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Show Also in this section: Sports Comics B4 Theater B5 yes of Texas wl NOTABLE QUOTES: "DeBerg is giving high fours." Former BYU and L.A. Raiders star Todd Christensen, who is p.jw a network commentator, describing the situation for Kansas City quarterback Steve DeBerg, d who has a broken pinky, as the Chiefs began celebrating their 1 win over San Diego that clinched a playoff berth. left-han- 24-2- MAGIC LEADS: Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers leads Western Conference players in fan balloting for the NBA All-StGame. Johnson had 36,653 votes in the first Western Conference results announced for the game to be played Feb. 10 in Charlotte, N.C. Kevin Johnson of Phoenix was second among guards with 21,862. Karl Malone of Utah (35,084) and James Worthy of the Lakers (23,881) are the leading forwards and David Robinson of San Antonio (27,905) leads the centers. Balloting runs through ar Jan. 23. Saturday hpr ro inon be Oetimiei? tomiigM mi Victory will make trip home more fun - SAN DIEGO If Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer has anything to say about Saturday's Holiday Bowl, BYU will not lose to a team from Texas. There are a lot of eyes on this native son, one of six Heisman winners from the Longhorn state. They includes the media from Texas, A&M fans, his supporters and critics back in Texas. M : VUf: - ) '71 JM "My family arrived Thursday from Texas and after the game I'm C going to ride back home to Mission with them. It would be better to return home for the rest of the Holidays in Texas with a win than a loss." In addition to his parents, Sonny and Betty Detmer, both his sisters and 10 cousins made the trip. His brother Koy, who was named first team in Texas, stayed home. p BYU hosts Texas A&M, the from the Southwest Conference in the 13th Annual Sea World Holiday Bowl. Kickoff is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. MST. The game will be televised nationally over ESPN. The radio broadcast will be on KSL, 1160 a.m., and KFMY, 960 a.m. This has been the busiest, most month of Detmer's pressure-fille- d JUST FINE! First Harvey, second time this month for fighting one of the Grant twins. Dumars was hit with a $1,000 fine for starting a fight with Horace Grant on Christmas Day in Chicago, and Horace was fined $2,500 for retaliating. On Dec. 1, Dumars retaliated when Harvey Grant of the Washington Bullets started a fight in Landover, Md. Two days later, the NBA got Dumars for $1,000, Harvey for all-sta- te ar agents." STRIKING OUT: Jose Canseco is striking out with the homeowners association in his exclusive neighborhood. The highly paid Oakland Athletics outfielder and his wife Esther are facing foreclosure for skipping $4,264.44 in maintenance fees on his two estates in a bayfront development. The Cocoplum Homeowners Association charged in a foreclosure suit filed Dec. 14 in Dade Circuit Court that the Cansecos "have failed or refused assessments to pay their past-du- e and charges." The association placed hens on the homes valued at a total of $2.3 million last month. HELPING HAND: Alabama coach Gene Stallings helped rescue a man and woman trapped in a pickup truck that ran off Interstate 20 near Jackson, Miss. "The people inside were trapped, and I just got out and ran over to help them. So did several other people," Stallings said of the Christmas night incident. "It was nothing special. That's just what you do in those situations." It was "special" to Paul Raymond Henderson, a passenger in the pickup that flipped about seven or eight times. "He took my hand and said, 'You're OK. You're going to be fine,"' said Henderson, who did not find out until later who Stallings was. "He was real helpful. He got my dog out of the truck after he spoke to me." 1' Saturday 10 a.m. College basketball. Georgetown vs. Houston (ESPN) 10:30 p.m. NFL, Chief at Bean (NBC Channel 2) 10:30 p.m. Peach Bowl, Auburn va. Indiana (ABC Channel ) 11 a.m. College basketball, Kentucky at Louieville (CBS Channel S) 11 a m Colletie basketball, Stanford at Central Florida (PSN) Noon. Jazz Tain (KISN 570 AM) Saturday 1:30 p.m. LA C ippere at Jazz (KISN 570 AM). DePaul vs.. 2 p.m. College basketball, No. Carolina (ABC) NFL. Eaglet at Cardinals (CBS) 2 5:30 p.m. Holiday fowl, SYU va, Teiat ASM (ESPN, KSL 1160 AM) 6 p.m. Freedom Bowl, Colorado St. va. Oregon (KSTU Channel 13) 6 p.m. College football. Tournament consolation game (PSN) ( p.m. College basketball. Tournament championship (PSN) 9 p.m. BYU basketball - lime approximate after football (KSL 1160 AM) 10:30 p.m. College hockey (PSN) 1 a.m. Holiday Bowl replay (ESPN) p.. - 6--6, 86-8- 1. play-by-pla- y. tape-delay- 18-1- 6-- 6-- 6-- VY n n AP Laserphoto BYU's Ty Detmer gives advice to receiver Nati Valdez during a Holiday Bowl practice session. 3) quints reach tourney finals Utah Valley VALENCIA, Calif. Community College advanced to the championship game of the College of the Canyons Holiday Basketball Classic with a 6 victory over College of the Sequoias Friday. Justyn Tebbs came off the bench to spark the Wolverine attack with 25 points on 11 of 13 shots from the field, including his first 10 straight. "He was absolutely amazing tonight," said UVCC coach Duke Reid. "For him to come in and do that on the road is just a great 78-6- BYU's basketball NEW YORK team has one last chance to take a winning record into Western Athletic Conference play next week. meet Rutgers The Cougars, at 5 p.m. MST today in the consolation game of the ECAC Holiday Festival. Both teams lost close games in the opening round. Twelfth-ranke- d South Carolina nipped BYU 5249 while Maryland tipped Rutgers Today's game will be broadcast on KSL radio with Chris Tunis However, doing the broadcast will not the begin until after the Holiday Bowl broadcast. "Rutgers is quick and presses well," noted BYU coach Roger Reid. "We'll have our hands full." The Scarlet Knights have four starters back from last year's 7 team. Keith Hughes and Earl Duncan both received Atlantic 10 notice with the 8 Hughes on the second team and the 4 Duncan on the third. Mike Jones, a 64 guard, and Donnell Lumpkin, a 8 forward, are also back. Shawn Bradley continues to lead BYU. He is averaging 17 points a game through 12 contests. Other Cougars in double figures include Steve Schreiner at 11.8 and Mark Heslop at 10.3. Scott Moon and Jared Miller are both at eight points an outing while Kenneth Roberts and Nathan Call have been contributing 6.5 points per game. Bradley is just two blocked shots short of BYU's school record for a single season. He has 79. Greg Kite established the record of 81. Bradley suffered a gash under his chin in Thursday's game. Doctors used five stitches to close the wound. Team officials don't expect the injury to affect Bradley's play tonight. urn fir , plays UVCC Rutgers tonight STICKIN' AROUND: Ending weeks of speculation that John Robinson would quit or be fired as coach of the Los Angeles Rams, team owner Georgia Frontiere announced Friday that Robinson will remain on the job for years to come. Robinson, about to finish the fourth year of a five-yecontract, will be given a contract extension during the offseason, Frontiere said in a statement released by the team. "I have nothing but the deepest respect for John's abilities," Frontiere said. "I'm certain that he is just as committed as I am to bringing our fans a championship team next year." The statement also said "provisions will be made for the coach to have greater input in the draft, and in the selection and signing of Plan B free footL-- mmm. BYU $4,000. life. It began the first day of the month in Honolulu when he received the Heisman Trophy. Since that time he's been one harried quarterback. This week Detmer admitted the pressure has been there and he's felt it just as he would any pass rush. "I admit the end of the season wasn't that fun. I like to have fun when I play; that's what its for. But practices have been a lot of fun this past two weeks since the Heisman hype is off. But I'm not sure if its gone or not. It's gone in the sense all the suspense is over, and it's there in the sense a lot of people will be watching across the country to see how I perform." If Detmer has his way, his performance will be on par with his other two bowl games he won MVP trophies in the 1988 Freedom Bowl and 1989 Holiday Bowl. . The Cougar offense got a big shot in the arm by coming to San Diego. Only two of 14 previous practices in Provo were outdoors where the quarterbacks could air it out and get their timing down. , ; In San Diego, the offense has tightened up its execution and is anxiously awaiting kickoff. Receiver Brent Nyberg, who injured his toe in the game against Utah, is working out at full speed. Halfback Matt Bellini has not practiced but is expected to see a lot of (See HOLIDAY, Page B-, run-neru- now Horace. Joe Dumars is taking nothing for granted. On Friday, Dumars, of the Detroit Pistons, was fined by the NBA for the B,: AIM yLs 1 feat." The Giants led early at 84 and but when Kevin Nixon came up with a steal and fed Kyle Christensen for a layup it was 0 0, 25-2- It was the fourth straight victory for UVCC, and the Wolverines improved to 74 on the year with the win. They will take on Columbia College or host school College of the Canyons in Saturday's title match at 8 p.m. MST. The game will be broadcast live on KFMY 960 AM radio. UVCC with nine minutesleft in the half. to make Tebbs hit a three-point7 it with four minutes left. UVCC led 5 at the break. er 35-2- 44-3- A Tebbs steal and dunk put the Wolverines up 5442 in the second half. They moved out to their 3 with five largest lead at minutes to go. But when they went into a soft freeze shortly thereafter, the Giants came up with several steals, and closed to within six. The Wolverines pulled away at the free throw line in the closing moments. Nixon had 19 points for UVCC, and Christensen added 15. Russell Murdock led the College of the Sequoias with 22. 68-5- Women's game At Palm Desert, Calif., the Utah Valley Community College women's basketball team continued to make shambles of the competition at the College of the Desert Basketball Tournament with a 1 shellacking of the host school. 99-4- The their record to 12-- 0 Wolverines ran year and on the made it look easy against the overmatched Roadrunners. It was no contest, as UVCC blew out to an amazing 31-- 1 lead before the California team finally got things going. The Wolverines were averaging over 102 points per game coming into the tournament, and have fattened their average against the California competition, with 213 points in two games. They should get a test against a much stronger Merritt College team in the tournament final on Saturday at 3 p.m. MST. Jaime White led the UVCC attack with 25 points. Julie Trane had 13, Kim Bird 12, Jennifer Jones 11 and Melani Francis 10. Seminoles squeeze past Nittany Lions in initial Blockbuster Bowl contest By The Associated Press Amp Lee scored two touchdowns and Casey Weldon scored one Frid Florida day night as State ended seventh-ranke- d Perm State's nine-gawinning streak with a 7 victory in the inaugural Blockbuster Bowl in Miami. Florida State (10-2- ) held off a fourth-quartcharge sparked by backup quarterback Tom Bill to snap Perm State's winning streak, the longest among major colleges. Perm State ) pulled within 7 with 6:27 left when Bill hit touchTerry Smith with a down pass. The Nittany Lions had two more chances, but couldn't get into the end zone. Perm State got his final opportunity at the Florida State 31 with 3:17 left, but John Davis' interception at the 1 snuffed out the Lions' last hope. . Florida State hasn't been beaten in a bowl game in nine years, winning six straight since a 7 tie with Georgia in 1984. sixth-ranke- 24-1- er 24-1- (9-3- rd 17-1- It also marked the first victory for Florida State coach Bobby Bowden over Penn State's Joe in seven tries. Bowden, who Pa-tern- o was 6 against Penn State when coach at West Virginia, improved and his his bowl record to percentage of 75.0 is the best among coaches with 10 or more postseason games. The Seminoles jumped to a 10-- 0 lead in the opening 6 minutes, 40 seconds and then answered Penn State's first two scores to build a 0 advantage. The 24 points was the most given up this season by Perm State. . 0-- 10-3--1. 24-1- Lee, a sophomore who scored 18 touchdowns this season, runs of one and scored on first-ha- lf seven yards. He finished with 86 yards on 21 carries and caught five receptions for 32 yards. Weldon scored nis first touchdown of the year on a run that gave Florida State a 0 lead late in the third quarter. 190-pou- 24-1- Penn State pulled to within 0 with 7:32 left in the third period on field goal. Craig Fayak's The score followed an drive set up by Leonard 17-1- y, Humphries' interception Penn State rd at the 18. As it did in the first half, Florida State countered the Penn State score, this time with Weldon's Bowl on Friday night in' Bir- - ' mingnam, Aia. Jordan scored on a run . ., J J in ruined Jurgens as N.C. State (7-ine coacfung aeout ot Jen Bower, CrmViriT-r- i AAiooiti. Timr 11 vvua mror Tvuw fAlr ifiiojlir utiwhenaiit uuuuici sippi (84) Curley Hallman ' left after the regular season to accept the Louisiana State job. 3 4- touchdown. N.C. State was leading passed for 52 yards on the scoring drive, including three completions to Lawrence Dawsey for 27 yards and a throw to fullback Edgar Bennett. Dawsey caught eight passes for 107 yards. Weldon an 25-ya- rd rui 5) when linebacker David 24-2- Merritt 1 in- tercepted a Southern Mississippi pass with just over six minutes left. Manior scored on the next play to make it Southern Miss quarterback Brett Favre, who passed for 341 yards in his final game, drove the Golden t v i . l i r ni n,agies oo yaras ior a iinai roucn-dowfive throwing yards to Michael Welch to cut the N.C. State lead to four points. Southern Mississippi had two chances at a conversion, getting a second shot after an N.C. State penalty, but failed on each one. 31-2- 1. -- Bowl Terry Jordan ran for one score and passed for another and Greg Manior ran 41 yards for a late touchdown, but it took a late defensive stand to assure North Carolina State's 7 victory over Southern Mississippi in the All American 31-2- n, Holiday Bowl will feature classic battle of styles - SAN DIEGO A classic battle of smashmouth versus finesse. A matchup of the run against the Dick pass. Harmon A showdown of brute strength and speed against execution and discipline. This is the 1990 Sea World Holiday Bowl. This is also a v, itermark football game for two football programs. The nation will be watching to see if Texas A&M is a legitimate Top 20 football team, on its way under coach R.C. Slocum, to becoming a dominate force in the resurrected Southwest Conference. For the Cougars, this is a moment of truth in the eyes of the nation. Once a Top Five powerhouse, the debacle in Hawaii may have set back Cougar national recognition an entire year. Heisman Trophy Candidate Ty Detmer will either launch himself into another campaign like he did here against or he'll be second-guesse- d Penn State as the legitimate talent many believe him to be. For the Cougars, Saturday night cries out for a victory. if the It will be a long SPORTS !"SEDITOR Cougars end the year on a two-gaskid. BYU can accomplish a lot and gain a lot of respect with a victory. It will help cultivate that recruiting ground in Texas that has been very good to the Cougars the past five years. The oddsmakers list the Cougars as a point favorite over A&M. But there are many who believe the Cougars peaked during the Wyoming game and have just existed through Utah, Utah State before the roof caved in at Hawaii. There are some skeptics, even in the Cougar camp, who believe the Aggies could just deliver a knockout blow Saturday night, delivering a national TV audience an encore of the 1983 Ohio State- - BYU Holi day Bowl. In that game the Buckeyes rolled over the Cougars. "This is the best running attack we've faced since playing UCLA and Gaston Green in the Freedom Bowl. And we all know what he did that night," said one Cougar coach. The Aggies will attempt to take Ty Detmer's head off with sellout blitzes from quick linebackers out of the 34 defense. It will be a very interesting matchup indeed. So who's going to win this? Well, we can paint all kinds of scenarios for you. There are about a half dozen ways BYU can lose this game and be embarrassed in the process. The Cougars are not healthy. In the secondary, both Norm Dixon and Tony Crutchfield are out. Rich Kaufusi has suffered through this week with the flu. Rocky Biegel dislocated his shoulder here in San Diego three days ago and will start but will be sore and will require surgery after the season. Matt Bellini, the most versatile receiver the Cougars have ever had for their finesse passing game and the all-ticareer reception leader, is hobbling and will play at 75 percent, if at all. And there is always the question of Cougar defenders being up to the task of handling speed and talent. The Cougars will need the same kind of effort they had against Miami if they are to win this ball game. Can they do it? Well, because BYU defeated Miami, we vowed to never pick against them the rest of the season, even when there were questions before Oregon and Hawaii. We'll stick with them again. Why? Because of Heisman Trophy winTy Detmer. He's been sensational in bowl games so far. When the pressure is on and he's had time to get ready, ner he's alwavs come throueh. If Detmer hrs a Heisman type, game, BYU will win. And they, could even make the Aggies look-ba' in the process. ' Texas A&M has never seen a passer like Detmer. That's why they'll come at him with everything but the Gatorade Cooler. But can they stop him? This is the crux of the evening. A night that features a watermark game. The grass field at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium should favor BYU. Texas A&M has played on at grass only once this season LSU. The Bayou Tigers won that game. Texas A&M has been on natural grass just three times in the past four years. But, BYU is playing its ninth game of the year on grass. Both the Cougars' losses came on carpet. Temperatures are expected to be in the 60s during the day. If any rain does fall, it will likely do so about the time of the coin toss. That, too, should favor BYU. Rain would make this a true "watermark" game. d |