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Show cé6 The Salt Lake Tribune§SPORTS Overhaul f 1 Needed to Save College Football zona. San Jose State. Sacramento State. PortlandState and Hawaii — might not be as far apart asis assumed. although USU officials would BUNE STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS align the dirction of re Hic Sky member ia stadium ex. Tiftte jointhe FA ference The Van dals’ Kibbir ! its just 12.000 for foot LA's 30.006 ander Division gamimum But sca! Ho move up by selected home agreeing to phy rames at W won States near by stadium the Vandals suggested Hogan. “Thenyousettle onwhatto do about the postseason — a bowl? playoff? — and go from there Big Skyofficials say they are willing to compron in scholarships. budgets or stadium capa ty toachieve parity with the low And) they all their mem ay not want to get on board If realignment doesn't happen any idaho w time soon, they sity the to reach the Divisi attendance minimum (17.1 r game at least once in a four sear spam they canpr The se BYU and ! nounced th: WAC tofor Conference will study the idea of serapping the LAN playoffs in favor of resiwuul However, the reformers Avcund lerfon, Bowl Championship Senes director Roy Kramer supports re ‘hgnment, and is holding out the promise of BUS revenue and cor porate support if thes achieve their t aims We're going ty he “As shuck.ny the Mountain st’s move Was It made perfect se seid Fulleston. “And the rest of us ovght fy think about do ing the same thing The Mountain West example, he adoad ticularly relovant in the We: are Gnivts foot fools. other than Pac-1) and) teins. Fresno State would y be a cut above and Cal State Northridge a notch belowin terms of resources and potenti The remaining », Weber State Idaho State, Idaho, tana, Montana Wa-hington. MonState. Northern Ari- with it i said Hogan ~The dents want our conference tot gressive. tu get the notion eirculat ing and talk to other conferences and see if there ome common Sound. Maybe nothing wil come Of it but it will be worth the dia hea There are cnaigh people Fintanout there that looking ETUENE SUTCERISLIOAKES SH 105 Sense Said Graybeal 1 eon sec it hap: pening Itmight have to happen for football to survive below the top level If you're not part of the elite. you need this for exposure, to 1 new rivalries and interest: It could be a very positive thing Patrick, Sabres Waiting on Ays-Stars FFALO.N-Y James Pat k Wis so clise to being on a Stanley Cop winner Instead, New York traded him to Harturd dining the 1993-94 season before capturing the NIIL’s top ni 1994 When u kid you dream e NHL and win When I got traded, [ + Manitoba. na. ther shot at the their first Stanley Cup in 54 years. Patrick went on to Calgary in a sabres. winners the Color: Stanley Cuy my ability. was happy to moveonandtryto get my career back on track.” The Rangers went on to win rence chamy the winner of pionship, will 1 when he didn't. get along with New York Coach Mike Keenan Then camethe trade The frustrating part for me was wondering where my carcer was going and knowing that I no longer fit with the Rangers plans.” Patricksaid. “I wasn't being used and I startedto question Cup.” Patrick Once you come vou realize how Duffalo defense series for the trade after spending just 47 games with the Whalers After five enjoyable but. uneventful seasons in Calgary, Pat- 1981. We were Patrick maturity leying lime cut dratf 1993-94 season back end. dy Ruff looking for Moin ss were unr ll Men's Golf Championships in oO Wednesday'sfirst round. ti DEL GRECO LEADS TOURNEY BYU had not sent a team to na: als since 1993, but Coach CLIFTON, N.J. — Four-time winner Al Del Grecoshot a 2-under-par 70 and opened a sixstroke lead after the first round ruce Brockbank’s young squad was not overwhelmed by thediffi cult Hazeltine National Golf Ciub of the football players portion of With four of five players’ scores counting. the Cougars shot 5 over-par 293 and are tied for the NFL Golf Classic on Wednes. day. The Tennessee Titans place thiid place with Clemson, just four strokes behind the leader Ollahoma St We played well today,” kicker had four birdies and two bogeys in hot and humid condi said tions on the par-72, 6,816-yard Upper Montclair Country Club Brockbank We gave a few shots y coming down the stretch bot the final four holes are really tough We could see the leader board coming in and we may have d to protect the lead. I'm real course Dave Binn, a center with the San Diego Chargers. was second with a 76. St. Louis halfback Mar- shall Faulk. Seattle quarterback proudof the way weplayed BYU counted even-par 72. Scott’ Glenn Foley and NewYork Giants cornerback Philippi Sparks have Miller's Andy Miller's 73 77s The top Manuel Merizalde’s 73 and Billy Vor '§ 75 in the first round of the 72-hole event. Jose Garrido had a non-counting 77 26 players after two rounds advance to play on Friday Scoring will start anew in that round and the 12 lowest scores will play Saturday for the champi- Scott Miller, a sophomore Napa. Cait. birdied holes onship. The player whoshoots the lowest single-round score in the and 7 to make the turnat 3 the back nine. he carded back-to: hack birdies on holes No, 15 and 16 on his way toa 37. Miller is tied final round wins. Del Greco won this event from 1993-96 but Tampa Bay quarter- for 13th with eight other gulfers back Trent Dilfer won thelast two Chins Wisler of East Tennessee years with goodfinal rounds. é. followed by five golfers. tied for second at 70 and six tied thelast two yearsto leave not be- “It's been very disappointing Stateleads the tournament at 33 ing the champion,” Del Greco for seventhat 71 said. “It was always a lot of fun The course was real tough just the way [like it.” said Miller Dawn Vite Minnesota's James Mclean watcheshis putt on the fourth hole on Wednesday during the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Fortunately. everything was working well for me today. I hit iy driver real well, which set up { approach shots. My putting n’s Boyd Summerhays left ona 1s good too, so when I missed a teen. 1 was able to get up and downfor par two-year church mission. Ge ia stands second, three strok hind the Cowboys the British Open because of hip problems. He underwent surgery in January and returns to the As for WAC schools. defending NGA Your this week in his Memorial Tournament here. Nicklaus said Tuesday that his 1991 U.S. Open and requires long, accurate driving and the be cut to 15 team after today’s round ability to work hard for pars. Tsrockbank figured Merizalde and Andy Miller could meet those de- a) playing in the British Open on July 15-18 in Carnoustie, Seotland. Nicklaus is committedto play- The Cougars played in the afternoon Wednesday and should have more favorable conditions. champion UNLV is fifth, San Die go State is tied for 22nd and Colo rady State is 25th. Thefield will this morningin the second round Hazeltine was the site of the NICKLAUS, RECOVERING, WILL SKIP BRITISH OPEN mands, but the performance of Scott Miller — Andy's brother — was more surprising Oklahoma State. meanwhile. is gunning for a ninth NCAA title but has not played al its usual standardthis year. 'The Cowboys sent Bo Van Pelt to the PGA Tour after last season and Farming- DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nick laus. who missed the Masters for chedule will prevent him from ing in the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior Players Championship the two weeks before the British Open the first time in 40 vears because That wouldbethree weeks ina he said of the British Open. and tooka lot ofpride being the winner those four years and I didn’t play as well as Trenton Sat- urday the last two years. That's my goal this year. to play, have fun and hopefully shoot mybest score on Saturday.” Dilfer was granted an exemp: tion for the first two rounds becauseof training camp. 0 JORDAN, ELWAY, GRETZKY, COUPLESTO PLAYIN EVENT NEWYORK — Three retired superstars — Michael Jordan, WayneGretzky and John Elway — will join Fred Couplesin an 18hole challenge golf match, Golf week Magazine reported on its website Wednesday ‘The program, tentativelytitled, of hip replacement surgery. will skip the British Openfor the sec row.” thethree retirees from the NBA ardize his recovery klaus’ streakof majors end 4 last year when he sat out Vhat’s just morethanI canplay. 1 said that’s just crazy to even think about. Two weeks in arowis goingto be tough. playing ond year in a row so as not to jeop Nicklaus, 59, said he plans to Legends at Play.” will feature NHL and NFL, respectively best ball format against Couples at Shadow Club in Houston Hawk Golf a little and leadership in the said Sabres Coach Lin- __ NHL PLAYOF rn Ss were unfamiliar with the NCAA rick signed with Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent first round by 4 playin all four majorsin 2000. Whether that will be the end of my majors or not. well see. I hope not,” he said. regionally then agree on scholarship lin maybenot 85. but more than ®& Continued from C-1 RSLRR Young Cougs Play Well in ist Round of NCAA Golf sumedaithoush You Thursday, June 3 1999 ‘ Friday. May 28 THE POLARIS PICK YOUR PACKAGE PROGRAM. THE PLAYOR GREAT DEAL! 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