European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports p tvs ts.1 Fri i it-s-1 january 1/2,1993 Page 28 As As it gets by Tom Withers new Orleans up for College football fans Friday nights sugar bowl is about As Sweet As it gets. When no. 1 and unbeaten Miami 11-0, faces no. 2 Alabama 12-0, it will be the first no. 1 is. No. 2 bowl game in five years. This one settles the National championship meaning no split in the National polls in three years a just like the bowl Alliance planned. A add to the mix this years Heisman trophy Winner two rosters speckled with All americans the country a Best defense the two winning St programs in see sundays stripes for new year s Day bowl results the past two decades Bama in the �?T70s, Miami in the �?T80s and the game promises great things. At least on paper. Quot this is what it is All about a 1 is. 2,�?� Miami coach Dennis Erickson said. Quot its a Little different than most bowl games. There a a lot at stake. As i said it s kind of like the super bowl of College football where if you win you re guaranteed the National championship. That show it should but with the game approaching super bowl hype a every move by the teams chronicled since sundays arrivals a the deflating Prospect of a super bowl Blowout always looms. This week both teams have been practising daily and making nightly sojourns to Couborn Street for some serious trash talking. For Miami talking trash is As commonplace As National titles. The hurricanes could Clinch a fifth title in the past 10 years and stake their place among the greatest dynasties in College football. Quot this game can set us apart a said Miami quart whack Gino Toretta the Heisman trophy Winner. A it can put us on a different level than other programs. It is for the National championship and it will be my last game to put on. My uniform with my teammates. Some say Miami a program is on another level maybe another the hurricanes have won 29 they ended the year atop of Ujj wire service polls four limes in the past nine seasons. A fifth title in 10 years would be unprecedented All thai More remarkable considering it would be achieved under three different coaches Howard Sehnal Renberger in 1983, Jimmy Johnson in 1987, Dennis Erickson in 1989, �?T91 and Erickson. As for Turretta he a looking to become thu first player since Tony Dorsett in 1976 to win the Heisman and play for a National Champion in the same year. Alabama a Star defensive end Eric Curry right works against Pete Dimario tuesday during workouts in the Louisiana sup Rome in new Orleans. Heyart preparing for fridays sugar bowl showdown with no. 1 Miami for the National championship. Hawaii beats Lollini 27-17 get. Two by Bernie Wilson san Diego apr Hawaii a Mainland bowl debut was a blast thanks to running Back Tavis Sims. Sims hammered up the Middle for touchdowns of 6 Yards and 1 Yard to Lead Hawaii to a 27-17-win Over Illinois in the Holiday bowl on wednesday night. The Rainbow warriors completed the Best season in school history at 11-2 the fighting Lollini 6-5-1 lost their third straight bowl game and fourth in their last five. Sims second in wac Rushing this season with 1,498 Yards gained 112 Yards on 28 carries in Hawaii a triple option attack. Sims scored at the end of two Long ground pounding drives. Trailing 10-7, the Rainbow warriors took the second half Kickoff and went 80 Yards in 13 plays All Rushing except for a 14-Yard pass from Carter to by quota. Sims scored the go ahead touchdown from the 1 on a second Effort that carried him around two defenders. That drive consumed 5 31, and Illinois had the Ball for Only six plays and three minutes in the third Quarter. Havvar used a fake Field to get a first Holiday bowl Down but gained Only two Yards and Jason Elam kicked a 45-yarder for a 1710 Lead with 1 02 left in the third Quarter. Illinois tried a double lateral play Early in the fourth Quarter and quarterback Jason Verduzco dropped the return toss from John Wright Verduzco must have considered it to be an incomplete pass because he left the Ball on the ground and Hawaii a Daryl Green recovered. A 15-Yard Fumble Roos i score by guard Peter Pate was called Back because Pale did no to report to the officials and Elam kicked a 37-Yard Field goal for a 20-10 Lead. Michael Carter threw a 53-Yard touchdown pass to Darrick Branch with 7 11 left in the game. Six plays earlier Zac Odom intercepted Verduzco at the Hawaii 10 arid returned the Ball 14 Yards Verduzco threw his second to pass of the game to Wright an l8-yarder with 4 42 left. After Chris Richardson was Short on a 52-Yard Field goal try Early in the second Quarter Hawaii moved 65 Yards on 11 straight running plays to tie the score at 7, with Sims scoring on a 6-Yard blast with 8 09 left before halftime. Hawaii a Only other appearance in an Mcaa sanctioned bowl was a 33-13 loss to Michigan state in the 1989 Aloha Bow. The Rainbow warriors 4-7-1 in 1991, were wac Tri champions with Brigham Young and Fresno state this season. Hawaii became the first Western athletic conference Jeam to win the Holiday bowl since Brigham Young in its National championship season of 1984. Carter the gamers map completed 6 of 16 passes for 115 Yards and gained 105 Yards on 21 carries. Verduzco completed 26 of 34 passes for 248 Yards. The Lollini have scored Only 20 Points in their last three bowl appearances. They lost 6-3 to Urcla last year in the John Hancock bowl and 30-0 to Clemson in the 1991 Hall of Fame bowl. Verduzeo a 14-Yard to pass to Wright with 2 32 left in the first Quarter gave Illinois a 7-0 Lead and ended a Streak of eight straight postseason quarters without a touchdown. The crowd of,44,457 was the smallest in the 15-year history of the bowl. 246850 0003 51
