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Show John I t ir ail I Section Mooney tribune "Mrs lililnr The National Collegiate Athletic Association has faced many challenges in recent years, but one of the more controversial issues which will come before the annual con-ftvention in Dallas ,;r 11i 'IfI ! ' ft next week 7 volves the intent of the American ;! Council of Educa-- . kV 3 tion to take con- trol of the organi-mdJs. kimJi zation. John Mooney The "board of presidents" would consist of 44 college executive officers (CEO) and would have the power to create or suspend any NCAA legisla- l i tion. Derek C. Bok, president of Harvard, explained the need for this board: The important question facing college and university presidents is whether they are content to leave all responsibility and power in the hands of traditional groups and organizations within the NCAA or whether they will assume some responsibility to involve themselves and try to solve the problems in a workable way afforded by Proposi- B Page 7, 1984 Saturday, January l(I - unit'll Score i .uii-iti.j-1;;", ural 2 2,17-2- 0 7 NFL: Raiders Vow Revenge vs. Seattle Tribune Wire Services The Los Angeles Raiders lost only four games all season, but two of them were to the Seattle Seahawks. They face each other for a third time Sunday, with the AFC championship and a Super Bowl berth at stake this time, and several Raiders are intent on revenge. Most clubs rarely say anything about their opponents that can be considered the slightest bit controversial. But the Raiders, who love projecting their tough guy image, are entering Sunday's game talking tough. "To tell you the truth, 1 was rooting hard for Seattle against Miami, said wide receiver Cliff Branch. "I want revenge. They beat us twice during the regular season in games I felt we gave away because of mis- takes. I want them. They're the ones I want to beat to go to the Super Bowl " "They beat us twice and I think they deserved to win both games," said defensive end Howie Long, the Raiders' sack leader. "I'm not taking them lightly. Everybody said Miami was going to roll over them and Miami is gone and the Seahaw ks are here. They're playing well, with a lot of emotion. They're on an emotional roller coaster and it's up to us to get them off it. "Seattle beat us twice but this is different this time, said Lyle the Raiders' sometimes overly aggressive defensive end. "This is the playoffs and this is all new. These guys are talking tough about how they handled us twice before and they'll do it again. Well see what happens Sunday. "I dont believe in the jinx non sense that some of you guys have been writing about," said linebacker Ted Hendricks, who will be appearing in his 216th consecutive game, the longest streak for a current NFL player. "That superstition stuff is all for the writers. What this comes down to is walking out on the field on Sunday and finding out who plays better. They played better the last two times. I think were going to play better and win this time." "1 felt last year we were the best team in the league and we blew our chances in the playoffs to the (New York) Jets." said Todd Christensen, who set a receiving record for a tight end as he led the NFL with t)2 catches for 1,247 yards and 12 touchdowns. "I think we have the best team in the league this year and were not about to give anything away in the playoffs this time. "If they play up to their capabilities. they're a good team. But we re the best team in the league. What it boils down to in the playoffs is who has the most athletic ability and we have the best athletes in the league." The Seahawks, who earned the first playoff berth in their history this season, are flying high and don't think the Raiders harsh words will have any effect on their performance Sunday. T feel the momentum is going our way We are right on time and I led that this is the year for the Seahawks to go to the Super Bowl, said wide receiver Harold Jackson. We have jet to play our best game this year, and we will have to be at our best to be in the contest against the Redskins," Walsh said at a news conference The 49ers are a underdog against a Redskin team that has a record, best in the NFL. and set an league scoring mark with 541 points during the regular season 15-- all-tim- e "Our players have a history of winning too," said Walsh "We have not just been herded here to play a game " "A team might be awed by the publicity on behalf of the Redskins but our team has been through the same type of thing before." said Walsh, who guided the then 49ers to a Super Bowl victory over Cincinnati in 1981 Meanwhile, in Washington. San Francisco Coach Bill Walsh said Friday night his team would have to be at its very best to upset the defending champion Washington Redskins in the NFC title game Sunday d lightly-regarde- Take Top Record in West Jazz Rip K.C., tion 35. "As newspapers and other media have repeatedly revealed, countless athletes are currently admitted to colleges with little regard for normal admission standards and little concern for their educational development as students. Proposition 35 will solve these problems, Bok ex- By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer The Jazz are now the Best in the West, and they certainly looked the part Friday night at the Salt Palace. Rolling to leads of 24 points at the half and 31 points late in the third quarter, the Jazz punished the normally stubborn Kansas City Kings 0 before 10,898 fans who may be excused for getting accustomed to this sort of thing. The victory, after all, was the Jazz's 12th straight in the Salt Palace and their seventh of the 12 by more than 12 points. As Darrell Griffith said afterwards, Theres no place like home. plained. This proposed board would consist of 22 presidents from Division 1 schools and 22 from Divisions II and III. The NCAA has a counter-proposon the agenda, one which would include the 44 presidents, but in an Today's Haa. advisory capacity. Good in Theory no place like first which Jazz maintained by the place, 2V2 games over the Dallas Mavericks in the Midwest Division. But the Jazz are now first in something else Tl Sports liroadcast Schvdule Heie ore ttie live sporting events to be televised and broadcast locally Saturday: 7 p.m. College bosketbull, Ohio State vs. Indiana, ESPN and WGN, Coble. 7:30 p.m. College basketball, Weber St. vs. BVU, Channel 5. 9 p.m. College basketball, UCLA vs. Arizona, ESPN, Cab'-- 1:05 o.m. College jotboll, Hula Bowl, tape delay, Channel 2. Radio 2 p.m. College football, Hula Bowl, TV II o.m. College basketball, Oklahoma vs. Syracuse, Channel 5. Noon College basketball, North Carolina vs. N.C. State, Channel 2. 1 p.m. College football, East-WeShrine game, Channel 5. 1 p.m. College basketball, New Mexico State vs. UNLV, Channel 20. 2 p.m. College basketball, Minnesota vs. Purdue, WGN, Cable. 5:35 p.m. NBA basketball, Atlanta vs. New Jersey, WTBS, Cable. p.m. College basketball. Miss. State vs. Vanderbilt, USA, Cable. 130-11- al -- 130-11- 0 KDYL-A- (1280). 7:30 p.m. College basketball, Weber VS. BYU, KSL-A(1160), KJQ-AKCGL-F(1490), (105.5), KBXN-F- (104.4). Hockev, Golden Eagles 7:30 p.m. vs. Colorado, KRGO-A- (1550), KLO-A- (14.30). Theres also The idea of the college presidents becoming more involved in the athletic phase of their institutions has been growing for several years, since Dr. Stephen Horn, president of Cal State-Lon- g Beach, became one of the first Division I presidents to become active on the convention floor. Dr. Horn's speech was heralded by the press as the new involvement on the part of the college presidents and his speech was even though Horns school was under NCAA probation at the time. This is not the first attempt on the part of the American Council on Education to take charge of athletics. When Dr. A. Ray Olpin was president of the University of Utah, the ACE made an effort to place stringent controls on athletic scholarships. Two schools, BYU and Colora--d- o State University, went so far as to follow the ACE decision for a few months, but the plan never gained acceptance. While the latest proposal for a board of presidents to clean up some of the publicized abuses in college athletics sounds praiseworthy, I doubt seriously if it will gain the majority to pass on the convention floor. There are practical reasons why the faculty representatives and the athletic directors, who make up the bulk of the convention delegates, will not approve this revolutionary proposal. The main reason is that running e athletics is a job and the two-thir- full-tim- presidents just cannot allocate enough time to study all the legislation. A former WAC commissioner once complained, "If I could just get the presidents of the WAC schools to spend two full days, we could get so much accomplished. But they want to meet Saturday night and Sunday and by Sunday, a couple will move to adjourn to catch an early plane to be home for an important Monday meeting. I never can get them together long enough to acg complish anything. A WAC athletic director added, I go to a great deal of trouble to make a detailed report and when I go to my presidents office, hell toss me my report and say, In brief, what does this say? They never have time to go into details. A faculty representative from the area had the same complaint, "I work more on athletics than 1 do on my teaching job and these presidents think they can step in and solve all problems in a couple of short meetings. Another WAC athletic director added, "My faculty representative and I always confer with our president before the convention and we vote his wishes, so why do they need 44 presidents to run more than 700 22-1- Tribune Staff Photo by Lynn Johnson determined Darrell Griffith (35) drives past the Kings 0 win Friday night. Mike Woodson during the Jazzs A 130-11- By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer PROVO Brigham Young University basketball fans dont care to remember a year ago. Bad memories are like taxes . detestable at best. And a 9 record of a year ago this time is a bad memory, an awful memory. Weber State helped make that record and the memory. The record went away. Weber State hasnt. . . 4-- Saturday, at 7:30 p.m., Coach Neil McCarthy brings his Wildcats to the Marriott Center to remind the Cougars of last years 1 double overtime win in Ogden. But ah-h- a . . . that was in Ogden. Weber State has in four tries. never won in Provo 84-8- McCarthy, guiding what many figure is the best team in the Big Sky Conference (9-- 3 overall and winner of the Ute Classic last weekend), will be aiming for the same record his club started league play with last 10-- 3 when the Wildcats year Mt. JR (H. JR. jjlpL the Marriott Center floor in front of an expected crowd of some 20,000. But this 1983-8Cougar club is hardly in the same shape as that team of 12 months past. A new coach, Ladell Andersen, has the Cougars outscoring (82.4 to 79.4) and (33.9 to 33.4) their rivals and also shooting a better percentage (53.6 to 49.1). Oh yes, he has BYU at 4 after nine games while last year, the record after nine games 8 when the Cats caught was 6 the Coogs in Ogden). The importance of the final nonleague game for both teams has not been lost on Andersen, who is 1 as a coach against Weber. His 1970-7- 1 Utah State team (his last collegiate team before taking over the BYU decireins this year) dropped a 4 5-- 3-- 0-- 63-6- 2 sion in Logan. This is a great opportunity for us to play a good rival just before conference play. And since we know we have to be they are 3, switch than Craig and Salt Lakes Jim Craig Called by North Stars Beaupre simply trading uniforms. This is the final year in Beaupre's contract with Minnesota, and Craig also becomes a free agent without compensation at the conclusion of the 1983-8season. So Minnesota t I fib, Rt M, iR JR JR, (4-- goal-tend- ard i JR trot onto By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer There was a changing of the guard, or shall we say a changing of the goalie, Friday in the Minnesota North Stars' organization. Like two ships, er goaltenders, passing in the night, the Golden Eagles Jim Craig was traveling north to Minnesota and Don Beaupre was moving south to Salt Lake City in a sudden reversal of roles within the organization. Beginning Saturday, Craig will be a certified member of the National Hockey League and Beaupre will be the Eagles No. 1 goalie in the Central Hockey League. But there was more to the athletic departments, then they wouldnt need half the NCAA enforcement investigators or a national commission? You gain more headlines proposing to dam Niagara Falls than stopping a leak in your home plumbing. r, 66-4- disci- plined players on his bench like Don Buse and Ed Nealy, and they joined Billy Knight (17 fourth-quarte- r points), Mike Woodson, and LaSalle Thompson to spark the Kings on a 24-- 5 run over a span of six and a half minutes. That brought the Kings to within with six and a half points, minutes left. Thats not too far to go when youve made up 15 points in the final six minutes, as the Kings did in a loss in San Diego two nights earlier, a game Layden reminded the Jazz about at halftime. 12 109-9- one-poi- But this time the Jazz, in the words of Adrian Dantley, showed good composure when they came back to 12, and ran off the next 10 points in a row to make it safe at 119-9It was the response of a vet-Se- e Page B-- Column 3 on top of our game. Weber has become more solid quicker than some teams youll see. Theyve gotten on top of their game early. They certainly wont sneak up on us, Ander- One thing Andersen will be hoping for from his Cougars Saturday night is a quicker start, i.e., a better first half. "Weve been a team that has gotten stronger as the game progresses (except, as he noted, for the Kentucky debacle in Lexington when the Coogs lost a 5 halftime lead and got blown away, ). We deficit down to three got a against UCLA on their court. sen said Friday. The veteran coach who has sent his team against three nationally-ranke- d teams in the preseason (Virginia Commonwealth, Kentucky and UCLA), said the Cougars will "have to play tough and smart. Were sensitive to that. Weber is a dynamite team. Weve got to be able to cover their shooting game. They are great shooters," Andersen said. Yet, Webers 48.9 percent field goal shooting doesnt match up to BYUs 53.6 field goal accuracy. 36-3- 93-59- "So, my big challenge Saturday night and into WAC play (which begins next Saturday afternoon on regional TV against Utah) is to get us to play more consistently, smarter and harder the entire game, Andersen said. Well, thats why I would be awfully surprised if Weber doesnt have to play really tough to beat us, Andersen said. "Ill tell you one thing more if we are to improve and get tougher, this is D day. Its time to stop saying weve got a few more games to get better. starting point for Andersenior forward Devin Durrant, who is second in the nation in scoring at 28.4 through nine games. Durrant will be joined by senior forward Brett A good sen is ... Apple-gat- e points and 11.9 rebounds per game tops in the WAC in car (16.6 freshman forward oms) and Mike Smith (11.4 and 7.1) on the frontline while junior Scott Sinek and sophomore Chris Nikchevich will be the starting BYU guards. Its that Cougar frontline which concerns McCarthy the most. "To start with, Durranis point average is probably more than my frontline combined. Second, we do not have good matchups on the frontline. For Charles instance, well have Carradine on one of their Shawn Campbell on guys, and of their guys. I worry about that. And McCarthy frets about BYUs transition game. "They get up and down the court as well as any team weve played this year probably better. We dont want to get into a running game with them, but we have to run to be productive. Well just have to be disciplined in doing it Eagles Receive Beaupre as Craig Joins Stars Shucks, if the presidents have the time, why cant they start at the grass roots and clean up their own W three-pointe- 30-1- 9 Palace tonight," found some Weber Seeks to Snap Skid on BYU Floor schools?" Observation the Western Conference. Fridays victory, Utahs 15th in the last 18 games, gave the Jazz a record of 2 and a lead of eight percentage points over Portland for the best record in the West. Portland won and Los Angeles lost Friday night. The Jazz reached their lofty new height in style. Through the first three quarters, they just dominated the Kings, who are admittedly struggling now with six losses in a row but who always give the Jazz trouble. The Jazz had to know this was their night during one sequence in the first quarter when Rickey Green, who was to finish the evening with 14 assists, found himself stuck with the ball way out on the left side with time running down on the clock. Forced to put it up, his Rickey made a first of the season in only his third attempt. Omens like that are hard to ignore. The Jazz soared from there to a lead at the quarter and then secblitzed the Kings with a 2 lead at ond quarter to build a halftime. The Jazz held the Kings to only 34.6 percent shooting and forced 15 turnovers, prompting Utah Coach Frank Layden to comment later, I thought we defended well. I think our defense is what led to our good offensive first half. The Kings fell further behind in the third quarter and reached their nadir at 104-7- 3 for the Jazz with only 13 minutes left in the game. Maybe it was getting too easy for the Jazz at this point, because the Kings then made an unexpected rush. K.C. Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, who afterwards said that I apologize for having such an undisciplined team take the floor in the Salt ..JR .R,. & JR - Lake as the CHLs most to discover whether Craig or 0, active with a record, his first start with the North Stars may be to comBeaupre should be plement Gilles Meloche in the nets next season. And he's finding out right now. postponed. The Craig was ciled in as Minnesota's starting pen- against Vancouver Saturday "When you have two goaltenders like Donnie and Jimmy it s important to give both of them a chance, said Nanne via telephone from Min- night, but the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold medalist sustained a deeply bruised shoulder while stopping a Reggie Leach slap shot late in the second period against Montana Thursday at Holy evening. Craig was Cross Hospital after missing the third period of Thusday night's game, but no fracture was found and the Eagles goalie took off for Minneapolis as scheduled Friday. However. Meloche is now expected to start for the North Stars Saturday, with Craig available to start against Hartford Tuesday. "Whenever you get called up to the big club, you feel fortunate, said Craig after undergoing further Column 3 See Page B-- nesota Friday. "Beaupre needs some work, so hopefully sending him down is the best way to get it. And Craig has been working hard in Salt Lake, so its time we gave him another good look (in the NHL)." The Beaupre, an NHL as a rookie in 1980-8wont have to wait long to get his first tart in a Salt Lake uniform. Coach J.P. Parise will start Beaupre Colorado against the league-leadin- g Flames Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Salt Palace, as the Eagles attempt to gain a share of third place in the CHI.. As for Craig, who departs Salt All-St- North Stars Don Beaupre Will Join Golden Eagles k A v JR, General Manager Lou Nanne needs r R- L JR JR. JR JR JKR JR JR- |