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Show Section D Tribune Sports Editor Utah, LgeOnr 10, 1982 YU Shatters Lobes HONOLULU With Brigham University getting right back in the WAC championship picture with the victory over previously unbeaten New Mexico, the "unfairness of the schedule which puts New Mex- ico, Utah and Air Force in a bind is certain to be revived. Young Mexico Sunday Morning, October By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer ALBUQUERQUE, N M -- They say to err is human. But University of New Mexico head football coach Joe Morrison admits that to err four times in one quarter against Brigham Young University is inhuman Morrison's Lobos did that Saturday afternoon they committed four disastrous blunders in the third period to open the floodgates to a stunning 40 12 Western Athletic Conference victory for the Cougars over a previously unbeaten Lobo New and Air Force among those still contending for the championship, play only seven WAC games while BYU and Hawaii play the eight league games. But if Ray Nagel, the former Ute coach who is athletic director at Hawaii, could have sold his idea to the WAC, all the teams would have played only seven league games. I tried to sell that idea of a seven-gamschedule but I lost by a close margin," Nagel said Saturday afternoon. "Why is it so sacred that every team must play each other? The Big Ten doesnt play a round robin in football," Nagel challenged. "Commissioner Joe Kearney had worked out a good formula where seven conference games was the rule, traditional rivals would meet every year, and every conference team had to play each other at least every two years. But that was voied club. "As basketball has shown by its expanded tournament field, the in or bowl terest is in games. That builds interest, at attracts fans and makes money for the teams. post-seaso- n 12-- 33-1- 2 Attracts Interest -- BYU 40-1- - Observation Ward never realized there was any In those old football drills where we highstepped through a roll of auto tires until they started remodeling the Tribune newsroom. I carryover value 9 Johnson to the right side In Shell, and on ftr-- t line down from the 'idling vent Tiumalu ramming up be middle on a draw play to score d' 3 IS Gunther converted The score BYU 26. UNM 12 On the second play after the Coueats ki koff. Osborns pass was de fie, ted by Shell and nose guard ('hue k Fhm intercepted the hall at the ( M 29 Four plavs iater. rmrnatu crac ked over the right side 10 and Gunther converted ai That s the sequence which turned New Mexico's maivelous 4 0 start 19X2 season into lee's in this nighlmarc " Oh yes, Young rifled a picturesque 33 yard touchdown trike tn backup split end Mike F.ddo with 7 38 left in the game I hat came after another iron fisted defensive stand by the Cougars when BYU held the Lobos on four downs deep in UNM territory. The first half saw BYT turn a Brian Hansen pass interception into a touchdown with 5:51 left in the first quarter Young fired a safety alve pass to Tiumalu and thp College transfer made a nifty run to complete a scoring play and rap a drive Michael Cougars Get .i' intercepted 26 Points In Big Third BYU marched 70 vards to rnre Young hit Scott rnliir for 26 yards, located Neil Ralhnlm for 17. hit Collie again for 23 yards and then crossed up the blitzing I.obns with an IX yard quarterback draw for the touchdown at 13 02. Kurt Gun thcr converted the point The score RYU 14. UNM 12 On the lihos next possession, quarter hack David Osborn pitched tn halfback Carter and he fumbled with David Aupiu recovering at the BYU 44. Six plays later, with Young passes of 29 yards to Gordon Hudson and 22 yards to Kirk Pendleton setting it up, Gunther field goal at 7 04 kicked a d The score: BYU 17, UNM 12 On the first play after the kickoff. Osborn went up thp middle and fumbled with BYUs Brandon Flint recovering at the UNM 30. Young scrambled for seven yards, sent Casey Tiumalu on a draw for nine yards and then, aftrr hitting Hud son for 13 yards to the UNM two. Young fumbled with the Ijobos Ray Homfeck recovering. However, on first down, Osborn went back into the end zone to pass, was swallowed up by BYU linebacker Todd Shell and Osborn intentionally grounded the ball for a safety at 5:54 The score: BYT 19, UNM 12 On UNMs free kick, RYU drove to the Lobos 11, where Tiumalu fumbled with UNM recovering But on the Lobos third play, Osborns pitch to Snow-Junio- v thir The Lobos then put together most impressive drive of the day, an 8t) yard effort culminating in Oshorn's one yard plunge at the second mark of the first period Pete Parks' PAT was muffed, but the lobcs took the lpad on a drive just before halftime, with Carl Raven going one yard and with 1:11 left. making it What reperrussions this will have on the WAC remain to he seen But the verdict left the Lobos a contingent ("I've got Column See Page D-- 59 12-- 7 1 9-- 5 Whip Angels, Brewers Hop np o o senes 1 le e Nagel's opinion carries weight when matched with the development of basketball exposure. Football in recent years is beginning to gain the national reputation that basketball in the area gained w'hen Frosty Cox of Colorado won the NIT. Ev Shelton and Vadal Peterson won NCAA titles and Dick Romneys Aggies beat Phog Allen of Kansas for a spot in the U.S. Olympic semifinals. Until those teams took the road and played in the metropolitan areas against the major teams, no one knew how good Rocky Mountain basketball was. That's the reason I think each conference school should be required to schedule seven conference games and four or five nonconference games without being penalized because another team elects to play eight WAC rivals. "Now that schools are increasing their seating for football it will be possible to bring in better intersectional opponents for the home folks. "For example Hawaii closes its season against Nebraska and the Cornhuskers have asked for 16,000 seats. All we could allow them is 8,000 tickets. But a few years ago when Nebraska played here the Cornhuskers had more fans in our stadium than we did. So you can see howour football interests have developed We feel we owe an obligation to our merchants, motels and businessmen to bring in those thousands of extra tourists and that's one reason we want freedom to schedule games that will be attractive and bring us the national exposure we want, Nagel said Press Leserphoto A&socj0ted center Bart Oates provides shelter for quarterback Steve Young (hidden), but ball has popped loose in this first-hal- f action Saturday. BYU beat New Mexico, post-seaso- n Carries Weight 26 big 7 down. "Consider too the argument that the NCAA may disallow the bonus 12th game if it is scheduled in Hawaii. That wont hurt Hawaii because we dont get the 12th game anyhow and plenty of schools like the idea of playing here. "But the Air Force Academy only joined the WAC on the assurance it could retain its traditional rivalries with Army, Navy and Notre Dame and be free to schedule intersectional opponents around the country. That is okey as long as the Air Force plays in Hawaii and is allowed the 12th game. But if that is disallowed, the Air Force may run into schedule problems that the WAC hadnt considered, Nagel admitted. points, folks ones in just over 12 minutes. And those BYU points from the 13:02 mark of the third stanza to the 1:10 mark came against the WACs second best defense and a defense that has led the league the last two seasons. "A nightmare, thats what it was. one long nightmare, Lobos defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn said, after watching his troops neutralize the prolific Cougars for a 12-first half lead and then witnessing the devastation wreaked by the BYU defense and quarterhaok Steve Young in that bizarre third stanza. Young, who emerged from beneath a sea of in the first half to dismantle the proud Loho defense in the second half, was at the helm as BYU piled up 230 yards offense in the third period and turned that 7 deficit into a lead after 45 minutes. It all happened so suddenly on a (made far cooler sunny, than that by a brisk wind) afternoon in University Stadium. The score: UNM 12, BYU 7. Taking the second-hal- f kickoff, Twenty-si- thats e Nagel continued, WAC football is gaining in popularity and stature every year but we cant sell our product nationally by beating each other week after week. BYUs victory over Texas A&M, plus two bowl victories, and Utah's showing against Arizona State and Texas this fall, plus BYUs close game with Georgia, are the things that gain respect for the league. "And with respect comes invitations to the bowls. "Many conferences have two or bowls three teams in because of the football reputations of those leagues and the fan support. In several recent years the second-placteam in the WAC has had a belter record than several bowl teams. "We should be free from conference commitments to schedule more intersectional games, Nagel added. Fhr Pecordrd Scores Call 1 800 662 4354 Local 237 2025 - MILWAUKEE (UPI) Mark Brouhard and Moose Haas emerged from the shadows just in time to threaten California with eclipse. The two Brewers reemerged with a flourish and Milwaukee capitalized on near-forgotte- n Californias slapstick defense Saturday to send the American League playoffs to a fifth and d deciding game with a victory over the Angels. Brouhard. starting in left field in place of injured Ben Ogiivie and making his first appearance since Sept. 11, set an AL playoff record by scoring four runs and tied the major league record held jointly by Bob Robertson and Steve Garvey. Haas, starting for the first time since Sept. 13, hurled hitless ball for 523 innings and struck out seven to series at two square the victories each and set up a deciding game Sunday, with Milwaukees Pete Vuckovich facing California's Bruce Kison. The weather forecast calls for a 46 percent chance of rain. I heard about 40 minutes before the game that I was in there, said Brouhard, who was drafted from the California organization by Milwaukee on Dec. 3, 1979. "Benji (Ogiivie) was prett,yi hanged up but when 1 got to the' clubhouse I asked the trainer how Benji was and I was told he was going to play. But Sal Bando (special assistant to GM Harry Dalton) came in and told me there was a pretty good chance that I'd play. I looked at the lineup card and saw I was in there. Brouhard was sent to the minors on Aug. 12 this year, before being recalled on Aug. 30. "It was pretty exciting to get in a playoff game like this," he said "I was just glad to have the opportunity. I hope Benji's back in the lineup tomorrow. Hes a gutsy player. The Brewers, after waiting one hour and 44 minutes to begin, overcame rain delays of 12 and 19 minutes to strengthen their bid to become the first team to capture an AL playoff after losing the first two games. The Brouhard. starting for the first time since Sept. 5. singled in a run to ignite a three-rusecond and added a two-ruhomer in the eighth. Jim Gantner added two RBI singles rain-plague- 5 best-of-fi- n n California Manager Gene Utes Play Late Against Hawaii Because of a four-hou- r time difference between Salt Lake City and Honolulu, the Utah Hawaii Western Athletic Confer ence football game didn't start until after press time for The Tribune For the score this morning, rail The Tribune at or 1 800 662-435- Mauchs decision to start Tommy John on three days rest backfired set a playoff when the record with three wild pitches and suffered the loss. e series and well "It's a win because we have to, Mauch said. "Bruce Kison will take care of things on Sunday." Haas, a 8 went with a 4.47 ERA in the regular season but went to the bullpen shortly after Don Sutton was landed from Houston on Aug. 30 Haas earned his final victory as a starter on Sept. 2, then alternated between relief and spot starting as Sutton moved into the rotation. left-hand- one-gam- right-hande- 11-- The bullpen assignment represented a marked change in status for Haas, who last season started two games in the Brewers divisional playoff series against the New York Yankees. Last weekend the Brewers squandered a three-gam- e lead to Baltie showmore, setting up a down for the Eastern Division title. This time California must bounce e back after blowing a one-gam- two-gam- lead. "Two days ago we were in the said Angels second baseman Bobby Grich. "Now were both in the front seat, fighting for (he wheel." -- Associated Press Laserohoo and teammate Paul Molitor (4) tried to nab Doug DeCinces pop fly. driver's seat, Umpire Steve Palermo calls a fair ball after Milwaukee Brewers catcher Ted Haas struck out Reggie Jackson the first inning, retired the order in the second and third innings and escaped minor jams in the fourth and fifth while his teammates were building a lead. He finally allowed a hit and a run in the sixth and continued to pitch effectively until the eighth when a single by Brian Downing, a double by Rod Carew, a walk to Fred Lynn and Don Baylors grand slam forced his exit with the Brewers ahead Cards Upend Braves, 4-Birdbrain Blunders Despite 3, to end side in 6-- 0 Jim Slaton came on to retire the last five batters. While Haas pitched hitless ball and faced the minimum nine bat- ters over the first three innings, four mistakes by John, a clutch hit by Brouhard and some comical Angel defense combined to give Milwaukee a 0 lead. John walked Ted Simmons to open the second and, one out later, him to second. He then walked Don Money before Brouhard bounced a single to center. scoring Simmons. Center fielder Lynn threw wildly past third for an error, trying to get Money. wild-pitche- d When John faded to back up the play, third baseman Doug DeCinces retrieved the ball, whirled and fired home in a bid to nail Money His throw sailed over the head of ratcher Bob Boone and bounced into the stands for another error, allowing Money to score and Brouhard to complete an unusual tour of the bases John dug another hole in the fourth and failed to survive when Milwaukee capitalized on his er tn akc a 6 n lead. 1 mr-t.ik- e 4 Simmons ST LOUIS (UPI) The St. Louis Cardinals, who nearly gave the game away with a pair of "birdbrain" blunders, instead had a victory for them Saturday night by some questionable strategy in the ninth inning on the part of Atlanta Braves Manager Joe Torre. d The Cardinals won the game 3 on Ken Oberkfell's one-ou- t, run scoring single off reliever Gene Garber and it moved the National League East champions to within one victory of their first pennant in 14 years. The series now shifts to Atlanta for the remainder of the best of five series with the third game scheduled for Sunday night, begin ning at 6: 15 p m MDT The Cardinals need only one victory in Atlanta to win their first NI, the year pennant since 1968 before the major leagues went to and will pitch play Joaquin Andujar. The Braves will go with Rick Camp. The Cardinals ran thank Torre for Saturday nights victory, as nearly everyone among the 53 468 fans expected Oberkfell to be given an intentional walk with first base open in the ninth And a quick look at the Cardinal third baseman's lifetime hatting average against Garber would seem to indirate that an intentional walk w as thp proper strategv Oberkfell. who was lifetime against Garber, was allowed to swing away, however, and he lined a single over the head of center fielder Brett Butler to score David Green from second base with the winning run Green bad opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Tom Herr "I never considered walking him." said Torre. When I went out and talked to Garber about it. we knew Dane (lore would be coming to bat for Bruce Rutter and Keith Hernandez would follow With lorg hitting, then Hernandez, it's tough unless you take it for granted lore will hit into a double play Oino's the best pitcher on my slaff at pitching with a base open. He just ga e him loo good a pilch to hit "1 knew he had hit a home run the last time he faced Gino. but when you talk about Oberkfell and Keith Hernandez, it's a difficult problem I'm not sorry for what did " he was not sur('berkfeii prised tha' Garber decided to pitch t ( 1 to him "I'm not surprised they p.ic hod o "I've been me.' said Oberkfell struggling to drive in runs all year and 1 mne lot a and Hernandez w t e first hit it. in back of me When thought 1' was o'.er his Butler' si head Then I thought to my sc If, He till could rati h it l.t put it this 1 1 ; '( U hit the ground. " Sutter, who pitched out of an jam in relief of John Stuper, retired all five hatters he faced to notch the vietorv hit Oberkfell's erased the memory for Cardinal fans of two honehead plays early in the gamp that nearly cost St Iiuis the victory Center fielder Wilie McGee comerror in the mitted a three-basth,rd inni-m- . that helped the Braves take a 2 lead end Darrell Porter of a base running was guilts mistake ir ihe sixth inning that cost the t'ardinais a chance to tie the score eighth-innin- g game-winnin- Held to :.;x hits h. starter Phil Niekro nd Gather ovr the first 'even innings the Cardinals scored a run off Garber m the eighth to tie the score 3 3 Mph one out. Porter walked and went to Ihi'd when Hendrick singled t; p the maidb Porter then unred he tvirig run wham McGee, who had stru' k n 6 his three previous times bounced into a loi c con' Niekio had trouble wph his con tro ai the outset and the Cardinals took ad ant age to score a run in the fir. nning Nu krn w aiked the first hatter to face him. Tom Herr, and after Oberkfell hi! into a force out, onnif Strut h sent oberkfell to third x r , I |
