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Show Comics D5 L-- The Daily Herald BYU NOTABLE QUOTES: "Two years ago it was necessary to use three quarterbacks to get through the season. Of course there are psychological things that would be involved with all of them together. But that's my job as coach to deal with. Ultimately, I would rather have the player and deal with the psychological San Francisco 49ers aspects." coach George Seifert, saying he'd like to keep quarterbacks Steve Young, Joe Montana and Steve Bono on the 49er roster next season. Seifert added that he knew keeping all three would cause controversy, but he was convinced Montana could play effectively again and battle Young for the starting spot after missing almost two years with elbow problems. "As for controversy, no, it cannot be avoided. I don't know if Joe will be able to reach that supersonic level again. But he did look good at practice when he finally returned. It would be much easier if I thought it was over, but I really think Joe is able to play again." nm Colorado State, ' 81-5- 7 88-6- By ROD COLLETT Associate Sports Editor 15,-70- 4. v? 1 1 5-- J i 9-- 7, ' A jf'l 1 -- I "Our guards were really unselfish tonight," said Miller who chipped in 6 points on 6 of 9 from the field. "They were passing the ball inside well and we were moving it a lot better. We were penetrating, dishing off and that helps us all when they don't have to pass it so far in. We also had some great internal passes amongst the big guys. That made a difference, too, on the offensive boards. ' ' This is the same Colorado State team which upset Utah last week in Ft. Collins and handed the Utes their first Western Athletic Con- ference loss. "It's hard to say who is more physical," said Miller of Utah 3 on which beat the Cougars Jan. 9 in Provo. "Utah tries to push you off the lane and stay behind you. I think we played more aggressive tonight than we did against Utah earlier. " 220 Larson, the the had of one pound sophomore, more dramatic plays of the night when with 7:16 left in the first half he took a and BYU ahead, feed from Kurt Christensen, and made a driving, underhanded TV, 54-5- nt 6-- 2, 6-- 2, 240-poun- 21-1- That layup was one of eight 240-pou- ' 1 f J LS 0. 2-- said Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr. had told him at the start of the season that he planned to restructure the team management. He said the restructuring would not affect coach Marv Levy. FROST LEADS: David Frost 66 to take a lead ov er Mark Brooks after the first round of the Pebble Beach Pro-AFrost and Brooks opened on the 6,799-yar- d Pebble Beach Golf Links, one of three courses used for the first three rounds of the tournament. Davis Love HI. Stan Utley, Bob Lohr, Steve Elkington. Sam Randolph and Brett Ogle opened with 68s. Love, Utley and Lohr played on the 6,865-yar- d Poppy Hills Golf Course and Elkington, Randolph and Ogle played at Pebble Beach. shot a one-stro- ke WEIGH IN: Champion Riddick Bowe w eighed 243 pounds and challenger Michael Dokes was at 244 in the weigh-i- n for Saturday night's heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden. Bowe weighed 235 w hen he outpointed Evander Holyfield to win the title last Nov. 13. BIRD HONORED: Larry Bird's No. 33 was retired by the Boston Celtics during a 2 ceremony before a packed house at Boston Garden. J 2 1 Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn BYU's Nick Sanderson battles Colorado State's Doug Larson (34) and Dwayne Molyneaux (25) for a 7 and won rebound during Thursday's game. The Cougars outboarded the Rams 44-2- 81-5- 7. Tuckett retires as BYU athletic director; Jensen to take over post in September which they turn 65," Lee said. Lee said Tuckett's retirement is an historic moment. "The mark that Glen Tuckett left on BYU's athletics is remarkable and may be unparalleled and historic. This has been a period in which BYU men's athletic program have been awarded the By ROD COLLETT Associate Sports Editor The announcement PROVO came on the same turf that will be part of Glen Tuckett's legacy at Brigham Young University. .Tuckett, director of athletics for the past 17 years, told a gathering of family, friends, fellow and media Thursday at Stadium that he will retire, Cougar effective Aug. 31. The .formal announcement was made by BYU President Rex Lee. Tuckett will be replaced by Clayne Jensen, who is currently Associate Vice President of Student Life. Jensen is a former dean of the Department of Physical Education. "We feel the appointment of Clayne Jensen will give us the continuity the program has had," said Lee. admin-strato- "Glen's retirement after ft n i 17-ye- ar Western Athletic Conference rs 17 years of brilliant service in this job 3, p. d Cou-(Se- BYU's big men PROVO made some big plays inside Thursday night as the Cougars destroyed 0 Colorado State 81-5- 7 before fans at the Marriott Center. The big three of Russell Larson, Gary Trost and Jared Miller combined for 47 points in completely dominating the shorter Rams. And most of those points came on layups after BYU's guard line managed to find their large targets inside. V 5, BYU big men dominate against CSU By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor PROVO The crew was due. BYU flexed a little muscle and kicked some butt Thursday, using a blend of swarming defense and interior power basketball to administer an old fashioned whipping to Colorado State 8 In Salt Lake City, Utah beat That means the Wyoming Cougars and Utes remained tied for the Western Athletic Conference lead. They swap opponents Saturday. BYU plays Wyoming at 7:30 p.m. in a game to be televised live on KSL-Tchannel 5. Utah CSU. plays 1 The 16-Cougars played 5 Bunker Hill with the 13-Killers last week's Giant Rams, who upset Utah last Saturday. BYU players, feeling like they are reaching a certain chemistry, believed a runaway was long overdue. GYMNASTS HOST CAL: Coach Roger Reid had the three ' ' Healthier, but still not completely best practices of the season this there," is how women's gymnastics past week. In fact. players were coach Brad Cattermole describes his playing so hard he even cut short BYU team heading into Saturday's practice one day and cleared the meet with California in Provo. The gym. meet begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith "Best practice week all year Fieldhouse. After being forced to long," said Randy Reid who made compete with just three gymnasts last 5 of 8 shots. "One day we only week, Cattermole is expecting to be missed two shots the whole time. ' ' able to put at least five on every event The Cougars made 22 layups this week. "We'll give it our best amongst their 33 baskets. They shot," said Cattermole. "We want to came' on a variety of dunks, lado well now, but we also want to get yups, leaners, and a one underhealthy for the rest of the year so we'll handed stretch shot by Russell Larjust have to see who's ready to go. " son which brought the crowd of 15,700 to a frenzy. It was BYU's SIGNS WITH seventh straight win over CSU. 3 Byron Adamson, a Of course that kind of inside offensive lineman from power translated into a 60 percent Pleasant Grove, is among those who shooting night for the league's to play college signed most accurate offense. But it was football at Southern Utah this week. the way it was done over the hapAnother Utah Valley player who that with authority Rams less signed, as previously announced, is and satisfied the natives impressed ; Adam Black of Lehi, a the team. offensive lineman. Mountain View's The game began as a complete Santiago Gale, a of last week's matchup in reversal lineman, signed with Weber State. Fort Collins where BYU couldn't buy a basket for five minutes and POLIAN FIRED: The Buffalo the hot shooting Rams led 10-Bills fired general manager Bill 1 from This time CSU made Polian, four days after the team's third and although BYU stumthe field, consecutive Super Bowl loss. The e bled out of the gate also, the Polian, who took over the COUGARS, Page D2) team in 1986 follow ing a season, letters-of-inte- Friday, February 5, 1993 J (WAC) overall supremacy award 16of JrW 1 1 Glen Tuckett consistent with BYU's general policy that requires all persons at is Clayne 17 years." BYU made in the first half en route to a 36-2- 2 halftime lead. "I think that when Kurt comes in, he's a catalyst for our offense. He works his tail off," said Larson. "Without his efforts in the (See BIG MEN, Page D2) utes shoot Cowboys out of saddle SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Wyoming tried every defense in the Cowboys' book but they could not stop No. 21 Utah. "We tried to junl we tried a e, it up on them, we tried a we tried evBut still shot the erything. they lights out," said Wyoming coach Benny Dees. "They never noticed what defense we were in." Freshman Mark Rydlach came off the bench to sink four in the first half en route to triangle-and-tw- o While Tuckett was director of 4 Western Athletic athletics, the Coucars won the Utah's Conference 1981 NCAA Golf Championship, victory Thursday 88-6- 1 Jensen deans level and above to retire at the end of the academic year in the 1984 Football National Championship and the football team played in a bowl game every year. But it's the expansion of Cougar Stadium, completed in 1982, that perhaps will be the hallmark or feather in Tuckett's hat. The stadium expansion took the seating ca- . (See TUCKETT, Page D2) returned night. The Mormon missionary who has averaged 4.8 points per game, finished with a career-hig16 points, in14 the first half. cluding during "We were saying to ourselves, 'Where did this guy come from?' He's made a career against us in h (See UTES, Page D2) Tuckett's class evident during press conference 6 COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES WITH LOSING RECORDS 1ST YEAR M4 1. Lefty Driesell. Davidson (1961) 10-1- 1 2. Joe B. Hall, Regis Coll. (1960) 4 3. Mike Kreyzewski, Army (1976) 9 4. Ralph Miller, Wichita St. (1952) 5. Dean Smith, North Carolina (1962) 9 6. John Thompson, Georgetown (1973) 4 Source: World Feature Syndicate World Features Syndicate will pay SS lor your list H published. Send lists to Sports features, P.O. Box 660, Mapi Shade, N.J. 080S2. Include name, address, phone number and source. Friday S p.m. College hockey (PSN) 5:30 p.m. NHL Friday (SPN) 6 p.m. NBA. Knicks at Heat (TNT) 6 p.m. Sports talk (KQOL 106.5 FM) 7:30 p.m. Juco basketball, UVCC at Eastern Utah (KFMY. 960 AM) t p.m. Boxing, Gutierrez vs. Artemiev (ESPN) S p.m. Sports Byline USA (KQOL 106. S FM) p.m. Women's basketball, Washington at UCLA (PSN) 10 p.m. Women's basketball, Arizona St. at California (ESPN) Saturday 6 a.m. Surfing (PSN) I a.m. English League soccer (PSN) Glen Tuckett seized the moment. All they had to do is give him the microphone. And just as he's done behind podiums from New York to Hawaii, from the Cougar Club to the Rexburg Rotarians, the veteran banquet speaker and athletic director delivered. The occasion was a Thursday press conference called by BYU president Rex Lee. The time had come to retire Tuckett's jersey. Given four days notice it was coming down, Tuckett faced BYU coaches, then athletic support staff, then the media. In separate sessions. Tuckett, holder of the athletic reins at BYU for 17 years, retires at the end of August. But the university wanted it announced 35 days into the new year instead of in May. Or June. Or August. So he obliged. In a business of and jet-scollege athletics, most and directors coaches in America power-brokin- g et POOR COPY bally spanked infielders and had his share of battles with staffers. But God also blessed Glen Tuckett with the gift of charm, the gift of a tongue. And when he turns it on, snakes dance, Iraqi rug merchants go palms up. and things that twinkle blink off and on. Praising his mother who was present, he said he was writing a book about her entitled "Paul Revere was Not the Lone Ranger." He honored his wife Josephine, the mother of his daughters whom he paid tribute to by saying: "I always liked girls better than 14-car- at y;-t- Dick Sports Editor do not survive long enough to retire from a long-tim- e assignment and go quietly into the night. Tuckett, at age 65, and La Veil Edwards 62, are an enigma; they've seen many autumns and even more springtimes. The university wanted the moment with reporters to come off with melodious spirit, a timbre no different from the string section of a philharmonic heard from the balcony. The media had the box seats. Tuckett can be a real bulldog. He has stared down umpires, ver boys." Tuckett said he'd had thousands of sons as a coach and BYU's coaching staff was the best in America, a group who needed no baby sitter; but acted like adults. Taking liberty with words from Alan Jay Lcmer's Broadway hit and Warner Brothers classic, he played the part of Richard Harris and for a moment was the "Let it not be forgotten that once there was a spot, that for one brief shining moment, it as known Camclot." was Thanking past and present administrators for backing and support, Tuckett explained it was no mistake the moment was being staged underneath expanded Cougar Stadium, a facility he had a hand transforming into a place to which Texas, Miami, Penn State and Notre Dame would eventually 34-ye- ar come. Lee said the timing of the an- nouncement was more a matter of practicality in giving replacement Clayne Jensen a head start to work side by side. "It isn't like he is a coach who has a season to complete. This could be done now because there is nothing tainted or hid." While Tuckett will continue as director until August, the moment the administration hoped would go smooth as glass rolled on as scripted. Tuckett is no dummy; he knew the cameras were rolling and he had this time at the plute and the count was full. If he was to exit and this was the time to explain his heart, he'd take the high road. Devoid of bitterness, fighting back his tears, he found his cleat hold in the dirt and bore on. When he reached full stride after the Camclot piece, he was going for a grand slam. And he delivered. He seized the moment. g Tuckett praised a BYU bow-ti- c wearthe legend, ing former BYU vice president Ben E. Lewis. "I remember when I was given the job as a coach here in the 1950s, he told me: 'Don't go over your budget, don't cheat, and don't lose."' Tuckett will immediately work on resigning from his assignments as the chairman of a bevy of powerful NCAA and College Football Association committees. Spots on (Sec HARMON, Page D2) fund-raisin- |