European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Simony Mon Fly january v2,1005 sports the star3 and stripes Pago 43 matchup of opposites attracting excitement by Ken Peters Anaheim a taif. A the mention of Perm stale conjured up images of big Burly fullbacks Bone jarring linebackers anti unbeaten seasons. Oregon brings tall Timber lots of rain and losing football teams. Penn state has bad just one losing season since 1939. Rose bowl Penn St. 11-0-0 a a. Oregon 9-3-0 Holm . Cd f Oregon was 5-6 a year ago. Kittany l a a and if no. 2 Penn stale beats the 12th-Rankcd ducks in Litany lion coach Joe Paterno hits a 208-693 record the Rose bowl u will be his 10th bowl Victory surpassing Bear Bryant. It also Wilt make Paterno the Only conch to win the Rose Cotton Orange and sugar bowls. Oregon coach Rich Brooks has a 91-108-4 record in Ball team starting off with two losses and then playing through a Lough Pnc-10 schedule without having a Fine team Paterno said. 18 years at Eugene with a 12 bowl Mark e Clous the nil droll the Dueks. Vu19 11 jul Vii trill a m m Whf Pitt ii m a Van Penn stated nickname Loul appropriately ferocious the Kittany Lions. Oregon a nickname a a we expect this to be a great game. We believe that we can do Well a lie said. Quot we Hutc a very Good football team ourselves that Down through the stretch run in the Pac-10 sounds appropriately Penn state 11-0which has had four unbeaten sea sons under Paterno is an 18-Polnt favorite Over dreamt 93which began this season by losing two of its first three games. I Jana Carter has Penn slate in running for title gamecocks go to ground while the Oregon players respect Penn state for its Rich football tradition they Arentt awed by it Quot we have a tradition too perhaps not As Rich As theirs but we have a trophy Case with a lot of famous players and some Good teams represented Quot of Derry said. A of course All thut won t mutter much in the Rose bowl. This team has a real feeling of Pride Quot said Oregon quarterback Danny o Neill a a we la Start our own tradition of being Pac-10 Penn state linebacker Willie Smith said history can be checked at the Looker room door when the teams take the Field on monday. A Al Don t think it will make any difference Quot Smith said a the Penn slate tradition Means something to us but i done to think it will to them. A live watched a lot of film of them and they re a very Good football team Quot. \ Pulcino certainly in t banking on tradition and he says the ducks arc underrated a you done to do the things that Rich did with Iris foot s and Brooks of course Isnit conceding anything that it. C conference accomplished what we needed to do. The Rose bowl appearance is the second for the nit Lany Lions who have been in the big ten a and eligible for the berth As the conference Champion a for just the past two years. Penn slates other Rose bowl was in 1923, a 14-3 loss to Southern Cal. The ducks arc making their fourth Rose bowl a Caranci with the most recent a 10-7 loss to Ohio Bate in a 1958 match in which the ducks also were very lightly regarded. A i think this is a great matchup to have teams that Haven to been to the Rose bowl in a Long time Quot Brooks said a i think there a a lot. Of. Excitement about the a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a. The second ranked Kittany Lions 11-oy Are still in the Chase for the National title with to Cir Bones partly dependent on the outcome of sunday night s Orange bowl Between top ranked Nebraska and no 3.miami. Paterno has been mostly mum on the subject of the National championship saying he just wants his team to play its Best game of the season. A live been pulling for Tom Nebraska coach Tom Osborne for a lot Oiye ars Quot die Penn stale coach said. A a he a been so close to winning it so Many times you cd like to see Iii win it. A but maybe next year would be a better year for port Lauderdale Pau a South Carolina is a better passing team than it is a Rushing team West Virginia is better at defending the run than the pass yet the gamecocks 6-5 seem Ueler mined to run the Ball against the mountaineers 75 in lie car quest bowl tomorrow Quot any team has to establish the run in order to win Quot West Virginia defensive lineman Keith Morris said Quot and they have a great Hack in Brandon Bennett Bennett a 6foot, 205-Pound senior m Marques bowl South Carolina 0-5-0 is West Virginia 7-5-0. No an a the Del a has 782 Yards Rushing this season and 2,983 for his career a but he faces a West Virginia team that gave up a total of 63 Yards Rushing in its Quot final three games Fame showcasing runners Tampa Fla a the Hall of Fame bowl will be a showcase for two Ledure running backs who were ticketed Tor less than prime time roles in August Dukes Robert Baldwin spent his first three seasons As a blocking Back before coach Fred Goldsmith took Over the program and made him the main Rushing attraction in his new one Back offence. Baldwin responded with 1,187 Rushing Yards us Duke 8-3 earned Only its second postseason Burih since 1961, a a a y Hall of Fame bowl i we Conlen 6-4 of is Duke 6-3-0 i of Tan food tits new Duldt Terrell Fletcher helped Wisconsin 64-1 secure ils spot in monday s game by coming on Strong after the badgers lost Brent Moss their top rusher following his arrest on a cocaine charge. Atlanta apr a lot rides on Cor Herb Nick. Walt Harris when Mississippi state takes by North Carolina state in peach Liol. Harris who holds Lutc bulldog record flt a career interceptions with 12 six of a those this year a will cover the Wolf packs big play Reci Cvar Adrian Hill. A you have to be mentally Tough and peach bowl Mississippi St 0-3-0 Vul. S North Carolina St. 6-3 0at n or otitis . Gators seminoles primed for overtime by Mary Foster new Orleans a sugar bowl is Billing no. 5 re understand you re going to make mistakes out there Quot Harris said. A you have to forget about a had play and go . The _ 5 Florida and no 7 Florida a state As a Over time Quot a Chance for the seminoles and gators to Settle their nov 26 game that ended in a 3131 tic r �?o1 know the talk in the Florida lock or room after the Sec championship game was that it was a Chance for them to get even Quot sugar bowl a acc Utvic director Troy Matnick said a a in a sure Florida state feels the same Quot Florida wants to a get even Quot because that a exactly what Florida state did in the first game coming Hack from a 313 deficit. The tic ended the gators National championship Hopes. Sugar bowl officials think the latest episode in the intense rival by will make it even hotter this time around Quot you have Florida state the acc Champion and Florida the Sec Champion which will make for a big game right there Quot maths cd said �1 Hen you have a Long history of Cross stale rivalry Battles for bragging rights arid Plain old bail blood on the part of the flow hot is the rivalry Well there was the incident just before Christmas when a mall Santa Claus in Jacksonville told some club. Dren they would t get gifts because their Mother was wearing a Florida sweatshirt. Santa does t bring presents to Gator fans Quot the Jolly old Elf was quoted As snarling before his sugar bowl Florida St. 9-1-1 is Florida 10-1-1 2 unc it fun win to. Job and threatening to fight the Clui. Drin s a Tom now will Mark the 37th time the teams have squared off the first Lime in a bowl game Florida leads the series 23-12-2, but Florida stale has won or tied seven of the fast eight games Florida a Only Victory in that period was 14-9 in 199i. It took the threat of state legislation to Force Florida to Plauf Florida state,�?T1 the Florida stale Media guide a says. 7. A even then the guide goes Orr the gators got to play each of the first six games from 1958-1963, at home., Florida state tied Florida 3-3 in the seminoles 14 the season of football and won its first game in 1964, the first game at Tallahassee Florida 10-1-1the preseason no. 1, was still ranked fourth and had Hopes of a shot at the National title before., the thanksgiving Quot weekend game with Florida state 9-1-1>. A aft we really care about is showing Florida who a Best Quot said Bob i Hump. Son of new Orleans,.whose daughter attends Florida state. A but by the time the game is played Jan. 2, be h be the Only game going la get a to show the whole a
