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yyg i inn ii i ii mm i ii i mi 11,111 wwwpw iiwiiiuiiriimiir i i i ma mm 1 1 w.limiji Dailn Press Cavs' passing Blundin tastes sweet victory for 1st time rips Blue Devils CHARLOTTESVILLE (2-2. 1-2 in the Atlantic Coast wistful, almost angry look FSU tricky in triumph The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. Florida State's master magician, Coach Bobby Bowden, used a few of his trademark tricks Saturday to make Michigan disappear and solidify his Seminoles' stance as the nation's No. 1 college football team. By David Teel Daily Press 11 a.

I i emereed when Matt Blundin TV recalled August's promise. I Game story. C6. Conference) do against Duke (2-1-1, 0-1) should come as a surprise. Virginia has outscored the Blue Devils 142-31 the past three seasons.

"I don't know what it is about Duke," Virginia defend sive end Chris Slade said. "But whatever it is, it's good." Two years ago, Shawn Moore completed 13 consecutive passes against Duke. Last year's 59-0 Virginia victory was the most one-sided in ACC history. Saturday, the Cavaliers crossed midfield on their first nine possessions. In the second quarter, they scored 2 points in 5:42.

"Getting ready to play Duke, you figure you need 30-phrs Please see VlrglnlaC8 CHARLOTTESVILLE On the chalkboard, Duke's defensive game plan against Virginia made perfect sense. On the Scott Stadium turf Saturday, it was perfectly helpless. With the Blue Devils stacked to stop the run, Virginia quarterback Matt Blundin passed for three touchdowns and 238 yards to lead the Cavaliers to a 34-3 victory. Blundin, who had missed the previous two games with an infected right elbow, completed 17 of 21 passes, including a school-record 14 in a row. "Any quarterback who completes 14 in a row surprises me," Virginia coach George Welsh said.

"You don't do that in practice hardly ever." But nothing the Cavaliers Two sleight-of-hand plays, including a shovel pass from Brad Johnson to William Floyd on a fake field-goal attempt, sparked FSU to a 51-31 victory against the No. 3 Wolverines. Amp Lee ran for two touchdowns as Florida State (4-0) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 10 and snapped Michigan's victory string at eight. Virginia wide receiver Larry Holmes tries to break free from the clutches of Duke defender David Hawkins. AdrlnSnlderDaily Press Victory dive HoMes beaten 7-17 4 A of Oklahoma QB sets passing record a 5W It Ti By Dave Johnson Daily Press Though a University of Virginia senior who had pulled three seasons of reserve duty, he was called the rising star of college quarterbacks.

At 6-foot-7, he could throw a football 40 yards with the flick of a wrist. Pro scouts were drooling. Blundin built his dreams on the reputation of his potential. "All of us believe in fairy-tale endings," he said. "I did, too.

I hoped everything would fall into place." Instead, everything shattered. He injured his right heel in preseason. He failed to generate a touchdown drive in the season-opening loss to Maryland. Two days later, infection claimed the elbow of his throwing arm. Bobby Goodman played quarterback in a victory over Navy and a loss to Georgia Tech.

All the hope and hype was being replaced by jarring thoughts of being the has-been who never was. He had started three college games all losses. The team was finding an identity without him. Fairy tales turned into nightmares. Until Saturday.

With Goodman nursing a sore shoulder, Blundin returned to the starting lineup. He completed 17 of 23 passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns, guiding Virginia to a 34-3 thrashing of Duke. His elbow required ice afterward. He couldn't put on his shoe until the aching in his heel eased. Nor could he stop smiling.

He had won his first game as a college quarterback. The dreams were returning to focus. "You can't believe what winning does for you," he said. "If we'd lost, my elbow would be bothering me a little more and my heel would ache more than it does. Because we won, those problems aren't bad at all." Blundin knew he could throw a football as far and as accurately as anybody.

He envisioned his first victory being the product of his long-range passing ability- It didn't happen. Because of his elbow, the gameplan called for short and medium-range passes. Blundin responded by completing 14 passes in a row at one point. "I was aware I had just one incom-pletion," he recalled. "When you have a rhythm like that going, you start to go for the safe passes.

Then you find out those passes will still be a 10-yard gain and it starts to be fun." There was the time running back Terry Kirby was flanked to the left, sent in motion, and Duke was caught blitzing a linebacker and strong safety. Blundin dumped a floating pass into the flat, Kirby gathered it in and raced 55 yards to the end zone. A quarter later the same formation caught Duke in another blitz. This time Blundin threw to wide receiver Larry Holmes. Kirby threw the lead block and Holmes scored on a 39-yard play.

"I have a lot of fun throwing 5-yard passes and getting credit for 75 yards," Blundin joked. "I like throwing it down-field. I like that deep stuff. Today I learned it's all fun when it works." Especially fun if it bridges the break in the circuit to your dreams. Blundin knows he can lay to rest concerns about quarterbacking a college football victory.

He can even smile because it happened so easily. There are other problems, however. Coach George Welsh said both Blundin and Goodman will be evaluated and then he'll decide who starts next Saturday against Kansas. Blundin nodded solemnly when he heard that news. Reality has left no room for fairy tale endings.

One victory guarantees nothing. "If I maintain what I'm doing, I'll stay the starter," he said softly. Then the wistful, almost angry look returned. August's promise had escaped forever and not even Saturday's triumph could bring it back. I i 4 i J.

NORMAN, Okla. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma did exactly what Virginia Tech hoped it would Saturday afternoon, only they did it much better than the Hokies ever thought possible. With their beloved running game going nowhere, the Sooners discovered the forward pass in a 27-17 victory at Owen Field. Sophomore quarterback Cale Gundy completed a school-record 18 passes (remember, this is Oklahoma) for 235 yards as OU (3-0) won its sixth consecutive game dating back to last season. "They did just what we wanted them to do," Tech outside linebacker P.J.

Preston said. "We wanted to shut down their run ning game and make them pass." I i I 7 JMU quarterback Eriq Williams (2) extends ball over goal line for winning score against William and Mary. Kenneth siiverDaiiy Press JMU comeback stuns Tribe Please see HoklesC8 By Dave Falrbank Daily Press ty-one seconds later it was over. James Madison 29, William and Mary 28. "I think we got better in an area that we needed to get better," said first-year JMU head coach Rip Scherer, whose competitive homecoming to his alma mater was sweet.

"We won a tough ball game; we won a tough ball game on the Please see TrlbeC8 point deficit to William and Mary, the eighth-ranked team in NCAA Division I-AA, playing at friendly Zable Stadium, where the Tribe loses about as often as Supreme Court nominees are rejected. But in the late afternoon sun, a standing-room-only crowd of 15,371 watched the 5-foot-10 Williams improbably rise up and over a mass of bodies at the goal line, bad leg and all, extending, wriggling for a two-point conversion. Thir WILLIAMSBURG It appeared that the turnovers finally caught up with James Madison's football team after three almost flawless weeks. Or maybe an offense that was hamstrung by the groin injury that slowed quicksilver quarterback Eriq Williams. Or maybe by the competition: a 15- I No.

2 Miami and No. 4 Washington win. See Top 25 roundup, C6. I Clemson nips Ga. Tech 9-7.

See C7. I VMI runs over Richmond. See C9. I Apprentice wins 34-1 4. See C9.

Hampton U. has good time on trip, but not in game i first down." up in the hoopla ended, "When I But on the brieht side for Karen Anderson Daily Press rence Warren. "He said he would bring me a hat after the game. I'm going to look to see if he's out there." Fleets, who caught five passes for 71 yards and rushed 11 times for 28 yards, said the trip was fun and that they were all treated well. The food was pretty good, too.

But he said that getting caught Fan reaction to the teams was interesting. After the game, pre-teen boys were leaning over the wall lead)-ing to the locker room begging for autographs. One was trying to coax ah injured Braves player for his sig- Please see HUC8 got my first lick. The players were able to see the game, broadcast on the BET Network, on a large Mitsubishi television mounted high in the stands. Fleets admitted that he glanced at it a few times.

"Yeah, I did look up there," he said, "but we were really trying to see how much we needed for a Hampton, some of the Pirates got to meet Detroit Lions' star running back Barry Sanders. Running backs coach Carl Painter, who used to play with the Lions, encouraged Sanders to stop by practice. "I got to talk to him," said running back Carlos Fleets, who started in place of injured Ter- PONTIAC, Mich. Well, at least part of the trip to Pontiac was exciting for the Hampton University football team. The Pirates were blasted by Alcorn State 67-14 Saturday in the first Operation Education Classic at the Pontiac Silverdome.

Europeans' surge ties up Ryder Cup U.S. sags again in fourball matches 1 I a Redskins rah-rah normal By Wamor Hassler Daily Press WASHINGTON Jess Atkinson, the former Washington Redskins kicker and current sportscaster at WRC-TV here, didn't notice it until earlier this week when somebody mentioned it. Neither did current players Jeff Bostic and Raleigh McKen-zie, or other members of the Redskins organization. The Redskins are 4-0, off to their best start in five years, and play an important home game Monday night against the rival Philadelphia Eagles (3-1). But nobody seems any more excited than in other years when the team had less success the first month of the National Football Please see RdskJna.

C10 BASEBALL RACES. The Giants defeat the Dodgers and the Braves get past the Astros as the NL West race tightens. See C4. SKY'S THE LIMIT. NASA employee Mike Ramsey of Hampton leads the 25th annual Newport News Amateur.

See Golf roundup, C12. ON THIN ICE. The troubled National Hockey League gets ready for its 75th season. See CI 3. By Jo Juliano Kreit-Ridder Newspapers KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.

The puzzling inability of the United States team to play well in the fourball competition at the Ryder Cup continued Saturday, keeping alive Europe's hopes of taking the cup home once again. Europe won three and tied one in the four matches in the four-ball or better-ball, phase Saturday afternoon at the windswept Ocean Course. That squared the matches after two days, 8-8, leaving the Ryder Cup up for grabs with 12 singles matches remaining today. The final blow for the Americans was the seemingly impervious Spanish duo of Seve Balles- Ptease see it 247-4647 FOR SCORES. For the latest sports scores 24 hours a day, call the Daily Press Sports Scoreline at 247-4647.

CATCHING ON. Poseidons' Brian Darden catches pass on opponent's 1 5-yard line to set up TD in Saturday's semipro football game at Fort Eustis. The Poseidons won 1 9-0. See C3, Buddy MorrteDa Press Payne Stewart of the United States reacts to birdie putt on 9th hole in Saturday morning session. ap Jerry Micco, Spots Editor 27-4638.