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Show Page B6 THE DAILY HLRALI). Prmii. I'lah Sunday Augu-- t V IW Fastest Cougar running back season shoots for 1,000-yar- fir d By DIC K HARMON BYU BEAT The Daily Herald DALLAS No 11, it Ronney Jerkins? that fast any he wasn't way. Nol when you compare Jenkins' 40 speed with BYU senirtr halfback Brian Mckenzie on the Smith Fiejidhouse track in decent shoes and four NFL scouts hurtling holes on stop watches with their eyes. Jenkins, the 1996 freshman sensation, will take a sabbatical this season at BYU, is an exceptional 4.3 sprinter with great strides, a lengthy gait, an extremely quick side step and acceleration that would make most historic Cougar rushers lib. t Tennessee fans root more for visiting Saints than for Oilers W MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The former Houston Oilers played their first home game in Tennessee on Saturday night. 1 Few people noticed. Except for the lack of a roof overhead, the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium looked a lot like the Astrodome of last year, with empty seats outnumbering the 22,811 who watched as the New Orleans Saints beat Dick Harmon come around as often as heroes pulling handcarts. A 40 time tells offensive linemen whether they have to: a hold blocks until cheerleaders 21-1- I pull a muscle, b) plain hold, or their work done and preg pare for another cl get quick-developin- ;a s v vy "7 v CS play. drool. Guess which one they'd But line him up with rather do? McKenzie, and the quiet, McKenzie rushed for 950 almost humble touchdowns a and yards senior would clean Jenkins' of Arizona out ago year time piece like a Swiss watchWestern. But he and Jenkins maker on steroids. were brought along slowly. "Nobody believed I was that "I think last year was about fast," McKenzie said. "1 knew." to know everybody, the getting McKenzie also line working together, and us NFL free agents James Dye and coming together as an offense," Tim McTyer in spring timings. Not one, but at least two of said McKenzie. "But I think I showed what four scouts McKenzie under 4.28 seconds could do in the Utah game." in the forty on what is acknowlWell, let's see. The DNA, er, be to a urn, track. fast ahh, that 40 speed helped very edged McKenzie rush for 176 yards "The scouts were impressed," against Utah. chirped Dick Felt, BYU's ath"We never really got the run letic department liaison to the NFL. "Not only by the time, but untracked until Tulsa," La Veil his fluidity. He really helped Edwards said. "That was a his stock that day." game for McKenzie. He "I told coaches last year I had 129 yards rushing against was faster than Ronney. I told Hawaii." McKenzie averaged just 12 them all last year: 'I can run a carries per game. 4.3, I can run a 4.3.'" In other words, BYU had a Well, it's in the books. The 1,000-yarrusher and barely man from Sarasota does a 4.3. used him. Why is this so important? Because sprinters on Dick Harmon is a regular a football team are not easy to come by. And in Provo, they columnist for The Daily Herald. 205-poun- d 1 1 ROY 1 il.AS(i()l Press In- Right at home: Former University of Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler scores on a one yard touchdown dive for New Orleans Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. as Tennessee Oiler defenders try to stop him. out-time- d hand-time- 1 d 132-yar- the Oilers The Saints, with new coach Mike Ditka and former Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler, had more support than the Oilers thanks to a small pocket of fans dressed in gold and waving a flag. The Oilers will need the next four weeks to work out the kinks found in the place they're calling home until their new in finished is stadium Nashville. The line for extra points was painted at the 3 used for college instead of the 2 as used by the NFL and the referee's microphone worked infrequently. In the press box, statistic sheets didn't reflect the Oilers' new home and listed "HO" for Houston Oilers instead. dive Shuler scored on a on the Saints' opening touchdrive and tossed a down pass to Earnest Hunter d d sub-4.- 3 Chad Lewis scores his first NFL touchdown; Hanshaw a starter DALLAS Philadelphia Coach Ray Rhodes said he wanted to have his starting quarterback, whether it be Ty Detmer or Rodney Peete, designated by the first week of August. But Peete has been sharp since his return from a '96 knee injury and is presenting quite a challenge to the incumbent Detmer. So Rhodes has pushed deadline back his on a starting quarterback until after the second exhibition, against Pittsburgh on Aug. 11. d "It's a difficult decision for the coaches," Peete said, "and I intend to make it even more difficult." He did that Saturday night Philadelphia's during 31-1- 7 loss to the New York Jets in East Rutherford, N.J. Peete replaced Detmer at the start of the second quarter and took the Eagles on a drive to the line, but the Eagles had to settle for Chris Boniol's 26-ya- field goal. Detmer started the game and took Philadelphia on a promising drive late in the first quarter, but on second down from the Jets 35, his pass was tipped by linebacker Pepper Johnson and easily intercepted by Aaron Glenn, who weaved 97 yards for a touchdown. Bobby Hoying, Third-string- who completed his first 10 passes, threw another TD pass with to former 2:39 left, a BYU tight end Chad Lewis. 2. 75-yar- d FILLING IN: Harris Barton underwent arthroscopic knee surgery and is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks. Barton will be replaced at left tackle by Tim Hanshaw, who has played one offensive down in his two seasons with the 49ers. That was a play by quarterback Steve Young on the final snap of a 1996 game against New Orleans. Hanshaw was a draft pick out of kneel-dow- fourth-roun- n d Brigham Young in '95. with 43 seconds before halftime, giving the Saints a 14-- 3 lead . The Oilers had only Al Del field goal until Greco's backup Dave Krieg tossed a TD pass to Mike Archie with 3:32 to go. Danny Wuerffel, last year's Heisman Trophy winner, made his pro debut with the Saints for 66 yards, and went TD pass to including an 2:10 left with Mercury Hayes that clinched the game. 26-ya- Boldon stuns World 100 field with;9.87 prelim matched his personal best of 9.90 as the sixth world championships opened with the By Rick Gosselin News The Dallas Murning Vr This was just ATHENS like the practice runs on the UCLA track, where Ato Boldon of Trinidad & Tobago and Maurice Greene of the U.S. go at each other day after day, neither wanting to give the other a chance to talk trash. That is why Boldon was not content to qualify easily for Sunday's semifinals of the 100 meters at the World Track & Field Championships. Instead, he ran down Greene in the final 10 meters of their quarterfinal A heat Saturday night, and the result was not only bragging rights but a stunning timp of ' Doug Mills 1 he Associaleti Press star Frankie Qualified: r Fredericks wins a quarterfinal heat Saturday at the world championships in Athens. 100-mete- jinn iii m aiii ninii iMiirin 9.87 seconds. Boldon's time was the fastest in a preliminary round of any competition, equaled the fifth fastest ever and broke his own national niTTUT imimnrr " iimiiii August 6, 13, 20, 27 9:00 p.m. Final September 3 9:00 p.m. m imii mmm! h ii www GolfUlah.net EMail: Bdw5aol.com SCOBMtl m m ii h Olympic champion Donovan Bailey of Canada, wobbled through his first two heats in his customarily unimpressive form. "Donovan has learned what a lot of champions do-t- hat you don't have to do it in the first two said Jon rounds," Drummond of the U.S., who will run the 200 meters and early-roun- d the 4 x 100 relay later in the meet. Boldon credited his time as much to the fast track as to his effort. "I don't want to insult the world record by saying it's seven-hundredt- what I have been running all year." Former BYU star Frankie Fredericks won his opening heat (10.21) and his quarterfinal heat (9.99). The shot turned out to be disappointing for defending champion John Godina and his fellow U.S. throwers. Godina, who earned wildcard entry to the event as defending champion, was second by one inch to Aleksandr Bagach of Ukraine (70 feet 5 14 inches). C.J. 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