European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bowl Hopes Don t pan out ins Send bomb huskers Penn St. F6 a first the failure to pair at least two of the top three teams in a bowl will frustrate fans and anger players and coaches at any undefeated school that does t win at least a share of the title. Most Likely that would be Rose bowl bound Penn state or Alabama which would go to the sugar bowl with a Victory Over Florida in the Southeastern Confer ence championship game if Nebraska beats Oklahoma on Friday 8 30 . Get on an to and maintains the no. 1 ranking going into the Orange bowl it would almost certainly win the National title with a bowl Victory. That s based More on history than speculation. In the Era of Post bowl polls every no. 1 team that has won its bowl has Cap tured the championship. Penn state knows the anguish of win Ning Alt its games and going Home empty handed. It s happened three times to the Kittany Lions including two straight years in the late 1960s. The coalition was going to change All that arid it got off to a Good Start by Matching the top two teams in 1992 and 1993. Now the holes in the system Are showing. The Rose bowl s decision not to join the coalition Means Penn state can t play coalition members Nebraska or Alabama. The three schools belong to different conferences and Send their champions to different bowls. The easiest answer to the problem would be a playoff but that idea has repeatedly been rejected by the Mcaa most recently last summer. There is help on the Way however. Next season the coalition will be re placed by an improved Alliance that will scrap All the major conference bowl commitments except the Rose bowl s a by Rick Warnera football writer when the bowl coalition was formed three years ago it was supposed to improve the likelihood of a National championship game. It worked Well the firs two years but this season the title picture is As confusing As the old Days. With three undefeated untied teams heading for three different bowls thereon t be the kind of l-vs.-2 bowl matchup that has highlighted the last two seasons. There s also a Chance three major teams top ranked Nebraska no. 2 Penn state and no. 3 Alabama will finish with a perfect record for the first time since 1954. That would be Fine i there weren t such an obsession with win Ning National titles in College football the Only sport that determines its Champi Onby polls instead of playoffs. But Given the importance of finishing injuries sack rare nil Duel Green Bay wis. A Reggie White is. Troy Aikman on thanksgiving Day. A the Best defensive end in the a Flushing one of the league s top quarterbacks. It sounded too Good to be True. It was. /. Fans sitting Down for some football with their feasting families will have to do with Don Davey is. Jason Garrett in Stead  -. White the nil s career sack Leader will miss a game for the first time in his career when the packers visit the Dallas cowboys on thursday 10 . Get on an to.  a.,- White an eight time pro bowl Selec Tion Tore ligaments in his left Elbow while tackling Buffalo running Bac Thurman Thomas in the second half of sunday s 29-20 loss to the Bills. Aikman sustained a left knee ligaments rain in sunday s 31-7 Victory Over Washington and backup Rodney Peet suffered ligament damage in his right thumb. Both will be on the sideline thursday with third Stringer Garrett starting. We re in the same situation Packer general manager Ron Wolf said. That s what makes it so much  the packers did t immediately re lease results of White s Fri taken Mon Day. But his agent Jimmy Sexton of Memphis tenn., said White told him he d be out two to four  told the Milwaukee Sentinel that White indicated there were torn ligaments but that he won t need surgery. If White is out the full four weeks that would put him Back on the Field in time for the team s season finale against Tampa Bay on dec. 24. White has never missed a game due to injury in his 10 years in the nil. He is John Starks 3 and Patrick Ewing give the officials a helping hand in deciding the nil Leader with 143 sacks in 148 team should have Possession on an out of Bounds play during the kicks 92-88 games. By Over san Antonio on monday in new York. See Page 36 for monday s the stars and stripes ports november 23,1994 r Page 40 ran gement with the big ten and Pac-10. As Long As those leagues Don t have the no. 1 or no. 2 teams the two top schools will meet on a rotating basis in the fiesta sugar and Orange bowls. Next year s marquee game will take place in the fiesta bowl. If the new sys tem were in place now Nebraska could play Alabama in Tempe ariz., which would satisfy everyone but Penn state. As Long As there s no playoff satisfaction won t be guaranteed. Finger pointers is stars at it again new York a Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova will resurrect their Long running hit show next year in the Virginia slims legends tour. The legends tour will feature most of the top names in women s Tennis in the past 25 years along with singers Barbara Man Drell Gladys Knight Martina Mcbride and Regina Belle in six weekend events that will begin with a Friday night concert. Returning to competitive Tennis for the first time since her retirement from the professional tour at the 1989 . Open Evert will Battle Navratilova in a singles shoot out Competition on saturday an sunday of each weekend Stop. Joining Navratilova and. Evert on the senior women s Tennis tour will be Billie Jean King Britain s Virginia Wade Australia s evonne Goola Gong and wend Turnbull Francoise Durr of France Betty stove of the Netherlands Rosie Casals and Tracy Austin. Mcenroe Connors join in Atlanta a Jimmy Connors and John Mcenroe will join Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in an exhibition at the Omni on feb. 5. T the program will include two sets of singles each for the men and women and one set of mixed doubles. Tuesday update a no. 111ndiana 92, Chaminade 79 Lahaina Hawaii a Bri Nevans tied a school record with eight 3 pointers and scored a career High 37points in the Consolation round of the Maui invitational. Astros Bagwell agree to terms Houston a National league map Jeff Bagwell and the Houston As 0ii246850ii000504