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Cicr explodes, romps in Drccdcro' Cup 2D Lincoln Journal Star Sunday, October 29, 1995 1 1 TTK raves finally win World Series eo: jb justice servi Gordon Winters jjpjf ATLANTA (AP) Chokers no more, the Atlanta Braves are World Series champions at last. Five years of frustration ended Saturday night when Tom Glavine pitched one-hit ball for eight innings and David Justice homered, bring (Best-of-teven) Cleveland vs. Atlanta (Braves win series 4-2) Atlanta 3, Cleveland 2 Atlanta 5, Cleveland 4 Cleveland 7, Atlanta 6, 11 innings Atlanta 5, Cleveland 2 Cleveland 5, Atlanta 4 Saturday Atlanta 1, Cleveland bined on the fifth one-hitter in Series history and first since Jim Lonborg for Boston in 1967, allowing only a soft single by Tony Pena starting the sixth inning. Glavine reprised his win in Game 2 by again using his changeups and breaking balls to fool the best-hitting team in the game. Justice, who had criticized Braves fans for being too quiet, gave them reason to cheer when he homered leading off the sixth against reliever Jim Poole.

Series losers in 1991 and 1992 and NL playoff losers in 1993, Atlanta won its first title since moving from Milwaukee to open the 1966 season. The Braves also became the first franchise to win the World Series in three cities, having done it as the so-called Miracle Braves in Boston in 1914 and in Milwaukee in 1957. Fittingly, it was Glavine who ended the elusive quest. He'd been with the Braves longer than any More on SERIES, Page 6B ing the city of Atlanta its first major sports title with a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of the World Series. Glavine and Mark Wohlers com 0: Huskers appear set for Fiesta Earner raiM mm Scoring, game statistics NU nearly flawless in flattening Buffs Nebraska 21 10 3 10 from Holbein and fullback Jeff Ma-kovicka and raced 57 yards to score.

Colorado 7 7 7 0 21 NU Ahman Green 57 run (Kris Brown kick) CU Phil Savoy 18 pass from John Hessler (Neil Voskeritchian kick) NU Green 1 run (Brown kick) NU Clester Johnson 52 pass from Tommie Frazier (Brown kick) 4 CU Heath Irwin recovered fumble in end BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal Star zone (Voskeritchian kick) NU FG Brown 25 NU Jon Vedral 7 pass from Frazier (Brown kick) CU James Kidd 49 pass from Hessler (Voseritchian kick) NU FG Brown 36 NU FG Brown 37 NU Frazier 2 run (Brown kick) "I don't know what was different about the play, but there weren't a lot of people for me to dodge because we had everybody blocked," said Green, who finished with 97 yards and two touchdowns. Nebraska had 76 more plays in the game, including a Green touchdown after Husker linebacker Ter-, rell Farley intercepted a pass and returned it to the Colorado 13-yard line. That score gave Nebraska the lead for good at A 54,063 CU 20 24-106 276 -8 21-43-2 12-92 4-13 2-3 24:12 NU 26 54-226 241 45 14-23-0 1-0 0-0 8-16 0-2 35:48 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return yards Passing Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Third-down conv. Fourth-down conv. Time of possession ii A'f i nnU -X- Jmtk hjm pavs ft 14-7 with 2: 52 left in the first quarter.

Another one-play scoring strike on a 52-yard pass from Frazier to Clester Johnson with 1:47 left in the first quarter and a 10-play, 72-yard scoring drive that ended BOULDER, Colo. Flawless? Well, sure there are some chips in the Pyramids. OK, Michaelangelo may have missed a spot on the Sis-tine Chapel. Tommie Frazier even threw a few incomplete passes and got caught behind the line once or twice. But Frazier and his Nebraska teammates came as close to a football masterpiece as possible in a 44-21 blasting of Colorado before the largest crowd ever at Folsom Field.

"Tommie Frazier is our leader and he is going to take us to the promised land," Nebraska split end Brendan Holbein said. Frazier split the Colorado defenses with the best passing game of his career 14 completions for 241 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 40 yards, most coming after contact, and another touchdown and jumped into the Heisman Trophy race, according to many of Heisman voters in attendance. Nebraska's offense was flawless in terms of no turnovers, no penalties. The Husker defense was a close second in Nebraska's fourth consecutive victory over the Buffaloes and second over a No.7-ranked team in two weeks.

"Oh, it can get better than this," Frazier said. "I think Jhere are a lot of things to work on. But this was pretty good." It never looked better for Nebraska than it did on the first play of the game. Freshman Ahman Green took an option pitch from Frasier around the left end, picked up big blocks GREEN made catch geting yards after they got hit all day long." The key drive of the game may have been the 83-yard, nine-play scoring march that ended with 10 seconds left in the first half when Frazier hit Jon Vedral on a 7-yard pass to put Nebraska ahead 31-14. Frazier connected on passes of seven yards to Reggie Baul and 12 and 8 yards to Johnson and ran out of the shotgun formation for an 11-yard gain to spark the drive.

"That was big for us to get the momentum going into the locker room," Frazier said. "It fired every-j body up." But Nebraska stalled on fourth down at the Colorado 27, and the Buffaloes came crashing back into the game. Sophomore quarterback John Hessler hit James Kidd on a long, high fadeaway pass for a More on HUSKERS, Page 5B in the first of Kris Brown's three field goals put NU ahead 24-14. Frazier, who is 28-1 as a starter in regular-season games, may never have looked better than he did on that drive. He was smacked hard in the middle of his back by Colorado linebacker Mike Phillips and still hit Green on a 35-yard pass down the sideline.

"That's the kind of play that gets defensive guys going," said Farley. "Can you believe that he even got that pass off and got up right away? That's a tough play and I know it can rattle a defense. But our guys were ASSOCIATED PRESS Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier gives his opinion of Nebraska's victory after scoring a late fourth-quarter touchdown Saturday at Boulder, Colo. If you haven't made your reservations for Tempe, you're already too late. Tempe is where the national championship will be determined in the Fiesta Bowl.

After the Huskers' convincing 44-21 victory at Folsom Field the possibility of a Nebraska repeat title match is just three games short of crystalizing into reality. It's already in the minds of the fans. If you don't think so, ust try to book a commercial flight. Good luck. I've already checked.

At this juncture you'll be reduced to reviewing charter flight packages, or checking the road map. Of ficially, of course, it's one game at a time. Always has been. And you can bet that's what the coaches and team leaders will be stressing as this season of high expectations enters the final stretch. Players want it all But the possibility of a repeat national championship is beginning to seep into the minds of Husker players.

They're starting to look toward the end of the season, knowing full well what that means. "We're 8 and 0. We've got three more to go to get where we want to go," center Aaron Graham said after the game. "We want the whole ball of wax." Judging from comparative scores, which the evidence shows is admittedly a risky business, there's no reason to believe that Kansas, Iowa State or Oklahoma will provide any more of a challenge than Kansas State or Colorado. With Kansas State's stunning rout of Kansas on Saturday, -Nebraska now stands atop the Big Eight race as the only team with no losses.

The Huskers might have played its closest game of the season Saturday with a 23-point winning margin against the Buffaloes. Frazier is focused What could distract the Huskers on the drive to Tempe? The most real possibility I see at this point is that Heisman hype could erode Frazier's focus. In the glare of the television lights and in the cramped interview space in Boulder, Frazier heard question after question about his chances for the Heisman. Subtly, this place a small voice in the back of his mind that would speak during game situations. "If I complete this pass if I keep the ball on this option voters might notice." My armchair analysis is that there's a very good chance that Frazier will shake off the hype.

Frazier seems to value the team goal of winning (and winning the national championship) above the individual goal of winning the Heisman. And there's also this to consider in his case. Frazier won't win the Heisman by winning a statistical war with other contenders. His Heisman chances are best if voters are convinced that he has a special brand of leadership and talent that turns teams into winners. If Heisman voters, for example, wait until after the games of Thanksgiving week, and the Heisman comes down to a contest between Danny Kannell of Florida State and Frazier, many of them are going to pick the quarterback who already has won a national championship.

So, particularly in his Heisman chase, the team goal and an individual goal are mutual. Osborne said, "I like the chemistry on this team." That chemistry will be tested in the next few weeks. If leaders like Frazier and Graham can influence the offense to keep its focus, and the Peter brothers, linebackers Grant Wistrom and Terrell Farley, cornerbacks Tyrone Williams and Michael Booker lead the defense to continued improvement, nothing stands in the way of a 11-0 season except fluke plays and injuries. Granted, those are pretty big ifs. But if I were you, I'd make those travel reservations any how.

How Associated Press Fared K-State routs KU, silences skeptics Rank, team Comments 1 Florida State (7-0-0) was idle Hoping Huskers don't vault to the top of poll. 2. Nebraska (8-0-0) defeated No. 7 Colorado 44-21 Huskers continue dominance of Buffs. 3.

Florida (7-0-0) defeated Georgia Gators get week off with game vs. Northern III. 4. Ohio State (8-0-0) defeated No. 25 Iowa 56-35 Big first half, but Where's the defense? 5.

Tennessee (7-1-0) defeated South Carolina 56-21 Vols shut down Gamecock QB 6. Kansas (7-1-0) lost to No. 14 Kansas State 41-7 Jayhawks end Fiesta dream with big siesta. 7. Colorado (6-2-0) lost to No.

2 Nebraska 44-21 So much for title in Neuheisel's debut. 8. Northwestern (7-1-0) defeated Illinois 17-14 These Wildcats still smelling Roses. 9. Michigan (7-1 -0) defeated Minnesota 52-1 7 Big game next week, vs.

Spartans. 10. Oregon (6-2-0) lost to Arizona State 35-24 Quack Attack finds out Devils can play. 11. Auburn (5-3-0) lost to Arkansas 30-28 What ever happened to the Bowden mystique? 1 2.

Notre Dame (7-2-0) defeated Boston College 20-1 0 Eagles get no miracle under golden dome this time. 13. Southern Cal (6-1-1) tied No. 17 Washington 21-21 Hey Robinson, playing for a tie is passe. 14.

Kansas State (7-1-0) defeated No. 6 Kansas 41-7 'Cats scratch back toward Top 10. 15. Texas (5-1-1) did not play Technically, Red Raiders provide test next week. 16.

Penn State (6-2-0) defeated Indiana 45-21 Will find out how good Northwestern is next week. 17. Washington (5-2-1) tied No. 13 Southern Cal 21-21 Huskies lost their bite in final quarter. 18.

Alabama (6-2-0) defeated North Texas 38-19 Tide can't seem to wash over lowly Eagles. 19. Texas (5-2-0) defeated Houston 31-7 Aggies get untracked, but not soon enough. 20. Virginia (6-3-0) did not play Play host to Florida State Thursday.

21. Syracuse (6-1-0) did not play Freshman QB McNabb leads Orange against V-Tech Saturday. 22. Texas Tech (5-2-0) defeated New Mexico 34-7 With Longhoms next, SWC title may be on line. 23.

Oklahoma (5-2-1) defeated Missouri 13-9 Captain Kangaroo inches closer to a bowl. 24. UCLA (6-2-0) defeated California Abdul-Jabbar helps to slam dunk Bears. 25. Iowa (5-2-0) lost to No.

4 Ohio State 56-35 Hawkeyes may need a MASH unit before facing Illinois. MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -Kansas State gave Kansas and the critics a whipping. The 14th-ranked Wildcats, angrily rebounding from an embarrassing 49-25 loss to defending national champion Nebraska, took all its frustration out in a 41-7 rout of No. 6 Kansas on Saturday, dominating almost totally the most meaningful game in the rivalry's 93-year history.

"We definitely had something to prove," offensive tackle Scott Heun said. "People wrote us off. They bashed us. They said we were a fluke. We just felt like we had to come out and show people what kind of team we are." Against a Kansas team that was averaging 232 yards rushing, the Wildcats (7-1 overall, 3-1 Big Eight) gave up only 19 yards on the ground while rolling up 335 rushing yards themselves.

Matt Miller's two touchdown passes gave Kansas State a quick lead and the Wildcats went on to post their first victory over a Top Ten team since 1970 and their biggest margin of victory over Kansas since 1955. Never before in a series in which last place in the Big Eight was the traditional stake had both teams been ranked so high, or had so much to play for. Fittingly, the crowd of 44,284 was a KSU Stadium record. "I didn't think anybody could shut our offense down like that," said coach Glen Mason, whose Jayhawks came in as one of five unbeaten major-college teams. "I don't care if we ran or passed or whatever.

But we didn't do it very well today. I hope this is inconsistent. I'd hate to have to stand on the sidelines through three more games like this year." Eric Hickson ran for 121 yards and Mike Lawrence for 118, giving the Wildcat two 100-yard rushers for the first time since 1979. Breakdowns in Kansas' nationally ranked punting game led to the first two scores for the Wildcats, who've beaten their state rivals three in a row for the first time since the mid-1950s. Darrin Simmons, who came in as the nation's No.

3 punter, failed to handle a bad snap in the opening minutes and the ball rolled through the end zone for a safety. A few minutes later Simmons again had to handle a bad snap, and Joe Gordon blocked the kick, giving -K-State the ball on the Kansas 39. Six plays later. Miller floated a 14-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Lockett; Kansas' only offensive thrust came on the next series when Mark Williams hooked up with Isaac Byrd on a 61-yard touchdown play, the' longest play from scrimmage for; Kansas this year. Miller caught the Kansas defense off guard on fourth-and-2 a few min- utes later, when he faked an inside handoff and snapped a 20-yard scor-; ing strike to Lockett, who beat Dori-an Brew in the end zone.

"Probably a stupid call," Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder said. Snyder wasn't buying the excited declaration by K-State President Jon Wefald that this was the biggest win in Snyder's seven years as coach. "Jon's speaking for Jon," Snyder said. "I speak for me. And I don't know if that's the case.

It may be." i Brian Kavanaugh hit Mitch Run-; ning with a 22-yard scoring pass late in the fourth period and they com: I bined again for a 2-point conversion. Percell Gaskins intercepted Wil-' Hams' tipped pass in the final sec- onds of the first half, setting up Martin Gramatica's 32-yard field goal for a 27-7 halftime lead. Lawrence went around left end on a 2-yard touchdown run in the third period and Hickson capped a six-1 play, 63-yard march with an 8-yard scoring spriijMn the fourth. NCAA tells 'Canes penalties coming BY CHARLIE NOBLES New York Times The charges, in which Miami has acknowledged that a former academic adviser, Tony Russell, falsified Pell Grant applications of 91 students, including 57 football players, have been lingering for four years now. One source said Hurricanes Coach Butch Davis had little quibbling with the NCAA's findings, which could result in a reduction of scholarships, no television andor no bowl game.

Davis told the source that the "lack of institutional control" issue was mentioned by the NCAA only regarding Miami's Pell Grant scandal, which occurred from 1989 to 1992. In its report to the NCAA, Miami has acknowledged that Coach Dennis Erickson ran an undisciplined program from 1989-94. Among the accusations against Erickson: that he failed to turn over drug-testing results to Dee. Dee told the NCAA that three players during that time were allowed to participate even though they failed multiple drug tests. CORAL GABLES, Fla.

That the National Collegiate Athletic Association will charge the University of Miami football program with rules violations is no longer rumor. It was made official in a letter Friday from the NCAA to the university. The NCAA has been investigating allegations of extensive Pell Grant fraud, as well as a pay-for-performance plan involving the rap star Luther Campbell and a drug-testing program that was selectively enforced. Yet to the determined are the sanctions to be leveled against the Hurricanes, who have won four national championships since 1983. The university must face the NCAA's infractions committee.

According to Miami president Edward T. Foote, who is mulling what part of the letter to make public, Miami would like to be added to the committee's Nov. 10-12 meetings. If Miami is not on the agenda, the committee next meets Feb. 2-4.

An announcement usually is made within three to four weeks after the meeting. Vi.