European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Oklahoma powerhouses renew rivalry Stillwater okla. A Oklahoma slate reeling after ils upset loss to Iowa slate a week ago will iry to finish its regu Lar season on a positive note saturday when third ranked Oklahoma comes to town. The 17lh-Rankcd cowboys arc faced with the Prospect of losing two straight games for the first time under coach Pat Jones who is 18-4 in his two years at Oklahoma state. Before the loss to Iowa stale Jones teams had been beaten Only by Oklahoma and Nebraska twice. Oklahoma state is 8-2 Overall 4-2 in the big eight conference and has not yet played As Well As it can Jones said. But a Victory Over the Orange bowl bound soon cars would help make people forget that. We be had far More adversity on and off the Field than we had last year said Jones whose team will finish its season tigers pose problems for Crimson tide Birmingham Ala. A a Burn s to Jackson Leader of the Southeast Ern conference s Best offence is getting All the attention but another part of the seventh ranked Tiger football team concerns Alabama coach Ray Perkins even More. That s Auburn s defensive front Ger Ald Robinson Tracy Rocker Harold Hal Man and Gerald Williams. The four have 305 tackles among them and Are a major reason Cotton bowl bound Auburn 8-2, is favored to avenge last year s 17-15 loss to the Crimson tide in the an Nual intrastate game. The game will be televised by an beginning to 9 . When you look at what we be got to do to win the game said Perkins i think you have to took at one area first How Well our offensive line holds up against their defensive line. That s the key matchup in the Alabama 7-2-1, has a slim Chance to go the sugar bowl if Vanderbilt beats Tennes see and Alabama defeats Auburn. Otherwise the tide will meet Southern Cali fornia in Hawaii s Aloha bowl dec. 28. Regardless of the bowls. Auburn Center Ben tamburello said Alabama is the most important game of the season. We Don t con Sider our season successful if we Don t beat the game will be the 50th meeting in the series. Alabama holds a 29-19-1 Edge. Jackson is the Best runner in the country Perkins said and his backup Brent full Wood May be second Best. Jackson one of the favourites in Heisman trophy balloting has run for 1,644 Yards More than half of Auburn s season total and he is averaging 6.7 Yards a carry. Alabama will counter Auburn s running attack with quarterback Mike Shula. He has thrown for a team record 16 touchdowns completing 62 percent of his passes for 1,814 Yards. Dec. 30 in the Gator bowl. Foremost was the temporary loss of quarterback Ronnie Williams who broke his jaw in the cowboys opener against Washington and missed the next two games. Ronnie still docs not have a great Deal of experience Jones said. He also talked about injuries that have limited the playing time of freshman split end Hart Lee Dykes the Oklahoma state fullbacks and some defensive linemen. The offence has sputtered against Iowa state Missouri and Colorado but Jones said he has not been disappointed in the unit. I know our limitations i m fully aware of the limitations he said. But As Long As the kids Are giving Good Effort i m not going to gel unduly Jones and his players agree it will take a Superb showing to beat Oklahoma which has won five straight in impressive fashion. And As added incentive Oklahoma needs a Victory saturday to capture the outright big championship and keep its Hopes alive of playing Penn state for the National title. Jones laughed at the idea Oklahoma 8-1 and 6-0, might take the cowboys for granted in Light of the loss to Iowa state. They re always ready to play us he said. "1 pc never act cute a them being men tally Down when they be played Oklahoma players concurred. Even though they lost they la be ready to said defensive end Kevin Murphy. The fact that they want to Knock us off will make us play hard we know they re a Good football team said defensive tackle Steve Bryan. And we need to make it look Good because we re really playing for the National title. It s tense around Here and it will be until we get through the Orange we arc so close to a National championship said Oklahoma tackle Jeff Tupper. If we slip up in just one of those games we re out of it. The Orange bowl would t be quite As unlike some Oklahoma Oklahoma state games this year s pc game comments have been tame. Most of them. It s hard not to get fired up because you re playing aggie said Brian bos Worth Oklahoma linebacker. It Means enough to us to where we have to live in the state and we Don t want to live with a Bunch of aggie breathing Down Pur throats saying they came up and beat Mcenroe triumphs in tour sets rips australian open conditions John Mcenroe. Fighting for survival Melbourne Australia a after slipping and sliding to a second round Victory John Mcenroe unleashed a stinging attack on the site of the $1.5 million australian open. Mcenroe beat South african Danie Vissr 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Friday to and Vance to the next round. During his Triumph Mcenroe was Given a code violation for an audible obscenity and carried on a running argument with officials during the 2 hour and 23 min Ute match. Mcenroe later said the court on the left Side of the main Arena was without a doubt the worst grass court he had Ever played on. Vissr a left hander kept Pace with Mcenroe Early in the match. The Amer ican grew increasingly angry As he kept losing his footing. The court is simply not Good enough to play a grand slam tournament on said Mcenroe. During the third set the second seeded Mcenroe asked tournament referee Peter bal Longcr if the players could move to the court on the right Side of the main Arena which had been used for the first four Days but the request was refused. Mcenroe later slipped and told the balding bal Longcr if this court is of you be got hair on your it s not really Tennis any More it is fighting for survival Mcenroe said at a news conference. The american left hander claimed the court was simply too hard and too Slippery. He found an unlikely ally in defend ing women s singles Champion Chris Evert Lloyd who also criticized the court after struggling to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 second round Triumph Over compatriot Betsy Nagelsen. The court certainly favors the under dog Evert Lloyd said. It is hard but seems i Don t enjoy playing in conditions which i feel hinder my game said Mcenroe who is bidding to win the tournament for the first time and to also win his first grand slam title of the year. I Don t think i can play my Best Tennis on this he described the matches on the sur face As one shot hit and miss Mcenroe was joined in the last 32 of the men s singles by fifth seeded Stefan Edburg of Sweden sixth seed Johan Krick of the United states seventh seeded Joakim Nystrom of Sweden eighth seeded american Tim Mayotte and his loth sced cd countryman Brad Gilbert and bib seeded Frenchman Henri Leconte. Edburg romped to a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win Over american Bud Schultz. Nystrom found it slightly harder to subdue another american Sammy Giammalva win Ning 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. Kriek Defeated new zealand or David Mustard 6-4, 4-6,6-3,6-4. Mayotte was too powerful for his compatriot Mark Dickson winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Gilbert beat Shahar Perkiss of Israel 6-3, 6-3, 7-6, and Leconte made it a bad Day for the israelis by cruising Home 6 4, 6-2,7-5 against Amos Mansdorf. I Felt i served very Well and i m extremely Happy with the Way i m play ing said Leconte who is seeded to met Mcenroe in the round of 16. Nduka Dizor of Nigeria Defeated american Dan Cassidy 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Friday to earn a third round meeting with Mcenroe. Two men s seeds both americans fell to Young australian players. Darren Cahill son of one of austra Lia s leading football coaches downed 15th-seeded David Pate 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6 0. Mark Woodforde ousted 16th seed Greg Holmes 1-6,6-1,6-4,6-2. Miami Battles fighting Irish in Faust s Farewell Miami a Gerry Faust s Surprise resignation stole some of the drama but saturday s game Between his notre Dame football team and the fourth ranked Miami hurricanes still has a thick plot. Will the fighting Irish pull off one final upset for the beleaguered coach in the be twin one for the Gipper tradition or will Miami quarterback Omny Testa verde Riddle the suspect notre Dame defensive Backfield for big yardage will the Irish take some of the bluster out of Miami coach Jimmy Johnson i rant Ings about his team s Lack of respect in the National polls or will the hurricanes continue on the National title quest so similar to their championship season in 19837 the major question surrounding the season ending game is no longer in doubt. Faust announced his resignation tuesday after build ing a nondescript 30-25-1 record in five sea sons at the South Bend ind., school. It s Best for me to resign now and give the University an Opportunity to get another coach before recruiting starts next week said Faust who was replaced by Lou Holtz. But Faust will stay around Long enough to Lead the Irish into one last Battle. His team enters the game with a 5-5 record and a depressing two game losing Streak. The Irish were 5-3 and hopeful heading into a nov. 16 game against top ranked Penn state. They lost that game 36-6 and then dropped a 10-7 decision to Louisiana state in South Bend. Obviously we knew something was going to happen soon concerning Faust s notre Dame career said starting Quarter Back Steve Beurlein. Wei just did i know which Way. I think a win one for Gerry situation is the hurricanes meanwhile have won nine straight since an opening game loss to Florida. Six of those victories have been on the Road including impressive triumphs Over top 20 teams Oklahoma the no. 3 sooner Only defeat and Florida state. Testa verde has been the catalyst passing for 2,882 Yards and 19 touchdowns. The Junior quarterback ranks sixth in the coun try in passing efficiency and fourth in total offence. This won t be the hurricanes last game. They will face the Southeastern conference Champion in the sugar bowl on new year s Day
