SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 11, 1994
3B
Scheme leads to arrest.
A day after leaving Notre Dame, player turns himself in
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Notre Dame receiver Michael Miller has been charged in Texas in, what prosecutors called, a scheme to steal and forge checks and then buy $50,000 worth of airline tickets, clothes and alcohol.
Miller turned himself in Wednesday, a day after Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz announced without explanation that Miller had left the university.
Miller was being held on $5,000 bond. If convicted on a charge of organized criminal activity, he could be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Two other Notre Dame players admitted buying discounted airline tickets from Miller over the past 18 months, said Rodney Glendening, detective for the Fort Bend County, Texas, Sheriff's Department. He said they would not be charged.
"I'm going to give them the benefit
of the doubt," Glendening said. "Hopefully, they were just being stupid."
Last spring, police found a stolen television and videocassette recorder in an off-campus apartment where Miller and defensive back Tracy Graham lived. The items had been stolen from a campus dormitory.
Neither Miller nor Graham was charged, and they were reinstated to the team when preseason practice began this fall. The St. Joseph County prosecutor said there had been insufficient evidence to press charges, and university authorities assigned Miller and Graham community-service work, which they had to perform before rejoining the team.
Notre Dame would not comment yesterday on Miller's latest scrape.
"There's nothing we can say," John Heisler, sports information director, said. "We cannot comment. There's no one at the university in a position to comment other than he's no longer in school."
Miller went to Notre Dame in 1991 as one of the nation's top high-school recruits, but he was slowed by a pre-season hamstring injury. He returned
to Missouri City, Texas, after his first game as a Freshman against Michigan, saying he was home-sick. He returned to the firesh after that season.
He missed several practices in the past few weeks and was demoted from his starting job for the games against Brigham Young and Navy.
Last year, he had 12 receptions for 184 yards and one touchdown. He had seven catches for 142 yards this season against Northwest堡 but only 10 more in six of Notre Dame's next seven games. He missed a game with back and hamstring injuries.
Glendening said he told Holtz in August that he had needed to talk to Miller but had not told the coach that Miller had been the target of a criminal investigation.
Holtz declined to comment Wednesday.
Miller was indicted Oct. 25. But Glendening said he had not notified Notre Dame authorities until Nov. 4 because he had first wanted to arrest two Texas men who were also charged in the scheme. Ron L Chaney was arrested Nov. 2 and Jordan O. Williams on Tuesday. Glendening said they had attended high school with Miller.
Women runners to defend District V title tomorrow
seniors," Kloster said. "I don't think that will have any effect on us this weekend."
Cross Country: Continued from Page 1B.
The team faces a situation like last year's. This year Kansas, which was ranked No. 17 in the nation, finished sixth at the Big Eight meet behind Missouri and Oklahoma, both unranked.
"We had a lot of injuries," Guymon said. "If we had Melissa and Kristi healthy we would have finished second at the conference meet."
Team co-captain Melissa Swartz suffered a respiratory infection, and Kloster sat out the meet due to a sprained left ankle. The sub-par performance hurt the team in both the district and national polls. The Jayhawks fell from first place to eighth place in the district and fell out of the national polls.
"The polls are out of whack," Guymon said. "They don't even know what happened, just that we finished sixth."
The Associated Press
Wisconsin player arrested
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin tailback Brent Moss, a Rose Bowl MVP on the verge of breaking the school's career rushing mark, has been arrested on a cocaine possession charge, police said yesterday.
Moss was suspended from the football team pending resolution of the case, coach Barry Alvarez said. Wisconsin has two games left, and Moss is in his last year of eligibility.
Moss, 22, was arrested Wednesday night on the city's South Side on a police charge of possessing crack cocaine with intent to deliver. said Lt Jill Klubertanz.
He was carrying four-tenths of a gram of crack with a street value of $50, said police representative Dorothy Doheny.
Moss also was accused of speeding and failing to signal a turn, Doheny said. She declined to elaborate on the circumstances of Moss' arrest.
"I am shocked with Brent's apparent involvement in this matter." Alvarez said in a university statement.
By yesterday morning, no formal charges had been filed by the Dane County District Attorney's Office.
No court appearance was scheduled..
Penn State setting sights on first Rose Bowl since 1923
The last time Penn State played in the Rose Bowl, Warren Harding was president, Jack Dempsey was heavyweight champion and Joe Paterno wasn't born.
The second-ranked Nittany Lions can return to Pasadena with a victory at Illinois on Saturday. A win would clinch the Big Ten championship for the Lions, whose only previous Rose Bowl appearance was a 14-3 loss to Southern Cal in 1923.
By Rick Warner
The Associated Press
"Growing up in Big Ten country, I always thought about playing in the Rose Bowl," said tailback KJ-Jana Carter, who is from Westerville, Ohio. "It's the granddaddy of them all, the most prestigious of all the bowl games."
If Penn State wins the Rose Bowl and goes undefeated, it could win the national championship if No. 1 Nebraska stumbles. To keep those title hopes alive, the Lions must play better than they did last week, when they give up two touchdowns in the final two minutes of a 35-29 win over Indiana.
"We weren't quite as sharp as we've been," Paterno said. "We got a little slowup at the end."
Saturday's game matches Penn State's explosive offense against Illinois' dynamic defense. The Lions are leading the nation in total offense (533.5 yards per game) and second in scoring (48.4 points), while the Illi are fourth in total defense (253.6 yards) and second in points allowed (11.3).
However, they haven't faced an offense like Penn State's, which has averaged 7.6 yards per play and scored 91 percent of the time after reaching the opponent's 20-yard line.
The heart of the Illinois defense is a linebacking corps led by Dana Howard and Simeon Rice. Howard leads the Big Ten with 117 tackles, and Rice has a league-best 16 sacks.
In this case, good offense beats good defense. The Lions, favored by 11 1/2 points, simply have too many weapons ... PENN ST. 31-14.
San Diego St. (plus 10) at No.23 BYU
THURSDAY
BYU
Cougars win shootout ... BYU 42-40.
SATURDAY
No. 1 Nebraska (minus 38) at Iowa St.
Monumental mismatch... NEBRAKA 52-10.
Georgia (plus 12) at No. 3 Auburn
Long day for Eric Zeier... AUBURN 44-17.
South Carolina (plus 28) at No. 4 Florida
Gators clinch SEC East title... FLORIDA 45-21.
Pittsburgh (plus 38) at No. 5 Miami
No Big East team has scored TD against Canes defense this season . MIAMI 38-0.
No. 6 Alabama (minus 2 1/2) at No. 20 Mississippi St.
Tide is 11-0 at Starkville ... ALABAMA 21-17
No. Z Colgate of Clinton 13 at Kauger
Buffs heading for Flesta Bowl... COLORADO 31-17.
No. 8 Florida St. (minus 13) vs. Notre Dame at Orlando
Last year's Game of the Century isn't even game of the day ... FLORIDA ST. 38-14.
day ... 19 BORDA ST. 36-14.
No. 9 Texas A&M (minus 12) at Louisville
Aggies' first trip to Louisville ... TEXAS A&M 24-17.
Arkansas St. (plus 32) at No. 10 Colorado St.
Indians 0-8 vs. Division I-A ... COLORADO ST. 44-0.
No. 11 Kansas St. (minus 15) at Missouri
Wildcats haven't won at Missouri since 1985 ...
KANSAS ST. 35-14.
After 0-3 start, Falcons have won six straight ... UTAH
27-21.
No. 13 Arizona (plus 3) at No. 17 Southern Cal Winner stays alive in Pac-10 race ... SOUTHERN CAL 17-10.
No. 14 Syracuse (plus 6 1/2) at No. 25 Boston College
Eagles unbeaten in last six games ... BOSTON COLLEGE 31-24.
No. 15 Oregon (minus 3) at Stanford Ducks' Rose Bowl hopes are dashed ... STANFORD 24-21.
Rutgers (pins 14 1/2) at No. 16 Virginia Tech Hokies have 10-game home winning streak ... VIRGINIA TECH 31-21.
No.18 Duke (plus 3) at N. Carolina St.
No. 18 Duke (plus 3) at N. Carolina St.
Blue Devils tie school record with ninth victory ...
DUKE 21-20.
Minnesota (plus 23) at No. 19 Michigan Wolverines 2-3 at home this season ... MICHIGAN 38-14.
Maryland (plus 15) at No.21 Virginia
Cavs have an interception in 13 consecutive games. VIRGINIA 42-21.
California (plus 14 1/2) at No. 22 Washington Bears haven't beaten Huskies since 1976 ... WASHINGTON 31-10.
No. 24 Washington St. (minus 5 1/2) at Oregon St.
Cougars have won 10 straight over Beavers ...
WASHINGTON ST. 21-14.
Last week: 16-5 (straight); 10-10 (spread).
Season: 126-40 (straight); 70-86 (spread).
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