European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 11, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 Battle for no. 1 Fla. St. Ponders Irish game plan by Malcolm Moran the new York times Tallahassee Fla. A the concept seems simple enough Stop the run. That has been the formula since dinosaurs is. Mammals the original meeting Between no. 1 and no. 2. If Florida state intends to pass through notre Dame stadium this saturday and continue on a path toward a National championship the seminoles must limit the Irish running game enough to create the kind of uncomfortable passing situations that can Lead to mistakes. Stop the run and the fighting Irish will be unable to build the time consuming drives they Are hoping will re Duce Seminole quarterback Charlie Ward from a decisive Factor to a frustrated Spectator. Quot that a what the coaches stressed Quot said Derrick Brooks the imposing Seminole Une Ward Backer who re turned from neck and shoulder injuries last week. Quot we can to let them eat the clock on a this simple concept poses just one problem. Quot nobody a done that yet Quot said Mickey Andrews the defensive coordinator at Florida state. Quot we re going to ask our Guys to do it. Maybe we if the seminoles allow the Irish to approach their average of 274 Rushing Yards a game the fifth leading figure in the nation they will be giving notre Dame a Freedom of Choice. If Irish quarterback Kevin Mcdougal is allowed to operate in Short yardage situations he will be Freer to run the kind of risks that Are More easily taken on third and 3 than they Are on third and 12. Quot i would like for us to just Start lining up with eight Man fronts Quot said Clifton Abraham a defensive Back Quot and say of you re going to run run. If you can to you Florida states problems would begin if the Iri a can run just enough to create some uncertainty. The Irish Are not necessarily As one dimensional As Lou Holtz their head coach indicates. Bobby Bowden the Florida state coach understood that when considering the possibilities his team could face this week. Bowden did not sound like a coach preparing for a one dimensional team As e listed some of the wrinkles the seminoles might be forced to encounter. Quot it s according to How Good he thinks he is Quot Bowden said of Holtz and the i an radio and to 7 30 . Get saturday Irish. Quot if he thinks he can do it without changing he wont Holtz sounded unusually assertive at his weekly news conference in South Bend. On a Normal tuesday with Holtz still preoccupied with the difficulty of the task at hand the thoughts of the coach of the Irish Are filled with the Standard gloom and doom. But tuesday with his schedule altered As a result of the Bye last saturday Holtz sounded More positive. Quot we did no twin a lottery to get Here Quot Holtz said. A we weren to like Rocky. Nobody said a boy who can we get to play Florida state a a. The seminoles despite a disappointing defensive performance in their unemotional Victory at Maryland last weekend were strengthened by the return of Brooks who was part of 11 tackles. This week they arc anticipating the return of Jon Nance a senior nose guard who recently underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Quot he a one of the Best players on our team Quot Andrews said. A the sees things. He plays the trap better than the other nose guards do. He rushes the Brooks and Nance will help determine How much flexibility the Irish will have in their offensive approach. If notre Dame forces Florida state to guess the Irish could take advantage of a sense of Unur disability that already seems to Nave Bowden Back on his heels. A Lou is one of those Guys that i hate to have extra time to prepare Quot Bowden said of Holtz. Quot he a one Guy who can really use it. A lot of coaches take advantage of that extra week. I just know the Success he has had in bowl games when he has had three weeks to get ready. Quot you give him extra time to prepare where he can undo things and Start Over. That scares me. For the seminoles the Irish possibilities Are difficult because they seem to be endless. Bowden a a there a nothing i can do about it Quot Bowden said Quot except try to anticipate what he might do. Would he go Back to a sprint out game Quot would he change this would he try to Blitz us would he mesh two Guys like he did to Florida in the sugar bowl what she going to do All i can do is try to guess what he might do and try to be ready for evander Holyfield pauses during a meeting with the press in new York tuesday. Was ready to escape in the 7th by de Schuyler or. New York a there was no escape clause in evander Hoty Fields a contract to fight Riddick Bowe but the thought of escape was on the new champions mind during the seventh round. Quot if that Man had gotten Over the ropes i was going to get out of the ring Quot Holyfield said tuesday in reference to Para Gladist James Miller crashing against the ring ropes saturday night and causing a 21-minute delay in the fight won by Holyfield on a 12-round majority decision. Quot i started thinking about How hard he was hitting me Quot the 32-year-old Holyfield said. A i told my Comer i have a spasm in my Back. Then. I walked Back and Forth praying. It got funny because Bowe was watching the two most asked questions of Holyfield during a series of interviews at a mid Manhattan hotel were of course would he fight again and if so against whom when it was suggested that he would fight at least once More holy fiend said a you really can to say that i will fight Audini you said i a a we await evander Quot said Seth Abraham president of sports for time Warner operator of pay per View Tivko arid Hob. Quot its whatever he wants to Shelly Firkel Holyfield a manager and Dan Duva his promoter think a match Between Holyfield the if and Aba Champion and Lennox Lewis the wac Champion is a bigger fight than a third one with Bowe. In a conference Call from London on tuesday Lewis said of a match against Holyfield Quot there is no other fight but there that the Public wants. This is the fight that the world wants to see and the fight that we a third fight possibility would a be a mandatory if and Aba title defense against Michael Moorer. Right now fighting anybody is the last thing on Holyfield a mind. He says. Quot after a Tough fight you want to rest a he said. Quot i still Hurt. The Only thing that soothes me is i Hill retains his title Fargo . A Virgil Hill hammering his opponent throughout the bout stopped Saul Montana of Mexico in the 10th round tuesday night to retain his Aba Light heavyweight title. Hill tied the record of 14 title defences As a Light heavyweight. Montana Scomer stopped the scheduled 12-Rounder at 2 26 of the 10th round after Hill landed a flurry of punches that sent Montana Back into the ropes. Hill 29, raised his record to 37-1 with 19 knockouts and matched Bob Foster s record of 14 Light heavyweight title do lenses. Hill won the title in 1987, lost it to Thomas Hearns in 1991 and won it Back last year. Montana ranked ninth in the Aba is 21 4 with 19 knockouts. Daly says alcohol did t cause latest problems Nazca plan Mexico a John Daly says personal and professional pressure a not an alcohol problem a caused him to snap on the Golf course last week. Daly was suspended from the pea tour on sunday two Days after he was disqualified from a tournament in Hawaii for picking up his Ball before finishing a Hole. Daly also was suspended earlier this year and went through a three week alcoholism treatment program. A a that a the thing 1 want to stress the most that i am not drinking again Quot Daly said tuesday in his first Public comments since the latest suspension was announced. Quot i Haven to gone to reach for a drink but i think about it when times get Tough. There a always the temptation Quot he said. A a in a going through a lot of personal things in my life and in a just trying to work through them. Its just the pressure 1 think everything built up. It s been a rough Daly golfs biggest hitter and one of the games top draws appeared relaxed tuesday shooting a 4-under-Par 68 during an exhibition at the club de Golf Chapultepec outside Mexico City. It was a Warmup for the mexican open a non pea tour event starting thursday. Daly won the 1991 pea championship As a Rookie at Carmel ind. His Only other tour Victory came last year in the . Open at Endicott . His life has been in turmoil lately. Dalys wife charged he trashed their Home and assaulted her in december then later dropped the charges. Divorce proceedings Are under Way. Daly was suspended for picking up his Ball after missing a Birdie putt on the 11th Hole at the Kapahua International on Friday in Hawaii. Quot it was just one of those Days that nothing was going right and it was a reflex of frustration Quot Daly said. A what i did was wrong. It Wasny to something so severe like 1 Hurt myself or i Hurt somebody else like it could have been when i used to drink Quot he. Said. Quot its somewhat of a depression that As an alcoholic we go through
