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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, December 27, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Beuerlein makes Point As Blue wins Montgomery Ala. A Noire Dame quarterback Sieve Beni Ilcin came to the 49th Annua Blue Gray All Star football game to show he pro scouts what he could do and he believes he accomplished his  led the Blue on four scor ing drives and threw for a touchdown As the North beat the South 31-v thursday. I came Here to prove 1 can play and o increase my chances in a Rufus signal football and i think 1 did that Beuerlein said after the game. I m very pleased with my performance and 1 think the scouts were  the Blue Gray is the first of the All Star games for College seniors. Last year 63 of its participants were drafted by either the National football league or the United Stales football league. Beuerlein like Temple tailback Paul Palmer Hopes the Christmas Day appearance will raise his stand ing in the professional draft. What i be done on the Field is far More important than any publicity get he said. The people who know the game and the ones that count the most know what t can do. Others can have the awards. I dry 1 need  Beuerlein threw a 23-Yard scoring strike in the second period to Michi Gan state s Mark Ingram who also caught a 7-Yard to pass from Ore gon s Chris Miller in the fourth Peri  scored on a 2-Yard run and Washington slate s Kerry Porter Goethe other touchdown on a 1-Yard run. File photo notre Dame s Steve Beuerlein. Leads North Over South i really enjoyed the game Palmer said. It was Good to  notre Dame s John Carney added a 50-Yard Field goal for the Blue the Gray s Only to was a a yarder by Virginia s Antonio Rice. While the Blue defense held the Gray to just two first Downs in the first half he Blue look a 10-0 Lea despite missing several scoring opportunities. Carney kicked a 50-Yard Field goal to account for the Only score of the first period. The Blue went ahead 10 0 when Beuerlein notre Dame s Ca reer passing Leader moved the North 72 Yards in 17 plays hitting Ingram from 26 Yards out on a thud Down play for the touchdown with 5 55 left in the  missed a Chance to add to the Blue margin when he missed a 23-Yard Field goal before half i me. A botched Gray punt attempt Early see Blue on Page 26 Bama beats Washington in Sun bowl by ii Erskel Essenson Elpaso Texas Al linebacker Cornelius Bennett and quarterback Mike Shula have completed their careers at Alabama. Tailback Bobby Humphrey and coach Ray Perkins have not. All four played integral parts As flu stricken Alabama trounced Washington 28-6 in thursday s Sun bowl for a record22nd postseason Triumph. I was concerned before the game be cause seven Guys were sick Perkins said. I m not hoarse from hollering i m hoarse because 1 got flu bit. I wondered about what kind of Sta Mina we would  the Taiwan flu has been prevalent in Texas recently. Among those it a was Humphrey Alabama s Sophomore Tail Back who scored on runs of 64 and 3yards and caught one of Shula s two third period touchdown passes. His tree ads tied the Sun bowl record. Shula whose father Miami dolphins coach Don Shula saw his son play in person for the first time As a collegian tired a 32-Yard scoring pass to Greg Richardson Midway through the third Quarter and threw a 17-yarder to Humphrey with 13 seconds left in the period As the Crimson tide pulled away from a 7-6 halftime Lead. In the first half it was the Taiwan  the second half Alabama just flew. Shula completed 15 of 26 passes for 188 Yards while Bennett who led Ala Bama with 11 tackles and pressured quarterback Chris Chandler at least As Many times was named the game s most valuable player As Washington was Hel without a touchdown for the first time since Early Las season. We have done a lot of things this year that no other team has done Bennett said. It s great to end my College career by being named  could t have gotten a nicer Christmas gift said Perkins who again denied rumours that he was leaving Ala Bama to Lake Over the National football league s Tampa Bay  fully expect to be at Alabama for a Long Long time. I Haven t spoken to any body and nobody has contacted me about another Job. I Don t know How 1 can put it plainer than that he said. Washington coach Don James whose team committed three turnovers two of which led to Alabama scores said it would have been hard enough 10 beat them without any mistakes. Our defens played Good the first half but our offence played poorly he whole game. I think Overall it was the Best defense we face this year. Alabama had a lot to do with our poor  Humphrey who set seven Alabama re cords this season including 1,471 Rush ing Yards and was named i second team see Sun on Page 26 Bow Orff 2 other sooner suspended for steroid use All America Brian Bosworth out of Orange bowl. Oklahoma City up Oklahoma All Amer Ica linebacker Brian Bosworth one of three sooner barred from the Jan. I Orange bowl against Arkansas after testing positive for steroids apparently used the drug in the Spring his coach said thursday Bosworth a Junior who finished fourth in this year s voting for the Heisman trophy was suspended thurs Day along with Sophomore guard Gary Bennett and freshman defensive tackle David Shoemaker. Under a testing plan announced earlier this year the Mcaa tested about 725 players from 20 schools that were scheduled to play in postseason bowls. Oklahoma coach Barry Swizer said Bosworth experimented with steroids in the Spring and apparently had not used them since but doctors have told me they can stay in your system a  Swit Craid All his players knew that the Mcaa was planning to lest for steroids. I talked with them in january about the new rules about players using steroids to make Ihm selves bigger and stronger he said. They knew what the repercussions would be if they tested positive i support drug testing. I think it s something we need to support if you re positive you re ineligible. I Don t care if you took it 12 years  Bosworth s teammates Learned of the suspensions Only an hour before the third ranked sooner left okla homa City thursday afternoon for Miami. Bosworth who earlier his month received the Buikus award As the top College linebacker of the year could not be reached for comment. It s a Shock to me. We did t even know about it Oklahoma fullback Lydoll Carr said. We re not going to blame him for it or anything. "1 know he wants us to win the Ball game and that what we re going to do Carr said la s probably his last Ball game with us. I just feel sorry for  Bosworth 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds is a two time Winner of the Dick Butkus award As the nation s top College linebacker. Although a Junior because he was red shirted in 19s3, he is eligible for the nil draft. Boson a s off Field personality has attracted almost As much attention As his play. He has coloured his hair remand Black and has a Long Tail piece flecked i n Magenta. Senior linebacker David Dudley of no. 10 Arkans Salso was disqualified for steroid use his father Wil Liam Dudley of Houston said thursday. Dave won the Able to play in the Orange bowl he said it s Christmas. We All feel bad about  earlier this week Southern Cal All America guard Jeff Bregel was banned from the Florida Citrus bowl after testing positive for steroids. Bregel said lie Loo the drug because he was told it would Speed his recovery from a knee injury. There Are More than 100 drugs from heroin to diuretics that Are on the Mcaa s list of banned substances. Steroids Are muscle building agents that can have a wide Range of serious Side effects including the development of liver tutors. A player testing positive for any of the banned drugs except marijuana is ineligible to play. Those testing positive for marijuana Are warned but permitted to participate. An Mcaa official said players tested were on the 10 learns competing in the fiesta Cotton Rose sugar and Orange bowls. Thirty six players from each of those teams were tested 22 that played the most and 14 others selected at random  
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