| Show IF I Zbt Sian takt Zribunt SUNDAY SUN '41444411)(1) 0 Hockey Scoreboard C4 0 Top 25 Basketball C5 FEKRUARY1t2004 C P 6 ' The opponents differ in their respective Super Bowl experience but share a bond in having made it to this one with defense By KEN MURRAY Complete guide to the big game The Ballimmr Sun Somewhere between mayhem and larceny the Super Bowl will be decided today It could come down to the Carolina Panthers' front four a unit that packages uncommon quickness with sheer power in its rush to the quarterback Or it could come down to the New England Patriots elite secondary a group that fears no receiver and gives no quarter It almost certainly will come down to HOUSTON NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS key component of a ferocious defense comerbadt Ty Law A oornes up big in big games Ce CAROLINA PANTHERS OB Jake Delhomme a virtual until unknown g this season is the leader of a steady offense PAGE C9 -- the more physical defensive team imposing its steely will on the other side Which quarterback will blink? Carolina's Jake Delhorinne the newcomer and relative novice or New England's Tom Brady the veteran who at 26 is trying to become the youngest quarterback to win two Super Bowls? The answer will dictate an upset for the Panthers or a Patriots dynasty for the salary cap era As a seven-poin- t thers (14-5- ) spring-boardesaster two years underdog the Pandifrom a NFC to the ago d le 11 -- 47: Today 4:25 pm kickoff Reliant Stadium Houston 0 4r Ch 2 Radio: KFNZAM TV: - ' 1320 Una: Patnots by 7 Qsisst championship This startling reversal was choreographed by John Fox in his first Job as a head coach winThe Patriots (16-2- ) ride a ning streak into Reliant Stadium threatening to capture their second Lombardi Trophy in three years thanks to the handiwork e failure in of coach Bill Belichick a Cleveland but now the NFL's reigning genius Of such matchups are legends made This is clearly a game for the purists who love defense hitting and strength against strength It is not a game for offensive fireworks The Patriots dismissed the last of the offensive Juggernauts when they eliminated the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC '" 1 Ni-- e- ) t4 414 v k 41 x one-tim- See SUPER BOWL T:11WHM11"111) t 0 gi6 (1! - '11'1A1 ' ers get efensive I 00' 1:::r KICKOFF CH 2 One similarity: i' PAGE t Pa ts9 4 4:25 pm ) I C13 ' SUPER BOWL XXVIII iv wwwsttrittom ( ' 41 1 gcso Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschl 01 - ç- - MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL alrot 11:1 oldul-:ttuil01a1(''' - ' I 11 - " r ''' ' -- —OW a - 47tY 0441r T2 t (rt Utes undo large deficit upend Cougs -r- I 4 1 i - I I i ‘ - 4 it-- ' 'itop rj At BY STEVE 71u' i -- -- A - i IT - il ! k 1 AO6 4510116U140 '''''''''' 1 4 I 1 010071i A 1 1 - 1 1 ( ' BTU's Mike Hall fights for the bail with Utah's Tim Drisdom and Nick Jacobson ' 4"'"' t I BYU finding ways to lose 't 1t11 I ' t 06 BY PATRICK KINAHAN The Salt lake Tri bunt 11::) 0 Z3 ( : ci(lco: i r Si 45-2- 2 i ‘ 7 2-- 4 last-secon- d three-pointe- - Sce UTAH CI4 64-5- 6 Women's Basketball Utah 66 BYU 62 i 7 See Bilk C14 Trailing Brigham Young by 17 points with 19 minutes to play Saturday Utah turned to freshman Andrew Bogut No the Utes didn't pound the ball inside to their center Instead they gave it to him at the top of the circle Bogut paused calmly sized up the situation and fired The Cougars wish he hadn't r — the secBogut's ond of his collegiate career and mwc his first since Nov uTAH 64 19 — ignited a feroBYU 56 cious second-hal- f Game notes CM rally that carried Utah to a wild victory over BYU at the Huntsman Center Starting with Bogut's three-poin- t shot the Utes outscored the the rest of the way Cougars In that stretch they scored on 19 of their 33 possessions In the process they defeated BYU for the 10th straight time in Salt Lake City and snapped a twolame losing streak All without Rick Wien's In their first game minus the ailing coach the Utes improved to 16-overall and in the Mountain West Conference BYU losing for the fifth time in its last seven games slipped to 12-- overall and in the league Bogut finished with a season-hig21 points and 12 rebounds yet r his was probably the pivotal play of the game 64-5- 6 Dig deep below the surface — a few miles ought to do it — and there you last-secon- d LUIIM Sall bilre Tribune three-pointe- It will find positives about Brigham Young's basketball program At ground level the view stinks The good news is the Cougars have exhausted almost every way to lose a game Air Force and North Carolina State routed the Cougars BYU also has wasted an awesome comeback (Utah State) and thrown away chances (San Diego State) And no one will ever forget last week's debacle against New Mexico which included a late technical foul and allowing a layup off a long inbounds pass Add squandering a lead to the list BYU could not hold the large margin in the second half falling to Utah Saturday at the Huntsman Center The preseason conference favorite BYU stands at 24 (12-- overall) and has lost five out of its last seven games and 01 II -- - PHOTOS Nick Jacobson celebrates after scoring three of his 21 points FREESTYLE WORLD CUP that led Utah's comeback against BYU BY RICK Lakt on Saturday tiles make just enough plays to knock off Cougars in Provo C6 ALSO INSIDE SPURS 859 JAZZ 81 AUTOGRAPH-SEEKER- AUSTRALIAN --- - t AERIALIST ''' - ' SPURS STILL "m3 Ii ' ' e- rior - six onl COME WITH THE TERRITORY V HAVE JAYS FLYING HIGH -6 - r 5 vtk tvit 1 1 - - FOR UTAH JAll Sunday Special e- 1 S NUMBER N0- -: 444'7 it 4 PLAYERS C6 f 111 1C FIGURE SKATER WILL II - TAKE SMALLER STAGE 4 Aliso Camp lin get' third-straig- ht World Cup loin Veer Sports - I i C3 t"I I i it Youth Sports t I - i I ‘ L'L San Antonio get win over Utah 15th-straig- ht AMES EXTEND C12 WINNING STREAK TO 14 GAMES Utah Jazz Cl USU kien's Basketball |
