European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be twins the stars and stripes ports january 1/2,1994 Page 36 by Rick Warner a football writer which team will win the National championship a Florida state Nebraska or West Virginia or is it which teams if Florida stale beats Nebraska in the Orange bowl and West Virginia defeats Florida in the sugar bowl on saturday night College football could fend up with a split National title for the third time in four years. That a because the two major polls a the associated press Media and Usa today can coaches rankings a disagree on the order of the top three the a has Florida state first Nebraska second hand West Virginia third the see pcs. 32-33 for bowl outlooks coaches have Nebraska no. 1, followed by West Virginia and Florida state. If Nebraska beats Florida state the Cor huskers would win both titles. But if Florida state and West Virginia win there a a Chance the seminoles would win the a title and West Virginia would capture the coaches Crown. Since none of them has won a National championship Florida states Bobby Bowden Nebraska a Tom Osborne and West Virginia a Don Nhien said they would gladly Settle for a piece of the title. A a in a like to have any part i can get a said Bowden Flose teams have finished in the top 4 the past six seasons. A i just want to go to my grave without you Guys saying i never won  a a piece of one is certainly better than nothing at All a said Osborne whose 1983 Nebraska team was no. 1 All season before losing to Miami by one Point in the Orange bowl. Nhien thinks West Virginia 11-0 be playing Nebraska 11-0 in the Orange bowl because they re the Only should undefeated bowl teams. But the mountaineers still have a shot at the coaches title if they beat Florida and Nebraska loses to Florida state 11-1. Al i a i on ship a n earn a if we win. I feel strongly we would Art of the National Champi Yehlen said. San Diego a coach John Cooper guaranteed an Ohio state bowl Victory and the buckeyes came through. But Only just. Senior Raymont Harris set Holiday bowl records with 235 Yards and 39 carries and scored on three Short runs to lift no. 11 Ohio state to a 28-21 Victory Over Brigham Young on thursday night. A 52-Yard pass from John Walsh to Eric drag gave by the Ball at the Ohio state 6 with 32 seconds left in. The game. Tim Nowatzke dropped a third Down pass in the end zone and Walsh overthrew Drage in the end zone on fourth Down. By also moved to the Ohio state 22 with just More than two minutes left but Buckeye All America tackle Dan Wilkinson deflected Walsh a third Down pass. Walsh then under threw Nowatzke who a was open on fourth-and-7. Cooper made his Victory guarantee during the teams awards banquet on nov. 22, two Days after the buckeyes were Defeated 28-0 at Michigan and before they knew which bowl they a play in. The buckeyes 10-1-1 broke a four game bowl losing Streak under Cooper and became the eighth squad in school history to win 10 games. Walsh completed 25 of 44 passes for 389 Yards and three touchdowns with one interception. By 6-6 saw its string of 19 straight winning seasons end. Making their 16th straight bowl appear Holiday bowl Ance the cougars fell to 0-4-1 in their last five and to 4-6-1 in the Holiday bowl. By rallied from a 14-Point deficit for Ajll-21 halftime tie but unravelled in the Effird Quarter. Joe Herrick missed a 40-Yard Field goal on the first Possession of the second half and Tito Paul intercepted Walsh a pass at the Ohio state 34 three plays into Byus second Possession. A Harris carried seven times for 54 Yards on the ensuing drive including the last Yard up the Middle for the winning touchdown with 4 11 left in the third Quarter. Harris eclipsed Holiday bowl re cords of 225 Yards by Smuts Craig James in 1980 and 35 carries by Penn states Blair Thomas in 1989. He also broke Ohio state bowl records of 167 Yards by Tim Spencer in a 4717 win Over by in the 1982 Holiday bowl and 30 rushes by Jim Otis in a 27-16 win Over Southern Cal in the Rose bowl that gave the buckeyes the 1968 National championship. Harris had 101 Yards on 13 carries in the first Quarter alone including a 2-Yard run with 5 30 to go for a 14-7 Lead. He scored on a 2-Yartf run on the first play of the second Quarter extending the Lead to 21-7. Ohio state dedicated the game to the memory of freshman defensive end Jayson Gwinn who was killed in a car crash near the Columbus Campus on dec. 12.judges allow skins to play Washington a two judges ruled thursday that the Washington redskins did not have to suspend up to 35 players from fridays final game because they refuse to pay Union dues to the nil players association. . District court judge Joyce hens Green denied a motion by the players Union for a court order directing the redskins to abide by an Independent arbitrators award earlier thursday. The arbitrator Herbert fish Gold had directed the club to sus Send and player who had not paid is $5,000 annual dues by 1 . Friday. Brigham Young s Chad Lewis beats Gravity and Ohio state s Marlon Kerner for a to. Uneasy trojans fend off Utah Anaheim Calif. A Rob Johnson a 345 passing Yards and three touchdown tosses stifled Utah a second half comeback thursday night in the Freedom bowl a game the trojans tried to avoid playing. Us 8-5 won 28-21 for its first Victory in Anaheim stadium after consecutive losses to Fresno state in last years Freedom bowl and North Carolina in the season opening pigskin classic. A we did no to come in Here to replay last year a said us coach John Robinson who replaced Larry Smith Days after last year s embarrassing Freedom bowl loss. Johnson a performance erased memories of his poor showing in the 24-7 loss to Fresno state another Western athletic conference team. Before the game Johnson implied the Freedom bowl trojans should not have been playing the bulldogs. He was forced to Swallow hard after completing 7 of 18 passes for 95 Yards and three interceptions a last year i Felt the worst in be Ever Felt a Johnson said. A this year in a just glad we got out with a  Utah. 7-6making its first Back to Back bowl appearances did no to get its vaunted passing attack going until late and had Little Success running against the bigger and speedier trojans. The utes of the High scoring wac entered the game averaging 30.8 Points but trailed 28-0 at halftime. A we got off to a very slow Start a Utah quarterback Mike Mccoy said. A you can to give them 28 Points and expect to  Johnson second on Uscz a career passing list hit acrobatic wide receiver Johnnie Morton with to passes of 31 and 9 Yards in the games opening seven minutes to give us a 14-0 Lead. Morton ended his College career As the trojans All time reception Leader with 201 and set a Freedom bowl record with 10. His catches totalled 147 Yards. Johnson a performance made up for his a last minute Ftfe seption against Urcla that Cost two trojans a Rose bowl berth. Urcla won 27-21 in the regular season finale and will play in Pasadena. At one Point he completed nine consecutive passes to tie a game record. Johnson Vva-30 of 44 for 345 Yards one interception Quot and five sacks. His completions Are the most in game history bettering 29 by Iowa a Chuck Long in the 1984 game. 246850 005