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rwx1 wrmviTTTvi i i Nrr Friday December 26 1986Tucson Citizen COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5C w- 0 TTVT0Tr't Palmer leaves Gray feeling blue JJA-North Carolinaiifej The Associated Press injury gives Cephers shot Matchup jmream By DAVE PETRUSKA Citizen Sportswriter UA notes HEGnunnaK North Carolina's Mark Maye seems to have overcome the arm problems that plagued him throughout his career at UNC The Junior threw for more than 300 yards three times this year Alfred Jenkins has been inconsistent and has a sore rotator cuff that could hinder his throwing 22 carries scored one touchdown and was the most valuable player is as exciting a back as see Just about anything can happen when he gets the said Blue coach Mike Gottfried head coach at Pittsburgh and former University of Arizona assistant 1 Ingram a wide receiver from Michigan State and the most valuable offensive player on the Blue squad caught nine passes for 106 yards and TDs of 23 and 7 yards Notre Dame quarterback Beuerlein was 12 of 15 for 148 yards ahd threw a 23-yard TD to Ingram MONTGOMERY Ala It was a game for prospective professionals and Paul Palmer Mark Ingram and Steve Beuerlein all showed they were in that category in the 49th annual Blue-Gray All Star Football Classic yesterday The trio led the Blue to a 31-7 victory over the Gray in the Christmas Day contest the first of the postseason for college senior all-stars Palmer the leading rusher in his final year as a tailback at Temple rushed for 166 yards in RUNNING BACKS With Derrick Fenner in the lineup this would be a tossup But with Fenner suspended UA has the edge with senior David Adams even though the Wildcats' fullback corps is weaker with Chris McLemore hobbled by a foot injury UNC's Eric Starr is a good back but he is not in Adams' class RECEIVERS Eric Streater is a big-play perfomer for UNC He has caught 37 passes for 601 yards an average 1 62 yards per catch But after Streater the Tar Heels do not have another receiver with more than 20 catches UA's corps of Jon Horton Derek Hill and Jeff Fairholm has been inconsistent at times but It is as good as receivers OFFENSIVE LINE SUPER-TOUGH JOBS CALL FOR SUPERSOLE REDWINGS Rugged water-repellent leather Long-wearing cushion insole Steel shank for foot support Red Wing's exclusive SuperSole oil-resistant tough lightweight and sure gripping North Carolina has ah outstanding tackle in All-America Harris Burton The rest of the line is made up of underclassmen who will have to face a veteran UA defensive line The line has been overpowering at times but was awful in its last game against Stanford If UA was more consistent it would get the edge here DEFENSIVE BACKS Sizes 7-13 widths B-D-EE Save 11 Reg $7800 UNC gets the edge here because of the uncertainty with UA's secondary Cornerback James DeBow has a knee injury and might not start UNC has a great strong safety in Walter Bailey one of two strong safeties in an unusual defense UA has a great strong safety in Chuck Cecil HONOLULU University of Arizona football coach Larry Smith has made two changes in his starting lineup for Aloha Bowl because of knee injuries to cornerback James DeBow and tackle Tom Lynch Senior Troy Cephers will get his first UA start at cornerback in place of DeBow Senior Brian Denton will start in place of Lynch Smith said that both DeBow and Lynch should be able to play tomorrow Smith also said senior fullback Chris McLemore will be available to play McLemore missed the Stanford game last month with a broken bone in his left foot UA has done a limited amount of sightseeing as a group while preparing for the Aloha Bowl and was not able to arrange a trip to the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor The Arizona was sunk during the Japanese bombing of Hawaii during World War II 4 "The Arizona Memorial is a very busy tour site and there is a great deal of difficulty handling groups of our UA sports information director Butch Henry said far from our hotel and the only day we could have visited the site was on Christmas but the memorial is closed on 7 North Carolina coach Dick Crum will coach on crutches from the sideline tomorrow because of a broken leg Crum was hurt during game with Florida State when he was hit by UNC tailback Derrick Fenner Crum had the leg in a cast for six weeks He said be on crutches until next month been really hard to Crum said had to work out of a golf cart It certainly was something could have done Crum usually signals plays into his quarterbacks but because bn crutches wide receiver coach Bobby Elliott gets the play from above and then tells backup quarterback Jon Hall Hall then signals the plays into starting quarterback Mark Maye The Aloha Bowl has never had a sellout in its history The largest crowd even top 38000 in the 50000-seat Aloha Stadium Because of the lack of sellouts Honolulu residents have never seen the game live on television There is a blackout rule for bowl games unlike the regular season NCAA games Officials are hoping for a crowd of 35000 tomorrow In order to avoid ankle injuries several UA players are wearing high-top sneakers without cleats because of the artificial surface at Aloha Stadium UA quarterback Alfred Jenkins running back David Adams wide receiver Jeff Fairholm and fullback Charles Webb are wearing the high tops There is no real edge in bowl-game experience between the teams UA has the edge from the standpoint because the Wildcats played in the Sun Bowl last year North Carolina has the edge in coaching Crum will be coaching in his eighth bowl game as a head coach UA coach Larry Smith is in his second bowl game as a head coach UA players have been constantly asking defensive lineman Stan taele for directions and places to go on the island of Oahu because Ma-taele grew up here Mataele said have a large contigent of fans rooting for him at the game say about 1000 he said just my relatives and just my close UA center Joe Tofflemire and linebacker Byron Evans made the UPI all-West Coast first team it was announced yesterday Mataele and strong safety Chuck Cecil made the second team LINEBACKERS Year End Special Price Up to 30 off on Discontinued Redwings very broken sizes styles Broadway Store Only It's hard to match linebackers Byron Evans and Brent Wood inside and Boomer Gibson and Danny Lockett outside make up one of the Pac-10's best units The Wildcats have quality and depth North Carolina is a big stronger now with the return of Brett Rudloph but match the Cats here 4134 II ORACLE Oracle Limberlost 888-1140 HOURS DAILY 9-6 SAT TILL 6:00 3841 BROADWAY Vz Blk of Alvernon 326-1811 DEFENSIVE LIN The Wildcats have dominated the line of scrimmage in almost every game they have played with their starting of Stan Mataele George Hinkle Dana Wells and Jim Birmingham North Carolina has a veteran front four including a good nose guard in Tim Goad but the Tar Heels have been inconsistent all year on the line KICKING tandem of Gary Coston and Jeff Valder is hard to beat The Wildcats can score up close and far away Lee Gliarmis is consistent and Kenny Miller kicks the long field goals and handles the punts UA punter Ruben Rodriguez is a bit more consistent punting giving UA the edge here OUTCOM The Wildcats appear to be a better team from a stronger conference but the distractions about UA coach Larry Smith going to USC could be a problem Still UA appears to have too much talent and speed for the Tar Heels UA should win but won't beat the point spread Final: UA 24 UNC 20 1 Httuskal am UA pays holiday price for success A quick look Continued from 1C Hula Bowl all-star game in a few weeks have been a better Christmas for he said was away from home last year and this year I get to play at home see my family and get to spend extra time with my family Yes there is a Santa Mataele the only one who has his family around Wide receiver Jeff Fairholm has his parents brother and sister here Wood also has a big group here His mother brother and girlfriend are here His stepfather and aunt will be coming in today be able to stay after the game Wood said a part of Christmas to me great being here but I miss my family I even call home on Christmas Eve Last year we got a free phone call but because of how much it would cost from here we do it I talk to my mom and I missed that hard for me to get into it being Christmas but you get many opportunities to go to Hawaii so really not Defensive lineman Stan Mataele obviously is the most excited Wildcat about being here He grew up near here and got to spend Christmas with his family Mataele will get an extended stay here because be playing in the hand have to be careful said linebacker Brent Wood parrot fish which are pretty big have teeth One swam right up to my face mask while I was swimming and it kind of flips you out to see those teeth in front of your face like But for UA players from colder climates like center Joe Tofflemire yesterday did not feel like Christmas Tofflemire is from Idaho least last year in El Paso it was a bit he said love having the snow and the cold North Carolina (7-3-1) vs Arizona (8-3) Where When Tomorrow at 1 :45 pm ucson time at Aloha Stadium in the fifth Aloha Bowl A crowd of about 40000 is expected UA is the home team The coaches Dick Crum in his 13th year of coaching is 101-44-4 67-34-3 in nine years at North Carolina Larry Smith in his seventh year at UA is 47-28-3 65-54-3 overall in 11 years of coaching Crum is 6-1 in bowl games 4-1 while at North Carolina Smith is 0-1-1 in bowl games 0-0-1 at UA The series The two schools have never met in football This is UA's first game against an Atlantic Coast Conference football team North Carolina is 1 -0 against the Pac-1 0 beating USC 8-7 in 1958 UNC lost to Arizona State then in the WAC in the 1 970 Peach Bowl 48-26 Bowl history Arizona is 0-4-1 in bowl games last appearance was last year in the Sun Bowl a 13-13 tie with Georgia North Carolina is 6- 9 in bowl games Its last appearance was in the 1 983 Peach Bowl a 28-3 loss to Florida State TV radio ABC will carry the game live nationally tomorrow with Al Michaels and Mike Adamle doing the announcing KGUN-TV (Channel 9) is the local affiliate KNST (940) will broadcast the game live tomorrow with the pregame show beginning at 1 1 :45 am Smith dealings may leave bad karma Continued from 1 And the most vicious species of barracuda run into in LA are the ones Smith will never see They go to locker rooms or practice fields They bother with press conferences They just sit in their little dungeons and cnicify coaches their privilege and they do make a lot of dough But like the controversy Smith has walked into with eyes wide open declining for whatever reason to clear the air you have to wonder whether worth it Southern Cal affair He says it has been a distraction to his players in preparing for North Carolina in the Aloha Bowl Game Burro biscuits If Smith thinks aggressive here in the boon-docks he takes the 'SC job if he takes it Over there in that colossal parking lot that calls itself a city he'll be dealing with and more often than not battling a dozen papers bigger than the ones in Tucson bigger than all but one in Phoenix of intensified chemotherapy in a cancer he is preparing for another one of those hot and heavy NCAA conventions in a cou-tple of weeks and will dive into ferocious schedule as a member of the NCAA basketball championship tournament Then there is the media Smith is ticked off at the Arizona press so it seems for chasing this Exclusive I Annual Percentage Rate financing on approved credit 30 Minimum Down 36 Month Maximum term all prices plus tax license -is3 fei 'Wieisrs- jeiufcVe' -'j ii 1 1 eii ereejr- i 'xxsssiKitxIsUc-neif iiiuj'slsr) A(z')m(cx'1 a'llkiceilitr: Ilmin Hu- einerel eje elx -1 a i --itsiet 1 xlidx OlH Hit C3ZL Ctel(li -jix fel I.