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Pages 17-32 By Jimmy Smyth Pm Executive Sport Editor KNOXVILLE Tennessee's llth-ranked Volunteers rolled past Akron as expected Saturday at Neyland Stadium whipping the Zips 52-9 in the first meeting of the two schools Coach Johnny team improved its record to 7-1 heading into the final three games against SEC foes Ole Miss Kentucky and Vanderbilt The Zips dipped to 6-4-1 finishing their 1989 season Majors called it a good victory saying "it should help us in getting ready for the final three conference games The only one that concerns me right now is next game against Old Miss "We got off to a slow start which sunrise me because we felt Akron was a good team There were some physical aspects about them that could have caused us The Zips indeed gave the Vols a battle in the first quarter coming back to cut lead to 7-6 with an 86-yard drive in 14 plays that ended with a three-yard touchdown from quarterback Mike Johnson to tailback Derrek Austin Tennessee had scored first on a 74-yard drive climaxed by Chuck 32-yard touchdown run Greg Burk kicked his first of seven extra points to deny the Zips a chance to get even The Vols scored for a second time in the opening quarter when quarterback Andy Kelly threw a 40-yard scoring pass to Thomas Woods giving for Bucs Furman QB runs wild as Paladins win title By Kelly Hodge Press Managing Sports Editor GREENVILLE SC Quarterback Frankie De-Busk took matters into his own hands Saturday DeBusk a junior from Greeneville Tenn ran for four touchdowns and threw for another as second-ranked Furman captured the Southern Conference football championship with a 44-20 victory over East Tennessee State University never even thought about having a game like DeBusk said amidst a mob of well-wishers "To do it against East Tennessee State with all my family and friends here just Great about sums it up DeBusk who seriously considered attending ETSU out of high school accounted for 315 yards of pffense passing for 232 and running for 83 He guided the Paladins to touchdown drives of 80 95 80 and 80 yards on their first four possessions Three of the TDs came on DeBusk runs and Furman led 27-6 at the half It was all downhill from there "He had a fantastic day running the ball and passing the said ETSU coach Don Riley "It was his day their day and their The victory was ninth straight after a season-opening loss at Clemson and gave the school its sixth outright conference championship of the decade The Paladins had to share the crown with Appalachian State last season 'Winning the championship outright is great for our players and coacnes It was a good birthday said Furman coach Jimmy Satterfield who turned 50 on Saturday flrnioU nr onoonn tt07f UfMk at The Citadel then they can concentrate or dc fending their Division I-AA title The Buccaneers meanwhile saw their hopes of a winning season and a share of the league title disappear They are 4-6 4-3 with only a non- lease see DeBUSK Page 26 see a 14-6 lead Bob Dombroski who's missed extra point after touchdown left the Zips behind nit a 27-yard field goal in the second quarter as his team drew with five points at 14-9 After that it was Tennessee outscoring the visitors 38-0 In a offensive show resulting in a record 588 total offensive yards for the Vols The previous record was 578 yards in a 55-13 victory over Ole Miss in 1987 Majors and the 91883 ig Orange as the game progressed "The defense snowed some good stuff as Majors said "Carl Pickens was a for Pickens playing both offense and defense returned: an interception 40 yards for a touchdown to push lead to 21-9 and broke up Akron pass "Somebody ti right place at the interception really tired because I di on offense it and I right "I epjoy guess 1 was in the Pickens said about playing both ways I play that much AP Lose rP ho to Furman quarterback Frankie DeBusk romps for one of his four touchdowns Thompson rushes for 377 yards Majors said Pickens would continue to play both offense and defense "We slight him Majors said Defensive end Shawn Truss was the player who the ball to Pickens It was a simple Pickens said "We wanted to give the quarterback a different look so our linebackers stunted and I dropped back into Fullback Greg Ansler had an unusual day too at the expense of the Zips With the score 28-7 Ansler took a pitch from Kelly and threw a 37-yard scoring pass to Vince Moore in the third quarter "Fve never thrown a pass in a game" Ansler said "It may have been a duck but it got there I had great hang Kelly said he told Ansler to be careful with it because of the wind Kelly added "He did a great job of executing it He had quite an arch on Ansler was on the other end of another aerial play catching a 22-yard scoring pass from Kelly also in the third quarter to boost the lead to 35-9 Please see VOLS Page 26 Rushing superlatives NCAA Division I single-game rushing bests: Anthony Thompson Indiana Nov 11 198V 357 Mike Pringle Fullerton 5t Nov 4 1989 357 Reuben Mayes Wash St Oct 27 1984 356 Eddie Lee Ivery Ga Tech Nov 11 197B 350- Eric Allen Michigan St Oct 30 1971 30 Paul Palmer Temple Oct 11 1986 3X7 Ricky Bell USC Oct 9 1976 347 Ron Johnson Michigan Nov 1968 343 -Tony Jettery TCU Sept 13 1936 343 Roosevelt Leaks Texas Nov 3 1973 342 Charlie Davis Colorado Nov 13 1971 "The first play where I went off tackle between Todd Oberdorf and Ian Beckles I mean there was a hole you could drive a semi through I just took off running and I felt it was going to be a great day for me" That 8-yard gain was just the beginning When Indiana had completed its 45-17 rout of the Badgers Thompson had set an NCAA rushing record with 377 yards on a school-record 52 carries a great honor to set a record like that but it all happens up said Thompson who broke the previous record of 357 yards that was set by Rueben Mayes of Washington State against Oregon in 1984 and equalled last weekend by Mike Pringle of Fullerton State against New Mexico State "I think if I was a little faster I could have got maybe 500 yards the way they were blocking out there said Thompson "We tried everything we said Wisconsin coach Don Morton whose defense surrendered four touchdowns to Thompson "We tried every defensive scheme stunt slant blitz every combination of things Please see THOMPSON Page 25 The Associated Press MADISON Wis Anthony Thompson took off running Saturday and he stop until collected another NCAA record A week earlier the Indiana tailback had become the NCAA career leader in touchdowns with his 60th but the accomplishment was overshadowed by a lopsided loss to Michigan State But Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium against Wisconsin Thompson knew from the first time he touched the ball that something special might be ahead Snead comes out on top in ratings ETSU advances to SC volleyball tournament finals By Dave Anderson 1969 Nsw Yorti Time New Service When a $625000 bonanza in the recent Nabisco Championships vaulted Tom Kite ahead of Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson on the PGA career money list the curly-haired 39-year-old Texan acknowledged golfs distortion of dollars in relation to dominance be foolish to Kite said realistically "this makes me a better player than Jack or Tom" Or better than Sam Snead or Arnold Palmer or Ben Hogan or Byron Nelson or Lee Trevino or Gary Player To measure a career on performance rather than prize money Deane Beman the PGA Tour commissioner created a historical project that surveyed the records of more than 4000 touring pros since 1916 Golfers were ranked by three standards: percentage of prize money a Ryder Cup point-system and an overall point system devised by Al Barkow the author of The History of the PGA Tour (Doubleday $2495) that includes 80 pages of the new stats In each of the three rankings Sam Snead finished first Jack Nicklaus second not meant to determine the best golfer who ever said Beman in what amounted to an apology for Nick-laus not finishing first "The whole idea was that 1 wanted to develop something that would replace money as the standard of a player's career Until By Doug Janz Prs Sport Writer Finally the finals how East Tennessee University's volleyball team left' Saturday when it downed Marshall in three straight games Finally the Bucs are in the finals of the Southern Conference tournament The Bucs and Western Carolina a winner Saturday over Appalachian State will meet today at 2 pm in Brooks Gym for the title match of the Southern ConferenceK-Mart Volleyball Championship The Bucs are hoping the thira time is the charm for them after losing to Western twice already this season finals will be a real test of said ETSU coach Kelly Andrews "Both teams will be In the last two seasons the Bucs entered the conference tournament as champions or cochampions of the regular season but the final match At last the monkey is off their backs never been in the final since been said senior hitter Marge Brown "This game really got us fired The Bucs looked strong against a stubborn Marshall team that yed frantic defense until the never giving FTSU easy points Nevertheless the Bucs prevailed 16-14 15-5 15-10 After ETSU had built a seem- ingly comfortable 13-8 lead in the first game against Marshall the Herd threw the Bucs a scare coming back to tie the score at 14-all On Friday Marshall had rallied in three straight games to beat Furman It looked like the Herd might repeat their comeback tactics Saturday but Andrews brought in 5-6 sophomore Melissa Ball cold off the bench to serve the crucial point It worked Marshall get a pass out of serve and ETSU was at game point Another good serve and an out-of-bounds Marshall dink clinched the win for ETSU which rolled to victory after that "It came down to who played their best in the first said Marshall coach Martha Newberry "The whole match was riding on that first game because if we won and got up 1-0 we would have had the psychological advantage since they lost their opening matches in the tournament the last two "That first said Andrews "wbb a real test to see if we could hang in there" The Bucs were unstoppable for most of the last twd games matching desperate defense with some spectacular lays of their own especially om Whitney Buck and settdr Please see TOURNEY Page 26 ETSUwinshonors19 Sam Snead now because ol the increase in prize money through the years Snead Hogan and Nelson were being pushed further and farther down the list every year" Asked about Snead being ranked first Nicklaus said "'Every ranking is subject to some kind of guessing focused my career on maior tournaments" He sounded intrigued not offended But to runk Snead ahead of Nicklaus on PGA Tour performance is arguable If Nicklaus is Babe Ruth then Snead ia Ty Cobb whose career batting average was higher than the Babe's 367 to 342 As with any statistical rank- Ptsssa sss SNEAD Rags 26 Staff Photo by Ron Campbell Jill West soars to spike one against Marshall.