Show Section Monday November 17 2003 ' Page The Herald journal 1 Bad team no fans futile situation Inside USU women’s basketball program had little hope of success in 1987 : There was absolutely ship from the coaching stalT ' To the surprise of some it wasn't 5'1 nil support’’ said Rixl ' Tueller the school's ath- - entirely a financial dilemma: time the letic director at v Tueller stresses that gender equity ' ilnil the person who issues more than anything forced serifs during its final season the This is the first of a Jive-pa4' 1986-8- 7 the and demise resurrect chronicling campaign It was sTurn of the Utah State' women 's hit as bad or worse than any ketball program which resumes play ' of the Clippers' squads from the past 20 years Friday against Southern Utah after f v But there is a problem hiatus a rt a 16-w- ar in substituting '’Aggies'' for“qippeni"- in that By David Cordero c!a ' ' ' no one cared £ when the USU women There was an old joke where a man calls the Los Angeles Clippers' Mi played '‘V You'd hear the squeak- ticket office to ask about that ' ing of sneakers coaches evening's game time The employee's response: When yelling and rims rattling at the Spectrum when the team had a can you make it? The same could be said for the : game But little else' Utah State women's basketball team ' You see feSR $&& Syw l and the Lakers face the B2 Heat n os Angeles Karl '&&' T Sports briefs ’ Calvillo Alouettes 1987 ‘There were mdre &'' resources to' women's sports in them in line with the ller said the administration didn't'l That the Spectrum was allo(any where near as many schoU a ghost town in the latter arships hr nioney to the women's years of the basketball program as its mule counterpiiri' & We were just scrambling eco- program is only part of the reason why women's hoops wasnomically and numerically td stay up axed There were other issues ' See BAD on B3 including gender equity and leader: ' orderip men''fS - fi ‘ m '1 National Football Loague lose Grey Cup game REGINA Saskatchewan (AP) — Jason Tucker caught two touchdown passes and Edmonton got even with the Montreal Alouettes with a 2 victory Sunday that gave the Eski- mos the Grey Cup - A crowd of 50909 saw Edmonton win its first Canadian Football League title since 1993 and the 12th in the team's history The Eskimos avenged a 6 loss to Montreal in last year's championship game in Edmonton and prevented the Alou--- ettes from winning consecutive Cups for the first time fucker caught seven passes for ' £41'3'2 yards and was named the " ' game's outstanding player ‘It’s wonderful” Tucker said We've had a goal since we lost last year : that we were going to win it this year and that’s what's kept us " going all season’’ Former Aloiiette Mike Pringle ? who went to Edmonton last winter §t after a bitter feud with Montreal'? scored on a run and Ray also" OD® 34-2- Bengals end Chiefs’ run 25-1- at 9 By in a row The Associated Press Y£- : ' Fop the corks and make the toast' yoii '72 Dtilphjns The perfiect record is': safe for (ne more season! & ' ' ' It’s guaranteed With a punt return and a iong touch- down catch Peter Warrick eclipsed Kansas City’s play makers iind let the Ml rd if 'to Trying become the first teamlbgd a IO-- since the J998 Broncos the less-J- I Chiefs unraveled against 'f the Bengals (5-- 5 ) who finished the day'' r tieti for first afterinaking Chad John-- ‘ sbn's guarantee come'true4$l t -- SK- whdwas on the other side of the ball The fact that it was Montreal 04 just icing oil the cake” gwasFormer Utah State qu Anthony Calvillo threw TD passes to Cahoonand Sylyain Girard'SJI While running tack Deonce passed to Pat Woodcock ftS'ef Montreal in is O than-perfe- ct have aguy I’comeout and shoot his mouth making pj:‘The worstthingis to 5-- Whitak-- 1 for a TD ’ 7 lOGrey Cup’$ MMi meetings with Edmonton in one of ' stalement and they stood up toit” Chiefs cornerback Eric Wariield said 3-- - - ‘ - unaeteaiea the last win-- p less team falls each season reveling in I 'their distinction: Warrick mode this unbeaten (cam fall hard ‘ 'That’s havjng my hack’) 'said John-- l son Who apologized to some of the Chiefs on the field for his guarantee1 “They didn't leave me hanging in lheM wind and I didn't want to leave theirt hanging in the wind" ' The victory left them into a first- place tie with Baltimore in the AFC NorthiThe Bengals haven't been in contention this latein a season since 1 990 the last time they had a winning " record Warrick a top draft pick who symbolized their 12 years of misery pulled off the plays that got diem out of the ' for 122 yards including two pass interference calls: Edmonton had 14 “i yssaflags thrown against them but their' only resulted in a loss of jpenalhes 67 yards Montreal also fumbled ' i three times losing the tall once “You add that up and you add lip that wedidn't play well on offense ’inthe second half”said Calvillo ’ last year’s MVP who went for 371 yards and two touchdowns - '? mm 1 22-for-- Sunday's scoros NFL ' : V St Louis 23 Chicago 21 Houston 12 Buffalo 10 Miami 9 Baltimore 6OT Carolina 20 Washington 17 Tennessee 10 Jacksonville 3 New Orleans 23 Atlanta 20 OT Cleveland 44 Arizona 6 'Cincinnati 24 Kansas City 19 Philadelphia 28 NY Giants 10 Indianapolis 38 NY Jets 31 Denver 37 San Diego 8 ' Seattle 35 Detroit 14 ' Oakland 28 Minnesota 18 Green Bay 20 Tampa Bay 13 : New England 12 Dallas 0 r NBA TorontolOl Houston 97 20T Sacramento 1 06 Golden State 1 04 LA Lakers 99 Miami 77 ' 7-- : NHL Phoenix 2 Columbus 2 tie Atlanta 5 Florida Z NY Rangers 2 Chicago 2 tie Anaheim 4 SL Louie 3 On folaviclcn 7 pm FOXSN — Ortando S at Utah pm ESPN2 — Preseason NIT first round Yale at Connecticut 7pm ABC — Pittsburgh at San Francisco tl Dolphins gel f together for a toast when g malaise Johnson was in the trainer's room ' getting intravenous fluids for cramps when Warrick made one cut and head- ed upfleld On a punt return " : ' - 68-ya- rd AP photo ' Cincinnati's RucM Turnovers did in QBCox bouncing back after Saturday’s By See NFL oa B3 Johnson (32) rushed for 165 yards in the Bengals' 24 19 win over Kansas City Sunday Shawn Haniuon sports editor Hall scare at BCS those seven takaways into two touchdowns But it was enough as the Trojians left ' Logan with a 4 win ' ‘“Our defense just kept coming up with the tall" Troy State head coach Liny Blakeney said But the Trojan coach pointed to the first 30 minutes of the game as being crucial and turning the tall tack over just once T had watched tape of them hanging some big numbers early On guys that came in here" Blakeney said “Arkansas State they (Aggies) were before they turned up 21 around and the same thing with Middle So we were fortunate to get Tennessee those scores" The first came after die USU defense had meetings Conference where USU pbys foottaU 23-1- After averaging just over two turnovers a game die Aggie offense couldn’t seem to keep their funds on die pigskin last Satur day Utah Stale entered the home finale leading the Sun Belt Confer ence in turnover margin at plus seven in league games and was third in overall games at plus two That dunged in a huny The Aggies turned the tall over seven times the most since the season finale in 1996 when they had eighL seemed like just when we would start moving the football and making some plays we'd fumble it" USU head coach Mick Dennehy said ' Visiting Troy Stale was only able to turn - : Change could be on the horizon for die Bowl Cham- At least ouiis seiingUtrii Same Uni Vtaridem Kemnt L Hafl QJ0 It MHHJT Umi 2m am SWCW headed up being a food ' rto-nothi- ng SeeAGGIES u B3 Titmedoutihewayl expected we nude real progress" Hafl said in a ini : andte ' The five left ont of BCS deal iu Y'iS |