Salt Lake Tribune | 1995-12-29 | Page 28

C4- Holiday fod;Turned It All Around Alamo Trophy Goes Both Bowl Teams Forget Losing Past To Texas A&M @ Continued from C-1 Coach R.C. Slocum improved his bowl record to 2-4 and ended a three-game losing skid in the postseason. “It was a fun day,”’ Slocum said “The team never wavered. It kept plugging and finished the season bybeating a very good team. I was real pleased with our freshman running backs whostepped upin the absence of Leeland.” Bryant's fifth field goal came from 37 yardsout with 23 seconds left to give A&M a 22-13 lead Michigan answered with a desperate 44-yard pass from Griese to Amani Toomerin the end zone with five secondsleft, pulling the Wolverines to 22-20. But an onside kick was recovered by A&M Bryant kicked field goals of 27, 49, 47, 31 and 37 yards. A&Malso scored on a 9-yard run by Eric Bernardin the first quarter. Bernard, who finished with 40 yards on 15 carries, combined with Sirr Parker (21 carries for 56 yards) and D’Andre Hardeman (six carries for 41 yards) to help powerthe offense as quarterback Corey Pullig finished 12-of-22 passing for 136 yards without an loss and then pressured Griese into a poor pass on third-andgoal, forcing a 26-yard field goal by Remy Hamilton. The kick pulled Michigan within 16-13 with 33 secondsleft in the third quarter. “Texas A&Mhad a great game plan,” said Biakabutuka, who finished the regular season with 313 yards in a victory against thenNo. 2 OhioState. “Theyblitzed a lot and dida goodjob of stopping the run. It's tough to run when you only have seven against nine.” crashing field, into Michigan's back- containing running back Tim Biakabutuka and frustrating Griese, who opened the second half 1-of-10 passing, including ninestraight incompletions. “That's the best defense I've seen this season,” said Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr. “We knew coming in that we would have to adjust to their speed. Wedidn't protect Brian [Griese] the way we neededto.” Facing second-and-7 at the Michigan 25late in the third quarter, Griese was twice sacked on blitzes, forcing the Wolverines into a fourth-and-30 from their own 2. After Michigan’s punt fromthe end zone, A&M took overat the Wolverines’ 34 andfour playslat- blocking IN interception. ‘I told them [the freshman backs] that all of them together would have to pull together and take up the slack,’’ Slocum said. A&Mrepeatedly sent blitzers 83), 1 a Bow 2), 1130am. (CBS) Rose how! Southern Cal(8-2-1), 3 pam. (ABC) e Bowl vs Florida State (22), 6 pm. (CBS TestaGame a Bow!630pm (CBS) W THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — Fortoolong, losing was the only constant at KansasState and ColoradoState. Kansas State was thefirst college program to lose 500 games. Its history is littered with winless seasons, including consecutive years before Coach Bill Snyder arrived in 1989. Until Sonny Lubick got to Colorado State in 1993, the Ramshad played in only two bowl games, the 1949 Raisin and the 1990 Freedom.Both are defunct. The No. 10 Wildcats (9-2) and the Rams(8-3) have since caught the bowl bug and will meet in to- night's Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium. CSU's turnaround coincided with Lubick’s return to the Rocky Mountains. Lubick had been the Rams’offensive coordinator from 1982-84 after being fired at Montana State. He came back in December 1992 after serving as Miami’s defensive coordinator for four seasons. While there, the Hurricanes won two national championships. “My big selling point was I came here with my Orange Bowl rings on,” Lubick said. “Those kids here wantedto receive those rings. I told them they could get those rings just as easy. All you haveto dois believe in yourself.” The Rams went from 5-6 to 10-2 last year. Althoughtheyslipped a little this year, they won theirlast y four, including a 24-13 victor here on Nov. 25 against San Diego State in the season finale. “They bought into me coming from Miami,” Lubick said. “That probably helped me. The kidsre memberall the guys I was part of proba They re. downthe ng coachi some bly figured I must know damnthing. I didn’t screw ‘em up I guess. The kids started believing, then we got ona roll. “For years, everybody expected thoseteams(at C‘olorado State) to lose. For the last two years we're kind of thinking we're going to go out and win. It’s not a phony thing; it’s truthful.” The Wildcats are favored by nine points. 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