10 Tuesday, November 18, 1986 / University Daily Kansan Fiesta Bowl could steal New Year's Day show The Associated Press The Fiesta Bowl's coup in landing a likely Miami-Penn State national championship game has taken the glitter off some other bowls and left some college football people wondering where the sport is headed. The traditional Jan. 1, bowls — Rose, Cotton, Sugar and Orange — probably will take a back Bowl game Analysis seat to the Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl, which switched its date from Jan. 1 for prime-time television and boosted its fee to $2.4 million for each team, an increase of $1.2 million from last season's payoff. The Fiesta Bowl deal, announced this weekend, involves the country's only undefeated and untied teams in Division I-A. The Jan. 2 deal is contingent upon Penn State beating 5-4-1 Pitt on Saturday. Miami is a heavy favorite to defeat East Carolina, 2-8, on Thanksgiving night. There is an escape clause by which a Penn State loss to Pitt and a Nebraska victory over Oklahoma would enable Miami to stay home and play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Miami and Penn State are independents that can choose their bowl, while the Cotton, Sugar and Orange bowls have conference commitments that provide the host team. The Rose Bowl has conference tie-ins for both teams. In arranging the contract, the Fiesta outbid the Citrus and Gator Bowls. "One thing the bowls don't want is a playoff, but the greed of the bowls is going to create a playoff," said Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer, who has always opposed a playoff. Baylor head coach Grant Teaff is opposed to bowl bidding wars. "Can you believe the bidding got up to $2.5 million?" Teaard said. "That could open a big can of worms. I don't like it. I think the NCAA should step in." Cotton Bowl officials still prefer a tie-in game with the winner of the Southwest Conference, which runs the Cotton Bowl, as its host team. So does the Sugar Bowl, whose host with the Southeastern Conference expires after the Jan. 1 game. I gaff. "It's getting tougher out there now," said Jim Brock, Cotton Bowl executive vice president. "The rules are changing. Some of the bowls are getting corporate sponsors, and we're getting into a bidding war." Mickey Holmes, executive director of the Sugar Bowl, said he still believed the big bowls' contracts with principal conferences usually would ensure that one of those games would produce the national champion. produce the nation. He noted that this season the four big bowls had 47 teams as possibilities for postseason matchups. Bruce Skinner, executive director of the Fiesta Bowl, said of the Miami-Penn State matchup: "We're hopeful it will come off. If it does happen, we will win." The game adds a lot of sense to move the game for "It makes a lot of sens the networks, the institutions and for us. We want to showcase No. 1 against No. 2. With six games already on TV on New Year's Day, it makes a lot of sense to move it. The Orange Bowl, while still hoping for a Miami-Nebraska pairing, lined up the Southwest Conference runner-up to meet the Oklahoma-Nebraska winner, provided it is Texas A&M or Arkansas. The Aggies and Razorbacks, along with Baylor and Texas, still have a chance at the SWC crown. the winner of Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan game will win the Big Ten Conference title and a birth in the Rose Bowl against Pacific-10 Conference champion Arizona State. The loser will become the first Big Ten team to appear in the Cotton Bowl. The Citrus Bowl will match Auburn against California, while the Gato Bowl will pair Caryl Bowl with The Sugar Bowl host will be either LSU or Alabama, and the visiting team will be the Oklahoma-Nebraska loser. LSU or Alabama will play Washington in the Sun Bowl. Sports Briefs Grandview 7-foot center to sign letter of intent with Jayhawks KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike Masucci, a 7-foot center at Grandview High School, announced yesterday that he would accept a basketball scholarship at Kansas Masucci's high school coach, Kevin Albers, said the center planned to sign a national letter of intent today at the high school. The early signing period for high school seniors ends tomorrow. Masucci, who averaged 19 points as a junior, had narrowed his choices to Kansas, Missouri and St. John's before visiting the KU campus. Albers said Masucci would cancel a visit he had been scheduled to make later this month to St. John's. KU suffers iniuries in NU game The Kansas football team got more than its pride hurt in Saturday's 70-0 loss to Nebraska. Wide receiver Tom Quick suffered a shoulder sprain and bruised ribs. It is questionable if he will play in the season's last game against Missouri. Quick said he could not even catch the ball because of the noise. Strong safety Jamey Steinhauser sported a hand cast after practice yesterday. Steinhauser broke his right little finger in the game. backup linebacker Mike Long returned to the defense after being sidelined with a knee injury for two weeks. KU swimmers lose dual meet The Kansas men's and women's swim teams lost a dual meet to Louisiana State Sunday in Lincoln, Neb. The women lost 69-44, and the men were beaten 67-46. Out of 13 events, the women and men won three events each. For the KU women, Liz Duncan won the 50-meter freestyle in 24.25 seconds, Susan Bloomfield won the 100-meter backstroke with a 59.1 and Lori Spurney took first place in the 3-meter diving with 22.22 points. For the KU men, Grant Seavall won the 100-meter butterfly with a 51.88, Glenn Trammel won the 100-meter backstroke with a 51.78 and Scott Berry took first place in the 500-meter freestyle with a 4:44.70 The Louisiana State team was in Lincoln to compete against Nebraska on Saturday. Ex-player's condition worsens LUBBOCK, Texas — Hospital officials listed former quarterback Bobby Layne as very critical yesterday as his condition worsened. Saturday, Layne underwent surgery to control bleeding in his esophagus, and his condition has deteriorated, said Methodist Hospital spokesman Doug Hodel. After he awakened in pain. Layne, 59, drove to Methodist Hospital at 4 a.m. Saturday, three days after he was released from a hospital in Pontiac, Mich. Layne was listed in serious condition following surgery Saturday but he slipped to critical Sunday. Layne was admitted to a Pontiac hospital Nov. 8 for tests for a liver problem. The former Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers star was operated on several years ago for cancer of the tongue, nose and cheek and has been suffering from a liver disease for several years, said W. Nicholas Kerbawy, a friend of Layne's and general manager of the Lions from 1948-58. From staff and wire reports. New charges delay SMU appeal action United Press International MISSION - The NCAA yesterday agreed to a request by Southern Methodist University to postpone action on the school's appeal of current sactions in light of new charges against the Mustang football program. The National Collegiate Athletic Association Committee on Infractions unanimously approved the delay requested by SMU Athletic Director Bob Hitch in an appearance before the committee. The appeal asks for relief from restrictions imposed on football grants-in-aid for the 1987-88 season, the final year of current sanctions against the Dallas school. The Mustangs are in the second year of the current NCAA sanctions. The Mustangs are allowed only 15 new scholarships this recruiting season. Last year, SMU was allowed no new scholarships. The school was also banned from post-season bowls for two years and from television for one year. "We still believe that the appeal, on its own merits, deserves consideration," said Hitch. "However, in the present climate of serious allegations and doubts about the integrity of the SMU football program, the institution would be further embarrassed to pursue the appeal at this time. booster. The latest charges came last week that a former SMU player was paid $25,000 to sign with the school and a current player was given use of a rent-free apartment by an SMU Hitch told The Dallas Morning News that he met Sunday with tight end Albert Reese, who was held out of Saturday's 13-7 victory over Texas Tech. The News reported Friday that Reese had been living in a rent-free apartment provided by SMU booster George W. Owen. Hitch said Reese gave him documents concerning the apartment Sunday but that he had not had time to examine them. Hitch said he would try to get Reese eligible for his final collegiate game, Saturday against Arkansas. two days before the Reese story broke, WFAA-TV in Dallas reported that former Mustang David Stanley said he was paid $25,000 to sign with SMU in 1983 and he and his family received $750 a month until he left school in 1985, four months after the NCAA had placed SMU on probation. COMMONWEALTH THEATERS GRANADA DOWNTOWN TELEPHONE 843-725-1900 HILLCREST 1 9TH AND IOWA TELEPHONE 882-8400 HILLCREST 3 911 AND IOWA ITLPHONE 82848000 HILLCREST 2 9TH AND 10TH TELEPHONE 824-8400 HILLCREST 5 9TH AND IOWA TELPHONE 822-6400 *BARGAIN SHOW Good only with coupon. Not valid with any other offer. lesser value FREE! Country Inn 2 for 1 Special Buy one Chicken Fried Steak Dinner and get one dinner of equal or expires: 11-30-86 6th & Lawrence 841-1287 THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREPARE --- Available in January THE BRAND NEW SUNRISE VILLAGE At 6th & Lawrence Ave. 3 bedroom, 1460 sq. ft. townhouses, with private garage, $2\frac{1}{2}$ baths, large master bedroom, washer/dryer hook-up, fireplace, pool, and tennis court, energy efficient, on KU bus route. Nearby shopping conveniences. Stop by the Sunrise Place Office at 9th and Michigan, or call 841-1287. Confidential pregnancy testing • Safe, affordable abortion services • Birth control • Gyn exams • Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia. Providing quality health care to women since 1974 Insurance, VISA & MasterCard accepted. Comprehensive Health Associates 4401 West 109th (1435 & Roc) Overland Park, Kansas (913) 345-1400 If you need abortion or birth control services, we can help. For information and appointments (913) 345-1400 His message will inspire you to seek out a relationship with the LORD and to believe that His power can be manifested through your life. - Tuesday - 18th 2859 Fourwheel Drive #8 • Wednesday - 19th Roundtown Malls • Thursday - 20th 7:00 p.m. - Friday ... 21st Full Gospel Businessmen's Assoc Master's Inn ... 2222 W. 6 Sponsored by: MARANATHA CAMPUS MINISTRIES Just What You've Been Waiting For!! Pre Holiday Basketball Tournament Entry Fee $5 Team Entries Due: Friday, Nov.21 at 5 p.m.in 208 Rob. A Good Way to Warm Up for Intramural League Play Which Begins in Late January. Sponsored By Recreation Services This Jayhawk Sweatshirts for You! - only §16 - Help Support the KU Crimson Girls Compete in National Competition! Buy a new No.1 Jayhawk Sweatshirt in room 217 Allen Field House from 8-5 p.m., or from any Crimson Girl! Limited Supply!