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i i I Inside NEWS-PRESS SECTION NEWS-PRESS SCORELINE Call 332-5600 or 1-800-848-0515 Touch tone only Preps 8C Outdoors 9C Golf10C Pro basketball 11C Sports from North 13C I II tlr POET EXECUTIVE SPORTS EDITOR: MIKE KLOCKE, 335-0357 (Monday Friday, 1 9 p.m.) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994 ad jpryar likes Miami better in any accent FOXBORO, Mass. The way they talk and the cold weather. '5i Those are the first things Miami Dolphins wide receiver Irving Fryar recalls of his nine years in New England. That and the fact that he wasn't as happy there as he is in Miami. Nebraska's title hopes soar after decisive, 24-7 win A There weren't that many big games, big catches or big reasons for staying.

"Did I live there during the offseason? No way! Too cold? Oh yeah, much too cold," he said. "I had good friends there, good people. "But they all PAULA PARRISH Profootball ByMIKELOPRESTI Gannett News Service LINCOLN, Neb. Loudly and clearly, with purpose and power, Nebraska made its case Saturday. Penn State may stay No.

1 in today's polls. But its most resolute challenger is no mystery. Not after the Cornhuskers overwhelmed Colorado 24-7, moving to the verge of the Big Eight championship and a final charge at the national championship. "This is a big step," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. "We've got a chance now to get some things done." "We deserve to be No.

1," added linebacker Donta Jones. "It's been a long road. We're finally here." Nebraska was No. 3 in The Associated Press media poll, No. 2 with in the USA TodayCNN coaches poll.

Colorado was the other way around. There had been little to choose between them. Not anymore. The 9-0 Cornhuskers owned the trenches, controlling the ball 38(4 of the 60 minutes. They held the nation's No.

2 offense to a single touchdown. They shattered any doubts that they soar even without injured quarterback Tommie Frazier backup Brook Berringer, wearing a flak jacket to protect his lungs, which have twice collapsed, was 12-for-17 on the most important day of his career so far. And they showed they could win the big See NEBRASKA 3C 'Huskers answer doubters 3C Summary 5C Li I I I hS I 6 1 The Associated Press IN YOUR FACE: Nebraska's Dwayne Harris stiff-arms Colorado's Derek West while trying to get to quarterback Kordell Stewart. atoirs AROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL had that Boston accent." Like you're holding a marble on Vour tongue? Ah, yuh. Fryar has gone from "FRY-uh" to fFryar." "Yes, that's how they said it," he giggled.

"I don't talk like that I didn't talk like that." About all Fryar took with him when he left the New England Patriots was his determination to prove that the best years of his career weren't behind him. Fryar and the Dolphins (5-2) return to New England today to face the Patriots (3-4) in an AFC East game that could replicate the touchdown displays that characterized the teams' last two meetings. "It'll be nice seeing friends, good friends, but I don't specifically miss New England, not at all," Fryar said. Not the chow-DUH. Not the play-UHS.

Just the friends. Say his last name like a dying burp and you'll hear who fans talked about in New England from 1984 to 1 992, after the Patriots made FRY-uh the No. 1 pick In the 1984 NFL draft. Quarterbacks galore Naming all the quarterbacks he played for there will leave your jaw aching. Carlson, Tony Eason, Doug Flutie, Steve Grogan, Tom Hodson, Hugh Millen, Tom Ramsey, Marc and Scott Zolak.

Even though New England finally has a winner in apparent franchise player of the future Drew qiedsoe, the 32-year-old Fryar remains satisfied with his move to Miami, which he requested after years of underutilization. gobbDe 111! CL i I Defense gets three TDsin 52-14 romp By DAVID JONES Florida Today Penn State pummels Ohio State Penn State did its part to make sure it remains No. 1, handing No. 21 Ohio State its worst loss in 48 years 63-14 in State College, Pa. Ki-Jana Carter rushed for 137 yards and four touchdowns and Kerry Collins completed 1 9 of 23 passes for 265 yards and two scores 4C Wisconsin whips Michigan Brent Moss rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown and Darrell Bevell passed for three TDs as Wisconsin rolled over No.

10 Michigan 31-19 in Ann Arbor, a win the Badgers said was bigger than last year's Rose Bowl victory 4C Notre Dame rolls Emmett Mosley ran for four touchdowns and Derrick Mayes caught two TD passes as Notre Dame crushed Navy 58-21 in South Bend, Ind. The Irish now have a week off before playing Florida State in Orlando 4C Oregon looks like Rose Oregon knocked off No. 1 1 Arizona 10-9 in Eugene, to vault to the top of the Pacific-10 Conference standings. The Ducks (6-3) are in position for their first Rose Bowl appearance in 37 years 5C FSU dumps Duke Florida State coaches considered benching Danny Kanell early this week, but he passed for 394 yards and three touchdowns in less than The Associated Press WRAPPED UP: Florida State's Todd Rebol, a Charlotte High School graduate, brings down Duke running back Robert Baldwin. "Hike being here in the warm weather and playing for Miami," Fryarsaid.

Playing being the operative word. Even though Fryar was there for nine years, very few realized it. v-X The Associated Press QUICK SIX: Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel celebrates an early touchdown pass. Zeier completed three straight passes and ran for 1 1 yards to drive Georgia to the Florida 40. On second down, his short pass to running back Larry Bowie was stripped by nickelback Ben Hanks, and Florida safety Michael Gilmore returned the fumble 59 yards for a touchdown.

Georgia rebounded with a 42-yard drive to the Florida 38, but Zeier's pass over the middle was tipped by safety Lawrence Wright and intercepted by Darren Ham-brick, who returned it 81 yards for a touchdown on the last play of the half to give the Gators a 31-7 lead. Lightning delayed the game's start for 15 minutes, and it rained off and on. But Wuerffel was ready, completing 12 of his first 15 pass attempts as the Gators rolled. Florida took the opening kickoff and drove 60 yards in nine plays. Elijah Williams, who missed the loss to Auburn two weeks ago with a sprained ankle, started and had three carries and caught two passes in the series.

Wuerffel threw the first of two scoring strikes to Chris Doering to make it 7-0 just 3:47 into the game. Wuerffel finished 17 of 27 for 199 yards in the first half, and his second TD pass to Doering, an 1 1-yard, made it 1 4-0. GAINESVILLE Florida's defense out-scored Georgia all by itself Saturday night as the Gators romped 52-14 before a record crowd of 85,604 the largest to ever attend a football game in the state at The Swamp. For first time in school history, Florida scored three defensive touchdowns. All came of Georgia mistakes via the pass.

The game marked the first time Georgia which has lost five straight in the series had visited Gainesville since a 14-0 win in 1931. The teams traditionally play in Jacksonville, but was moved because of renovations of the Gator Bowl in preparation for the arrival of the city's 1995 NFL expansion team. The Gators' 52 points were the most they have scored in the series. It was only the fifth time the Gators have scored 30 or more points against the Bulldogs in 72 meetings. Quarterback Danny Wuerffel guided Florida to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, and the defense took over with two big second-quarter plays that crushed the Bulldogs' upset hopes.

Georgia quarterback Eric Zeier threw eight straight passes, and the Bulldogs made it 17-7 after a 1-yard run by Terrell Davis with 6:36 to go in the first half. Wuerffel then had his one bad series of the first half, throwing an interception to the Bulldogs' Carlos Yancy. But Florida's defense got offensive. three quarters to lead the Seminoles to a 59-20 rout of previously unbeaten Duke in Tallahassee 6C Miami mauls Va. Tech Middle linebacker Ray Lewis made 17 tackles, broke up four passes and intercepted one to help Miami down Virginia Tech 24-3 in Miami 6C Auburn wins again Stephen Davis rushed for a career-high 246 yards and scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns as Auburn rallied past Arkansas 31-14 in Auburn, to run the nation's longest winning streak to 19 games 7C BOTTOM OF THE FIRST FYAR Fryar had just one season with more than 1 ,000 receiving yards in 1 99 1 when he finished with 1 ,01 4 yards on 68 catches.

In 1993, his first season with iami, he caught 64 passes for 1 ,0 1 0 yhrds from three different quarterbacks Dan Marino, Scott Mitchell and Steve DeBerg. jj Through seven games this season, Fryar leads the team with 61 4 yards on 3 1 catches which doesn't take into account the struggles the passinggame has suffered in the last two games, a 21-1 1 loss to Buffalo and a 20-17 overtime win over the Los Angeles Raiders. "We do need to pick up our offense in that aspect," Fryar said. That aspect was phenomenal in the last meeting with the Patriots, a duel between Bledsoe and Marino in the season opener at Joe Robbie Stadium. In a thrilling 39-35 victory, Fryar caught three of Dan Marino's five touchdown passes and had five catches for 21 1 yards, which still stands as an NFL best this season.

The last score, a fourth-and-5 connection with Fryar for 35 yards with 3:18 remaining, won the game. "It took us a little while to get it going," Fryarsaid critically. "The success didn't come until the fourth quarter. I didn't have a catch until then. This time, we need to start off a little bit earlier." It doesn't really matter how they say Fryar's name.

Rest assured, they probably will be saying it again to-DAY. Paula Parrish is a News-Press staff writer. She may be reached at P. 0. Box 1 0, Fort Myers FL 33902, by phone at (813) 335-0557 or by fax at (813)334-0708.

Pro football Monday Morning QUARTERBACK Who's No. 1 Penn State, Nebraska or maybe Auburn? What are your feelings about Florida-Georgia, Dolphins-Patriots and the other weekend football games? Call the News-Press sports department from 5-8 p.m. today and express yourselves in Monday Morning Quarterback, a feature of the new Sports Monday section. Comments from readers will be published in Monday's section. College football (1) Penn St.

63, (21) Ohio St. 14 Arizona State 36, (20) BYU 15 (3) Nebraska 24, (2) Colorado 7 (22) Wash. St. 26, California 23 (4) Auburn 3 1 Arkansas 1 4 (23) Kansas St. 37, Oklahoma 20 (5) Florida 52, Georgia 14 (24) N.

Caro. 3 1 N.C. State 1 7 (6) Miami 24, (13) Va. Tech 3 Illinois 28, Northwestern 7 (7) Texas 21, SMU 21 Michigan St. 27, Indiana 21 (9) Florida St.

59, (16) Duke 20 Missouri 34, Iowa St. 20 Wisconsin 31, (10) Michigan 19 Notre Dame 58, Navy 21 Oregon 10, (11) Arizona 9 Purdue 21, Iowa 21 (12) Utah 52, Texas-El Paso 7 Tennessee 3 1 S. Carolina 22 (15) Washington 24, Ore. St. 10 Clemson 24, Wake Forest 8 Texas Tech 33, (19) Texas 9 Roundup 3-7C CHARITY DRIVE: Dawg Pound South, a Cleveland Browns fan club, is raising money for Hope Hospice by holding a drawing for two three-day, two-night vacation packages one at The Caribe Resort on Sanibel Island and one at Pink Shell Resort on Fort Myers Beach.

Tickets are $1 each and will go on sale Nov. 6. The drawing will be held on Dec. 18 at John's Tavern, 12156 State Route 80 in Fort Myers. Info: 694-7661.

Dolphins at Patriots WHEN: 4 p.m. TV: NBC. RADIO: WDCQ-AM (1200), WENG-AM (1530), WNOG-AM (1270), WAMR-AM (1320). LINE: Patriots by 1. Other TV games Lions at Giants, Chiefs at Bills, 1.WBBH Steelers at Cardinals, 8, TNT Previews 12-13C J.

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