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FIRST EDITION BEST AVAILABLE COPY (Hie Arizona Jatlg Star Tucson, Saturday, October 14, 1995 QXQXT NHL3C Golf 5C Classified ads 8C prob Hollywood glitz has long worn off in UA's rivalry with L.A. schools Neither UCLA nor Arizona can afford a Pac-10 loss if PASADENA, Calif. Dear Mr. Football: This is big-time bliss, Arizona vs. UCLA.

Isn't this why the Wildcats begged to get in the Pac-10 in the first place? A. The shine Arizona (3-2, 1-1) at UCLA (3-2, 0-2) SITE: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. TIME: Kickoff at 4 p.m. TV: Live on Channel 9 RADIO: KNST (790-AM), KCEE (94a AM), 3:20 p.m. EXPECTED CROWD: 50,000.

POINT SPREAD: UCLA by 8. LAST MEETING: 1994 at Tucson, UA won 34-24. SERIES: UCLA leads 11-7-2. eyes began to water, your nose hurt, it was as if you were hooked to an I.V. of exhaust fumes.

And, worse, it must've been 100 degrees, hotter even than Tucson. LA. might be beautiful on New Year's Day, but in October it's hell. The UA-UCLA basketball rivalry has been unparalleled, but the L.A. half to the football series is a non-event.

This town supports Bruin football the way it supports the federal clean-air act. When UCLA played defending Pac-10 champion Oregon a few weeks ago -remember, the Bruins were unbeaten, having routed Miami a mere 42,537 showed up for the game. There won't be 35,000 bodies, by actual count, in the Rose Bowl today, no matter what See HANSEN, Page 6C By Anthony Gimino The Arizona Daily Star PASADENA, Calif. The Arizona offensive line is feeling more than growing pains. There is pain in the knees, pain in the ankles, and various other ailments, all of which adds up to a lot of pain in the neck.

It means the line will have to reinvent itself once again this week, its fifth starting lineup in six games. Wayne Wyatt will make his first start, at center. Left guard Frank Middleton plans to test his left knee in a game for the first time in a month. Mani Ott, perhaps the most reliable player, moves to a new position, and Game notes, schedules and rosters. Page 6C.

doesn't know if his ankle will make it through the game. Those are some of the players who will have a large say in how the Wildcats fare today against UCLA in the latest of a series of critical Pac-10 games. "I'm not impressed with their line at all," said UCLA sophomore defensive lineman Danjuan Magee, apparently not worried about supplying bulletin board material. "I don't mean to be offensive, but it's the worst line I've seen all year." See UA-UCLA, Page 6C Greg Hansen has worn off this Los Angeles thing. Once you popped out of the airplane yesterday you couldn't see across the street.

Your Buhner's homer gives Mariners llth-inning win nf. i 1 4 I 4 if i v-- -r 1 By Chuck Melvin The Associated Press CLEVELAND Never, ever, could Jay Buhner remember blowing such an easy play. And he wasn't about to let it ruin his night, much less Seattle's season. "Somehow, someway I was going to make up for it," Buhner said last night after his llth-inning home run atoned for a critical error and beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2, giving the Mariners a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The game-winner was Buhner's second home run of the night, a three-run drive off Eric Plunk that guaranteed the Mariners at least one more game at the Kingdome, even if they lose the next two at Jacobs Field.

The victory was also pivotal because they need two more wins to advance to the World Series -and Randy Johnson, who was superb for eight innings last night, can make another start if he's needed. Seattle is 30-3 in games Johnson has pitched this year, and 4-1 at the dome in the postseason. Cleveland, which had tied the game thanks to Buhner's eighth-inning error, lost for the first time in 15 extra-inning games this year. Norm Charlton got the victory with three scoreless innings in relief of Johnson, ending Cleveland's 14-0 record in extra innings this year. The Indians had just four hits in the game.

Julian Tavarez, the third of Cleveland's five pitchers, took the loss. He allowed a leadoff single by Joey Cora in the 11th, and Cora stole second with two outs. Plunk walked Tino Martinez intentionally, and Buhner homered to right center, his third homer of the series. "We took a shot at what we thought was our best chance to get out of that situation, and it didn't work out," Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove said. "I think if anybody has followed this ball-club over the last two or three years, they know this ballclub shows up every day.

There's no reason for me to expect otherwise now." Cleveland entered the eighth inning trailing 2-1, and with Johnson rested and sharp as ever, the outcome seemed inevitable. But Buhner, who had homered earlier, opened the door for Cleveland by turning Alvaro Espi-noza's one-out fly ball into a two-base error. Buhner backpedaled to the warning track and then simply missed the ball, letting Es- See MARINERS, Page 2C The Associated Press Seattle's Edgar Martinez isn't quick enough to beat the tag from Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel on an attempted stolen base Maddux helps Braves beat Reds, take 3-0 series lead By Chris Sheridan The Associated Press ATLANTA Greg Maddux finally pitched like Greg Maddux in the postseason. Maddux, who had never pitched a great game in the playoffs, came awfully close last night as the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2. Combining resourcefulness and patience, he worked eight strong innings and allowed one late run as the Braves took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, just one victory shy of their third trip to the World Series in this decade.

No team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit in the postseason. "I thought he was typical Greg Maddux a lot of ground balls, a couple strikeouts," Braves man- O'Brien hit a three-run homer in the sixth, and Chipper Jones added a two-run drive in the seventh for a 5-0 lead. "It might have been a different story if it had only been a three-run lead," Reds manager Davey Johnson said. which has scored only five runs in the series, once again was hurt by its failure to hit in clutch situations. Reggie Sanders struck out three times, including once with the bases loaded in the third inning, to give him eight whiffs in the series, and 17 in the playoffs.

Tonight, the Reds will try to avoid becoming the first team since 1982 to be swept in an NL championship series. Steve Avery pitches for the Braves against Pete Schourek. "What was done so far doesn't mean much unless we win one more," Cox said. "We're not quite there yet, but if we win (today) or Game 5 or 6 or 7, yeah, I'll be fired up," said Maddux, who has never pitched in the World Series. Maddux, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who entered the game with a 6.62 ERA and 2-2 record in six career postseason appearances, struck out four, walked one and hit a batter.

He retired the side in order just twice, allowing seven hits in eight innings. "There was room for improvement. There's always room," he said. O'Brien, who catches Maddux, agreed. "I think he threw more pitches than normal See BRAVES, Page 2C "What was done so far doesn't mean much unless we win one more." Bobby Cox Braves manager ager Bobby Cox said.

"I thought he might get a shutout." He didn't, but he did enough to end the talk about being mediocre in the playoffs. "I know there's been a lot written about my playoff numbers not being good and it's because they weren't good. But what's good now is we're up 3-0, and that's a lot better than trying to prove someone wrong," Maddux said. Maddux had it relatively easy after Charlie Florida-Auburn rivalry a battle of coaches BYU is out to avenge '94 loss to ASU By Jack Magruder The Arizona Daily Star TEMPE ASU played the signature game of its 1994 season at Brigham Young. The Sun Devils had a season-high 530 yards total offense in a 36-15 victory.

Quarterback Jake Plummer passed for a career-high 327 yards and three touchdowns. The team rushed for 203 yards. BYU didn't get inside ASU territory until the final two minutes of the first half, at which point it trailed 23-0. That showing proved to be a mirage, the Sun Devils' only victory in their final six games. But do not believe BYU cannot see it clearly as the learns prepare to meet again today in ASU's final non-conference game of the season (Sun Devil Stadium, 7 p.m., KTUC-AM).

"We played very poorly and without a great deal of effort," BYU coach La-, veil Edwards said of the 1994 game. "They put it to us. We were never See ASU, PagS 7C Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. Unlike Spurrier, who won the Heisman Trophy in a glamorous run as the Gators' quarterback, Bowden was a grunt player at West Virginia, the Mountaineers' version of "Rudy." Bowden stands all of 5 feet, 6 inches, but his impact on Auburn and coaching has been gigantic for someone who's only in his third year at Division I-A. Perhaps most intriguing about this new battle for coaching supremacy is Spurrier's record against the Bowdens: 1-6-1.

Both coaches deny this is a personal grudge match. "There's no egos out here," Bowden said. "It's not me against Steve Spurrier. It's me trying any way I can to win this game." Bowden has been trying all week. It started in his office at 5 a.m.

Sunday, not so many See COAjHES, Page 7C By Ken Berger The Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. With some coaching smarts and a name that makes Steve Spurrier cringe, Terry Bowden has turned Florida-Auburn into one of college football's great new rivalries. Both coaches are loath to admit that there's anything personal about the series, which has exploded into a dizzying quest for offensive perfection in the last two years. But as will be evident today at Auburn, there's no getting around the fact that these teams embody the personalities of their coaches. There's Spurrier, the aggressor, a perfectionist who has been called everything from brilliant to arrogant "Coach Superior" seems to live vicariously through the exploits of the Gators' "Fun-n-Gun" offense.

And there's Bowden, raised in a football family and groomed in ctUching by one of the best. Brian Winter, The Arizona Daily Star Whimper comes up empty. The Panthers beat the visiting Lancers 23-13 last night Salpointe defensive back Keith Regina pulls in an interception as Amphi's Michael 1 I i rt.VJ.