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Monday December 6,1999
HOROSCOPES
Aries: Today is an 8.
If you and your team want to make great things happen, go for it one more time. Don't worry if you've failed in the past. That was then, and this is now. Follow your vision and ignore your fears.
Taurus: Todav is a 7.
You're pretty good at sticking within your budget, but advice you get today could be hard to follow. If it will provide for your family later, do it.
Gemini: Today is a 6.
Cancer: Today is a 6.
Could another person take over for a little while? You need a break. If you don't already have a partner, seriously consider finding one. Even hiring someone with skills you lack could be sensible.
You're too busy for one person, and you might feel picked on. Try not to worry about things you can't change. You may work more than your share, but you should end up with plenty.
Leo: Today is a 7.
Your relationship seems to be undergoing some kind of transformation. Have you found a new game to play together? Don't fret if the other person wins. It's all for fun, right?
Virgo: Today is a 7.
Luckily, you know you're loved. That's a big help when nothing else seems to be stable. If big changes happen, don't despair. You'll have a routine carved out of chaos in no time.
Libra: Today is a 7.
You could learn something interesting. Should you tell everybody? What you thought was one way turns out to be another. What should you do about it? It might be wise to sit on it for a little while.
Scorpio: Today is a 7.
Sagittarius: Today is a 7.
You may be wealthier than you thought. You might find extra income through ordinary means, but there's another option. Something you have may be quite valuable. Look around.
You are changing and growing, right before your very eyes. It's amazing but true. You can turn into the person you've always wanted to be. Just take it one step at a time, starting now.
Capricorn: Today is a 7.
Something you failed at years ago has been holding you back. Don't let what happened before slow you down anymore. You've learned a lot since then! Give it another try.
Aquarius: Today is a 7.
Pisces: Today is a 7.
You're anxious to get started, and that's good.
You can't accomplish your goal all by yourself, but you can spur your team on to success. Provide the reasons they need to get going!
You could have a fabulous opportunity. The trouble is you're not sure you can do the job! There's more money, but a lot more responsibility, too. Well, you've got everything you need. Push through.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Seminoles, Hokies set to play in Sugar Bowl
No mystery, no intrigue, just this simple fact: No. 1 Florida State will play No. 2 Virginia Tech for the national championship in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 4.
"They've been there so many times, and we're kind of the new kid on the block," Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. "Hopefully, you'll get to like us. This is a good group, a hard-working group. We've met every challenge this year but we've not had a challenge like Florida State."
Florida State, national champions in 1993, will be playing in its third national title game in the past four years.
As expected, the Seminoles, 11-0 and the Hokies, 11-0, finished first and second in the final Bowl Championship Series standings released yesterday, matching their finish in The Associated Press media poll's final regular-season rankings. The USA Today/ ESPN coaches' 'poll also had the teams ranked 1-2, as did seven of the eight computers used by the BCS
Nebraska beats Texas, is bound for Fiesta Bowl
SAN ANTONIO — Nebraska is headed back to the Fiesta River.
nested back to the Testa Bowl.
The No. 3 Cornhuskers found out officially yesterday that their 22-6 win against Texas in the Big 12 Conference championship game on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio was not enough to pass up No. 2 Virginia Tech in the final Bowl Championships Series ratings.
Nebraska, 11-1, will play defending national champion Tennessee, 9-2, on Jan. 2 in Tempe. Ariz. The "huskers, hoping a convincing win against Texas could move them up in the final BCS ratings, made a few final pleas Saturday, but seemed to
have accepted that the Sugar Bowl and top-ranked Florida State was not an option.
"If you think about it, there's not a team on our schedule that we didn't beat this year. As far as this football team is concerned,
we're probably one of the best teams in the country," said quarterback Eric Crouch, who rushed for
two touchdowns Saturday.
Nebraska's last appearance in the Fiesta Bowl was after the 1995 season, when it it routed Florida for a second straight national championship. Nebraska only has played Tennessee once, beating the Volunteers 42-17 in the Orange Bowl two years ago, clinching a share of the Cornhuskers' third national title of the decade.
New coach to lead Michigan State in bowl
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State removed the five-day-old interim tag from Bobby Williams' title yesterday and made him the football coach of the bowl-bound Spartans.
He succeeds Nick Saban, who on Tuesday became Louisiana State's coach.
After Saban left, Michigan State made Williams the interim coach and said he would coach the No. 10 Spartans, 9-2, in the Florida Citrus Bowl against Florida on New Year's Day.
The 41-year-old Williams has coached seven,1,000-yard rushers in his decade as the Spartans' running backs coach. He had been promoted to associate head coach before this season.
"Not for me, for you," Williams said. "Everything from this point on is moving forward. We're going to get it done."
much he wanted to win the Citrus Bowl.
Last week, when he was made interim coach, Williams received a standing ovation from the team. At the time, he told his players how
This will be the Spartans' first New Year's Day bowl game since the 1989 Gator Bowl.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tough foes lie ahead for Cyclones this week
AMES, Iowa — Just when Iowa State's basketball team could use a break, the Cyclones find themselves facing two more tough games.
After winning two games in the Cyclone Challenge, which followed three games in Hawaii, Iowa State is looking at what coach Larry Eustachy calls "the biggest week" of the non-conference season.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee visits on Wednesday night and Iowa comes to town on Saturday night. Though this is just Eustachy's second year at Iowa State, he understands the importance of the Iowa game. Eustachy lost his first game with Iowa, 74-54 in Iowa City, Iowa, last December.
"If I sit here and tell you it's just another game, I'm not telling you the truth," he said. "It's a big game. We have to get a lot better to give us a chance to win either game next week."
North Carolina guard sizzles in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina's Max Owens is at a loss to explain why the Charlotte Coliseum is so consistently kind to him.
"I never really thought the building was anything extra special, but I guess I just feel real comfortable playing here," Owens said after he had 23 points and fueled a pair of runs that sent No. 2 North Carolina
against UNLV 102-78 Saturday night in the title game of the Food Lion MVP Classic.
Owens, a junior guard who added five rebounds and two steals, has three career 20-point games. All have come in the Charlotte Collegium.
"We always feel kind of at home here," Owens said. "I guess it's because we've got most of the crowd backing us."
The Associated Press
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| A team | rec | pts | pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida St. (64) | 11-0 | 1,744 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia St. (61) | 11-0 | 1,685 | 2 |
| **3.Nebraska** | 11-1 | 1,606 | 3 |
| 4. Wisconsin | 9-2 | 1,482 | 4 |
| 5. Alabama | 10-2 | 1,450 | 7 |
| 6. Tennessee | 9-2 | 1,412 | 6 |
| **7.Kansas St.** | 10-1 | 1,336 | 8 |
| 8. Michigan | 9-2 | 1,226 | 9 |
| 9. Michigan St. | 9-2 | 1,193 | 10 |
| 10. Florida | 9-3 | 1,095 | 5 |
| 11. Marshall | 12-0 | 1,047 | 11 |
| 12. Minnesota | 8-3 | 935 | 13 |
| 13. Penn. St. | 9-3 | 772 | 14 |
| **14.Texas** | 9-4 | 746 | 12 |
| 15. Mississippi St. | 9-2 | 727 | 16 |
| 16. Southern Miss. | 8-3 | 722 | 15 |
| 17. Georgia Tech | 8-3 | 672 | 17 |
| **18.Texas A&M** | 8-3 | 632 | 18 |
| 19. Purdue | 7-4 | 504 | 19 |
| 20. East Carolina | 9-2 | 431 | 20 |
| 21. Georgia | 7-4 | 298 | 21 |
| 22. Stanford | 8-3 | 270 | 22 |
| 23.Miami | 8-4 | 224 | 23 |
| 24. Arkansas | 7-4 | 121 | 24 |
| 25.Boston College | 8-3 | 112 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Mississippi 88, Oregon 72, BYU 47, Illinois 39, Colorado 18, Utah 12, Oklahoma 10, Virginia 7, Southern Cal 5, Clermon 4, Colorado 3, Washington 3.
Women keep their heads above water against Iowa
By Chris Wristen
sports @ kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
While the Kansas men's swimming and diving team was defeated handsily by Iowa in Saturday's dual meet, the women's team battled to the wire before falling to the Hawkeves by a slim margin.
Going into the final race Saturday, the Kansas women held the lead, but the Hawkeyes won the 400-meter freestyle relay and took the meet title 124-119, dropping the Jayhawks to 3-3 on the season. The
closeness of the meet came as no surprise to coach Gary Kempf, who had predicted a tight meet going in.
"Both Iowa and are pretty comparable." Kempf said.
Following the meet, Iowa coach Mary Bolich had a similar response.
"We are very evenly matched with
The strength showed as nearly every event had a close finish.
Kansas," Bolich said. "Kansas is strong in the areas where we are strong."
After winning the 1000 freestyle, Kansas freshman Lyndsay DeVaney came back and won the 200 freestyle by nine-tenths of a second. In the 500 freestyle, DeVaney finished in second place, less than a second behind Iowa's Melissa Loehndorf. Kansas freshman Gwen Haley won the 200-meter individual medley and the 200 butterfly. Junior Carolyn
Grevers won the 100 freestyle, and sophomore diver Rebecca McFall captured the three-meter board title
The Kansas men dropped to 0-3 on the season after a 137-106 defeat against the Hawkeyes. Only three Jayhawk men won races. Sophomore diver Adam Hanhart won on the three-meter board with a score of 305.18, which was 25 points ahead of the second-place diver. Freshman Adam Steele won the 500 freestyle race, and Brian Soria captured the 1000 freestyle title.
Edited by Kelly Clasen
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