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Thursday, November 30, 2000
'Horns to head to Holiday Bowl
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — The Holiday Bowl has hooked the Texas Longhorns for its game Dec. 29.
Or, as Texas coach Mack Brown sees it, the 'Horns hooked the Holiday Bowl. "I feel the Holiday Bowl is really excited about this team, but they can't be more excited about us than we are about going," Brown said after the Longhorns accepted the invitation yesterday.
The No. 12 Longhorns (9-2) have a lot to look forward to on their first trip to San Diego, which happens to be the hometown of Ricky Williams, who won the Helsman Trophy at Texas in 1998.
The Longhorns wanted to play in this game not only for the chance to play a
Top 10 team from the Pacific-10 Conference and perhaps finish in the Top 10 themselves, but also for recruiting exposure in Southern California.
"They really, really want to be here," Holiday Bowl executive director John Reid said.
The Holiday Bowl would like to bring in No. 5 Oregon State (10-1), but the Beavers remain in the Bowl Championship Series picture. If the Beavers receive an invitation to a BCS game on Sunday, the Holiday Bowl will invite No. 9 Oregon (9-2).
Regardless of the opponent, Brown got a head start on scouting.
"I got the Oregon-Oregon State film out today and started watching it," he said during a conference call. "I figured
that's about all we can do between now and Sunday."
The Longhorns are on a six-game winning streak going into their third straight bowl game under Brown and their 40th overall.
"We are so excited about this trip because I think it fits our year." Brown said. "The opponent fits our need to play somebody really good in the end to continue to get better because we've
talked about fighting to get in the Top 10 the last three years."
Texas is coming off a 43-17 win over Texas A&M in which sophomore quarterback Chris Simms, the son of former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, had a breakout game with 383 yards passing and three touchdowns.
Simms started the last two games in place of Major Applewhite, who has a sprained right knee. Brown said the Longhorns would know more about Applewhite's status next week when they started running some passing drills around study sessions for final exams.
The Longhorns are the first team from the Big 12 South to play in the Holiday Bowl, which is sponsored by Culligan. Each team receives $1.9 million.
Pitcher narrows list of teams to 3
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Mike Mussina apparently has narrowed his list of teams to the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Boston Red Sox. And he probably won't re-sign with Baltimore.
Arn Tellem, the agent for the right-hander, said Monday his client cut his list of teams under consideration to three, and the Red Sox and the New York teams said Tuesday they still were in contention.
The Yankees think they are the favorites, but the Red Sox and Mets believe they still have a chance.
"I wouldn't handicap them other than to say we've made a very substantial and aggressive financial offer," Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette said Tuesday.
Tellem said Mussina, the most sought-after pitcher on the freeagent market, wanted to make a decision by the end of the week. Neither Tellem nor Orioles owner Peter Angelos could be contacted Tuesday.
The Yankees wouldn't comment — owner George Steinbrenner has imposed a gag order on his employees — but a high-ranking baseball official, speaking on the condition
of anonymity, said they were negotiating with Tellem.
Yankees manager Joe Torre has made it clear that signing Mussina is his No. 1 priority, and several of his players have called the pitcher, telling him why he should join the three-time World Series champions.
"We've had our share of people put in the appropriate recruiting phone calls," Mets general manager Steve Phillips said. "Mike Mussina has probably talked to more of his opponents in the last two weeks than he's probably talked to in his long career."
Mussina, who will be 32 on Dec. 8, is 147-81 in his career after going 11-15 with a 3.79 ERA for the Orioles last season. Like the New York teams, the Red Sox have tried to convince him he best off with them.
"Yes, some of our players and staff have talked to Mike about the merits of playing in Boston," Duquette said.
While Mussina has spent his entire career with Baltimore, the Mets said they have an advantage if he's looking to make a major change.
"We are the only National League team, I guess, in the pool," Phillips said. "If he's looking for change that includes change of leagues, we have a pretty good shot, given that we're the only National League team."
Carruth admitted to killing former girlfriend testifies
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As his pregnant girlfriend lay wounded, Rae Carruth confessed to planning her shooting and said he wished she would die, a former girlfriend testified yesterday.
"He said, 'I can't get in trouble, can I, because I didn't actually pull the trigger?' " Candace Smith said. "He said police could check his car and his clothes and not find any gunpowder."
Smith told jurors that the former NFL receiver also told her that he paid men involved in the shooting in small sums spread across time to avoid raising suspicions and that he "saw the guys pull up and shoot into her car."
Carruth, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 16, 1999, shooting of Cherica Adams, who was eight months pregnant. Witnesses have testified that Adams was shot as she drove behind Carruth's car after a movie. One co-defendant has testified that Carruth planned the shooting to avoid child-support payments.
Carruth has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his attorney has said he was not present when Adams was shot. Smith said Carruth told her that Adams had refused to have an abortion and that he once talked about getting someone to hit her to induce a
miscarriage.
Carruth could be executed if convicted of arranging Adams' killing. Adams, 24, gave birth to a son, who is in the custody of Adams' mother. Adams died about a month after the baby was born by Caesarean section the night of the shooting.
A police officer testified that Carruth acted suspiciously at the hospital before any charges were filed.
"Mr. Carruth turned to me and said, 'Are you guys going to take me out in handcuffs and put something over my head to hide my face when we go out?'" Officer Kevin Wallin said.
The new testimony against Carruth came after nearly two days of cross-examination by defense lawyers of codedefendant Michael Kennedy, who drove the shooter's car.
Kennedy, a prosecution witness testifying without immunity, stuck to the story he told last week that Carruth hatched a plan to kill Adams to avoid paying child support. Carruth already was paying another woman about $5,000 a month, Kennedy said.
Kennedy and another co-deendant, Stanley Drew "Boss" Abraham, are to be tried separately on murder charges. Co-deendant and confessed triggerman Van Brett Watkins confessed to shooting Adams, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Carruth.
Beasley preps for meeting with Sooners
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jonathan Beasley is not a quarterback who is quick to forget a bad game. After he played poorly in a 41-15 loss to Nebraska last season, he taped the final score on his locker and stared at it every day, just as a reminder.
It's easy to guess what's on his mind this week considering his performance in No. 8 Kansas State's 41-31 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma earlier this season.
The senior quarterback is intent on correcting his 38.9 completion percentage as the Wildcats prepare for their second chance at the Sooners Saturday in the Big 12 Championship game in Kansas City.
Kansas State's offense sputtered in the previous meeting between the schools. Beasley passed for 211 yards, one of his worst performances of the season. Beasley was outplayed by his Oklahoma counterpart and Heisman Trophy contender Josh Heupel, who passed for a season-high 374 yards and completed 29 of 37 pass attempts.
Before that game, Beasley was considered as a Heisman contender, but Heupel won, and Beasley hasn't forgotten.
"I think it's a little too late now, the season's nearly over," Beasley said of overcoming Heupel in the national spotlight. "It will be exciting because there will be a lot of media there watching him. But I can't be worried about redemption. I just have to play my game."
Unlike against Nebraska, when Beasley shouldered the blame for the loss, he said that the entire offense struggled against the Sooners. Beasley's receivers Quincy Morgan and Aaron Lockett dropped eight passes.
"We let some passes get away from us," Morgan said. "We tried to make big plays too soon. That won't happen again though."
This time, Beasley said, the Wildcats are focused on playing better as a team.
"I don't think there's any pressure on me individually," Beasley said. "It's a team sport even though I'm in the profile."
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