European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday january 5,1988 Miami ranked no. 1 in final polls new York not Miami was voted the no. I College football team in the nation sunday in the associated press and United press International polls and also finished on lop in the new York times computer rankings. Florida slate and Oklahoma were second and third respectively in All three rankings. The hurricanes who finished the season with a 12-0 Mark after defeating Oklahoma 20-14. In inc Orange bowl on Jan. 1, were inc unanimous Choice for inc top spot in the a poll of writers and broadcasters and in inc voting by the up1 panel of coaches. In was Miami s second National championship. The other came in 1983 under Howard . Florida stale which Defeated Nebraska 31-28, in inc fiesta bowl suffered its Only loss of the season on oct. 3 to Miami 26-25, when a 2-Point conversion ally Mph in the final minute failed. Florida state coach Bobby Bowdon said he a is delighted with the second place finish the Semi notes highest Ever. This year we changed our goals for the first Lime Ever he said. Everybody else s goal is to win the National championship. Our goal was to win the state championship. 1 Felt it we did Thill it would put us in inc running for the National  Bowdon said he did t regret the 2-Point conversion attempt against Miami that lost the so minolts both the stale and National titles. The so minolts were put in inc position of having to try a 2-Point conversion because of a missed Eulra Point attempt earlier in the game. There s not a darn thing i can do about it he said i Don l worry about it at All for some reason we just weren t supposed to win that game. That s the Only Way i can describe  Oklahoma which had been no. 1 in All the rankings after the end of the regular season was the preseason Choice to win the National championship but slipped to third after losing Only its third game in three seasons All to Miami. Syracuse 11-0-1 finished no. 4 in the a and up polls and fell to no. 6 in the times ranking. Auburn which kicked a late Field goal to gain a 16-16 lie with the orangemen in the sugar bowl dropped to seventh in both the a and up polls but was fourth in the times ranking. Ltd s 30-13 trouncing of South Carolina in the Gator bowl gave the tigers inc fifth spot in All three rankings. Nebraska which had been ranked at or near the top before losing us regular season showdown with Oklahoma finished sixth in the a and up polls and seventh on the times list. Michigan stale which beat Southern California 20 lakers coach unhappy despite 98-81 Victory by the associated pros Portland Ore. Magic Johnson knows Pat Riley is a Tough Guy to please. The los Angeles lakers rolled past their nearest Pacific division rival the Portland Trail blazers. 98-81 for their 10th Slraight Victory sunday night. But the lakers coach Wisn t Happy. The defense was great but we re not very efficient in the open court Riley said. We re not closing things out. We re making Loo Many mistakes Johnson said Riley s comments even after a 17-Point Victory weren t unexpected but he said the players know they re making Progress "1 Don t know what it lakes to please him. He always wants More but it takes time to gel  Johnson said. We re playing belter than we were 10 games ago. We have a ways to go but at least it s getting  Byron Scott scored 31 Points to Lead the lakers. The Blairs had All Lime franchise lows in Field goal percentage at .284 and total Field goals with 27. The previous Low in the Fla this season was .124 by san Antonio. We were so bad Portland s Clyde Drexler said. We really slunk up the joint and we were real fired up before the game because we wanted to show we could play with these  the lakers took control of the contest in the second Quarter boosted inc Lead to 25 in the third period then withstood a minor Portland rally that Cut the Lead to i5 in the final Quarter. The Blairs who had won 11 straight no Roundup at Home and beat the lakers dec. 2 in los Angeles were without Steve Johnson because of sore feet and Kiki Vanda we ghz. Who had a sore Back with Sieve Johnson out and Kiki not available it left them with few offensive options Riley said this game should Lell Portland people How important is to have a player like  the blazers is Points was their Low Cal total of the season and was five fewer than their previous Low. We just never got anything going Portland coach m Ike Schuler said. Droxler scored 24 Points for Portland 15 of them in inc first Quarter Maurice Lucas had is Points and 11 rebounds for the blazers. Scott who had a career High 37 Points in the lakers previous game on dec 29, was 12 of in from Thefield. Los Angeles beat Portland for the 23rd Lime in the la 27 games Between the two foes. In sunday s other Aba game Hawks 111, clippers 84 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored All of his 26 Points and Doc Riv ers had All of his 15 assists in the first half leading Atlanta Over inc los an Geles clippers. Wilkins scored 14 Points in the first Quarter including eight consecutive Points during a 12-0 Streak that put the Hawks ahead 24-9 with 5 42 left in the period. Randy Wittman scored 12 of his 18 Points in the first Quarter which ended Wilh the Hawks ahead 42-22, Atlanta Doc Alten. 15 is half assists the Hawks who won their fifth straight led 74-40 at the half. Playing against Atlanta reserves the clippers Hada 7-0 Streak to pull to with in 86-59 Wilh 3 56 left in the third Quarter but the Hawks scored the last six Points of the third Quarter to end the period ahead 98-63, and the first eight of the final period to go ahead 106-63. The clippers who have lost is straight were led by Quimin Dailey and m Ike Woodson with 14 each. Rivers 15 assists in the first half set a record for a half both for the club and for the Omni. 17, in the Rose bowl was voted no. 8 by both a and up and ninth by the times. Urcla a 20-16 Winner Over Florida in he Aloha bowl was ninth in inc a balloting and dropped to Lolli in the times list and Lith in the up voting. Texas am s .15-10 rout of notre Dame in the Cotton bowl lifted Ine aggie 10 the no. 8 spot in the times ranking from 13th to Lois in the a poll and from 13th to 9th in the up poll. The second 10 in the times ranking consisted of Clemson South Carolina Georgia Iowa. Tennessee. Oklahoma state Noire Dame Southern California Penn stale and Michigan. Tie a s second 10 was Oklahoma slate. Clemson Georgia Tennessee South Carolina Iowa notre Dame Southern California Michigan and Arizona slate. The teams in the final up second 10 were Urcla Oklahoma state Tennessee Georgia. South Carolina. Iowa Southern California Michigan Texas and Indi Ana. Penn state the defending National Champion was not ranked by Eit Crof inc news agencies in their final polls although the Villany Lions were placed i9lh by the times. Calgary swells Lead in division by the associated press Chicago Mike dullard scored two Power play goals and picked up an assist and Rookie Center Joe in Ouwendyk got his 17lh Power play goal leading the Calgary flames to a 5-j Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk sunday night. The Victory gave Calgary a three Point nil Roundup Lead Over second place Edmonton in inc so Yich division Calgary s Joe Mullen got the game Winner Wilh his 17ih goal. Red wings 4, jets 4 Winnipeg Manitoba Steve Yzer Man scored three second period goals Detroit tied Winnipeg despite being out shot 52-29. The jets look 22 shots on goal Lender Glen Hanion in the second period and got goals by Andrew Mcbain Dale a Verchuk and Ray ecu fold. Sabre 2, Nordlu 1 Buffalo . Scup Arniel s goal snapped a second period tic and goaltender Tom Barrasso made 27 saves As Buffalo beat Quebec. The Victory the second in two games for Buffalo lifted the sabres Inlo sole Possession of third place in the Adams division Wilh 37 Points two More than Idle Hartford. The loss was the third straight for the nordic us. Who ure last in inc Adams. Bullets fire Loughery name Unseld to Post Landover my. A Kevin laugh cry who coached the Washington Bulteau to an �-14 atari this season was fired sunday and replaced by assistant coach Wes unsold. A Leam announcement said Unsod a five time All Star and 1939 Aba most valuable player would take Over coach ing responsibilities starting with practice monday. Ii was personally one of the hardest decisions i have had to make in my years in pro sports owner Abe Pollin said. Kevin is one of my favorite people but with the learn playing As it is a move had to be made. "1 think Wes will do a Good Job. He s intelligent he knows the game and he gels along with people. That s really All you can ask of  the bullets loss their fifth consecutive game saturday night falling 111-100 to the Houston rockets. Following the game Pollin had denied planning any major changes. I m not thinking about changes. I m trying to figure out what s wrong he said then. The bullets 42-40 last season in Lough cry s second year with the Leam Losi eight of their first 10 games and Al ready have suffered through three losing streaks of four or More games this sea son. " 1 Don t think it s too late for us to still be competitive Unseld said. Whether we have enough Talent to win consistently is still open to question bul we be at least got to go out and play up to our  prior to the Start of the season the bulled signed former Aba scoring Champion Bernard King to take some of the scoring Load off of Moses Malone and Jeff Malone. King has averaged More than is Points but none of the three is shooting better than 49 percent this season. The bullets Hare been among the worst shooting teams in the league since the beginning of the season Wilh a 4s.3 percent average going into the Houston game. The bullets have also been outre bounded by nearly five rebounds per game this season Lough cry 341-503 As an Aba coach pc Vouly coached the new York new Jersey ecu Philadelphia Atlanta and Chicago in the Fla. He was inc coach of inc nets for three years in the american basketball association before moving with them to Tow Aba in 1976