Show I J I B8— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday January 12 2003 Prime Continued from B1 machine right now hoping that they'll buy into it and keep going to the hoards like this" Morrill said Tabbed as the favorite to win the Big West this season following their championship run last March the Gauchos (2-- 2 have thus far found those lofty expectations difficult to live up too Even when they managed to get a good look against USLTs defease Saturday the shots simply wouldn't fall and Santa Barbara ended up shooting under 35 percent from the floor "You have to give them credit defensively" USCB head coach Bob Williams said "but our inability to shoot the ball was really a factor tonight Part of it was the great job they do defensively The other part of it was that we weren't knocking down shots "We normally knock down 5-- 9) open Inspired by the television cameras and a raucous crowd the Aggies got off to a 6-- 0 start and held the Gauchos without a field goal fa nearly minutes Utah State led 12-- 7 when Fullove drove into the lane for a score to pull UCSB to within three points with 15:20 to go in the first half but that would be the Gauchos' last field goal for almost 13 minutes A 9-- 1 spurt by the Aggies— highlighted by six straight points from Harris off passes from three-and-a-h- ' KEARNS (AP) — Canada’s Jeremy Wotherspoon was a surprise double medalist Saturday while the United States’ Jennifer Rodriguez made a victorious return to the World Cup speed-skatin- g tour in the women’s 1000-meter- s In the day's other race Germany’s Monique Garbrecht-Enfel- Barbara was averaging just 15 free throws per game but the Gauchos dropped in attempts in the first half alone 13-of-- an not" Morrill said of the strong-arme- Nelson d " But dt 500-met- er Eli he is a good passer no ques- tion" Finally going to the line themselves down the stretch the Aggies pulled away by as many as 21 points on the perforstrength of a mance at the foul line Yada yada: Brown totaled AP photo McNabb looks for an Philadelphia quarterback Donovan open receiver during Saturday's game against Atlanta longtime rivals have played e Houston since the Oilers were the Steelers biggest thorns in the late Booted one-tim- Continued from B3 Nedney who missed from 48 yards on the final play of regulation thought he’d blown it when he missed from 31 yards “We don't get second chances very often and I didn’t expect another one” Nedney said “Sorry if I gave everyI went from body gray hairs the worst kick 1970s It was so close each team had exactly 324 yards at the warning and so intense that Steelers quarterback Tommy Maddox and Titans coach Jeff Fisher once began screaming at each other and had to be separated There were multiple injuries and multiple comebacks — of course since Maddox was involved “This is very hard to swallow" Maddox said who rallied the Steelers from a double-dig- it deficit for the third time in three weeks “It's frustrating it's heartbreaking" Nedney kicked a tying with 5:40 remaining cr for McNair was touchdowns two and 338 yards and ran for another in a game that was nearly as dramatic as the Music City Miracle against Buffalo three years ago This one was a tense hardhitting game that sidelined stars Plaxico Burress (hip) and Kendrell Bell (ankle) of Pittsburgh and Eddie George (concussion) of Tennessee — exactly the kind of game the touchdown" With both players sprawled on the field the crowd's groans turned to cheers when they spotted a yellow flag back downfield A holding penally against Travis Claridge negated the score: two plays later Jay Feely missed a field goal that seemed to sap some life out of the Falcons “I felt they were nitpicking a lot of things" Claridge said The Philadelphia defense with four Pro Bowlers came up huge against one of the NFL's highest-scorin- g offenses The Falcons failed to score a touchdown for only the second time all season At the end the field was circled by dozens of police motorcycles lights blinking But there was no need to hold off the crowd which filed out with "Philadelphia Freedom" blaring on the loudspeaker This was merely a preliminary — nothing less than a trip to the Super Bowl will do for a team that lost in the NFC title game a year ago "It was really a gritty win" coach Andy 37-ya- rd after Jeff Reed's put Pittsburgh up 3 28 The Steelers had rallied for the second time in the game tying 40-yard- er 1 -- ll on Maddox’s touchdown pass to Hines Ward and former quarterback it at 28-a- 21-ya- rd Ward's conversion flip to Burress with just over 10 minutes remaining In a season where the NFL set a record with 25 overtime games the Titans got the ball IIDAHO LOTTERY! Tpfowi ms SATURDAY JAN Trailing Garbrecht-Enfel- dt (3750) in the race were Sp Academy et cor-nerha- 42-ya- rd nt 13-pl- tackle by Washington gave Tennessee a big play and the Titans were quickly in field goal position With the Steelers calling timeout Nedney kicked a field goal that sent fireworks shooting over the stadium But the kick did not count and Nedney laughed as he lined up again This time Nedney missed -- — but the penalty gave him another chance and left Cow her covering his face On the next play Nedney kicked it right down the middle to win the game After the Steelers rallied from an early 14-- 0 deficit it was close the rest of the way ‘ George hadn't fumbled in 240 carries only to do it twice in less than a quarter to set up two Steelers touchdowns Fitness —(jrRacquet Club - 1 ISSSKHOXLvaUT 1 Mi UfH in MSI 4HKI7501 14341 43SH17S00 Let our Certified Personal Trainers Guidevoujo Great v v" 2 5x : SATURDAY JAN 12 23 28 Results Each NeiirMembership 11 Receives STreeSessions WILD CAIUh KMG OF GRADES THURSDAY JAN 08 8 9 9 FRDAYJAN10 1 SATURDAY 8 3 6 JAN It 1 3 OW IS 'i i fl U time to Cana- da's Catriona Lemay Doan (3778) and Japan's Sayuri Osuga (3787) helmet-on-helm- A missed ' pbi: jiirinrTr c ' Reid said Vick made a huge mistake on Atlanta's second possession Under pressure from Darwin Walker Vick failed to spot an open receiver in the middle of the field and tried to hit Shawn Jefferson along the sideline The ball was badly underthmwn and landed right in the arms of Taylor who sprinted into the end zone Vick showed he's a better quarterback than a defender making a weak attempt to corral Taylor at the goal line Maybe it was good thing Vick didn't try to make the tackle The game took a huge toll on the Falcons' defense which had two ke losses in the secondary in the first half Free safety Keion Carpenter jammed his hit neck when making a on Ducc Staley a blow so jarring that it knocked Staley hack into the end zone He scrambled out to avoid a safety w hile Carpenter was crumpled on (he turf On the first play of tlie second quarlcr Juran Bolden tumbled while trying to defend Thrash on a deep pass Thrash made a reception while Bolden was carted off with a tom tendon in his right knee The Eagles had the Vet roaring when they lead by early in the second built a the of Taylor's TDand two product quarter field goals by David Akers But Vick guided the Falcons on a crucial 61 yard drive that turned the momentum Feely hit a 34:yard field goal with 4: 10 left in the half first 11 09 45 46 48 51 Pi you" lemy 27-of-- 11 nine-hundret- hs er of my life to a guy smacks me in the ankle and I get a second chance” 10 Behind Wotherspoon who won the 1000 in 1 minute 789 seconds was the Netherlands’ ErbenWennemars (1:0810) and Joey Cheek (1:0820) of the United States Wotherspoon’s winning time in the 500 earlier in the day was 3441 seconds which lowered his own Canadian national record for the distance but was of a second off the world record While Japan's Joji Kato couldn’t match the Canadian's fast pace around the Utah Olympic In the third Vick turned on his afterburners and appeared to tie the game up for the Falcons On second down from the Philly 20 Vick dropped back to pass but found a seam up the middle He took a vicious hit from Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins but ricocheted into the end zone for an apparent TD “It was no time to be a hero” said Vick sidelined for one play after having the wind knocked out “I was just trying to score a early touchdown that put the Eagles ahead and Vick & Co never caught up The game was billed as a matchup between two of the game's shining stars: Pro Bowl quarterMcNabb the two-tim- e back against the guy he once showed around the Syracuse campus McNabb showed right away that his right ankle was OK On Philadelphia’s second offensive play he broke off the run that got the Eagles out of a deep hole answering any doubts about the state of his ankle “I was just trying to make a play” McNabb said "They did a wonderful job in coverage but left a running lane for me” The Falcons after falling behind 13-- 0 made a game of it until McNabb sealed the victory with 6:26 remaining at the Philadelphia 35 On fourlh-and-- 1 McNabb got some huge blocks up front to hold off the blitzing Falcons and threw to James Thrash who spun away from Ray Buchanan and raced all the way to the end zone for the only offensive touchdown of the night McNabb completed 20 of 30 for 247 yards He also ran four times for 24 yards The Vick who made the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter finished 22 of 38 passing for 274 yards He also ran for 30 yards on six carries v LuceroHerald Journal 16 assists with just one turnover in USU's two games this week UCSB's leading scorer Fullove was held well below his scoring average of 157 ppg while teammate 15 Mark Hull his seaon was exactly points) son average 19-ya- rd V dt much” Utah State's Toraino Johnson left takes a shot over UCSB's Bryan Whitehead during Saturday's game finished Oval the second in a world junior record time of 34 88 seconds ' Third was Wennemars (3503) Even though Rodriguez won the Olympic ' bronze medalist at the Winter Olympics on this same oval a year ago she wasn’t a favorite Saturday as she had bypassed the World Cup’s Asian swing earlier in the season “I didn’t know how I'd do against the other skaters” said the American who was in the first pair to race and had to sit through nine other pairs before she knew her time of 1 : 1 448 would stand up Garbrecht-Enfelfinished second in 1:1454 while the United States' Chris Witty was third in 1:1466 While Garbrecht-Enfeldt saw her four-rac- e winning streak in the 1000 snapped she still had the 500-metvictory “It’s hard to stay on top" said the German who moved to Salt Lake City after the Olympics to train on the oval "Everybody wants to beat - er Continued from B3 ifM-- S won the women's event Wotherspoon stretched his winning streak at 500 meters to five consecutive races and won his first 1000-metrace of the season with a gritty performance after his opponent Jan Bos of the Netherlands fell early on “I didn't really know what happened’’ said Wotherspoon who raced only the clock through the final two laps ‘‘It didn’t really affect me that Eagles Mfc Speedskatingl ' a line get to the free-thro- w Coming into the game Santa Penigar closed out the half with four points in the final two minutes for the Aggies but the senior drew the ire of Morrill when an overzealous celebration following a successful jumper resulted in an early layup for the Gauchos In the process of berating Penigar USU's head coach even lost his chewing gum The Aggies however kept their composure enough to enjoy a 36-2- 9 lead at halftime and after a brief lull at the start of the second half put the Gauchos away much the same way they dispatched of the Cal Poly Mustangs on Thursday After UCSB got to within 37-3- 3 Utah State's man-tomdefense started racking up the stops — without fouling — in and Butler's first over a month helped spark a 16-- 6 run that was wrapped up full-cou- rt Nelsori-to-Cha- d a by Evans connection for a slam dunk off an inbounds pass "He jokes that he's John Elway I remind him that he is on ice Good for three different guards — resulted in a 28-1- 7 advantage by the hosts and a timeout by Williams But despite USU's 50 percent shooting ip the first half and UCSB's woeful 28 percent effort the Aggies were unable to pull away further due to the Gauchos' ability to X t |