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Show 111 IU! SPORTS M .Scaraktari EDITOR: STEVE CAMERON Bl THE DAILY HERALD 3 MKN ml On uwi n m FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1998 rtmrHHi)Mwi) (i) mm TV xx Steve Cameron Cougs slosh to top of division OK, how did they sneak a Big Ten game into town? Hey, Jim McMahon t PROVO would have thrown this one back. In fact, he said as much. The only time you should be running the ball is when the quarterback and receivers need a minute to catch their breath," announced Jimmy Mac, who attended Thursday night's game for a halftime ceremony celebrating his induction into the college football Hall of Fame. "I can't believe this is BYU football," McMahon said with a chuckle M the Cougars were wading through the rain to dispatch San Diego State 13-0- o , By TAD WALCH ) (y The Daily Herald PROVO This is the place, The place good San Diego State seasons go to die. BYU's defense buried the Aztecs under the soggy 0 . "i"How many passes did they throwr if anyone stayed through Uh, 17 the storm long enough to keep count. And heck, Coug quarterback Kevin Feterik did complete 12 of those throws. Of course, the BYU passing game totaled just 120 yards, but shoot, would you rather make Jim McMahon happy or win a football game? (4-- 0 including a quarterback plunges sneak while trying to escape the sjjadow of their own goal posts. Around here, winning obviously isn't good enough. This is the only place in the football universe where folks actually know how to compute quarterback ratings. And keep track of them. So as the second half droned on with unsightly runs, soggy punts and nary a single point, the paying customers turned grumpy. Never mind that the Cougs were putting on a defensive clinic against a very good Aztec offensive line, or that guys like Rob Morris and Brian Gray were just spectacular, - Pooh to that, say the faithful. 1. Throw the ball! No excuses about protecting a lead, no pap about the driving rain and slippery turf, no begging off just because you're trying to avoid a disastrous mistake. Throw it! : - ADMITTEDLY, ANY game without a single offensive touchdown is a ttttle rare in this part of the world. BYU athletic director Rondo Fehlberg conceded that he scored more points in plenty of his collegiate wrestling matches than the Cougs could manage on Thursday. t"4 Of course, Fehlberg never wrestled in the rain except maybe back Home in the Wyoming backyard. "'Seriously, though, who could have Predicted a 13-- verdict in a BYU-SaDiego State game? Certainly not ESPN, Which was hoping for a shootout. And yeah, it was ugly. v But however much you love a gorgeous post pattern, Coug fans, there really are times to take the win and get in for some warm cocoa. ' With marshmallows. ih Forget McMahon and talk to San Diego State coach Ted Tollner. He got drenched and had to suck up a crucial conference loss on top of it. 'I'm guessing La Veil Edwards and Norm Chow will take the boos, the grumbling, the skimpy passing stats along with their fourth straight victory. " Smiling. And doin' "Singing in the Rain" like Gene Kelly. 0 n : v4 "M ' Morris throws scare into-- Aztec offence monster nasty who terrorized the Aztecs from sideline to sideline on ESPN Thursday evening. Affectionately called Super Freak by teammates, BYU j linebacker Rob Morris did more than his share to end SDSTJPs undefeated run in the WAC as the Cougs won j Morris blew up San Diego's draw trap. He cut through gaps and pounded tailbacks Larry Ned and Jonas Lewis. This creature wore no mask, no paint, whiskers or fright hair. Morris didn't need any props, fake fangs or smeared blood out of a tube to be yellow-haire- See COUGARS, B5 G 00 Ok d Tm 1 , Dick Harmon 13-f- frightening. He simply battered SDSU into submission and helped catapult BYU atop the Pacific Division. We can play defense at BYU," Morris said after the Cougars pitched their first shutout since blanking Rice in 1996. 0 '' Q KEVtKLIt'tlwMyllcraM Wet and wild: BYU quarterback Kevin Feterik looks for someone to pass to during a downpour the second half of Thursday's 13-- victory over San Diego State. in 0 MORRIS MET the media afterwards, dressed in an Alabama hat worn back- wards and his blue rt with the Super Freak symbol on the chest. On the field, all Morris did under extremely sloppy conditions was come up with what may be the best game See HARMON, B5 .ii'n.ia.;1itign,jt-.-- NBA revenues on the rise The NBA lockout is being feK all over the country. Canceled games and the possibility of a lost season, could end up with millions of dollars lost from local economies. A look where the money comes from: 1073-7- 6 1976-7- 8 197842 1982-8- 6 1986-9- 0 Avtragt par Mason 1 19 million (CBS; three seasons $10.5 million (CBS; two seasons) $150 million (NBC; four seasons) ) $187.5 million (NBC; nil 199842 fi 1990- - 91 1991- - 92 1992- contracts $43.75 million (CBS; four seasons) 1994-9- 8 198849 TV $22 million (CBS; four seasons) 1990-9- 4 1989--90 0 Network $18.5 million (CBS; four seasons) m four seasons) ii'iiiiiiiMnEiMWiiiMiimiimiii1 $54i million Total worldwide $779 million .056 billion gross retail tales $1.53 billion $2.35 billion $2.8 billion -93 1993- -94 $3.0 billion $3.09 billion 1994- -95 1995- -96 1996- -97 $3.1 billion (est.) 1997- -98 $3.1 billion (est.) APEdDtGnan Source; Induttry source 4 At i (Ml Daily Herald PROVO Halloween came two nights early for San Diego State. The big scare came from a Steve Cameron is sports editor of The Daily Herald. 1 Pumnwlod: BYU's Brad Martin slams San Diego State running back Larry Ned into the turf as Derik Stevenson joins in. quarter would have voted with Jimmy 4 4-- 1 The OBVIOUSLY, THOSE sturdy fans who hung around after the skies opened at the beginning of the third Mac. Heck, they booed the play calls when the Cougs ran three ultra-saf- e Stadium turf Cougar 13-vicin a Thursday night tory that set the Cougs on top of the WAC's Pacific Division with three games to play. overSan Diego State WAC) dropped its all, 11th game in 12 trips to Happy Valley because BYU cornerback Brian Gray had inside information and linebacker Rob Morris decimated the formidable Aztec running .. Lockout foes take breather Players, owners attempt to determine upcoming moves - NEW YORK (AP) After a busy burst of bargaining, the opposing sides in the NBA lockout took a breather Thursday to assess their progress and determine their next moves. Owners and players spent four days and a total of about 24 hours talking since Saturday, developing a loose framework for what the next labor deal is going to look like. So far, they know it will retain the Larry Bird exception, change the rookie salary system, include some kind of "tax" on the highest-paiplayers and increase minimum salaries for veterans. hang-uThe biggest remains what percentage of revenues will be devoted to d long-ter- p salaries by the time the new system has been in place for a few years. The owners have moved off their insistence upon getting the percentage down from 57 percent to 48 percent, and the players have moved off asking for 63 percent, sources involved in the talks told The Associated of Press on condition anonymity. There's still a pretty wide gap that separates the sides. But at least we identified the sizes of the gaps between us," commissioner David Stern said early Thursday morning after an eight-hou- r bargaining session ended. Those gaps remain very large, and it will clearly take much more movement and compromise to get to a point where a deal can be done. The sides spoke by tele- phone Thursday and agreed to speak again today. There are no bargaining sessions planned, and the owners who sit on the league's negotiating committee have returned to their home cities. Over the next day or two, the other owners and the rank and file players will be briefed on what has been accomplished. The sides are talking about a hybrid system incorporating aspects of each side's latest proposal. In the first two or three years, there will be a tax on any owner who signs a contract. player to a high-enThe sides remain far apart on the threshold and rates for d See LOCKOUT, B2 |