| Show J l C4 SPORTS Sunday December 28 The Salt Lake Tribune 1L 1997 About Face Smith Becomes A Boise Booster to Sell Tickets residents from Smith's past attacks We want to appeal to the city of Boise to adopt us as their favorite child We have a chance to do that out here because John L Smith is not Minter told the Cincinnati Enquirer They respect the guy but hes been know to alienate a few people Although Smiths jabs were legendary he said the insults were intended to help fuel the rivalry beand Idaho then Utah State tween his schools Boise State It made it fun You have fun playing games like that Its fun making it big It was very big at Idaho and we decided to try and make it big at Utah State said Smith Boises a great sports town Although ticket sales are slow the town is making a serious pitch at making this bowl an annual event Saturday former Pittsburgh Steeler Mel Blount 1964 Olympic 10000-mete- r champion Billy Mills and Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson were inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame Today the teams will both visit local hospitals and youth centers followed by pep rallies for both schools in the evening The Boise newspaper The Idaho Statesman is bowl sections for four running special four-pag- e days Its coming together Of course wed always like more ticket sales but even that is OK Its respectbowl said Vick able especially for a first-yea- r When the Aggies opened fall practices in late August the bowl still wasnt finalized Conference pulled out of After the the Las Vegas Bowl the Big WTest was left with no bowl tie-i- n until late summer The conference put up the financial backing for the bowl which pays $750000 per team Last year's Las Vegas Bowl representative Nevada only earned $150000 What a tribute to those people as far as putting it together in a short period of time said Smith If which you hope we can get some fans in the stands it could turn into a great bowl game they do BY LAI RENCE MIEDEMA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE For his final act as Utah States football coach John L Smith would love to leave his mark on Bronco Stadiums blue turf But not the way most fans feud with the resifamiliar with Smiths dents of Boise have come to expect the past decade "When I see that blue turf it makes me want to throw up Smith has casually announced during the buildup to every game he has coached against Boise State since 1989 But any queasiness Smith experiences during Monday afternoons Humanitarian Bowl against Cincinnati will be related to coaching his first bowl game For once Smith is actually looking forward to playing on the Smurf Turf of Boise Its a little bit ironic said a smiling Smith who accepted the head coaching job at Louisville last month And bowl officals hope its enticing to area fans well-like- g too Associated Press Joe Mahoney'The Denver quarterback John Elway (7) scrambles out of the pocket as defensive pressure comes from Jacksonvilles leaping Deon Figures on Saturday afternoon The Broncos rolled 42-1- Broncs Get Revenge With Rout Over Jags BY USA OLSON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS DENVER When it was all over and the Denver Broncos had gained their revenge on the Jacksonville Jaguars beating them in Saturday's AFC wild-cargame John Elway walked over to two of the men who had protected him all day and pretended he was about to plant a big wet one on both of their cheeks Offensive tackle Tony Jones recoiled in terror Guard Brian Habib ran for cover So much for manly displays of affection "I'm not gonna let John kiss me no matter what we might have done for him" said Jones All Jones and the rest of Denver's ostensibly had done was help snap a frigid cold spell that was forever giving this Rocky Mountain city a bad case of the blues It was bad enough that Denver hadn't won a playoff game in six years It made it even more depressing 42-1- 7 d O-li- too-sma- ll Vikings Use Comeback Upset Giants Continued from C-- l takes and some late great plays are forced to put by Minnesota a surprising regular season and an NFC East title behind them It doesn't feel complete Kanell said Asked if it was his toughest loss Jim Fassel just three days removed from being named NFL Coach of the Year in his rookie season didn't hesitate to answer ' Right now it is" he said This is not going away very easily" The sequence of events was jarring Fights among teammates A costly blown pass coverage that allowed a touchdown A successful Vikmg onside kick A pass in 10-5-- 1 Irish Wary of LSU Rematch to think that it was these Jaguars just one year removed from exwho knocked off the pansion Broncos this time last year in a playoff upset at stunning Mile High Stadium "That's the best I've ever seen ever an offensive line play said Elw ay who was able to pass for 223 yards and one touchdown on attempts in swirling winds "It s nice to make amends especially after what they did to us last year Back then it was Jacksonville's offense that triggered the most devastating loss in Colorado's history On Saturday it was a pair of running backs one of whom was still hampered by an injured wing the other one having touched the ball all of 25 who protimes this season pelled the Broncos into next week's round against either the Kansas City Chiefs or Pittsburgh Steelers After sitting out last week because of a separated shoulder Dtn First Quarter 2 run 'Flam kick1 7 39 4o pass from Elwav ifiam Second Quarter Te Davis R Smith Den 017 10 0 7 7 21- -42 Jac kick) 2 37 Third Quarter Hollis 38 IS 33 Drive 4plavs 7vards 127 Tra Davis 29 blocked ptint return Hollis kick) 9 16 Fourth Quarter Den Lovtile 25 run Flam kick 13 21 Den LnvtUe 8 run Elam kick' 343 11 Den Hebron 6 run lEiam kick Jac-- FG Jac 4bl 74 high-powere- d terference call at the worst possible time And Eddie Murray's winning field goal With just more than two minutes to play Randall Cunningham recaptured some of his old magic After a completion to Cris Carter he threw a TD pass to Jake Reed With 1:38 left it was 22-2- 0 Next came the onside kick We knew we were going to get it said Carter Te Daws 31 184 Denver Brunell3-23 Elwav PXssiMi 203 Denver Elwav Jacksonville 223 6 55 McOtrdeil RF ElVINGf Jacksonville J Smith Mitchell 17 Means 13 Denver Stewart D Tones Te Davis McOaffrev 2 33 Green R Smith Sharpe 2 29 H Griffith 2 UwUel 10 MISSED ID GOALSNone 16 m third-stringe- W SI MM ARY 1LD-C4R- Minnesota 6 3 7 1323 N X 6 IS 0 -22 Giants NY First Quarter 6 35 FG Daluiso 43 Daluiso 22 2 20 NY-- FG Min Quarter 'Daluiso 26 1 Dalubo 51 13 2 Third Min Quarter Miirrav Hoard 4 run kick) 11 33 47 EG Murray NY-- FG Oregon hi FG Daluiso 22 Min Reed 30 pass from Cunningham FG Murrav 24 10 Min Murrav Fridas Motor Of tv Bowl 34 Marshall Mississippi Pontiac kick) 30 1 477710 Newport First downs vards 16 28 106 Rushes 187 Passing Punt Returns 2 25 IS 86 76 190 3 kirk 'fl Returns 1 36 ) 31 lards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lost Punts 2 2 Fumbles-Los- t 3 Yards 4 28 Possession 5263 Penalties 21 Time 27 5? of isdimdulstatmics RISKING Minnesota Smith Evans 214 New York Barber Lane York New 15 Cunningham 199 RECEDING 3 Minnesota 9 DeLong 31 Wav 14 Carter New lork 6 83 Reed Glover CaUowav Patten Murrav 48 sh) Southern Arizona 20 No Mewo LSI' Missouri Tech (74 ) vs West Virginia i74 530pr tTBS) Holiday Bowl in San Diego vs Colorado State iI0-6 (ESPN ter Even though it is the fourth year in a row for a rematch the Independence Bowl will be only 11 a 'ABC) vs F!onda9-2- t Cotton Bowl at Dallas) 3) vs UCLA (9 2i 11 30 a m (CBS) Texas A&M '9 Michigan Rose Bowl (at Pasadena Calif) Slate '10-i vs Washington 8pm (ABO Sugar Bowl tat New Orleans) Flondi State ilO-- Clemson (7 Nebraska vs Ohio State ) 6pm (ABC) Friday Jam 2 Peach Bowl (at Atlanta) 9 8 (ESPN) 4i vs Auburn pa Dec 76 (NBO a Bowl (at Miami) Tuesday 1 Bowl (al Tampa Fk ) Georgia ri 2i 9 a m (ESPN) Gator Bowl tat Jacksonville Fla ) 10 n vs Virginia Tech i74i North Carolina Citrus Bowl (at Orlando Ha '84' vs tscoasin Penn State Dec 28 Monday Dec 29 Humanitarian Bowl tat Boise Idaho) vs Cincinnati 74t !30pm 'ESPN2) Canniest Georgia I Bow) (at Shreveport La) Independence vs Notre Dame i7 St 6 p m iESPN) Itah State State Dee 31 Wednesday Bowl (at El Paso Tens) vs Iowa i74 noon (CBS) Outback 14 Sunday Alamo Bowl (at San Antonia) vs Purdue '8 3) 6 pm (ESPN) tate Liberty Bowl (at Memphis Tran ) I 30 p (ESPN) 1 vs Southern Miss Pittsburgh Fiesta Boiri (at Tempe Ark) Kansas State 10 D vs Screen 5pm (CBS) W Ariz Cani-dat- e Trung scored one touchdown and set up two by Kelvin Eafon and Arizona had four interceptions in a victory over New Mexico on Saturday night in the Insight-coBowl Pierce HELD MISSED TUCSON 20-1- 4 Minnesota Kanell Barber Cunningham 7 38 Hoard 17 29 Way 10 28 Hampton l PASSING Hoard Arizona Puts an End To Lobos Dream Year 4 5-- 6 0 PRICE OF ADMISSION In its effort get a bowl bid for the first time since 1950 Cincinnati agreed to buy 15000 seats e basand set up a ketball series between the Bearcats and Boise State the bowls host school home-and-hom- Ihe tickets cost $450000 will be covered by the $750000 bowl payout But the school figures to lose money once travel costs are included Athletic Director Bob Goin said unnamed private donors have agreed to cover the deficit which i Orange Bowl vs Tennessee 1pm 'at Miami) 6pm (CBS) "the 13th time a regular season game has been repeated in the postseason in the 95 years since the first bowl game was played Kelly Malveaux put the lid on the victory when he stepped in front of Tommy Hemphill picked off the pass by New Mexicos Graham Leigh and returned it 44 yards to the Lobos 36 with 4:34 left in the game Eafon who had 13 carries for 45 of his 75 yards in the fourth quarter ran for two first downs using up New Mexico timeouts until Ortege Jenkins ran out the clock by kneeling on three straight snaps It was a bitter loss for the Lobos whose first bowl game in 36 years was also their last game under Coach Dennis Franchione who is headed for TCU New Mexico finished with two defeats the to Colorado State in other the Western Athletic Conference championship game three weeks ago Canidate missed three games this year because of ankle injuries He had 97 yards in 24 carries but twisted his left ankle on a run to the New Mexico 1 late in the third quarter and left the game Eafon scored on the next snap to send the Wildcats ahead 20-- 7 with 2:07 remaining in the period NmXmlwIM) 11 4 -1- I Aitamfl-S- ) - 1 First Quarter An Eaton nm 15 kick) 6 30 (McDonald Seceod Quarter NM Thomas An Canidate An Eaton NM 15 pass from Leigh (Cason feck) 3 run (feck failed) 7 50 1 Leigh 4 Third Quarter ran (McDonald kick) 2 nm (Cason kick) 26 tage Bowl i They did But it was Southern's special team that provided the spark that made the difference a kickoff return by Terrance Black-we- ll early in the fourth quarter that helped the Jaguars overcome an deficit for a victory over the Bulldogs The kickoff return was the turning point said Pete Richardson who steered the Jags to the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship this year It was the third Heritage Bowl victory in four appearances for Southern Sooth CMn Stott IS t 7 2S ()) SomhornilMI 4 4 8 d 16 32 0 CompAttlnt Sacked Thursday Jan Saturday Dec 27 Bowl tat Atlanta) 34 Sooth Carolina State 28 Bowl com Insight (at Tucson Ark Rentage They earned it They Smith said Ret Interceptions 15 216 ll 4 43 a Midi 1995 We are going to do the very best we can do to prepare and we are just going to have some fun 4 k 'Murrav Minnesota Aruona Dec 26 nt 3-- 5 5 26 14 45 Sun 51 Michigan State 23 month of practices than usual leading up to Mondays bowl game But the break from their usual intense workouts had nothing to do with Coach John L Smith and his staff's impending departure to Louisville This is a reward For me the playoff system was unconditional I hate to use it in that regard but it was almost like: Now that we have won a league championship and are in the playoffs now we have to play four or more five games which if you win then you have to go play ansaid Smith It was other one like drudgery for those kids Smith took five Idaho teams to the playoffs from 1989 until 1994 They went advancing to the semifinals in 1993 This is Utah State's first bowl game since Smith took over in NOWHERE TO STAND Cincinnati Coach Rick Minter is trying to help motivate his team by using some comments Smith made recently Smith told The Idaho Statesman he was relieved the Conference USA Bearcats were invited as Utah States opponent instead of the Pac-10'- s Oregon or WAC teams like BYU or Utah Their league is a lot better fit than say the Pac-1- 0 or the SEC Look at Conference USA and their caliber of players its similar to our league Theyre down a little bit like us Smith said Minter is upset but Smith whose Louisville Cardinals also is corplay in Conference USA rect about the similarities of the conferences Big West teams went oppoagainst nents with winning records Conference USU teams were SEC teams By comparison Pac-1teams were went 1 and WAC teams were 0 Fourth Quarter F NY Oklahoma Las 3 cgasi fliUTMlay Dec 25 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu) LIGHTEN UP The Aggies had a more relaxed won a championship 10 26 feokj Min Dec 20 Las Vegas Bowl 41 Air Force IS first-teame- 4 Second Pierce 2 pass from Kanell NY-- PL Daluiso 41 454 NY COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOW L SCHEDULE Saturday d All-Bi- Terrell Davis burned the Jags for two TDs and 184 yards on 31 carries When Davis went down with bruised ribs in the second half r Derek Loville a who was getting time only because backup Vaughn Hebron had a hamstring pull took over rushing for a pair of TDs and 103 yards on 11 carries d Chris Calloway and Minnesotas Chris Walsh recovered at the Viking 39 With 50 left Cunningham overthrew Reed But a late flag flew in Pass interference on Sparks Thirteen yards First down at the Giant 21 Now the Vikes were in field-goa- l range The Vikes insured the win the next play sending Robert Smith up the middle for 16 yards to the was Giant 5 Murray's good Except for jubilant Vikings the stadium was silent and still as the dock read :10 INDIVIPI 41 SIXTIETH'S JafeonuUe Means 10 40 Stewartl6 Ltnule 11 103 Hebron 6 RISKING Weve got one rule that is we said Valero We always talk about that if anybody ever told you playing up front you werent going to get beat up banged up tired or anything else they lied to you They have literally taken that to heart But Monday's game will be the final time this line plays together Dyson Jourdan and Rommel are seniors Lindsay is a sophomore and Watts is a junior dont get hurt Utah State's offensive linemen is their acknowledge favorite part of the job But quarterback Matt Sauk has no complaints with their passblocking either While the skilled players of the offense get nations most of the attention the five-ma- n line is considered the catalyst for USU's success Coming into Mondays Humanitarian Bowl against Cincinnati the line has helped the Aggies average 169 rushing yards a game and allowed Sauk to lead a passing attack that averaged 281 yards a game while allowing just 14 sacks Tackles Mauricio Jourdan and Mark Rommel guards Ken Watts and Mike Lindsay and center g Brandon Dyson received West honors Jourdan and Rommel were We wanted as a group to be the best offensive line in the conference said USU line coach Art Valero You look at all the numbers the running backs wideouts We and quarterbacks have kind of go through life anonymous The awards) were our one way of kind of making a name for ourselves None of the five missed a start 290 all season Dyson pounds) has started 32 games in a row and Jourdan (6-- 7 295) and Watts (6-312) have started the past 22 games Rommel (6-- 5 312) has started 21 of 22 games in his USU career and Lindsay (6-starter 298) is a first-yea- r ninth-ranke- d Murray's kick bounced off BY LAI RENCE MIEDEMA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Te Davu 5 run (Elam kick) 10 46 run Hollis kick' 500 Means Den 4 PRESS Notre SHREVEPORT La Dame Coach Bob Davie agrees that No 15 LSU should be the favorite in the Independence Bowl even though the Irish won the first meeting last month Davie knows it is unlikely that Notre Dame w ill be able to repeat the only performance in its history And it will be no easy task to beat No 15 LSU on its home turf twice in one season Obviously we are not going to be able to duplicate that but I do think we are going to have to play a better game Davie said We know LSU is going to play bet- - 0 14 Demer 30-2- 7 Washington THE ASSOCIATED SUMMARY JaiksonwUe Mid-Ameri- Star Lineup to Play Last Game Together 7 YMI Ticket sales for the inaugural Boise bowl have been sluggish at best This past week corporate community manager Duffer Vick said only 14000 tickets had been sold The recently expanded stadium seats 30000 Both schools have sold about 2000 each meaning Boise-are- a football fans have gobbled up only about 10000 tickets A good portion of the local interest is being shown by Boise State boosters who are getting their last opportunity to jeer Smith The Idaho Falls native doesnt mind being a drawing card particularly if that helps convince fans to come out in temperatures in the mid-30- s Thats totally acceptable I dont care if they come out to cheer for Cincinnati or to boo me As long as theyre there as long as theres people in the stands Thats the important thing said Smith Even Cincinnati Coach Rick Minter has gotten into the act The Bearcats arrived in Boise Thursday night and Minter instantly began defending Boise d 12 05 14--34 07 First Quarter 49385 A Arizona First 16 downs Quarter Eaddy 9 run (Demcott ran) 11 12 Foreman 25 pas from Jacoby (pas 8CS 19 Sou SCS 150 12324 SU Return Yards 29 54 7407 Fumbtes-Los New Mexico Shelton Eafon ten 1 (minus 4) New Mexico PASSING Shelton Brennan MISSED 7i Arizona Schmidtke 342 R JohnCamdate Smith ew Araona Batten Thomas R Johnson Doran Lucky FIELD GOALS-N- Voir (West Eaddy 40 run SCS Cum 40 Blackwell SU West A 32629 1 Messer 8) Arizona Mexico Cason 37 (WR) 10 " " (pass failed 3 32 Fourth Quarter (Oglesby tack) 1443 98 kickoff return (pas felted) rwi pass from Jacoby) 14 24 7 29 State w Southern First 14 120 downs 17 4244? 471 Passing Return vards 30 743 6 - 33 5490 Punts Fumbles Northcott ew 1 5 34 rat) nm (Turner South Caroltaa s 9 27 feck) s 14 Leigh Mexico nm Bat- 0 Jenkins Smith RECEIVING-N- Gordon Leigh Marten Northcott Jenkins 35 45 West 3 failed) from Curry (Oglesby Third Quarter pas SCS SU Time of Possession INDTVID14L STATISTICS 24 15 7 McGowmb 89 Passing son w 10 21 (feck failed) Second New Mexico RUSHING run West 3 Sou Lost s 315? Time ot possession ST ATITTOS 41-1- 3 z&03 INDIVIDUAL SOUTHERN 34 SC STATE 28 ATLANTA Coach Willie Jeffries of South Carolina State said before the game he thought special teams would decide the Heri- - RUSHING SC State James Wilson West Lewis Riley Eaddy 1) 14 Curry Southern 1? 72 Walker Wofford Mills v 36) SC State Cum PASSING Southern RECEIVING Lore Cure Riley Jacob? SC State MitcheO Walker 14 James Blackwell ML West OmteyM-O-2- 14 Jacob Wofford Hminus 0 Russ Huston 4? McGowens Milts Southern Foreman MS Hart MS Lews 3) |
