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tte JllMnxs Sratbag Agister Sunday, November 14, 1993, Section' i DAVID WITKE, Executive Sports Editor, 515-284-8130 Drake Wins on Kick Drake beats Evansville on a late field goal for a share of second place in the Pioneer League. Page7D Volleyball Champs Unity Christian wins title in Class 1A, Western Christian Hull is the Class 2 A state champion. Page 12D S1 Sri 31 sfeessf tali roiri; to please "MS, 1 Marc Hansen k. Mystique helps Notre Dame Iowa slips by Northwestern, 23-19, but that's all an Independence Bowl scout wanted to see. outh Bend, Ind.

The Notre Dame mystique didn't do much for poor Gerry Faust, who went looking for the ghost of Knute By RON MALY Rkgistkr St.uk Whitkk Kockne and came away instead with a job transfer to Akron. Although Faust's esteemed successor seems to understand the formula as well as anyone since Ara Parsegh-ian, mystique is something that rarely lends itself to easy measurement. In practice the day before this Iowa is strongly in the Independence Bowl plans as a possible opponent for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech accepted an invitation Saturday to the Dec. 31 game in Shreve-poil, La.

"Even though I had airplane problems and saw only the last 3 minutes, it was the best part of (this) game," Holland said. "1 saw Iowa win. That's all I wanted to see." The victory enabled the Hawk-eyes to square their record at 5-5 heading into Saturday's 1:05 p.m. Big Ten finale against Minnesota at Iowa City. Iowa needs to beat the Gophers for the sixth victory necessary to qualify for a bowl.

Consequently, the scenario is similar to 1992, when Iowa had to beat Minnesota in the final game to qualify fcr the Copper Bowl in Tucson, Ariz. But the Hawkeyes lost, and finished with a 5-7 record. It's still no certainty that Iowa IOWA Please turn to Page 9D Evanston, 111. Iowa's football team had just beaten Northwestern, 23-19, Saturday, and the Independence Bowl representative saw only 3 minutes of the game. It didn't seem to matter.

Selection committee member Rick Holland, dressed in a bright red blazer, was' among the happiest and most talkative men in the Hawkeye locker room afterward. Iowa has beaten Northwestern 20 consecutive times. Coach Hay-den Fry is 15-0 against the Wildcats and needs one victory for No. 200 in his career. But Holland was excited for another reason.

The way he talked, V. 2 7 If Notre Dame and Florida State meet again, Saturday's game was little more than a high-profile exercise in tire rotation. 4 s. riintnliitm nit 1 1 A RRY I) A I'M KRTTl I RKUISTKK Iowa's Anthony Dean stretches for a catch, one eyes' 23-19 victory against Northwestern on of three he made for 66 yards, in the Hawk- Saturday. Iowa passed for 234 yards.

a minute Cyclones lose in a JMebrask 'I i 7 year's Game of the Millennium, the Florida State football players tipped their hats to the Notre Dame mystique. Well, they did something with their hats, anyway. Just for the fun of it, they stepped onto the floor of Notre Dame Stadium wearing Irish green ballcaps with their own school initials above the bill and a shamrock on the side. Even if it was a good-natured little gesture, it seemed a bit out of place, like going to Paris and speaking in a phony French accent. Later, the teams bickered about the Notre Dame mystique.

A few of the Seminoles even referred to Knute Rockne as Rock Knutney. "Mystique? What mystique?" said cornerback Kevin Knox. "They should be scared of our mystique. We're a dominating team. This could be the best college football team ever." That's what Lou Holtz thought.

Later, at a pep rally, the Fighting Irish coach was less charitable. "They've never been around mystique," he said. "How would they recognize it?" On a balmy November Saturday, at least by grain-belt standards, the only measurement available was found hanging on the scoreboard. Second-ranked Notre Dame 31, first-ranked Florida State 24. 1 Update.

Make that first-ranked Notre Dame and second-ranked Florida State, but only if Florida State is fortunate to stay ahead of Miami and Nebraska in the polls. "They should be No. 1," said the Seminoles' Knox. "They beat Florida State. But it went down to the wire.

We beat Miami, so I'd put us No. 2." Makes sense. But really, first, second. What does it matter if the two HANSEN Please turn to Page 70 it against Oklahoma remaining. Iowa State fell to 3-7 overall and 2-4 in Big Eight play and finishes the season Saturday at noon at home against Colorado.

"We gave them a hell of a kick start," Iowa State Coach Jim Walden said. "You really don't want to spot Nebraska 14 points. I'm not sure very many teams in this country are good enough to do that." Kick start, indeed. Mike Minter knocked the kickoff from Brooks, and Tyrone Williams recovered at the Iowa State 27-yard line. Three plays later, Tommie Frazier scored on a 1-yard run just 1 minute 1 1 seconds into the game.

The ensuing kickoff went into the end zone. On first down, Guggenheim fumbled, and again Williams recovered at the Iowa State 20-yard line. This time, it was all Calvin Jones, who carried four times, the final time for 1 yard and a touchdown 3 minutes into the game. Trailing, 14-0, Iowa State had only run one play. They were the Cyclones' 24th and 25th turnovers of the season; the opponent has turned them into scores 1 1 times.

"After we finally got over that shock of the first 14 points, I ISU Please turn to Page 8D Fumbles the first two times Iowa State touches the ball send the Huskers to the Orange Bowl, 49-17. By RANDY PETERSON Register Staff Writer Lincoln, Neb. It figured to be a long afternoon for the Iowa State football team Saturday when James Brooks fumbled the opening kickoff. For those who were still tailgat-ing, the Cyclones aided Nebraska again when Rodney Guggenheim fumbled on Iowa State's first offensive play. Pity those among a sellout crowd of 75,513 who walked into Memorial Stadium here midway through the first quarter to see fourth-ranked Nebraska leading, 21-0, and wondering if they had partied longer, and harder, than they thought.

Iowa State recovered nicely for a while. But not long enough. Nebraska scored on its first two possessions of the second half and rolled into the Orange Bowl with a 49-17 Big Eight victory. It improved the Cornhuskers' records to 6-0 in the conference and 10-0 overall with a Nov. 26 game TW.

I 1 4 1 hiu.nkimi:k(.ai.i1i Rn.isitu The ball bounces away from Iowa State's Jim two fumbles the Cyclones lost in the first quar-Knott (2G) on the opening kickoff, the first of ter of a 49-17 loss to Nebraska on Saturday. Tar Heels Are Defending Champs Ninth-ranked Crusaders Face Iowa City High As Valley struggles, Heelan heads to final North Carolina opens season No. 1 in poll 1 1 in i I V. MM 1 IK I II 7t i By DAN JOHNSON Register Staff Writer 1 (FirM-place votev last season's record, points, final rating) 1 NnrthCarolina(61 )(34 4) 1 4 2 Kentuckyl3)(30-4) 1 4 4 3 Arkansas 9) 1 4. 0 12 4 Duke (24 1.30") 10 5 Michigan (31-51 12 3 6 Calilornia(21 9) 1 141 7 Louisville 1 22 9) 1 125 15 8 Temple (20-1 3) 1 09S 9 Kansas(l)(297) 98 9 10 Mmnesota(2? IO) 90? 11 Oklahoma State (20-9).

W) 23 12 lnr.liana(31 4) 8b4 1 13 UCLA (22 1 1 7b 14 Georgia 1ech( 19-1 1) 691 18 15 Georgetown (20 13) 640 16 Virginia (21 10) MB 17 Illinois 19 1 3 bf7 18 Anona(24 4). 40 19 Cincinnati (2 5) 39 7 20 Syracuse (20 9) l'H 21 Purdue (18 10) 314 22 Massachusetts (24 7) 3(0 14 23 V.mderbilt(28 b) 237 8 24 George Washington (21 9) 20'j 2b Honda State (2b 10) 192 11 Other receiving vot Wisfonsin 187 Marquette 174. Xavier (Ohio) 125 Ohio S' itr 110 Teas 104. Connecticut 89 Boston College 81. Georgia 67 Mis soun64.

Louisiana State 47. SHon Hali4b Iulane27 Memphis State 26. Nehraska 23 Alat.ama 15. Peppeidme lb. Anona State 14 New Meniro State 14.

Virginia Commonwealth 13. Hrigham Young 12. Southern California 12. St John 12 New Orleans 9. Western Kentucky 9 Northeast Louisiana 7 Penn 5 Western Michigan 5.

West Virg.nia 5 Coppm State 4 South Carolina 4, Nevada Las Vegas 4. Utah 4 low! Stale 3. Michigan State 2. Oklahoma 2. Ohio University 1.

Tennessee State 1 New York, N.Y. (AP) North Carolina will open defense of its NCAA championship as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press' preseason poll for men's college basketball. The Tar Heels received 61 of 65 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters Saturday. It is their fourth No.

1 ranking in the 13 preseason polls conducted. No team has ever been a unanimous preseason No. 1 Kentucky, which was listed No. 1 on three ballots, was second and was followed by Arkansas and Duke, last year's preseason No. 1, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference the top four teams.

Michigan, the championship game loser the last two years, was fifth, followed in the top 10 by California, Louisville, Temple, Kansas and Minnesota. North Carolina has four starters back from last season's 34-4 team that gave Coach Dean Smith his second national title, and it has added yet another stellar recruiting class. The Tar Heels also were preseason No. 1 for 1981-82, the first season such a poll was taken, and again before the 1983-84 and 1986-87 seasons. Duke and Nevada-Las Vegas have taken the preseason honors twice the chances they gave us," Valley receiver Brian Tessau said.

"We -couldn't move the ball when we had to. When we got down there, they made the big plays." Three of Valley's drives stopped when its receivers couldn't hang on to Scott Remsburg's passes. The Tigers also drove to the 2- yard line only to lose the ball when a fumble by Casey Jones was recovered in the end zone by Heelan's Charlie Curran. "I just think we dropped too many footballs," Valley Coach Lee Crawford said. "We had opportunities to win the game." Heelan was unable to move the ball early, but its offense was given new life on its second possession on a roughing-the-punter penalty after Valley's Jason Grove crashed into Rooney.

In Rooney's absence, quarterback Craig Moody completed nine of 1 1 passes in the first half. Six of those passes were to Chad Heying, an infrequent target during the regular season. "We had to open it up a little bit," Moody said. "I haven't thrown to him much this year, but he's got good hands and good speed. To me, it doesn't matter what his number is, as long as he's open.

"Our defense played well. They VALLEY Please turn to Page 3D Sioux City, la. It wasn't exactly as he drew it up, but Sioux City Heelan Coach Joe Malsam didn't complain. Ninth-ranked Heelan, the 15th of 16 teams chosen for the Class 4-A playoffs, advanced to the title game Saturday by beating No. 3 Valley, 14-3.

Heelan will play Friday night against second-ranked Iowa City High at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. "We didn't deserve to be ranked, but we deserve to be in the championship," Malsam said. Heelan's defense has not allowed a touchdown in three playoff games. Its offense began passing more often after injuries depleted its running game in the first half. Both of Heelan's touchdowns came after fullback Chris Rooney was injured.

"Our offensive game plan was centered around Chris Rooney," Malsam said. "We counted on them double-covering him, which meant something else would open up. When he got hurt, we had to come up with a whole new game plan. The kids stepped in and did a great job." Valley, trying to reach the final game for the second successive season, moved into Heelan territory six times without scoring. "We just didn't take advantage of each.

Nevada-Las Vegas in 1990-91 and Duke the next season are the only preseason No. Is to hold the top spot through the final poll. Three preseason No. Is have gone on to win the national title: North Carolina in 1982, Nevada-Las Vegas in 1990 and Duke in 1992. i'KHlfi mSTllE RHilSTKR Sioux City Heelan's Kirk Chamberlain leaps to catch a pass and is brought down by West Des Moines Valley's Tom Thielman in Heelan's Class 4-A football playoff victory Saturday afternoon..