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Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1992 Naws Record FOOTBAL notes Holtz defends play calls SOUTH BEND. Ind. Precious seconds slipped away Xwhile Lou Holtz talked tactics jwith Rick Mirer, forgetting a change that starts the clock after a penalty. "I don't think I've made -feat dumb a mistake on the in years," the Notre Dame coach said Tuesday.

i wasted sec- onds ran off before Mirer dashed back to throw a sidelines pass out of bounds to Lake Dawson. The clock left the Irish with seven seconds too little time, too deep in their own territory. The game Saturday ended in a 17-17 tie, the most noto- -rious since 1966 when No. i Notre Dame and No. 2 Michl- State tied 10-10.

The tie brought an immediate shower of boos from fans ''who noticed the ticking clock. Holtz defends his play calling in the final, failed series, out not his mental lapse. Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac ended his team's hope of an upset by throwing an interception at the 14-yard line. But with both Notre Dame punt snappers injured, Holtz decided a first down was important than risking three incomplete passes and a botched punt. "We've had the ball deep in our territory (late in a losing situation before.) and I cannot recall a time when we did not have a chance to win that game with a field goal or a legitimate chance to catch a pass in the end zone," Holtz said.

Jackie Sherrill apologized Tuesday for allowing the castration of a bull in front of his Mississippi State football team, and the school's president promised such an incident would not occur again. "Even though I was not involved in the procedure that took place, I take responsibility," Sherrill told his weekly tt quits i i i canceled its football season Tuesday because of injuries and a shortage of players. The number of players with injuries serious enough to be sidelined for extended periods reached six last weekend when Ronnie Reed, the leading rusher, sustained a head Injury. The roster was down to 28 players, several of them doubtful for next weekend's conference opener. AUTO TRUCK ALARM SPECIALISTS Protect Your Investment Prices Slartiriq At $119.00 Work TRUNZO'S COLUSION SHOP Kosar out 4 to 6 weeks Browns' QB played on broken ankle Monday Bernie Kotar, throwing a pass to Tomm Vardall, will miss at least six weeks with an ankle fracture.

AtMdAUd CLEVELAND Bernie Kosar discovered Tuesday that be had played the last three quarters of Monday night's game on a broken right ankle. The Cleveland Browns quarterback, who limped noticeably during much of the game, sustained a hairline fracture of the ankle and will miss at least six weeks. He was X-rayed Tuesday morning at the Cleveland Clinic, hours after the Browns last-second 27-23 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Kosar was hit hard several times in the first half, but wasn't sure exactly when the Injury occurred. MarUwvtohtottert Jay Srhroeder, coming off his best passing game with the Los Angeles Raiders, reportedly will be benched in favor of Todd Marinovich.

The Daily Breeze reported Tuesday that nn'imnpTnpH RaldfiTS Staff member confirmed that the decision to start Marinovich had been made and that Schroeder had been informed by coach Art Shell. I NFL Tuesday is a day off for the Raider players, and Schroeder, Marinovich and Shell were not available for comment. Although the Raiders fell to 0-2 with a 24-21 overtime loss at Cincinnati last Sunday, Schroeder threw for 380 yards, completing 25 of 40. That was the third-largest yardage total in Raiders history and it was Schroeder's biggest day with the team. ralMM The Kansas City Chiefs signed defensive end Darren Mlckell, who was taken in last month's supplemental draft, on Tuesday and released holdout wide receiver Stephone Paige.

Paige, a 10-year veteran and the Chiefs' fourth all-time leading receiver, never joined the team in training camp and was one of 10 unsigned NFL players who asked a court in Minneapolis on Monday to declare them total free agents. Roby lajvred agala Reggie Roby has sustained a serious Injury oo each of his last two punts. The NFL's top punter ruptured his left Achilles' tendon in the Miami Dolphins' final regular-season game last season. Roby made a speedy recovery, then tore cartilage in his left knee following his first punt In Monday night's season-opening 27-23 victory at Cleveland. The 10-year pro will undergo ar- throacoplc surgery Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined four to six weeks.

Cards waive top ItM pick The Phoenix Cardinals on Tuesday waived running back Anthony Thompson, their 1900 second-round draft pick. Thompson saw action in the season opener at Tampa Bay, carrying eight times for eight yards, but he did not play in Sunday's home opener against Philadelphia. Thompson was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1989 after scoring an NCAA-record 68 touchdowns during his college career at Indiana. Cowher expects Searcy to tackle new position By Rick Starr PITTSBURGH Steelers first- round draft pick Leon Searcy is moving back to tackle after failing to play a down as a guard. He moved from right tackle to left guard midway through training camp, but failed to unseat Plan free agent Duval Love and sat out the first two regular-season games.

The 6-foot-3, 292-pound rookie from Miami was deactivated for Sunday's 27-10 victory over the New York Jets to allow coach BUI Cowher to keep his only backup center, Ariel Solomon, active. NFL teams normally deactivate two players from the 47-man active roster on game day to get down to the 45-man limit. Those players automatically return to active status after the game. Cowher said Searcy will play tackle for the final 14 games, but will not start Sunday's game in San Diego against the 0-2 Chargers. "1 see Leon as a very good football player for the future," Cowher said.

"And he may get a chance to play a lot sooner than he may have anticipated." Tackle update Backup Justin Strzelczyk will line up at right tackle against the Steelers notes Chargers in place of 13-year veteran Tunch Ilkin, who will miss two to three weeks with an elbow injury. John Jackson is expected to make his 47th consecutive start despite a sprained left ankle. Mere moves Cowher placed Solomon on the injured reserve list Tuesday with a sprained left knee. He will be eligi- Coslet: Fan threw object on field PITTSBURGH New York Jets coach Bruce Coslet said a fan at Three Rivers Stadium threw an unidentified object at him as he ran off the field at half time of Sunday's 27-10 loss. Coslet made a highly pi gesture to fans as he left the field after an argument with officials.

The Jets said Coslet was sorry. He was fined In 1990 for making a gesture to fans at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. ble to return to the active roster for cinnati Bengals. the Oct. 19 game against the Cin- steelers rMigned year backup center and guard Dean Caliguire from Pitt to replace Solomon on the roster.

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