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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1989 EDITOR: KENT HEITHOLT, 459-3298 I Techsters, Tennessee share No. 1 6C 13 LaDowns completes a successful season: 8C Looking at Week 1 1 in the NFL: 1 0C Ami Dmidlpeinidlinic ay for TdoDsa BY THE NUMBERS But l-Bowl foe not yet known want to see what happens." Mississippi State had appeared to be the frontrunner in the race for the remaining bowl berth going into the game with LSU, but the Tigers' 44-20 win over MSU may have put the Bullies' berth in jeopardy. State, 5-5, must beat Ole Miss Saturday to have any chance for a bid. "A win (at LSU) could have done us some good and done (State) some good," said Frazier. Bowl officials have also been in contact See TULSA, Page 7C Dan Tarabrella.

"I've always wanted to go to a bowl game instead of sitting at home and watching everybody else play on TV." Tulsa's opponent in the Dec. 16 game is still unknown, however, and according to Frazier the identity of that team will probably not become official until next Saturday. The selection committee will meet tonight to discuss the possibilities. "Without a doubt we'll do it by Saturday," said Frazier, who was scouting Mississippi State in its game at LSU Saturday night. "I don't want to sound ridiculous, but there could be some longshots that slip through and we Hurricane pounded Bowling Green 45-10 In Tulsa, Okla.

The Hurricane rout, coupled with Southern Mississippi's loss to Alabama opened the door for Tulsa's first bowl appearance since the 1976 Independence Bowl. "I'm thrilled with the score," said Independence Bowl chairman John Frazier. "We're ecstatic to have Tulsa as the host team. We have informally named the team, but will officially deliver the bid next week." Most bowl pairings have already been agreed upon, but bids cannot be issued until Nov. 25.

"It feels great," said Tulsa defensive tackle By KENT HEITHOLT FOOTBALL COLLEGE Top Twenty Five No. 1 ND 34, No. 17 PennSt 23 No. 2 Colorado 59, Kan.St 11 No. 3 Michigan 49, Minn.

15 NO. 4 Alabama 37, So. Miss 14 No. 5 FlaSt. 57, MemphisSt 20 No.

6 Nebraska 42, Okla. 25 No. 7 Miami 42, SanDiegoSt 6 No. 8 USC 10, UCLA 10 No.9Tennessee33,OleMiss21 No. 11 Auburn 20, Georgia 3 No.

12 Illinois 41, Indiana 28 No. 15 Clemson 45, S. Carol. 0 No. 16 Virginia 48, Mrvlnd 21 No.

19Pitt47, East Carolina 42 No. 20 Texas Tech 48, SMU 24 No. 21 BYU 70, Utah 31 No. 22 OhioSt 42, Wisconsin 22 New Mex. 45, No.

23 Fresno 22 No. 25 Duke 41, N.Carolina 0 The Times The Independence Bowl began living on Tulsa time-Saturday. The University of Tulsa clinched the host spot in the Independence Bowl as the Golden Tigers give fans a show Grambling hangs on, beats SU in victory (Roundups, Pages 2C-5C) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top Twenty Five Big Apple NIT St. John's 76, Houston 69 (Roundup, Page C) BASKETBALL NBA San Antonio 110, Jersey 95 Orlando 116, Phila. 103 Atlanta 112, Golden St.

96 Detroit 103, Boston 86 Minnesota at New York, (n) Miami at Dallas, (n) Houston at Denver, (n) Washington at Phoenix, (n) Chicago at Seattle, (n) Indiana at Sacramento, (n) (Standings, Page 9C) HOCKEY National Hockey League Winnipeg 1, Phila. 0, OT Boston 6, New Jersey 4 i Rangers 3, Hartford 2 Detroit 8, Quebec 1 Pittsburgh 5, Islanders 3 Chicago at Calgary, (n) Toronto at Montreal, (n) St. Louis at Minnesota, (n) Washington at L.A., (n) (Standings, Page 9C) St. John's nips Houston in NIT By JIM McLAIN The Times NEW ORLEANS On a day when it looked as if the last team to have the football would win a wild offensive battle, the defense finally had its say with a couple of big plays. Grambling linebacker Thomas Griffin's jarring hit on Southern quarterback Nate Harrison and recovery of the ensuing fumble sewed up a 44-30 Grambling win in the 16th Bayou Classic here Saturday.

The turnover gave the G-Men the ball with 3:30 to play on their own 39, 20 yards from where the play had started. "When we got that ball for the last time, I looked up at the Big Tiger and said, 'You're back on our team Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson said, smiling and pointing to the Superdome roof. The reason Robinson was so relieved was that the scrambling Harrison had given his team fits, firing four touchdown passes dur- See GRAMBLING Page 2C By SCOTT FERRELL The Times BATON ROUGE This was how the LSU Tigers thought it was supposed to be. In August, they were a preseason No.7 college football team in the country. But the only seven that mattered to the Tigers in the first two months of the season had been their loss total.

But against Mississippi State, the Tigers closed out their home season with a show for the 62,592 hearty fans at Tiger Stadium. After weeks of talking about putting together a complete game, the Tigers did just that in a 44-20 victory over Mississippi State. In the process, LSU showed why the Tigers were not expected to be 3-7 after 10 games. There was tailback Harvey Williams rushing for two touchdowns. There was quarterback Tommy Hodson, in his last home game in Tiger Stadium, passing for 208 yards and two touchdowns.

Then, there was kicker David Browndyke. He made three field goals including a 50-yard one. Bro wndy ke's other kicks came from 48 and 49 yards. And there was the LSU defense. After one of the worst statisical performances in school history last week (644 yards total offense for Alabama), the Tigers completely shut down the MSU offense.

They intercepted freshman quarterback Todd Jordan four times in the game. In fact, MSU's final two touchdowns came after the outcome had been decided. A 1-yard run from Jesse Anderson brought State, 5-5, to a 44-14 deficit. The Bulldogs reched the final 44-20 margin on a 2-yard run by William Prince with only 1:08 left in the game. Earlier, the Tigers had increased See TIGERS, Page 2C NEW YORK (AP) The Boo-birds were back at Alumni Hall after a 34-game i if ri Vflrrr AP LaserPhoto absence.

Senior guard Boo Harvey re Southern fullback Garrett Gogan (37) is stopped by Grambling's Elfrid Payton (56) and Charles Williams during GSU's 44-30 Bayou Classic victory Saturday in New Orleans. turned after a one-season and one-game layoff with 21 points and 10 assists on Saturday night to lead No- 25 St. John's to a 76-69 preseason NIT quar Demons, Lumberjacks battle to 17-17 tie terfinal victory Houston. St. John's will play DePaul in the NIT semifinals on Wednesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, while No.

1 UNLV meets Kansas, which upset No. 2 Louisiana State on Friday night, in the opening game of the ing, but that scenario could be complicated by the tie. After controlling the ball for most of the first half and taking a 10-7 lead, the Demons used a ball-control drive that ate up almost 4:30 of the third quarter to take a 17-7 lead. The Demons drove from their own 19 behind a pair of big plays Carlos Treadway's 34-yard reception and a 16-yard run by Kenneth DeWitt to the SFA 5. Scott Stoker then found Treadway alone in the back of the end zone for a 4-yard touchdown pass.

Then the shennanigans began. SFA's Tim Fields returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards to the Demon 21. Then Larry Centers ran for 11 yards. After a holding penalty and a reverse that didn't work, the Demons had SFA in a third-and-goal situation from the 15. Under a heavy rush, Hammel threw the ball out of bounds and was flagged for intentional grounding.

See WHO, Page 2C minute. SFA's Chuck Rawlinson was long enough, but wide on a 54-yard field goal attempt with 16 seconds left that would have given the Lumberjacks the win. NSU's Chris Hamler was also short on a 56yarder as time ran out. The tie finished NSU's season at 4-5-2, while SFA goes to the playoffs a 9-1-1. Who the Lumberjacks will meet next week in the first round of the playoffs remains a mystery.

The most likely opponent was Grambl By EVAN GRANT The Times NATCHITOCHES So who gets Chief Caddo? The Northwestern State Demons made a sticky, gooey mess of everything Saturday night at Turpin Stadium, fighting No. 3 ranked Stephen F. Austin to a 17-17 tie. It was a bizarre game that featured five missed field goals, fan participation by former Demon John Kulakowski and a frantic final doubleheader. Harvey sat out last season because of academic prob lems and he missed the Redmen's first-round game in the NIT because of an NCAA suspension for playing in an unsanctioned summer league game.

NFL sacks Redskins' Manley for life He made his presence felt quickly against Houston, as- in -ii sisting on three of the Redmen's first four baskets, including a pass between the legs of a Houston player to Jason Buchanan for an easy fast-break layup. Dolphins activate Brown, waive Baty The Miami Dolphins ac said, because "he's very upset." So were many of. his teammates and Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs. "Everybody here at Redskins Park feels the same," Gibbs said Saturday. "Hopefully, he Can get himself squared away.

The most important thing right now is his life and his family. I will do anything personally that he wants me to because like evryone, am worried about Dexter." Gibbs said football was so much a part of Manley's life, and "when somebody loses that, you become very much concerned about that person." Manley, 30, a starter for the Redskins since his rookie year of 1981, tested positive for cocaine a few days after the Redskins played the Los Angeles Raiders on Oct. 29, although the test results were not made available to the league until Thursday. Manley and Woolf met with Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and league counsel Jay Moyer for about IV hours Friday, and Tagliabue de- See NFL, Page 9C "He needs some time to consider all of the ramifications of this ruling," Woolf said. "This is something new to all of us, and he needs a week to consider any possible remedies." Because the NFL's union has asked to be decertified, Manley apparently has no recourse through grievance procedures, although the NFL Players Association could not immediately be reached for comment.

Manley could go to court. Neither Stanley Wilson of the Cincinnati Bengals nor Tony Collins of the New England Patriots, the only other players banned under the rule, challenged the policy. "He could bring a court action questioning the authority of the commissioner or the policy itself," Woolf said, "It's a unilateral policy that was never collectively bargained with the players' association. "Dexter feels there are grave doubts in many areas. There were several questions raised that he feels uncomfortable about." Manley will not address the media on the issue until he has time to absorb it all, Woolf WASHINGTON (AP) Dexter Manley of the Washington Redskins was banished from the NFL on Saturday, his Pro Bowl career in ruins as he became the third player suspended for life under the league's drug abuse policy.

His attorney, Bob Woolf, said Manley would take a week or so before deciding how to respond to the ruling, which automatically bars three-time offenders. In the meantime, a true NFL star has blinked out. A defensive end, he was the Redskins all-time sacks leader, a figure truly feared by opposing quarterbacks. And, he was a hero to his classmates at a special learning center after he admitted he was illiterate, then sought help. The printing is only too clear now.

"I don't know what he's going to do," teammate Charles Mann said. "I'll be calling him to see what I can do as a friend to help him through this difficult time." Woolf said Manley's options include challenging the decision in court or simply waiting one year to apply for reinstatement, a provision of the league's policy. tivated fullback Tom Brown on Saturday following arthroscopic surgery, and newly signed tight end Greg Baty was waived to make room for him, the team an nounced. Brown was placed on the injured reserve list Oct. 4 and underwent surgery on his right knee.

The Pittsburgh graduate spent most of the last two seasons on the IR list due to Dexter Manley problems with his other knee. LSI! learns that talent can't overcome teamwork all stoicly like most championship teams play much better defense. The reason was til an easy layup or open 10-footer presented itself. KENT HEITHOLT teamwork. In addition to Jackson, LSU now has two 7-footers in Shaquille O'Neal and Stanley Roberts, but in the first two games the Tigers appeared to be confused about how to use them.

The two youngsters also seemed unaware of the officials; they are in constant foul trouble. The team also seem to be confused about Jackson's role. More times than not, the team seems willing to let Jackson do all the work rather than working to help him get would. Roberts, Maurice Williamson and Harold Boudreaux all victims of Prop 48 last year show that flaw when they try to make up for a lost year in four minutes of playing time. "We're trying to do too much too fast," Jackson said.

"We need to be less excited and just play at our level." Then, people can see just what talent means to a team. Moving from the 90's back to the '80s, The Times would like to hear your thoughts on the local sports event and local athlete that had the most impact on the area sports scene in the 1980s. Drop us a postcard, letter or flip-top box top to the sports department with your ideas. Address: Times Sports, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 7 1 1 30. Kent Heitholt is The Times sports editor It was last year when LSU basketball coach Dale Brown and assistant Craig Carse were mulling over a defeat that Brown saw the light.

"I told Craig that the reason talent is so important for a basketball team is that it helps you overcome anything," Brown said. i "There are nights when you're going have bad games, when you're going to have players sick, you're going to have players suspended and there's going to be bad of- ficiating. "Talent is what gets you over that." But talent doesn't overcome everything. Now there's proof. LSU's basketball team, ranked No.

2 nationally, ended any speculation about an undefeated season Friday night by dropping a home game to Kansas in the second round of the Dodge NIT. It was the second rather dismal-looking effort for the team which is projecting itself as the program of the 1990s. But in the long run the 1989 loss might be the best thing for the Tigers of the '90s. The game could be the first lesson in learning how to play as a team and not rely "I'm glad we have a soft December schedule, because our offense is really going to have to carry our defense," said Brown. "It's going to take some time for us to learn how to play.

Right now we're using terminology that these kids have never heard before." LSU now faces two weeks of practice before meeting McNeese State on Dec. 2. It will likely be two weeks that will determine the outcome of the season. "We need to learn so much," said Chirs Jackson, the Tigers' All-America guard. "There are times when we're out there that we don't know who's doing what.

We have to work that out." Defense is the primary source of the Tigers' early season concerns. LSU has not only given up points, but allowed points of the easiest variety. It's ironic in that Brown's last three teams had much less talent, but managed to on the individual abilities of each player. Despite a collection of All-America prospects who had received rave reviews before they ever stepped on a major college floor, the Tigers learned that potential will never replace teamwork. Kansas, an experienced team with a nice blend of upper and underclassmen, appeared so much more poised next to the talented but out-of-synch Tigers.

While LSU was scoring its points in stylish fashion that ranged from double-dip flip shots to powerful slam dunks, Kansas worked the ball un open. "They can't expect Chris to score 40 for them every night," said Kansas forward Ricky Calloway, who formerly played for the 1987 national champions at Indiana. Brown had to warn his team during a timeout that there was no Superman on the This LSU team is also more emotional than most. It appears to be caught up in every mood change, rather than viewing it.