Show s pw pi i yiro - W The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 24 1995 — Page 9 Longhorns on pace to win SWC AUSTIN Texas (AP) — Only once in the past years has No 9 Texas won the Southwest Conference title outright But with a 3 victory over Baylor Thursday night the Longhorns — the program in the history of the SWC — have put themselves in position to be on top when they say goodbye to the league The conference is disbanding after this season The Longhorns 0 SWC) will meet rival Texas A&M next week and if the beat Texas Christian on SatAggies (7-- 2 urday A&M and Texas will play on Dec 2 for a berth in either the Orange or Sugar bowls With redshirt freshman Richard Walton offense in place of leading a injured quarterback James Brown Texas rode its defense to victory against Baylor (7-- 4 5- - 2) 1 1 and next week we play for all the marbles” Texas coach John Mackovic said “We have said all along we wanted to be playing on Dec 2 for the championship It should bi' a real classic against a great team” Baylor which dominated the Longhorns in time of possession in the first half but couldn't collect any points likely saw its bowl hopes disappear “Without James Brown they are not the same team but they still have a lot of weapons” Baylor coach Chuck Reedy said “Their defense really rose up and played 21-1- win-ninge- st 81-yc- ai 6-- (9-1- -1 4-- 1) slow-starti- “We've clinched at least a well” horns had 1 yard of offense and no first downs Walton was spraying errant passes all over the field and Baylor defenders were having no trouble reading the Texas quarterback But Texas put the brakes on Baylor's explosive running attack limiting the Bears to 164 yards of offense without a score in the first half The strong defensive effort gave Walton enough time to finally find his fooling He hit touchtight end Pat Fitzgerald on a down pass with 4:39 left before intermission The play accounted for most of Texas' 103 yards “The line did a fabulous job” Walton said “I didn't have a good first couple series I AP photo wasn't in the groove When I hit Fitzgerald it Texas wide receiver Mike Adams (83) follows his blockers as he returns was about time for us to do something” the opening kickoff against Baylor Texas won the game 70-ya- rd first-ha- lf and who opened the game finished for 121 yards without an interception started in place of Brown who sprained his left ankle last week in a victory Walton ng against Texas Christian After the first six possessions the Long- -9 21-1- 3 Indiana survives Alaska scare A farewell victory for Goff Blue Devils welcome coach back to bench with triumph ANCHORAGE Alaska (AP) — The Great Alaska Shootout has a long history of bringing highly regarded teams crashing to earth Indiana ranked No 23 pulled out of a tailspin with four seconds left against Division II Alaska Anchorage and limped off with a bruised reputation and a 9 in the first round the of victory 18th Shootout d In the other game 84-7- first-roun- Thursday night Duke got 18 points from Greg Newton as the Blue Devils celebrated the return of coach Mike Kryzyzcwski with a blowout over Old Dominion 75-5- 5 Indiana coach Bobby Knight agreed his Hoosicrs were less than impressive the wrong “Let me tell you team won We got outplayed out-hustl- ed and Knight said “It's just an absolute shame they lost the game I'd feel better if they had won “We’re not very good and I don't mean that in any way to detract from the other kids because they made us not good” Not until Todd Lindcman grabbed his missed free throw and muscled in a shot at the buzzer was Indiana's victory behind by 11 but scratched back 7 and led with 10:43 left The game was tied at 67 with 6:31 to go but the Hoosiers’ superior height enabled them to hold off the Seawolves Brian Evans led the Hoosiers 58-5- Duke (1-got a strong inside from Newton who finished game with 18 points and a team-hig- h 0) six rebounds Ricky Price of them in the chipped in 16 14 first half Jeff Capel whose father coaches Old Dominion helped with 23 points and Neil Reed sink the Monarchs with 12 points had 19 including four “I think Capcl's performance was outstanding considering the Ryan Williams the only circumstances” Krzyzewski said player as tall as matched Evans with 23 points Capcl's father Jeff said it was Stafford had 12 in the second half hard on both of them to play one another “I knew what he was and 20 overall Indiana plays Duke and No 6 going to do and I just didn’t want Connecticut faces No 10 Iowa in to see it” the elder Capel said tonight's semifinals Duke showed its familiar inteni WE NOW DO CUSTOM MUFFLER AND EXHAUST WORK! sity with Krzyzewski back on the bench after missing the Blue Devils’ last 19 games with back (1-- 0) Sea-wolv- es ATLANTA (AP) — Kanon Parkman thought he had blown Georgia's opportunity to give fired coach Ray Goff a victory in his farewell game as punishment for missing two days of practice during the week scored both Georgia touchdowns At game's end victorious Goff was hoisted on his players' shoulders lie didn't Parkman's field goal with 47 seconds remaining knuckled through the uprights us the Bulldogs rallied from a 14-- 0 deficit to beat Geor7 gia Tech Thursday “I told Kanon that was the worst looking field goal that looked best I've ever seen in my life” 34-ya- rd I le was fired Saturday because the Bulldogs (6-failed to show' the “significant improvement” mandated by athletic director Vince Dooley when he record kept Golf on the job after last year’s “I'm just very thankful that we came back” Goff said “If you're gonna leave it's really hard to leave if you lose your last game to your biggest rival For me going out it adds a little sweetness to it" The defeat knocked the Yellow Jackets (6-out of a possible hid to the C'urquest Bowl and made the Bulldogs eligible lor postseason play although a hid wasn't certain 5) 18-1- said “When I looked at -1 Goff it short” thought it was I Parkman said “It wasn't pretty but it was good" He said he kicked the ground behind the hull in his attempt to get off a high kick “It was sort of like a chip shot out of the rough” Torin Kirtscy benched for the opening quarter AMTH DETAILING?! 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Quality problems I ServiceJ “I'm happy to be back but I was a little nervous” Krzyzewski acknowledged “I was nervous ATHLETIC-CU- — r 5) Post Dated Checks 50" - ‘200 QUICK CHECK 750-785- SUITS T $17995 -- $27995 Compare to "Men's Wearbouse1" at $275 EXCHANGE 0 A 3 AvjiljMr al RATER " SHOPl Downtown Login 5 about the kids I’m not nervous about winning or losing" Krzyzewski said he tried not to show that nervousness because he was afraid it would rub off on his young team But he said the Blue Devils were jittery and it showed in the first half The teams traded the lead six times and were tied three times in assured Anchorage closed to 9 the first half before Duke's on a tip-i- n by Rick Stafford defense began forcing costly with four seconds left Monarch turnovers The Blue half- ‘I've never been as proud of a Devils raced from a 6 with team in piy 16 years hejey’ tlTHQglCiU Anchorage coach Charlie isf2:Uks(7pfc “We're not world-beatesaid “This is what you want a by team to be like This is the way any stretch of the imagination but I think we have a chance to be a the game should be played" 82-7- 31-2- rs The Seawolves (4-1- fell ) good team" Krzyzewski said Sports turkey of the year award — Belle By Rubin Grant Scripps Howard News Service It's after Thanksgiving and while most folks arc trying to find some place to store the remains I thought I'd offer up the Sports Turkey of the Year as a post-holid- feast ay The turkeys cr nominees (in no particular order): — Marge Schott: The Cincinnati Reds ow ner is nominated for have turned into fight night on the court it's evident Stem made an absurd decision to lock out the regular refs He needs to get them kidding back before somebody gets 7 killed Washing" wu“ jlnvGluvk'" N nui''y fv ' Commentary — Art Model!: He has no business turning his back on the loyal fans of the Browns in Gcveland and moving the team to Baltimore — Jerry Jones: Owners such as him will turn the NFL into what baseball has become: a game in sheer stupidity and not just because she got rid of an excellent manager in Davcy Johnson who guided the team to the NL Championship Scries — George Stcinbrcnncr: lie'll disarray — Steve Spurrier: Coach Supebe nominated as long as he owns 's decisions to run up the rior the New York Yankees and not on Tennessee and Georgia score I Straw berry just for signing Darry w hat a classless act he has show for it and making impossible become If he doesn't watch it Bucky Show alter to return as the he'll fall into that team's manager next year Knight category — Albert Belle: His rude — The Baseball Network: It behavior during the World Scries was idiotic to broadcast the playwas just another instance of his off games on a regional basis and inane acts dumber that the World even — Gars Moeller: His drunken wasn't televised solely on Scries tirade last spring cost him one of network one Thank goodness the best college football coaching came baseball to its senses and jobs in the nation at Michigan it with did away — Bobbv Cox Warren Moon — Hootie Ingram: For a man Lawrence Phillips et al: Anyone claimed to be so loyal to who arrested or w ho would be accused he should have Alabama or abuse on charges of spousal before the NCAA came resigned smacking an old girlfriend down so hard on the Crimson deserves to be here — Bohb) Knight: Like Schott Tide football program Perhaps the Tide would have gotten off and Stcinbrcnncr he is an annual A YOU PAID MORE FOR Schott-Stein-brenn- nominee his berating of a last post game interview liaison TournaNCAA the spring during ment notw ithstanding — Alonzo Mourning: His decision to turn down a reported contract offer from S 11 the Charlotte Hornets that forced a trade to the Miami Heat shows he values money more than winhave ning The Hornets would contender been a championship with him — Charles Barkley: His talk of retirement a little thin is every year wearing — David Stern: As several NBA games in the young season en-aga- in off-aga- in with a less severe penalty — Boxing fans: How could anybody pay as much as S50 to farce of a fight watch a between Mike Tyson and Peter or McNccIcy on $1500 to be al ringside? 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