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Show Page 7 December 2, 1993 The Jam Session Bj Neil Sun Buchan Sports Editor Recently, I heard the presidents position at Florida State had been vacated. A woman who is currently the president of the University of California at Santa Barbara was inters iewing for the position. During the interview, she stated biggest accomplishment of her career at UCSB was abolishing the football team. After saying that, she was quickly led to the door by the board of trustees of FSU. Football is serious business at FSU. If you dont win a the national championship, its considered a losing season. The last eight years the Seminoles have been left at the altar, while they watched one of their Top 5 poll neighbors take the National Championship. Not though, the Noles are cake and their having devouring it too. FSU will finally take the crown when they whip the Fluskers by at least three touchdowns. Somebody take the curse off of poor Leon Lett. I hate the Cowboys more than anyone and even went as far as to give thanks for Leon when blessing the food following the Miami game, but the more I think about Leon, the more I feel sorry for him. He has managed to make a horses petute out of himself on the two biggest days of the football season. Thanksgiving Day and of course the Super Bowl when he had the ball knocked out of his hands by Buffalo speedster Don Beebe before arriving in the end zone. Dallas didn't lose this year Dixie Rebels remain unbeaten at scoring, averaging over 17 points a game for the tournament. After only one day off, the Rebels headed to the Chaffey Tournament in California, where By Tom Johnson Sun Sports Writer Before the season began for the Rebel basketball team, Coach Dave Rose had one concern, that the teams chemistry would come together quickly. After nine games thus far, the team is undefeated at holds claim to three tournament titles, and are winning their games by an average of 29 points. We are they experienced little trouble winning their third title in two weeks. L.A. Tiade Tech fell first and fell hard losing to Dixie 115-7Rancho Santiago assumed the position next to 9-- We are getting better with each getting better each with said game, the Rose, 95-6- more worthy -- Dave Rose, head basketball coach learning their roles. After winning the s, Pasadena didn't of a contest be much to prove game 108-9- scoring title at this tournament for Dixie averaging over 18 points a game. Weve got some big games coming up, said Rose, we only 123-9- 94-5- losing by 17, Troy Tournament at the Dixie Center. The Rebels began the tourney by beating up the Southern Utah either losing by 35, but still came up well short Brewer came away with the Barstow tournament, the Rebels hosted the Smiths Classic look ahead a game at a time. The Rebels will begin the hunt for their fourth tournament title tonight In the against Barstow, Dixie led by a slim points at halftime before going on to win by 27, Faron Hand led the Rebels in 1 1 95-6- River the Virgin hosting HotelCasino Tournament which runs through Dec. 4 at the Dixie Center. Rebels run past Pasadena at the Smiths Invitational held at the Burns Arena Nov. (Photo by Dustin Blad) 18-2- Rebels look to cap off season Is basketball discriminatory? with victory in Rotary Bowl (Continued from page 6) By Neil Buchan Sun Sports Editor the game on Thanksgiving, Leon Lett did. At this point in the season you have to say the four best teams in the league are Dallas, on the field. The Rebels were faced 1 However, all the action wasnt with a with some bad news when they Troy; San learned of an National Junior College Athletics Association of old. p their spanking Chaffey proved to be opponent, This has been a season of ups and downs for the Dixie Rebel football team. They started out the season with a disappointing loss to Phoenix and then to Mesa. But went on to post five wins in a row, including victories over the No. ranked team in the nation, Ricks College, and the highly touted Walla Walla and Snow College. healthy Emmitt and Francisco w'ho has turned up the heat with an unstoppable Jerry Rice; the Oilers in the AFC look very tough, they appear to be peaking at the right time; and toy darkhorse, the Steelers. Granted they lost some tough games but their defense ranks up there with the steel curtain take a game. guys are really championship 9-- 0 investigation into back-u- p running back Dino Glover. The final decision on this matter is still pending. This Saturday, the Rebels season will come to an end when they face Coffeyville Community College at Hansen Stadium. The Rebels will look to improve on The Rotary Bowl will attract an estimated crowd of close to 6,000 people. The festivities will be under-waon Thursday night with a banquet to welcome players, y coaches and guests of Dixie College and Coffeyville. The key note speaker of the banquet will be Gifford Nielson. Nielson is sports director of KHOU-TV- , Channel 11 News in Houston, Texas, although Utah fans best remember him as a star quarterback at Brigham Young University in the seventies. He placed fifth in the balloting for th,e Heisman Trophy and was named in 1978. He was later inducted to the Utah Hall of Fame. Nielson also played eight seasons for the Houston Oilers primarily as a back-u- p quarterback. The banquet will begin at 7 p.m. at the Dixie Center, tickets are $14. The football game on Saturday at 12 p.m. at Hansen will kick-of- f Stadium. Blacks were not even allowed to play in the National Basketball Association until 1950, when Nat Sweetwater Clifton was drafted for the New York Knicks and Chuck Cooper was drafted for the Boston Celtics. Although some of the most memorable players are black, there are some outstanding white players. Rick Barry is remembered as one of the best back court players to ever play the game. John Stockton of the Utah Jazz is one of the best guards in the NBA and Lairy Bird will always be remembered as one of the best shooters of the league, just to name a few. But why should we have to make the distinction of black and white. No matter what color of the player is, if he can play the game, he will and if he is good he will be remembered. The solution the author presents does not seem to be a solution at all. is raised, blacks will still have an advantage, if they can indeed jump higher than whites. And if the basket is lowered, again, blacks will still have the advantage. I don't understand the logic, if their is any, in this suggestion. If the basket Personally, I think if you enjoy the game of basketball, it wont matter the color, religion, or even the height of the players. Just sit back, relax and cheer for your favorite team. has been hurt in some And as for the white man whose way because of the number of blacks in the game today or because of his genetic differences, my suggestion is for him to prove himself, color isnt a factor, its how you play the game. |