The Chicago Bears line of scrimmage was once again no place for a guy to be without a gun Or with a football. Team (League) Record 1 Mater Dei (Angelus) 13-0 2 Estancia (Sea View) 12-1 3 Ocean View (Sunset) 10-2 4 El Dorado (Empire) 10-1 5 Capo Valley (South Coast) 11-2 6 Foothill (Century) 9-3 7 Fountain Valley (Sunset) 7-4 8 Brea-Olinda (Orange) 9-3 9 Mission Viejo (South Coast) 10-3 10 Newport Harbor (Sea View) 9-2 Others Receiving Votes Saddleback, El Modena, Katella, Dana Hills and Corona del Mar. It was guys like Ditka who gave NFC Central teams the nickname "the black-and-blue division" Before Ditka, the Bears were mostly blue They approached the game like polo. Then, when we caught up with him, we were cautious, and he ran right over us. "My personal feeling is that USC is not going to beat Ohio State by sitting on the ball and being conservative" Walden said "So I say, let it fly, get it going, turn it loose That's what I'd do, but I'm half nuts anyway. Rudi Gernreich Award: To Carson Coach Gene Vollnogle, who drew oohs and ahs when he fashioned a 33-20 upset of No.
They say it has existed here since the Cougars began to gain national prominence in athletics 20 years ago. His proposal, in general, calls for the establishment of an organization that would govern 100 to 150 larger universities. He added 98 the following week to up the total to 2,105-now the standard for pro running backs. USC's players will wear a replica of his numeral, 42, on their helmets. Generally, our strong franchises not being for sale have put us in a position where the majority of our teams are going to make money this year. Byars is OSU's second-leading receiver with 37 catches for 453 yards behind flanker Mike Lanese, 38 for 585 Split end Hank Norman leads USC with 38 for 623 yards.
Miami quarterback Dan Marino eliminated Seattle by forcing the ball where a discreet passer wouldn't have thrown it against Seattle's superb, closely guarding defensive backs By nature, Marino is an attacking passer. Far from it, they have been called derogatory names, their character has been questioned, and they have been called upon not only to defend themselves but the integrity of their university They would rather have been ignored. If beating Washington in the Orange Bowl is Switzer's principal consideration tonight, beating the drum for Oklahoma was his concern Monday. Other pressing problems facing the NCAA are a new drug-enforcement program, athletes failing to complete their education, and the rise in rules violations by colleges. An exuberant type, he feels sure enough of his talent to make fun of defensive people-with both words and mannerisms-after beating them to the ball But these people don't like to be shown up And they have the resources to retaliate. The group could operate from within the NCAA, or it could, as the College Football Assn has done, splinter off. All of that should take your mind off the fact that one year ago today, these teams were relishing some of their finest hours.
Even while he was doing all the drum beating, Switzer voiced concerned about the pregame hype. "The NBA had its most successful season at the gate last year" he said "This year, it's running well ahead of that. Phil Housley, Ric Seiling, Dave Andreychuk and Norm Lacombe also scored for Buffalo. Except that (after Smith's ankle injury in the UCLA game, his replacement, Doug DuBose, went on to gain 1,040 yards in relief. Sterling, President Alan Rothenberg and General Manager Carl Scheer.
Tonight, it cost us" And, at this morning's workout, chances are that it will cost them some more "I'm getting up at 5 a. m" Overton said. . "This is a great team because it had to be a team" Garrido said. There were a lot of times when we would have our hands on the ball, and they would just take it away from us" Overton, who had seven rebounds, agreed "He talked a lot about us wanting it" she said. Orange County also had silver medalists-in water polo (Irvine's Peter Campbell, Costa Mesa's George Newland and Newport Beach's Jamie Bergeson; in women's volleyball (Laguna Hills' Carolyn Becker, Mission Viejo's Jeanne Beauprey, Westminster's Debbie Green, El Toro's Flo Hyman and Fountain Valley's Tauna Vandeweghe; in women's swimming (La Habra's Jenna Johnson and Mission Viejo's Amy White; in men's swimming (Placentia's John Mykkanen; and in women's diving (Mission Viejo's Michele Mitchell. "I'd like to push the record so far out there that the next guy who breaks it is going to have to break his neck" The Jackson 500: By the first week of August, it had become a foregone conclusion-Reggie Jackson was going to hit his 500th career home run.
"I think we have played better competition (than BYU" Switzer said. Kansas cut the lead to 90-89 with five seconds left as Danny Manning, who scored a career-high 30 points, made a layup. 1 concern, and that of the NCAA, is academic enrichment" Foote said. "I got First Balcony for $20,000" Stute says the best horse he has ever trained was Double Discount, who if he hadn't been a colt would have been mistaken for a mare in foal But Double Discount seldom let his belly get in the way.
Prep Notes Meanwhile back on the planet Earth: Bill Redell, who left Crespi to take an assistant coaching job with the Boston-New Orleans-Portland Breakers of the USFL, has returned to the Encino school for another tour of duty Redell coached Crespi to an 8-3 record in 1982. As Kosar will tell you, "One reason I came to Miami was to play against all the best schools. In the last two weeks, they have beaten the Boston Celtics both at home and on the road, and they beat Philadelphia on the road. Consider that Kosar will this morning be throwing against a UCLA secondary that, due to injuries, looks like a mission soup line-two freshmen, a sophomore and a senior who has exactly 11 games experience. According to a poll of the 60 writers and broadcasters who vote in the AP poll, 18 said they will definitely vote Brigham Young No.
Down-sized wide receivers should always keep a low profile, the Raiders' Cliff Branch maintains. "There is nothing good any of us can say about cockroaches, and to compare a team that is representing the conference in the Cotton Bowl to cockroaches is something that you can't help but think is pinpointed in a negative way to the University of Houston" But the Cougars weren't nearly as offended by that as they were by a remark from an anonymous Cotton Bowl official. "He told me to take the money and buy him a horse" Stute said. Of the eight major conferences, the WAC conference is ranked the lowest" BYU, of course, is in the Western Athletic Conference. Zola Budd, the 18 year-old South African-born running star, will meet with British track and field officials later this week to discuss her plans and the role of her business adviser.
After two professional seasons, Dickerson already is inviting comparisons to the finest runners in NFL history. What the Bears needed there was a bold move to break the strain of the same old pressure And Ditka gave it to them. . 12 by the wire services) is here only because Florida was disqualified by the Southeastern Conference after NCAA violations. More than 300,000 spectators turned out to witness the cycling in Mission Viejo. The starting center is Alton Lister, and he's backed up by Paul Mokeski. "Damn it, half of these (Houston) people will come up here and eat at the 7-Eleven store, and the other half will be trying to hold it up" the official reportedly said. USC made it to today's Rose Bowl game against Ohio State with a conservative, ball-control type of offense and a strong defense.
The quarterback position is also a shared one, with Craig Sundberg getting only slightly more action than Travis Turner But you could probably do as well behind the Nebraska line They are not called "Corn-Huskies" for nothing. "I should wear a saddle on my back during practice" Cummings said "That's how hard he (Nelson) has ridden me. The Chicago Bears of those days were so tough themselves that, rumor had it, the tackling dummy was made out of brick, but Ditka was considered the roughest thing to hit Chicago since Dillinger. "I got First Balcony for $20,000" Stute says the best horse he has ever trained was Double Discount, who if he hadn't been a colt would have been mistaken for a mare in foal But Double Discount seldom let his belly get in the way.
Lisa Ellis followed with a layup and a free throw, and the Aztecs went scoreless over the final 4:16 as Oregon State took a 30-27 halftime lead. Walt Hazzard didn't have the experience to become the head coach at the shrine of college basketball, UCLA, in the spring of 1984. The element is a silent minority, more so every year, but occasionally its bias comes to the forefront. The senior finished with 28 points and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Building a wide-open offense around the talents of quarterback Damon Allen and a fleet corps of receivers, Murphy overcame all the obstacles to go where no one at Cal State Fullerton had ever gone before.
He spoke about how he'd never watched other teams in the playoffs on TV, always gone hunting, instead. And there's still a big undecided vote, which is where tonight's game comes in Yes, the game does count. "But my biggest achievement is still those first two years I started riding, when I rode over 1,000 winners" McCarron won 546 races in 1974, a record that still stands, and rode 468 in '75. "I think we have played better competition (than BYU" Switzer said.
Mike Witt, the Angels' 6-7 tower of untapped potential, finally had his moment-a 1-0, perfect-game victory against the Texas Rangers on the season's final afternoon, with the American League West championship already in the hands of the Kansas City Royals A meaningful accomplishment in a meaningless game. Consider that in his last two afternoons spent on the football field, Kid Kosar has helped Miami shoot up opponents for 40 and 45 points, respectively-and each time, he wound up face down in the sand, the loser. Maybe they feel they can't win if they do that" USC is a four-point underdog, and Tollner says that for his team to win, it must (1) prevent All-American tailback Keith Byars from breaking away on long runs, (2) not turn the ball over on the Trojans' side of the field, and (3) get a draw, at least, in the kicking game. The law-and-order types thought the guy was lucky Butkus didn't notice him, too.
"This isn't a sirloin steak and trout almandine team" Philadelphia General Manager Pat Williams said after the Bucks beat the 76ers "This is more like french fries and hamburgers But it is working There's something likable about them. As Payton, 30, rises with the tide of an ascending team, Riggins, 35, must face the prospect that his star may fall with his battered team's fortunes. The football team went 12-0, basketball point guard Leon Wood won an Olympic gold medal and Augie Garrido's baseball team collected its second national championship in six years Title No 2 didn't come easily for the Titans. As Payton's music machine poured out "Love on the Run" Bear tackle Keith Van Horne looked at the 5-foot-10 Payton, who appears tiny among NFLers, and said, "I hope we can take him all the way" "This is a first" Payton murmured, beginning to smile a bit "It's hard to put into words. Washington 64, Lamar 59-Sophomore guard Clay Damon's 17-foot jumper broke a tie with 2:31 left to give Washington its 17th straight home victory at Seattle.
Just because he's in another uniform, don't get the idea that others can't do it to you" Byars has been likened to the late Ricky Bell, who as a 6-2, 220-pound tailback, used to run over people for USC in the mid-70s Bell, who died Nov 28, will be remembered today. He had trouble enough breathing through what was left of his nose. Kennedy Stadium, he ran for 104 yards, passed for a score, caught a pass and blocked so hard he even broke one Redskin's shoulder. Two good teams moving the ball back and forth so fast you'll think you're at Wimbledon No big national championship pressure Nobody's job on the line Just a good time to be had by all This could be more fun than a Tim Green press conference. -Mission Viejo's Mike O'Brien (men's swimming, 1,500-meter freestyle -Cal State Fullerton's Leon Wood (men's basketball. Walker then stepped to the free-throw line, where he hit both ends of a one-and-one.