European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports step suns 5th ranked Georgetown from press dispatches Al i Aso Texas Texas i paso manned no. 5 Georgetown 78 m in a nun conference College game a Rilay night. It was incr Guntown s worst loss since a 94-73 setback to Alabama in College basketball i Lio. Both teams arc now 9-1. To Asli paso was not ranked. Quintan Dales scored 12 of his is Points after half Lime As step broke open a close game. Jeep Jackson and Dave Taitl scored eight Points apiece in the first half to put step ahead 34-33 at . Jackson s 20-footer with 40 seconds left in the first half gave step a Lead it never lost. Georgetown s Reggie Williams led All scorers with 22 Points. In another game Friday Navy 67, Depaul 64 Atlanta Vernon Butler converted to o free throws with 37 seconds left to give Navy its first Lead of the second half and Kylor Whitaker made two More with 13 seconds remaining for a Victory Over no. 20 Depaul in the Cotton Stales classic. Linebacker leads buckeyes of j 0-7 Victory Over by Orlando Fla. A linebacker Larry Kolic had two of Ohio state s four interceptions of Robbie Bosco passes returning one of them 14 Yards for a touchdown to Lead the 17lh-Rankcd buckeyes to a 10-7 Victory Over no. 9 Brigham Young University sat urday in the Florida Citrus bowl. Kolic. A senior who quit the Ohio stale team twice As a Junior for personal reasons scored his to 1 08 into the third Quarter As Ohio state wiped out a 7-3 Mikil Flims deficit he also picked off a Bosco pass Midway in the period and returned it 9 Yards to the by 14, Only to Sec the buckeyes offence which also got a 47-Yard Field goal from Rich Span Glicr in the first half lose its second Fumble deep in cougars territory. Ohio slate a i Point underdog to the defending National champions dominated the game after Bosco and David Miles teamed on a 38-Yard scoring play that gave by its 7-3 Lead. Kolic and his teammates applied heavy pressure to Bosco with a relentless pass Rush that played havoc with the cougars of sense which had been averaging 500.2 Yards and 33.5 Points per game. Boscn completed 2f. Of 50 passes for 2 1 Yards. The Bucko act also recovered two first half fumbles to foil by scoring opportunities. Ii Merback William White came up with an interception in the end one to kill a cougars threat with 3 38 remaining and Terry White s end-7one interception with three seconds id go secured the Triumph before a crowd of 50. 2t. The cougars defense kept it close by Stop Ping an Ohio state drive that consumed the final 7 13 of the third Quarter and ended at the by 4-Yard line when tailback John Wool Dridge filling in for injured Keith Byars. Was tackled for no pain on fourth Down to Start the fourth period. By. Embarrassed by Ohio state 47-17 three ears ago in the Holiday bowl also turned Back another threat to give Bosco a Chance to bring the cougars Back with just Over six minutes left. The Ciu mrs moved from their 1.1 to the Ohio St itt .17 he fore William while leaped Lii h in the of the end one to intercept a intended Lor Mark Bellini Brigham Young Yot one More shut at the Ohio stale defense in lie Fina 111 mute hos co to Eil the cougars to the buckeyes .10 before Terry White intercepted him. Ohio stale which lost its last two games of the season to Wisconsin and Michigan to fall out of Thi Rose bowl and National championship picture finished at 9-.v by finished with a i 1-3 record. Car son paces Liberty bowl win Baylor humbles leu 21-7 Georgia rallies to tie Arizona Elpaso Texas a Lars talc soared Over the line of scrimmage for a 2 Yard touchdown with 9 26 left saturday capping a 10-Ppint fourth Quarter rally that enabled Georgia to tic Arizona 13-13 in the Sun bowl As both teams missed Field goal tries in the last 69 seconds. The comeback erased a 13-3 deficit and denied Arizona what would have been its first Victory in five bowl trips. Georgia s bulldogs blew a Chance to Lake the Lead when a 44-Yard Field goal All empt by Davis Jacobs was wide to the left with 1 09 remaining. Arizona then drove from its 28 to the Georgia 22 but Max Zendejas who had converted 24 of .11 previous Field goal tries for the wildcats sent one wide to the right with four seconds left. Tale s dive came on fourth-and-1 and capped a seven play drive after Georgia s John Little forced a Fumble by Arizona Tail Back James Debow which safety Tony Flack recovered at the wildcats 23. The rally started with a 45-Yard Field goal by Jacobs 1 53 into the final period. File Tholo Baylor s Cody Carlson. Hurls 2 to passes Memphis. Tenn. A Baylor quarterback Cody Carlson tossed scoring passes of 5 and 15 Yards to Lead inc bears to a 21 7 Victory Over no. 12 Louisiana slate in inc 27th Liberty bowl priday night. Picked in inc preseason to finish As Low As seventh in the nine team Southwest Confer ence the bears capped a 9-3 season with their crushing Victory Over inc tigers As Baylor rolled up a 26-9 advantage in first Downs. The loss was the second of the year for leu a member of the Southas Lorn con Ference which comply cd inc season with a 9-2-1 record. The tigers Only score came on a Liberty bowl record 79-Yard return by nor Man Jefferson. Baylor overcame the 7-0 deficit to Lead 10-7 at the half and then Ihrol Llyd the Tiger offence for most of the second half. Clinging to a 13-7 Edge Carlson who alternated with Tom much pc Al Quarter Back for the bears capped a 62-Yard fourth quark or Marci a pith a 15-Yard scor ing strike to split end John Simpson. Carl son then found mall Clark alone in the end zone with a 2-Point conversion pass As the bears took command 21-7 with 10 42 remaining. Carlson finished the contest hitting 9 of 12 passes for 161 Yards and the two ads. Muecke completed 9 of 18 passes for 113 Yards. Jeff arson hauled in the Baylor punt Al his own 21-Yard line and found an Alley Down the loft sideline. The Tiger Junior Shook off a pair of potential tacklers at the bears 30 to give leu a 7-0 Lead with 5 17 remaining in the opening Quarter. Jefferson s run broke the old punt return record of 63 Yards set in 1963 by Maryland s Bob Smith against ten Jcsse. After that inc tigers were unable to penetrate any further than inc Baylor .10 Yard line. Baylor charged Back into the Conlest quickly behind Carlson who led inc bears 80 Yards to lie the game on their next pos session. He connected with flanker John Simpson for a 59-Yard gain to the leu 9. Lacr he Hil a diving Clark in the end one for the to. Simpson finished the game with three receptions for 117 Yards. Carlson look the bears to the Tiger 3 Yard line minutes later Early in the second Quarter but inc leu defense stiffened. Leu pushed Baylor Back to inc 20 before Terry Sylor was Short and Low on a 37-Yard Field goal att Mph. Muecke soon had inc bears Back Al the Tiger goal line however moving Baylor from its own 14 to a first Down Al the leu 8. Once again inc Baylor veer offence was stymied. The bears scaled for a 23-Yard Field goal by Sylor pushing their Lead to 10 the bears upped their Lead to i 3-7 in the third Quarter on a 35-Jard Field goal by Sylor. Perkins Calls for a College super bowl Honolulu a Ray Perkins preparing his University of Alabama foot Ball team for the Aloha bowl said he would like to see the four major new year s Day bowls serve As first round games leading to a College super Perkins said the absence of a playoff sys tem bothered me for years going All the Way Back to my playing Days Al Alabama. Perkins said he has been an advocate of some kind of playoff system since 1966. When he was a senior receiver on an Ala Bama team that went 11-0 but finished third in the National poll behind Noire Dame and Michigan slate which had played to a season ending 10-10 tic. That was Chough to convince me College football needed another Way of deciding is National championship Perkins said. When you look at what the playoffs and the super bowl have done for pro football you re not being realistic if you Don t think the same thing could t happen to College football which 1 think is the greatest game on Perkins said. Perkins was in professional football for 14 years five As a player with the Balti More Colts four As an assistant coach Wilh the me1" England patriots one As an assist ant Coati with the san Diego chargers and four As the head coach of the new York giants. I played on two super bowl teams in 1969 and 1971 and one world championship team in 1971. So i be been there and i be seen what a playoff formal can do from a fan standpoint and from a Revenue standpoint Wilh All the television and radio and advertising rights that Lead up to the championship game. You Don l think the television networks would t be interested in a College football super bowl it s a natural for the fans and the game itself Perkins told the birding Ham news. Perkins said he would name the championship game the College super during a break in Alabama s preparations for saturday s Aloha bowl game against Southern California Perkins Xart lined his playoff plan. What i propose is an eight team play off using the four major new year s Day bowls to showcase the Start of inc playoffs. Normally the learns w ii the Bucsi re cords and the High Cal rankings arc playing in inc major bowls anyway so i m talking about making Only a few alterations in the present by slim of Dulc mining inc National see Perkins on Page 23
