European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 17, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 Holtz a so even people who believe Lou Holtz tarnished the Golden dome will now have to concede that he polished it some too. The question it begs is whether it s possible any longer even at notre Dame to do one without first doing the other. You Don t have to like Holtz or buy into his shtick woe is always him. The constant poor mouthing is tired the occasional bullying is jarring and the cloak of piety comes out from the closet so often it s Start ing to look tattered. There Are More things to dislike about Holtz before Ever opening under the tarnished dome and More than a few people do. But they have to respect his abilities to coach. And to motivate. And to win. Whatever his other sins Holtz under stands the notre Dame Mysti que whatever else it Means Means winning football games. We can t do nothing about mystique coach Bobby Bow Den said after his no. 1 ranked Florida state team became its latest victim. We were a girl s school until 1947," he Don t have their tradition and i told Bur kids if we re going to have one it s going to have to Start with them. But i can see what tradition Means to them. Their kids played like they were pos Jim Litke commentary that was True of Irish teams since the beginning of the Century and never was it More True than on saturday. In Krute Rockne s Day Irish teams were made up of Irish a Tough enough Bunch to begin with. They were often underdogs often played on the Road often with some thing to prove and More often than not they Overa Chie cd. / because of an Ideal that began then and traces a nearly unbroken line of Success much has changed. Holt now has the Best of the Irish As Well As poles germans italians and afro americans. Though Blue Chip players turn up at schools on every Side of him and even though Holtz would have everyone believe otherwise Notredame is rarely the underdog. Yet his teams keeping Faith overachiever in the biggest games too. After saturday s Victory Holtz did t say whether waking up the echoes was in his game plan. But some of his innovations echoed Rockne. Notre Dame s first touchdown came on a reverse by Adria Jarrell a part time flanker and full time punter Mak ing Only the third Rushing attempt of his four year Ca reer. Two other Rushing touchdowns came from Jeff Burns who spends the rest of the game playing safety. Kevin Pendergast who added a 47-Yard Field goal the longest of his career and four extra Points was a soccer player until Holtz yanked him out of practice one Day a few seasons Back. But Only last week shortly before declaring Pender Gast his kicker forever Holtz auditioned the current soccer team to Sec if anyone kicked off deeper. Heroes things like that All the time. At any time. Because the motivational ploys at notre Dame change to fit the timbre of the times it s no wonder Holtz is having a hard time keeping up with the names that fill the Irish record books. Speeches As Good As the Gipper Are hard to come by and changing jerseys from Blue to Green does t impress kids like it used to. And As Gerry Faust Holtz s predecessor in South Bend Learned even a Saint in t Safe with a .500 record. Holtz coaxes kids from everywhere to a Small town with bad weather in the Middle of Indiana the same Way his predecessors did. He promises them that at some juncture every season they will play in the biggest game of their lives. Then he promises a bigger game next weekend. It Doest work every weekend. Some say Holtz promises his kids More and considerably less Noble inducements. And that he turns a Blind Eye to How some linemen got so big so fast and a bad attitude toward players who Don t come Back from injuries fast enough. But after last weekend s display of coaching throwing untested players into the fire at the biggest Momenta cajoling some and kicking others it s Clear he keeps enough Happy to Field a team worthy of history s Burden. In this Day and age the wonder May not be that the dome reflects some of the things that Are bad about College football. But that it reflects so much of the Good. 7 3 0 1 an 728 a Terry s tigers saved the Day for Bowdens a sports writer it was a Day of mixed emotions for the Bowdon family. Auburn coach Terry Bowden posted one of his biggest victories saturday when the no. 6 tigers Defeated Georgia 42-28 to improve their record to 10-0. But his father Florida state coach Bobby Bowden was suffering one of his biggest losses losing the no. 1 ranking with a 31-24 defeat at notre Dame. I saw my wife Ann in the dressing room after the game Ana she told me a Burn had won Bobby Bowden said Sun Day. That was the Only Bright spot of the Day for me. It takes a Little of the sting off that they were Able to Terry Bowden usually listens for the score of his father s game but he did t let Florida state s defeat ruin his Day. That s something i Learned to Deal with a Long time ago said Bowden who is in his first year at Auburn after being a head coach for eight years in division i a and division Iii. I be won before on Days when he s lost. One year we had to win to get into the National playoffs and he won and i lost. It never affects the Bowdens talked by Telephone Sun Day morning. He was pumped up and ready to get at Florida Terry Bowden said referring to the. Now no. 2 seminoles final game. And he was very pleased and excited about our Florida state is still in Contention for a National championship. So is Auburn but the tigers Are barred from the bowls an the coaches poll because of Mcaa pro Bation so the a Media poll is their Only Chance to finish no. 1. The rules in the a poll say you should not disregard someone because they Are on probation Terry Bowden said. As it stands right now anything is possible.". The elder Bowdon has always been reluctant to schedule games against his coaching sons in addition to Terry Tommy is an Auburn assistant and Jeff is an assistant at Southern Mississippi but Woi ild he change his mind if Florida state rebounds to claim its first National title and Auburn finishes the season 11-0? a flu Auburn game would seem like a natural in the Kickoff classic. I Don t know about that Bobby said. I might have to buy some family insurance before i file photos. While dad Bobby Bowden s Florida state team lost its no. 1 ranking at notre Dame saturday son Terry Bowden right guided his unbeaten Auburn club past Georgia. Dad s last game inspired record breaking receiver is Penn Hills a. A after sitting in the i stands As his son set two school records a gravely ill \ Joe Siket went Home spent the evening with his family to and died. D his son Carnegie Mellon wide receiver Jarrod Siket said his father fought the effects of diabetes to hold on Long enough to attend the game. The son said his father encouraged him to play Well and later thanked him for breaking the records while he was there. People say it s just a game but i really believe he wanted to be there for that Jarrod Siket said sunday. The senior receiver wheeled his 48-year-old father across the Carnegie Mellon Field and hugged him be fore the game against Mcaa division Iii rival Case Western Reserve. The son then caught two touchdown passes bringing his season total to a record breaking nine As the tar tans won 56-0. Early sunday morning his father was dead. From everything the doctors had told us the last couple years he was going pretty much Day to Day Jarrod Siket said. We were All pretty much amazed he had made it As Long As he doctors had told the elder Siket he did t have Long to live because of diabetes and the Strain from kidney dialysis treatments five times a week. The father a former postal worker was Blind and paralysed from the neck Down. He last attended a tar tans game two years earlier but listened to his son s games faithfully on the radio. Saturday s game was preceded by a ceremony at which senior players and their parents were recognized. I did t believe it before but i know now that s All he was hanging on for the son said. With everything working out the Way it did there s no Way it could be any better. It makes it All that More important. Siket broke Carnegie Mellon s single season record for yardage a week earlier and wound up with 768 Yards on the season. He broke single season records for average Yards per catch 28.4 and touchdowns in the game with Case Western. After the game when the family was gathered at its Home in suburban Pittsburgh Joe Siket spoke privately with each member his son said. Jarrod Siket said his father spoke last with him. I think he knew what he was doing Jarrod said. He thanked me for petting him the records and 1 told him i said that did t mean anything to me. You being at the game is what counted "
