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f- GASES -17 DASK'BALL. D-14-15 B-13 B-3-11 DIGEST B-2 HOUSES B-2 B-16 PREPS B-16 EDITOR: GREG NOBLE, 369-1917 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 19S4 Listless Tide Strong Enough To Sink 'Cats i Id) DJ BBeggas! VJ i I BY TERRY FLYNN Thf Cincinnati Enquirer There were those at Riverfront Stadium Saturday who hoped to use the University of Cincinnati's 297 loss to Alabama as a means of drawing comparisons between the Crimson Tide and Auburn, 'Bama's next opponent The Beacats, dropping to 2-8 with the season finale on Thanksgiving against Miami, lost to Auburn last week, 60-0. The Alabama press wanted to know If UC thought Auburn was 38 points better than Alabama. Forget It. The Alabama team that Cincinnati met Saturday was not the squad that the Tigers will face In Birmingham, on Dec.

1. Certainly not in terms of spirit and emotion. The Tide did what was needed for victory against UC, capitalizing on some Cincinnati mistakes but hardly setting the world on fire. On a chilly day at Riverfront, a little fire would have been welcome. "I'M NOT taking anything away from Cincinnati," said Alabama head coach Ray Perkins.

"But our kids were thinking ahead to the orange and blue (Auburn). It was a good victory, even though we were shabby." At times, the Crimson Tide did look a bit shabby, at least by Alabama standards. UC head coach Dave Currey came out with some new offensive wrinkles and Alabama had trouble Ironing them out For a while. "We tried to do some multiple things on offense this week," Currey said, alluding to a two-tight end lineup which occasionally looked like an option offense. "Unfortunately, that got us in trouble later," Currey continued.

"The offense wasn't consistent. There was confusion on offense. I (See BEARCATS, Page 12) "AM-'' i The Cincinnati EnquirerGordon Morioka CINCINNATI QUARTERBACK Troy Bodlne Is smothered by a big Alabama rush during the first half of Saturday's game at Riverfront Stadium. Among the tacklers are Curt Jarvls (95) and Brent Sowell (79). ft' Tomczak, Buckeyes Earn Bouquets With 2 1 6 Victory e0 Tim Sullivan ,1 -A.

J. BY CINDY STARR The Cincinnati Enquirer COLUMBUS, Ohlo-Mlke Tomczak, Ohio State's quarterback, walked off the field Saturday with roses In his hand, his girlfriend at his side and his team a 21-0 victor over arch-rival Michigan. Tomczak, who broke his leg last spring and has ranged from very good this season to very average, did what he had to Saturday to give the Buckeyes the 1964 Big Ten Championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl. The senior's ll-for-15 performance Included OSU's biggest offensive play of the game, a 17-yard pass on third and 12 to a diving Mike Lanese. The completion preserved the drive, enlivened the fense and led to the clinching touchdown In the fourth quarter.

"Mike Tomczak Is the best comeback story we've ever had at Ohio State," said OSU coach Earle Bruce, his voice raspy from emotion. "He was a one-legged quarterback for a long time and he did a great job today. He's one reason we're going to the Rose Bowl." OTHER REASONS are OSU's defense, which looked as good as It has all year, and tailback Keith Byan, who rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on a glmpy ankle. Byare sprained the ankle against Wisconsin three weeks ago and has been hampered by It ever since. The 233-pound Junior has not played explosively of late, but he did not publicly complain about the ankle until Saturday.

"To tell you the truth, it hurt the whole game," Byars said. "Every time I stepped on my left foot, it was oooh pain, oooh pain. But I told the team that no ankle Injury would stop me from performing." Byars' yardage gave him a total of 1,647 for the regular season, 49 short of Archie Griffin's school record, which was set over 12 games in 1974. Byars should break the record on New Year's Day In Pasadena, Calif. The Buckeyes, 9-2 overall and 7-2 In the Big Ten, needed to defeat Michigan to clinch their first Rose Bowl berth since 1979.

Ohio State last won the Big Ten title In 1981, when It shared the honor with Iowa. THE WOLVERINES, with their Injury-wracked backfleld, finished the regular season with a 6-9 record, their worst in coach Bo Schembechler's 16 years as head coach. Each of Schembechler's previous teams won at least eight games. Schembechler's temper erupted more than once during the game, and the 56-year-old coach was bitter afterward. "I thought we had a great shot to win It, and we should have won it," he said.

"Ohio State is a good football team, but I concede nothing to them. We tossed away too many good opportunities, and the officials did not help." (See OHIO STATE, Page B-12) vv-s- Headphones Don 9t Bounce Bo's Way COLUMBUS, Ohio-Got a watch that needs testing? Strap It to Bo Schembechler's headphones. If it can take that licking and keep on ticking, then time Is on your side. For behind those dark glasses and that rumpled wardrobe lurks the emotional maturity of a five-year-old. Other than off-tackle plays, the strongest Image of the Ohio State-Michigan series has been its tantrums.

Schembechler Saturday proved himself a whine expert worthy of the Woody Hayes tradition. Twice during the course of Ohio State's 21-6 clinching of a Rose Bowl bid, Little Bo Peeved registered his objections to officiating by spiking his headset. He did not show the same versatility that distinguished Hayes' career-shredded down markers, punched photographers, and, finally, "punched opponents-but he demonstrated a singular command of the slam dunk. Like Hayes, Schembechler is able to draw on a Miami University background. Perhaps they should restart calling the place the "Cradle of Crybabies." I- "I concede nothing," Schembechler said several 'times after the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust had settled.

Jim Bowie must have sounded like that at the Alamo. THIS 6-5 season has been Schembechler's worst In 16 years In Ann Arbor. The experience has not i humbled him. He still sounds as if each defeat Is the -product of a Communist plot and as if each opponent that defeats him was fortunate to be on I the same field. "We're not complaining," he said, though he did.

accept what happened. But I'm disappointed because we concede nothing in this game. We should have won this game, damnit." As the press felt his mounting frustration, 'Schembechler's fist struck the desk In front of him -with quiet fury. Each question became a springboard If or a new tirade. It was comforting that there was -nothing handy for Bo to throw.

I (See SULLIVAN, Page B-12) The Associated Press State holds a Rose that was given to him by a fan following the Buckeyes' 21-6 Ohio State won a trip to the Rose Bowl with the victory. KEITH BYARS of Ohio victory over Michigan. How Top 20 Fared On The Inside Z. i Dayton eliminated from Division in No. 3.

Brlgham Young boat Utah, 24-14 Page B-o DlavOffS P3Qe B-3 No. 4. Oklahoma Stat btat Iowa State, 14-10. PsgeB-4 a I. SSSnSKi Joe Morrison revives South Carolina.

No. I Southern California lost to UCLA, 29-10 PageB-S Panp R-4 No. I. WaiWngton beat Washington State, 3S-29 PageB-5 ac No. 9.

Loolilana St. loit to Mltilulppl 16-14 PageB-7 No. 10. Texas beat Texas Christian, 44-23 Page B-e Bngnam TOUng likely tO Oe flCW NO. I BSlixSLft ranked team after Nebraska and South No.

13. Boston College beat Syracuse, 24-16. PageB-7 Carolina lOSe Paae B-6 No. 14. Miami, Florida Idle No.

15. Georgia lost to Auburn, 21-12 PageB-S i rr-r- No. 16. Southern AAethodlst beat Texas Tech, PageB-8 Florida Wins fJTSt SEC title With Victory No. 17.

Florida State beat 37-0. PageB-S rwior Vonti trlti DmiD 7 No. IS. Auburn beat Georgia, 21-12 PageB-S OVef eilUCky. Page B-7.

No.l. Virginia tied North Carolina, 24-24 PageB-7 lin r-, No. 20. Clemson lost to Maryland, 41-23 Page B-7 UCLA SflOCkS SOUthem C3l. Page B-8.

Spotlight Turns Healed Irish Heal Some Wounds With 44-7 Upset Of Penn State To The Trenches ry MM At A Glance BY PETER KING The Cincinnati Enquirer In the Bengals' biggest game of the year today, look for the biggest people to be the biggest factors. The Seattle Seahawks (9-2) have made a living of tormenting opposing quarterbacks this year, sacking them an AFC-high 46 times and intercepting them an NFL-hlgh 29 times. So the Bengals (4-7), who have called passing plays 50.4 of the time this year, quite simply must build an effective wall around quarterback Turk Schonert if they hope to narrow Pittsburgh's two-game AFC Central lead with five weeks left In the regular season. Shine the spotlight, then, on the trenches. One of the subplots In this very Important game is 6-foot-S, 270-pound defensive end Jeff Bryant of Seattle versus 6-6, 278-pound Anthony Munoz of Cincinnati.

"He's definitely the toughest lineman I've faced In the league," Bryant said of Munoz. "He's probably the best I've faced this year," Munoz said of Bryant. BY JIM MONTGOMERY The Cincinnati Enquirer SOUTH BEND, was nothing mysterious about It, Oerry Faust said. For a change, his football team was In reasonably good health, and the result was a 44-7 dismembering of Penn State before 59,075 fans and scouts from seven bowls. It was the second-worst whomping in Penn State coach Joe Paterno's career, exceeded only by a 38-polnt defeat at the hands of Nebraska.

"Notre Dame Just totally dominated us," Paterno said. "The score wasn't Indicative of how one-sided that game was." Faust's Irish, one-point underdogs at kickoff on a chilly, windy afternoon, rolled up a 31-7 half-time lead and posted more than a quarter-mile In total offense, 543 yards. "I don't think any team ever played better against us than Notre Dame did In the first half," Paterno said. "We only had two starters miss the game," Faust said. "Usually it's been six or seven or eight." JUNIOR TAILBACK Allen Pin-kett was perhaps the best example.

Plnkett scored four touchdowns, gained 189 yards on 34 carries and ran his season's rush ing total to 1,007 yards. "We kept It quiet," Faust said, "but Pinkett hurt his ankle last spring playing basketball, and It -didn't really get well until a few weeks ago. Now, he's running like he used to run, and our offensive line Is pretty much healthy again. It makes a lot of difference." Pinkett included a 66-yard scoring run In his afternoon's work. Both he and Faust termed It "a perfect play." "We had great execution at the line of scrimmage," Faust said, "and we had great downfleld blocking." Said Pinkett: "If you noticed, they had been sticking two or three men on the outside to close off our sweeps.

They did that last year, too. "WE MADE them respect our inside game, and that opened up the sweep. On that one (the touchdown, which put the score at 21-7 In the second period), we sealed off their pursuit at the line of scrimmage and the only man I had to beat was (Michael) Zor-dlch." Split end Joe Howard lent his presence to the situation, screening Zordlch for Plnkett's final cut, and the route was clear to the end zone. The game was deceptively close for the first period. Notre Dame received and drove 77 yards in 17 plays for a 7-0 lead.

Penn State, however, came back to drive 90 yards and tie the game. The Nlttany Lion march, though, was aided Immensely by three penalties against Notre Dame, the final one for pass Interference at the Irish two-yard line. Tony Mumford scored from there. Once Notre Dame stopped drawing those helpful penalties, Penn State couldn't move. The Lions finished with but 169 total yards and never crossed midfleld again after their lone scoring thrust NOTRE DAME confronted Penn State with an eight-man front, usually stacked within four yards of the line of scrimmage, In effect daring the Lions to pass.

They couldn't. Starting quarterback Doug Strang completed his first throw, a 32-yard archer laid up for tight end Dean Di-Mldio, but his only other completion was to Notre Dame corner-back Pat Ballage. Cincinnati's John Shaffer replaced Strang In the second period but fared no better and finished with one completion and one interception In six attempts. Notre Dame, meanwhile, was slashing monstrous holes in the (See IRISH, Page B-12) WHO: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cincinnati Bengals.

WHAT: National Football League Game 12. WHEN: Today, 1 p.m. WHERE: Riverfront Stadium. RECORDS: Seattle 9-2, Cincinnati 4-7. TV: None.

RADIO: WKRC (550-AM). PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS SEATTLE CINCINNATI OHtnst Offense 81 Daryl Tomer WR 80 C. Colllnsworth. WR 64 Ron Esslnk LT 78 Anthony Munoi. 67 R.

AAcKenzle LG 74 Brian Blados LG 59 Blair Bush 52 Dave Rlmlngton 61 Robert Pratt RG 65 Max Montoya RG 78 Bob Cryder LT 77 Mike Wilson RT 87 Charle Young TE 83 M.L. Harris TE 80 Steve Largent. WR 85 Isaac Curtis WR 17 Dave Krelg QB 15 Turk Schonert QB 33 Dan Doornlnk. 21 James Brooks RB 32 Cullen Bryant FB 28 Larry Klnnebrew FB Defense 79 Jacob Green LE Defense 72 Joe Nash 73 Eddie Edwards. LE 77 Jeff Bryant RE 69 Tim Krumrle NT 58 Bruce Scholtr LOLB 79 Ross Browner RE 57 S.

Robinson LILB 59 Jeff Schuh LOLB 53 Keith Butler RILB 56 Ron Slmpklns LILB 56 Greg Gaines ROLB 55 Steve Maldlow. RILB 42 Keith Simpson. LCB 57 Reg Williams ROLB 22 Dave Brown RCB 34 Louis Breeden. LCB 45 Kenny Easley SS 20 Ray Norton. RCB 44 John Harris FS 26 Bobby Kemp SS ft BRYANT, FIFTH In the AFC in sacks with 9W, has started all 62 Seattle games-pre-season, regular-season and post-season since the Seahawks made him the sixth player taken in the 1982 NFL draft.

Munoz, voted to the Pro Bowl In three of his four previous seasons, is one of the strongest, quickest linemen in football. This is not the only important match on the line. Cincinnati center Dave Rlmlngton will be nose-to-nose with Joe Nash, the free agent Pro Football Weekly was the best nose tackle In the NFL over the first half of the season. "Nash Is very hard-nosed, (See BENGALS, Page B-12) --m 1.