| Show December 7 1997 SUNDAY n WINTER SPORTS Page Section C NIL OOTHALL 1 C-- 2 r Does Anyone Give a Cheer For Loyalty These Days? "This is a happy day" (And a day for cynicism) Ags Arslanian: GD GORDON MONSON Those were the first words that tumbled out of Utah State athletic director Chuck Bell's mouth during a press conference Aggie Saturday night at the Delta Center The AD and a deep passel of yukkety-yu- k Aggie administra- tors and alumni who drove down to the big city on their International-Harvesters and Caterpillars gathered prior to the USU-Sa- n Diego State basketball game to announce their newly signed football coach And now introducing "The timing is excellent for this" Bell said "We're very fortuWe conducted a search nate The that took us worldwide interest out there was huge One name kept coming back again 1 1 is n Happy Family BY LAURENCE M1EDEMA Utah State football players like Ken Watts affectionately refer to themselves as John L Smith's "step-children- and again" l)nvt Arnliiuliin USU President ciiMirtjt' ftinwt presented tin freshly former Weber Stale much who would replace John L Simlli Applause erupted At least there within the room all decked out In Illy Hlue See MONSON I'litfc C-1- " They are a handful of Aggies who were recruited by Coach Trent NelsonThe Charlie Weatherbie and were inherited by Smith and his coaching staff when they took over the program three years ago When Dave Arslanian was announced as USU's new head football coach Saturday evening at the Delta Center it added another branch to Watts' college coaching Salt Lake Tribune Dave Arslanian said the Utah State football coaching revolving door will stop with him He was named head coach Saturday 1 1 Boise State Outlasts The Cougs "ni! V family tree But Utah State officials believe the hiring of the longtime Weber State head coach will finally bring stability to the Aggie program "It is important to have continuity" said Aggie athletic director Chuck Bell "Everything in sports is timing This is the perfect time for Dave Arslanian" Utah State has changed coaches roughly every four years since See AGGIES Page BY C-1- 1 Rsfcri — — — — m " k w r - - — t fi--- -- v- PROVO — Brigham Young opened the NCAA women's volleyball tournament against Minnesota on Saturday night but it might as well have been an October with New Mexico or Wyoming In other words the Cougars cruised Overcoming early jitters BYU swept the Golden Gophers 15-15-and before 1487 at Smith Fieldhouse advancing to the East Regional at State College Pa And it was every bit as lopsided as it sounds The Cougars needed less than 90 minutes to dise team Except for a patch the Big Ten's nervous first game it was remarkably similar to BYU's three sweeps at last week's WAC Tournament The Cougars stifled Minnesota at just about every turn with their blocking and defense Offensively there were some problems but BYU still hit 268 and finished each game strong "We didn't play our best — I think everybody would admit that" said middle blocker Amy Steele Gant who led the Cougars with 20 kills "But we knew we would work our way out of it We stay d pretty regardless of what's going on" ? How about unbeatable? Since a Nov 1 loss at Colorado State the Cougars (28-5- ) have won eight straight matches all in three games Their next obstacle comes Thursday against Texas A&M But BYU has already swept the Aggies in August 8 15-1- 1 9 — — — — — — —it i— ) ju-uyi- — JOE BAIRP THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE fifth-plac- 0 level-heade- Level-headed- & L—s i I Danny LaThe Salt Lake Tribune BYU's Helen Hjorth loft puts up a strong defense in front of Minnesota's Heather Baxter in NCAA volleyball 7T—— Utes Making Strong Pitch for Top 10 See BYU Page C-- 3 — r— IIYMIAKHliM Utah State Slips Past San Diego State New Mexico Falls to UCLA in Wooden Classic Utah's Hansen Misses Out on Being Rhodes Scholar TIIK HALT IAKK TKIHUNE WINSTON SAII'IM N C — Top 10 meet the University of Utah Andre Miller Mlt luM'l Dolenc and the Utes validated a likely Invitation to mlli'iti luiNkctbaH's esteemed fraternity Sntuntiiy with (in tiutliorltiitive victory over Wake Koi rM Miller xcoi oil 1 1 iif hi 20 points in the final nine minuted nn lltli runlti'il Utah Improved to Wake Km cut If) I ) nhnt 211 percent — its worst marks- C-- 6 C-- 8 He wiped out Wake Forest's last lead with a layup that made it 40-4with 8:59 remaining Seconds later he fed Hansen for a three-poin- t play that put Utah ahead for good k With 4:32 left he scored baskets With 1:45 left he went inside for a basket that made it 9 and put Utah in position to ice its victory from the foul line "I was just trying to push the ball and keep them back on their heels" Miller said "The more I pushed it the more things seemed to open up" Once again Coach Rick Majerus loved Utah's defense Wake Forest made only 14 of its 50 shots including a in the second dismal Still Majerus knew that Miller provided the offensive spark the Utes needed "Andre very much so is developing confidence" Majerus said "He's becoming an extension of the coaching staff and taking our game plan onto the floor He's really coming into his own" Doleac also had a big outing especially considering fouls limited him to seven minutes in the first half 0 62-5- 3 back-to-bac- 7-- 0 manship miii'K 1U7 "We liiht In h lii'lli-- C-- 3 55-4- tmnkt'ttmll team" said Demon Deacon Couch IIuvp Oil'im " Utah has an awful lot of Inlonl ami ywit niiiimsiment" Nine Itilli) Wiikf had ton 57-- against oppmii'iitx In Joel I'ollNcum In the last five years Aliunde i'mml ('unfiTt'iim teams had gone 15 0 against their little brother friun the distant WAC Then mine Miller Tlmfl "Anilr look over" nld Utah center Michael Doleac Saul I H ew IUiim'ii "He wanted the ball He's the type He's of fiiiy who wiinlt I lu bull with two minutes left uniiii i mill Itiutili That i why we has so much confidence In him " Allhoiitih iluiiini Mottota finished with 16 points and 10 relmumi — mnl even though Doleac contributed 14 minutes — point Mint Ri'Vt'ii ri'hoiinrfg In 24 Miller wiu tin key r 2 Bob Levrrnne The Associated Presn Hanno Mottola center and the Utah Utes scrambled past Tony Rutland and Wake Forest 62-5- 3 Saturday foul-plague- d C-- 3 See UTES Page C-- 8 THE BOTTOM LINE- - 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