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By The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ?
Now that the game of the year is
over, the debate of the year has begun.
Who is the best team in college
football, the undefeated
Miami Hurricanes or the undefeated
Washington Huskies?
On Sunday, the overwhelming
majority of sports writers and
broadcasters who vote in The Associated
Press poll chose Miami.
which beat then-No. 1 Florida
State 17-16 on Saturday.
The Hurricanes (9-0) jumped
from second to first, outpolling
No. 2 Washington (10-0) by 32
first-place votes and 40 points.
Miami received 46 first-place
votes and 1,486 points, while the
Huskies moved up from third to
second with 14 first-place votes
and 1,446 points. Washington,
which trailed Miami by one point
this past week, routed winless Oregon
State 58-6 on Saturday.
"There's no doubt that we're
No. 1," Miami defensive lineman
Rusty Medearis said. "Nobody in
the country can beat us."
Washington center Ed Cunningham
was just as confident in his
Redskins a,
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Gridiron gripes
The Washington Redskins are
looking more and more like the future
Super Bowl XXVI champions.
The Skins mauled the Pittsburgh
Steelers 41-14. The scary thing is
that the Steelers have a good defense.
They are no Tampa Bay. It
looks like the Eagles and Giants
will be the only teams to have a
shot at marring the Skins perfect
record.
Credit goes to Job Gibbs, who
really deserves Coach of the Year
for keeping his team so consistently
good all season long. Surprisingly,
Mark Rypien has turned
into a good quarterback. He has
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the best ever to play the game." :
Miami coach Dennis Erickson
said he won't campaign for the na- c
tional championship, but he left >
little doubt about his opinion. a
"All 1 know is that we beat the a
No. 1 team on their home field," *
he said. "I don't like to politic, but *
that has to count for something." *
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Washington, Miami appears to be
in commanding position to win its 5
fourth national title since 1983. (
Florida State (10-1), which had
been No. 1 since the start of the ^
season, dropped to No. 3 after Saturday's
loss. The Seminoles, who
have games remaining against No. [
5 Florida (9-1) in Gainesville and ^
probably No. 12 Texas A&M (8-1) /
in the Cotton Bowl, still have an c
outside shot at the national title if
Miami and Washington both lose.
California (9-1) is sixth, fol- >
lowed by Penn State (9-2), Ala- I
bama (9-1), Iowa (9-1) and Ten- J
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never looked so good. Of course, s
throwing to the likes of Art Monk, a
Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders e
doesn't hurt. a
Meanwhile in the AFC, the u
Chiefs and Broncos played a thrill- v
ing game for dominance in the 1
AFC West. Denver has been good
this year thanks to coach Dan
Reeves (a USC alumnus) and QB J
John Elway. They ambushed the r
Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium for j
the upset win 24-20. The game en- J
ded in a bizarre series of penalties j
on the Chiefs, but don't blame the 1
zebras for Kansas City's loss. K.C. <
coach Marty Schottenheimer has <
got to answer for his team's erratic
play.
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Sunday in the Battle of the Should s
Haves. Both teams should have f
better records than they do. The t
Jets should have beaten the Bron- t
cos and the Bears. The Patriots n
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State 25-6, Penn State pounded
*Jotre Dame 35-13, Alabama
lipped Memphis State 10-7, Iowa
lowned Northwestern 24-10 and
rennessee defeated Mississippi
16-25.
East Carolina (9-1) moved up
>ne spot to No. 13 after beating
/irginia Tech 24-17. The Pirates
ire followed by Clemson, Colorido,
Syracuse, Notre Dame, Ohio
State, Oklahoma, Virginia, Stanord,
North Carolina State, Tulsa,
Georgia and UCLA.
Notre Dame (8-3), which will
day Florida in the Sugar Bowl,
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Seorgia and UCLA moved into the
[bp 25, replacing Brigham Young,
iaylor and Illinois.
Tulsa (7-2) gained its first rankng
since 1982 after blanking
^ouisville 40-0. Georgia (7-3) beat
Auburn 37-27 and UCLA (7-3)
lowned Oregon 16-7.
Baylor, ranked 20th this past
veek, lost to Texas Tech 31-24.
5YU, 23rd this past week, tied
>an Diego State 52-52. Illinois
vas No. 25 this past week.
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hould have beaten the Broncos
nd the Dolphins. Both teams are
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fraid their playoff hopes will have
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yatch for these teams next season.
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to be contenders at this
joint in time. Like the Pats and
rets in the AFC though, Dallas
should improve next year. Russell
Maryland is starting to prove he
ieserved to be the number one
jverall draft pick.
Do you notice that the Indialapolis
Colts are playing better
ince Eric Dickerson got sus>ended?
Hmmm, maybe he isn't
he greatest running back of all
ime after all. And I liked him so
nuch too.
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Bowl deadlines? Official s
dates?
Of course they were meaning- '
less. Dennis Erickson, the coach
of top-ranked Miami, never be- s
lieved bowls suddenly would be I
honorable and follow the rules. s
'To me that was a farce," he *
said Sunday after the bids were f
officially extended. "The bowl
matchups were made I don't 1
know how long ago." i
Top-ranked Miami will play <
the Big Eight champion ? No. 1
11 Nebraska, No. 15 Colorado or
No. 19 Oklahoma ? in the Or- s
ange Bowl, while No. 7 Penn ]
State will play No. 10 Tennessee I
in the Fiesta Bowl. I
No. 17 Notre Dame, despite a j
iwo-game losing streak, will piay i
No. 5 Rorida in the Sugar Bowl ^
and No. 3 Rorida State will play 1
the Southwest Conference l
champ, probably No. 12 Texas
A&M, in the Cotton Bowl. 1
No. 2 Washington, the Pac-10 '
champ, goes to the Rose Bowl '
against No. 4 Michigan, the Big '
Ten champion, in what might be
the best matchup of the bunch. h
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whose Hurricanes have won
13 consecutive games in the Oringe
Bowl.
Of course, none of this was
;upposed to be decided until 3
).m. EST Sunday. Bowls are
;ubject to a $250,000 fine for
leaking the deadline, but no
"ines have been announced.
' Penn State decided to accept
he Fiesta Bowl bid despite Arizona
voters' rejection of a paid
state holiday tor Martin Luther
King.
"I didn't talk to the whole
squad," Nittany Lions coach Joe
Paterno said. "I spoke to some of
Jie leading Afro-Americans on
he team. I told them we might
?o to the Fiesta Bowl, but I
wouldn't encourage it if there
would be sentiment among our
Dlack kids that they did not want
o go."
After Saturday's victory over
Notre Dame, several Penn State
players were bitter that the bowl
deadline was broken to their
detriment.
"We thought that we should
lave gone to the Sugar Bowl,"
vide receiver O.J. McDuffie
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In other bowl matchups:
CALIFORNIA: Bowling
Green vs. Fresno State or San
Jose State.
ALOHA: Stanford vs. Georgia
Tech.
BLOCKBUSTER: Alabama
vs. Big Eight runner-up (Colorado,
Nebraska or Oklahoma).
INDEPENDENCE: Georgia
vs. team to be announced.
LlBhKTY: Air rorce vs. Mississippi
State.
GATOR: Virginia vs. Big
Eight third-place team (Colorado,
Nebraska or Oklahoma).
HOLIDAY: Iowa vs. Brigham
Young or San Diego State.
FREEDOM: Tulsa vs.
Brigham Young or San Diego
State.
JOHN HANCOCK: Illinois vs.
UCLA.
COPPER: Baylor vs. Indiana
(if it beats Purdue).
PEACH: East Carolina vs.
North Carolina State.
HALL OF FAME: Syracuse
vs. Ohio State.
FLORIDA CITRUS: California
vs. Clemson.
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