European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports december 17,1993 Page 32 Missouri gives top Grid Job to Smith Columbia to. It a Larry Smith who revived football programs at Southern Cal and Arizona is Missouri a new football coach. The school also promoted Joe Castiglione to athletic director wednesday. Smith has not yet agreed to terms on a five year contract. However the negotiations were expected to be resolved and he was to be formally introduced thursday afternoon at a news conference. A i am excited i am thrilled and i can to wait to get going a Smith told the Tucson Anz citizen by phone from Tuc a son International Airport before leaving for Columbia. Quot we will do everything in our Power to bring that program Back to the in vol of competitiveness and excellence that the people of Missouri and Tiger football fans everywhere deserve Quot. Smith 54, replaces Bob Stull who was reassigned As assistant athletic director nov 29 after compiling a record of 15-38-2 in five seasons including 3-71 this year. Smith has a career record of 110-80-6 in 17 seasons with Tulane Arizona and Southern California. A i would rather Smith face Boschem Bechler Joe Paterno Bear Bryant or web Eubank than t would Larry Smith a said Dan Devine the outgoing athletic director. "1 have never respected a coach More than i respect Larry Chancellor Charles Kieslor said he Hadnot planned to announce Smiths a int mint wednesday but decided to because of widespread speculation. Devine whose la year term ends feb 1, will stay with the University As an adviser to Kieslor and Castiglione for at least another year. Quot if there a any doubt i can revert to Peon status 1 can certainly do so a he said. Quot Joe will be the athletic director without anybody looking Over his Castiglione 36, has been at Missouri for 12 years. Other finalists for the Job were Jim Hart athletic director at Southern Uli Nois Carbondale and Kellen Winslow attorney announcer and former Missouri football Star. Quot in be been preparing for this for a Long Long time a Castiglione said. Doi Nei stage hand Nathan Miller helps prepare the Las vegas convention Center for sundays world cup draw that involves 24 nations. Soccer Las vegas apr amid the Neon and noise of glitter Gulch International soccer officials were set to revise world cup rules Friday to get the alignment they want for next Summers tournament. Worried the United states could be stuck with two or three Strong opponents in its group a and teams from Africa and Asia might be placed in the same group a fifa a world cup organizing committee was prepared to enact a change for sunday s draw t at might help the americans Advance to the second round. Fifa soccer a governing body has been accused of manipulating past draws to help Home teams a charge it always denies. Under existing rules based on performance in the past three world cups the 24 nations Are divided into four tiers. The United states As Host is one of the six seeds in the first tier joining defending Champion Germany Argentina Belgium Brazil and Italy. The second tier is Cameroon Ireland awaits cup draw Argentina beats Germany in a see Page 31 1 Mexico Romania Russia and Spain. The third is Bulgaria Colombia Morocco Netherlands South Korea and Sweden. The fourth is Bolivia Greece Norway Nigeria saudi Arabia and name of each country is to be plucked from one of four bowls during sundays televised ceremony which is expected to be watched by about 500 million worldwide. Potentially the United states could have been grouped with Ireland Netherlands and Norway. Fifa said it intends to change the rules because of geographical and geopolitical reasons. Tier one would remain the same. The others proposed Are two a Bolivia Cameroon Colombia Mexico Morocco and Nigeria three a Bulgaria Ireland Netherlands Romania Russia and Spain four a a saudi Arabia and South Korea four b a Greece Norway Sweden and Switzerland the last group is split to avoid having saudi Arabia and South Korea the asian qualifiers in the same group. Quot the initial seedlings threw up some Odd pairings but that a the Way fifa have done it in the past a Sean Connolly chief executive of the football association of Ireland was quoted As saying in the London daily Telegraph. Quot my initial reaction is that we Are losing our no. 2 seeding. That was something people Here treasured a bit. If they guaranteed we re in Boston or anywhere along that Northeast Seaboard it will make it easier. But we could be in a Damn Tough group a Belgium Cameroon Ireland and Norway for example,"0 246850 0qg
