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MM TENNESEE ROLLS PAST GEORGIA POSTtINt oo Protecting Marino primary task SATURDAY'S SCORES: (19) Tennessee 41, (23) Georgia 23 (6) Michigan 26, (3) Notre Dame 24 N.C. State 29, (22) Clemson 12 (8) Penn State 38, (14) Southern Cal 14 (11) Alabama 1 7, Vanderbilt 7 (16) Texas 36, (15) Oklahoma 14 (24) Stanford 41, Northwestern 41 (25) Washington 25, (18) Ohio St. 16 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, PAGES 8-11C fflsl against Reggie White and 7C TIME: 1 p.m., Milwaukee TV: WPTV-5, WTVJ-4 NFL updates Page5C PORTS THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1994 SECTION Agassi (the new one), Stich in Open final Sanchez Vicario closes out Graf for Open title Jt iV 1 fit By VICKI MICHAELIS Palm Beach Post Staff Writer NEW YORK After tossing her racket and saying a thank you to the sky, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario headed straight to her mom for a quiet moment in front of 21,045 people, all stunned by her upset of top seed Steffi Graf in the U.S. Open women's championship Saturday. "She didn't have words," Sanchez Vicario said of her mother, Marisa.

"She couldn't say anything at all, the same as me. A lot was left unsaid after Sanchez Vicario's turnabout title win, a 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 defeat of the defending champion at the National Tennis Center. Grafs body language in the eighth game of the second set spoke the loudest. She hit a forehand crosscourt shot wide, then squatted on the court before setting up for her next serve. After that, she served with less sting and hit her forehands with less fire.

The sore back Graf brought to the U.S. Open obviously had picked the least opportune time to demand attention. But when CBS analyst Tony Trabert later asked Graf about her back during the on-court awards ceremony, the crowd booed, nearly drowning out her response. "I don't think I'm going to talk anything about that," she said. "Arantxa was just Please see SANCHEZ VICARI022C By VICKI MICHAELIS Palm peach PostStaff Writer IfEW YORK The reincarnation, of Andre Agassi is almost complete.

He's gone from on again to off fagain to on again, from whiner to wilter to winner, from natural to blond and back again. Now he's going to the U.S. Open final. Again. With a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over ninth-seeded Todd Martin in semifinals at the National Tenuis Center Saturday, Agassi scheduled one more date with the New York fans.

As Martin said: "This is what you have been hoping for." This afternoon, the unseeded upset artist will play No. 4 Michael Stich for the title, Agassi going in as the fanatic favorite and Stich as the people's choice underdog. Early Saturday, in front of a half-strength, half-interested crowd, Stich beat unseeded Karel Novacek 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). The spectacular display of serve and Please see U.S. 0PEN22C THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, the first Spaniard to win the U.S.

Open, added a second Grand Slam title to the French Open she won in May. Blowout Some nostalgia, like the Dolphins defense, we could live without No. MILWAUKEE Slide me a lager. Pass the bratwurst and Grey Poupon. What better place to perform exploratory surgery on the Miami Dolphins? Toss me a program, too, because I'll never recognize the players without one.

It is only Week 2 of the NFL season and too weak is the look of the Dolphins defense. After the euphoric cries of "Dan's back, Dan's back" subsided at Joe Robbie Stadium last Sunday, the realization sunk in that back also are the defensive problems. Already the Dolphins forUF have been forced to a makeshift lineup to cover injuries. To recap Bryan Cox may be I moved from outside to 1 i I m'ddle linebacker, where Second-ranked Gators open SEC play with a 73-7 rout of Kentucky. By CRAIG DOLCH 1 Palm Beach Post Staff Writer GAINESVILLE Another week, another record-setting performance.

The Florida Gators continued their early season dominance Saturday with a 73-7 win over Kentucky before 85,238 at Florida Field. All the second-ranked Gators (2-0) did was score more points than they had during 61 years in the Southeastern Conference. Is he can nil tor the injured Dwight Hollier's fill-in Chuck Bullough, who is suffering from a torn stomach muscle, which you may recall is the injury that helped shorten John Offerdahl's career and increase bagel production v. 5 0 r0" 1 Dan MOFFETT SPORTS EDITOR 12C 1 Dave George column i 1 f-f Senior quarterback Terry Dean threw four' touchdown passes giving him 11 in two games and the Gators also got strong efforts from their running game and defense in registering their most lopsided victory since a 69-0 win over Montana State in 1988. After last week's 70-21 win over New Mexico State, Gators coach Steve Spurrier faces an enviable problem heading into Saturday key game at Tennessee: over-confidence.

"Hopefully, we can regroup and not get full of ourselves and think we are going to score 70 every week," Spurrier said. "We need to put this behind us because this game is not going to help us beat Tennessee." a 4 The regionally televised game shoul4 help the Gators in the polls as they try to recapture the No. 1 spot they lost despite last week's win. Among Saturday's most notable achievements: Bit was the first time the Gators have scored 70 points in back-to-back games. Besides being the most points scored in an SEC game, it was the second-highest total by an SEC team in a conference game.

Georgia scored 75 against Florida in 1942. The 73 points were the most allowed by Kentucky (1-1) in the modern era. The Wildcats allowed 82 points Please see GATORS 1 2C throughout South Honda. Then there's Frankie Smith, the second-year cornerback from Baylor, who will see service if Troy Vincent's knee doesn't hold up, which it didn't in the second half last week against New England. A rumor of safeties Making what may be their first appearances of the season are the Dolphins' new safeties, Gene Atkins and Michael Stewart.

There were reports sketchy and unconfirmed that Atkins and Stewart may have participated in the opener, though the film record tends to show Patriots receivers running alone down the middle of the field. Atkins and Stewart were brought in to replace Louis Oliver and Jarvis Williams, who fondly called themselves the B2 Bombers. The fear now is the Dolphins might have gone from B2s to Stealths, overpriced and largely invisible. Somewhere within the chaos of this makeshift defense is, however, the hope that a new generation of Killer B's might assert itself: Bullough, No. 1 draft pick Tim Bowens, second-round pick Aubrey Beavers, perhaps sixth-round pick Brant Bearer.

Now that Dan Marino has shown himself capable of winning games, the Dolphins are back to their same old same old, wondering if enough defense exists to make fiv touchdowns stand up. Shift in emphasis Normally, against the Green Bay Packers, this would entail concentrating on controlling quarterback Brett Favre and the league's second best receiver, Sterling Sharpe. But because of the Dolphins' weakness at middle linebacker, running backs Reggie Cobb and Edgar Bennett are more worrisome than usual. All the elements are present in Milwaukee to produce a Miami defensive nightmare: a road game, against an NFC opponent, an offensive innovator in Packers coach Mike Holmgren and a formidable passing attack led by a high-strung quarterback. "Favre is a great competitor, a very fiery player," says Cox.

"He exuberates a lot of heart out there." That's one way to put it. CAROLINE E. COUIGStaff Photographer Florida freshman receiver Reidel Anthony of Glades Central High School celebrates after catching a 65-yard touchown pass from Terry Dean. FSU gets early scare, iy rolls by Terps 52-20 'W v- UM erases demons, Sun Devils about being on the wrong end of one of college football's biggest upsets in history, No. 4 FSU (2-0) hajJ to only answef, they' trail Maryland (0-2) by 10 points in the Crockett first half and overturn a 20-17, halftime lead By SCOTT TOLLEY Palm Beach Post Staff Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md.

It would have turned a proud program inside out, and turned this basketball-first college town into a frenzied toga party to last the rest of the season. Instead, Florida State tiptoed away from an upset and out of Maryland with a 52-20 win that will look no different in the nation's sports pages than most of. the Seminoles' first 17 ACC wins. But Bobby Bowden knows this one carries a mental asterisk. "We beat them, but we didn't out-coach them," Bowden said.

"When I saw the Duke game last week (49-16 Maryland loss), I thought this game might get ugly. The only ugly thing was us. "I thought coming out here, 'No way could we lose this After about a quarter and a half, I was a little worried. Then I thought, 'Let's get out of here Instead of the 34-point favorites having to answer questions the Seminoles protected their By JEFF SNOOK Palm Beach Post Staff Writer TEMPE, Ariz. No full moon hung over the desert Saturday night and Halloween is more than a month away, but it was weird, wild and wacky for the Miami Hurricanes.

And they left here howling for the first time. Fifth-ranked Miami erased the demons of Sun Devil Stadium, beating Arizona State 47-10. It was UM's first win here after three Fiesta Bowl losses. The Hurricanes (2-0) dominated like the Hurricanes of old, jumping to a 33-10 halftime lead behind quarterback Frank Costa's best performance so far and five Arizona State turnovers. Costa passed for 224 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.

He left the game in the third quarter with Miami leading 40-10. Please see HURRICANES 1 1C i pertinent points What this Sunday in Milwaukee appears destined to find out about the young and temporarily repaired Miami defense is how much heart and exuberance it can summon. The unit that is likely to be pressed into service today is nothing approaching playoff quality. But the only relevant standard for judgment will be whether it can hold the Packers to fewer points than Marino can produce. Here again, at a time such as this, the Dolphins would benefit greatly from a a running attack to shorten the game.

Running and Miami running and Miami. Sort of sounds vaguely familiar. Oh, yeah, Mercury Morris ran years ago for the Dolphins, didn't he? future by going back to the Not killing, but shelving their fast break offense for a day, and going to a renaissance offense of runs between the tackles and passes to the tight end. And nasty defense. Senior Zack Crockett became the first fullback in at least five seasons to rush for more than 100 yards with 19 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns.

Redshirt freshman Melvin Pearsall went Please see SEMINOLES13 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boca Kicker Beats Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind. Remy Hamilton (19) of Boca Raton's 42-yard field goal pushes Michigan past Notre Dame. STORY, 11C.