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What's up today SECTION The Detroit Lions try to get their road act together in NFL action at New England, 1 p.m., CBS. The Los Angeles Raiders and Denver Broncos clash for AFC West lead, 4 p.m., NBC. Lansing State Journal Sunday, Dec. 8, 1985 A to dssm worn but 31 Who got the votes Voting for tNs year's Heisman Trophy: Nips Iowa's Long by 45 points and I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my shirt," said Jackson, the Auburn tailback who beat Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by only 45 points in the balloting. Michigan State running back Lorenzo White finished fourth with 391 points.

Brigham Young quarterback Robbie Bosco was third with 459. "It's the first time since I've been in college that I've been nervous. I think the people in the next row could hear my heart beating, I was so nervous." Jackson, who rushed for 1,786 yards this season, said that winning the Heisman was the culmination of his collegiate athletic career; but "getting my degree is more Important than the Heisman. "The Heisman symbolizes the best athlete," he said, "but when I'm done with sports, I can always use my degree in the rest of my life." Jackson had his toughness questioned several times this season after removing himself from games with Tennessee and Florida, both of which Auburn lost But he responded to his critics with a 142-yard effort against Alabama despite playing with broken ribs. "It wasn't easy," said Jackson, who is also a pro pospect in baseball.

"I had to sit and listen to all the criticism that people dished out Then you have, to prove yourself on the field. "I think I handled it very well, I See JACKSON. Page 6D i Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total Bo Jackson, Auburn 317 218 122 1,509 Chuck Long, Iowa 286 254 98 1,464 Robbie Bosco, BYU 38 95 155 459 Lorenzo White, MSU 50 63 115 391 Vinny Testaverde, Miami 41 41 44 249 Jim Everett. Purdue 12 11 19 77 Napoleon McCallum, Navy 8 11 26 72 Allen Pinkett. Notre Dame 9 13 18 71 Joe Dudek, Plymouth St.

12 4 12 56 Brian McClure. Bowling Green 7 10 13 54 Thomas Thurman, Okla. St. 1 13 25 54 By BARRY WILNER Associated Press NEW YORK At one point Saturday, Bo Jackson wasn't sure he would survive the Heisman Trophy announcement Survive he however, winning the award in the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy, which is awarded by the Downtown Athletic Club. "It's been on my mind all day, Bo Jackson: Auburn's second Heisman winner.

slhoo'Siinig Dote Sirairtas By JACK EBLING Lansing State Journal It's easy to beat Canisius with streaks of shooting that are almost unconscious. Michigan State did just that Saturday night with three periods of lava-hot accuracy in a 90-61 basketball triumph at Jenison Field House, the Spartans' sixth win in as many outings. MSU handled the 4-1 Golden Griffins easier than anyone imagined, shooting 60.6 percent from" the field before the break and breaking up the visitors' plans with some of the way with 24 points and eight assists. "So far, the spurts have been good to us. From one to 12, we have some guys who can really get up and down the floor." They can also get the ball in the hole.

MSU treated a gathering of 6,183 to 12-2 and 11-2 runs, en route to a 44-28 halftime edge, and a 15-4 string to ice the game just after intermission. All that remained in the final 12:07 was to see if the Spartans could reach their average of 92.2 points per game and to emerge without serious injuries a fortunate happening, given some NFL-style collisions. "We had to hold our ground," said 6-foot-2 guard Dairy Johnson, who was jaw-to-jaw with a much-bigger visitor. "We couldn't let them push us around. Bodies were flying everywhere." "We don't play that way, and I don't coach that way," Canisius leader Nick Macarchuk said, after he and Heathcote had exchanged words over some particularly rough play.

"I tried to ex-' plain that to Jud after the game. I hope he understands that" Macarchuk had a tough time understanding how to stop the Spartans or to counter Heath-cote's defensive adjustments. mM'ism 'T t5M' IliliailiS the season's Skiles best defense. "I thought we played very well," said Spartan Coach Jud Heathcote. "They're the most-physical team, and they might be the quickest that we've played.

We didn't win easily but we maintained the level of play that we've had in some of our spurts." "Basketball has always been a Lakers nip MSU in OT Lansing State Journal SAULT STE. MARIE Junior right wing Paul Jerrard scored a power play goal with 2:52 remaining in overtime here Saturday as Lake Superior State defeated Michigan State, 6-5, to upend the No. 4-ranked Spartans for the second time in as many nights. The loss, coupled with Friday's 7-3 setback, dropped MSU (9-6-1, 9-6-1) into fourth place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. LSSC (10-5-1, 11-6-1) moved into sole possession of second, while Western Michigan jumped into third via its 6-4 win over Michigan.

MSU had not been swept by an opponent since losing two games at Michigan Tech in February, 1984. The Spartans have now lost three straight games for the first time since 1982-83. MSU's sixth loss of the season Saturday also equaled last season's total when the Spartans finished with an NCAA-record mark of 38-6. Jerrard's game-winning goal for LSSC was scored on a tough-angle shot from the right faceoff circle that went just inside the far post to the right of MSU junior goaltender Norm Foster. It was the only goal Foster allowed after replacing starter Bob Essensa at 16:51 of the second period.

Spartans rallied from a 5-3 defecit with Foster in the nets. "It was a good game in that we made a solid comeback the guys really sucked it up when we were down 4-1 but he (Jerrard) made a fine shot on the winning goal," said MSU Assistant Coach George Gwozdecky. "Normie (Foster) had played well after we had to yank Essensa, who was having a hard night and the shot that beat him was just a perfect shot" Senior left wing Mike Donnelly scored his first three-goal hat trick of the year for MSU, giving the Livonia native a team-leading 16 goals. LSSC senior left wing Nick Palumbo, who scored twice Friday, also had the hat trick Saturday and increased his season output to 12. The Spartans trailed 2-0 after the first period on Palumbo's first two goals of the night, at 4:59 and 10:13, the later coming while the Lakers had a four-man-to-three advantage.

MSU's Donnelly then scored at 3:41 and 14:14 of the second period, both on the power play. Sandwiched in between, however, See MSU ICERS, Page 3D game of spurts, said standout senior guard Scott Skiles, who led See SPARTANS. Page 5D Michigan cruises Tarpley triggers 91 -68 blitz of Florida Southern 'A' title splash! Youngstown state. "I think this type of game gives me a little more confidence in my scoring." Florida Southern was unable to penetrate the Michigan defense, as Tarpley swatted away shot after shot that helped the Wolve-. rines built a 28-point halftime lead.

"They kept challenging me, so I had to preserve my place," he said. Michigan Coach Bill Frieder wasn't pleased that Florida Southern, a Division II school, out-scored his team in the second 6-0, jumped out to a 20-2 lead and the Moccasins never able to cut the gap to less than 16 points. The Wolverines completely shut down the Mocs' offense with 10 blocked shots and seven steals in the first half while running out to a 52-24 lead at intermission. Tarpley had seven blocks of his own over the first 20 minutes and finished with 10. Gary Grant had five steals for Michigan.

i yr Vi Holt High's Julie Farrell (above) takes the first of her three dives Saturday on her way to the Class A state diving title at the Michigan State pool. She's later congratulated by her mother. Pam Roberts (right), after winning the 12-dive event with a total of 457.10 poiats. Grosse Pointe South's Allison Crissman was second with a 408.55 to- tal. Story.

Page 50. Associated Press ANN ARBOR While Michigan center Roy Tarpley was listed on almost everyone's pre-season All-America team, his offensive statistics in the Wolverines' first five games have been less than impressive. Tarpley, who was averaging 12.6 points an appearance, -erupted for 19 points Saturday to lead the No. 2-ranked Wolverines to a 91-68 victory over Florida Southern. The 6-foot-ll pivotman converted 7 of 10 field-goal attempts and blocked a career-high 10 shots.

"This was a good game for me because I've been in a scoring slump," said Tarpley, who scored only 12 points Wednesday against Luing State JoomalGREG DeRUITER Scorecard White off to right start in chase for next year's Heisman 4vZ Jack Ebling volved for the 1,050 selectors. And White took care of that just fine, with 1,908 rushing yards and help from four past Heisman "winners. Paul Hornung, Archie Griffiri, Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie all indicated that White was their No. 1. Unfortunately for White, the voters opted for the game's best athlete and best-known name instead of 1985's most valuable player.

Ail White's emergence did, with the inherent regional bias and splitting of Midwest was to cost Iowa quarterback Chuck Long the Heisman. In that sense, White had the last laugh, after Long's last-minute bootleg had beaten the Spartans. White and Jackson probably joked about that when the pair went out together Saturday night White probably picked up a few linesjeft over from. Jackson's acceptance speech. He already knew where to sit Pro Hockey 3D National Hockey League Philadelphia 4, N.Y.

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And no, it isn't a case of campaigning for a distinction that's won on the field, over time, not by working overtime on a selling a player to the press. That part takes care of itself, as Coach George Perles insists that it must No one asked a 10-year-old to submit nicknames like Lor-endzone White, and no one alerted the networks when an injured 10-year-old football player requested a visit from White to ease the pain of a badly broken femur. Those things help a player's image, but they don't create one that isnt there. As Penn State's Joe Paterno asked, "Does the Heisman stand lor some guy who runs for 9,000 yards and is a bum? No!" What it stands for is excellence and values that college football tries to present Obviously, it isn't just a career compilation of statistics, or Navy's McCallum, Notre Dame's Allen Pinkett and Bowling Green's Brian McClure wouldn't have wound up seventh, eighth and tied for 10th, respectively. But there is a conditioning process in Now we know it's Bo, not Lo.

But Michigan State tailback Lorenzo White is far from shattered by a fourth-place Heisman Trophy finish. Few sophomores and only three Spartans have ever fared as well. No second-year player net even OJ Archie or Herschel has ever hauled home the hardware with the somewhat vague title of "Outstanding College Football Player in the United States." What they all did, however, was to lay the groundwork for future glory. White did that exceptionally well all season and again on Saturday. Wearing a sharp dark blue suit he sat at the right hand of winner Bo Jackson of Auburn the top votergetter among underclassmen.

That's impressive for anyone and just a- bit dangerous, too. The natural presumption, especially in these parts, is to assume, "Lorenzo should win it the next two years, nosweat" Dont say that too loudly around quarterbacks Vinny Testaverde of Miami and Kerwin Bell of Florida or tailback Thur- man Thomas of Oklahoma State. They ha-' ven't sent White their congratulations quite Indeed, the path to the podium at New York's Downtown Athletic Club is paved with fallen favorites. Navy's Napoleon McCallum and Jackson' were solid bets in early 1984, whUe Ohio State's injury-pla--gued Keith Byars and Texas Christian's lucratively bought Kenneth Davis were top names just four months ago. So the answer of the day is "No." No, White Isn't a cinch to be back on NBCs Heisman history tour next season, even though he's probably a logical choice to Jack Ebling is a member of the Lansing State Journal sports stafL.