Provo Pts 116 122 121 128 99 5 Lehi 5 football team. This past weekend, the other student trainers and I drove to Provo, Utah to work the game. While Brigham Young-SDSwe were at breakfast on game day, we read a column on the front (sports) page of the Provo Daily Herald that appeared in The Daily Aztec on Sept. 20. This column was written by Lester Callahan; it was a "sports commentary." To refresh your memory, it was the article that compared SDSU students to BYU students and, generally, the Mormon religion. I am all for raising school spirit, but that article was completely out of line. You do not raise school spirit by degrading your opponent; for me and the other trainers, it was counterproductive. As a representative of this school and the U athletic medicine department, was thoroughly ashamed and I em- barrassed walking through Provo. If anything, the people of Provo are extremely nice. If there happened to be a problem, they bent over backwards to fix it. They were extremely hospitable and kind. I extend my apologies to them for having to be degraded like that by a narrow-minde- d juvenile. This school has a reputation for being a laid-bac- k "party school." Now we have a reputation in Provo as a cruel, insensitive and ignorant school, I think poor judgment was used when deciding to print that article. I believe in free speech, but not when it degrades a people, cause or religion. That article was once-gre- school? at At least they don't get drink, throw nacho cheese and beer on their fellow spectators and be a general annoyance to the rest of the population. In short, I am ashamed to attend a school where prejudice reigns over tolerance. Who knows where else that article appeared? I am just glad that it did not appear the one time in 12 years that SDSU football appeared on national television. That is the only good thing about that article. Dan Traver student athletic trainer SDSU athletic medicine 'One man's opinion' To the people of Provo: Lester Callahan's sports commentary in the September 20 issue of The Daily Aztec represents only his personal opinion. The Daily Aztec is an independent student newspaper. Participation in its staff or operations does not carry academic credit. SDSU y faculty do not oversee the workings of the newspaper or have any input into its editorial content. While the administration regrets the tone of Mr. Callahan's commentary, and certainly does not share his opinions, the newspaper's independence makes it impossible for the administration to either prevent publication of his opinions or force a retraction of them. Several members of the SDSU community have registered their opinions about the column. One of day-toda- It's not journalism The sports commentary (Sept. written by Lester Callahan was not journalism at least not the kind one would expect from a decent and respected newspaper. The line was crossed between being cute and being offensive. Nor was it a sports commentary; not ir. my book. Nothing was written about a game, team abilities, de20) etc. Isn't that sports? If I were to even try to classify what it was, I would have to say it was a pretty cheap attempt to cheerlead. If being a cute cheerleader means making fun of others, or another culture or religion; then consider yourself top but don't consider it journaldog ism. For your information, a Brigham Young University newspaper would or never write a sports column that mocked or any column made cutesy remarks regarding APO 29 0 24.4 24.2 25.6 19 6 17.6 APO 13.6 13.8 14 6 15.8 164 16.8 Soma stats ware not reported. Coaches andor stat persons for each team ara encouraged to call The Daily Harald sports staff with game stats by Wednesday morning each week. Players whose complete statistics are unavailable will not be Included In the list. - FORK Spanish Fork's girls' volleyball team de2 feated Springville in Region Eight play Wednesday. According to Springville coach Sue Nelson, the Devils' Kelly Jensen served "very, very well," but 15-1- 1, 28-2- 7. Last week (spread). Season - 13-- 2 47-1- (straight); (straight); 2 6-- 25-2- 3 (spread). According to Henderson, Stringham's assets are, "He's a good athlete with good speed and good hands. He's one of the fastest kids on our team." Stringham is trying to make the most of this season. A senior, he lost his junior football season to a back injury. "We don't know what happened cause the injury)," Stringham said, his voice barely above a whisper. "The toughest part was physically not being able to do much." Stringham rebounded from the injury, though, and had a banner baseball season. He earned recognition and drew the notice of major league scouts. He could easily have bypassed football, but chose not to. "I like football," Stringham said. "It's a good changeup from baseball." (to all-sta- te Stringham said his goals this season are "to be consistent and to have some fun." After football is over, he will turn his attentions to baseball. And, after his high school career is over, Stringham will turn his attention to the future. "I hope everything will go good and I can play baseball," Stringham said. What about football? Is that in your future, too? "Whatever happens, happens," Stringham said. "I'm not really thinking about it. I'm keeping my options open." Brui ns notch T-Bir- ds. By BOB HUDSON Assistant Sports Editor Shutouts were the order of business in Region Four girls' soccer View Mountain Wednesday. I beany religion or lieve it's called "sensitivity and no matter respect for others" who they are. It's also called n. "quality." blanked Patrick Koffman SDSU student Let's support soccer I am a fan of BYU sports and 5, 15-1- Provo Timpview 3-- 0; blanked Pleasant Grove 0 and the officials blanked American Fork and Orem when they failed to show 6-- I cannot understand why the people of Utah County and the students at BYU do not support the soccer program with more attendance at the games. The team is very exciting to watch and exceptionally They are having great success and are playing some very good teams. The facilities are excellent, with well-coache- d. a beautiful playing field overlooking the university with the mountains in the background. The parking lot is bordering the playing field with easy access. The ticket cost is equal to high school sports activities. I feel the Brigham Young Cougar soccer team deserves some coverage in the local news and a notice of game dates and time of play. Tobe Bailey Springville Spanish Fork spikers edge Springville SPANISH 34) at Georgia Tech The Yellow Jackets sting the Gamecocks. . . . GEORGIA TECH Reaion Fou r shutouts them is Mr. Callahan's editor. I hope the people of Brigham Young University and Provo will understand that not everyone at SDSU shares Mr. Callahan's opinions. Rick Moore Director of Communications San Diego State University fense, offense, "only" had four catches against Orem, good for 69 yards. But each catch was an important one. Stringham even had a catch an interception while playing defense. Bulldog coach Frank Henderson said, "I remember a key third down catch and a key interception where he ' returned it about 40 yards. "He made one real good catch of a ball that was tipped and another where he went up between two kids and brought it down," Henderson continued. , Thanks in part to Stringham's heroics, Provo defeated Orem 7 to improve its Region Four record to No one else in the league is unbeaten. "Matt has come up with some clutch catches for us this season," Henderson noted. He has caught 19 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns this season. Those aren't bad numbers in any offense. They are impressive in offense. Provo's spread-it-aroun- d The Bulldogs' Rick Jorgensen and Sherm Stanley pass to a number of receivers, much like BYU does. YPO 343.8 333.4 30B 8 296 0 288.8 687 1013 1119 1150 1197 SCORING DEFENSE INTERCEPTIONS G Int. Stringham YPG 241.0 221.8 198.8 157.2 111.8 Yds Provo Orem YPO 213.6 203.4 149 2 145.0 121.6 YPO 7.6 82.0 117.0 119.8 137.2 Yds No. 25 South Carolina (plus Provo receiver earns praise from opponent Prep statistics Nam 21-1- 4. Colorado St. (plus 12lz) vs. No. 23 Arkansas at Little Rock Arkansas rebounds from loss to ARKANSAS Ole Miss Fullerton St. (no line) at No. 24 Fresno St. Fresno has won 22 of its last 23 FRESNO ST. 48-games Missouri Missouri was mauled by Indiana . ARIZONA ST. last week 58-7. n Musburger visits with BYU's LaVell Edwards while gathering information on this with Oregon. ABC will broadcast the game on a split - national basis Saturday. 17-1- Friday's Flyer-Re- d chup features two tend our . Colorado 20 Van Orden said the key to the game may be making Provo drive the ball instead of scoring with big plays. He praised the Bulldogs' receiving corps and running backs. "Everyone talks about Terence (Saluone), but the other guy (Matt Stringham) and their tight end (Chad Duncan) catch the ball well, too. That's a pretty good group of receivers," Van Orden concluded. a lynching on paper. Did you even think about the Mormons who at- a . Sports mailbag Article 'out of line' k 28-2- 7. Timpview coach Chad Van Orden admitted he doesn't know much about the rivalry. He was an assistant coach in Salt Lake City before taking the head job here this year. "This is extremely important for us because we've been snake-b- it the last two weeks," Van Orden said. He noted that his team has lost both its league games in the final 30 seconds. 'MM LSU The Tigers ambush the Aggies. ry." line. - 42-2- 8. against us so we know it will be a difficult game," Henderson said. ' (Matt) Bateman is a good quarterback. All their kids pose problems for us because of the rival- By BOB HUDSON Assistant Sports Editor It's rivalry week in Region Four. Friday the three pairs of traditional foes will meet with football bragging rights for another year on i Iowa (plus 23) at No. 10 Miami Miami has won 32 straight at the MIAMI Orange Bowl No. 11 Texas A&M (minus 6) at Rivalries spice prep grid action the ouaars 42-1- 0. ence championship. Despite a FJ Page MICHIGAN Mary (no line) at No. 7 Virginia Virginia hasn't started 54) since 1949 VIRGINIA Oregon St (plus 51) at No. 8 William Something strange happened afe ter last year's game the loser went on to win a share of the Southeastern Confer- - lacked some overall support. Payson, Springville and Spanish Fork are now tied for the league lead. All have 1 records. Matches 2-- this weekend include Dixie at Springville, Cedar City at Spanish Fork and Pavson at Pine View. up. Bruins 3, Bulldogs 0 Mountain View remained unbeaten on a pair of goals from Tisha Cox and one from Mandy Hodges. "I'm happy that Tisha had a couple of goals," said Bruin coach Mike LaHargue. "She needed those for her confidence." However, wasn't LaHargue pleased with his team's overall performance. "This is probably the worst game we've played. It was We had a couple of girls slowed by the flu bug and a couple more got hurt. So we were out of sync all game. "The whole quality (of play) from our standpoint was lower than we're used to." But, LaHargue said, there were positives. "Kary Dunn, a freshman reserve, came in and played a good game," LaHargue said. "She did ;i good job for us." just a frustrating game. 6, Vikings 0 Amy Wallace and Suzanne Hawkins scored a pair of goals to pa e Timpview. Jodie Mathie and Lis .i Oakenson also scored. The dominated play, but led only 0 at the half because mistakes nullified three other goals. MAJORS: (Continued from Page F-"We really never had a chance after the first inning," Dodger catcher Mike Scioscia said. "It just became a bad beating. Obviously, the loss hurts, but our backs have been against the wall a long time this season, and we responded well in pressure situations all season long. We're not eliminated yet. Anv thing's still possible." Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Pirates strengthened their position to win the NL East with a 3 victory over Chicago. That reduced their magic number to five as they held lead over the onto their three-gam- e New York Mets, 0 winners over Montreal. Elsewhere, San Francisco beat San Diego 6 and St. Louis defeat 4-- 4-- ed Philadelphia V' homer Eric Davis hit a two-ru- n and drove in three runs, and Rijo stayed on the crest of a hot streak that's brought him six victories in his last seven starts. 8-- 1. Pirates 4, Cubs 3 Zane Smith improved to 1 with Pittsburgh by throwing a seveii-hittand Andy Van Slyke hit a two-ru- n triple as the Pirates beat Chicago. Mets 4, Expos 0 David Cone gave up two hiis over eight innings and tied the major league strikeout lead to keep the Mets hopeful. The Mets scored all the runs they needed in the first on an RM double by Dave Magadan and RBI " ' single by Darryl Strawberry. 6-- er ; |