European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday november 5,1988 Sanders makes run of Heisman from press dispatches there is a new groundswell in the Heisman trophy race toward Barry Sanders of Oklahoma state. The Fooi-8 running Back is threatening to break a fistful of Mcaa single season Rushing and scoring records which happen to be held by past winners of the award. On saturday Sanders set a school re Cord with 320 Yards Rushing in the cow Hoys Victory Over Kansas stale and College football scored three touchdowns. That brought him within striking distance of Marcus Allen s All time Mcaa record for Rushing in a season Sanders has 1,476 Yards a crowing 210 per game and thus has a realistic shot at Allen s Mark of 2,342 Yards set in 198 As inc Heisman Winner at Southern California. He would need to average roughly 217 Yards in the cow boys four remaining games starting with Oklahoma saturday. Sanders has 24 touchdowns five shy of the Mcaa record.  have scored29 in 3 season Mike Rozicer of Nebraska and Lydol Mitchell of Perm state also Sanders has already established a couple of firsts with four games to go. He was named big eight player of inc week for a record fifth time after his performance against Kansas slate and in that game he became the first player in Mcaa history to Rush for More than 300 Yards twice in a season. Oklahoma state coach pal Jones said Oklahoma s visit could be Pivotal in theheisma1 race. When Urcla was upset by Washington stale last week. Bruins quarterback Troy Aikman s chances less ened. Beating Oklahoma would lend him an awful lot of credibility Jones said of Sanders. The proposal that teams play 12games in a season has drawn debate among coaches. Unlike the athletic directors who recently proposed adding an extra game to the schedule for financial and budgetary reasons most coaches seem to feel in would by an unnecessary Strain. Nebraska s Tom Osborne expressed a prevailing sentiment among coaches whence suggested he would be in favor of it under one condition if some of the Money wern o providing spending Money for players. Under Mcaa rules schol warship players Ore not entitled o any thing beyond Tui Tion room and Board nor Are the allowed to1 work is i Cpl during the sum i Mars. Many coaches i feel spending Money Osl Mirne might Lessen the temptation to pay athletes under the lab a. As ii coach 1 have serious reservations because the season is already a Long one Osborne said. "1 would Hope sonic compensation would to made Toich players whether it be a monthly Sti Pend or a free round trip plane ticket Home or allowing them to sell their tick ets and passes for games. I think we re asking More and More from players and giving them less and less when 1 started coach ing the season was nine games. Then it went to 11, and now 12.but in the meantime scholarships have been reduced.". ,. It s unusual for the Bow games to be set this curly but things appear to be mapped out As the postseason games prepare to extend invitations nov. 19. The Cotton bowl should feature Southwest conference Cham Pion Arkansas against Florida state. The Rose shapes up As Michigan against the win no Rofloc Uscula game. Oklahoma Stile s Barry Sanders h threatening several Rushing records his season. The fiesta bowl is set to match no. I notre Dame against West Virginia in whatsit Hopes will be a game of under Caldes. But will mile the Irish regardless. The Orange figures on Miami against the big eight Champion probably As part of an arrange ment with inc Ficula by which the Hurri canes gel invited to whichever Bow notre Dame turns Down. The hurricanes would love to play the Irish in the fiesta for a shot at reversing their 11-30 loss in South Bend but apparently the Irish have nothing to Gam and Little desire for a rematch. The Orange would still love to have the Irish too. But it looks unlikely because the big eight Champ won t be ranked High enough to lure them. Our top three Are notre Dame Miami and West Virginia an Orange representative said. Not Only is Noire Dame no. I in on the Field rankings this week the Irish also Are no t in the classroom. For the fourth Lime in eight years Noire Dame has won inc College foot Ball association s academic achieve ment award. Created in 1981 and presented annually by the touchdown club of Mem Phis tenn., the award recognizes the Cha member with the highest graduation Rale among its football players. Notre Dame registered a 100-percent Success rate when in graduated its entire incoming class of 982 within five years. It s the first time since the award was established that any institution has registered a perfect graduation rate. In addition 12 other Cha schools received honorable mention for having graduated 70 percent or More oath football players who entered in 1982 Boston College Duke Georgia tech Kansas stale Kentucky Maryland Perm state. Rice. Syracuse Tulane Yandoc Obilt and Virginia. Auburn punter Brian Shulman ranks 34lh in this Wecht s Mcaa Statis tics with a 40.86 average proving that numbers can be misleading. Of Shulman s 36 Punis seven have forced the opposition to snarl from inside its 10-Yard Tine and 10 others either went out of Bounds or were downed be tween the id and 19. Nine of his kicks. Have been Short Pooch punts. Last week in Auburn s 16-0 Victory do Florida Shulman averaged 41.4 online punts five of which made he cantors Start from thcir.7. 8, ii i and 12. In Auburn s Only loss 6 10 leu. Shulman punted inside the 20 six clinics. Coaches Are always praising their Nusl opponent bul Urcla s Terry Donahue apparently knew Whai he was talking about last week when he called Washington stale a least which puts together perhaps As Good an of Csc As Well Sec All year. They arc a sight. They have no apparent weak Nesses on often so that you can  Washington state upset no. 1 ucla34-30 and did it without injured Steve Broussard the Pac 10 s leading rusher. Second ranked Southern Cal does t play Washington stale this year an coach Larry Smith says he s glad the cougars Aren t on his schedule. Only two coaches have been on the Nebraska staff throughout the com Husk Ere record 27 consecutive winning  is Osborne who came aboard in 1962 As a graduate assistant. The other i linebackers coach John Mellon who coached with Bob Mcvaney at Wyoming and came along As freshman coach a Nebraska when Mcvaney became head coach in 1962. To wanly so Van years in s unbelievable Mellon said. Ill Tell you what to be on top for 27 years that s a lot of hard work. Tom Osborne and Bob Mcvane deserve All the credit. Remember what it was like inc year before we got Here Well yes. In was 1, the last of six straight losing seasons. Rice University is 7 but does Tlack for Confidence. I Don t think they la Lake us lightly because they be seen the films an they re Well coached cornerback Wil Liam Mcclay says of saturday s visit to no. Ranked notre Dame. Bul i Don t think they la be pre pared for what webring up there. There s no telling what  Forus. The stage is set. It s just a matter ofus going out and Selling a few Moony Breaks. We be just been inches away for so  was referring to Rice s last five games none of them blowouts. The owls lost to Texas 20-13, Texas Chris Tian 21-10, to As tech 38-36. Texasaim24.ioandarv.ansas.21.l4. .,.-. Everyone expects us to get blow away Mcclay says. It s a driving Force  ,. -. Notre Dame might also have some incentive. The Irish will be playing at Home As the no. ranked learn for inc for so time since 1970, the last time they were no. 1 they lost at Michigan 25-7 in 1981. _ even though notre Dame won Nalion a championships in 1973 and 977.ihc Irish Haven i held onto the top spot forbore than one week at a time since 1967. In both championship years they did t attain the no. 1 ranking until the final poll.".-. ,.- Pitt coach rips team in Book Pittsburgh a Pill coach Paul Evans feuded with his players Las season calling them fat cats and say ing they cared More about nightlife than winning games according to a new col lege basketball Book. According to a season inside by John fins twin Evans blasted his players after a feb. 22 unset loss to scion Hall telling them we a area have another game in 48 hours. Bui you had la have Beer blasts an strippers and just party All night. And the worst thing of Alt except for scan Miller the freshman paint. Guard every one of i you quit at the  s just terrible. Erans ok., Fai Tats. Curfew tonight is 10 30 p.m., i would advise you to gel All the sleep you can tonight because you Are going to need  Fin slain was granted special Access to the Pitt locker room and spent time wit several other major College teams. A sports writer for the Washington Post he wrote the 1986 bestseller a season on the Brink about Indiana coach Bobby Knight. Pittsburgh. 24-7, was ranked in the a Sweekly top five most of the season but lost tour of its final nine games including up sets to Villanova 72-69 in the big East tournament and Vanderbilt 80-74 in the second round of the Mcaa  players were openly critical of Evans after the Vanderbill loss and Chebook details some of his reported late season discipline problems. According to fins twin Jerome Lane Pitt s second team All America Forward went nightclubbing with Syracuse player instead of meeting with a Trainer for medi Cal treatment. Also Charles Smith the Biz East player of the year slapped Evans hand away when the coach chided him about a no Vly shaved Staron his head before Pitt beat Syracuse for the big East regular season title Evans told his players you have the taint to win this game but i Don t think you will. I Don t think you Guys care enough Jerome i you really cared you would t be run Ning around with the Syracuse Guys. You Guys. Don t want to win. You re just satisfied to be Good Youdon l want to be great. Evans who has a 49-15 record in two Pitt seasons also said on Forward Rod Brookin being in eligible you can t build a program around kids who arc going to flunk out at half Lime of the Yandoc Obilt loss it s always the same. With you Guys. You Don t know How to put people away after a feb. 20 Victory Over Georgetown i m not sure about the maturity of the older Guys on this team. I m still not sure if they re As serious about winning As the 1 should be. After Pitt won20 games and clinched a tie for the big East title we did t have another Good practice All sea son. I think we re going to play our Best basketball in this program when i gel Alt my own players Here. When asked by a potential recruit Why. Pitt did t play notre Dame " coach Digger Phelps will schedule Robert moms when he comes to pills Burgh rather than us. Look at his sched ule now. He plays half the East coast conference and half the Ivy  in Lac Book Kansas coach Larr Brown said the National Champion Jay Hawks got a big break when Vanderbill upset Pitt because we could t have. Matched up with Pill no  Evans thursday declined to comment