University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 11, 1990
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Javhawks' defensive line tears up opponents
Kansas cornerback Hassan Bailev and defensive end Lance Flachsbarth sack Oregon State quarterback Matt Booher
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswrite
Jane Ruditch/KANSAN
"And . . . ranging for revenge . . .
Cry 'Havok!' and let slip the dogs of war."
Defensive tackle Gilbert Brown said that the name for the rest of the defensive platoon was the Darkside
Julius Caesar Act III8 Known to their teammates as the Defensive Line Dogs, they went to war against Oregon State and created hive; seeking revenge for a disappointing home opener. They contributed to eight sacks for a total loss of 54 vards.
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and that he hoped the two names made the defense more intimidating.
"The defense comes out to hit them and the lights go out." Brown said. "The Darkside is a dark force, the enemy," he says. Then it is our turn and it gets dark.
Brown had two tackles for a combined loss of 9 yards, and a sack for a loss of 7.
He said the feeling of sacking a quarterback was like nothing else.
"Pretend that quarterback is a sweet piece of pie and I am a diabetic," Brown said. "I want that piece of pie, and after I get through with that sweet piece of pie I want some more."
Defensive tackle Bake Christian said that his body sped up to the point where he had to control his excitement or he would pass the quarterback. He said he was happy to be a dog, a name that started in practice.
"Curtis Moore all of a sudden started barking in practice one day, and then everyone else started barking like dogs." Christian said. "Then Stubblefield got into it real bad, and got coach Mason in it. After that Mason will say 'How bout that DAC?' and then we get to barking like dogs."
Christian had three tackles for a loss of 15 yards and two sacks for a combined loss of 14 yards.
Christian was recruited out of Detroit and signed as a tight end, but the 6-foot 4-26 pound redshirt sophomore had been an effective defensive coordinator Jim Hilles to switch to
the defensive line.
"He said I could play quicker on the D-line, because it was a position they were hurting on." Christian said. "He told me I would have a better chance there if I had a career playing ball after college too."
Defensive line coach Reggie Mitchell said during spring practice Christian started playing and concentrating better.
"I think the big thing with Brian was that he had to get a good feel for the position," Mitchell said. "He has been playing the ball so much he's playing a lot more consistent."
Mitchell said the defensive linemen had a great week of practice before the Oregon State game and were able to win by as much as to win as bad as everyone else did.
very important because they had to react to the actions of the offense immediately after the ball was snapped.
"We have got to put pressure on the quarterback. If you don't, he has all day to throw the ball," Mitchell said. "We work hand in hand with the secondary, the rush, and we force the quarterback to make decision."
He said the defensive linemen were
Mitchell said that a lot of Satur
day's sacks were a result of the secondary coverage, and that it was a good day for the whole defensive platoon. But, he refused to comment on the new names they had given themselves.
"Those guys have a name for themselves and I don't know any thing about it," he said. "But I'm afraid we are them, they'll tell you all about them."
The 49ers stumble past the Saints to win with a last-second field goal
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Joe Montana drove San Francisco 60 yards in the final two minutes to set up the game-winner 38-yard field goal with nine seconds to play last night as the 48ers go off to a stumbling, but the 59ers' quest for a third straight NFL life by beating New Orleans 13-12.
The 49ers, who fell behind 12-10 on Morten Andersen's fourth field goal with 9:18 to play, got the ball for the last time on their own 19 with 1:30 left and no timeouts. He scored five minutes later, kicked six times, hit John Taylor for 25 yards, his longest completion of the night, to start the drive.
On the third-and-six at the New Orleans 48 he hit Roger Craig for 11 yards and then connected with a pass to set up Mike Caker's winning kick.
Montana, under pressure all night from linebackers Rickey Jackson and Pat Swilling, went 26 for-43 for 210 yards in the first game of what the 49ers call the "Threepeat" year.
could only get three points from two San Francisco turnovers inside their own 25.
Andersen's field goals of 41, 39,
and 32 yards weren't enough to
overcome the self-destructive tendencies of the New Orleans offense
and John Fourcade, who threw two
interceptions with the Saints in
range of the 49er goal line. He
finished 12-for-34 for 186 yards and
San Francisco took a 3-0 lead 4:11 into the game on Cofer's 52-yard field goal that followed a fumbled punt by Bobby Morse. At the time, San Francisco had negative 4 yards in rushing.
The Saints tied the game on Andersen's 41-yarder with 2:31 left in the period after a 46-yard drive from Furcadeq to Brit Perriman.
Andersen gave the Saints a 6-3 lead midway through the second period after Tori Cook picked off a pass. The ball was deflected by Vaughn Johnson.
BYU's upset of Miami puts the team at No. 5
The Associated Press
Brigham Young's upset of top-ranked Miami caused a major shakeup in The Associated Press college football poll yesterday, lifting Notre Dame to No. 1, catapulting BYU to No. 5 and plunging Miami to No. 10.
Nore Dame, which opens its season
Saturday against Michigan, received
37 first-place votes and 1,451
points from a nationwide panel of
sports writers and broadcasters.
The Fighting Irish were No. 2 last week.
"It doesn't matter who's ranked number one through the season," said Notre Dame linebacker Michael Stonebreaker. "The only thing that matters is who's ranked number one at the end of the season."
Auburn, which shared the No. 3 spot with Florida State last week, rose to No. 2 to after beating Fullerton State 38-17. Florida State remained in third after downing East Carolina 45-24.
Idle Michigan moved up one spot to No. 4, while BYU jumped 11 places to No. 5 - the highest ranking for the Cougars since they won the 1984 national championship. Three voters were so impressed by BYU's 28-21 victory over Miami that they made the Cougars No. 1 on their ballots.
Auburn received eight first-place votes and 1.385 points, while Florida State received 11 first-place votes and 1.397 points.
"The guys are really excited," BYU coach LaVell Edwards said. "But like I told them after the game, there's good news and there's bad news. The good news is that we just beat Miami. The bad news is that it's."
only the second game of the season."
Nebraska got one first-place and moved up two spots to No. 8 following its 60-14 rout of Northern Illinois. Big Eight rival Colorado fell three places to No. 9 before barely beating Stanford 21-17 on Thursday.
Southern Cal, which had the week off, rose one place to No. 6. Tennessee also moved up a notch, to No. 7, after trouncing Mississippi State 40-29.
Texas & A&M is 12th, followed by Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Clemson, Ohio State, Houston, Michigan State and Arizona. Rounding out the Top 25 are Illinois, Washington, Texas. Florida and Arizona State.
Miami dropped to No. 10, its lowest ranking since occupying the same spot in the 1987 preseason poll. The Hurricanes haven’t been this low in a regular season poll since the ninth week of 1985 season, when they were No. 11.
After beating Clemson for the first time in 30 tries, Virginia jumped three places to No. 11. That's the way the tallest cavaliers slope they were. No. 9 in 1922.
Oklaham made the biggest jump besides BYU, climbing from No. 23 to No. 14 following a 34-14 victory over UCLA.
Moving into the Top 25 were Arizona, Texas, Florida and Arizona State Arizona State best Baylor 34-13 Alabama clobbered Oklahoma State 50-7
Illinois fell 10 places to No. 21 after losing to Arizona 28-16 and Clemson dropped seven spots to No. 16 after falling to Virginia 29-7.
National College Sportswriter's Football Poll
1. Florida State (11)
3. Auburn (3)
4. Michigan
10. Virginia
Orange Bowl stays in traditional home
11. Nebraska
7. Tennessee
12. Texas A&M
14. Pittsburgh
15. Arkansas
13 Clemson
Writers from the following schools participated in the poll; Texas, Kentucky, Miami (Fl). San Diego State, Colorado, Clemson, Notre Dame, Illinois, Syracuse, North Carolina State, Alabama, Brown, California, Utah, Southern Methodist, Penn State, Indiana, Auburn, Kansas, Ball State, West Virginia.
6 Southern Cal
16. Oklahoma
13. Clemson
14. Pittsboro
15. Arkansas
19. Washington
20. Arizona
17. Ohio State
The Associated Press
MIAMI — The Orange Bowl Committee rejected an offer yesterday to move to Joe Robbie Stadium and decided to keep the New Year's night game in its namesake home of the past 55 years.
At the end of a closed meeting that lasted more than four hours, the committee voted to accept a new five-year contract with the city, which will keep the game at the Orange Bowl season. If the contracts could extend the length of the contract an additional 15 years.
Committee president Arthur Hertz said 88 members cast ballots. He wouldn't give a breakdown or say whether the vote was close.
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"We went back and made a very nostalgic appeal," said Mayor Xavier Suarez, who stressed how important the event is for the city. "It's very deeply ingrained and a big boost for Miami. In many years, it's the single most positive image Miami receives."
Some committee members argued that the run-down condition of the Orange Bowl made necessary a switch to 3-year-old Joe Robbie Stadium, north of the city limits but still in Dade County.
Others said moving out of the Orange Bowl, near Miami's downtown, would cost the city money and harm its image.
The city is paying for $13 million in Orange Bowl renovations now under way and scheduled to be completed before the 1992 game.
Miami City Manager Cesar Odio said improvements to the bathrooms, seats, concession stands and scoreboard at the Orange Bowl would be financed by a $1 a ticket surcharge to University of Miami games.
"I'll be, actually, a state-of-the-art stadium in many ways," Saez said. "I'll never be Robbie Stadium, but I'm going to wear a shirt that is thicker than Robbie Stadium, frankly."
"We're disappointed but not surprised by the prize," said Dan Robbie, a spokesperson for Robbie Stadium. "We certainly appreciate the Orange Bowl Committee allowing us to make a difference and wish them back in the future."
The committee heard presentations from the city as well as from Miami Dolphins president Tim Robie, Coach Don Shula and Blockbuster Video magnate H. Wayne Huizenga. The Robbie family and Huizenga each own half of Robbie Stadium.
University of Miami athletic director Sam Jankovich spoke on behalf of the Orange Bowl. The university and city recently agreed to a 10-year contract that will keep the Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl into the
City officials and committee member Nick Crane, who presented a position paper supporting a move to Robbie Stadium, agreed that the storied history of the game helped keeit in the Orange Bowl.
"Tradition and emotion is all on the side of the Orange Bowl," Crane said. "It was hard to overcome that."
Sports briefs
Blue Jays beat Royals, move closer to Red Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo — The Toronto Blue Jays took another half-game off Boston's lead in the American League East last night when they defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1 as Kelby Gruber drove in four runs.
The Blue Jays, who trailed by 6.5 games a week ago, won their fifth straight when Boston split a doubleheader with Milwaukee, trimming the Red Sox' lead to four games. Kansas City has lost eight in a row.
Davell Wells (11-4) held the Royals to four hits in eight innings, including George Brett's league-leading 43rd double. He retired 16 consecutive batters before John Candelaria pitched the ninth.
league debut. He gave up six runs — five earned — and 10 hits in $ _ {6} ^ {1/3} $ innings.
Hector Wagner, a 21-year-old right-hander who spent the season at Class AA Memphis, lost his major
reeler enrolled at MU but eligibility uncertain
Peeler completed the registration process yesterday, the university's Sports News Service said.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Junior guard Anthony Peeler has enrolled for the fall semester at the University of Missouri, but school officials haven't determined whether he will be eligible to play.
"He is just enrolled — we're not sure of his eligibility yet," said Greg Morrow of the sports information staff.
The announcement said Peeler was able to enroll after confirmation that he successfully completed his summer coursework.
Predictions a tradition of baseball
As the 1990 baseball season winds down into its final month, it is tradition for "know-it-all" sportswriters to make their predictions. Being a sportswriter not a protractor known all it, it is my duty to carry on this tradition.
Brent Maycock
Sports
editor
This has certainly been one of the wackiest and most unusual seasons in a long time. Nine no-hitters, teams with high expectations gone sour (hunt, hint Royalts and Cardinals), bench cleans brawls every other game and the last days of George Steinbrenner have made this season pure insanity for the sportswriter to make accurate selections.
Perhaps the easiest prediction to make will be the team representing the AL West. Obviously the Oakland Athletics, which of as-you-die, had a 9-5 game lead on Chicago, are going to be in postseason play for the third consecutive year. The A's, sorry Royals fans, are the elite of the American League and, bar any dramatic changes, should continue to be at the top for at least another five years.
Opposing the A's in the playoffs will be Boston. With the top hitting team in the league and one of the top four pitching staffs, the Red Sox seem prepared to make the 1900 playoffs a rematch of the 1988 playoffs. Unfortunately for Red Sox fans, the outcome should be the same with Oakland moving on to its third consecutive World Series.
In the senior league the selections are much more difficult to make. At the beginning of the year, Cincinnati was playing as if they would clinch the NL West by the All-Star Break. However, the Nasty Boys have turned into the Patty Boys, and the Orel Hershiser misses dodges, are making a race of it. Although Los Angeles doesn't have the horses to overtake the Reds, it will sure make for an interesting stretch drive.
The NL East is the toughest of all the divisions from which to make a prediction. It seems that neither the Pirates nor the Mets wants to win the division. However, Pittsburgh will come on top in games like the Dodgers and Cub fans. You'll have to wait another 20 years to blow a shot at the World Series.
Speaking of the big game, it should match Oakland against Pittsburgh. Having been here for the past three years, the A's know what it takes to capture the ring. Hence, Oakland in five.
It was not much easier to make my selections for the individual awards. There are certainly many deserving players, and no matter what selections I make, I will have hundreds of people who will call me a lunatic.
Ryne Sandberg seemed to have the National League MVP wrapped up by mid-July. However, Ryno just hasn't been keeping up that torrid pace and lost my vote. Kevin Mitchell and Matt Watt have paced the league in less than San Francisco offense, but somehow they just don't seem deserving.
Instead my vote goes to Barry Bonds of Pittsburgh. He is the consumate player. He hits for average .305, for power (26 home runs), he drives in runs (101 RB1) and he steals bases (44). He is one of the biggest reasons the Pirates are where they are now.
In the American League, the decision was even tougher. A number of players have had good enough years as veterans. They have three players and basically I had to use the eeny-meeny-miny-mey-mort method to pick the winner. Detroit's Cecil Fielder, Oakland's Rickey Henderson, and Philadelphia all have had outstanding seasons
Fielder has been a sensation since his return from Japan. This season he will probably become the first player to hit 50 home runs since George Foster did it in 1977. Henderson, meanwhile, has done everything Bonds has done but better. However, the A's can win without Rickey.
Despite these more-than-adequate qualifications, I chose Clemens. During the first few months of the season, he was the only Boston pitcher that could win a game for the Sox. He is the only reason that he posited to be fighting for the playoffs. Therefore he gets the nod.
These may not be the most popular decisions, as some of my sports-writers will attest to, but this is tradition. Like it or not.
Brent Maycock is a Branson, Mo. senior majoring in journalism.