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Show The Salt Lake Tribune COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, December26, 1999 WakeForest Has Little Trouble With WeakenedArizona State ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALOHA BOWL SUMMARY HONOLULU It’s a good thing Jim Caldwell didn’t give in to Ben Sankey’s frequent requests for a position change. During his four-year career at Wake Forest, Sankey, a backup quarterback until this season, asked for a tie so he could get more playing tim Caldwell told Sankey tosit tight and ¢ things would happen. It did in the Aloha Bowlon Sat- urday, when Sankey ended his collegiate career by guiding the Demon Deacons to a 23-8 victory over ArizonaState, Voted the game’s player, Sankey passed for one touchdown and put his team in position for another TD and Mat- thew Burdick’sthreefieldgoals. “T can’t say enough about him,” Caldwell said of Sankey. “We are indebted to his commitmentto the program. “He played behind someonefor four years. He wanted to play anpther position — wide receiver or safety. He’s a tremendous individual.” But Sankey wasn't aboutto talk aboutthepast. His focus remained onthe SunDevils. “Arizona State underestimated us and cameto play smash-mouth football,” Sankey said. “We were sluggish at first. That happens. But we worked our gameplan. We did the little things and didn’t worry about ASU’s defense.” Both teams struggled Wake Forest sowie Arizona 0306-3 First Quarter WF-RG Buntick 2, 18. ¢ ASU—PG Barth 46, 11:22 ird Quarter WE-RG Burdick 24,9 WE—Caldwell56passrom Sankey Burdick Kick), oe Kane run ure Ma, Weofe Buriek 528 WFD ASU 15 o First GOWNS .....2.sseee00 Ml sg182 ae 6H 168 : 5 a) 12 Gompatat 15280 offensively in the first half, with Burdick and Mike Barth exchangingfield goals. In the third quarter, a partially blocked punt by Marvin Chalmers led to a 24-yard field goal by Burdick, and Sankey connected with Jimmy Caldwell — the coach’s son —on a 56-yardscoring pass. Caldwell caughtthe ball on a slant pattern, dodged two defenders and raced untouched into the end zone. “T saw thesafety cheating up,” Sankey said. “Jimmy ran a great route. I just look for his uniform. He did the rest. It was a momentum-builder.” Arizona State Coach Bruce Snyder said, “We had a doublerobbercalled. It was to take away that play. Once again, we didn’t makethe play. Butit was the right 5. 68. oo... us oui » Return Yards . PunteAvg. Pumbes-Lost sed 885 ” Rt 08, 54Mughell Wiliams Slone34, MCoy 24 Ivey 18, Seott 241, Lenk 14min2) 8 , 1us 38). ake Fre | =188. Art ‘onaSt. Coosa1016042, Leonard ren, Dees,aKae320, Merritt 227, aka Cael18 Davis 115 McCoy 114 Arizona St, Heap $99, Redmond 33, Williams 28, Smith 27, Jennings 11,McDonald Green 11, call.” The final points came after Nick Murphy's punt went out at the WakeForest 49. On the ninth play of the drive, Morgan Kane dived overfor the score. A fumble recovery also led to Burdick’s 43yard field goal. “Tt was oneof our better-played games offensively. And we shut down a team with a lot of weapons,” Jim Caldwell said. “Our special teams also did well. “We're a pretty good football team,butit takes us awhile to get ontrack.” Arizona State was dealt a setback before the kickoff when 10 players, three of them starters, came down with food poisoning. “Not to make any excuses, but we woke up this morning with eight to 12 guys sick,” Snydersaid. ie Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press Hawaii quarterback Dan Robinson of American Fork, gets off a pass against Oregon State. The Rainbow Warriors held on to beat the Beavers in the Oahu Bowlon Christmasnight. Hawaii Caps Terrific Turnaround THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — Dan Robinson threw two touchdown passes to Channon Harris and Hawaii sacked Oregon State’s Jonathan Smith six times in a 23-17 victory Saturday in the Oahu Bowl, Thevictory capped an astounding turnaround for the Rainbow Warriors, who rebounded from an 0-12 seasonto grab a share ofthe Western Athletic Conference title under first-year coach June Jones. Theloss brought an unwanted endto an historic season for Ore- gon State, which posted its first winning season in 29 years and made its first bowl appearance since 1965, whenit won the Pac-10 title and wentto the Rose Bowl. On Hawaii's first possession of the second half, Robinson, who graduated from Utah’s American Fork High School, picked apart John Reed/The Associated Press The Biue squad's Keith Millerflattens the Gray's Paul Smith, UTEP,during Blue-GrayAll-Star Classic on Christmas Dayin Montgomery, Ala. The annual Christmas Day contest ended in a tie. USU’s BrownLifts Blue to Tie With 2 TDs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLUE-GRAY SUMMARY . MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Disappointing seasons at Auburn, Notre Dame, Ohio State and UCLA meant a lot of big-time names played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic. But it was the little players from the small schools who made the biggest difference Saturday, accounting for five of the six touchdownsin the 22-22tie. Kareem Larrimore of West Texas A&M returned a kickoff 99 ards for a touchdown, Demario frown of Utah State and Curtis ‘eaton of James Madison combined for three touchdowns and quarterbacks from Lehigh and Blue 772 6-22 Gray 7001-22 First Quarter Blue—Price 10 run (Brawnerkick), 229 Gray—Larrimore 9 kickoff return (Arians kick), eal Second Quarter Blue—Brown 4 pass from Stambaugh (Brawner ick), 04 ‘Third Quarter ‘Blue—Safety, Zimmerman tackled Fuente in end zone,6:02 Fourth Quarter Gray—Montgomery 20 pass from Brown (Arians kick), 1400 Gray—Keaton 6 run (Dawson pass from Brown), ios Bu —rown trun (Brawmer ie) 0 A-1583 Blue Gray 2 First downs 3 3114 wm... ar o 6460 00 15 35:16 Rushes-yards 4138 Passing 12 Comp-AttAnt 120 Return Ys 4 Punts-Avg 843.3 FumblesLast 00 PenaltiesYards 15 ‘Time of Possession aH INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING—Blue, Davis 13116, Brown 12.9, Price Goodspeed Lester 24minus ugh 3 tons igset iWo ibs 12, Philyaw 1-2, 4, lontgomery 14), Fuente:ei 3). *ASSING—Blue, Lester 17:901:215, Stambaugh 108Ow Fuente 1-671, Brown § 11-061 IVING—Blue, Hayes 9153, Farmer 549, BromeMontgomery13, Davis64 McMullen 5, 3, Goodspeed 1-12, Gray, Dawson 457, Green 2wsMaas 8 Ono ‘Montgomery 1:20, Mealey Northern Arizona both threw Youchdown passes. “Every game we play during the seasonis like an all-star game because weplaythe top teams in the country with the best player: Notre Dame's Deke Coopersai “But it turns out this gameis no different. Someofthose little guys were great players today.” though, andthe Blue moved to the Gray's 26, aided by Tim Lester's 38-yard pass to Windrell Hayes, But the Gray turned it over when Lester of Western Michigan was intercepted by Evan Howell of Oklahoma State. The Gray, representing the South, then tried to runit in for the touchdown, but Keaton was pushed out of boundsat the 5 with five seconds to play. +haa 22-yard fleld goal as time expired, and the gameended in a tie. The attempt was waywideto theright, and 24 yards to JaJuan Dawson of TGA kicks by both teams. yards on two runs and Fuentes threw an 8-yard pass to Dawson. the last of a number of botched + “T'm always mad when I miss, ‘ut I had a Boor week anyway,” ‘Arians said. “I guess it was Just Prone meant to end ina tie.” Blue hadtied it 22-22 with i: 09 to play on a 2-yard touchdown Murray State threw passes of 14 Tulane. Keaton then gained 11 FREE Windshield! State 15, and scrambled to the end zone after Terrance Carroll missed a tackle. (hes 26 B01 0 “08 3 988 251 Rushesyards Passing ° wy 8 +++ Comp-Attint a 4 . Penalties:Yards . ee MOE = Time ofPossession... S99 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING—Hawaii, Weaver 184, Thompson 13, ‘Stutzman2.2, Robinson 3{minus 6). St, Sim onton 18-157, Battle618,Smith 11{minus 7). o NG—Hawaii, Robinson 20-40-1266. Oregon, St,, Smith 1940-04 IVING—Hawali, Harris 581, Weaver 546, aan Lelie 4-43,Carter4bebeminus awe "rons S87, Presct41, Simonton 3yushmandzadeh 258, Kintner 227, Maurer 1-16, aeMs Tompkins 18 Hawaii took a 20-10 lead with for 84 yards for Hawaii, and was 3:46 left in the third quarter on Eric Hannum’s 22-yardfield goal. Hannum kicked a 35-yarder with 2:58 to play to close out the scoring for Hawaii. Ken Simonton’s 13-yard run with 1:27 to play madeit 23-17. OregonState recov- voted the game’s outstanding player. After scoringonits first series Hawaii a First downs... ered the onsides kick, but was called for a false start andits second onsides attempt rolled out of bounds, allowing Hawaii to run out the clock. Avion Weaver rushed 18 times ofthe game, OregonState couldn't generate much offense, as Hawaii’s defensive line pressured Smith all game. The Rainbow Warriors also were helped by three missed Oregon State field Robinson’s first touchdown Harris, a 9-yarder in the second quarter, gave Hawaiia 10-7 lead. ' Gator Bowl-Bound Jackets Nearly Lost Top Receiver ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS ATLANTA — When Georgia Tech begins practices in Florida on Sunday, Joe Hamilton and his two favorite receivers will preparationsfor the Gator Bowl. But for five daysit looked like the senior quarterback would line up against the Miami Hurricanes on Jan. 1 without receiver Kelly mpbell. Campbell was charged with possession of marijuana in Cobb County on Dec. 17, Campbell, who police officers. Though chargesare still pending, Tech Coach George O'Leary cleared Campbell to play Tuesday after the 19-year-old passed a drug test. With Campbell on thefield, Hamilton won't have to rely strictly on junior wideout Dez White. Together, Campbell and White combined for 113 catches, 1,965 yards receiving and eReee mT game. In preparing for their meeting with No. 23 Miami(8-4), the Jack: ets would have been hard to replace Campbell, who aati schoolrecords with 69 catches and; 1,102 receiving yards. Service Dept. WE NOW CARRYTIRES HL PLIERS LL BOW *Glass Act will waive up to $125.00 of your Insurance Deductible. on by Brown,his secondscore of Phos With Every Windshield You Get. the game. } But Travis Brawnerof South{west Missouri $tate missed the point after, which would have given the Blue the lead. 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TV Specialists, Inc. 180 East 2100 South Sale Lake hy Utah (001) 486-5757 Seles ee 15: touchdown as the No. 17 Jackets: (8-3) led the nationin total offense with more 500 yards per broke three Tech receiving records this season, was riding in a friend's car that was stopped by ItaRole petaLyla The Gray then quickly moved for what it hoped would be the winning score. Justin Fuente of Jake Arians of UAB missed a the Beavers defense, hitting Harris with passes of 9 and 20 yards before finding him wide openfor a 30-yard touchdown play. Harris caughtthe ball around the Oregon OAHU BOWL SUMMARY Hawall (0-4) 010 103-23 Oregon State(75) 7307-17 ter 05t—Simonton 1 run (Cesca kick), 808. Second Quarter Haw—PG Hannum 26, 1240, keh Harris 9 pass from Robinson (Hannum lc), 6 OSt=FGCoca,sn er Haw—Harris 90 pass from Robinson (Hannum ick),8:30 Haw—PG Hannum 22, 2:10 Fourth Quarter um 25,258, ‘OSt~Simonton13 run (Cesca kick), 1:27. We also have New Factory | aTakeOf Wheels&Tires. |