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Page 25 The Herald, Saturday, January 2, 1988 Syracuse unhappy with 'unbeaten' year NEW ORLEANS (UPI) The Snow job for MVP not good enough PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) Michigan State middle linebacker Percy Snow had just made 17 tack les and been named the Player of end zone with a 17-yard touchdown pass. Syracuse tied the score in the opening seconds of the second quarter as McPherson threw a 12-yard scoring pass to wide receiver Deval Glover on the first play of the period. The Orangemen had two chances to take the lead in the second quarter. The first time a 11-yard third-down sack forced a 46-yard field goal attempt by Vesting that was short: The second, a 6-yard sack forced a punt from the Auburn 42.

The Tigers, who had been showing little offense in the first half except for that one TD drive, drove 72 yards from their own 4 in the closing minutes of the first half and took a 10-7 lead when Lyle kicked a 40-yard field goal with 47 seconds remaining in the period. Syracuse tied the score at 10-10 with 5:34 left in the third quarter when Vesling kicked a 27-yard field goal for the only scoring of that period. 16-16 tie in the Sugar Bowl between No. 4 Syracuse and No. 6 Auburn destroyed all hopes the Orangemen had of laying claim to a national championship and left players and coaches on both sides with differing emotions.

In the Tiger dressing room following the Friday game, players were upbeat and happy to have gotten the tie with four seconds remaining when Win Lyle hit a 30-yard field goal. "I'm disappointed we didn't win, but I'm glad we didn't get beat," said Auburn coach Pat Dye. Syracuse coach Dick MacPher-son was not nearly as pleased. "We take great pride in what we do inside the (opponent's) 25 yard line, said a dejected MacPherson after the game. "We didn't get that accomplished today." Twice the Orangemen got into Auburn territory and came away without points, instead punting both times.

"I believe that's the reason we when freshman Stacy Danley was, unable to get out of bounds on Burger's last completion. Auburn was forced to take its last time out with only four seconds to go. Burger completed 23-of-33 passes and finished the game by completing 12 of his last 13 attempts. Lyle kicked a 41-yard field goal on the third play of the quarter to give Auburn a 13-10 margin but Syracuse tied the game again. Paced by McPherson, the Orangemen drove 61 yards before stalling.

With 8:53 left to play Vesting kicked a 32-yard field goal, tying the score 13-13. Auburn used a bit of trickery to set up the game's first score. Burger lateralled to wide receiver Duke Donaldson who threw a 58-yard bomb to wide receiver Lawyer Tillman, putting the Tigers on the Syracuse 10-yard line. Two plays later, after first losing two yards on a run and then five more on a motion penalty, Burger hit Tillman in the left corner of the Sugar Bowl lost," he said. Syracuse, hoping to improve to" 12-0 and be in contention for a national title, took a 16-13 lead with 2:04 remaining when Tim Vesting kicked his third field goal of the game, a 38-yard effort.

MacPherson elected to go for the field goal instead of trying to gain less than a yard on fourth down. "There's no question you want to go for it in that situation," said Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson, the game's most valuable player. "You hate to give the ball to somebody else." Auburn, which finished at 9-1-2, with the loss to No. 3 Florida State, stormed back on the quarterback-ing of Jeff Burger, who completed 10-of-ll passes in a 63-yard drive. "Jeff Burger did one heck of a job bringing his team back," said McPherson.

The Tigers settled for the tie the Game in the 74th Rose Bowl Yet he wasn't satisfied. "I felt I had a great game, but it wasn't up to my potential," Snow said Friday after the Spartans' 20 17 victory over Southern Cal. "I believe there is room for improvement." That's hard to believe. Snow, the anchor of the defense that ranked first in the nation against the run and second overall to Oklahoma, seemed to be everywhere. Snow, a 6-foot-3, 224-pound soph Aggies aggravate Irish; Brown loses cool omore from the Pro Football Hall of Fame town of Canton, Ohio, became only the third defensive player since 1988 to receive the Rose Bowl honor.

Safety Don Rogers of UCLA in 1983 and USC linebacker Jack Del Rio in 1985 each Cotton Bowl earned a share of the award. "We're lucky to have Percy Snow in the middle," said safety Todd Krumm, who recovered a fumble with 93 seconds to play to seal the triumph. "He was hitting and hitting. He seemed to wear them down." Snow said trying to stop Trojans quarterback Rodney Peete was his most difficult chore. "He was tough to contain," DALLAS (UPI) Long after the other events involved in Texas 35-10 Cotton Bowl victory over Notre Dame have been forgotten, the game will be remembered as the one in which the Heis-man Trophy winner lost his cool.

Throughout this decade, bowl games have been unlucky for those who have won college football's highest honor. Seven of the last eight Heisman Trophy winners have lost their final college game and the only exception Boston College's Doug Flutie had a bad day in the Eagles' Cotton Bowl victory over Houston in 1984. But none have suffered like Tim Brown did Friday and none will have to live with their actions as long as he will. Brown bad. dreamed of playing in the Cotton Bowl because the stadium is located only a few miles from his home.

And in the early stages of Friday's game it appeared Brown would be the hero he wanted to be. He opening the day with his longest kickoff return of the year (37 yards), caught a 17-yard pass for the game's first score and in the opening 24 minutes caught six passes for 105 yards. From that point on, both Notre Dame and Brown did nothing but suffer. Texas overcame a 10-3 deficit in the last two minutes of the first half to take an 18-10 lead at intermission and then overpowered the Irish in the second half. "I think anytime you beat a team with national recognition," coach Jackie Sherrill said, "it will give you automatic national respect.

"Before we played, we didn't feel like we matched up well with Notre Dame. But we played with tremendous intensity." Brown did not catch a pass in the Snow said. "He has great speed and ability. I feel we contained him, but not as good as we should have. But it was enough to win." pass from Damn Lewis to Tony Thompson that tied the score.

One play after the kickoff, Irish receiver Braxston Banks fumbled the ball and Texas needed four plays to produce a 2-yard touchdown run by Larry Horton. Instead of trailing by two touchdowns at the half, had an 18-10 lead. The Aggies added second half scores on runs of 1 and 8 yards by freshman quarterback Bucky Richardson and a Scott Slater field goal of 25 yards. Richardson, who gained 96 yards on 13 carries, was named the game's outstanding offensive player and linebacker Adam Bob was given the defensive honors. The impressive victory was eighth in a row and gives the youthful Aggies momentum for a run at national recognition next season.

Notre Dame, meanwhile, finished with three straight losses and an 8-4 record. "I am mad, disappointed and upset, but at nobody but myself," said Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz. "This is not the way to end a season." second half and finally gave way to his frustrations on a kickoff return midway through the second half when a member of the coverage team tackled him and then ran to 'the sidelines with a towel Brown had tucked into his pants. Brown chased the Aggie Warren Barhorst and tackled him. "A guy ran off with my towel," Brown said.

"Agirlfriend of one of my teammates gave me that towel. He had no right to take it from me and I wanted it back. And I got it back, too. "I'm sorry I cost my teammates 15 yards. But they obviously had it planned.

One guy held me down and the other guy took it." Texas also took the game away from Notre Dame late in the first half. The Irish had built a 10-3 lead on Brown's touchdown catch and a 36-yard field goal by Ted Gradel. They were also on the verge of scoring a touchdown. But Notre Dame quarterback Terry Andrysiak was intercepted in the end zone by corner-back Alex Morris, leading to an 80-yard drive and a 24-yard halfback Snow and the Michigan State de fense entered having allowed only 61.5 yards on the ground per game, although the Trojans gained 174 Friday. USC, however, had to shed its fabled reputation as "Tailback to do it.

The Trojans gave freshman tailback Scott Lock-wood, starting in place of injured rusher Steven Webster, only one carry in the first half. Fullback LeRoy Holt got the bulk of the work, carrying 7 times for 28 yards. Winner Williams talking like a loser with Clippers great lakes spasi THIS WINTER Designed for Cozy Soak, the Moonlighter seats up to 5 people, fits through any standard doorway completely portable use indoors' or outdoors! Just fill it up with water, plug it in and start relaxing. The Moonlighter Spa Brown Marble 1749 high 13 assists. Walker, booed by New York fans earlier in the season when he was mired in a shooting slump, was 7-oM2 from the floor and made ll-of-14 free throws.

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In other games, Denver ripped Washington 124-109 and Portland edged Philadelphia 127-125. Nuggets 124, Bullets 109 LANDOVER, Md. Jay Vincent, facing the Bullets for the first time since they traded him Nov. 3, came off the bench to match his season-high with 33 points and Alex English added 27. to help power the Nuggets.

Blazers 127, Sixers 125 PORTLAND, Ore. Clyde Drexler stole an inbounds pass and drove for a layup at the buzzer, lifting the Trail Blazers. Drexler, who finished with 37 points, hit two free throws with three seconds left to tie the score then stole a pass near midcourt and drove for the winning basket as time expired. By United Press International NEW YORK Two months of playing with the Los Angeles Clippers has one of basketball's biggest winners talking like a loser. The Clippers lost their fifth straight game Friday night, falling to the host New York Knicks 115-96.

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