European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse , Page 36 the stars and stripes sports Fri Clayt september 30,1994 no Miracle b Over horns by Rick Warner a football writer _ despite bearing Michigan last week of a last second Hail Mary pass the fifth ranked Colorado buffaloes Hope it does t come Down to the final play saturday 8 30 . Get on an radio at no. 16 Texas. We Are going to have to put Michigan behind us real quickly and get on to the longhorns coach Bill Mccartney said. We re going to catch Texas at its. The longhorns 0 Are off to their Best Start since 1985. They have an explosive offence led by quarterback Shea Morenz running Back priest Holmes and receiver Lovell Pinkney and their defense is Strong against the run. A but Colorado May have the Best Trio of offensive players in the country with quarterback Kordell Stew Art tailback Rashaan Salaam and receiver Michael Westbrook. Stewart and Westbrook connected on the winning 64-Yard pass against Michigan. They have great athletes Texas coach John Mack Vic said. Their personnel is As Good As anybody in the coun Colorado 0 also is Battle tested having beaten no. 15 Wisconsin and no. 7 Michigan after opening with a Victory Over Northeast Louisiana. Texas has Defeated Pittsburgh Louisville and thu who have a combined 7 record. The teams have played three times since 1989, and Colorado has won them All including a Blowout in Boulder last season. Texas a Point underdog should be More competitive this 34-24. Mcaa Heads give leeway in eligibility Overland Park Kan. A the Mcaa presidents commission hop ing to avoid a second showdown with the Black coaches association voted wednesday to let schools in some cases choose Between their own sat freshmen requirements and the Mcaa s. Given full authority to set their own test score standards schools could in theory do away with those requirements altogether for a few athletes who Don t qualify to compete As freshmen. They still could t compete c but they could get scholarship Aid and practice. However the commission amended its earlier plan to let. Who Don t meet freshmen eligibility quirk mints earn a fourth year of eligibility through academic achievement. Those who Don t meet the standards arc very Small in number Judith Albino chairwoman of the commission said at a news conference. We also recognize the differences among our schools and the need for institutional autonomy when it comes to working with students who Are at risk based on data from earlier years the Mcaa estimated there could be roughly 2,000 partial qualifiers or about 8 per cent of the total 25,000 scholarship ath letes in division i. About 1,400 of the partial qualifiers would be Black the Mcaa estimated. The commission s proposal will go to a vote of the nearly 300 division i schools at their convention in january along with a competing proposal put Forth without recommendation by the Mcaa Council. That one would greatly de emphasize the use of act and sat scores in determining freshmen eligibility. A year ago the Bra lost a bitter convention fight with the commission Over basketball scholarship limits and threat ened a Boycott of basketball games. That dispute is now on hold but Many Black coaches have Long opposed standardized tests As discriminatory. College football predictions no. 1 Florida minus 19 at Mississippi gators averaging 58 Points per game. Florida 3.7. Wyoming plus 40 at no. 2 Nebraska Tommie Frazier won t play but it won t matter. Nebraska 49-7. No. 4 Penn St. Minus 47 at Temple owls Haven t beaten Lions since 1941 Penn St. 62-14,A. Oregon St. Plus 22 at no. 6 Arizona wildcats allowing Only 36 Rushing Yards per game. Arizona 34-10 no. 7 Michigan minus 18 at Iowa wolverines Bounce Back from Colorado loss. Michigan 38-17. Stanford plus 15 at no. 8 notre Dame visitor has won last five games in series delayed until 8 30 . Get saturday on an to. Notre Dame 38-21. Texas tech plus 19 at no. 10 Texas am aggie have won 22 in a Row at Home. Texas am 31-10. Georgia plus Svi at no.,11 Alabama bulldogs topple the tide 12 30 . Get sunday on an to. Georgia 17-14. Urcla plus 12 at no. 12 Washington huskies Are hot Bruins Are no Washington 28-14. No. 13 Miami minus 20 at Rutgers hurricanes have won 66 straight Over a ranked foes. Miami 34-24 no.14 Virginia tech minus 6 at Syracuse homies off to Best Start since 1981 delayed until 10 30 . Get saturday on an to. Syracuse21-20a v.,- no. 15 Wisconsin minus 7vz at Michigan St. Badgers no. 2 Rushing team in nation. Wisc on s1n24-17.no. 17 Washington St. Plus 4vz at Tennessee cougars Haven t Given up a to this season. Washington St. 14-10. No. 18 North Carolina no line at sum first meeting. In. Carolina 42-7. Oregon no line at no. 19 Southern Cal a ducks Haven t won at us since 1971south Ern Cal 34-14. .,.-. /. ,. " no. 20 Ohio St. Minus 18 at Northwestern buckeyes won last 18 meetings by average score of 45-10. Ohio St. 45-10. Iowa St. Plus 30 at no 21 Oklahoma cyclones Are 4. Oklahoma 45-7. Georgia tech no line at no. 22 n. Carolina St. Wolf pack has acc s top defense. N. Carolina St. 21-10. /, no. 24 Colorado St. Minus 6vi at new Mexico Lobos snap rams seven game winning Streak. New Mexico 27-24. A Purdue plus 16vi at no 25 Illinois Zillini Lead nation in total defense Illinois 28-.10. A. V / " a last week 15-3 straight 8 spread season 56-13 straight 32-32 spread Byra Smelick Scripps Howard news service Tuscaloosa Ala Alabama defensive coordinator Bill Oliver Calls Georgia s Eric Zeier a great great Quad Oliver Calls his Alabama defense / a. / when the two meet saturday evening 1 30 . Get sunday on an to at Bryant Denny stadium what will be the result average does t win a lot .-.-. -. Some would argue Alabama s defense is far above average. The tide ranks third in the nation against passes ninth in total defense sixth in scoring defense and 12th in turnover ratio. Maybe what Oliver sees As average everyone else would applaud. Maybe Oliver remembers the 1992 Alabama de sense that was great. Maybe he s saying that this unit in t that far along. I wish like Heck we could bring that 92 group Back Oliver said. But we can t. Instead i sure would like to have some of these people grow up. It ought to be a Heck of a Challenge lining up against a quarterback like indeed Zeier is a Strong candidate for the Heisman trophy. His 9,064-passing Yards rank 21st in Mcaa history and file photo third in the Southeastern conference he Georgia s Eric Zeier ranks third in Sec history in completions 3rd-Best in Sec history 672 and sixth in touchdown passes 52. He has the single season record for Low est percentage of interceptions .014only four in 286 attempts in 1991. He has the lowest career percentage of interceptions .02326 in 1,119 attempts. He has the single season completion percentage record .633set last year this season the senior from Marietta ga., has completed 62 percent 93 of 150 for 1,3q7 Yards and nine touch Downs. He is averaging 326.8 passing Yards per game. He s an incredible quarterback with tremendous poise Oliver said of Zeier. He has tremendous awareness. He sees the whole Field. He knows what defences Are going to do,.he s Able to handle defensive changes. Even if you Are in the right defense and in the right position to cover he s so Quick to get rid of the Ball he can still beat you. He just executes to absolute Well not absolute perfection. In Georgia s 17-14 Victory Over Ole miss last saturday Zeier completed 24 of 44 for 257 Yards. He lost three interceptions. He had thrown 176 times without an interception before the rebels got their first. It helped that Georgia rushed for 154 Yards highest total in 11 games. Georgia coach Ray Goff says he never said the bulldogs were a one Man team. A lot of people say All Georgia s got is Eric Zeier. I think we proved that wrong. We showed a lot More than one Way to win a football game saturday both sides Hail Brown discrimination Deal Providence . A a Law yer for female athletes who claim discrimination by Brown University hailed a partial settlement of their lawsuit wednesday calling it a major Victory for women s but Brown officials said the settlement Only verifies the fairness of the school s sports programs. The agreement which came on the third Day of a. Trial settles the part of the suit claiming Brown gives preferential treatment to male athletes. It leaves open the question of whether Brown women Are Given sufficient Opportunity to participate in sports. Testimony will continue on that claim. The agreement requires that for three years Brown continue equitable Alloca Tion of locker rooms athletic equipment supplies and practice facilities scheduling of games and practices use of the University s weight room and opportunities to take training trips. It does not require the school to fund a specific number of varsity teams or any specific varsity team. \
