Show & season off Richard Rosenblatt Football Writer former Razorback Houston Nutt back home Also Eddie Robinson finally retired after 55 seasons at Grambling and former Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams returns to coach his alma mater Fbr die first time in what seems like an eternity Ron Powlus is not the quarterback at Node Dame Jarious Jackson is But of greater significance the Golden Dome wu tarnished in the offseason when Joe Moore successfully sued over his 1996 dismissal by coach Bob Davie and an internal investigation turned up two rules violations that could bring NCAA sanctions “You jure can’t pay attention to it” Irish tackle Mike Rosenthal said “It’s never been a distraction” Joe Paterno is looking at No 300 If Penn State beats Southern Mississippi on Sept 5 Paterno should become the sixth college coach to get 300 wins when the Nittany Lions play Bowling Green on SepL 12 at State College We’re looking forward to the season anxious to get it going” said Ohio State coach John Cooper whose team opens at No 1 for the first time in 18 years “Fbr die first time in history we have a system where No 1 and No 2 will meet on the field in the last gone and I’m all for that" So is Bobby Bowden whose Seminoles are ranked second “Our goal every year is to be No 1 when the season ends1 Bowden said “What does that do to you? It leaves you no room for error although maybe you get one error Hie year we won fat 1993 we lost a game to Notre Dame But if you go errorless you 1906 27 August Utah Logan ’98 Get ready for one quirky college football season When Ohio State wants to be like Michigan Tom Osborne watches Nebraska games on TV and Florida State goes with Chris Weinke at quarterback you know this fall will be filled with firsts Speaking of firsts the Bowl Championship Series emerged from the bowl alliance with a guaranteed matchup fans have been screaming for — No 1 vs No 2 in the final game of the season at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan 4 in Temne Aria Then there’s die Rose Bowl which joins die Ibstitos Fiesta FedEx Orange and Nokia Sugar in the BCS and brings the Big Ifcn and Pac-1- 0 with it Along the way the Rose found itself with another name for the first time — the Rose Bowl presented by AT&T Changes took place on campus too Longtime assistant Frank Solicit is in at Nebraska after Osborne ended his head coaching career in style — his 255th victory finishnl off a prefect season and title with Michigan brought a "We’re going to do everything we can to keep it going” Soiich said “We’ll not change a lot of things because it makes sense not to” Soiich hupieoty of company as a first-yecoach lexis dumped John Mackovic and hired Mack Brown away from North Carolina which promoted longtime assistant Carl Totbush Southern California fired John Robinson and went fbr Paul Hacked and Arkansas ousted Danny Ford and brought ld 25-ye- ar ar 10 Page firsts sit Do Eddt in' f9S offfi got a chance to win the darned thing” With Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf and wide receiver Randy Moss now in the NFL a slew of stars are ready to fill their deals Start with Hass’ Ricky Williams who needs 1928 yards to become the NCAA’s all-tileading rusher And move on to uarterbacks Cade McNown of UCLA Tim Couch of Kentucky and 1Daunte Culpepper of Central Florida and backs JR Redmond of Arizona State and Amos Zereoue of West Virginia Breakthrough seasons can come from Utmost anywhere but keep an eye on quarterbacks Michael Bishop of Kansas State andRyanKealy of Arizona State as well as running backs Jamal Lewis of Tennessee and Trims Minor of Florida State Wideouts David Boston of Ohio State Peter Warrick of Florida State and Terry Holt of North Carolina Stale are primed fbr huge seasons On defense look for all-stperfor-ker- s mances from Andy Katzen-moyJevon Keane of Florida and Dat Nguyen of Tbxas A&M comerbacks Dre’ Bfy of North Carolina Antoine infield of Ohio State and Champ Bailey of Georgia and defensive ends Mike Rucker of Nebnw-k- a and Rabaire Smith of Michigan State Ohio State which had its title chances slip away in ’95 and 96 with late losses to Michigan hopes to duplicate its Big Ten rival’s championship season of a year ago The Buckeyes though are against fie! last 10 years This could be die Buckeyes' turn Joe Germaine no longer riiares fie quartoback ar er spot and could produce a Heisman-typ- e season especially with Boston and Dee Miller catching his passes Katzenmoyer leads a ferocious defense Also Ohio State has a favorable schedule after opening at West Virginia on Sept 5 “All fiat matters is how we finish"' Katzenmoyer said “It doesn't matter where we start” Michigan not only has to try to replace Woodson but Rose Bowl MVP Brian Griese is gone and either Trim Brady or Drew Henson has step up fbr the Wolverines to have a chance to repeaL Osborne whose team went 49-- 2 with three national titles in his final four seasons may not even attend the Huskers' opener on Aug 29 against Louisiana Ibcfa He was on the Nebraska coaching staff for 36 years Weinke a high school who left the Seminoles in 1990 and spent six years playing baseball in die Toronto Blue Jays’ system returned to Florida State at the rij Dan Kendra spring game and is out for “I never felt so good about a sophomore quarterback” Bowden said even though Weinke has thrown only 13 passes in eight yean “He took a couple of shots in practice and came out OK Now it’s just a matter of gaining a link success and he should go on from there” Says Weinke: “They have confidence in me All I lack is experience I'm ready” The Seminoles have a tough road to Tempe They open against Haas A&M in an See FIRSTS on Page 12 II 2 4 12 St Foothill Favorite Combo 6 Sandwich Chips ' CHILD'S PACKAGE 21oz Drink STUDENTfPAC Paradise Ice Ttiice Bar Age0-12yeir- re Flex Hinge Frame Ite35 24 a yr yvuTHuwj Y Againtt Breakage rPlASncSdATCHSi iRBiSTAW'LHBS : 4 £ A i: y mJL tlfWOrs 00 BALDWIN OPTICAL “DOCTOR RECOMMENDED OPTICIANS” Cache Valley Mall 752-61MON SAT 10 AM - 9 PM 10 1! 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