Show C2 No PAGE qr Five matchups of ranked teams mark Saturday's college football action and none will be watched as closely as No 6 Auburn at Florida Florida fans will be remembering how Auburn kept alive the nation's longest winning streak now at 17 at their expense last season Voters in the CNN-USToday coaches' poll will be watching to see if a team they can't vote for namely Auburn could possibly be the best in the country And Auburn boosters will be watching because this is as close as they'll get to a bowl game this year what with NCAA probation and all "Any kind of season we have is based on the 11 regular-seasogames we have" Auburn coach Terry Bowden said "There are no second chances" and ranked sixth Auburn is in The Associated Press poll of and sports writers Florida is ranked No 1 in both the writers' and coaches' poll Besides Auburn at Florida the ranked showdowns are No 2 Ne - BOWLING EIVA Bruiser Bettis Got Discipline In the Alleys n Even for a bruising fullback like Jerome Bettis of the Los Angeles Rams every Sunday is a violent odyssey through a 100- yard universe And although but a second-yea- r is well aware pro the it can't last forever So what could be next — bowl243-poun- d ing? Some might scoff at the sight of a hulk like Bettis cradling a 16- pound ball in his hand but as a youth growing up in the inner city of Detroit it was bowling that helped build the competitive fire for him to excel in football "I learned in bowling that you have to do things yourself That's the big thing the sport gave me" Bettis recalled Surrounded by gang violence and drugs as a youth Bettis' mom Gladys looked for ways out for her four children She found it at the nearby Schaefer Lanes Soon Jerome embraced the sport of bowling and joined leagues and bowled in tournaments every weekend A 160 average isn't about to make heads turn but it gave Jerome the impetus to try harder The lessons he learned from bowling soon became apparent in Jerome's venture into football a sport his mother once dreaded because of the violence As Jerome grew in size a neighborhood high school coach saw him playing in a game and the Bettis legacy was created Jerome went on to become an at Notre Dame and the Rams' draft pick in 1993 winning Rookie of the Year in the NFL that year And though the fame and acclaim football has brought him it was bowling that was at the grass roots of his athletic career "Bowling taught me you can't get made when things go bad" said Bettis "If you get mad at a 10 split you blow the whole self-discipli- street-footba- ll first-roun- d 7- game" After football Jerome said he might give the pro bowling tour a look-se"If I still have knees" he quipped "I thought I was going to raise a pro bowler" said Gladys in a recent interview with Bowling Magazine She did but of another kind 6-- 0 5-- 0 Stranglehold picks of the week national rank in 0 FOR KIDS SAKE Junction Lanes bowling proprietor John Keysor will be taking bowlinc to the pupils at Sunrise Elementary School on Monday The program is part of Keysor's commitment to teach the sport to local area youth The 11 am clinic in the school's gymnasium will feature basic elements like proper stance delivery and arm swing More than 120 pupils are expected to participate with empty plastic bleach bottles used instead of bowling pins Actual bowling balls will be used Keysor will then have the pupils as his guests on Monday Nov 7 at Junction Lanes to bowl two games each 0 CONGRESSIONAL TRIBUTE It may be a little comforting to Scott Santos to know that he has a friend in high places You may remember Santos the Woonsocket RI dairy truck driver who was forced to quit his job in order to bowl in the US Olympic Festival It seems Rhode Island Rep Ronald Machtley was impressed by Santos' "unique dedication and commitment to the sport" that he issued a Congressional Proclamation to Santos "in recognition of his outstanding achieve- 0 ONE 300 SHORT Tern Sawyer missed by one Sawyer had 11 perfect games season — induring the 1993-9cluding 10 in a span of less than five months — but he fell one short of the American Bowling Congress record of 12 set by Cincinnati lefthander Mike Whelin in 4 1987-8- 8 MIXED DOUBLES RECORD Karen Hayes rolled a 300 and Bob Garrity added a 290 for the highest mixed doubles game in (history Their PO series bettered the old mark of 580 set by Doug Becker and Dede Davidson in Port Richey Fla last January nip ilk OK bold: parentheses in (2) Nebraska at (16) Kan St (3) Penn St at (5) Mich t!P4 A'b (17) N Dame vs BYU cAcy9 ke 0 today's Southern Utah-Web- er State battle will get at least a temporary respite from a disappointing season The loser will be left to play out the rest of a mediocre year will be looking for its SUU Weber State in first win over the 10th meeting between the instate rivals "They've gotten the best of us nine straight times so we need to come ready to play" said Southern Utah coach Jack Bishop Weber State coach Dave Arslanian knows his squad is favored but traveling south for the game Penn St Wash St Arizona Dame Dame N N Utah ) (12-1- Dame (14-1- Penn St Penn St Penn St Wash St Arizona Arizona Dame (6-0- (6-- (3-2- (4-- (4-1- (6-- (15-1- Young at No 17 Notre Dame (4- at 2) No 19 Virginia Tech East Carolina Hawaii at No 21 Utah Purdue at No 23 Wisconsin Temple at No 24 Boston College and Clemson at No 25 Duke No 8 Miami No 11 Florida State and No 18 Syracuse have the weekend off A Sunday night at game has No 12 Texas (5-- (5-- (3-- (2-- (5-- (4-- Rice Auburn kept alive its winning m m Utah Cedar City II Kickoff: 1 pm TV: None Radio: KLO KBRE FM-94- 9 Records: SUU Ruston La 3 3-- against an 3 opponent makes the outcome far from a in-sta- foregone conclusion for "They always get the Wildcats" Arslanian said "It's turned into a good rivalry" Both teams are coming off frustrating losses Two weeks ago to UC Davis while SUU fell decision Weber dropped a at Boise State last Saturday The bye week may give the TBirds an advantage "They've had two weeks of rest and preparation so I would expect to get some wrinkles they haven't shown yet this season" Arslanian said SUU is unsure who will quarterback for Weber State Wildcat starter Bryan Martin was knocked out of the Boise game with a con WSU 3-- 3 Series: Weber leads Last meeting: Weber 43 SUU 39 (1993) 9-- Kickoff: 5 pm MDT TV: None 9 Radio: KNUC KTKK (AM-63Records: USU 4 (0-- 1 BWC) LT 4 (0-- 2 BWC) Series: USU leads 0 111 Last Meeting: USU 24 LT 13 (1993) Line: None 0 Last year's About the point margin was the closest between SUU two schools and Weber have the played every year since 1984 with the James Bleak who exception of 1986 leads SUU with four sacks will miss today's game with a sprained knee ligaThis Is just the second game ment between the two schools in Cedar City About the Wildcats: In last week's loss at Boise State WR Dell Stilson become the 12th Wildcat to make 100 career reQB Bryan Martin is expectceptions ed to start after suffering a mild concussion last week They have dropped three straight on the road after starting the year with three straight wins at home in his Coach Dave Arslanian is vs SUU sixth year at Weber but 32-2- 0 5--0 1-- 1-- 1-- About the Aggles: Trying anything to get back to winning the Aggies have changed uniforms to all white on the road and all blue at home —Just like last They've been outscored 54-- 8 In year third quarters They ore coming off a bye week In fact the Aggies have not played in October About the Bulldogs: Tech has scored only M points this season one fewer The Dogs lost on a than USU play to UNLV last week Joining the Ags in heartbreaking losses to the The Bulldogs have given up Rebels eight touchdowns In the air while scoring only two sky-hig- h 41-1- 6 24-1- 7 cussion He was relieved by Rob Westervelt who completed 9 of 22 passes for 140 yards in the second half Martin is expected to play today "They have two good quarterbacks" Bishop said "Even if Martin is questionable for this week's game I've always thought Westervelt was a fine quarter- back" Last year in Ogden Weber win over SUU pulled out a The led but gave r up 22 points The Wildcats' winning TD came with 43-3- 9 33-2- 1 fourth-quarte- just 58 seconds to play "Weber's strength might be on the defensive side of the ball more than in years past" Bishop said "But they're still a potent offensive football team" That potent offense is headed by wide receiver Dell Stilson who leads the team with 32 catches for 600 yards and six TDs Sophomore Larry Rogers is the top Wildcat runner with 877 yards a game Rob Hitchcock leads the Weber defense with 44 tackles USU Ready to Start Win Streak vs 'Dogs RUSTON La — What has a Utah week off done for the State Aggies? Besides the usual mending of aching bodies it seems to have brought an attitude into the Aggie camp "We've got the talent to win this conference" said USU coach Charlie Weatherbie "We can win the rest of our games We're looking forward to Louisiana 4 Tech" After scouting the Bulldogs Weatherbie and his Aggies are practically gushing with confidence As a result Karl Malone's alma mater is getting plenty of locker-roowall paper "Their secondary is not as good as most of the teams we've m played" Weatherbie said "1 know they're not as good as the secondary that we play every day Number 16 Chris Gray is a corner we're going to burn a couple of times" The Ag defense joined the coach in self-prais- e Dame (13-1- 0) (12-1- streak with a upset 'of Florida last year and Gator sophomore safety Lawrence Wright was the goat An unnecessary roughness call against him put Auburn in position for the winning field goal "Now I have a chance to redeem myself" Wright said "I'm just glad they haven't lost yet I'm " glad they're its ranking and record Despite Auburn is a underdog 38-3- 5 17-0- 1612-poi- "I don't think the secondary is too concerned" said senior cornerback Chuck McMillian "The passing attack they have is very simple We should be able to pick it apart" If the Aggies do burn the Bulldogs it may come as a surprise to more than just Tech Coming into the game Utah State ranked dead last in rushing in the NCAA with 468 yards per game The Aggies' total offense is second to last with 2236 yards When it comes to scoring USU is 99th in the country at 13 points per contest But a week off is just what Weatherbie says the Ags needed "You'll see a team that has pulled together" he said "This open date came at the right time It's like having an extra presea- son" McMillian agreed "You can see the difference in the players" McMillian said "Everybody is healthy and stronger I don't think we'll lose another game We're tired of losing" The area that could use the most pulling together is the offen- sive line "With two quality backs like Profail Grier and Abu Wilson expected better production from our running game" Weatherbie said "But the blocking simply hasn't been there They fight and pinch and scratch and do everything they can do just to get back to the line of scrimmage" How bad has it been? When the running game has been buried the Ags have been forced to rely on the pass Throwing the ball hasn't been fruitless but Aggie quarterback are finding the turf almost as often as their receivers Matt Wells and Aaron Flowers have been sacked 21 times in the first five games Aggie quarterbacks got nailed only 18 times last year Defensively for USU tackle Pratt Lyons has been suspended from the team for the rest of the season and linebacker Willie Jackson suffered minor nerve damage in his shoulder against BYU nt Y Volleyball Whips Lobos Utes Also Win Playing excellent defense 15-1- 1 6 16-1- 4 9 3 5-- 4 1 3-- 15-1- 1 5 13-1- 5 3-- 0-- 1 4 Show Fast Break Run vs Warriors El Continued From cek "is that you can get out of control But with John Stockton handling the ball you don't worry about it" Golden State played without Chris Webber a holdout In addition point guard Tim Hardaway played for the first time in a year aftei- a knee injury and the rustiness showed The Warriors mist fired on 25 of their 32 shots Nonetheless Hornacek called the Jazz's offensive effort "great especially for the first game Those 45 points in the third quarter probably caught them by surprise because they were probably thinVing 'It's Utah They'll walk the ball up'" Homacek was particularly effective at losing his defender — Latrell Sprewell usually — in transition And then spotting line up behind the three-poin- t In that situation he got three 9 3 5 6 0 SWIMMING Glenn Abernathy won three events as BYU's ments team at downed Notre Dame 191-10- 8 South Bend Ind The Notre Dame women beat BYU even though the Cougars' Cherrill Haws and Nicole Collard were double winners 160-13- 9 - C-- 1 three-poin- ton who had 12 points and six assists in the Jazz's outburst "We don't want to change our style completely but It sure makes us a better team when we can get out and open up the court a little" Jeff Hornacek had a huge outing partly because of his ability in transition He scored 17 points in only 22 minutes Along with a perfect nigibt on three-poishots he contririted six assists "The problent you have with the running game" said Horna third-quart- nt All-St- ar er the first half "When we get in a halfcourt game" Hornacek said "it can be hard for me to get those kind of shots My man usually isn't the inone who leaves to double-teaside "But when we pick up the pace the defense's first worry is getting back and guarding the basket That allows me a chance to float a little bit and find anopen spot on the court" Stockton agreed "You have a tendency to scatter the defense and get a clearer look at those threes" he said The Jazz's next chance to experiment with tempo comes Monday night when they play the Chir NBA cago Bulls in the game at the new United Center tional defeating Nebraska's nie Yang 6-- 1 6-- An- 3 Thompson Moves Into Section Finals STANSBURY PARK — Defending champion Kim Thompson survived a battle with '92 winner Steve Schneiter advancing to the finals of the Utah Section PGA Match Play Championship Thompson a teaching pro affiliated with Mulligan's outlasted Schneiter in 20 holes in Friday's semifinals He will meet Milan Swilor a winner over Mike fiBicker in today's nal at 8 am 36-ho- 411441 seniors final Steve Schneiter George's son trailed Thompson by three holes but made five birdies on the back nine — pulling even with a birdie at No 18 Each player birdied the first extra hole then Schneiter hooked his drive Into the water on the next hole and lost Swilor a Mountain View Golf Course teaching pro played only one match Friday after Roy Christensen arrived 20 minutes late and was disqualified añsna Me Bicker del Brad Hansen 3 and 2 Milan !Moor der Roy Christensen by forret Steve 5c1noiter dot Chris Jones 4 and 3 Kim Mono 5 and 3 son del Dove De Son Sem Rinds del Ilicker 2 and 1 Thompson def 1 up (20) Seniors Quartednals Joey Bonsignote del Bob Ragier 1 up (19) Bob Jensen del M Don Law 4 and 3 Marlow Quick del Gary Handgun 1 up (22) George Schneer del Lanny Nielsei 2 and 1 &Am khnelter first-eve- iommi -- ---- Continued From 1017111111019 Bonsignore Jensen 2 and del Wick 1 1 up Schnetter C-- 1 questionable with ankle and groin injuries respectively and coach Lou Holtz has revamped his offensive line this week Last year Notre Dame sent seven defensive players to the NFL Their replacements are yielding more than three touchdowns and 333 yards per game under new defensive coordinator Bob Davie The Cougars average 163 rushing yards per game with halfback Jamal Willis accounting for 100 of them BYU probably ron't get that today but the Cougs would settle for something close Conversely the Cougars need to at least slow the Irish running attack — which today will probably consist of fullback Marc Edwards and tailback Randy Kinder In its first two meetings with BYU Notre Dame averagd 301 yards on the ground Holtz has also been working overtime to insure that the unthinkable — a second consecutive loss — doesn't happen He summoned the Irish on Monday for a 6 am team meeting and cracked the whip at practice all week "There's been no room for error" says Powlus c611WEatb7aILITOB4' Utah vs Hawaii la At Rice Stadium Kickoff: 1 pm MDT TV: None Radio: KAU KOAL KALL 750 Records: Utah 0 AM-91- 0 FM-94- 1 5-- TENNIS BYU's Jennifer Saret advanced to the No 1 singles finals in the First Flight of the BYU Invita- George Schneiter will good looks at the basket and didn't miss His other three-pointat the end of was a Cougars Want to Finally Beat the Irish IN Brigham Young blasted New Mexico in WAC women's volleyball Friday at Albuquerque NM 15-The Cougars won while recording 11 team blocks and holding UNM to an 034 hitting percentage In the third game the Cougars came from 14-- down to win BYU posted one of its top hitting percentages of the year (242) "We played almost perfectly" said coach Elaine Michaelis Angie Walker led BYU with 12 kills and Gale Oborn added 11 The Cougars are 13-- overall and in the WAC The Lobos (11-were led by Tania Goo ley with eight kills The match was televised live on the Prime Sports Network At El Paso Texas Utah handled UTEP in four games The 15-15-Utes won Sharman Grant led the Utes with 26 kills and Julie Kirby added 25 for the Utes in the WAC UTEP is At Santa Barbara Calif UC Santa Barbara swept Utah State in the Big West The Gauchos won 15-15-15-Tara Poppinga led USU with six kills face Joey Bonsignore in the Jazz About the Cougars: They've won BAJ's sectheir last three games ondary remains shorthanded FS Cory Cook (knee 'duty) didn't make the trip SS Jack Damn( (shoulder) practiced this week but is questionable Lane Hale and Jon Pollock will start CB Dermmell Reed (ankle) Is also hobbling He won't start —Greg Steele will get the call — but is expected to play About the Irish: Last week's loss at Boston College broke their road winning streak Notre Dame hasn't lost back-to-bac- k games since 1991 (Tennessee and Penn will test WR Derrick Mayes State) Wills coverage He's caught 23 passes for 382 yards and five TDs TB Randy Kinder has run for a team-leadin- g 538 yards and three scores In Lee Becton's absence Utah 2) 2 0 BYU 20 (1993) Line: ND by 15 Dame N Utah FM-103- 0 3 N Utah 1) 2-- Neb N 4-- 5-- Iroc' Utah 3) ASV e tz5 Knight Ridder at No 16 Kansas braska ) State ) No 3 Penn State at No 5 Michigan (4-No 22 Oklahoma ) at No 4 Colorado at and No 14 Arizona No 20 Washington State ) Other games have Baylor at No 7 Texas A&M (5-Arizona State No 10 at No 9 Washington (4-at Tennessee TexasAlabama -El Paso at No 13 Colorado State (6-Maryland at No 15 North Carolina (4-Brigham 2-- 'b Ici Mich At Notre Dame Stadium South Bend Ind Kickoff: 11:30 am MDT: II TV: Ch 2 Radio: KSL Sports Radio 570 Records: BYU 1 ND MI Series: ND leads Last Meeting: ND 45 AM-116- 0 Sc 3 co Mich (17-8- 3pe ibt4P f:744' ( 45: r) 0(‘ BIM at Notre Dame At' Neb Utah Games that end in a tie are not counted (5-- s Arizona N (22) Utah vs Hawaii Season record (4-0- spe- k00 ttilb0 cc‘ Neb (14) Arizona at (20) Wash St AM-143- CEDAR CITY — The winner in 2-- ii3 05116-gfatbiltaiii- ir:es NG' SUU Trying MMILAegeTootballffoday Weber St at S Utah Utah St at La Tech To Snap WSU At the Coliseum of Southern At Joe Ail let Stadium e ment" Consensus pick A RC Roberg jee k I top-rank- a TODAY: 15 1994 Gators Looking for Revenge vs Auburn 1 TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS By SPORTS Saturda October The Salt Lake Tribune - - - WAC) Hawaii WAC) 2-- 4 AM-- : (2-- 0 (0-- 4 Series: Utah leads Last Meeting: Hawaii 41 Utah 30 (1993) Line: Utes by 211i 13-1- 2 About the Wes: LB Derrick Stapiey (knee) won't play Marcus Woods moves into Staple yi spot with Jeff Kit Ilan starting at nickelbock Utah has six Hawaiians Including starters Roy Ma'afola Louie DeCasIn two home tro and Nate Kim games Utah has allowed seven Utah's 1964 Liberty Bowl points champions will be honored today About the Rainbows: DT Reynolds : Kama (knee) is doubtful and LG Marcus Maiepeal (neck) is out After traveling all day Friday Hawaii arrived in Salt Lake around 9 Ilm The Rainbows lead the nation in fumbles lost (17) Hawaii threw 44 posses against New Mexico most since 1986 Utes Try Not to Look Past Rainbows 2 Continued From Cl run "For our offense to be effective we've got to be able to run the ball at least to keep the defense honest" said Wagner architect of the Rainbows' option offense That's a daunting task he knows given the Utes' gaudy numbers: second in the nation against the run fourth in total defense ninth in scoring defense Said Hawaii offensive coordinator Paul Johnson after watching films of Utah: "They're every bit as good as their numbers They're a pretty scary group" The weather probably cold and rainy with an outside chance of flurries won't help the Rainbows who have never played a game in snow Hawaii will face a partisan sellout stadium (though general admission tickets still were available Friday) |