Washington Coach Don James, taking a swipe at the level of competition in the Western Athletic Conference, said: "I know what it is to go through the Pac-10 and Big Eight. Of the 67 catchable passes thrown Smith's way this year, he's caught 66 And then there's UCLA, no wallflower, either. He ran for 134 yards against USC and averaged 5. 3 yards a carry this season, which was 1 1/2 yards better than Andrews. 2: The year 1984 will be remembered as the finest in Cal State Fullerton athletic history.

Of the 67 catchable passes thrown Smith's way this year, he's caught 66 And then there's UCLA, no wallflower, either. Still, I say, hey, USC has been getting beat (lately) with what it has been doing, so why not try something else" Walden, however, warns Ohio State, as Buckeye Coach Earle Bruce has been warning his team, to expect a different USC team than the one that was unimpressive in losing to UCLA and Notre Dame. Walker scored a career-high 36 points, including a game-breaking four-point play in the final minute and two crucial free throws with eight seconds remaining, at Louisville, Ky, to lead the Wildcats to a 92-89 victory over Kansas. 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. But neither of these teams has gotten here on the strength of its offense Oklahoma is ranked No 1 in the country against the rush Washington has an outstanding, pursuing defense Both coaches look for a low-scoring game.

There, however, this all-star conglomerate which McKnight described as "a once-in-a-lifetime" team, stumbled-losing to Long Beach Poly in overtime, 45-44. He recalled the 1977 Orange Bowl game in which Oklahoma had a chance to be No 1 with a victory over Arkansas. San Diego State came out firing and built a 13-4 lead six minutes into the contest. In his last two New Year's Day engagements, Donahue's teams have scored 69 points in two Rose Bowl victories. Race officials said the 36-foot Indian Pacific's time for the 630-miles race was 4 days 4 hours 34 minutes. We weren't going to get our $2 million that way" But the Stute (rhymes with duty) horses made their move after February, accounting for about $2 million in purses in the last 10 months alone.

The Bears were playing the Rams, and it was late in the game when a drunk ran out on the field Now, ordinarily, the athletes ignore an episode like this Drunks are not in their contracts. 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. While that has earned the university applause in many parts of the country, there is an element here that hasn't entirely forgiven them. 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. He won at Compton and his two seasons at Chapman produced records of 22-8 and 22-6-sending the Panthers into the Division 2 West Regionals both years He also had tradition on his side.

Instead of publicly castigating the Clippers for what he believes is a blatant disregard for the NBA bylaws, which state that any team seeking a move must first file an application and await approval, Stern avoided talking specifically about the lawsuit "They are our Clippers" Stern told the crowd "They are one of our 23 teams. He's in heavy traffic-guys all over banging him and waving their arms-and he gets the shot off Not just any shot, but the shot he wants-and he cans it Time after time He's the best scorer I've seen or played against". More than a few people were surprised when National Basketball Assn. Montana is given a single target on each play and trained to hit it in a hurry. He inherited a team lacking talent and a difficult nonconference schedule After nine games, Hazzard's Bruins were 3-6. "This is not a surprise to me" said Witt's catcher, Bob Boone "I think he's the premier pitcher in the league When he's on, they're not going to hit him. They don't eat much, he said, but they spoil everything in the cupboard.