European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 30. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 memories of fiesta bowl pain Osborne Phoenix Ariz. A Nebraska coach Tom Osborne says he Hopes to erase some painful Mem ories when his seventh ranked Corn huskers face fifth ranked Michigan in the Jan. I fiesta bowl. Nebraska lost 17-14 to Ariz Nastale in fiesta bowl v in 1975. A was a very frustrating game forme personally Osborne said. The prevailing atmosphere was thai in Sun devils did t have a Chance that it was a mismatch. I did t understand  thought it was a toss up. When we lost to them everybody said it was a great upset. But Arizona state was tl-0 going into that game and if you look around the pro ranks a lot of their players Are still Active. Not Many of our Guys Are from that year. It seemed that game helped the fiesta bowl grow and we re glad to be accommodating. Buti Hope we Don t have to do it  Osborne said bowl preparations ire like starting a new season. You Don t know when to Start work and How much to do. Striking a balance is Al ways a problem. You Don t want Mohave Loo much fun or not enough fun. You Don t want to Over practice an you Don t want to go easy and get stale. Every year is a new experiment."1 think Well play hard and Well play Well he said. But then again it s hard to predict. It can go either of two ways. We can believe we Renot that Good after what happened in our last game or we can try to prov something in this  the Cor huskers 9-2, were ranked second in the nation before losing 27-7 to Oklahoma in the regu Lar season finale on nov. 23. The loss kept the Cor huskers from a Jan. Iorange bowl showdown with top ranked Penn  first reaction is disappointment in not going to the Orange bowl an what it represented a Chance at the National championship. It s a competitive instinct Osborne said. But once the players realize that twas no longer possible they got anxious to Cone Here. There s no reluctance on our part to play  Osborne called the wolverines 9-l-1, a Complete  they Don t teem to have any Are where they re deficient he said. We re not As Well balanced to the Yare. They look at us and say they can run Weil but they can t throw we d like to run most of tie time and throw As a Surprise Clement Buti Don t know what Michigan will allow us to do. They Are very very stingy on  Alabama Rolls past us Tor its 21 St bowl Victory Honolulu a Craig Turner third period scoring run started a 2l-Point second half As no 15 Alabama rolled Pas Southern California 24-3 in the a Oha bowl saturday giving the Crimson tide a record tying 21st bowl , making a record 38th Bow appearance tied the Victory Mark held Byuse which saw its Post game record fall to 21-8. The tide is 21 14-3 in bowls. Craig Turne held to a 3-3 halftime tie Alabama took charge in the third period after Greg Olson vaults 19-2% for indoor record Saskatoon Saskatchewan a american Billy Olson set an indoor pole vaulting world Best of 19 feet 2w inches saturday night at the knights of Columbus Saskatchewan indoor  cleared the Mark on his first at tempt breaking the old record of 19-2wheld by Thierry Vigneron of France. I knew As soon As f left the ground i was going to make  Olson  had cleared i7-8w and i8-9w be fore the record attempt. He mused at 19-Ott, then had the bar raised to 19-2%. The record jump was my Best run an jump of the  6lson said. There were probably parts of me that were More than four inches  Bubka holds the world outdoor record at 19-8richardson s 14-y.ird punt return put he tide at tie Psi. 42. Alabama alternated the running of Turner and Bobby Humphrey in a 10-play drive. A personal foul against us gave Alabama a first Down at the us 4 and Turner scored two plays later from the one. Kermit Kendricks intercepted a pass by us quarterback Rodney Peel and re turned it 16 Yards to the Trojan 44 to set up the second Alabama touchdown March. Gene Jelks named inc offensive player of the game gained 15 Yards on three rushes to set the stage for the score which came on Mike Shula s 24-Yard pass to Clay Whitehurst with 13 25 left in the game. The Crimson tide added an insurance score five minutes later by driving 44 Yards following a Short us punt. The tide scored in seven plays with Humphrey carrying four limes for 25 Yards and Al Bell covering the final 14 Yards on a reverse with x 25 to play. Van Tiffin kicked a 4s-y.ud Field goal for Alabama in inc first period but South Ern Cal tied it in the second on a 24-Yardcr by Don Shafer. The Alabama defense paced by defensive player of inc game Cornelius Ben Nett limited Southern cat to 197 total Yards including just 61 on inc ground. Alabama ground out 205 Yards Rushing. With Julks collecting 79 in 17 carries. Alabama wound up ils season at l i a while Southern Cal finished at 6-6. The fourth Aloha bowl Drew a crowd of 35,183. Of. Johns Georgia tech win Kentucky turns Back Louisville from press dispatches Lexington. By. Forward Winston Bennett scored a career High 23 Points including 15 in the first half an guard Roger Harden added 10 in the final half to Lead 13lh-Rankcd Kentucky to a69-64 Victory Over no. 15 Louisville sat urday. The wildcats improved to go wit their third straight Victory while the cardinals fell in 6-3. Kentucky leads the Intra state series 12-5, including three wins in the last four meetings. Louisville after trailing 33-30 at the half pulled even at 50-50 on Forward her Bert Crook s Baseline jumper with 8 11left in the game. The wildcats then went on a 9-2 tear to open a 59-52 margin with 4 26 to go. Louisville closed the Gap to 61-58 on Mil Wagner s Basket at 2 24. Kentucky s Roger Madison scored on a goal lending Call on Louisville Center Penis Ellison and Harden Sank two free throws to expand the Lead to 65-58 with 41 seconds left in the game. Forward Kenny Walker finished with11 Points and Madison added 10 for Ken Lucky. Wagner topped Louisville with 19points, followed by Crook with 14 and Ellison with 13. Kentucky scored six straight Points on Walker s Hook shot James Blackmon s driving Layup and Bennett s 16-footer Totake an Early 11-5 Lead. Louisville came Back to tic the game14-14 on Wagner s Baseline jumper at 11 18, and went up 16-15 on Ellison three Point play at 10 36, Bennett and Madison then scored 4points apiece in a \4-6 run that moved Kentucky to a 29-22 Lead at 4 24. In other games saturday Recac Holiday festival new York Walter Berry scored28 Points and Ron Rowan and Mark Jack son added 18 each to Lead i lib ranked  s to an 85-69 Victory Over St. Bonavenlure in the championship game of thee cac Holiday festival. It was the 250lh Victory in Madiso Square Garden for the Rcd Man the most of any College basketball team there. It also was St. John s fourth Holiday Festi Val title in the last five years. In the Consolation game Lona came from behind to defeat James Madison 57 54. Glenn Grant s three Point play wit two minutes remaining broke a 50-50 tie and sparked the Victory. College basketball St. John s took a 31-12 lend against the ebonics Midway in Rob by first half and extended it to 21 Points. 41-20, five min utes before the half by half Lime the Bonnis had fallen be Hind 5j-3j but then slowly closed inc mar Gin pulling to within eight Points. 70-62.with 5 37 to go on a three Point play by Barry Mungar. The Bonnie leading scorer this season Munger missed most of the first half after picking up his third foul with Only 3 23gone. However he still managed to score a game High 30 Points. St. Bonacc Turc could get no close than eight Points when Jackson hit a Side jumper and Sheldon Jones made a driving Layup with 3 37 remaining. Cotton stale classic Atlanta Georgia tech coach Bobby Crimins in t sure How his no. 7 yellow jackets ran up a 81 of 4 winning margin Over Navy to take the Cotton Stales classic. We kind of got tired we played v hard he said. It s a strange thing. We get these big leads and 1 Don 1 know what happens. We played a Little tentative a Little Sloppy. I thought Navy was really going to come  instead tech led by Mark Price with23 Points and John Salley with 20, was ahead most of the game going up As Muchas 24 Point Midway through the second half. Earlier saturday no. 20 Mcpaul Defeated Texas 63-62 in the tournament s Consolation  Dalrymple scored the first eight Points for tech As the yellow jacket pulled away Early. Navy tied the score at 12 with 14.42 Leftin the first period but tech 9-1, reeled off 10 straight Points including four each Bys Allcy and Price to take the Lead for Good. Lofaso invitational Albuquerque Michigan stat guard Scott Skiles pumped in 25 Points to Lead the spartans to a 76-61 Victory Over new Mexico in the championship game of the Lobo invitational. Kent state broke away late in the Consolation game to beat Massachusetts 74 64. Skiles a 6-fool-l senior with a soft touch jump shot riddled new Mexico from All Over the court As the spartan improved their record to 9-1. When Skiles was t scoring he was handing out assists to teammates darn Johnson and  Polcic who also Lound the lobo.-. Defense an  Mark. Johnson coming off a hip injury thai had sidelined him for the first game of the tournament and Polcic a Forward. Each had 16 Points. Polcic also had 13 rebounds. New Mexico 8-3. And a loser on Ilse Mccourt for the first time this season was led by senior Forward Johnny brow with 12 Points. Dam Holiday classic Kansas City to. Ron Kcal Liigand Archie Marshall keyed an ik-4 run that gave sixth ranked Kansas a i  and sent the Jay Hawks on their Way to an kl-56 Victory Over Wichita stale inthe title game of the Bra Holiday Clas sic. In the Consolation game  oni scored six Points in overtime to Lead Loui Siana tech past Arizona state 87-h6. Underdog Wichita slate got to within five Points of the Jay Hawks at 42-37 on a bucket and a free throw by Steve  then Greg driling hit n bucket for Kansas and Kellogg who led All scorer with 22 Points reeled off three straight unanswered buckets to put the Jay Ukson top 50-37. Marshall scored the next six Points for Kansas and Danny Manning completed the run with a 12-Footcr for a 60-41 Lead. Wichita stale. 6-3, never got close than 17 Points us ils four game winning Tomk came to an end. Brigham Young 88, Weber is. 86 Provo. Utah Brent Stephenson scored on 2 Layup with three seconds left in overtime to lift Brigham Young to  Victory Over previously unbeaten Weber stale College. Weber slate now 10-1, took its first Lead of the Gime with 26 seconds left in regulation play when Wall Tyler hit a 17-foot shot. By s Tom inciting Scal inc game into overtime when he connected onto free throws with no time remaining. A nailing had put up an inside Shotwithtwor seconds left but the shot rolled off the rim As the but scr sounded. However Dar Ryle Mcd Anici was called for a foul an the play and a nailing was Given two fre throws. By led 43-30 at intermission thank sin part to a 14-3 spurt which helped the cougars jump from a 20-19 Lead with10 08 remaining in the half to a 35-24 advantage with 4 17 logo