European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports tuesday november 29,1994 i amazing minor has no Chance it was his first and Only High profile appear Ance before a National audience. Looking directly into the camera As earnestly As a Man can this i what Steve Mcnair said after stepping off the Field hopefully i m still in the  s wrong with this picture for starters unless you spend a lot of time follow ing College football at this Point you re asking yourself the Hunt. For what was t that a playoff game and did t this Mcnair kid steam just lose 63-20?" and then even if you know who Mcnair is the record breaking quarterback from Alcorn stat Why he was on esp the division i a playoff Sand which Hunt he was referring to the Heisman trophy you still have some questions. Such As is he serious and can a Guy who just set records for completions 52 and attempts 82who threw for 514 Yards and three touchdowns against Young Stewrt state the top ranked defense and team in the division actually lose ground in the Heisman balloting in award yes. Vav. Mcnair is in a most unusual position caught be tween a Rock and a Small place and he knows it. He had just completed the most incredible season quarterback has Ever had at any level and yet he also knew the More he lobbied to be judged on those numbers the More their exaggerated nature Call into question the Quality of the  simple truth is kids playing football in their Jim Litke commentary.  Fearns Don t have the kind of afternoons Mcnair had just about every saturday playing for Alcor state in the southwestern athletic conference. He averaged almost 500 Yards and four touchdown passes a game. He rushed for another 900 Yards an scored nine times. That Means Mcnair by himself accounted for More Yards per game than any major College program averaged. And he led his team sometimes single hand edly several times on espn2, and at least once with a partially separated throwing shoulder to an 8-3-1 record before bowing out to. The defending National champions at their place. No shame in that.  this is the rest of what Mcnair said a lot of things have been held against me All  can t worry about it. I have to go on and Hope that everything works but for the  As he spoke Mcnair almost certainly knew there is no Chance of his name being inside the envelope opened dec. 10 at the downtown athletic club in new York and that despite the boost my Nair got by being of the cover of sports illustrated in late september and the Buzz his candidacy has car ried Ever since. R ".,"   T \ people from Small schools simply Don t win the Heisman. The Early favourites running Back Tyrone Wheatley of Michigan and receiver . Stokes of Cla both dropped out of the Hunt after suffering Early season injuries. Then Tommie Frazier the Nebraska quarterback went Down with a blood clot in his leg. The Odds on Choice some would say the survivor is Colorado s Rashaan Salaam who completed a very impressive Rushing Campaign by break ing the the 2,000-Yard Barrier last weekend. It s hard to vote against Salaam but harder still to understand the logic some voters applied to Mcnair. Esp analyst Craig James went so fat As to say his High school team faced better Competition. It made us wonder if James wore a helmet during his playing Days. Walter Payton who May have been the Best run Ning Back Ever played his College Ball at Jackson state in the Swap. Jerry Rice who is the Best receiver Ever played his at Mississippi Valley in the Swap. And it s not just the stars who make the segue from Small school to big time. In the game of this season so far both the Sart Francisco 49ers and Dallas cowboys had a dozen players on their rosters from schools in division i a or smaller. An nil spokesman said that was close to the league wide average. Finally Here is a Short list of Small school big play quarterbacks who went on to have Long and decorated nil careers Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana tech Ron Jaworski from Youngstown state Phil Simms of Morehead Dave Krie g from Milton. Com pare it to the three most recent quarterbacks who got the Heisman. Last year s Winner was a better basketball player than football player Charlie Ward is now making a Hying with the Aba s new York kicks. Gino Tor Retta Miami class of 92, is making a living in the insurance business. The 1989 and 1990 winners Andre Ware and to Detmer backups both Are Lucky to be making a living playing the game. All were from major colleges. Not one of them can run or throw or make decisions on the Fly like my Nair can. /. " the anon lated press suns win Aba Ace on Bench by the associated pres the Phoenix suns did t have Charles Barkley again. Instead Danny Manning took Center stage -.,  night we have somebody else step up said Manning who scored 10 of his 18 Points in the fourth Quarter of the suns 115-110 Victory Over new Jersey on sunday  have a lot of Guys who can go out and play and be very versatile. I think Pecan hold the fort until they can come  was Back on the Bench with a sore abdominal muscle. No  Manning averaging 20 Points leading the fourth Quarter surge Phoenix captured its third consecutive game. In other Aba games sunday it was Detroit 106, Golden state 91 Utah 94, Sacramento 89 and Portland 99, Indiana 89.kenny Anderson s Layup capped a 31 12 run that put new Jersey in front 102-101, the nets first Lead since the opening minute of the second  s when Manning took Over. He converted a three Point play and san two More free throws All in a 25-second Span. That keyed a 7-2 run that gave the suns a 108-104 Lead with 2 51 to play. Derrick Coleman scored 30 Points while Anderson addedjj7ppjnts and nine assists for the nets who lost for the seventh time in nine Road games. Pistons 106, warriors 91 Grant Hill and Joe Dumars scored 21g Points each As Detroit handed go Dentate its fourth straight loss All on the  pistons blew a 21-Point Lead in the third Quarter then outscored the warriors 32-13 in the fourth period including Razorbacks Romp past Georgetown Danny Manning. Big fourth Quarter a 24-5 Streak to win the game. Terry Mills had 20 Points and 14 re Bounds for the pistons while Tim Harda Way scored 19 for the warriors. Jazz 94, Kings 89 Utah won its fourth straight game but its first in five Road games As Karl Malone scored 25 Points and Jeff Horna Cek 19. Malone also grabbed 14 rebounds and Sank four free throws in the final3 34. Mitch Richmond scored 25 Point forthe Kings who never trailed until Bryon Russell s 3-Pointer with 7 54 left in the fourth Quarter gave Utah its first Lead. Trail blazers 99, pacers 89 Clyde Drexler snapped out of a game Long shooting slump and scored nine fourth Quarter Points As Portland snapped Indiana s four game winning Streak. Clifford Robinson led the Way with 17.Points, while Buck Williams had 16 and Drax scr 15 for the blazers. Memphis Tenn. A Nolan Richardson is ready to make a Perma nent reservation for the Martin Luther King tournament. His top ranked Arkansas Razorbacks beat no. 14 Georgetown 97-79 sunday in what was More like a Home game than what the Black coaches association  an annual fundraiser. Ill play this Here every year Rich Ardson said. After a crowd of 18,245 saw Arkansas Georgetown Only a few Hundred stayed around for the second game of the doubleheader that saw Temple beat South Ern Cal 65-54. The Razorbacks 1-1the first nation Al champs to return five starters since Urcla in 1967, rebounded from a 104-80loss to third ranked Massachusetts on Friday night. We looked at this game As a test four manhood Arkansas Forward Corliss Williamson said. There was no sulking or a Chance for pointing fingers after los ing to  Williamson who looked out of synch against mass rebounded with 22points, 16 rebounds and six assists. Scotty Thurman and Clint Mcdaniel had 16 Points each for Arkansas while Reggie Garrett added 15. Anybody that did t expect Arka Sasto come Back like they did is a fool Georgetown coach John Thompson  were National champions and Are an excellent team. They got humbled abit and came Back. When i saw Nolan s face yesterday i said of hell i  Thompson plans to spend some Tim with freshman Allen Iverson who aver aged 37.5 Points in the hoyas two exhibition games but was 5-for-18 from Thefield with eight turnovers against Arkan Sas. Iverson finished with i Points while George Butler added 17. Arkansas did t wait Long to take con College basketball tool against Georgetown 0-1. The hoyas led 17-15 when Garrett keyed a15-3 run that made it 30-20 with 8 51 left in the first half. Garrett a Transfer from the University of new Orleans hit two jumpers and a Layup during the run As Georgetown missed five shots and turned the bail Over twice. Temple s zone defense and the remo Val of Southern Cal s Lorenzo Orr from the starting lineup helped the owls win their fourth straight season opener on the Road. Temple held Southern Cal 0-2 to 37 percent shooting from the floor and forced 12 turnovers. Chancy gave the trojans High Marks against the zone. They All played Well. Our zone has away of making people look ugly. But they did t look ugly. I thought they did an excellent Job Chancy said. Charlie Parker Southern Cal s interim coach while George Raveling recuperate from a car Accident said he sat Orr and aha Wilson Down to Start the game As disciplinary action for an incident before the team arrived in Memphis. Orr who scored 23 Points in the Tro Jans season opening loss to new Mexico state in the preseason nit managed Only four Points in 25 minutes against Temple. Jason Ivey led Temple with 15 Points and 11 rebounds. Freshman Johnny Miller finished with 11 Points and Lynard Stewart added 10. Brandon Martin led the trojans with 14 Points and Burt Harris had 11. In other games sunday Purdue won the big Island invitational in Hawaii edging Iowa state 88-87 in overtime Illi Nois captured the san Juan shootout by defeating Virginia tech 85-75 and Ham Pton stopped North Carolina Central 76 71 to take the Harvest classic title