European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 16, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25college football Miami Naira Dana 8-0 8-2 at at Florida Stato Penn Stato 10-0 8-2 6 . On. 9 30 . On seb to and x seb to and 8 30 . On 11 20 . On an to an to Gino Toretta Penn clash glitters despite loss underrated a a Torretta keeping poise Coral Gables Fla. A Gino Torretta entered the room and began an interview session by joking that the Miami hurricanes might be looking ahead to next week s game against Boston College. The biggest Challenge of Torretta a career looms saturday at top ranked Florida state yet he seems relaxed and confident. A i love going into a game underrated he said. The poised Junior is a Stark contrast to the shaky red shirt freshman who started at quarterback two years ago the last time Miami played at Florida state. Torretta filling in for injured Junior Craig Erickson threw four interceptions in just his third career Start and the hurricanes lost 24-10. A but 1 took it As a learning experience a Torretta said. A playing in that game i Learned the most of any game i be played Here. I Learned you can to turn the Ball Over in big games and in big games this year i Haven to thrown an interception. A you learn from Tough Torretta learns Well. He a 11-1 As the hurricanes starter including 8-0 this year. Florida state coach Bobby Bowden sees Little resemblance to the quarterback his team beat in 1989. A the difference is maturity a Bowden said. A a he Snow a Man. That night he i was a Young innocent fresh faced Young Man. I always thought he was a darned Good quarterback he May not be As Good As Florida states Casey Weldon a senior who has a big Edge in publicity. Weldon has thrown for 2,013 Yards and 21 touchdowns Torretta for 2,214 Yards and 15 touchdowns. Each has been intercepted just six times. A a in a not going to go out there and think about trying to outplay Casey Weldon a Torretta said. A a in a going to try to win the game. If 1 have to hand the Ball off 50 times in a going to do steadiness helped Torretta win a heated preseason Battle for the starting Job Over Sophomore Bryan for Tay who then transferred to Rutgers. Nothing that has happened this fall has caused Miami coach Dennis Erickson to regret his Choice. A maybe Gino does t make As Many spectacular plays As some people a the coach said. A but he does no to make Many the latest product of Miami a quarterback Assembly line Torretta is identified not with Jim Kelly or Bernie Kosar but with a former Hurricane passer who never made it to the nil. Torretta a brother Geoff was Vinny Testaverde a backup in 1985-86. Fans friends and even the Public address announcer at the Orange bowl occasionally Fumble Gino a name. Recognition is increasing and with a year of eligibility left and a stable of marvelous receivers Torretta will be a Heisman trophy contender next year. Still he views saturday s showdown As a potential Pivotal game for his reputation. A obviously until we beat Florida state people Are going to have doubts about me he said because in �?T89, w e did no to by Phil Jackman the Baltimore evening Sun Joe Paterno had to chuckle at the suggestion. His Penn state team is playing notre Dame before 96,500 tailgaters and half the nation s to football fans saturday and someone wanted to know if the fact the Irish got upset last week by Tennessee took some of the Luster off the game. A notre Dame could come Here with three wins and it would still be a big game Quot assured the coach. A regardless of what follows tiresome bowl talk this is Competition Between two of the Best and that Sall the fans and the people involved can ask for. I know we re satisfied with the Opportunity to prove How Good we Are.�?�. Both teams enter with 8-2 records assured of lucrative bowl berths. Being Home the Kittany Lions have been tabbed a three Point favorite. Such speculation has a Way of leaving coaches uninterested they say. But listen to Paterno extol the Virtues of the Irish for a while and if he was an Odd smak or the line would be far different. Getting the jump on Irish coach Lou Holtz who weekly has a Knack for classifying the opposition right up there with Michigan a Point a minute juggernaut of Long ago Paterno allowed a i think we re a Fine football team and i think we re peaking. But offensively 1 think notre Dame is As Good As they come. It can do anything it wants when it has the so what happened against Tennessee ironically Penn state s expected foe in the fiesta bowl come new year s Day a you get in a game like that it looks like it s wrapped up and to me it looked As if notre Dame let up a bit. They played a Little differently than they did when they were ahead Quot answered the coach. A the thing is Tennessee was Good enough to get Back into it when notre Dame went into a Lull. Actually it did t look As if Tennessee did anything to Stop notre Dame it just seemed to Stop the Irish were rolling 31-7, just before halftime and were lined up for a make Able Field goal. 1 he vols blocked the Kiek and returned it for a touchdown. Tennessee went ahead 35-34, with a couple of minutes to go when . Took off from its own end. A notice a Paterno continued a when it had to. Notre Dame went right Down the yield and had a Field goal from the l Vard line at the end for the l he Kiek was blocked. A i know it we get in a 35-Point game with notre Dame our chances of winning Arentt too Good. And. If Vou Fumble the Ball get intercepted or make too Many Little mistakes they can get 45 Points on you. It will be a terrific Challenge for our defense to keep us in there. A but just As important is what we do when we get the Ball. You just can t ask your defense to hang in there All Day with their offence. You have to keep the Ball for a while when you get it and do some the coach added a we should be at our Best saturday better than at any time this year and i Only Hope i know what i m talking about because we re going to have to be to Given his druthers Paterno would just As soon have seen notre Dame win last week Quot they can to be anything but belter after losing like that. They had some easy games before that against Navy and air Force and things did t quite work out when they got in a Tough one. be tremendously improved coming off that game because notre Dame has Quality people and i Don t have to Tell you about the Pride at that place. I hated to see them lose to trailing the Irish in South Bend last year 21-7, Tony Succa brought Penn state Back passing for 277 Yards and three scores in a 24-21 Victory. The teams have played every year since 1980, the Lions winning seven of 10. Canes noles to Settle several bowl matchup by the associated press not Only will the National championship be Riding on saturdays showdown Between top ranked Florida state and no. 2 Miami so will pairings for several bowl games. The Winner goes to the Orange bowl against the big eight Champion Nebraska or Colorado. The loser goes Els Concre. If its Miami the hurricanes go to the blockbuster bowl to play Alabama if its Florida state the seminoles go to the Cotton bowl against the Southwest conference Winner probably Texas a amp a. Bowl bids cannot be officially announced until 3 . Est sunday but Many of the postseason games already appear to be set. There is one catch. A new Mcaa Rule prohibits teams with fewer than six victories against division i a teams from playing in a bowl. The Rule could present a problem for Stanford which has a 6-3 record but with one Victory Over i a Cornell. Stanford a final games Are against Washington state and California. The latest bowl picture Orange Florida state Miami Winner is. Nebraska or Colorado big eight Winner. Rose Michigan big ten Winner is. Washington Pac-10 Winner. Sugar a notre Dame is. Florida Sec Winner. Fiesta Penn state is. Tennessee. Cotron Texas a amp a Sec Winner is. Florida state if it loses to Miami big eight runner up Nebraska Colorado or Oklahoma. Florida Citrus a Clemson is. California. Hall of Fame a Syracuse is. Ohio stale. Peach a East Carolina is. North Carolina state. Hancock Illinois is. Urcla. Copper a Baylor is. Indiana or North Carolina state. Holiday a Iowa is. Brigham Young san Diego state Winner wac Winner. Freedom Tulsa is. By san Diego state loser. Independence a Arkansas with one More Victory is. Indiana North c Arolina state or West Virginia. Liberty a air Force is. Mississippi Mississippi state Winner. Gator a Oklahoma is. Virginia. Blockbuster a Alabama is. Miami if it loses to Florida stat Colorado or Nebraska. Aloha a Stanford with one More Victory is. Georgia tech or Pittsburgh. Californian Bowling Green is. Fresno state or san Jose state big West Winner. Saturdays other major games include no. 3 Washington 9-0 at Oregon slate 0-9no. 4 Michigan 8-1 at no. 25 Illinois 6-3no. 5 Florida 8-1 at Home against Kentucky 3-6no. 6 California 8-1 at Home against Arizona state 5-4no. 7 Alabama 8-1 at Memphis stale 5-5no. 8 Penn state 8-2 at Home against no. 12 notre Dame 82no. 10 Tennessee 6-2 at Home against Mississippi 5-4no. Ii Nebraska 7-1-1 at Home against Iowa state 3-5-1and no. 13 Texas a amp a 7-1 at Home against Arkansas 5-4. Also no. 14 East Carolina 8-1 at Virginia tech 5-4. No. 15 Clemson 6-1-1 at Home against Maryland 2-7or. 16 Colorado 6-2-1 at Nome against Kansas 5-4no. 17 Syracuse 7-2 at Home against Boston College 4-5no. 18 Oklahoma 72 at Home against Oklahoma state 0-8-1no. 19 Ohio state 7-2 at Home against Indiana 5-3-1no. 20 Baylor 7-2 at Home against Texas Lech 45no. 22 Stanford 6-3 at Washington state 4-5no. 23 Brigham Young 7-3 at san Diego state 82 at night and no. 24 North Carolina state 7-2 at Duke 4-3-1
