| Show iI 1 11 i 4 i ' 1 t I 19 D3 The Salt Lake Tribune Monday October 22 Rough Start linlints Ags At San Jose It I1 11 By Joe Baird 1 - New Mexico's Reehng Hawaii AP Sports Writer One week Brigham Young routs The next Colorado State 52-- 9 week CSU routs ask-trINew Mexico 47- 7 If BYU is 43 Tribune Sports Writer Almost certainly the Aggies are g to be gnashing their teeth for some time over their horrendous first go-m- - to ' -- - -- J item-61- 44 - 0t quarter - against San Jose State Sat - cost - a It 0 V I Beach II USU USU - win' in a start mat Rod Serling could have scripted the Ags trailed 10-- 0 before their first possession of the game and 17-- 0 by the end of the period with all three n Spartan scores coming on fourth-dow' snaps The first of them — a field goal by David Bowen — was conven- tional enough But the other two — a g touchdown pair of passes from San Jose quarterback Ralph Martini to Bobby Blackmon (19 yards) and Walter Brooks Jr (27 yards) — put the Aggies in a hole they couldn't climb out of "Those two fourth-dow- n plays ended up killing us" said Utah 'State coach Chuck Shelton Giving all this a Twilight Zone ambience was the plain dumb luck that helped the Spartans along truckload of bricks and support ' beams In the only other conference fourth-and-lon- and 2 in stubborn Weber State Laramie and Hawaii whipped FulBYU Air Force lerton State 45-2- 1 and San Diego State were idle It marked the third straight week in the WAC in which home teams had swept all games In fact - ' 21-1- Freshman linebacker Jermaine Younger was unable to get to a perfectly placed squib kick following Bowen's field goal and the Spartans recovered at the USU line to set up their first touchdown "It took the most amazing bounce you'll ever see" said Shelton "I'm not going to say that Younger didn't have a shot at it but I'm not going to bold him accountable for it either" The Spartans then scored off the turnover when Martini's pass was tipped by Bryce Burnett and Younger before falling right into the hands of Blackmon Perhaps to cap it off San Jose's second touchdown of the night came when Martini slipped nearly fell then regained his footing and fired the strike to Brooks "There must have been a force against us" said Aggie halfback Roger Grant "Nothing was going our United Press International After several weeks of confusion the number of legitimate contenders for the national title has been reduced to a manageable handful Miami Florida State and Tennessee all were relegated to the sidelines with losses during Elimination Weekend while another suffered a major blow and the preseason favorites in the were virtually purged from Big Ten and Pac-1- 0 the Rose Bowl chase By the time the movement stopped there were four teams left standing as contenders' With another four as longshots Undefeated Virginia and Nebraska remained Auburn and the along with 1 Notre Dame "I don't think you can say anybody has a shot at the national championship yet" Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz said "But every week you can add some names to the list of those who don't It's like reading the obituary column You wake up in the morning and if you don't see your name there you feel pretty good" - ' ' 4 I t t' hard one to lose" said Shelton "I thought we might win it but we didn't get it done You win a game like that and you put yourself in a position to go to a bowl game You don't get that done and that's frustrating" Indeed the loss all but eliminated was a f- ' 6 I - 1:471t '4 ap1 N i41401' FULL 'I I - It A151:' ''S'''''' AA A ‘t loii ‘ 11' ‘4 AMERICAN CARSAZE 01 55801113 P20575915 9215751111 1122675113 P21174915 17209701114 d- TA 8 111 ' aND TIA la te Mir TRAISW011 c444 ' of" 1 it 1 - i ( ' f" - i ' - ' "I: t t: ::: ' tk i i:tt--:z—':—-- - ' is rn---- ''''' j ' ') rt 1 - 11 tiV - 1 ) :' ' ' 4 li ':' l' bi ' : 1 ): klii t t : '4 1 1 4 " (e'''‘10 '' 2 : 1 At-- " iv 1 A ! te ' ' :4 s i ' - f vwei1 e' 't 1' 1 4 ! )0c: : 4 14444468440o? 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- : i r er ALIGNMENT :i FACILITY ei reaching fruition in terms of Al es - -- J - ""44144 '''''' 3 SPCTS REIT ::::- SFAVIIX 4-- - I ! :' 1 k I After playing four straight on the road USU returns to Romney Stadium to host Nevada-La- s Vegas in its homecoming game this Saturday And in the next four weeks the Ags face a tasty stretch of games that besides the 4 Rebels includes New Cal State FullerMexico State (0-ton (1-- and Pacific (3-In other words a 500 season is still well within reach "The thing now is how we'll go out and play Vegas after this -loss" said Shelton "The good teams- play well every week "We know We have the tools to be successule added "But we've played six games and have only one win to show for it Now it has to start i ' :4 jt it ' For more information coil future 1 - '' : ' ''''' 7-- Unique yearround rental business Proven track record Comprehensive support for marketing financial management 1 7 1 - 4 '''' s ": Jr - tit i - r1 1 w- ' ' :: ' wallows k Si ljk 411 : '' tk 4 Available for the First time in Utah toe-to-t- f — Nebraska also recovered from a slow start to administer another rout The Cornhuskers led Oklahoma State 0 at halftime before pulling ' away to a 31-- 3 victory 17-7 halftime deficit Auburn had to rally for a to take a 20-1- 7 victory over Florida State on Jim Von Wyl's field goal on the game's last play Tennessee finds itself in a difficult position at after losing to Alabama The Volunteers who looked unstoppable in last week's 45-- victory over Florida were stymied by Alabama Both Big Ten favorite Michigan and Pac-1- 0 front-runnSouthern Cal will be making bowl plans elsewhere after suffering their second conference loss of the season Michigan fell 24- to Arizona 23 to Iowa and USC lost 35-2- 6 OPPORWIJITIES - 4 ' Utah State from Big West championoverall ship contention Now in league play the Aggies and will spend the remainder of the season hoping someone can topple the league-leadin- g Spartans (4-- and second-place Fresno State But in tying the Bulldogs 24-2- 4 two weeks ago and coming back against San Jose on Saturday the Aggries sent a message to the rest of the Big West: Namely that they can go with the BWC's reigning heavyweights on their turf and give as good as they get That bodes well for the 1 49-1- '"''- PMLIE threat "It win front-runne- 1 tii V - that heated rivalry a decision that eliminated the Hurricanes' chances to repeat as champions No 1 Virginia rebounded from a 14-- 9 deficit in the second quarter against Wake Forest to 5-- Things evened out as the Ags clawed back in the second half USU pulled to within a touchdown twice in the final period and was on the San Jose 13 with 5:46 left The comeback ended there however when Spartan safety Hesh Color picked off a Ron - Lopez pass in the end zone to halt Utah State's last serious scoring A - Holtz can feel pretty good after Notre Dame's 29-2- 0 triumph over Miami in the final game of ' Nay" 1 - Losses Sideline 3 Title Contenders 23-ya- I in Salt Lake City Unbeaten d Wyoming got past tt - tied a school reTony Pang-Ke- e cord with three interceptions as Hawaii (3-handed Fullerton State its seventh straight loss "When I got to the corner there was nobody there" Gabriel said of his long TD run "All I was think- tag was that I didn't want to get run down The stereotype about me is that I'm slow I don't think that's true I feel I'm an athlete" 21st-ranke- I i nolulu Garrett Gabriel threw TD passes and ran 51 yards for another and defensive back - game of the weekend Utah snapped a fourzgame winning streak by defeating Texas-E- l Paso 37-2- 3 ' nem Collins construction foreman Sheppard needs to order another 32-ya- ' And if so what has happened to conference where parity has become commonplace whre four teams have won fir shared the last five football titles New Mexico coach Mike Sheppard has the unenviable task of finding out just how his rebuilding team stacks up against BYU this week in Provo Judging from Saturday's 47-- 7 blowout loss in Fort 27 d rn the supposed balalce in the Western Athletic Conference? 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