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Show Sooits Also in this section: Theater B4 Comics B5 Saturday Oct. 27, 1990 B. Cygairs meei Lbs today NOTABLE QUOTES: "My that it is unlucky to be behind at the end of the game." Former Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty. only superstition is ACADEMIC STARS: Loss at Oregon Six still irks Detmer local runners were named to Academic cross country teams. In girls 3A, Melissa Mangum, Nicole Argyle and Heather Witney, all of Springville, were honored, while Provo's Cherilyn Gulledge made the 4A team. The 3A team averaged a 3.93 GPA and the 4A team 3.94. In boys 3A, Springville's Paul Miner was honored, while Mountain View's Kirt Seale made the 4A list The 3A boys team averaged a 3.87 GPA and the 4A 3.91. Caraar laa'lara All-Sta- te By DICK HARMON STILL 12TH: Despite shooting better individual scores, BYU failed to move out of 12th place in the second round of the Stanford Women's Golf Invitational Friday afternoon. Cougar senior Robin 76 on Barry posted a the long, hilly Stanford University course to go with an opening roun 78 for 154 and a tie for 25th place. Other BYU scores at the mark are Lachell Simmons 7 7 157, Ruby Chico 158, Anna Hagborg 0 169 and Lisa Christie 4 163. Team leaders are San Jose State 590; Arizona 592 and Stanford 599. BYU is 627. 80-7- 81-7- 80-8- 79-8- 5--1. WOLVERINES WIN: The a four-wa- y meet with Dixie, Snow and Salt Lake Community College Friday at Cascade Fairways. Team scores were UVCC 320, Dixie ,324, Snow 344 and SLCC 352. Dixie's Mike Sandberg was the medalist with a 74, followed by UVCC's Dean Gibb 77, UVCC's Kent Wilson 79, SLCC's Dee Anderson 79 and UVCC's Dick Dexter 80. Next week the meet will be at Palisades State Park in Manti. 4 ' NOT WORTH IT: it was the Oscar Robertson decision in federal court that is credited with boosting free agency and sending salaries soaring in the NBA. Robertson is not too happy with everything the ruling has produced. "The players are not worth the money they're getting," Robertson said. He was among 60 retired sports heroes at the All Sports Hall of Fame Dinner to benefit the Boys's Club of New York. Robertson blamed agents for what he called an "absurd" situation. BIG POINT: Wayne Gretzky, who already holds almost every NHL scoring record, became the first player to reach the 2,000-poiplateau when he set up a goal by Tomas Sandstrom at 14:32 of the first period of the Los Angeles Kings' game at Winnipeg on Friday night. The game was stopped momentarily as Gretzky's teammates poured onto the ice and a sellout crowd at the Winnipeg Arena gave Gretzky a standing ovation. nt HALFTIME STRATEGY: There was very little about strategy at halftone of Princeton's girls' basketball game against Independence High in Coal City, W. Va. "You just tell the kids to go back out and shoot," Princeton assistant Robin Beamer said. "There's not a whole lot to go over when you're up ." Five players scored in double figures Thursday in Princeton's 116-- 7 victor'. The margin wasn't a state record. "It's a little ridiculous," Independence coach Kathy Daniels said. "I'm upset about it." Daniels' team, and winless in two seasons, has just six players, only one of whom played last year. Princeton 15-- 0 has nine players, five seniors. Princeton coach Debbie Ball said she didn't try to run up the score. Had she been going for records, "I could've put them in a press." 59-1- 109-poi- nt 0-- ) full-cou- rt Saturday a.m. Tennis. European Community semifinals (PSNi 10 a.m. College football. Brown at Cornell (ESPN) 10 30 a m College football. LSU at Fionas St. (TBS) It a m College football. Arkansas at Houston (PSN) Noon. College football. Utah al Air Force (KUTV Channel 2. K.ALL 910 AM) 1 p.m. College football. UNLV at Utah State (KTVX Channel 4. KTKK 630 AM)) 1 p.m. PGA The Nabisco Championship (ESPN) 1 p.m. Rodeo (TNN) 1 30 p m College football New Meiico at BYU (K.SL 11fC AM) 2 30 p m Road running highlights Detroit Free Press marathon (PSN) 3 p.m. College football. Penn St at Alabama (ESPN) 4 p m College hockey (PSN) p.m. College football. Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (ESPN 6 p.m. Colieoe football. Washington St at Anions IPSN) U S 8 15 p tr O'ympic Gold, track t (TBS) a p m Colieoe football. Nem BYU (taped. KBYU Channel 11) Memco at 10pm Horse racing Breeders Crown Series (ESPN) College football. Pacific at Hawaii (PSN) 1am . - . , . . 1 . , , , j , . ? s ;. I' ' , " t - n V ' ' ' .. , . - against Southern Methodist last rout. Imagine! Saturday in a 44-1- 7 passes! ! has attempted 359 passKlingler 66 more than es in six games Detmer has through six games. Seventy-si- x Photo courtesy University of New Mexico New Mexico quarterback Jeremy Leach will try to break out of a passing slump against BYU. Weak schedule, poor stats hur By The Associated Press Although Wyoming is the only Division the team that's Cowboys are ranked just 18th. No. 1 Virginia No. 4 Nebraska (7-- and No. 6 Houston (6-are the only other undefeated, untied teams in Division and people seem to think much more of them. "I expect us to play with more intensity these next few games," Cowboys coach Paul Roach said. Despite the record, Wyoming is in total just 21st in Division offense and 46th in total defense. That and a weaker schedule probably are the primary reasons behind 8-- 0, A (7-0- 0) I-- A A the lower ranking. "We need to change our approach a little bit, particularly on first down, this week," Roach said. "They've (opposing defenses) been ganging up a little bit on us on the run. We may have to go more to play action pass than just ninning the ball. "The problem with that is if you And don't hit it it's second-and-1if you don't hit that it's and fans don't like Neither do coaches." Saturday's opponent Texas 0 (3-lost to Wyoming last year. UTEP offensive coordinator David Culley said the Cow boys may be looking ahead to next week's game against Colorado State and a Nov. Brigham Young. 10 game against "They've got to feel that if they come down here and do the right things they should beat us," Culley said. "Obviously, we feel different about that." 0. third-and-1- third-and-1- 0, 0. El-Pa- 41-1- The rest of the Top 10 schedule Saturday has No. 2 Auburn at Mississippi State, No. 3 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, No. 4 Nebraska at Iowa State, No. 5 Illinois at Wisconsin, Arkansas at No. 6 Houston, California at No. 7 Washing Mayfair atop leaderboard month, was dissecting the corpse of a shark in biology class when he suffered a cut on his left hand. The cut was seri if , - : .'V,. . I. i. ; game." Once again, he says, "It is a team's time to get up for BYU they all do. It's a matter of us executing. Teams come after us and we have to be ready and sharp in every way." The biggest challenge for the Cougars, said Detmer, is coming off another bye week and getting (See DETMER, Page B-- Christian and Stanford is at No. 25 Oregon. Virginia is off so will have a difficult Auburn time moving up to the top spot. Top-rank- "We are concerned about Mississippi State. I'm worried about this game," Auburn coach Pat Dye said. "We're making a lot of little mistakes that you just can't make to be consistent offensively." Dye's worries are bit hard to believe. Mississippi State (3-- 3 overall and 3 in the Southeastern Conference) has lost nine straight ZZ games and 25 of its last 27. 0-- ous enough to require stitches. two Afterwards he completed a brief practice for the No. 9 ranked Cougars without any difficulty. "It wasn't serious enough to affect his playing status at all Saturday against New Mexico," according to BYU publicist Vale Hale. But imagine. Just imagine the headlines in New York. Citrus Bowl official looking Cougars over J e, B-2- Completing the Top 25, No. 21 Southern Cal is at Arizona State, Washington State is at No. 23 Arizona, Baylor is at No. 24 Texas But it's true. Friday BYU quarterback Ty Demter, who has shot both a bull elk and a buck deer this neither distinguished himself Friday. Norman, leading the money list at $907,977 coming into the' last official tournament on the ssched-ulhad to work some magic to salvage a round of par 71. Simpson slipped to a 73 that included three consecutive bogeys, later followed by a double bogey from the water on the 12th. Nick Price, who insists he has (See GOLF, Page ) 10 12 Yikes. first-roun- And has Louisiana Florida State, Southern Methodist at No. 13 Texas, Northwestern at No. 15 Iowa, Duke at No. 16 Georgia Tech, No. 17 Mississippi at Vanderbilt, No. 19 Clemson at Wake Forest and No. 20 Michigan at Indiana. The second State at No. By DICK HARMON one-stro- ke lead. ton, No. 8 Miami at Texas Tech, New Mexico at No. 9 Brigham Young and No. 22 Oklahoma at No. 10 Colorado. tabloids: "Heisman Trophv Candidate Cut by Shark." f- So how would Detmer, playing in a more balanced attack, like to heave 76 passes in one game? The most attempts he's ever had is 59 against Penn State in the Holiday Bowl. Then he threw for a postseason bowl record 576 yards. His second highest attempts came at Oregon (57) when he had five interceptions. Has Detmer ever though about it? "No," he answered. "It would be scary; it would either be a great day or a real bad day. It would be fun. I'd enjoy doing it." Would Detmer, just once, ever want to be in a bigger, stronger body? "If I was, I wouldn't play the same style. If I were bigger, I wouldn't be as mobile. I haven't ever thought about having a stronger arm because I haven't needed one. Bigger? A couple of times I've been unable to see a receiver because of a lineman in front of me, but most of. the time I'm moving around a little in the pocket so I can get an angle. I haven't thought about it." Detmer said this week's game against New Mexico seems like it has taken forever to get here. "We've been preparing for them for a week and a half now and we're anxious to get on with the 18 'Pokes Herald Sports Editor Now here's one truly for the - HOUSTON (AP) The money has their attention. Billy Mayfair, who made up five shots on Greg Norman to take the second-roun- d lead, says he's trying hard not to think about it. "Money? What money?" Mayfair asked Friday after his 66 gave him a advantage at the halfway point of the Nabisco Championships, golf's richest tournament. At stake is $450,000 from the tournament purse of $2.5 million, plus another $1 million from a year-lon- g bonus pool decided in this season-endin- g event. "It's really too early in the week to start worrying about the money," said Mayfair, who completed 36 holes over the Creek course at Champions "in 135, seven under par. But there was every' indication some of his more prominent opponents were thinking about it. Of the 13 men who have a chance to take the year's money-winnin- g title in this tournament, only two were under par with 36 holes to go. They are Norman and Tim Simpd son, who shared the 11.425 1964-89.536 1977-8fj 903 1987-88.418 1982-88.319 1988-no7,737 1981-87,636 1977-77,496 1988-no- Here's one for the tabloids: Detmer hurt dissecting shark in Nabisco Championships s 6 is the halfway all-tim- le UVCC golf team won Herald Sports Editor point in Ty Detmer's junior year. While he has rowed across a few rivers, there are still some seas to jump over: Like New Mexico today. The Cougars entertain New Mexico today in a 1:30 p.m. kickoff at Cougar Stadium. There will be no live television of the game. The Cougars will again face a good quarterback in Lobo junior Jeremy Leach who is ranked e passeighth on the WAC's with list 7,580 ing yards. Detmer is fifth with 8,319 yards. Leach will attempt to get the Lobos out of a passing slump UNM has thrown for just 273 yards the past two weeks. Looking back at the first half of one in which he's the season received Heisman Trophy attention, headlines and has broken the junior from Texas records says he is pretty hard on himself in retrospect even though the Cougars are "The Oregon game leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I have a tendency to look back at games and I can remember every incompleted pass, but I overlook all the completions." If you take away the Oregon loss, Detmer is a happy man fairly satisfied with the year. He currently ranks nationally fourth in passing efficiency (152.3) after completing 188 of 283 passes (66 percent) for 2,513 yards and 18 touchdowns. He's had 13 interceptions. Detmer is second nationally in total offense at 404 yards per game, slightly behind Houston's David Klingler. Klingler, using Houston's run and shoot offense threw 76 passes It Todd Santos, SDSU Jim McMahon, BYU Scott Mitchell, Ut Robbie Bosco, BYU Ty Detmer, BYU Steve Young. BYU Marc Wilson. BYU Jeremy Leach, NMei ..... --f AP Laserphoto Billy Mayfair tips his hat after taking lead in ihe Nabisco Championships m Houston Friday. He's at seven under par. By ROD COLLETT Associate Sports Editor If by chance BYU misses out on a trip to San Diego and the Holiday Bowl take heart Cougar fans there may be a few hotel vacancies in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 1. A member of the Florida Citrus Bowl committee made a visit to Provo this past week. He will be in the press box today when the Cougars play New Mexico. WTiat he learned about BYU, Pratt said, he'll take back to the selection committee. "There are 1,000 volunteers members of the community in Orwho are associated with lando the bowl in one way or another," he said. "We are interested in teams matching the highest-ranke- d possible with a national appeal against the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion. The team invited must have a national appeal for the TV audience." Pratt said some of the factors bowl scouts look for include offensive play, sportsmanship, support by fans (ticket sales) and the difficulty of schedule. "Obviously, all the bowls would like to have the highest-ranke- d teams possible. The Citrus Bowl is committed to the ACC team on Jan. 1. At this point in time it is Virginia. We make a commitment to the ACC on Nov. 13. There are two escape clauses if Virginia remains No. 1 and if the Citrus Bowl cannot match the New Year's Day paycheck of the Orange, Cotton or Sugar Bowls. Then Virginia has the option of playing in one of those three bowls for the benefit of the school. 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