The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 10

LOUISVILLE, KY. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1993 Fanderbilt staes UK for thir- in a row tim I It ff ii 1 A 4 Jf 1. li It' 1 1 By MARK COOMES Staff Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. Before yesterday's game, a Peach Bowl representative acknowledged that, yes, beating Vanderbilt was about all the University of Kentucky needed to ring in the new year in Atlanta. The Wildcats figured as much which is one reason why, after a not-so-peachy performance, the only bowl Marty Moore cared to discuss was made of porcelain.

"We keep playing like this and we'll be sitting our at home on the toilet, going to the Toilet Bowl," UK's middle linebacker said. The Cats must've heard Bill Curry wrong. The coach was calling yesterday's game the "Commodore Bowl," not the "Commode Bowl." Either way, Vandy's defense flushed UK for the third straight year, scoring nine points in a 12-7 win before a half-blue crowd of 35,500 at Vanderbilt Stadium. "I think some of the guys on our team overlooked them," Moore said. "Everybody was talking about where we were going to spend Christmas." Despite the loss, it's unlikely UK will be home for the holidays.

Vandy's first Southeastern Confer-. ence victory of the year put the Cats postseason plans in the holding tank. Still, with Mississippi (4-5) dropping out of the bowl picture with a loss to Memphis State, the Cats (5-4, 4-3) still can earn their first bid in nine years by beating East Carolina at home next week. They would have preferred to sew it up against Vandy (3-5, 1-5). "We just didn't rise to the occa- sion today," center Wes Jackson said, "but it doesn't have to ruin our season." It hasn't helped in the past.

The Cats are 0-4 after losing to Vandy the last two years. The Commo- I dores bullied them both times, 17-7 See UK Page 8, col. 1, this section it Tennessee waltzes on Cardinals' toes, 45-10 By RUSS BROWN Staff Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. All season the University of Louisville football team had -waited for a chance at network television exposure. They finally got it yesterday.

And got exposed. Turning a Top 25 showdown into a Big Orange crush, seventh-ranked Tennessee demolished No. 13 of 45-10 before a crowd of 94,826 in Neyland Stadium and an ABC-TV regional audience. It was a thoroughly humbling experience for the Cardinals (7-2), who already had accepted a bid to the lower-level St. Jude Liberty Bowl and were looking at this as their major bowl game, one that would earn them more national recognition and perhaps vault them into the top 10.

But they faltered badly, falling behind by two touchdowns early, then rallying briefly before disintegrating during a disastrous fourth quarter in which the Volunteers (7-1-1) reeled off 21 consecutive points. It was the most points of had surrendered since a 65-6 loss to Southern Mississippi in 1987. "I'm thoroughly disgusted because we're better than we demonstrated out there," coach Howard Schnellenberger said. "This was our opportunity to step up in class and be recognized. We didn't handle it, and that makes me upset.

Tennessee played an outstanding, near-perfect game and took our measure very handily." Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler coolly shredded of L's defense, tailbacks Charlie Garner and James Stewart pounded out 119 yards rushing along with two touchdowns, and the Volunteers' defense kept the heat on quarterback Jeff Brohm all afternoon. Showing why he's the top quarterback in the Southeastern Conference and one of the best in the nation, Shuler completed 21 of 30 passes for 215 yards and a touchdown and didn't throw an interception. Brohm, meanwhile, was sacked six times for losses of 33 yards. The Tennessee defense set up one touchdown with an interception and scored another on a runback of a questionable fumble. "Our defense did an excellent job the entire day," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer See VOLS Page 3, col.

1, this section )7i 1 -1 1 1 4 few STAFF PHOTO BY PAT McDONOGH Running back Ralph Dawkins found out what kind of day it was going to be on the Cardinals' first possession of the game. Vols revel in running it up on arrogant Cards LSU 17, Alabama 13 Sparked by four second-half interceptions, the Tigers end Alabama's 31 -game unbeaten streak. Page 9. in 1990. UofL coach Howard Schnellenberger took Tennessee's bullet like a man, saying, "It didn't seem out of line to me.

It's a legal play." But before he gave Vols coach Phil Fulmer a cursory handshake after the game, Schnellenberger ordered his players directly from the sidelines into the locker room. No congratulations offered. Just plenty of hard See FORDE Page 3, col. 1, this section KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Baby, it was cold outside at Neyland Stadium.

Cold blooded. The temperature yesterday was 42 degrees, but that was balmy compared to the frosty ploy the Tennessee Volunteers pulled on the Louisville Cardinals. The Vols had their heel on the throat of the Cards, whipping them 38-10 with minutes left in the game. Then they turned into Angelica Huston in "The Grifters." Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven." John Jenkins in orange. Giving that heel a mean-spirited, message-sending grind into of L's Adam's apple, Tennessee ran a reverse on a punt return.

For a touchdown. Here's Lynchburg Lemonade in your eye and another refrain of "Rocky Top" in your ear, y'all. Somewhere, if former Murray State coach Mike Mahoney was near a television, he must have gotten a chuckle out of it. You might remember the fake punt Louisville ran late in a 68-0 humiliation of Mahoney's I-AA team Daviess County wins boys' Class AAA cross country title; fifth-grader wins girls' Class AAA race. Page 11.

Pro basketball 2 Pro football 13 Sports Etc 14 Thoroughbred racing 15-19 Outdoors 20 A. i PAT FORDE SPORTS COLUMNIST Foreign intervention in the Classic Down by 17 late, Troy overtakes WKU 31-24 Arcangues leaves them all in the dirt Sprint (p. 16) 1. Cardmania ($12.60 win). 2.

Meafara. 3. Gilded Time. Margin: Nose. Time: 1:08 (6 Juvenile Fillies (p.

16) 1. Phone Chatter 2. Sardula. 3. Heavenly Prize.

Margin: Head. 1:43 (1 116 Distaff (p. 17) 1. Hollywood Wildcat 2. Paseana.

3. Gilded Time. Margin: Neck. (11 Mile (p. 16) 1.

Lure 2. Ski Paradise. 3. Fourstars Allstar. Margin: 2V, lengths.

1:33. Juvenile 1. Brocco 2. Meafara. 3.

Gilded Time. Margin: 5 lengths. 1-16 Turf (p. 15) 1. Kotashaan 2.

Bien Bien. 3. Luazur. Margin: length. 2:25 (114 Classic 1.

Arcangues 2. Bertrando. 3. Kissin Kris. Margin: 2 lengths.

2:00 (1 Also inside Race charts, Page 17. Notes, ITW mutuels, Page 18. ltd ffcwnH, i 3 r- ASSOCIATED PRESS Eddie Delahoussaye took Hollywood Wildcat along the rail for a nose victory over Paseana, ridden by Chris McCarron, in the Distaff. Delahoussaye resorted to a hand ride after losing his whip. Story, Page 17.

Staff Writer ARCADIA, Calif. Jockey Jerry Bailey picked up a mount for yesterday's $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic 10 days ago. Sure, he perused the French-based Arcangues' racing record, but it was all on grass. This would be the 5-year-old horse's first dirt race. The first time Bailey saw Arcangues was yesterday in the Santa Anita paddock.

He was already on the horse and headed to the track when he got the skimpiest of advice from trainer Andre Fabre. Didn't much matter. Bailey said he didn't really understand the Frenchman anyway. During the post parade Bailey noticed the toteboard put Arcangues at 99-1. "I don't even know how to pronounce his name," he would say a few minutes later.

It's pronounced ar-KONG, after a 15th-century castle belonging to a friend of owners Daniel and Alec Wildenstein. But it's easier just to call Arcangues a winner after the biggest upset in the 10 years of the Breeders' Cup. Just as it seemed that the Europeans would be shut out for the second straight year, Arcangues came swooping out of nowhere to stun Bertrando, the race favorite, by two lengths. Officially off at 133-1, Arcangues paid $269.20 to win, believed to be a record for a Grade I race. Left in his dusty wake were 12 of America's best older horses and 3-year-olds, two groups that have been maligned much of the season and figure to be See CLASSIC Page 16, col.

3, this section By JIM TERHUNE Staff Writer TROY, Ala. They sacked him, hurried him, forced him to ground the ball intentionally, forced him to run as if his hair was on fire. Western Kentucky University's defense had Kelvin Simmons, NCAA Division I-AA's most efficient quarterback, under siege. It had unbeaten Troy State down by 17 points with 14:53 to play. "I was already trying to figure out what to say in the losers' locker room," Troy State coach Larry Bla-keney said.

The Trojans came up for one last gasp of air. And Simmons not only rose to his stature as I-AA's best, he momentarily visited the land of Kelly and Montana. He hit 12 of 15 passes for 169 yards in the final 14:53. His team scored 24 points, and it beat the shocked Hilltoppers 31-24 on Jimmy Godwin's 1-foot touchdown blast with 14 seconds to go. "If you let a team think they believe, they believe," Western wide receiver Lito Mason said.

"It's like they become Superman or something." "It hurts so bad to be so close," Western quarterback Eddie Thompson said. Past suffering flashed through Hilltoppers coach Jack Harbaugh's head. On Sept. 18 Western led Austin Peay 28-7 at the half and had to See WESTERN Page 3, col. 1, this section Brocco bags Juvenile; Dehere fades to eighth By JENNIE REES Staff Writer ARCADIA, Calif.

Trainer Randy Winick and owner Albert Broccoli were looking for a colt who would be good as a 3-year-old when they plucked Brocco out of a California auction last March for $215,000. What they got was a sensational 2-year-old to boot, one now 3 for 3 after winning the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by five lengths over long-shot Blumin Affair yesterday at Santa Anita. Left far behind in eighth was odds-on favorite Dehere, who was in a four-horse battle for the lead coming off the far turn but then backed up, losing by almost 13 lengths. Winick, a 44-year-old California-based trainer, wasn't even thinking of the Breeders' Cup until Brocco won a seven-furlong allowance race by 8K2 lengths a month ago. "He was so impressive, the way he finished up," Winick said.

"Not like a speed horse who opened up and got tired. He got stronger as the distance went on. I thought the Breeders' Cup was worth consideration. We were on our home grounds. I don't know if I'd have shipped him out to run." Winick didn't discount running Brocco in next month's Hollywood Futurity.

"But the big thing is a 3-year-old campaign here next winter," he said. "I don't think he'll have any problem getting the (Kentucky Derby) distance. That's what we wanted originally. The horse is bred for it. I think he's a router who just has natural talent and can sprint, more than a sprinter who can route." Brocco, who gave jockey Gary Stevens his second career Breeders' Cup victory, turned in a professional performance, laying in midpack, then coming on the outside of Dehere on the turn.

Brocco shot to the lead at the eighth pole, finishing 1 116 miles in and paying $8. "He's got a brilliant turn of foot when you need it," Stevens said, "and he lays up close, so he's got the right style for any type of race." Blumin Affair, ridden by Jerry See BROCCO Page 17, col. 3, this section.