| Show The Herpld Journal Logan Utah Monday November 17 2003 — B3 ning's favorite targets Marvin Har rison and Marcus Pollard the Colts (8-still found a way to win Eagles 28 Giants 10 Donovan McNubb threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns and Brian Westbrook caught two TD passes and run for a score in the Eagles' tilth straight victory The two-tim- e NFC East champion (7-have won seven of eight Eagles after opening the season with two losses at home The Giants (4-have lost two in a row including an embarrassing 27-- 7 loss to Atlanta lust week McNubb heavily criticized for his poor performance in the first six games completed 24 of 30 pusses for his fourth straight solid effort and fifth career 3(X)-yuperformance Rams 23 Bears 21 ' Jeff Wilkins kicked a 3 1 yard field goal with 38 seconds left to help the Rams win for the sixth time in seven' : games Marshall Faulk ran for 103 yards arid the Rums (7-overcame a 14-- 3 halftime deficit Wilkins’ third field goal came after the Rams moved 67 yards behind six completions from Marc Bulger including a 2 NFL win total from last year's expansion season Buffalo (4-6failed to score a touchdow n for the third straight game and kicker Rian lmdcHcoin- pounded the problem by missing two field goals Broncos 37 Chargers 8 Jake Plummer showed no signs of rust' in his first game in a month and the Broncos kept Doug Flutie in cheek ’ IXnver (6-came living out-oits bye week totaling 448 yards and taking a 27-- 0 halftime lead' alter holding Sari Diego to 18 yards and one first down Plummer played as if lie had never left hilling 23 of 34 passes for 253 yards and three louchdow ns alter missing four games with Hi and shoulder injuries Shannon Sharpe caught seven passes for 101 yards and had three touchdown receptions to' surpass Jerry Smith’s league record by a tight end with 6J Raiders 28 Vikings 18" Phillip Buehanon scored oii a W- seconds yard interception return-4into ihe game and third-strin- g quarterback Rick Mirer caliiily helped the e Raiders end a losing ' ' streak Daunte Culpepper passed for 396 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score But his mistakes far outweighed his contributions us Min-- ' lost its fourth straight nesota (6-With two fumbles and three inter- ccplions he had live of his team's six turnovers after Minnesota came m with only nine giveaways all season Aaron Elling also missed two field goals 2) Continued from B1 early in the fourth quarter He hoisted the ball in celebration when he reached the line — and the could 72 Dolphins get ready to hoist those glasses “It was sickening" said Chiefs returner Dante flail who has run back four kicks for touchdowns this season "1 wanted to be in his 20-ya- rd 4) 6) shoes"' Warrick was just trying to prove he belongs in flail's echelon “Dante flail is a great player but today was my day to shine" said Warrick who also ran a punt back for a touchdown in his 2(XX) rookie season Packers 20 Buccaneers 13 Playing with a broken right thumb and shrugging olT five years of futili- ty at Raymond James Stadium Brett (2-8- rd ' Favre led a drive to lift Green Bay Ahman Green finished the march ' with a run that vaulted the Puckers (5-buck into the thick of ' the NFC playolT race They dealt the Bucs (4-their third straight loss to ' toTorryllolt ' The drive hurt the defending Super Bowl k was aided by champions' chances of getting back penalties for illegal contact and to the postseason illegal use of the hands on the Bears Green finished with his seventh ' 100-yaBrowns 44 Cardinals 6 game of the season gaining 109 on 21 carries Favre completed Kelly Holcomb passed for 392 1 3 of 28 passes for just 92 yards but : yards and three touchdowns and the ' threw a TD pass for the 8th straight Browns showed no signs of disarray in their rout of Arizona game The three-tim- e NFL MVP was James Jackson had twoTD runs and Phil Dawson kicked three field intercepted once but was not sacked -who ending Tampa Bay's league-recogoals for the Browns (4-streak of 69 consecutive came into the game with three ' games with at least one sack struight kisses and seemingly in lur- 17 20 Redskins Panthers moil On Tuesday coach Butch Davis' Stephen Davis scored on a ' run with 1 :09'remainiiig to help Car- released leading receiver Kevin olina beat his old U?am Johnson On Thursday the NFL sus- -' " Trying to shake off a nagging pended star running buck William ankle sprain that sidelined him last Green four games for violating the week Davis had 92 yards rushing on league's' substance abuse projgram ' '' 28 cariries for the Panthers (8-But the Browns showed no afterefdidn’t cross mid-fects Arizona (3-compared to the 54yards rushing the Redskins managed field untiMalc in the first half was After Patrick Ramsey put the Red-- outgained 235-6- 0 by halftime and 1 7-- 1 toskins (4-9 4:1 3 with finished with up just 0 first downs Titans 10 Jaguars 3 pjayon a pass to Patrick Johnson Davis stepped up io show' - ' Steve McNair threw for a touch-dow- n and the defense held off the ' Washington just whiit it gave up ' Colts 38 JeLs 31 Jaguars at the goal line in the final minule'for the Titans' fifth straight Edgerrin James ran for a season- win: high 127 yards arid three uiuch- 'downs and punter Hunter Smith' Jacksonville(2-8- ) had raced 2 1 yards on a fake field goal v needing ip seprc to force overTor the score for Indianapo- - time but the Titans stopped Chris ' Fuamatu-Ma’afala liS twice up the mid- " ' ' and Colts combined The Jets (3-dle fop I— aaa Scott McGairahan ' foi 862 total yards of 6ffertse 69 Y tackled Cortez Hankton at the 2 after ian catch then Byron Leftwich points and scored on a myriad or big and strange plays-Peytocouldn't And a receiver in tic end for zone on fourth-and-- 2 Manning was 6 Y: a season-hig- h 40 yards and one The Titans (83) have won 10 of the last 12 games ii) thisseriesThey touchdown And despite missing f three starters including two of Man- also snapped their string of games 3) 5) live-gam- 6) - : back-to-bac- ' (3-7) rd 4) 1 ni 7- 7) - 1 6) 10-ya- rd - first-arid-go- al go-ahe- ad 7) rd ond half With Black under center the Aggies did move the ball for Continued fromBLY held TroyState to start the to ' game David Fiefia returned 'the punt 16 yards to give the Aggies excellent f eld posi-- : tion'Buton the fourth play of ' : ' USU’s first offensive posses- sion Brian Majors fumbled afier gaining eight yards on a three-and-io- lysiire-hande- : reception" Troy State marched 69 yards to paydirt then held ihe The Aggies to thiee-and-oTrojans drove' 74 yards for their second score and a 14-- 0 ' ut lead' ' Belt 8 USU overall) rallied and tied the game on TD runs by quarter-bacl- c Travjs Cox and Majors onan end-arou- 3-- play n halif- - at Despite trailing time the AES'es g°1 the ball to start the second half and it was looking like another down:to- the-wifinish Then it happened On the 17-- 14 Cox's streak of 10 consecu- re chances to bum the clock and We get the game over with weren't at all that pretty in the second half" After scoring on the first ' turnover of the second half Troy State punted five times had a punt blocked fumbled for its lone turnover of the game and kneeled to run the clock out But the Trojans did have the ball for nine more minutes than USU in the sec tive games with a passing Y : touchdown came to He did pass for 140 yards jn the first half and still leads the conference in passing with 2245 yards a game The Aggies did make a big improvement in the penalty department Ranking near the bottom of the league with 104 penalties for 811 yards a game before Saturday's game USU was flagged just three times for 25 yards against the Trojans The Aggies didn't commit their first infraction until the 6:34 mark of the third quarter — an illegal block on a punt return which was questionable It did stick USU in a hole after a good return by Fiefia Fiefia finished with 146 allpurpose yards He is averagyards a ing 14145 game which ranks him 19th in the country an-en- first play of die third quarter Cox took a blow scrambling for a loose ball on a bad snap He left the game and the stadium by ambulance Cox did ' not return “They certainly missed their starter (Cox)" Blake ney said “I thought the young guy (Bryan Black) came in and he tried hard and did some good things but the turnovers ulti- mately gave us too many yanlsbut could noi'put any points on the hoard Black had three passes intercepted ' d and the normal ' ' Fiefia Josi two fumbles “He (Black) was just trying '' to make plays" Pennchy said! "If we could have held On to the fiilotbalf ii would have made it a lot easier oh him" ' Tests on Cox came back ncgativeHcwas released from the hospital Saturday evening arid attended the team banquet later that night His status for the season finale this Saturday at Idaho has not been decided ' “I got as much practice as I usually get” Black said after the game “I felt that I had a really good week-ipractice I was perfection all my checks and reads It's a little different when you're playing against a ' team though” 118 ut (3-S- Svahawks 35 Lions 6) 2) : -- '' 35-1- - 48-Va- 36-ya- rd L 4) v '' -- 35-ya- rd (a-wi- 5) - 3-- rd - i- 46-ya- rd 3) 8) ce er : - B1 ' The USU president felt the ' most important part was an ' agreement to' form a group with all 11 conference coin'- missioners and hire two inde : pendent peopletocomeup with some options from what was discussed Sunday' This group would present their findings and propose a course (if action to the presidents in ' 60 to90 days Hall called Sunday's meet:' ' ing ah “open discussion" where both sides fell free to ' express their thoughts ‘The other side has recog- -' nized we are dead serious about this" Halj said YThcre has been a growing concern across the country with this becoming more ' : just" ' Hall said those at (he meet- ing agreed not to talk about Bad with the NCAA rules and regulations" said TueJler now retired and a color ana-ly- st for USU men's basketball radio broadcasts ''None of us wanted to do it but it was basically done for survival of meeting NCAA sports classifications” Men's cross country was axed the same year women's tennis was added the following season Wrestling (whose ouster would cause an uproar) lasted another ' Y two years before facing the guillotine Men's cross country was reinstated in 1989 while women's track was added in ' : : - Over time TiielTer said the number of female participants rose significantly “It was not easy it was not fun but it was probably the right thing at the right time" he said The hoops team didn't exactly make a strong case to stay alive It had suffered through eight consecutive losing seasons in the final campaign of and went 1986-8- 7 The Aggies only win that year came at home against Mesa Junior College (San Diego) The year before was even worse Rachelle Meldnim (now Hanks) was a walk-ofreshman in 1985-8- 6 She remembers playing on a team that got hammered by 70 points against Cheryl Miller and USC at a tournament in Alaska 26 specifics right howot criticize: ideas proposed hy either Side ’ “Wc aVc notg(ing to start throwing darts' at least not ' fight now" Hiill said There will be one more meeting for ihe conference presidents but no date has been set yet Hall said The current BCS contract with independent Notre '' Dame' have ii pfellyslrong grip On the four bovyls which" pay out a large sii'in of infiney ' The state of Utah has played abig!role so far in these dis- - Y cussions! Utah Sen Orrin Hatch and Sen Bob Bennett have been involved Hallnnd University of Utah Presiderlt " Bernie Mactich who has the Mountain West ConfereneCi have been vocal ' 1 ' Y " expires after the 2006 howls and negotiations will begin next year on a new system ' Created in 998 the BCS was ’against the current scf up: ' set up to guafaniee achampi- “Utah has played a big roje that rotates to its 23 million " compared onship game between the Rose' Sugar population” Hall said Utah BYU and USU are Orange and Fiesta Bowls:The directly involved as hang up is the six conferences that created the BCS along :sch(K)ls -- rep-reseht- ' 1 - : Most of the other gamcs thhugh not as 4 lopsided were brutal nonetheless “We got killed” said Hanks now a All the lime” Millville residentthe Aggies' record was Although slightly bettcF than in their final season dissension reigned Players and coaches ' clashed suspensions were handed out and shouting matches were common “It was a rough couple of years” Hanks said “We were losing players get- -' ting in trouble there was a lot of tur- moil that's for sure" Things were so bad the schwl turned to another sport's coach Uoydenc Sear-l- e to head up the hoops squad in 1986-8- 7 - Continued from B1 - " (4-6- 43-ya- rd hearings were held by the Senate in Washington There has even been the threat of an antitrust investigation “All parties agreed there has been enough progress made that there is a real opportunity for constructive change from' the present arrangement" Hall n 14 34-ya- rd Continued from 1991 ’ Bobby Engrain tiad Iin 83yard ' punt return for it touchdown and caught ii scoring pass to help 'die Seuhuwks improve in 6-- 0 at lioiiie: V and maintain a share of the NFC AP photo v West lead with SrTjuiis ' St Louis Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins (14) and teammate Dane Looker (89) cele- - ' The w iii' was w rapped up by half- brate Wilkins' 31 yard field goal which gave the Rams the iead over the Chicago time whenSeiitlle (7:3) had3(M) Bears late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game in Chicago ' leadyards and a After DciroitVtw'ii home victories with 30 or more points at six goal with 8:48 left in overtime to win -the Lions ainodesVwin-gave it for the Dolphins Saints 23 Falcoas 20 ()T thc-ir-i streak for time in three nirtg field John Carney kicked a Marc missed It attempt : couldn!ru'voidthcir2lst yeaiS they in that would have New lift wide to Orleans overtime right goal put the on defeat road struight which rallied from a 20-- 3 first-ha- lf Miami (6-ahead with 2:29 left in Patriots 12 Cowboys 0 : month he inissed Last deficit regulation New England won this hiuch-hype- d tries that would have Deuce McAllister held to 20 yanls two meeting (if masterminds Bill in the first half finished with 173 beaten New England Belichick and Bill Parcells The' ' NFL rushing leader Jamal s yards and two touchdowns for the Patriots sparked hy two long passes Saints (5-McAllister had touchjosl afuinbleto set up Mare's criiich-e- r ' byanipsliy ineffccljveToil) ' Brady “ The Ravens (5-- 5) lost their sec: down runs of 5 and 7 yanls in the had enough offense to win their'sivth-' ' ond straightrally and Carney tied the game with straight game and give Belicliick a 2 ' ' ' field goal Texansl2 BillsJO a 26-yacareer record over Parcells ' ' New The Saints got the first possession Tony Banks came off the bench England (8-2- ) maintained of overtime but McAllister fumbled qnd hi(JYXkie receiver Andre Jihn-- load over Miami in the son for a into the end zone giving the Falcons touchdown and '(7-j" AF'CEastDallas dropped jiW Kris Brown made two field goafs'Ki ' a first-pla(2-first down on the 20 Jay Feely lie with Philadelphia in " who kicked two earlier field goals' ' v the NF?C East as Parcells wbose - Y spark the Texans ' Banks filled in for David Carr mjssed a54-yardgiving the Saints Cowboys beat iwo ofhis former thewhio 'another chance' - teams —:thc New York Giiuits and burthis right shtiulderiiv ' ' iii his first' season with Dallas first quarter!1 9 Ravens6OT Jets Dolphins ' ' 'Y matched tlieir failed field hit Marc a make ilu sweep? to 'The Texans ) Qlindo BOS said- : ) : -- second-hal- f 98-ya- rd ) - Better known for her success w ith the Aggie softball team which went 505- 369-- 2 from 1981-9- 7 under her direction Seatie stepped forward to lead the hoops team in 1986 She wasn't altogether unqualified cither She was a star at USU from 1971-7- 5 (vollcybalL basketball softball) and had applied for a graduate assistant position at Utah under Fern Gardner who had coached her in basketball at Utah Slate It seems odd that she'd apply to coach a sport she hadn't been involved with for yean but her motive was well thought three-spo- rt out She wanted to insure job security Tueller had announced previously that ironically one of three women's programs volleyball basketball or softball -- nnn-BC- S ' would he eliminated two Coaching sports insured at least cine job will remain after the decision was made! "It was a little professional strategic move there” said Seafle who attended several clinics to prepare her for the additional responsibility “tf they dropped softball 1 would continue w iti haskeu hall If they dropped basketball I would still coach softball" course I was happy (softball remained) hecause l had established some winning ways with softball" In 1 98 her nxikie year as a head coach the team won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women softball title (The NCAA had not yet recognized female athletics) Three years before that volleyball won the AIAW title followed by a second-plac- e finish in 1979 and third in 1981 These were programs with some history Basketball didn't have much It qualified for the AIAW National Tournament just once in 1972- -' “This area has been slow to pick up women's basketball and there was very little reaction in the community" Tueller said “My recollection is I never received a phone call or letter of any kind really ripping me out with regards to dropping : “Of 1 die women's program “I wouldn't say that's true with wrestling" People cared to call about that |
