European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 4, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 a foe my la ast the Igel us pm the writers Complete flu win from wire reports Edmond okla. The football writers association of America made i unanimous monday voting for Florida state As the no. 1 team in College foot Ball.  -.-, ,-.,. The football writers have presented the Grantland Rice trophy since 1954. Florida state beat Nebraska 18-16 inthe Orange bowl on new year s Day and edged notre Dame 13-12 in Points from balloting by a special waa committee. World notes with Points awarded on a 31 basis Nebraska was third with 4 Points and Auburn had 1. Members of the committee were Roy Exum of the Chattanooga news free press Bob Hentzen of the Topeka Capi Tal journal Mike Lopresti of the Gan Nett news service Thomas Otoole of Cripps Howard news service and Blackie Sherrod of the Dallas morning news. V. Top athletes named Brussels Belgium world 100-meter Champion Linford Christie of Brit Ain and German swimming Prodigy fran Ziska Vanalmsick were voted the top1993 european athletes by the  Union of european sports  beat Spanish cyclist Miguel in Durain and fellow briton Colin Jackson in the men s division. Van Alusic stopped another British track Star Sally Gunnell and fellow German Steffi Graf in the women s   represents 40 National federations of sports writers in Europe. After becoming the oldest olympic100-meter Champion in 1992, Christie added the world title at the Stuttgart championships last summer finishing in 9.87 seconds Only .01 seconds shy of the world record. Smith released Pallas a Dallas cowboys running Back Emmitt Smith the fourth player to win three straight nil Rushing titles was released from Baylor univer sity medical Center monday after being treated for a right shoulder  dislocated his shoulder late in the second Quarter of the cowboys 16-13victory Over the new York giants but continued to play with extra padding under his right shoulder  spent the entire night in Bay Lor just so he could get caught up on Rostand be under observation by our physicians cowboys spokesman Rich dal Rymple said. He s Fine and he looks for Ward to taking a few Days  Emmett Smith out of Hospital Smith played in obvious pain sunday his right  often dangling As he ran for 168 Yards on 32 carries and caught 10passes for 61  Smith missed the first two games of the season before signing a contract and was held to 1 Yard against Atlanta when he injured his knee. Still he finished the season with 1,486 Yards 57 More than los Angeles rams Rookie Jerome Bettis. He s the first player to win the Rushing title three straight years since Houston s Earl Campbell did it from 1978-80. Aussies Advance Perth Australia Wally Masur downed Cedric proline monday leading Australia to a 3 hopman cup quarterfinal Victory Over France. Masur beat . Open finalist pioline7, 6 in the men s singles after Nicole Provis Defeated France s Nathalie Tau i at 4,7 7-46.masur and Provis won the mixed Dou Bles 8 in one pro  now is 4 in hopman cup sin Gles  the evening quarterfinal unseeded Austria upset third seeded former Cham Pion  Wisner opened by defeating Conchita Martinez 6,6, and Alex Antonitsch grew in Confidence As his match progressed and downed Emilio Sanchez 3,6,6.wiesner completely dominated a below Par Martinez who never lived unto her no. 4 world ranking. Ferrari sighs Goto Maranello Italy the Ferrari formula one team announced monday it has signed former Honda Engineer Osamu Goto to head its engines division for the 1994 season the signing of the 45-year-old Japa Nese Engineer is part of Ferrari s renewed Effort to develop a competitive car following three wingless  last Ferrari Victory in formula one came in the 1990 Spanish grand prix. ,. All they could do was watch dream  Montgomery Ala. A they could do was watch the television and wonder what might have been. They dreamed about getting the Hance to play for the National championship rather than sitting at  envisioned How things might have turned out if they had not Beeton Mcaa probation. I feel like we could have held our own with anybody Auburn fullback Reid Mcmahon said sunday one Day after Florida state edged nebraska18-16 in the Orange bowl for Clinch the no. 1 ranking. Auburn despite the Only unbeaten 11 record among the major College teams wound up fourth behind the seminoles 12-1no. 2 notre Dame 11 and no. 3 Nebraska 11 inthe final associated press Media poll. We re undefeated said Mimi lion who watched Florida state s Vic tory on to at his family s Home in Selma. I watched those games yester Day and i saw a let of mental mistakes that should t happen this late in the year the kind of things we were no doing at the end of our season. I think we can compare with any of those teams i saw  Auburn s Fate was sealed be fore new year s Day. It was ineligible for the coaches poll and barred from postseason games because of Mcaa probation. The tigers season had ended six weeks earlier with a 22-14 Victory Over Alabama and they had dropped to fifth in the a poll heading into the bowls. It had been so Long since replayed i think a lot of people forgot about us said quarterback Patrick Nix the hero of the Alabama game. I guess if there had been a perfect Sce Nario notre Dame had lost and Nebraska and Florida state could have tied or something but that was so far fetched it was not even wort looking at. I just enjoyed the Day and enjoyed what we have done this season we did everything we could do. Whether we were voted no. 1 or not is part of it but it s not anything that happen Don the Field. We went out Ana won every game on the  in fact Auburn is the first Majo College team since Rutgers went 11 in 1976 to Post an unbeaten untied record and not claim at least a share of the National title. Mcmilion got special satisfaction out of watching Florida rout unbeaten West Virginia 41 in the sugar Bowland Alabama defeat North Carolina 24-10 in the Gator bowl on newyear s eve. Terry Bowdon v v glad his father won we beat both Alabama and Flor Ida and they both came out of the bowls with victories he said. Florida looked As Good As anybody saw the whole Day Nix added. Offensive lineman Todd Bolan was disappointed not to be Given More consideration for no. 1, but he could t dispute How the polls turned out especially considering Auburn played two fewer games than Florid state. Who knows if the tigers would still have been undefeated after play ing in the Southeastern conference championship game and a bowl. I would have liked to have a Hance to see How things turned out he said. But you can t sit Back and say we Are the Best team. We arc undefeated but we would have had to go on and finish out the season and the Road to the National  but there s something that will out last All the controversy about who Sno. 1, Nix said. We Are the Only undefeated teaming the nation he said. No one will be Able to dispute  Auburn coach Terry Bowden had said the tigers should be considered for no. F if they were the Only undefeated team after new year s Day but he was rooting for his father Florida state coach Bobby Bowden to win his first National title. I m very Happy where we Are Terry Bowden said sunday night from his father s Home in Tallahassee fla.,where the family was watching a tape of the Orange bowl. The last two or three weeks we had put our fortunes and our considerations behind us adjust cheered for my father s  to an to afn.k. 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