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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1992 3B THE TIMES SPORTS ARKANSAS Kines up early, Hog players already looking ahead Coach Kines is a motivator, and he won't let us quit now. Owen Kelly Razorback noseguard Razorbacks: New 'icoachsays he has good staff, will let Greg Davis handle the offense. Associated Press Fayette viLLE, Ark. joe -Kines found out quickly what it means to be the coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

He met with his players Sunday night and was at the Broyles Athletic Complex before sunrise to do a live television feed. "I didn't realize the nights were so short," Kines said Monday. "It seems like it's been six "months since yesterday." Kines, hired as defensive coordinator more than a year ago, was named interim coach hours after Jack Crowe was fired. The -coaching change occurred a day the Razorbacks lost to I- AA Citadel 10-3. 48-year-old Kines becomes a head coach for the first time, in his 28-year coaching reer.

He was an assistant at Jacksonville State, Clemson, (wf-yuJ -MA A 'h'w A ill 6r' the coaching change a shock to everybody and pointed out that Kines would the Razorbacks'. third head coach during his five years. "Coach Kines is a motivator, and he won't let us quit now," Kelly said. "We've got the rest of the season ahead of us. He won't let us get down.

"He needs our help right now as much as we need his. We're concentrating on South Carolina. This (coaching change) happened yesterday (Sunday). I hate to say it's old news, but it is to me. I don't have time to think about it.

I've got to get ready for South Carolina." Tight end Kirk Botkin said he felt sorry for Crowe. "The team's been sad, but then we decided to put this behind us and get to the rest of the season," Botkin said. "Everybody loves Coach Kines, and we're sure he'll get the job has a good staff. "I have all the confidence in the world in (offensive coordinator) Greg Davis and our offensive people," he said. Davis joined the Razorbacks this year as offensive coordina- tor and quarterback coach and oversees the new one-back offense installed in spring workouts.

Kines joined Crowe's staff after four years as outside linebacker coach with the Buccaneers. He said the main reason he took the job was' to get back into the college game with an eye on becoming a head coach. "It was in the back of my mind, but if it hadn't happened, just getting back into the college game was the main focus," he said. Meanwhile, some of the Arkansas football players, reacting to the dismissal of Crowe, talked briefly about the past and quickly looked ahead. Noseguard Owen Kelly called ifionaa, Aiaoama ana with tne Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.

AP Laserphotc Joe Kines (right), new head coach of the Ar- he was named to replace Jack Crowe, who kansas football team, fields reoorters' dues- was fired following the first game of the sea- Kines, who was the defensive coordinator, said the best thing tions at a news conference at Fayetteville after son. Athletic director Frank Broyles looks oit; LSU PREP FOOTBALL Haynesville, Mansfield lead Hallman to play the QB who can move the team Writers poll: Woodlawn foe Rouge, Hallman prefers to look at it as competition. "The competition will continue, there, at that position just like at Jonesboro-Hodge dropped from sixth to eighth. Springhill remained at No. 9.

In the Class A poll, Evangel moved up one spot from fifth to fourth. Arcadia jumped three spots from 10th to seventh. Grambling dropped from third to ninth. NUMBERS GAME The -winner of the numbers game in Caddo Parish is Huntington with 74 players listed on the program roster, one more than Captain Shreve. North Caddo and Booker T.

tied for the fewest players with 29. Oaks listed 43 players; but 12 of those were freshmen: None of Captain Shreve's 73 were listed as freshmen. kicker and every other position on this football team," Hallman said. Competition is all that the quarterbacks "As competitor, of rnnrsp T'H fit, fej third under district tie-breaking rules will be first in line for a wild-card spot. But the rest of the spots will be filled out by teams with the highest power rating regardless of where a team finishes in its district.

The power rating is nothing new, but in the past only third-place finishers were assigned power ratings. Now every team in the state that does not finish first or second will be assigned one. That means some districts could put four teams or more in the playoffs and others only two. -That could be good news for District 1-5A, which is the state's largest district. The LHSAA's power rating system assigns two points to a win, one to a tie and zero to a loss.

To figure the power rating, you take the result of the contest, multiply it by an opponents' classification number, add the number of the opponents' wins and divide by the number of games on the schedule. The power rating system rewards those teams which play the toughest schedules. Neville keeps on top in Class 5A. From Staff and Wire Reports Monroe Neville, John Curtis, Mansfield and Haynesville are unanimous No. 1 selections in this week's Louisiana Sports Writers Association's top 10 high school football poll.

Neville, which visits Wobd- lawn this week, is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A for the second straight week. 1 Southwood, a loser in overtime to Neville last week, moved from eighth to seventh in the poll. Woodlawn, a win- ier over Natchitoches Central, dropped from seventh to eighth. 1 In Class 4A, John Curtis re- mains the No.

1 team. The Haughton Bucs remain at No. 9 after losing to Ruston in its opener. Defending state champions Mansfield and Haynesville re-main atop the Class 3A and 2A polls, respectively. In Class 3A, you've just got to move the team." LSU was unable to move at times because of an.

inability ito convert on third downs! The Tir gers converted just 2 of 13 third downs while the Aggies converted 9 of 17. Hallman said LSU's problems on third down were mental, not physical. "It goes back to what I said about the mental game," HaJJ-man said. "You can't be a physi cal player until you put yourself in that position. "Make the plays that you're supposed to make.

If no one is open, throw, it in the seats or throw at their feet. There wer two big interceptions for Texas TIGER NOTES Hallma has closed practices this week to everyone including former play-1 ers. The reason: Paranoia that former players might talk to for: mer LSU defensive coordinator Pete Jenkins, an assistant coacK at Mississippi State Hallman said LSU used 68 players against Texas The LSU-coach said he expects the number to increase with the season. Competition: Coach hints at change, in signal callers for Mississippi State game. By SCOTT FERRELL The Times LSU coach Curley Hallman hinted at a possible change in his starting quarterbacks Monday after his weekly news conference.

When asked if junior Chad Loup would start against Mississippi State Saturday night, Hallman said: "That's not decided right now. It's a wide open spot. We're not going to release anything until Thursday." Hallman started Loup at quarterback Saturday in LSU's 31-22 loss to Texas The LSU coach also played redshirt freshman Ryan Huffman and junior Jesse Daigle. A depth chart for the Mississippi State game will not be released until Thursday. While there is talk of a quarterback controversy in Baton like to be the Hallman one in there from the start," Huffman said.

"That's my goal. That's what I'm here for." He will have to move past Loup on the depth chart first. Although Loup's statistics 6 of 13 for 81 yards with two interceptions were not bad, he was unable to move the offense at times. LSU scored only seven points in Loup's eight possessions at quarterback. "You've got to be able to move the football team," Hallman said.

"You don't have to be a fancy runner or fancy thrower, WILD CARD WAYS In the past, a third-place district finish has virtually assured a team of a wild-card spot in the state playoffs. That will change this season under the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's new system of choosing wildcard teams. As usual, teams in a three-way tie for first that place NATIONAL BRIEFS Others receiving votes: Port Barre 14, Loyola 12, University 6, Welsh 6, St. Frederick 5, Patterson 5, Homer 3, Loreau-ville 1, Vinton 1. QB booted after Colts' victory Here are the rankings of high school football teams compiled by the Louisiana Sports Writ-, ers Association.

First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the record and total number of points. Points are based on 12 for a first-place vote, 11 for a second, etc. I Class SA 4. Indpndnce 1-0 80 5. Jeanerette 1-0 64 6.

L. Charles-Bos. 1-0 55 7. St.Charles 1-0 48 8. 0-1 27 9.

SpringhiH 0-1 22 10. Hannan 1-0 19 Others receiving votes: Donald-sonville 14, D. White 12, Lutcher 11. Winnsboro 8, St. James 8, Cecilia 7, Iota 7, Bunkie 6.

Karr 5, Winnfield 5, Franklinlon 2. Augustine 2, Lafayette 1. Class 4A 1. Curtis (9) 1-0 108 2. Crowley 1-0 95 3.

Hahnville 1-0 88 4. Broadmoor 1-0 83 5. Bolton 1-0 62 6. Salmen 1-0 59 7. Opelousas 1-0 58 8.

Destrehan 1-0 39 9. Haughton 0-1 32 10. Carroll 1-0 '20 Others receiving votes: North- Class A gun. The second officer pulled her pistol and shot Baldwin, Skinner said. 1.

Oak Grove (7) 1-0 106 100 1-0 2. Ascnsn Cath (2) Class 2A 86 82 69 60 59 33 26 21 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 4. Evangel 5. Vrmln Cath. 6.

Merryville 7. Arcadia 8. Riverside 9. Grambling 10. Crsnl.Citv (9) wood-bhreveport Aiexanana 10, South Terrebonne 8.

P. Walker 8. Bogalusa 4, Istrouma 3, Morgan City 2, Washington-Marion 2. Hynesville O. Christian Newman S.

Cmron Pickering Menard Kentwood .1. Neville (9) 1-0 108 2. Thibodaux 1-0 93 3. 1-0 84 4. Shaw 1-0 74 5.

Ouachita 0-1 69 6. Carencro 1-0 60 7. Southwood 0-1 46 8. W'dlawn-Shr. 1-0 45 9 Ruston 1-0 39 10.

Baker 1-0 36 Others receiving votes: Covington 22, West Monroe 6, Barbe 5, Airline 5, Acadiana 4, Jesuit 3, St. 108 92 91 82 60 51 50 47 27 14 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Class 3A Others receiving votes: Livonia 11, St. Edmund 17, Catholic- Pointe Coupee 13, West St, John 5, Deita 4, Sicily Island 2. 8. lota 9.

Episcopal 10. Buras 1-0 108 1-0 98 1-0 91 1. Mansfield (9) 2. Amite 3. Jennings AREA COLLEGES HUT FIRED Car owner Bobby Allison, saying he's "got to' keep the ship from sinking'' fired Hut Stricklin and will have-a new driver behind the wheeX for Saturday's Winston Cup race at Richmond, Stricklin, who is married to Air lison's niece, had planned to fin-, ish the season with Bobby Allison Motorsports before moving to a new team next vear.

But the team decided to make a change now. CLOSING IN Bill Elliott moved one step closer to his sec ond NASCAR Winston Cup stock, car racing national ship with a third-place finish iri; the Southern 500 on Sunday. Doctor, Rimmer reap NLU awards Miller said. "The noise was good. Especially towards the end there, the crowd got into it." Offensive lineman Chris Hin-ton and Mike Kenn said they enjoyed the help the crowd gave them, but Kenn said he sympathized somewhat with the Jets.

"I'm sympathetic" with any offensive lineman who has to play in that kind of noise," Kenn said. "I've got to do it when we go. to New Orleans." NO CHARGES No charges will be filed against former Ne-' braska running back Scott Baldwin or the Omaha, police officers involved in the shooting that may have left him paralyzed. St. Joseph Hospital spokeswoman Mary Vodicka said Baldwin, 23, may be paralyzed from the waist down but doctors were leaving it up to the family whether to release more mation about his On Saturday night, two officers responded to a 911 call that indicated Baldwin had jumped out of a car and later was seen walking nude on the street.

The officers found Baldwin try-ing to enter a residence and a scuffle followed, according to police chief Jim Skinner. He said Baldwin tried to wrest a gun from one of the officers' holsters. The second officer heard the first say Baldwin tried to take the The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Less than 24 hours after leading the Indianapolis Colts to their first opening-game victory in nine years, quarterback Mark Herrmann was released Monday. "The Indianapolis Colts are appreciative of the leadership Mark Herrmann provided against Cleveland, and for his many years of work with the' club," general manager Jim Ir-say said. Herrmann, who started his 11th NFL season, was released, to malte room on the roster for Jack Trudeau, who had a two-game exemption after holding out until Aug.

28 and had to be activated Monday. MIXED RESULTS Reviews after the first regular season game at Georgia Dome were mixed and that's just after a poll of the host Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta beat the New York Jets 20-17 there Sunday. Coach Jerry Glanville said the crowd of 65,585 won the game for the Falcons and he would "get a game ball and pass it around to them." Quarterback Chris Miller said the noise helped distract the Jets. "They had a couple of delay of games, they had to waste a couple timeouts.

That really helps," 1 SEC newcomer South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, S.C. "Early on I didn't know where I was supposed to go," said Kines, who was named interim head coach Sunday after Jack Crowe was fired. "But once we started scrimmaging I felt OK "We still have to finalize our game plan, but I feel that we're only about a half a day behind. "Today we tried knocking some rust off the younger players and just let them play," said Kines. "Drills are drills, but you've got to get the ball across the stripe.

It was a scout and assignment day for the varsity and a scrimmage day for the younger players." The Razorbacks (0-1) are looking to rebound from their season-opening 10-3 loss to The Citadel. South Carolina (0-1, 0-1 SEC) also lost its season-opener 28-6 to SEC rival Georgia. Laird graded 81 percent at quarterback while Hardy had an 85 percent grade at cornerback to win the defensive award. Alexander, a receiver, won the special teams award by scoring 20 points with a fumble recovery, four tackles and positive performances on every special teams situation. GSU HONORS PLAYERS Grambling State's coaching staff has selected wingback Ron Dyson, defensive tackle Keith Jones and punter Brannon Simpson, as the Players of the Week for their performances Saturday against Alcorn State.

Dyson had three catches for 89 yards including two 31-yard touchdown catches. KINES HOLDS FIRST PRACTICE Arkansas' first practice under new head coach Joe Kines was a two-hour Labor Day workout in preparation for its inaugural Southeastern Conference football game. The Razorbacks take on fellow MONROE Duke Doctor and Darren Rimmer were among the award winners at Northeast Louisiana after the Indians' season-opening win over Nicholls State. Doctor, a Bossier High product, was named NLlFs Offensive Player of the Week. He scored a touchdown on a 4-yard rush, his only attempt of the evening.

He also had three receptions for 67 yards. Rimmer, a Southwood product, received the offensive line award. Other NLU award winders were linebacker Bennie Ba- zley (defense), Clarence Dillard special teams), Mark McCall (defensive line), Tyasi Sutton (scout team). 1NSU HONORS THREE Sophomores Brad Laird and Danny Alexander and highly-regarded senior Adrian Hardy were named Northwestern State's "Players of the Week," Demon football coach Sam Good-, win said Monday. LOPEZ WINS 45TH At Springfield, 111., Nancy Lopez earned her first LPGA victory of the year and the 45th of her career Monday when she tapped M.

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