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Show -- Emsipe ; . Today ifreps j5&oreboard rt B3 nihil ,Z lt""Mi.rj t nil y ft 1 THE DAILY HERALD (www.hcrakfcxfn.coin) 0 n no hi SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, IW BYU AT NEW MEXICO li.wiiyiiii iHWiiiMimiiw iiimAiiinniiwirfclSI - a r Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove was fired despite leading the Indians to five straight AL Central titles. B4 3 SPORTS JECIXOR; TAD WALCH WllilaMa . B7 BIO business .'feather .J V-- B (Si ; " , Tad Walch gW mm Ul Jl JHWaKWMWMHWMWMB- p- mi hi BYU seeks to protect Feterik against Lobos on the line for Cougars tonight F-Jent- y i ; Albuquerque JLBUQUERQU- E- Same time same interestin oasis the desert. ing lot of things about this place are reminiscent of Utah, but for the No. 21 Biftj football team, it might as well be liofte, similar mountains, thrown down at least another 30 in a win over California last Saturday The Daily Herald in Provo, did not practice this week If BYU until Thursday. ALBUQUERQUE "He was sore and bruised, but wants to keep Kevin Feterik he's ready to go," BYU head trainer healthy today, it may need to utilize a different game plan than its George Curtis said. But preventing those takedowns thrown out in the first five games of from happening again is another the season. issue. The Cougars (4-make their BYU's offensive line struggled to first Mountain West Conference road trip today when they invade protect Feterik against a very Cal defensive front seven. University Stadium to take on the strong Lobos do not have the While the New Mexico University of Bears, Kickoff is at 6 p.m. The game will be same talent as the Pac-1televised live by KSL-TChannel 5. See BYU, B2 Feterik, sacked six times and By DICK HARMON h ; Br I London. The Cougars have built their snazzy record in Utah, winning three of fotar at Cougar Stadium and beating Uah State in Logan. ?This is the latest the program has had its first road game silkji 1977, when BYU played at Oregon State on Oct. 8. $3ut that was only the fourth game of that season. ' jThis is the first time since 1951 a Cougar team hasn't left the state until thji sixth game of the season. ' Chick Atkinson's club lost its sixth gne 56-- 6 to Denver on Oct. 27 that year. 4-- 1 HL f? out-of-sta-te - 0 f :' , I V J V I BYU p!ONIGHT, the Cougars will reach tb halfway point in their season playbetween the ing New Mexico Sidia Mountains, dormant volcanoes TV: aM 19 Pueblo villages. 12-poi- col-lefe- social jJAY LENO headlines a fundraiser Wight at the Albuquerque Convention Center, beginning at game time. jBut with tickets costing $100 a pop, eajwgh Lobo fans will be available to fitt 31,218-sea- t University Stadium to test for the Cougars. a huge wpiess At the halfway point a year ago, E (U was 3 with three home wins and ti fee road losses. Ve found out that team was pretty si jfcial when it won its next six games, t gee on the road, before the wheels (he off a delicately balanced club. With four road games in the next fjl weekends, well soon know for sure le 1999 Cougars have the intangi- to go 10-- 1 or 9 2, win the Mountain it title and make an encore appear- :e in Memphis at the Liberty Bowl. might's game might seem a simple .s&rt to a good road run. v After all, BYU is 8--1 against the lbos in the '90s. B,ut it's rarely easy here, and the .197, BYU team arrived in Albuquerque with a 6-- 3 mark only to bumble away thj WAC Mountain Division title in a .Sloss. KFhis game's big enough that a loss e wisrid make the plane ride seem far longer. .d make us question this team's e in history. 3-- s 500-mil- ( Walch is 'he Daily Herald's 4Jhdeditor. or Phone i 344-255- KSL-T- lead 0 Channel 5 : n 0 35-12-- 12 FAVORfTE: BYU favored by 16 LAST MEETING: Nov. 7, 1998. BYU won 46-2- 1 quarterback Sean Stein played at Los Alamitos High with Cougar quarterback Kevin Feterik ... AT A GLANCE: UNM take that: BYU's Heshi Robertson is tackled after picking up a fumble Cal. and BYU take on New Mexico on the road today. Robertson against 111 IV Atlanta LP rides defense, beats NY 'Horse' in big win in Game 3 Herald Correspondent 52-yar- Chipper Jones and John Rocker, Tom Glavine quietly pitched the Atlanta Braves to the brink of another World Series. Glavine pitched seven sterling innings, making an unearned run in the first stand up, and the Braves silenced boisterous Shea Stadium with a victory over the Mets in NL Game of 3 the on Series Championship 1-- 0 Friday night. Atlanta, which leads the can serie advance to its first World Series since 1996 when John Smoltz pitches against New York's Rick Reed on Saturday best-of-- 7 3-- 0, night. 1 don't think we have to wait for historians," Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. The Braves pitchers are as in any era, good as there is in any decade." The sellout crowd of 55,911 was clearly upset by inflammatory comments made by Rocker and Jones, waving signs such as 1 Want to Fight John Rocker" and serenading Jones with slow chants of 'Larhis given name, ry, Lar-ry- " but one he doesn't like. Mike Remlinger pitched a scoreless eighth before Rocker sprinted in from the bullpen in Provo's HIGHLAND offense was supposed to be one of Lone Peak's toughest tests this season. Apparently, someone forgot to tell Lone Peak. s On the strength of rushing yards and four The Daily touchdowns, Herald's No. 3 team rolled to a surprisingly easy 30-victory over Provo in its homecon.ing game Friday. "To think coming into this game that we could have held Provo to seven points ... that's absolutely unheard of," Lone Peak coach Monte Morgan said. Lone Peak set the tone in the game's first minute, d three-and-o- 200-plu- 35-yar- 7 J I Pd u I ' j . d Before the first 12 minutes had ticked off the clock, Walkenhorst had added another touchdown run to put his team up 16-As if the early deficit wasn't bad enough for Provo, the team lost Nichols on its first drive of the second quarter. The senior was knocked d running straight through Provo's defense for 73 yards and a touchdown on three in 58 seconds. plays i Rumblln, bumblln, stumMIn: Provo's David Franz fights for more yards Friday night in his team's game against Lone Peak. See LONE PEAK, B3 Maxwell leads Sonics past Jazz in fourth BOISE, Idaho (AP) Vernon Maxwell scored 16 points in the fourth quarter as Seattle overcame a deficit to win a 102-9NBA exhibition victory over the Utah Jazz Friday night in the Boise State University left in the fourth quarter with a lay-uby Alvin Sims. But Maxwell scored seven points and Brent Barry added five in a run p 21-pci- 6 that made it Utah led 89-8- 0 with 5:56 left. Seattle then want on a 18-lead tear to take a 100-9with 43 seconds on the clock. 0 Pavilion. See BRAVES, B2 r back Paul Running Walkenhorst capped the touchdrive with a down run, the first of three touchdowns for the senior. All Provo could muster in response was a quick possession that featured three incomplete passes from quarterback Chad Nichols. Lone Peak didn't let up, coming right back with a field goal from junior John Weipert on its next possession. By BETH PALMER NEW YORK (AP) While the New York fans taunted ( 3 89-6- 8 with 10:03 , 7 POORCOPY and New Mexico are tied for the in the Mountain West Conference with 1-- marks. The last time BYU lost here was the first time running back Jaron Dabney had played in University Stadium, and his two fumbles led directly to a pair of Lobo Lobo upset touchdowns in a 38-2- 8 that cost the Cougars a 1997 WAC divisional title. ... New Mexico's Brian Urlacher was named the Bronko Nagurski defensive player of the week last week for his performance in the Lobos win over San Diego State. BYU RADIO: KSL-A(1160) 1--0 RECORDS: BYU 4-MWC; New 1-MWC Mexico 2-1 SERIES: BYU leads 0 tUKMiheraldextra.com. at rav tmm WHEN: Tonight SITE: University Stadium KICKOFF: 6 p.m. (2-- IWhile all appears well in Cougarville is a 16. favorite this Cougarville. it 1951 team was when it left for Denver, then crashed on its way to' a fifth-plac- e finish in the Mountain States Conference. ' We've all been looking for clues about this year's team Clearly, BYU can boast about many things. ; The team is No. 1 in the nation in passing, with the Mountain West's top quarterback, Kevin Feterik, and wide receiver, Margin Hooks. Freshmen Fahu Tahi and Luke i" Jey have provided a stellar rushing attack with help from the blocking and occasional runs of Donny Atuaia and Kftlani Sitake. JeffHoltry has done an admirable jo&filling in for injured linebacker Rob Mris, and the coaches have boldly h&ded the starting jobs at both safeties to guys fresh from junior Jared Lee and Tyson Smith. 3Fhe question remains: Will this be a BYU season? 1-- (2-- Maxwell was the game's high scorer with 28 points and Barry added 20. Rual 3. 8, EWw3404 34 PolynlMl-- t 7. Vaughn 8. VWwngton OO 0, law OXt 2. Brefltai 12,CMcutt 04 2, Padoatti40 2. 00 4, Nou 14 04 2. Tot 88. Sm24 M M IS M MATTU (IMS S. Bdktf Lmw 34 12, Orant S, MHanw (k) 11, Payton 24 4 1 Mnntl 7 28. SMfMM 8. Bwral 2, OwtoO-- 0. Bcny 04 2. 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