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Show 2D The Salt Lake Tribune Nebraska, Georgia Survive Scares From Archrivals Sunday, November 27, 1983 &w 'SJ $r . W &??& ytM but it never came to that. We are not satisfied, said Switzer. We did not come here to play them close. Qe came here to win. Rozier, in addition to scoring one touchdown, made several key runs during the afternoon and set an i nAA record Tor most touchdowns u ashing in one season (26). His single season rushing total (2,148) and career total (4,780) set Big Eight records. This was not my best game," said Rozier, bat it is one of my best The biggest will be the Orange Bowl. Our 2). main goal is to win the national championship and we will have to beat Miami That will be my biggest game." Fullback Mark Schellen scored the winning touchdown on a run with 35 seconds remaining in the third period. Schcllcn also scored on Nebraskas first possession of the game on a run. Rozier scored on a run with 42 seconds left in the run to half and broke for a touchdown plunge by set up a quarterback Turner Gill with 5:25 to play in the third period. run Oklahoma scored on a by Spencer Tillman in the opening period for a 7 tie and Rhymes touchdown pass caught a from Danny Bradley to put the Sooners in front in the second quarter. 4 tie Oklahoma snapped a TD run by Tillman with an in the third quarter. top-ranke- w & Tribune Wire Services Mike Rozier came up with the big runs as usual, but it still took a slice of defensive heroism to bring about Ned a perfect ending to braska's regular season. Rozier, the Heisman Trophy favorite, gained 205 yards in the rain and wind and comerback Neil Harris knocked a pass away in the end zone to preserve a 1 victory over No. 16 Oklahoma in Norman. To go 12-- 0 is a tremendous feat," said Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne, whose team has held the No. 1 rankBut we still ing since have a tough game in the Orange Bowl (gainst Miami of Florida Jan. k 28-2- 1 p- n. , Standing on the sidelines, - .-- More College, v J A" drenched to the bone by heavy rains, Osborne watched with concern as his defense fought off the Sooners ia the final minute. With the final seconds ticking away, Oklahoma quarterback Danny Bradley lofted a fourth-dow- n line topass from his own ward Buster Rhymes but Harris was there to bat the ball away in the end zone and save the win. I was on the phone all during that last (Oklahoma) drive, said Osborne. And we were talking about a two-poi(conversion) defense all the way down the field. Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer had said before the game he would not settle for a tie with Nebraska, nt Cornhuskers quarterback Turner Gill (center) is tripped up by Oklahomas Tony Associated Press Laserphoto Casillas. Top - ranked Tluskers gota scare Saturday, but stepped the Sooners, 28-2- 1. 62-ya- rd ' 39-ya- rd 7-- 73-ya- rd 14-1- Holmes Should Take Long Glance At Decline of Smokin Joe Frazier By Bob Verdi Chicago Tribune Writer LAS VEGAS What is it with boxing? Perhaps it is the nature of the beasts, or the nature of the bestiality, that renders all champions incapable of enjoying their glory. Take Friday night, please. In one corner was Smokin Joe Frazier, a retired heavyweight luminary of the late 60s and early "Os. He fought with a lot of left hook and a lot of heart, and should be remembered for three noble wars with Muhammad Ali. But will he be? In another corner, there was Larry Holmes, unbeaten in 45 bouts, taking on all comers as he broaches Rocky Marcianos invincibility and stature. Holmes is not only a quality champion, hes an active one. He will be installed as one of the very best. Why, then, does this man wear his unhappiness on his bicep? Together, they contributed to Friday nights blight at Caesars Palace. Joe Frazier offended the sensibilities by stubbornly saying that son Marvis was ready for the big show, which was patently erroneous. Holmes tarnished another victory by railing on about how nobody respects him, which is also incorrect. Joe Frazier did enough to ruin his reputation two winters ago, when he allowed his flabby frame onto the groaning board at Chicagos Amwe phitheatre. There, he fought use the term politely to a draw with Jumbo Cummings. A sinful comedown that was for. Smokin Joe, but at least the bruised ego and chin were his own. Friday night, Joe was fighting the vicarious fight, and again, he got licked. Somewhere in his head where friends say bells ring daily Joe recalled the trivial fact that no heavyweight champion ever had his son enter the ring seeking the same prize. Marvis Frazier, 23, believes in honoring thy fathers wish. But Friday night he did not honor Smokin Joes legacy. Young Marvis, with but 10 previous professional fights on his resume, was stopped by Holmes at 2 minutes 57 seconds of the first round. The champion flattened Marvis Frazier with a brutal right, then finished off the hapless kid with a dozen shots before referee Mills Lane stepped in. What Holmes did to Marvis Frazier, though, was not nearly as contemptible as what Smokin Joe did to the son through whom he would relive his youth. Did I make a mistake? I never make a mistake, Joe bragged after the sham. Was I hurt by what happened? No. I didnt get hit by no blows. Clearly, with a father like Smokin Joe, Marvis Frazier needs no enemies. Joe went on to say that he wasnt all that sure Friday nights mismatch should have been stopped, though he had no immediate inclination to post any inquiries or lodge any complaints. Never been one to throw in the towel, you know, said Joe, who had pushed and cajoled and almost shamed Marvis into this ambush. If Smokin Joe is angry that hes 39 now, and unable to punish an opponent to put bread on the table, he took his frustrations and venom out on his own son. The shame of it all was not lost on Eddie Futch, who was Joes cornerman a decade ago and now trains Holmes. Joe had savageJ Futch with words before this carnage, but Futch was the gentleman he always is. All he would say is, Im glad it only went one round. . . . Maybe it went quick enough so the kid can forget it and come back another day. Holmes, of course, will return debanter about how spite his post-bo- he doesnt need any more money, about how hes bored with training, about how he cant see any thugs out there worth the effort of another title defense. At 34, as the undisputed king of boxing's most esteemed division, Holmes can talk all he wants. But soon nobody will be listening. He needs new writers. Hes talking himself into believing what nobody else believes that he isnt one of the most respected heavyweights ever. College Boivl Lineup For 83-8- 4 A post-seas- Bowl Independence Dec. 10 Saturday, At Shreveport, Louisiana vs. Mississippi, Air Force, 8-- 2, 8:08 p.m. 6-- California Bowl Saturday, Dec. 17 At Fresno, California vs. Northern Illinois, 4 p.m. lerton Staie, Ful- 9-- 2, 7-- 4, Florida Citrus Bowl Saturday, Dee. 17 At Orlando, Florida vs. Tennessee, Maryland, 8 p.m. 8-- At one time, perhaps he didnt get the top billing he deserved. Holmes, after all, is not eloquent. He speaks with a slight lisp, continues to live in little Easton, Pa., and works quietly but effectively for charity. As he says, if the public wants a heavyweight champion who thrives on wine, women and drugs, then forget him. 7-- 3, Hall of Fame Bowl Thursday, Dec. 22 At Birmingham, Alabama West Virginia, vs. Ken8 p.m. tucky, 8-- Holiday Bowl Discipline, says Holmes. Thats one thing they all forget. pline. Holmes lacks only in that one area. More often than not, he carries the championship belt well. Saturday, Dec.24 At El Paso, Texas vs. Southern Alabama, 3 p.m. Methodist, self-contr- ol 7-- 4, ' Sun Bowl 7-- 2, 9-- Aloha Bowl Monday, Dec. 26 At Honolulu Hawaii Penn State, 8 p.m. ton, Rozier, however, continually pounded away and wound up with his fourth straight rushing game and sixth of the season. He has gained at least 100 yards in 11 games, failing only in the season opener against Penn State. Rozier helped Nebraska move the ball after a punt from Darren Atyia backed the Cornhuskers up on their line. On a field soaked by own two downpours, Rozier gained seven yards on second down to bring up a at the Cornhuskers 11. Rozier then broke over right tackle for a 22 yard gain. That drive ended in a missed field goal try and Oklahoma had another chance at an upset The Sooners drove into Nebraska territory with a big play coming on a Bradley-to-Derric- k Shepard pass that moved the ball to the Nebraska 11. Earl Johnson carried nine yards to the Nebraska 2 on first down, but the Sooners were moved back five yards by an offsides penalty. Bradley threw incompletions and third and fourth down, with Harris deflection coming on Oklahomas final offensive play. Nebraska rushed for 366 yards while Gill completed 7 of 16 passes for 58 yards. Oklahoma fell far below its season average with 233 rushing yards. But Bradley, enjoying one of his better passing games, completed 6 of 13 for 187 yards. Oklahoma, failing to get a bowl bid since the Sooners were on NCAA probation in the mid 1970s, saw its record slip to 4 with a game remaining in Hawaii. 200-ya- rd 7-- Friday, Dec. 23 At San Diego, California Brigham Young, 10-- vs. Mis9 p.m. souri, When they fight me, they fight disci- rd 3rd-and- -l The pairings for NCAA Division bowl games (All Times EST): Georgia 27, Georgia Tech 24: At. Atlanta, it was a typical performance for seventh-ranke- d Georgia just enough to win. The bottom line was we won and that is what this game is all about, Coach Vince Dooley said after his Bulldogs twice overcame deficits, then survived a late comeback attempt to edge Tech. The game was everything we ex Thursday, Dec. 29 At Memphis, Tennessee vs. Boston Notre Dame, 8:30 p.m. College, 6-- 8-- Peach Bowl Friday, Dec. 30 At Atlanta, Georgia vs. Florida North Carolina, 8-- 3 p.m. Gator Bowl Friday, Dec. 30 At Jacksonville, Fla. vs. Florida, Iowa, 9 9-- 2, p.m. Bluebonnet Bowl Cotton Bowl Monday, Jan. 2 At Dallas, Texas vs. Texas, Georgia, 10-- 1:30 p.m. Fiesta Bowl y- 8-- 3, Rose Bowl 5 0, rr- - Sugar Bowl Associated Press Laserphoto Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes delivers one of numerous right hands landed to head of challenger Marvis Frazier in Friday nights victory at Caesars Palace. At New Orleans vs. Michigan, Auburn, 8 p.m. 9-- 1 V I 113-11- The Jazzs biggest lead of the after they had run game was off 12 straight points late in the second quarter. The Kings were able to whittle it down to 5 by halftime. The Jazz had an 9 lead midway through the third, but the Kings got it down to 1 entering the fourth and then took the lead by scoring the first six points of the fourth quarter. From there on, it was a game. The game featured a total of 64 fouls and 91 foul shots. The Jazz made 40 of their 45 foul shots for 89 percent, with Dantley making 10 of 11, Drew 12 of 12, and Kelley 7 of 7. The game last two and a half hours, which is getting to be a familiar length of an NBA game in this sea 63-5- baek-and-for- th Bowl Orange At Miami, Florida vs. Miami Nebraska, 11-(Fla.), 10-- 8 p.m. - nt Arizona 17, Arizona St 15: At Tempe, Max Zendejas said he had field little doubt about his goal on the games final play to older overshadow his record-settin- g brother and give Arizona a stunning victory over archrival Arizona State in the season finale for both football teams. As soon as I kicked it, I knew I had it, said the sophomore. It was right down the middle and long enough. Thats all I cared about. I was ready for it. Todd Hons had fired a fourth-quarttouchdown pass to Mike Crawford and junior Luis Zendejas had kicked three field goals for a 4 Sun Devil lead with 13:18 remaining in the regionally televised game. The Wildcats calmly engineered a nine-pla- y drive from their own line with 4:44 left down to the Arizona State 28 and called time out to set the field goal with three seconds to go. Max Zendejas kick sailed through the uprights as time expired and Wildcat fans poured onto the field in a wild celebration. The time out helped me a lot, said Zendejas. It gave me time to concentrate on my steps. This was my most important kick all year long. I was thinking about our seniors in their last game. I didnt want to let them down. Arizona, improving its edge to 6 in a bitter series dating back to 1899, closed out its season with a rein the overall and cord of rd 15-1- rd 31-2- Pacific-1- 0 Conference. Arizona oevrall and State wound up 1 in league play before a crowd of Sun Devil at 70,021-se70,033 Stadium. 3-- -1 at Tennessee 34, Vanderbilt 24: At Knoxville, Tennessee tailback Johnnie Jones ran for 248 yards to bee come the Volunteers season rushing leader as he keyed the Vols to the victory. The Vols finished their regular season at while the Commodores fell to and failed to win in six conference outings. Tennessee, which finished 4- 2 in the league, goes to the Dec. 17 all-tim- single-- 2-- 9 8-- Florida Citrus Bowl to face Maryland. son of substitute referees. The Jazz, unsurprisingly, were by the Kings, Thompson led the way with 12 rebounds and Eddie Johnson had 11. Mark Eaton, restored to the starting lineup after being displaced by Kelley for Fridays game with Denver, led the Jazz with nine rebounds and three blocked shots. 44-3- 2. But the Jazz rallied from this point. John Drew made two foul shots, and after an offensive foul on the Kings Larry Drew, John Drew came back to make two more foul 2 shots to cut the K.C. lead to with 1:16 to go. Larry Drew and John Drew then traded clutch baskets to game, but then keep it a Rickey Green made a steal and Drew (John, that is) drew another foul and made his two free throws to put Utah back in front with 28 seconds to play. But this game wasnt going to have a happy ending for the Jazz, who now embark for Las Vegas and a home game Tuesday night against Phoenix. 94-9- 1C-1- 1 to. 81-6- At Pasadena, California Illinois, , vs. UCLA, p.m. 1 Continued From Page D- -l game. It turned out, he didnt need 57-4- 2, ' At Tempe, Arizona vs. Pittsburgh, Ohio State, 1:30 p.m. i 36-ya- one-poi- Saturday, Dec. 31 At Houston, Texas vs. Oklahoma Baylor, 8 p.m. State, ' - 17-1- Kings Deflate Jazz On Late Foul Shots Liberty Bowl 6-- 84-ya- vs. Washing- 8-- State, 4. nt D-- 4 rd 19-ya- pected, and Georgia Tech certainly played well, Dooley said. John Lastinger scored one touchdown and passed for another, but it took some big plays from the Georgia defense to secure the victory. I thought both of our quarterbacks played well, Dooley said, after lifting his coaching record 16-against the Yellow Jackets to John (Lastinger) did a good job of running the team when he was in there, and it was good to see (back-- ; up) Todd Williams back in his old form. Coach Bill Curry of Tech praised underdogs, the effort of his but said, There is no satisfaction when you lose. When you put your heart and soul into something for so many years, and then you have to face those faces in the locker room after this. Its tough. It hurts. Im sick of it. Lastinger scored on a drive in the keeper to cap an first quarter and then broke a 7 deadlock late in the third period when he threw a scoring pass to Kevin Harris. Kevin Butler kicked a field goal early in the final quarter Bullto give the Cotton Bowl-boun- d lead before Tech dogs a struck for another touchdown behind its two offensive stars of the a pass from John day Dewberry to Robert Lavette. 9-- Magic , Eagles Tied 9 3-- 3 Special to The Tribune BILLINGS, Mont, --r The Salt Lake Golden Eagles, fired by goals by Dirk Graham and Craig Homola, took a 0 lead after two periods, but Montana stormed back with three goals in 41 seconds early in the third period. Another 2-- Salt Lake goal midway through the period, however, tied the Central Hockey at press time League duel, ( Sunday morning. The game was delayed for over two hours because the 3-- Magic encountered travel problems out of Denver where they played Friday night Goalie Jim Craig had been working on a shutout for the Eagles heading into the third period, with 18 saves. |
