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Spirfis 11 the Atlanta constitution SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1990 SECTION D. inside Notre Dame climbs off deck, foils Michigan 28-24 N. DAME MICHIGAN RANKED RANKED," Jf1 mwm teams, Mirer was remarkably poised and effective. He scored once himself and completed 14 of 23 passes for 165 yards, one TD and an interception. Late in the fourth quarter, Mirer moved the Irish 76 yards to score, passing for two first downs before hitting Jarrell on a first-down, play-action corner route.

Reggie Brooks then clinched the victory with an interception with 1:21 left "I still don't know yet how we won," said Holtz, "except for the competitiveness of our kids, the lady on the dome and the luck of the Irish." "I've got some pretty disappointed kids in the locker room, Please see IRISH, D6 first collegiate start, Mirer's first career touchdown pass came with 1:40 to play, an 18-yarder to backup flanker Adrian Jarrell. It gave Notre Dame its fourth straight victory over Michigan, and ruined Gary Moeller's debut as the Wolverines' head coach. It also may have altered Holtz's thinking. The Irish coach thought his team's ranking was By Jack Wilkinson Staff writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. May-be now even Lou Holtz will agree Notre Dame deserves to be No.

1. The top-ranked Fighting Irish, trailing 24-14, rallied behind sophomore quarterback Rick Mirer to beat No. 4 Michigan 28-24 Saturday night In his ludicrous. Notre Dame hadn't played a game and Mirer hadn't started a game in South Bend. But in the season opener for both Today in 2 parts PARTI high schools FOOTBALL Results: Complete scores and schedules of all Georgia high school teams.

D12 PART 2 Starting on Page El B1SEEALL THE BRAVES. Tl ti i ii If Dogs So.Miss(es): Late field-goal try hits upright; UGA wins 18-17 7 jr 7 WlmomM Wasted rally: Atlanta comes back in 9th, loses in 11th. El THE PENNANT RACES AL East: Boston holds a two-game lead over Toronto. The Jays beat Baltimore 4-3. Bos- i ton lost to Chicago 7-4.

E4 NL East New York cut Pittsburgh's lead to one-half game. The Mets beat the Phillies; the Pirates lost to the Expos. E5 NLWest: LA. gained another game on Cincinnati with a 3-0 win over the Reds. The Dodgers are now AVi back.

E5 MORE BASEBALL wmmm h.i km: Notebook E6 Team statistics E6-7 The minor leagues E7 4. :4 J. 'v ---O 4 i. t- tmmmf AUTORAO NASCAR AJr Bill Elliott looks for his elusive first '90 victory in todav's Peak Antifreeze 500. 1 E3 Louie FavoriteStaff Georgia tailback Larry Ware dives into the end zone to complete a 5-yard scoring run for the Bulldogs' winning touchdown in the fourth quarter.

mm CHAMPION 'BUSTER' I This is living: James Doug-; las's life as the sport's top dog will end soon if Evander Holy-J fled has his way. El I OMR SPORTS i Gators stem the Tide in Tuscaloosa 11 -1Z 7 By Scott M.Reld Staff writer ATHENS Forget luck. Forget the fact that if Southern Mississippi's Jim Taylor had made a 42-yard field goal in the final minute instead of it hitting the right goalpost, Georgia would have lost. No excuses. No apologies.

Georgia (1-1) made the big plays when it had to Saturday to Complete earn a tough coverage 18-17 victory D8-9 over Southern Mississippi (2-1) and break a four-game losing streak in front of 79.812 at Sanford Stadium. "This wasn't a fluke," Bulldog inside linebacker John Allen said. "We deserved to win. We fought hard to the finish and we didn't give up. It was tough for them at the end to lose like that.

But you make your breaks." And the Bulldogs made theirs by not folding after the Golden Eagles went up 17-6 on a 62-yard Brett Favre touchdown pass midway through the third quarter. "We had an opportunity for our team to fold the tent," Georgia's coach Ray Goff said. "It was a chance to shut it down if you wanted to. But to our players' credit, they didn't." Instead, led by a nearly forgotten tailback, Georgia rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns in the second half, out-gaining an opponent on the ground for the first time in seven games. The Bulldogs' defense held the Golden Eagles to just three first downs in four fourth-' quarter possessions.

Georgia held Southern Miss to minus-one yard on three plays in the Golden Eagles' final drive. That set up Taylor's field-goal attempt, which bounced off the inside of the right goalpost with 54 seconds remaining. "When the ball fell backwards, I hit my knees," Goff said, "because we needed a break." So did the second-year coach, whose job security was the primary topic on local call-in shows last week. Goff faced the possibility Saturday of becoming the first Georgia coach since Johnny Griffith in 1961 to lose five consecutive games. Goff and Georgia instead car-Please see DOGS, D8 E2 SPORTS 2 By I.J, Rosenberg Staff writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

Tears ran FLORIDA freely down a Golf E3 Pro football E9-11 Fans Page E13 For the Record E14 Outdoors E15 Tennis E16 Track E16 cheerleader's face. ftANKEDd Receiver Prince Kec ursSt' I it Wimbley dropped to one knee and dttmi --n smashed his crim COLUMNISTS v-, I ''S'' A r-' Steve Hummer: Tuscaloosa not used to hearing Bama oppo- D5 nents whistling Dixie. Prentis Rogers: TV execs fa-j vor Toronto not Atlanta as I site for the '96 Games. E2 f.ijgiif'.Sii.iipi D' D3 Lb S9-3G D7 son helmet into the artificial, turf. Fans stood speechless and coach Gene Stallings left the field with his eyes lowered.

Alabama football has turned upside down. The Crimson Tide is 0-2. The second loss of the Stallings era came Saturday on the field Bear Bryant made famous, as Alabama's self-destruction helped a surging Florida team go 2-0 in its Steve Spurrier coaching era with a 17-13 win before a sold-out Bryant-Denny Stadium crowd of 70,123. It was Florida's first win in Tuscaloosa since a 10-6 victory in 1963. The Gators' Will White intercepted three Gary Hollingsworth passes, and Richard Fain cov- Please see GATORS, D5 Terence Moore: It's easy to compare new Falcons' fearlessness to old Raiders.

El TV HIGHLIGHTS PRO FOOTBALL Falcons-Lions Ol p.m. Redskins-49ers Q4 p.m. COMPLETE COLLEGE COVERAGE Dl-11 Martene KaraStaff Southern Mississippi kicker Jim Taylor (22) leaves field after seeing 42-yard field goal try hit upright with 54 seconds left. I Raiders-Seahawks CD 4 p.m. Oilers-Steelers TNT 8 p.m.

ijAUTO RACING 1 NASCAR ESPN 12:40 p.m. I BASEBALL r- Atlanta's pitch impresses IOC, but will it mean votes? in Furman Bisher Phillies-Mets p.m. Padres-Braves Cubs-Cards WGN O's-Jays ESPN 8 p.m. GOLF Canadian Open ESPN 5 p.m. Full TV and radio listings E2 SCOHEPIIOuE Latest results: 222-2030 told.

I can't testify, for I'm in the middle of my first such experience, and so is the Atlanta Organizing Committee. I have heard as many conflicting points of view from as many reliable sources at a political convention. There is the forever story of Lillehammer, Norway, the Please see BISHER, D13 Olympics, impassionedly sought The Centenary Games, celebrating the 100th birthday of the revival of the Olympics, which, ah, yes, brings up Athens. But put the Grecian capital on hold for a moment Nothing can be quite as unpredictable as the process of electing an Olympics host, I am TOKYO A tall, bushy-haired man, speaking in a non-American accent to a small group gathered around him in the lobby of the New Takawana Hotel, was overheard saying, "Atlanta has won the presentations." Such an overwhelming impression has the AOC's exotic next-century exhibit made at the 96th International Olympic Committee convention. But that's like leading in points in a prize fight.

There's no assurance that any of the other five opponents can't rally, or even score a knockout. It's a match played with 87 judges, from all points on the compass and from all levels of culture, from Mon- golia to Senegal, and the winner Journal Sports Editor 1 draws the choice to hold the Summer Games of the 1996 i .1.