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Show D Scoreboard D3 Q Business 04 D Financial Markets 05 Tha Daily Hra!d Tuesday, September 24, 1 9'i9 SMI J hnnp.q feels the pressure BYU blue-coll- Johnson's Dolphins suffer first lo Yes, Southern Methodist has seen the films, Th Mnctano marhino efaff - S. r- ' uatrhml r WW h 4V R VI I victim ar By MIKE CHAPPELL Indianapolis Star and News Colls, who eiHtrcd the guoi inmus three starters and 1M onioi-l- i Sieve Ojam aiul Out.'i it It INDIANAPOLIS was a lo injury in (he first qu.K u i. Coryatt televised clash of nationally limited the Dolphins to a pair of National Football League uneatJoe Nedney field goals, IV0 c t.:! en teams and uncompromising in the most eye pup yards and quarterback . 28 slat yards on 15 ruhos ping So much fur, f0ltowigl Karim Abdul-JjUiuRook it script. who had ga!loX'd for 280 yarJs in Indianapolis' crippled defense and maligned running game were his first three games, was i non f r w ill) 8 yards on nine tarries. the prime-tim- e performers on "l think trhe I"olph;n.i wank'd ABC s Monday Night Football a see if ihey could run auin t us lo r the Colts went the showed up inflight.'" we and 10-6 route to hammer out a victory over Miami in front of an RCA safely David Tate. Lesl you think the ColK defenDome-recoi- d crowd of 60,89 it The win, their fourth straight sive effort was of Marino the knocked Dan ou' over the Dolphins, enables the Colts to take a record and sole game in the firsi quarter v,it!i a the AFC Eastern radly sprained riglil ankle, then of possession feasftd on immobile backup Division lead into their eye week. It's also the first lime since 1977 Bernie Kosar. He was buried under five sacks. that a Colts team started "The coaches prepared us so "This team never ceases to amaze me," said coach Lindy well," satd defensive tackle Tony Siragusa. "They told hs what (liie Infante. 'They have great resilienwere going to do and I and know how don't , cy you say Dolphins) what were going to run. and "s they enough about this learn heart." Infante can start by pointing out they did everything the coaches told us they would." that coordinator Jim Johnson's "We were playing withot t ow defense completely stuffed a potent Miami offense mat was averaging two slatting ends, our two s'uniiie 32 6 points, 366 total yards and 156 rushing yards per game, The (See COLTS, Page 1)2) jwlM Wl back get sacked by blitzes 12 times in the past eight quarters by Washington and New Mexico. They are very aware the Cougars are struggling to keep ar-U- 1 blue-colla- . ' Sidelines Sarkisian off his butt and it has made a big difference in shutting down what was the country's top passing attack in August. "The problem with bringing pressure is you isolate your secondary in man coverage a lot," SMU coach Tom Rossley told the media Monday, "and if you don't get to the quarterback, BYU has ways of making very big plays if he has time, Steve Sarkisian is very accurate, they keep people in to help protect. Our youngest part of our team is our secondary, but we believe they are good athletes." Rossky said his staff thought it would get rid of its old punching partners Texas and Texas A&M when the Southwest Conference was disbanded into the WAC and Big 12, but now the Mustangs have a new set of bullies. "BYU and Utah are two teams who have replaced the Texas schools on our schedule and they look to be the teams to beat in our new league. I think BYU and Utah have a combined ranking higher than Texas and Texas A&M right now." TICKETS ON SALE; The WAC championship game in Las Vegas Dec, 7 in Snj Boyd Stadi- - ... urn will place the Pacific Division v champion against the Mountain Division's best. Tickets went on sale for that game and reports show nearly 8,000 tickets have moved in September. Prices are $100 for VIP seating; $40 for Pavilion seating; $25 for Stadium seats and $15 for Club seating. For more information, call TicketMaster at or 2 1 DID YOU KNOW . Since die , 1980 "Miracle Bowl" Holiday Bowl comeback by BYU that ended with the Jim McMahon-Cougar- s defeating SMU 46-4the two teams have never met again? And while La Veil Edwards was in a string of consecutive WAC championships, the Mustangs said goodbye to coaches Ron Meyer, Bobby Collins, Forrest Gregg and welcomed today's coach Tom Rossley in 1991? ADD KNOW; While Edwards has stayed in Provo since that first BYU bowl win over SMU, Rossley was at Rice University, the Montreal Concorde (CFL). San Antonio Cunslingers (USFL), Denver Dynamite (Arena Football League), Holy Cross, SMU, then the quarterback coach of the Atlanta Falcons before getting the SMU head coaching job? LATE STARTS: The Cougars have been outscored in the first quarter this vear 24-2- 3 and SMU is 1 0 after leading in the first quarter. BYU has big fourth quarters when legs are tired, outscor-in- g opponents 37-One of the ideals of the WAC was to expanded new population bases, pargrab ticularly TV markets in California, Dallas, Houston and Las Vegas. The one market where the media have eaten up WAC coverage is Dallas. But while the league had its biggest weekend of the year last Saturday, going 2 ' in games, nobody in Dallas saw even one of those games. In 10 WAC games, there was a top-2- 5 upset, six games decided by seven points or less and not one team was blown out. On the other hand, six of the Bowl Alliance schools had televised games Saturday. The WAC had none. Tulsa's upset of No. 19 Iowa with two big defensive stands inside the 10 in the fourth quarter, after losing five straight games, was the biggest WAC upset of the year. San Diego State's Billy Blanton threw five 5, . A 4-- 0 v 4-- ii , null i iii mi Indisnapolis defender Tony McCoy (61) clams into Miami quarterback Bernie Koear in the third quarter - .ir.,.t mm in AP Photo Monday night in Indianapolis. Tha Colts remained unbeaten with a 10-- victory. 4 mmttitgt Rangers, Mariners both lose By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer The Texas Rangers are doing all they can to avoid choking away the AL West like the California Angels did last season. It's not working. When second-plac- e Seattle Mariners lost 4-- 3 in California on Monday night, it gave the Rangers an opportunity to extend their lead Mariners over the second-plac- e with a win in Oakland, No such luck. Starter Bobby Witt's poor outing and an inability to get a timely hit resulted in a Texas 3 loss to the Athletics. Of some consolation; the Rangers did reduce their magic number to clinching their first division title to five. "You don't lose any ground, but at the same time you get a little ticked off because you could have done a better job on the field," said Will Clark. : Elsewhere in the American League, it was Boston 4, New York 3 in 1 1 innings; Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 7 in 10 innings; Cleveland 7, Minnesota 6; and Toronto 6, Detroit 4. That's one more down," said Texas manager joJuiny Oates, "Sure, it would have been much nicer to get the win. We just didn't get the base hit when we needed it tonight." Witt lasted only I J 3 innings, his shortest outing this season. Ernie Young had an RBI double and a single as Oakland scored five runs in the first three innings. Angds 4, Mariners 3 At Anaheim. Calif., Chuck Fin-le- y (15-1struck out II in eight innings to reach 200 strikeouts in a season for the first time in his II- 5-- . -- run-scori- 5) i ,x - r- m frs - L rrx X -rn :- . vv - ferf ... ' til. . .i ml u ,..?:V"vV'"'''V-'if j!ar, - m Texas' Ivan Rodriguez aits on home plate with tongue hanging out after sliding in safe career. The allowed five hits before giving way to Troy Percival, who struck out the side in the ninth for his 36th save. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 48th homer and jay Buhner hit No. 44 for the Mariners. Red Sox 4, Yankees 3 At New York, the Yankees had won 108 straight games dating back left-hand- er year j utuiiWM ; against Oakland catcher Terry Steirtbach Mon-N- s day night in Oakland, The Rangers dropped a to Aug. 24, 1995 including 83 this when leading after eight season innings. But Boston's Mo Vaughn tied Monday's game with a two-osingle in die ninth inning and won it with a two-ou- l single in the 1 1 di. Despite the loss, New York's magic number for clinching the AL East fell to three after Baltimore's loss to Milwaukee, ii it . i it . i t:A.'jii. , - ' AP Pt vtg 5 3 decision, failing to pick up ground in their AL West race against Seattle. As expected, starters Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitie dueled into the late innings. Clemens, coming off his performance Wednesday night in Detroit, struck out eight in seven innings, Pettitte, leading the AL with 21 wins, allowed only an unearned run in eight innings. ut ut V Brewm 8, Orioles 7 At Baltimore, Man Mie4e singled home John Jaba v. itli (wo out in the 10th as Milwaukee damage;! Baltimore's playoff hopes. Jaha, who homered and drove in four runs, walked leading off the ) JOlh against Terry Matliews (2-2- (Ste BRKWKRS, Page 1)2) -- 5, Seifert may rest Injured Young By CLARK JUDGE San Jose Mercufy News 16-tea- m 3-- (See HARMON, PgeD2) SANTA CLARA. Calif. Those waiting for fallout from the 49ers 23-- 7 loss to Carolina must wait no more. The team is considering sitting down injured quarterback Steve Young for Sunday's game with Atlanta and starting Elvis Grbac in his place. Surprised? Young appeared to be annoyed after meeting with Coach George Seifert on Monday afternoon. And so did Grbac, who admitted he was "in the dark" as far as possible lineup changes. But stay tuned. Seifert insisted no decision will be made until Wednesday, and until then he's not leaning in either direction. "It s a situation we're discussing," he said. "It's something we haven't committed to, but it's something we'll be talking about here the next day or so." Young is recovering from a strained groin, hurt Sept. 8 in a victory over St. Louis, so badly he COPY Olympic stars scheduled to attend senior games Offensive coordinator Marc was removed after three plays of the third quarter and forced to sit Trestman, who praised Young's out a week and a half of practice. play, admitted he had to cut down his to game plan as time wore on to aggravate Young appeared the injury Sunday on the opening keep Young in the pocket. But it play of the 49ers' 23-- 7 loss to Car- should be pointed out that Young's olina when he was belled from only touchdown pass was thrown behind by Carolina's Kevin after he scrambled out of trouble, Greene, but he not only wasn't and it was Young who chased removed until the game was out of down safety Brest Maxie after he reach late in the fourth period but made a intercepe tion in the fourth period. also did not appear on the "I felt like the times I wanted to injury report. Young finished 24 of 40 for 267 move. I did." said Young. yards with a touchdown and an "Whether you liked the way it interception, but the tipof'f that he looked or not I don't know. I tried might have been hurting more than to sit in the pocket and make he let on was when he hobbled out throws that guys can make plays and some were made and of bounds on the 49ers' third blay on loss. f some balls didn't get there. for a "The only time I noticed it was "They played zone behind all when he was giddyupping to the their blitzes. Usually, .when sidelines in the first quarter," said (teams) blitz guys, they turn dieir tight end Brent Jones. "Also, when backs, and die quarterback can run forever. But (against Carolina) you he stepped up (and ran a quarterback draw) and got tripped up by a had to sit in there and take some defensive lineman and a line- hits and make some dirows. That backer. The old Steve Young would still be running." (See YOUNG, Page D2) ST. GljOKGE ( AP) Track and field celebrities Al Joyner, Florence Griffith Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kerse- e and Bob Keixee will be among those attending the Huntsman World Senior Games this year. As her brother and sister-in-ladid last year, Joyner Kersee will run the games' torch about Dixie College's Hansen Stadium track to open die games. She and Harmou Kjllebrew. one of die best home run hitters in American League history, w ill ieak to the senior athletes al the opening banquet Oct. 15. Killcbtew, a Baseball Hall of Fame member, had 573 Ik Mite run hits as a member of die Washington Senators. Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals duiing a game-clinchi- post-gam- right-hande- rd Ii N Jlhisa.ffcitTifta fc hi fTfh ft! d career. Killebrew won six American I League home run lilies and il.ive rows batted in (RBI) crowns, including career highs of VI home runs and 140 KB) en route lo earning Most Valuable Player and Haver of the Year honors in lie repeated I'layei of the Year honors in 1970 Joyner Kersee look her fit si gold al her second OI)iupk s in I9XX. In 9X4. she won a silver medal. Slie received a hione in both I Wand ' Joyner-Kersealso holds the heptathlon world record fiid set a wofldivcotd in the long i:n p. broken in I9H8. She still 't .Ms Hie Amen, an long jump itcord Jbib Knsce. assistant Ik.O coach al tlie University of California. ios Angeles, coached his wife lo victory Kerve's winning formula also took Gail IX vers lo the 9 Ol) nifties, wluie she (; AMI S. Page 1)2) l9. 1 e Mia a |