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THE COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1994 E2 Undefeated Hokies roll past Va. 34-6 stwwmrrtn-iw Trinity Shamrocks COLLEGE FOOTBALL St. Xavier Tigers Head coach Mike Glaser OFFENSE Player Ht. Wl. OB Oustin Ottman 6-0 173 TB Tony Woods 5-10 158 FB x-Tendai Charasika 5-7 171 WR Brian McDonald 5- 9 151 RT Oavid McDamel 6- 1 216 RQ-Gary Cunditl 5-10 256 Oanny Whitlock 6-0 208 LG Brandon Nickerson 6- 0 206 LT Chns Coffman 6- 0 223 SE-Malt Powell 6-2 155 TE-Scott Hurley 6-0 161 DEFENSE RE Bobby Fernandez 6-2 195 RT Ben Wihnes 6-3 204 RG Oelonte Thomas 5- 9 232 LG Donny Meyer 6-3 228 LT Travis Kruse 6-1 186 LE Leo Miller 5-8 177 LB Marty Wicinski 6-0 191 LB Ben Jankowski 6-0 178 HB-Bryan Habas 6- 0 171 HB Clint Carraro 5-10 176 Byron Joyner 6-2 156 Punier Tkjhe Brown.

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Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. The most powerful weapon in Virginia Tech's offense struggled last night, but it didn't matter. Tailback Dwayne Thomas and a strong defense helped No. 14 Virginia Tech overcome a subpar outing by quarterback Maurice De-Shazo and roll to a 34-6 victory over West Virginia. "It's obvious our offense hasn't found its rhythm yet," Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said.

"But the nice thing is that I know it will." Thomas rushed 18 times for 94 yards before leaving with a sprained left ankle early in the fourth quarter, and the Hokies moved to a 4-0 start for the first time in 13 seasons. Virginia Tech (2-0 Big East) registered eight sacks on West Virginia's quarterbacks, hurried them six other times and intercepted two passes. The Hokies also dropped opposing ball carriers for losses eight times. "Our quarterbacks had to run for their lives so many times, it's hard to get anything going," coach Don Head coach Dennis Lampley OFFENSE Player Ht Wt. CI.

OB-Chns Cash 6-1 183 Jr. TB-Phil Edge 5- 6 174 Sr. FB Corey Taylor 5-10 203 Sr. WR-Oelf Ralston 5-6 135 Jr. RT-Jared Bramlett 6- 2 235 Sr.

RG-Matt Potter 6-0 230 Sr. C-B J. Rucknegel 6- 0 197 Sr. LG-Uohn Akny 5-11 205 Sr. LT John Stivers 6- 2 238 Jr.

SE-Oefl Palmquist 5-10 162 Sf. TE Shawn Adams 5-11 182 Jr. DEFENSE RE Billy Wright 6-2 165 Sr. RT Jimbo Schatfer 6- 3 244 Sr. RG-B J.

Bedo 6- 1 205 Sr. LG Jimmy Stallings 6-0 194 Jr. LT Brian Hemmerle 6- 7 253 Sr. LE Tom Ramey 6- 3 225 Sr. LB Reggie White 6- 0 202 Sr.

LB Shawn Johnson 6-3 193 Sr. HB-Chns Parrort 5-10 155 Sr. HB-vlohn Michael Moore 5-8 144 Jr. Matt Janes 5-10 150 Jr. Punter Billy Wright.

6-2. 185, Sr. Kicker Rob Bironas, history Score 20-8 21-0 3-0 7-2 11-10 27-10 3-0 21-6 7-6 13-6 27-14 21-14 31-13 28-7 10-0 7-0 21-20 Year Winner Score 1984 Tnnity 12-7 St. Xavier 20-0 1985 St. Xavier 10-9 Trinity 17-14 1986 St.

Xavier 21-6 St. Xavier 23-10 1987 Tnnity 21-0 1988 Tnnity 21-0 1969-Tnnity 14-7 1990 Tnnity 13-7 1991 Trinity 21-7 1992 Trinity 13-10 1993 St. Xavier 9-6 St. Xavier leads series 23-22-2 Playoff game x-injured, may not play. 1 St.

Xavier-Trlnity Yer Winner Score 1956 St. Xavier 48-0 1957 St. Xavier 14-0 1958 Tnnity 13-0 1959 Tie 7-7 1960 St. Xavier 48-6 1961 Tie 14-14 1962 St. Xavier 13-0 1963 St.

Xavier 28-7 1964 St. Xavier 46-6 1965 St. Xavier 27-13 1966 Trinity 18-7 1967 St. Xavier 34-12 1968 St. Xavier 19-12 1969 St.

Xavier 12-6 1970 Trinity 7-6 1971 St. Xavier 13-0 1972 Tnnity 6-3 Year Winner 1973 Tnnity 1974 St. Xavier St. Xavier 1975 St. Xavier St.

Xavier 1 976 Trinity Tnnity 1977 Tnnity 1978 Tnnity St. Xavier 1979 Trinity 1980 St. Xavier 1981 St. Xavier 1982 Trinity Tnnity 1983 Tnnity Tnnity ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Tech's Waverly Jackson took West Virginia quarterback Eric Boykin down for one of eight Hokie sacks in last night's 34-6 victory. NCAA charges Alabama with two possible violations A 1 4 mJi signed a representation contract in a New Orleans bar just hours after Alabama won the national championship with a victory over Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl.

Langham also said he didn't know the $400 he received shortly after Thanksgiving 1992 was from the agent. Langham said he believed it was from an uncle. If the Committee on Infractions determines that Alabama did violate NCAA rules, it could result in one of the nation's most prominent football programs being placed on probation for the first time. The Crimson Tide's only previous brush with the NCAA occurred in 1964, when the school's football team received a public reprimand for improper recruiting. 7 Football 1993 Basketball 1993-94 seating average seating average 37,500 37.518 18,865 19,323 36,000 16,353 13,176 12,629 65,000 20,000 10,145 1 2,912 62,380 25,265 20,142 11,205 33,000 19,495 8,095 "tf 71,000 23,335 3,600 3,456 Nehlen said.

West Virginia (1-4, 0-2) lost its third consecutive game and is off to its worst start since 1978, when the Mountaineers also began 1-4 on the way to a 2-9 mark. DeShazo underthrew receivers regularly and finished with 185 yards on 12 of 32 passing. DeShazo was intercepted three times all by cornerback Aaron Beasley and three other passes hit West Virginia defenders between the numbers, only to be dropped. Virginia Tech broke it open by scoring 14 points in a 22-second span in the first quarter. WEST VIRGINIA 330 06 VIRGINIA TECH 14 6 1434 West Virginia FG Baumann 27; Virginia Tech Edmonds 33 run (Larsen kick); Virginia Tech Freeman 29 pass from DeShazo (Larsen kick); West Virginia FG Baumann 22; Virginia Tech FG Williams 39; Virginia Tech FG Williams 33; Virginia Tech Still 3b pass from DeShazo (Larsen kick), Virginia Tech Oxendine 53 run (Williams kick).

A 49.679. Nov. 22 and also must appear at a yet-to-be-scheduled meeting of the NCAA Committee on Infractions. "A program like ours, with its history of national championships and its record of NCAA compliance, naturally draws attention," Alabama President Roger Sayers said in a statement. "We will move with dispatch to conclude this matter." Sayers declined to make public the investigative report compiled by the NCAA.

He said he would do so only after the school has completed its own investigation and responded to the charges. The allegation involving Jelks came as no surprise, though he has changed his story several times since December 1992, when The At has been trying to figure out where it will fit in the Era of Super Conferences, which gets closer every minute." Packer knows that Denny Crum has developed a formidable basketball tradition. He also knows that Howard Schnellenberger has improved the of football team. What Packer did not know was precisely where Louisville fits on one of his maps. In Packer's world only about 70 schools will be playing football and basketball at the premier levels.

No longer will athletic administrators at Youngstown State and Amherst be telling the people at Arkansas and Penn State how to spend their money. Job No. 1 for Louisville, Packer believes, is securing a place in one of those Super Conferences. The current Metro Conference was no Super Conference. It wasn't even an Almost-Super Conference.

It lacked football. It lacked one other team that could fill an arena half the size of Freedom Hall on a nightly basis. It lacked rivalries. It be able to throw the ball to. And Louisville does a real nice job of getting him the ball." The 6-foot-4, 238-pound Asher suspects his performance against UK will remain his season highlight.

"It's funny, when I compare my last two games to Kentucky, it's almost like I didn't even show up," he said. "When I came back from Texas, people were saying I had an OK game. "I started thinking to myself that last year if I'd had seven catches for 58 yards, I'd have been real pleased." Asher, who caught a team-best 52 passes for 658 yards last season, said he'd be happy with 55 receptions this year. Quarterback Marty Lowe thinks he'll easily reach that figure and said the one word that comes to mind when he thinks of Asher is "reliable." "He catches everything, I don't care where it is," Lowe said. "He'll do anything it takes to move us downfield, and he knows how to get open." Asher reemphasized his value in the clutch in the victory over Ari- the endless hours, the pressure to win, the lack of job security and the scrutiny from fans and media.

Curry, who made his sideline debut at age 7 and hardly left his father's side until he left for Virginia, knows too well how difficult a coach's life can be. Carolyn Curry made sure he wouldn't forget. "My mother had made it very clear to me from high school on that she didn't want me to go into coaching," he said. "I felt the game had changed so much," she said. "Some of the fans only get into wins and losses and forget there's a personal aspect at work.

And that's hard on a family." lanta Journal-Constitution first printed his accusations. Jelks claimed that former Alabama assistant coaches Rockey Felker and Jerry Pullen and Gadsden, businessmen Harold Simmons and Alan Cohn gave him money and other extra benefits during his recruitment and while he played at Alabama from 1985-89. Langham, an All-American who was the nation's top defensive back in 1993, was declared ineligible for Alabama's final three games last season after the NCAA ruled he took $400 from a sports agent. Langham, who now starts at cornerback for the Cleveland Browns, claimed he did not realize he was making a deal with Darryl Dennis of Washington, D.C., when he lacked tradition. It led the nation in empty seats for its conference tournament championship game last March in Biloxi, Miss.

The six teams that aligned themselves the best of the leftovers among Division I-A football teams. But their real potential is in basketball. Cincinnati and Memphis are proven of rivals that never should have been dropped from of L's schedule. They bring solid TV markets, sparkling arenas and the potential to crash the Final Four reguarly. Tulane coach Perry Clark has built a formidable basketball program in New Orleans, another desirable TV market.

Football could come back at Tulane. Southern Miss is the weakest basketball school in the group, but zona State with a 34-yard reception his longest of the season to help move the Cards during a pivotal, fourth-quarter drive. He also hauled in a 25-yarder with a leaping sideline catch during a second-quarter TD drive, snatching the ball with his left hand while still managing to stay inbounds. Along with his pass-catching abilities, Asher also has im Player Randy Gatewood Alex VanDyke Mick Rossley Jamie Asher School Louisville Cincinnati Houston Memphis Southern Miss Tulane Tyson Schwieger Year No. 1991 1992 21 1993 1994 Totals 106 "Diz-kff UntMT 'lIt's a cnance vou've ot t0 take t0 jDI allllCt I JlaP py play football.

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"We'll wait and see couldn't do squats," he said. "I did how he runs on the turf, then make a lot of stomach exercises, a lot of a decision. We can't take a chance crunches. The doctors told me if of getting him hurt. If there's any your stomach muscles were strong, pain, he won't go." your back would be strong.

My Yesterday's Courier-Journal back's good as new." listed a wrong site for tonight's Lampley calls Doss-Valley Bramlett "one of game. It will be the hardest Jefferson County played at Valley, workers we've leaders with tne kickoff ever had. He at 7:30. comes from a Bob Red- great family. His p(iyf ning A Yd, Avg man is 27-5 in mom (Lneryl) Donaw Brooks, Fem creek 32 578 18 1 three seasons as and dad (Roh- Deon M'mm8' 88 494 5 6 the much nf dim udu viuu Travis Pfentjcei Manua 73 6 0 tne coacn or ert) have done Versellias Hammond, Ballard 62 410 6 6 Male (4-0).

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If the ball Iett Said. "A few Francois Jackson, Fem Creek 4 1-0 26 had been re- Billy Jones, Southern 4 1-0 26 schools were m- turned to the 14, terested, but Wheeler would when I got hurt they dropped me." have kicked from the 21 for a 31- Bramlett is a 4.0 student and yard field goal. But he kicked from ranks sixth in a class of 250. the 30 after the ball was placed at He visited Miami of Ohio last week- the 23. end and will visit Marshall Universi- Referee Michael Nelligan said ty on Oct.

1. Harvard and Princeton Ottman's pass was thrown back-also seem interested. wards, and the ball remained alive St. (3-1) leads the series with when it hit the ground. Any player Trinity 23-22-2, but Bramlett and his on either team could have picked up fellow seniors want to even the led- the ball and advanced it.

The ball ger. was placed at the 23, where it went "We've never beaten St. as a out of bounds, class," Bramlett said. "We lost to Nelligan is one of four former them as freshmen, as JVs (junior players from Flaget's 1971 co-AAA varsity) and last year." championship team who are offici- Was Bramlett worried about re- ating high school or college games, suming his football career? John McGrath, Chuck Russ and Bob "It was kind of scary," he said. Davidson are the others.

it has football potential. Houston is waiting to awake with a kiss from Prince Charming or somebody who can do what Guy Lewis did. Formerly marvelous, the Cougars have been mediocre in the eight seasons since Lewis retired. But you take a chance on a school located in the fourth-largest television market. It is a good start.

It is a move into the open court. Now these schools can make the three-pointer by welcoming DePaul, Marquette, Alabama-Birmingham and St. Louis to play basketball. School No. Avg.

3 39 13.0 Nevada 3 27 9.0 SMU 3 26 8.7 Louisville 3 23 7.7 Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Alabama, which never has been on NCAA probation, yesterday was accused of two possible rules violations involving former players Gene Jelks and Antonio Langham. The NCAA, in an official letter of inquiry delivered to the school, raised questions about a bank loan obtained by Jelks and whether Alabama officials responded promptly to information about an agent contacting Langham. The NCAA letter, which came nearly two years after Jelks made highly publicized allegations against the school, marks the beginning of the official investigation. The university has to respond in writing by Cardinals take a super step Continued from Page 1 said.

"Drawing these maps is kind of a hobby. I could draw a map of the United States in my sleep." Packer looks at the map the way a guy marketing automobiles or tennis shoes looks at a map. There is the Northeast, which is locked up by the Big East. There is the Mid-Atlantic, which is covered by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Southeastern Conference dominates the South.

The Midwest and Texas are the property of the Big Ten and the coming merger of the Big Eight and four Southwest Conference schools. The Pac-10 controls the West Coast. "Anything beyond that is overlap," Packer said. "There is a place for a few more schools in that overlap, but you'd better put your league together wisely. "For Louisville, the challenge Asher on pace to catch record Continued from Page 1 "I would love to think the flats and middle would be wide open the rest of the season, and I could go on this way," he said.

"But I don't think that will happen, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can. I'm just not sure I can continue at this pace. Last year I think the most I caught in one game was nine." However, the tight end usually is the No. 1 option on of passing plays. Offensive coordinator Gary Nord sees no reason Asher should slow down significantly.

"If someone tries to take him away, that's going to weaken some other area, and we're well enough balanced that most teams will be afraid to do that," Nord said. Texas coach John Mackovic called Asher "a big-league tight end," adding that "we'd love to have a Jamie Asher on our team to Bill Jr. can't kick football it Continued from Page 1 into something other than football, law or something like that, but in the back of my mind, I always knew this is where I'd end up," Billy said. "There is nothing better than the camaraderie and sense of community you get on a football team. It's the best high there is winning and being part of a team." There also are some terrible lows UNLV Kansas State 2 15 7.5 Yds.

Avg. TD Long 113 11.3 0 19 176 8.3 1 27 658 12.7 3 39 258 11.2 1 34 1,205 11.4 5 39 proved his blocking this season and has proven extremely durable. With backup Zoe Barney's playing time limited by a knee injury and freshman Mike Bogan not ready to play because of inexperience, Asher has been in on Billy was in high school when his father was named coach at Alabama, a hotbed of hotheads who love football to an unhealthy degree. Though Curry never finished worse than 7-5 and took the Crimson Tide to three straight bowl games, a violent few made their displeasure known by throwing bricks and making death threats. "Billy would say things like, 'If somebody's going to get my dad, they're going to have get me Curry said.

It wasn't easy for anyone, perhaps least of all for Billy, who went to school in the shadow of Bear Bryant's coaching tower. 10 52 23 nearly every play. "Last year Jamie graded out at about 50 percent on his blocking," Nord said. "This season he's been at 85 percent. He really helped himself by getting a lot stronger." "He had to bear an awful lot he never told us about," Carolyn Curry said.

"He's very protective of us, especially me. He had come from a very comfortable cocoon in Atlanta and had to go out into the cold, cruel world and find out what life is like." And sometimes there's not much to like about a coach's life. "Back then, I was horrified," Carolyn Curry said. "I was down on the whole profession for a while, but I've mellowed. Yes, it's changing.

Yes, it's getting harder. But that's his bliss; I'd certainly never try to talk him out of it." Not that it would have done any coach Don Riley. When the grunt work is done, he attends graduate classes in sports management and industrial psychology. "I love every minute of it," he said. "I can't believe people get paid to do this." Other people get paid.

Billy Curry gets only tuition, room and board, books and fees. He certainly doesn't get much sleep. "It's a lot of work, but you can learn so much if you're wilung," he said. "It's like getting a master's in football. I guess I always that knew I'd be doing this, that I love it too much to just leave it.

But I never -knew for sure until now." good. Billy Curry chose football, it didn't choose him. His parents never encouraged him to play. It was Billy's idea to walk on at Virginia, where he quickly earned a scholarship and earned four letters as a backup offensive lineman and starting long snapper. It was also Billy's idea to join the UK staff last spring as an administrative aide.

When a graduate assistant left for another job, the assistant coaches asked the head man to give his son a job. He works from 8 a.m. until 9 or 10 p.m. breaking down film for offensive coordinator Daryl Dickey and teaching offensive linemen for.