The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 67

Sunday December 21 1980 SECTION The Sacramento Bee A Spectacular Finish Last-Gasp Pass Lifts Boise 31-29 By Jim Jenkins Executive Sports Editor Joe Aliotti a blunt-talking quarterback with a flair for the dramatic uncorked a 14-yard fourth-down touchdown pass to Duane Dlouhy with 12 seconds left Saturday giving Boise State a 31-29 victory over Eastern Kentucky for the NCAA 1-AA championship before a disappointing Camellia Bowl crowd of 8157 in Hughes Stadium Less than a minute before the decisive play the defending champion Colonels once down 11 points took a 29-24 lead on a 60-yard TD bomb from quarterback Chris Isaac to David Booze thought won when I made that catch but it turned out that Boise was the Grinch who stole said a disheartened Booze 6-foot-2 senior split end who has been heavily scouted by the pros we had to do was hold them for four downs and the title was If Booze was confident of victory Eastern Kentucky Coach Roy Kidd was not lot of guys on our bench were congratulating each other but I remember turning to the team chaplain and telling him 'This game is not over 55 seconds left for Boise is a long Unfortunately for Kidd he was right Starting from the Bronco 20 the senior Aliotti cooly completed three consecutive sideline passes to junior wide receiver Kipp Bedard of 19 13 and 34 yards advancing Boise to the 14 Aliotti who shared most valuable player honors with Isaac then threw three incomplete passes but on fourth down rolled right and threw across the flow to Dlouhy a 6-5 junior tight end who made his only catch of the afternoon in the left corner of the end zone "Aliotti was scrambling and I figure to be in the Dlouhy said thought they forgot about me But all of a sudden I was out in the open and Joe hit me It was a storybook ending It was See CAMELLIA BOWL Page E4 back Charles Brunson No 29 watches Boise State receiver Kipp Bedard in a rare drop Celebrates Eastern Kentucky defensive Boise St Win Like By Ben Swesey Bee Staff Writer All hell broke loose on the east side of Hughes Stadium when Joe Aliotti hit Duane Dlouhy with a 14-yard touchdown pass with 12 seconds remaining to give the Boise State University Broncos a 31-29 Camellia Bowl victory over the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels Saturday The Broncos on the field jumped with joy The Broncos on the sidelines leaped into the air even further threw their helmets into the sky and ran onto the field to embrace the rest of their teammates Bedlam erupt in the locker room until at least 20 minutes later Immediately after the game only defensive tackle Randy Trautman named to the Associated College Division All-America team and Darren American Conference tot 'Family7 Corpus a freshman fullback plus a few equipment men came into the locker room offense did it" said 6-foot-3 240-pound Trautman Eastern Kentucky's last touchdown I thought we were gone But our offense did it Asked where everybody was Corpus replied: in their And they did that on the field and later filed in behind Coach Jim Criner Criner unusually calm for a coach who just won a pressurized game but was beaming with joy stood on a bench and tried to get his attention But there was too much excitement and it took a few minutes- Jim Valaile an offensive guard quipped: went 80 yards in 55 sec- See BOISE ST Page E4 National Conference tot One Error Boise State lead) on the kickoff instead of going for the corner we kick it to center field We kept that up on the punts too and that allowed them good field position Then we fumble to start the fourth quarter (on Boise 17) Too many mistakes that simple" Still through all the miscues the Colonels were down only 24-22 with 11:15 left in the game and facing a two-point conversion for the possible tie However Colonel quarterback Chris Isaac threw the two-point pass attempt over the intended receiver was a mistake said Kidd quarterback simply misread their coverage We told him if they were in a-man-to-man which they were to run with the ball an option play so if they are in the zone he is to throw it He simply misread the But through all the boo-boos the Colonels managed to stay within two points and with three minutes left in the game Eastern Kentucky kicker David Flores was attempting a 17-yard field goal i It took two Eastern Kentucky defenders Alex Dominquez No 46 and George Floyd No 8 to bring down Boise State's Cedric Minter TV Move Sound Decision? Jets Bears victors Page E3 Bee News Services The sounds of silence may be fine for folk music but for some of those who make their living writing about the National Football League experiment in broadcaster-less broadcasting Saturday was a failure For some fans weary of endless diatribes about any player who happens to gain the spotlight the New York Jets-Miami Dolphins Lull Bowl was a welcome relief Reviews for the network experiment were mixed See SILENCE Page E10 JERRY MILES defends our program EKU Made By Gary Voet Bee Staff Writer Right after Boise State scored its first touchdown and right before it scored its last to become the Camellia Bowl champions Saturday Eastern Kentucky Coach Roy Kidd did a a little prophesying Kidd who coached the Colonels to the Division 1-AA national championship last year sat his defensive unit on the bench halfway through the second quarter after underdog Boise State had scored to take a 7-3 lead was just trying to keep our said Kidd knew we could play with them It was just a matter of not beating ourselves I told them if we started making mistakes we would In the third quarter the mistakes started and the Colonels looked like losers it was the fumble to start the third said Kidd one led to a touchdown for them (and a 21-10 IN THE FACE of disappointing attendance Saturday at Hughes Stadium and along about 1 pm after a desultory first half there was discussion in the press box that perhaps Division I-AA wasn't worth the admission price Ergo Sacramento might be better off with Division II teams thereby making the possibility better for a California team in the Camellia Bowl It is an idea long nurtured by Jim Sochor at UC Davis whose football teams consistently win the Far Western Conference And the notion is seconded by Bobby Mattos who occupies the chair of football at Sacramento State That we repeat was early in the afternoon when Boise State held a 14-10 lead over Eastern Kentucky after a yawner of a first half A couple hours later after the Boise State Mustangs emerged over the Kentucky Colonels by 31-29 in what might have been greatest-ever Conlin Too Many Flores has broken all EKU season and career field goal and extra point records and is praised by Kidd for being consistent under pressure just that holder Steve Bird is not very consistent under pressure Bird took the snap and instead of placing the ball down got up rolled fright and tried to get into the end zone But Bird was dropped for a 4-yard loss The play however was not a fake as it appeared to most people in the stands just mishandled the said Bird was a good snap right where it should be I just get a hold of Another mistake it really said Kidd about miscue still scored after that to go That touchdown came on a 60-yard bomb from Isaac to David Booze with 55 seconds left But with a 29-24 lead Kidd sounded like a prophet again told them there was a lot of time left on See COLONELS Page E4 was Division II in 1975 and involved Western Kentucky against Northern Michigan the attendance was 11500 Then the scale was $6 $5 $4 and $1 for students into the game I think the price was too said Claussen costs were higher this time including the player banquet we put on at Sacramento Inn and which never had before That alone cost $4500 But our ticket price will be an issue when we hold our critique meeting probably late in January" JERRY MILES an ex-sports writer off the Pomona Progress-Bulletin was at Hughes Stadium in his capacity as director of championships for the NCAA with headquarters in Mission Kans just out of Kansas City Mo "Division I-AA should be and is a little better football than Division said Miles put more into their pro- See CONLIN Page E4 Thriller Saved 1-AA -clinched division title y-clinched playoff berth Siturdtj'i Results NY Jets 24 Miami 17 Chicago 14 Tampa Bay 13 flames Atlanta at Los Angeles Buffalo at San Francisco Cleveland at Cincinnati Denver at Seattle Green Bay at Detroit Kansas City at Baltimore Minnesota at Houston New England at New Orleans Oakland at NY Giants Philadelphia at Dallas Washington it St Louis Monday's Game Pittsburgh at San Diego Ind regular season FRO FOOTBALL -1 F-m Atlanta at Loo Angelas 5 10 12 WOMIN'I VOLLIYBALL 4 F-m Stanford at Umreraity ol Southern California Final NFL playoff spots to be settled today Monday E2-3 Pig Bowl draws interest from Oakland E6 Notre Dan Devine eyes Alabama coaching futureE8 Cornelius rewrites UOP scoring recordbook E12 Eastern Montana easily handles SSU Hornets E12 Warriors need late free throws to edge Dallas E13 TODAY RADIO MO FOOTBALL MO am Oakland at New York Giants KGMS (1380) KQO (110) FRO FOOTBALL 1230 Fwi Buffalo at San Francieco KFBK (1530) KMJ (580) KSFO (560) TBLIVISION FRO FOOTBALL 030 an Raider highlights! MO FOOTBALL 0i3O am NFL Today 12 FRO FOOTBALL 10 am Oakland at NY Giants 3 7R MO FOOTBALL 10 am Minnesota at Houston 10 12 FRO FOOTBALL MOW BOXINO woow 10 MO FOOTBALL 12:30 fm NFL Today 5 Bowl game preview 7 gridiron heart-throbber the opinion had substantially altered What was played Saturday at Hughes Stadium proved the ultimate in football excitement and made believers in Division I-AA out of the 8157 in attendance in the face of original hopes for 14000-15000 FRED CLAUSSEN president of Camellia Bowl Association said naturally disappointed a little bit in the attendance Our advance sale as of midnight Friday was 6972 which means we did only 1285 at the gate today no danger lose the game in 1981 because we have a two-year contract for the Division I-AA game and so try again But were our prices too Claussen shrugged his shoulders at the obvious question The scale this time was $750 for midfield seats $450 for end zone and $250 for students For the last previous Camellia Bowl which RADIO FRO FOOTBALL 0:00 am Pittsburgh at Data KFBK (1530) KMJ (580) KCBS (740) COLLIOI BASKITBALL 0 pm Seattle Pacific at UC Berkeley KGO (010) COLLIOI BASKITBALL 9 pm UC Dana at Fresno State KFBK (1530) (tape delay) TBLIVISION FRO FOOTBALL- fM Pittaburgh at San Diego 7 7R 13 Tbo Boo Is wot reoFonatWo lor Me ehangoo i by Bill Conlin Bee Sports Editor i ft.