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who would win if 11-0 Miami
took on 11-0 Washington?
Of course, as everyone knows,
that game is not going to happen.
The Hurricanes are almost a lock
to defeat a weaker-than-usual Nebraska
squad with one loss and
one tie on New Year's Day at
home.
The Huskies will have a harder
task in the Rose Bowl against Michigan,
who is 10-1 and boasts the
1991 Heisman winner (is there any
doubt?) Desmond Howard.
Now, if both teams triumph, you
have a problem. If one wins and
one loses, you have your national
champ. But if both lose, whoa nellie,
you got more choices than a
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gainst Kentucky's Stacy Mclntyre in
men's first official SEC contest. USC
Southern and Saturday against the C
yowl su.
Let's look at situation number
one: The Huskies and Canes are
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USA Today/CNN Top 25 poll.
The consensus of a number of
sportswriters is that if Miami defeats
Nebraska by more than 15
(the spread by which Washington
defeated the Cornhuskers early in
the season), they should be national
champs. If the Canes win by
less, and the Huskies beat the
Wolverines, Washington should
get the crown.
This makes a little sense but it
would still be much easier to clear
off some land in the exact center
of the country, mark off a field
and let the two number ones go at
it. But I'll get to that later.
Situation number two would
save the bowl games from a lot of
scrutiny. I mean, there will still be
some questions, just not as many if
one No. 1 wins and the other loses.
If I were a betting man, I'd lay my
money on Miami.
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Tuesday's 75-63 Lady Game>
is now 1 -2 and plays today in
College of Charleston.
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Texas A&M, and even East Carolina
(if they all win their bowl
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If Florida loses, Alabama could
even be a possibility. Though
some of the above choices sound
ridiculous, they could happen . . .
and partly because of the bowl
system.
Over the summer, this new little
system they created to help insure
a true national champ obviously
has flaws, as PAC-10 teams were
not even included and Notre Dame
at 9-3 and ranked 18 th in the poll,
is going to the Sugar Bowl.
I think a playoff would help,
even if it were only the eight top
teams. Of course, there would be
confusion over who the eight
would be, but you would get a national
champ.
Imagine if you will, the season
ends right around Thanksgiving.
The next week, the top four of
eight seeds will host the other four.
Then, you go to a neutral site and
hold the semis the next week,
which sets up, on New Year's
Day, a national championship
game.
I'm just tired of starting the college
season praying somebody
from the Big 8 and an independent
not locked into a bowl game will
end up No. 1 and 2 so they will
meet in the Orange Bowl. Or even
two teams not locked up anywhere
heading to the Fiesta Bowl.
You could even keep minor
bowls like the Libertv Bowl and
Peach Bowl and the Gatorade/
Circle K/Alpo Dog Food Bowl, so
teams like us would have hope of
playing after the regular season.
But at the top, why should we let
goofy sportswriters like myself
pick the best team when those two
could play and answer that question
themselves. Of course, I don't
have a vote. But if I did . . .
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By The Associated Press
Three more USC football players
have been charged with defrauding
a telephone company by
charging telephone calls to a credit
card, a university spokeswoman
said.
University police Tuesday arrested
Eric Brown, 20, a red-shirt
sophomore linebacker from Baltimore;
Ernest Dixon, 20,a sophomore
linebacker from Fort
Mill; and Jabbar Mayse, 19, a
red-shirt freshman from Forest
Citv. N.C.
The warrants were taken out
by MCI, university spokeswoEnd
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The weather has finally caught ^
up with the calendar, and the holi- ^
days are right around the corner.
The coming of finals brings the ^
end of the semester with it. The P'
end of the semester also means the ^
end of my tenure as sports editor. B
The past few months in sport have nr
been marked by incredible happen- e]
ings. Take a trip with me now, if cl
you will, back through the semester
at the highlights and lowlights. h<
First on my list are the Atlanta s(
Braves. The Braves persevered ir
over their critics and did the un- g:
thinkable: won their division and c<
their league, then took the Minne- N
sota Twins to seven games in the o!
Fall Classic in one of the greatest H
seasons in history. fr
For 10 days in October, the im- re
purities of baseball were washed
away like a fall shower, leaving ci
only the pure of the sport. Gone re
were the contract disputes and T
players bickering with fans, media, w
front office and each other. Instead s<
we were graced with great stories sc
of baseball. These memories won't
leave any time soon. v,
Do you remember the excite- b
ment the beginning of the semester h
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man Debra Allen said.
The three players were released
on $1,000 bond each, Allen
said. Their trial is set for Jan.
3. If convicted of the misdemeanor
charges, each could be sentenced
to a maximum of one year j
in prison and fined $1,000.
The latest charges bring to six
the number of players charged in
the case. In October, linebackers
Lawrence Mitchell and Keith
Franklin and cornerback Toby ]
Cates were charged. 1
The three were accepted into i
the pretrial intervention program, s
under which charges are dropped !
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rought? Football season was upon f<
s and our thoughts were filled v
'ith hopes of a winning football c
rogram. These hopes were dashed fl
ver a course of months starting n
ith the tie to Duke and culminat- tl
ig with the loss to Clemson. Take tl
sart, however, all dirt roads still a;
ad to Tigerville. ji
While we suffered, a quarter- U
ick was emerging as a bonafide
layer. Now that the season is over
lose hopes are concentrated on r,
obby Fuller and his quest to a
lake the bigs. Raise that mug of c
ggnog in the coming weeks to his d
lances. n
Basketball fever came on the a
sels of disappointment again this
jason. A new coach was prepar- ^
ig to lead his charges into the p
iant world of the SEC. Head jj
lach Steve Newton came from t(
lurray State and renewed a sense n
F being to Frank McGuire Arena. p
e promptly signed a major recruit q
om Kentucky and the hopes
turned.
Two days later those hopes were F
ushed by police reports that the .
cruit turned attacker. Now Carlos
urner will never show the pro- n
ess on the floor of Carolina Coli- c
jum that he showed in high p
:hool. I
Magic Johnson. These two
'ords will no longer be rememered
as belonging to man who a
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in return for community service
or restitution. Each of the three
had to pay $300 for PTI's cost
and make restitution to MCI.
MCI spokesman Steve Fox
said the latest arrests should conclude
an investigation of credit
card fraud at the university. Fox
said he did not know the dollar
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Coach Sparky Woods said
Mayse, Dixon and Brown would
be placed on curfew until the
matter is settled. "I hope we've
seen the last of this," Woods
said.
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yr more than a decade. The man
/ho holds the league record for
areer assists was hit with a most
lagrant foul. When Magic anounced
he had tested positive for
le HIV virus that causes AIDS,
le nation stood with its mouth
gape. No more no-look passes,
imp shots, or hooks from the
'.ader of the Lakers.
The country may come out on
)p of this one, however, at the
ost of a man's career and eventully
his life. Now that someone
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own with the horrible disease,
laybe said masses will take preaution.
That is doubtful, however.
Starting next year the smaller
all field at the Sarge Frye Cornlex
will be unoccupied. Gone is
le USC Softball program. In order
) allow students to compete by
anning around in circles, we have
ulled the rug from under the Lady
ramecocks softball program.
The explanation from the athleic
department was that we would
e the only school in the SEC to
ave a softball team, and the only
ot to have track. Who knows? If I
ould explain why the athletic deartment
does what it does, I could
fford to go to school somewhere
lse.
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