European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 voters with own minds risk being polled Over by Randy Riggs Cox news service Austin. Texas Bob West s Mailbox at the port Arthur news filled up faster than Santa s in december when West refused to cheer cheer for old notre Dame last fall. Specifically West refused to vote vote for old notre Dame As the no. 1team in the nation even after the fighting Irish edged Miami by a Point. Three weeks after that game in South Bend it became apparent to the news sports editor that notre Dame had no intention of granting the hurricanes a rematch in a bowl game. So As one of 60 members of the National panel that votes in the weekly top 25 poll for the associated press West selected Miami As the nation s top collegiate team. Fighting Irish fans were fighting mad. Consequently Portarthur mailman quickly Learned the Way to West s office. There were about 60 letters and about 75 percent of them were negative West said. They came from 14 different states and one Island. I can t remember which  Texas voters Are selected by Texas a sports editor Denne Freeman of Dallas who Calls their task one of the More laborious non paying jobs you can  "1 want my voters to be knowledgeable people who cover Sec football said Freeman. But i Don t want any a vontism shown toward the Sec. 1want them As totally unbiased As Possi ble. You can Tell pretty Quick if some one s biased and if they Are they re gone. 1 Don t want any  West who has voted for five years acknowledged he risked getting that unwanted tag pinned on him last year with his decision to vote Miami ahead of notre Dame. Miami s coach was Jimmy Johnson a port Arthur native and Friend of West s. Conceding i m not going to try and Tell you that did t influence me any West said he believed he still had the ammunition to justify placing the hurricanes ahead of the Irish. 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Miami notre Dame before i put Miami Back at no. 1," West said. I Felt if i voted my conviction people would think it was a Hometown Call. But when it became obvious tha notre Dame was ducking a rematch that meant to me they were admitting they did t feel like they could beat Miami on a Neutral site. It was my form of protest. Besides he added. I was at that game at South Bend and the reception Johnson and Miami got was unlike anything i d Ever seen in football. Here was holier than thou notre Dame with their fans wearing shirts and things with some of the most obscene stuff id Ever seen printed on  West could have made his decision in anonymity because the a refuses to reveal How each voter casts his weekly ballot. Some voters take it upon themselves to publish their bal lots however and some papers do it As a matter of policy if one of their writ ers has a  s basically a thankless Job to Start with noted Freeman and the Guys who have the guts to put their ballots in the paper really can come under  Ron Maiscel a former sports illustrated writer who began voting three years ago at the Dallas morning news said he caught some Flack from fans last year. Why let s just say i got one of the last seats on the notre Dame Bandwa gon said the morning news National collegiate football writer. I got Calls and letters every week from people wanting to know what i had against notre  Maiscel went to South Bend before the fighting Irish played undefeated West Virginia in the fiesta bowl for the mythical National championship. The stories were Alt laudatory so then i got another rash of letters thank ing me for All my Fine coverage of notre Dame he said. I found that pretty funny considering the kind of letters i d been getting  Dave Campbell has voted in the poll since Freeman became Texas sports editor in 1968. He say he strives to avoid showing favouritism to Sec  Don t vote for Baylor very often because they Don t deserve it Sai Campbell famous for the Texas foot Ball Magazine he edits. And i certainly Don t lean Over backwards for the Southwest conference which has Bee brought to my attention occasionally. We run my picks at the Bottom of the poll each week. They re there if anyone wants to Gripe about it Campbell added i m not startled that fans dote on these things so much. I guess what really startles me is How seriously they take my predictions each week my track record being what it  Navy plans to polish the Bone by Robert Fachet the Washington Post Annapolis my. As he enters his third season As Navy s head coach Elliot Uzelac believes the midshipmen Are ready to put a Little More snap in his Wishbone offence. We have a lot of variations from the Wishbone you did t see last year Uze Lac said. They were put in the program in the Spring to change some things and give us More flexibility on offence. Our Guys Are ready for it they can run the Basic plays in the dark. We will have different alignments different motion a greater variety of plays. The offence is still based on the triple option but teams Are doing a bet Ter Job defending the triple option so we had to make adjustments both running and  Uzelac declined to get More specific and the following Exchange at the facade my s Media Day indicated that feet still figure bigger than arms in his strategy. Athletic director Jack Longyel we re excited about the balls filling the air this  Uzelac maybe he s talking about our kicking  a year ago in compiling a 3-8 record Navy ran the Ball 601 times while throwing 152 passes. It gained 2,432 Yards Rushing Only 993 passing. The men who threw All but two of those passes Are Back Junior Quarter backs Alton Grizzard and Gary Man Tosh. They alternated last season but this time Uzelac intends to pick a no. 1man and stick with him barring injury or inefficiency. The quarterback situation is pretty simple Uzelac said. We have two Fine athletes and we re going to let them com Pete put them in As Many game situations As possible and pick the Best one to Start against Brigham Young sept. 16. We re going to use a one quarterback system because both of them have game experience and we Don t need the two quarterback system again. If we have a injury problem we have another ready to go in. And Don t forget Sophomore . Mason. That s a pretty Strong Posi Tion for  some other spots Are not so Strong. Tight end is a problem there is Little depth at running Back and 263-Pound tackle David Brill s Stow recovery from last fall s knee surgery has left a Hole in the offensive , a team that yielded 294 Points in 1 1 games has More to worry about than putting Points on the Board and Uzelac said. I think Well have a very goo football team when the defense plays consistently every  Lascy who started six games at inside linebacker As a Plebs last season underwent shoulder surgery in the Spring and is not yet ready to play just on considers line backing a reason Uzelac critical area. So much marked Dowis sets one byward Marchant air Force Academy Colo. A statistical evidence to the contrary air Force Academy quarterback Dee Dowis was a marked Man the first time he carried the Ball against san Diego stale. You won t believe this but yes. We were ready for him san Diego state coach at Luginbill said after Dowis. Had dashed an darted for a school record 249 Yards and a Western athletic conference record six touchdowns in air Force s 52-36 Romp Over the aztecs on saturday. He did All that in Only 13 carries. We had people there where they were supposed to be. The Young Man is just a tremendous ath Lete said Lugin Bill who carries considerable defensive credentials. He was defensive coordinator at Ari Zona state in 1982 when the Sun Day its led the nation in total defense. Yet nothing seemed to work on saturday. _. Dowis scored on Dowis runs of 55, 28, 12, 16, 60 and 17 Yards the last Jaunt also breaking the previous single game Rushing Mark of 241 set by Dowis against Utah in 1987."you could say it was poor tackling on our part but you have to give some of the credit to him Luginbill said. That was the Best performance i be seen by a individual player Ever. Air Force is certainly not a one Man team but they were close to one  Force coach Fisher do Berry said he had never been a part of a Gam where a player dominated the Way dec Dowis did  Dowis the Littlest Falcon at 153pounds, has been zipping through de lenses at a record Pace since taking Over the air Force Wishbone attack in 1987.As a Sophomore he ran for 1,315 Yards an Mcaa record for a quarterback. He also threw for 600 Yards. Ust year he ran for 972 Yards and passed for 870. As the Man in charge of the triple option offence Dowis main responsibility in t so much carrying the Ball As it is getting it into the hands of the runner left unguarded by the defense. He has succeeded to the Point that air Force has been second in the nation in Rushing each of the last two  air Force is at it again rolling up 559 Yards on the ground against san Diego stale. There is no question in my mind thai Dee is the Best option quarterback in America today do Berry said. He showed the kind of surgeon he is. He Cut them  record setting opening to his final College season has Dowis Well on the Way there because some oblast year s Guys will be beaten out Uzelac  has High Hopes for its first bowl trip since 1981. While a difficult sched ule makes a 7-4 record about the Best that can be envisioned the kids Are in a weird situation that makes a Liberty bowl Host s appearance possible with a 1-10  no. 1 goal is to win the Corn things. I Don t look at that kind of thing he said. If we Don t win it does t  he s 151 Yards shy of the career Rush ing record of 2,726 Yards set by John Kurshner from 1980 through 1983, and needs five touchdowns to surpass the Mark of 33 by All american receiver Ernie Jennings from 1968 through 1970. To have a winning season and if we Sta healthy we can accomplish  Yards set by Dave Ziebart from 1976through 1979