European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 4,1991 the stars and stripes Page 21 no. 1 ? take tech . Times Byal Harvin Orlando Fla. Not a there were no bed checks and no curfews tuesday night so the Georgia tech football players got a Chance to stay up past Midnight after their 45-21 Florida Citrus bowl defeat of Nebraska to see if their dream of winning a National championship might Home True. When notre Dame s Raghib Ishmail returned a Pant. 91 Yards in the last minute of the Orange bowl against Colorado a great Roar went up in the Large meeting room where the yellow jackets their coaches and families were watching As those dreams were apparently about to come True. That Roar however was followed by a groan As the touchdown was nullified by a clipping penalty. Colorado held for a 10-9 Victory that seemingly preserved its top ranking and dashed tech s Hopes. Coach Bobby Ross said that despite tech s record As the Only undefeated major College team it still needed a Colorado loss to have any Hope of going Home with the schools first National title since the old International news service voted the yellow jackets no. 1 Iti bj52. The associated press poll of writers and broadcasters gave its nod to Colorado Early wednesday afternoon with Georgia tech second. A then the new York times computer put Miami which rocked Texas in the Cotton bowl on top with tech again second. United press International took its time finding the members of its Board of coaches. When it did and had counted the votes the yellow jackets had the no. 1 spot by a single Point Over Colorado. After hearing of the up ranking Shawn Jones techs Sophomore quarterback who had a big hand in three of the yellow jackets touchdowns against be Taska said he thought All the Bard work had paid off. A i Felt that even though Colorado won we should have been no. 1 because of the Way we beat Nebraska a he said. A a in a Happy to see the coaches feel we should be number one also. This erases the disappointment we had from the other  the yellow jackets Lone blemish was a lm3 late season tie at North Carolina. Otherwise the 11-0-1 Mark made tech the Only undefeated team in division i a which encompasses More than 100 schools. A is a i i a i r it notre Dames Greg Davis left approaches Colorado a Tim Davis Center As Irish Back Raghib Ismail runs downfield. Debate continues Over the clip Miami a Greg Davis says he innocent. Bill Mccartney says Davis is guilty. Lou Holtz still Isnit sure what verdict he would Render. Davis notre Dames senior Strong safety was whistled for clipping with less than a minute left in tuesday nights Orange bowl wiping out Raghib a a rocket Ismail s 91-Yard punt return for an apparent touchdown. The penalty helped protect Colorado a 10-9 Lead and the buffs went on to win by that score and claim their first National championship. A a j As Ismail who had already broken several tackles was about to head upheld Davis attempted to Block Colorado a Tim James who Felt he had an Angle on the Ball Carrier. Out came the yellow Flag a i still done to think it was a clip a Davis said. A i knew the ref had called it on me. He threw the Flag right at me. It was borderline yes but i thought i had my head in front of the  Mccartney Colorado a head coach insisted it was a a Good Call. 1 saw the film of the punt return and there a no question it was a clip. Tim James had a legitimate Chance to make a play on the rocket. If he Hadnot gotten him to the ground he certainly would have slowed him up  l a notre Dame coach Holtz Hadnot reached a conclusion on wednesday. A first of All in a not questioning the Call a Holtz said. A i done to want to get into Alibi ing or questioning the judgment of an official. A but ill say this about Greg Davis. He makes Good judgments Good decisions. The first time i. Played it Back it did t look like one of those obvious clips you sometimes see. A a when i played it Back two More times a when i was looking at just the one Guy a you can see Greg s head was in front of the Guy but his should were behind. Maybe technically it w As a clip. But i thought the criterion was if your head was in front of the Guy you re blocking its not a clip. I done to  Holtz admitted that he anticipated a possible Flag after Davis made Contact with James. A when rocket broke into the Clear the first thing i looked for was a Flag a Holtz said. �?o1 did no to see one fight away and my instant reaction was that it Wasny to a  Davis said he sought out Ismail after the game to apologize. �?o1 told rocket 1 had made a bad decision a Davis said. A i probably  have blocked James if i thought rocket had come clean through the first line but did no to think he  a meanwhile Mccartney was kicking himself for a decision that nearly booted away the buffaloes Victory. �?o1 think i could have used a Little better strategy in that situation Quot said me Artney who ordered punter Tom Rouen to kick to Ismail from near mid Tel with less than a minute left instead of kicking out of Bounds. A it Vas a risky thing to do. He a always a step away from going All the Way.�?�,. By the Assoc Utcy press a bos i on a last season a big Lead often led to a big letdown for the Boston celtics this season they have the Talent and mental toughness to make the Lead even bigger. _ a 27-7 run gave them a 65-39 halt inic Lead and they stayed ahead by at least 25 Points the rest of the Way and routed the new York kicks 113-89 wednesday night Boston leads the Atlantic division with a 24-5 record. Only six of tie victories Aba Roundup were by fewer than 10 Points and seven were by 20 or More. A once we get the Lead now w Ere keeping the pressure on a Bostons Reggie Lewis said. A in the past wed play 24 minutes build up a Lead and lose it. T his year we re playing48  new York had trouble changing it with Patrick Wing on the Bench. While he sat out the last 4 11 of the first Quarter with two fouls Boston stretched its Lead from 18-12 to 30-18. He sat out the. Last 7 33 of the second Quarter with three fouls. In that time the celtics Lead grew from 41-29 to 65-36. A they lost Patrick Early a Larry Bird said. A you lose him you re going to lose a lot of  won for the ninth time in 10 games and 14th straight at Home. Kevin Ellale led Boston with 20 Points 10of them during the 27-7 run and Kevin Gamble added 16. The kicks who have lost three straight games were paced by Law ing with 19 Points and John Starks with 13, All in the fourth Quarter. It was the celtics 19th consecutive Reg ular season win Over new York at Boston. Garden. Their Only loss to the kicks in the last 28 matchup Here was in the final game oblast years first playoff round. In Oiler games wednesday a Hawks 120, clippers 107 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins had see Aba on Page 26 an sports television pro basketball a san Antonio at new Jersey 2 . Saturday. Radio pro basketball a Phoenix at Boston 1 30 . Saturday