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RQPjQ EM rrp Camacho- De La Hoya 'Canes upset Arizona State shocks UM, 23-12 C-7 mm THE ART OFmR" Gators' Spurrier finds success with game plan C1 0 What's next after the big fight C-3 The Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1997 Hockey, C-18 Orlando Solar Bears have goals set for the season as they open training camp. Baseball, C-16, C-17 Sports nnn 4 (Ml H.fl n7 Running wild. (Right) QB Daunte Culpepper follows the block of Marcus Jenkins (71) for a 10-yard touchdown run to open the scoring as Central Florida takes a 17-14 lead at halftime. (Below) Running back Mike Grant steps out on the 4-yard line in the 3rd quarter of another scoring drive for the Golden Knights. y- UUVJ Golden Knights fall short against 'Huskers, 38-24 By Jerry Greene OF THE SENTINEL STAFF would have been respectable for any team but amazing for a program that moved up to I-A competition just last year and entered the game as a 43 V4-point underdog.

The effort was outstanding enough that thousands of Nebraska fans from the crowd of 75,327 stood and applauded the Knights after the game. "We respected Nebraska but we fear no team," UCF quarterback Daunte Culpepper said. "We won't give up. We won't lie down. I truly think God is behind us." Whatever the inspiration, Culpepper was brilliant, completing 24 of 35 passes for 318 yards and one touchdown.

He also was UCF's leading rusher with 34 yards on 13 carries, running for another score. Mark Nonsant caught seven balls for Please see UCF, C-6 LINCOLN, Neb. If you didn't see it, you may have trouble believing it. The University of Central Florida rode into this football stronghold Saturday and almost made the crops fail by scaring the husks off Nebraska before succumbing, 38-24. A 17-point run in the third quarter by the Cornhuskers was more than the Golden Knights could counter.

Before Nebraska pulled ahead in the third period, however, it was trailing UCF, 17-14, at halftime. "Imagine the jaws hanging down to here," said UCF President John Hitt, gesturing at his chest, "when our half-time score was broadcast around the country. I am so proud of this team." The Knights gave an effort that ASSOCIATED PRESS "-ffi. 1 -i2f; -yrr i r. VN ly 'X is i Mfinimi'ijwi hi Tmt" Imuvh i-' wriWWWWIi Knights' performance in Lincoln was no fluke dipped their toes into big-time football waters for all of 14 games.

Six-touchdown underdogs by odds-makers, the Knights figured to see 70, 66 or 60 on Nebraska's side of the scoreboard, the sort of y--yy THE SPORTS COLUMN LINCOLN, Neb. Central Florida's football team was delayed in taking off from the Sanford airport near Orlando on Friday because the chartered plane carried too much weight. Heading to play No. 6 Nebraska, you figured they probably had to bring along extra bandages, gauze pads and mustard plasters. The Knights finally got off the runway, but their feet haven't touched ground yet.

They flew home on the wings of a 38-24 loss to the Cornhuskers, a game so shockingly competitive that even Nebraska's star defender (Jason Peter) couldn't take the afternoon off after wrenching a knee. And a 'Huskers cheerleader injured an elbow, although nobody is blaming the Knights. UCF definitely left its mark at a place where many established programs are squashed, let alone schools who have numbers you associate with the Masters. Instead, they led the 'Huskers three times, including 17-14 at halftime, no doubt giving Keith Jackson heart palpitations with that score. No fluke was this, although it is hard to prove because there was no TV cover- Please see SCHMITZ, C-6 ASSOCIATED PflESS 1 I Against FSU, Maryland can't catch a Fast Break By any name, FSU has star in its 'Polish Powder Keg' left foot, and "Keg" because, well, he sort of resembles a keg.

No skinny runt here, like so many soccer-style kickers who have to borrow pads from the nearest junior high and tie knots in their legs just to have knees. Sebastian is a full-figured kicker who --A fx SENTINEL COLUMNIST TALLAHASSEE In Florida State's fully expected, 50-7 rout of Maryland on Saturday afternoon, a new star was born. Well-1-1, maybe he's more cult hero than star, this round-faced, shaved-head phenomenon who captured the imagination of Seminole Territory not with the pinpoint passes or acrobatic catches we've come to expect at FSU, but rather with a nuclear leg and disarming innocence. Say hello to Sebastian Janikowski, a a "Boom-Boom" or "Moon Shot" or any one of the other names excited coaches and teammates are hanging on this true freshman candidate names for the T-shirts and posters certain to start cropping up hereabouts. In this space, let's just call him the Polish Powder Keg.

"Polish" by birthright, "Powder" because his field goals and kickoffs explode off hi4 The Seminoles turned to their no-huddle offense and rolled to a 50-7 victory in their ACC opener. By Alan Schmadtke OF THE SENTINEL STAFF TALLAHASSEE A hot day, an old friend, an outmanned opponent, a familiar result Just another day at the Atlantic Coast Conference beach: Florida State 50, Maryland 7. Fifth-ranked FSU, concerned about a depleted, inexperienced offensive line, added heat to a 97-degree day by dusting off its Fast Break offense and blowing away the huffing Terrapins. With offensive proficiency that harkened back to4he days of Charlie Ward and an equally stout defensive charge FSU attacked from the start Saturday to win its 40th ACC game in 41 tries in a season opener before a sun-kissed 72,238 at Doak Campbell Stadium. "We played like I was hoping we would," FSU coach Bobby Bowden said.

The Seminoles (2-0, 1-0) dealt Maryland its worst conference loss since a 69-21 beating delivered here in 1992. They did so with two more starters missing (linebacker Daryl Bush of Altamonte Springs because of an ankle sprain and offensive tackle Tra Thomas because of a one-game suspension). But with Thad Busby running an offense he learned at the feet of masters, Ward and Danny Kanell, FSU ran up 30 points and 323 yards in offense by halftime. Please see SEMINOLES, C-8 appears to have celebrated countless soccer goals with something foamy. Milk shakes, of course.

Milk shakes. ASSOCIATED PflESS There was a brief preview of this coming Clear sailing. Florida State's E.G. Green gains some of his 118 Please see GUEST, C-8 receiving yards in the 1st quarter..