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Show Page 6—THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Sunday, January 6, 1980 Sports: What's happening on the netional ‘scene, state and local sports, columns and opinions ARK Cougars Nudge Miners, 70-69 he hates to do it. He should.” By MARION oN “The red light came on before he y of that last frantic wee eae “The rules are specific. Throwing an even tried to shoot. That's the good second and it conclusively that Herald Sports Edit EL PASO — Before Saturday’ 's BYU- elbow means disqualification. I asked thing about the red light. If it had jus: the game had ended before Amie got UTEPbasketball game, El Paso coach the official and he said he ‘hated to do been a buzzer there might have been off his shot. Don Haskins said that the Cougars had a super center in Alan Taylor, super forwards and super guards and that they were the best team in the conference. Well, Haskins knowshis basketball The Cougars got a super performances from Taylor, forwards Devin Durrant and Fred Roberts, guards Danny Ainge, Steve Craig and Scott Runia and reserve Steve Trumbo and as a result the Cougars took a 70-69 victory and a sweep of their road trip to the Southwest. It was the second straight one-point loss at homefor the Miners after losing tu Utah in overtimelast Thursday. And after Saturday's game, Haskins said, “We lost two games at home and all, but we lost to two of the best teams in the United States. Two awfully good teams beatus. I'll tell you one I'd like to goto your place up there (BYU’ Marriott Center and Utah's Special Events Center) and be treated as on the officiating as BYU and were treated here.” Haskins was referring spectically to two officials’ decisions the game anything like that.’ It doesn’t matterif hehates to do it. He should have done it because thatis the rule,’ Haskins said The other came rightat the end ofthe ame. BYU had a 70-69 lead with ‘oberts at the foul line on a one-andone. Roberts missed, UTEP grabbed te rebound and raced downthefloor. Gi ry Wilson the floor. Gary Wilson broegtt the ball down and took a shot aee gee throw line ws missed je took the rebound an angt rota"shotthat was ea butthe officials ruled the red light signalling ie ote ol oe gembad coms coe the Cougars had w “T thought the lastshot was good and our official ee thought it was in time,” Haskins said. ‘‘I asked the ref to check with De ceetes ved ie sad her couldn't. I don’tthink they are God. I think they should check every point.” This was BYU’s reaction to the two plays. Ainge talked about the brush with barrel iie back and stayed there longer yught he should have. I‘aidrtaor a liberate on with BYU. or anything, but I reacted strong. le Thefirst came in thefirst half when (Burrell) had bed beenae to meal the BYU's hadthe ball and UTEP’s game going to mess i upand ne thethatersaiked He to ober ys,ton, peas Sin ety fora swung his el ice = he hit No was asses- taor at Devin Durrant late in the id afterward ame.I don’t feel bad aboutjaune!I ih ies ae have been ejected. ee be arae ee “The rules are specific.aromingan Arnold said he the thecall on the elbow means disqualification ai the al ena6 ei be eae ed to do Etonshotwas a, good call and an emry anything like that.’ It doesn’t matter if call. cepa© some question, but the light was on before he shot It was an easycall to make.Theofficiai didn't have any trouble with the all.”’ Later in the game, Ainge was involved in another incident. UTEP’s star sophomore center, White, took a pass under the basket, Ainge undercut him and White came down hard on his tailbone. He left the game and couldn’t continue. The Cougars beata fine team in this UTEPsquad and are now 2-0 in the conference. Ainge was held to a low of 10 by junior college transfer Julius Wayne, is a defensive specialist. But the Cougar guard played a key role eg ee or cane in concentrated on getting the bal inside and bad six rebounds, Durrant led the Cougars in scoring with 22 points and madetwoclutch free throws down the stretch. Taylor had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Scott Runia had a third straight big game and had 8 points on 4 of 6 from field. Roberts had 7 points, Trumbo and Craig 4 each. For UTEP, Anthony Burns had 15 points, Wilson and Wayne 10 each. With 2:38 to play BYU led 65-57after scoring six straight points. But then UTEPdid ul proud by putting on a strongcl From that p it on BYUscored only five econwhile UTEP scored 12. The C arsmissed several foul shots in thisrasapeciod! With the one missed by Roberts bringing on that last-second dispute. Butboth cerning staffs had a chance With Wayne putting the c! on Ainge the two-sport star unselfishly worked to get the ballinside to Durrant or Taylor and this was a big factor in the Cougars’victory. BYU played an excellent game. The Cougars had to play well because UTEP cameat them in a tough man-toman defense and ran with them and never gave up. But the Cougars met the challenge head-on to set the stage for next Saturday’s showdown with Utah in the Marriott Center. 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The winners of the two games willm meet my Pasadena for Super Bowl Sunday's AFC ceamaaellp game will begin at 11 a.m. and will be televised by NBC (channel 2, KUTV). The NFCtitle matchup will begin at 3 p.m. and will be televised by CBS (channel 5, KSL). Los Angeles, which won the Western Division title for an NFL-record seventh straight season, is a field goal favorite over Tampa Bayafterrall for a 21-19 vict over the cme last Sunday. The Cowboys participated in five Super Bowls during the 1970s and posted the NFC's only two victories in the decade. pare experienceis not a She= it’s only an excuse for losing,” Tampa Bay coach John McKay. ite you’re only given a few opportunities. Those le that are successful are those who take advantage. We have coe talent on this team to do pretty Sunday. “Talent hasn’t been the problem with the Rams; suiting up healthy players has been. E By United Press International After a decade of dominance by the Dallas Cowboys, the National Football Conference opens the 1980s with an odd couple mat -up for Sunday's game. The fourth-ee Tampa Bay Buccaneers, bidding to become the rs it franchise in NFL history to the Super Bowl, play hostto the inn ee Los Angeles Rams, who The key to Houston’s chances against Pittsburgh may be the health of quarterback Dan Pastorini, running hack Earl Campbell and wide receiver Ken Burrough. All three are expected to be ready. “T’m not going to guarantee that we're goil to win but I am very confident,”” Pastorini said Saturday. “Everybody feels this is a team of destiny. 1 feel it’s our turn, now.Pittsburgh hadits turn and now it’s time for us. The two best in the National Football League will be played tomorrow and the winnerwil! definitely win the Super Bowl.” “T’m ready,” said Campbell. “I’ve been practicing all week. Thank the fore teed atbealaiy I'm loose and J ink the club is very loose. There's no need to get uptight. When you’re tight, don’t accomplish very much.All I nowis that I feel a lot more confident this year. Last year it wasa little uncomfortable — it was our first time — butthis time I think weall know what to ex Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll said the makeup of the Oiler starting lineup is of no concern to his club. “Pastorini and (Gifford) Nielsen do primarily the same things,” Noll said. So it doesn’t affect our preparations one way or another. ‘And Noll doubted that his players would become over-confident despite the patched-together nature of the Oiler Oiler lineup. And Noll doubted that his players would become over-confident despite the patched-together nature of the jer lineup. “T don’t think our football team will fall into that,” he said. “We had respect for them before (their upset of San Diego), after, and now.” —Marion Dunn On the Road With BYU EL PASO — 11a.m.is an unearthly hourfor a college basketball game but here it is 45 minutes before 11 and 45 minutes , before BYU plays the University of Texas-Ei Paso in an important WACgame. The gameis starting at 11 a.m.becauseall such things as regional television or bowl gamekickoff times are dictated by Eastern Standard Timeandat 11 a.m. in the mountains it is 1 p.m.on the eastern seaboard. So, if the BYU and UTEP players andfans are inconvenienceda little, everyone back eastis living at a normal pace It makes evenless sense when you realize that the people watching the BYU-UTEP game are not the easterners, but the national game must show in the afternoon and the regional games when theyfall. At this time before thetipoff, the Cougars are in a pressure cooker. Utah camehere two days ago andleft town with a 1-point, overtime win over the Miners. If the Cougars doless today, they are behind the Utes in the conference race and just might never catch up. The fact that coach Don Haskins has had trouble winning in this pretty Special Events Center just a ¥iron shot from the Sun Bowlis a puzzling thing. In the old gyms here the Miners were unbeatable. But they have let game after game get away from them in this new home. Everyone close to the WAC thought things would be different this year. Butthe Utes trailed by 11 points and cameback to beat the Miners last Thursday. That has become a familiar pattem here and no one canreally explain why and howit happens It is just one of thuse things that makes life interesting during the cold winter months in most of the WACcities. This is the first road trip of the season and it hasn't beendull. In Albuquerque,a grandjuryis questioning New Mexico officials about manythings andthe latest seems to be point shaving and gambling. I don’t know what questions were asked and I don’t know if gambling and point shaving will comeoutof the hearings. But apparently the subject has comeup. When the present baskeiball season was in its embryo stage last fall everyone in the WACfelt the eyes of the nation would be on New Mexico because of the talent on the team. Now the eyes of the sports world are on the Lobos but for sad reasons and thereis notelling what will hap- pen, All I know is whatI read in the papers. eee When the WAC basketball coaches and writers met in Denver last November Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Bart Rip drew a laugh during selfintroductions when hesaid,‘I’m Bart Rip and I’m parole officer for the New Mexico basketball team.” Lobo coach Norm Ellenberger followed andsaid he didn’t think that was funny. it has turnedoutto be anything but funny. Thad longtalk with Rip after the BYU gameandhe said that living throughthe things going on at New Mexico is like living a work of fiction. “It is unreal. I can’t believe whatis happening.” eee BYU coach Frank Arnold said earlier that he expected every team to zone the Cougars this winterand so far he is absolutely right. New Mexico hasn’t played a zone in the pre-season but came outin a 3-2 zone against BYU and stayed in it until the Cougars forced them out by taking a big lead. Arnold said he believes his teamis playing very good basketball at this time and points out thateightof their first 13 games were played on the road and the Cougars lost only two of those. With hometeams losing three of the first four games, could a team go through the WAC season unbeaten this year? Notlikely. But the big shocker on the opening night was San Diego State’s win over Colorado State. The Ramsplayed a tough pre-season schedule and had a good record while SDS wasso-so. But the Aztecs bombed the Rams which means anything can happen this year. “T've always said there are four teams in this league who could beat us,” Arnold said Friday night. ‘‘I think we are capable of beating every team on our schedule now,but there are four teams who could beat us. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado State and UTEP are good enough to beat us if weslip at all. And Hawaii can be tough over there. But we are capable of beating everyone, too, so we'll just have to wait and see." eee If basketball still used the center jump after every basket, BYU might win games by shutouts. The Cougars have the opening tip-off down to whereit is almost always a cinch two points. Big Alan Taylor has gotten practically every center jump this year. He did here again Saturday against UTEP. On the play, Taylor tips the ball to a forward who passes to a fastbreaking guard for a layup. Saturday it went from Taylor to Fred Roberts to Steve Craig for the layup. Taylor has been superb at controlling the tip. The Daily Herald photographers have caught severalpicturesofthe tip and in each one Taylor is almost an arm-length above the rival center. see UTEP has one fan who knows whatfrustration is like. In Saturday’s game this fan was just to the right side of the basket BYU was shooting at. He was armed with a huge towel and when a BYUplayer wentto the foulline he would stand and wave the towel frantically. Time after time BYU players ignored him and sank the foul shots in thefirst half. Then he gave up andsatstill when Taylor was atthe line in a one-shotsituation. The fan didn’t wavethe towel and Taylor missed. ees As you know, Stan Bates is retiring as commissioner of the WACafter this season and there is somespeculation as to a possible successor. I’m sure several well-known names have applied and one of these is especially interesting. I understand former UCLAassistant and head basketball coach Gary Cunningham is very in- terested. Cunningham would be’a good choice. He knowstheright people and the right people know him BYU’s Danny Ainge grabs a Tebound after a player misses from thefree ie line. UTEP’s Anthony Burnsis direct- ly behind Ainge while the Cougars’ Fred Roberts, Alan Taylor and Devin Durrantare all visible behind the action, Clampett Wins Pro-Am; Reid Cashes Paycheck MikeMorley took thitd-place honors PEBBLE BEACH,Calif. — There was a lot of BYU blue worn by the top and $12,400 with a final-round 68 for a finishers in a $120,000 pro-am golf tour- 274 total. namenthere Saturday. a-Bob Clampett Amateur Bob Clampett, a two-time Mike Reid $22,500 Morley 12,400 all-American for the Cougars, fired a Mike John Buezek 7,000 one-underpar 71to take the title with a Bob Wynn four-day totalof 272. Mike Reid, a BYU George ree 4,000 aduate who now makes his home in Alan Tapie 4,000 Rod Curl 2,050 Tovo, was second at 273. Reid Forrest Fezler 2,050 eee#2:500 for his efforts. Cougars Buddy Allin and Mike Bra Brannan also took home a share Rex Caldwell 1,700 Rete Brown 1,700 ofthe prize money. Allin shot 280, good Graig Stadler 1.450 for $1700 while Brannan hada 283, good Gary McCord1,450 for $1100. With the victory Clampett became the first amateur to win a pro tourney since 1956 when Doug Sanders won the Canadian Open. Clampett started off the final round with a two-stroke lead, but he hooked his first shot out of bounds.Hefell out of the lead on the eighth hole with a double bogey. Then he birdied the 13th, ny and 16th to regain the No. 1 posiwot his final birdie, the young star said, ‘WhenI made that, it was kind of aPacer I wastrying to make it, but I didn’t expect to.” Aware thathis friend won butfailed to pick up a paycheck, Reid said, ‘I don’t know how to feel about this. I haven't won anything on the tour in three years. I won something today, yet I didn’t.” Last year, Clampett was defeated for thetitle in a sudden-death playoff with George Bayer and Al Geiberger. Geiberger won. George Cadle 1,300 Mike Brannan 1,100 Rod Funseth 1,100 Jack Renner 1,100 Lon Hinkle 908 Don Bies 908 Dave Stockton 908 Utah State Buries Redlands LOGAN,Utah (UPI) — Utah State, led by Brian Jackson's game-high 20 points Saturday night, crushed little Redlands University of California 10159 in a non-conference game. USU roared out to a 50-24 halftime lead as Aggie coach Rod Tudler used hisentire bench. Guard Keith Hood added 13 points for USU, and reserves Haakon Austefjord and Craig Taylor each had 11 points for the Aggies. The Aggies improved their record to 7-4. UtahState opens playin the Pacific Coast Athletic Association Jan. 10, Cougars’ Bell Gets Sportsmanship Award Offensive tackle’Tom Bell of the 12thranked BYU football team has been named the 1979 winner of the Nils V. “Swede” Nelson National Award for Sportsmanship which is awarded by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. Bell, a 6-3, 245, senior, will fly to Boston with his wife, Rose, to accept the honor on Jan. 19, and will be the est of the Gridiron Club. The former aithersburg, Md., prepster was a twotime All-WAC selection. This past season he was one of three unanimous members of the All-WAC squad along with BYU’s All-American quarterback Marc Wilson and San DiegoState's offensive lineman Pete Inge. Bell was selected as the Nelson Award winner on the basis of his conduct on and off the footballfield which “demonstrates a high esteem for the football code and exemplifies ett smanship in its broadest sense, cording to Gridiron Club asker John J. Carver. Playingability is not a primary consideration for the honor. Rather the Boston selection committee recognizes self sacrifice, moral and physical courage, compassion for the underprivileged and the handicapped. Acceptance of victory with humility, defeat with grace, respect for opponents and TOM BELL joins past winners like Doak Walker, Southern Methodist (1949); Floyd Little, Syracuse (1966); Richard Jauron, Yale (1971); Otis Armstrong, aucaue (1972); and last year’s winner, Rick Leach of Michigan. Bell was honorable mention All- America for Associated Press; first eam All-American for the Churchmen’$s Hall of Fame; and five times named offensive lineman of the concern for teammatesare also at- week by the BYU coaches.Bell played tribvtes which help the Gridiron Com- in Saturday's East-West Shrine Game at PaloAlto, Calif., and is scheduled to mittee makeits selection, The Nelson Awardis the only award play in the Jan. 12 Japan Bowl in ‘okyo. of its kind, with Bell being the 34th Bell was a starter on BYU's 1974 recipient in the award's history. Named after Nils Nelson, a former Fiesta Bowl squadbefore interrupting Harvard football player and coach, the his college careerin serving a two-year recipient is selected from nominations LDS mission to Indonesia, Upon his submitted by college coaches, siorts return to BYU,Bell anchored two Holiwriters and radio announcers. Rell day Bowl offensive lines. |