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Show Atte mee Hecate j The Salt LakeTribune SPORT Gordon | Wins | Winston Cup j PAGE C2 PY NBACS | NHLos LAClippers 99, New Yor 86 | Colorado 2, New Jersey 0 Toronto 87, Phoenir 81 LA Lakers 93, Sacramento 85 @ WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: UTAH, WEBER WIN C-6 @ OBITUARIES. C-7 Los Angeles 2, Minnesota 2, tie MONDAY NY. Rangers 6, Alanta 2 @ WEATHER NOVEMBER19, 2001 BCS,Not Fiesta, Cougs’ Next Hurdle ; t f their Dec. 1 meeting with Mississippi i To get to Tempe, BYU ship t . whether the t ERAGECARE } team dropsin AP poll j ; j BY PHIL MILLER F m™AP,Coachespolls ee eer. pov ee cart " } must becomeeligible; top 12, a require- inScoreboard C3 ae for TheLiberty Bow! is the leas! BCS jikely, though Utah would on Series hopes face another, more ~~ bowls like the Fi. p e New unexpectedhurdle wil not mater esta, nfit should Colorado unset ¢,contetefieHeyYears Br Fiesta Bowl wants J Nebraska and Washington knock off SPA satan if the Cougars are noteligible. Miamion Saturday, the Buffaloesand @SeNhere. = MWC commissioner BYU's comeback win over the Huskies, both close behind BYUin ji\evor ther the Memphis are Utes, their first victory over a team the BCS rankings, could easily leap- Wid ‘tne-free to choose an at laree with a winning record goinginto the LT LAKE TRIBU frog the Cougars andfreeze themout ren rnot. oie Sia. Southeastern (Con game, apparentlydidn’t impress the ofabig payoff,“cr ata (hs PM sebapks Con in the ‘AP poll on Sunday, slipping behind Marylandafter the 10-1 Terps New Year's holiday in Memphis ahc The Las N ‘egas Bowl learned the Liberty Bowl (which officially Saturday that its Pac-10 representa- { With throngs chanting “BCs! Associated Press’ college football poll. That's just one factorthat could fence or Big, 12 team — } BCS!" and his teammates celebrating voters. BYU fell from eighth to ninth affect whether the Cougars spend the WUldn’t havetotravel sofar f their lightning rallythat turned a 2 10 deficit into a 24-21 victory ov eonee mm ) Utah in just five minutes on Satur} day, Brigham Young’s Jason Scukanec issued a challenge to Fiesta Bowlrepresentatives on hand: “If you don’t wantus in yourbowl, you're crazy,” the senior center proclaii But as the euphoria ‘of an 11-0 season refocuse§ into preparations for clinched the ACC championship by beating North CarolinaState. The Cougars retained their invited BYU on ‘ ney) or jn Tempe, Ariz., at the F ISS bly tive will be 6-5 Southern Cal, which shut out UCLA forthe honor. (The Seattle and Sunbowls choosePac-10 teamsf but neitheris likely to e theTrojans.) The Christmas Day game could wait two weeks to see against Oregon. But ifthe éougal bowl prospects seem uncertain, eighth-placespot, and even picked up first-place vote, in the USA Today/ ESPN coaches’ poll. But when the BCS rankingsare released today at noon, it’s possible that the Cougars, checkout Utah's: Bysurrenderingits leadin Provo, the Utes nowfigure in bowl planning from Memphis to Boise and from NewOrleans to Las 13th last week, might not crack the that ~~ Rick Egan/TheSalt Lake Tribune how Utahfinishes at Air Force, or Luke Staley scores the go-ahead touchdown in See BOWLS,PageC-3 the fourth quarter of BYU's 24-21 win over Utah. Vegas, NFL— WEEK10 From ¢ Ashes ' Washington has won ‘4 straightafter 0-5 start New York winseighth straight against Miami BY JOHN MOSSMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Nasty weather couldn't BY prevent Kent Graham fromdoing what he ioe threw two touchdownpasses. nga quarter as Washington beat eet.10 Sunday,: its fourth straight foty after openingthe season withfive losses. “T'm happyto be part of this organi- Victor Greentospark to have you are thrownin there's a curs Mi JETS 24 ami cornerback DOLPHINS Patrick Surtain said. “Those two intercep: in the heat of the moment,you go back to your natural way of: playing. “The Broncos werebringing a lot of people upto the line and were daring usto i only happens to us against + throw the ball outside. We didthat. The coachesdid a greatjob of adjusting.” Washington coach Marty Schottenheimersaid he was “delighted with the play =. of Kent. An experienced guy like that é 40 s 5 Alan Diaz/The Associated Press New York Jets comerback Aaron Glenn, left, is congratulated by Damien Robinson,right, and other teammatesin the first half following his 60-yard interception retum for a touchdown during Sunday's 24-0 win over Miami. Oakland wide WEEN 0 receiver Jerry a¢ 48-yard field goal. | | | | | | Following a Denverfumblelate in the third quarter, Graham capped a 50-yard drive with a 5-yard pass to Michael Westbrookfor the tying touchdown with 14:18 remaining. Helped bya pass-interference penalty, Washington went54 yardsfor the winning score, with Graham hitting tight end Zeron Flemister with a 3-yard pass | with 2:48 left. \| |1 | Light rain that turned to snow in the second half contributed to a host of misplays. Washington finished with six See WASHINGTON,Page C-4 Rice celebrates hisfirst-quarter \ NY. dls 24,Mami 0 New Oteans3,ndanepois 20cama i Seattle 28, Buttalo 20 Oakland 34, San Diego 24 Pan \ earnedtheirfourthvictory in a rowand overtook the Dolphins (6-3) atop the division. “They can't play us e Dolphins linebacker Zach Thom But the teams could meet again in the playoffs sight in a row they've got to think, can they beat the Jets?” Green said. Beat the Jets? Now the Dolphinscan’t ore against them. iami was shut out at homefor the ne, ev against San Diego on first time since 1970. It was thefirst shutout bythe Jets and their Philadelphia 36, Dallas 3 Cleveland 27, Baltimore 17 Arizona 45, Detroit 38 Chicago 27, Tampa Bay 24 Sunday. Rice had three TDs first on the road since" “If I don't have' to see them again, I San Francisco 25, Carolina 22,0T St. Louis 24, New England 17 34-24 win Jason Taylor said. “For some reason they're kind of beating us in our minds. All that stinking talk you hear about the Atlanta 23, Green Bay 20 Pittsburgh 20, Jacksonville 7 Tennessee 20, Cincinnati 7 Washington 17, Denver 10 in the Raiders’ Open: Kansas City TOlGHTS GAME LJ More NFL, C-4 wouldn't be mad,” Miami defensive streak, | know think sometimes N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7 p.m. end pt avoid it, but I affect us.” See JETS,Page C-4 | | a 24-0rout. ‘That made it eight consecutive losses for the Dolphins against the Jets, who oF over first placein the AFC East. I'm convinesed people 17 around me,” Gra10 hamsaid. “When gives youa sense of confidence. You know he’s not going to comeunglued.” Bankshadto be carted off thefield after beinghit bydefensivetackle Leon Lett while throwinga pass with 1:50 left in the half. Graham promptly completed three straightpasses,setting up Brett Conway's = TheJets’ typically opportunistic defense scored on interception returns of 60 s by Aaron nn and 6 rds by after he suffered a concussionlate in the first half. ation, yed late comebacks to NewYor beat Miami on andagainin Oc tober, but no rally was needed Sunday. seasonin the 14th gameofthe 1998 season, punished them again. He led Washington }/ to all of its points, replacing Tony Banks great est readywere headed homeandclusters of tanepantedaw Yorkers gleefully chanted“J-E-T-S!" to ruin Denver's bid for an undefeated _ WINE fourth-quarter nightmare against the New York Jets unfolded in a mostly emptystadium. Many fr atedfans al- Graham, whohad two TD passesas the New York Giants upset the Broncos20-16 WASHINGTON BRONCOS ‘VEN ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRE MIAMI— TheMiami Dolphi does best: tormentthe DenverBroncos. Fog Breaksfor U.S. Sledders U.S.pilot Bon iny Wamer,front, and Germany’s Erdmanntakes gold, but Americanstake the next three spots BYSKIP KNOWLES finish line to takethird place during women's ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE KOENIGSSEE, Germany The fog was choking and so were someofthepilots. But when the crashes stopped Sunday at the women’s bobsled World Cup, the weather hadshiftedfor the U S.team, German pilot Susi Erdmann brought homeherfirst gold medal and took the World Cup pointslead, but U.S. sleds took therest ofthe top spots. “I'm happy;this is myfirst win andit's at my home, Erdmann said, noting that Germany's Sandra Prokoff “madea few mistakes,” ‘The rest of the medals fell to U.S. Bodine-designsleds, U.S. pilots Jean Racine, Bonny Warner andJill Bakken E Uwe Lein/The Associated Press finished 234 on panes the toughest track women's bobsledders havefaced. ‘The US, drivers did well to top Prokoff at«the Koenigsseetrackthat is hometo ErdmannandProkoffas well as_- WINTER SPORTS luge great Georg Hackl and men's bobsled world champion Aitercans women'sseans) slalom C-2 Christoph Langen. “It’s not about beating some-= Winter roundup peo but about performing y C2 ” Racinesaid. * “I knew 1 had todo. I just hadto doit Racinesolvedthe mid-t ack puzzleof four S-turns that hurt her times Saturday. She rested brakewomanJen Davidson for upcoming races at Igls, Austria, and used newcomer BethanyHart. Despite average starts, Racine and Hart reached the podiumin theirfirst race together. Hart, from the University of Connecticut, is a powerful hammer throwerwithquick feet. “Six months ago, I'd never heard of bobsled,” Hart just push like hell and get in.” ‘The Sweden 1 team of Karin Olsson and Lina Engren said. flippedoutofthe 360-degreekriesel Sunday andfive more sleds crashed. After grindingtoa halt, most endured the See BOBSLED,Page C-2 |
