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2lGv THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday September 26 1993 1TM No Artificial Ingredients The Food Section Every Wednesday (The Charlotte Golf School "Cure That Personalized Instructions for Beginners Intermediates Etcf 541-0445 COLLEGE FOOTBALL i Am football lore leaves players with no place to hide Fire and Ice shots- An NHL Showdown Tuesday September 28 Independence Arena 'a' tCHM CHECK INTO By STAN OLSON Staff Writer Joel Holliday is a freshman offensive tackle at Alabama He is being redshirted this season and has yet to play a down for the Crimson Tide No matter to those who worship it Holliday is already part of Alabama football go out on a date and four or five people might want your autograph or to say said Holliday who attended Daniel (SC) High near Clemson you go people know who you are and who you play for being redshirted and they still know my number Most schools nobody would even know who I was yet just love football University of Alabama football South Carolina fans get to see what all the hubbub is about Saturday when the defending national champion Crimson Tide brings its 27-game winning streak to Wil-liams-Brice Stadium to meet the Gamecocks in SEC play No 2 Alabama is the premier college football program in the premier college football league in America everything South Carolina fans hope their program will be someday The Crimson Tide has been playing football since 1892 and has compiled a record of 682-234-43 That is the third-high-est victory total in college football behind Michigan and Notre Dame Along the way the Tide has had 23 seasons of 10 or more wins (South Carolina has one) Alabama has collected 12 national titles And won more bowl games (25) than any other school Such continued excellence inspires the greatest loyalty borders on said Barry Allen of the Alabama sports information department here goes to church on Sunday and goes to see Alabama play on Saturday People will call national championship victory over Miami last season But Alabama football had strong tradition even before the Bear going back to 1925 when future cowboy movie star Johnny Mack Brown was a standout half back for the first national champion team and 1926 when Alabama became the first southern school to play in the Rose Bowl Wallace Wade later of Duke fame starred for the Tide as did former Clemson coach Frank Howard Bryant of course took the school to its football peak capping his career by winning more games (103) in the 1970s than any school has ever won in a decade Now Stallings has returned the Tide to that peak although a wrench was thrown into all that Bama football happiness Thursday when the NCAA announced it would investigate the program over allegations that former player Gene Jelks was paid to play The players are pretty much ignoring that and concentrating on South Carolina which is 0-8 against Alabama The Gamecocks got a first-hand look at Stallings program last season when they were buried 48-7 in Tuscaloosa Holliday who picked Alabama over nearby Clemson said his new team is proud of the winning streak pushed to 27 with thrashing of Louisiana Tech a lot of pride in the he said of course pressure all we hear about If Alabama was to lose a game the fans know what to think Talk about the team is simply everywhere you go said Holliday start playing Home before the games and half the time you even hear it once the fans start yelling" Alabama football in April trying to plan a September or November wedding asking what time the gonna kick off They know if their the same time as the game lose a lot of friends" The cornerstone of this loyalty of course was Paul Bryant who coached the Tide from 1958 through '82 winning six national titles and averaging more than nine wins a season Bryant died a decade ago but his shadow still hangs over Tuscaloosa and in fact all of Alabama live in Bryant said Holliday drive down Bryant Avenue to go to practice and I go by the Bryant Museum on the way 1 eat in the Bryant Dining Hall and I play at Bryant-Denny Stadium Anyone who ever coaches here is gonna be in the shadow of coach Current Alabama coach Gene Stallings has now added some of his own lore to the tradition spicing it with that Sugar Bowl TD passes All-Star Center Adam Oates Superstar Eric Lindros VS Charlotte Putting People In Touch Putting People Rising The ice will be hot as the five time NHL Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins take aim at the Philadelphia Flyers in a Wales Conference showdown miss this fast moving action packed battle as Bruins All-Stars Adam Oates Ray Bourque and Cam Neely face off against Eric Lindros and All-Star winger Mark Recchi Tickets also available at Independence Arena or the Charlotte Coliseum box office Tickets are priced at: $2750 $1500 and $1000 SELECT TRACK8RECORD BAR CAMELOT kfUBIC A SOUND SHOP (704) 522-6500 AT CALL-FOR-TIX Presented ltv rCSCn ICQ uy CALL NOW FOR ICE HOT NHL 3 Observer News Services KNOXVILLE Tenn Heath Shuler threw three touchdown passes as No 1 1 Tennessee rolled past Louisiana State 42-20 Saturday in SEC football Shuler threw touchdown passes of 8 yards to Cory Fleming 11 yards to Billy Williams and 24 yards to Craig Faulkner as the Volunteers (3-1 2-1) scored on four straight possessions around the halftime break to take control LSU is 1-3 1-2 in the SEC Shuler who grew up in Bryson City played two series in the second half and completed 13 of 19 passes for 166 yards Tennessee also got short touchdown runs from James Stewart and Aaron Hayden Benjie Shuler younger brother scored on a 9-yard pass from Jerry Colquitt Tennessee led 42-6 before Jamie Howard threw two touchdown passes to Brett Bech in the fourth quarter LSU Tenneaaee 3 3 0 7 14 14 7-42 FG Lalleur 33 Stewart 1 run (Becksvoort kick) FG Lafleur 47 Hayden 8 run (Becksvoort kick) Fleming 8 pass from HShuler (Becksvoort kick) Williams 11 pass from HShuler (Becksvoort kick) Faulkner 24 pass from HShuler (Becksvoort kick) BShuler 9 pass from Colquitt (Becksvoort kick) Bech 9 pass from Howard (Lafleur kick) Bech 16 pass from Howard (Lafleur kick) Att 95931 (at Tennessee) spark Vols No 2 Alabama 56 Louisiana Tech 3 At Birmingham Ala Sherman Williams ran for three touchdowns and David Palmer grabbed Brian Burgdorf passes for two more as the Crimson Tide overpowered the Bulldogs The Crimson Tide (4-0) extended the longest winning streak to 27 games while Tech (0-3) once again failed to score its first touchdown this season The Bulldogs have been out-scored 140-6 Quarterback Jay Barker got his 2 1 st straight victory as a starter but came out for good late in the first quarter Louisiana Tech Alabama 0 0 3 0-3 14 21 14 7-56 Williams 1 run (Proctor kick) Williams 3 run (Proctor kick) Donnelly 72 interception return (Proctor kick) Palmer 15 pass from Burgdorf (Proctor kick) Palmer 44 pass from Burgdorf (Proctor kick) Steger 13 run (Proctor kick) Malone 45 pass from Kitchens (Proctor kick) Boniol 42 FG Williams 2 run (Proctor kick) Att 83091 (at Alabama) LT Ala First downs 7 25 Rushes-yards 37-87 47-178 Passing 44 230 Return Yards 13 75 Comp-Att-Int 5-12-2 13-16-0 Punts 8-33 3-51 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-24 3-27 Time of Possession 28:57 31:03 INDIVIDUAL 8TATISTIC8 Louisiana Tech Redmon 19-64 Cooper 9-16 Thomas 5-16 Hill 1-3 Ferguson 3-minus 14 Alabama Williams 233-104 Steger 10-58 Anderson 2-13 Palmer 2-8 Moring 2-5 Niblett 14 Turner 2-3 Kitchens 2-minus 1 Barker 1-minus 8 Burgdorf 1-minus 8 Louisiana Tech Ferguson 5-12-2-44 Alabama Kitchens 5-5-0-102 Burgdorf 3-30-67 Barker 5-8-0-61 Louisiana Tech Cooper 3-17 Mackey 1-20 Mason 1-7 Alabama Palmer 4-96 Malone 1-45 Lee 2-23 Key 1-16 Hape 1-16 Lynch 2-14 Tony Johnson 1-12 Williams 1-6 Memphis State 6 Arkansas 0 At Little Rock Ark Joe Allison kicked first-half field goals of 37 and 35 yards and the offense committed one turnover in beating the Razorbacks The Tigers (2-2) had thrown six interceptions and lost four fumbles in the past two games both losses The only turnover Saturday was an interception at the 5 Arkansas (2-2) started every possession at least 72 yards from the goal and rarely was able to move the ball against a defense that was giving up an average of 432 yards per game The Razorbacks who were shut out for the first time since a 14-0 loss to Texas in 1987 fin- 3i -late Note: Florida and Vanderbilt did not play Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penaltles-Yards 6-45 5-47 Time of Possession 24:50 35: 10 INDIVIDUAL 8TATISTIC8 Georgia Davis 10-39 Harvey 5-12 Zeier 11-(minus 50) Mississippi Veasley 13-64 Smith 9-69 Courtney 12-38 Adams 11-36 Brown 3-21 Georgia Zeier 18-36-1-179 Thomas 0-1-0-0 Mississippi Adams 10-23-3-183 Georgia Bohannon 5-68 Hunter 5-45 German 3-25 Thomas 4-24 Graham 1-17 Mississippi Preston 3-105 Small 3-47 Thomas 2-23 Bailey 1-6 Courtney 1-2 No 25 Auburn 35 Southern Mississippi 24 At Auburn Ala James Bostic rushed for three touchdowns as the Tigers burned by a 17-point outburst in the third quarter rallied to give the Tigers their best start in five years Auburn (4-0) led 21-7 at halftime and appeared to be in control when Southern Miss a 15-point underdog stunned the home crowd of 83476 by scoring two touchdowns and a field goal in the first nine minutes of the third quarter to go ahead 24-21 The Tigers began a comeback of their own after coach Terry Bowden decided not to go for it on fourth and 1 at the Southern Miss 48 late in the third period The Auburn defense held and the offense got the ball back at mid-field after the Golden Eagles (1-2) punted 8 Mitiitsippi 7 0 17 0-24 Auburn 14 7 7 Brock 47 pass from Bentley (Lomoro kick) Bostic 3 run (Etheridge kick) Bostic 4 run (Etheridge kick) Davis 2 run (Etheridge kick) Owens 39 pass from Bentley (Lomoro kick) FG Lomoro 20 Jackson 11 Intarception return (Lomoro kick) Bailey 40 pass from White (Etheridge kick) Bostic 6 run (Etheridge kick) 83476 (at Auburn) U8M Aub First downs 9 21 Rushes-yards 30-145 55-261 Passing 158 158 Return Yards 54 64 Comp-Att-Int 6-23-1 12-22-1 Punts 6-47 6-51 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 6-2 Penaftws-Yards 3-35 4-52 Time of Possession 23:05 36:55 INDIVIDUAL 8TATI8TIC8 Mississippi Boyd 17-90 McGee 4-36 Jones 6-20 Auburn Bostic 25-116 McMilion 6-76 Davia 14-66 Mississippi Bentley 8-23-1-158 Auburn White 12-22-1-158 Mississippi Brock 3-64 Owens 2-50 Boyd 1-34 Auburn Sanders 5-79 Bailey 3-56 McMilion 1-15 RUSHING-LSU Johnson 14-70 Toomer 8-50 Williams 7-24 Tennessee Garner 9-76 Hayden 8-54 Stewart 12-52 HShuler 4-20 Williams 1-20 PASSING-LSU Howard 16-29-0-184 Loup 2-6-1-44 Tennessee HShuler 13-19-0-166 Colquitt 6-6-0-63 Helton 1-2-0-5 LSU HMI 5-47 Bech 3-41 Kennlson 3-37 Ray 3-36 Wilson 2-47 Tennessee Williams 5-49 Faulkner 4-80 BShuler 3-16 Stewart 2-31 Fleming 2-12 Mississippi 31 Georgia 14 At Oxford Miss Lawrence Adams whose three first-half interceptions helped keep Georgia in the game threw two touchdown passes and Abdul Jackson returned a fumble 47 yards for a score as Mississippi beat the Bulldogs Georgia (1-3) 0-3 in the SEC for the first time since 1956 turned two of the interceptions into scores but defense turned the tables on Bulldogs quarterback Eric Zeier Georgia Mississippi 3 11 7 10 0-14 7-31 FG Parkman 39 Small 15 pass from Adams (Grant kick) FG Parkman 27 Bohannon 23 pass from Zeier (Zeier pass) Preston 49 pass from Adams (Grant kick) FG Grant 27 Jackson 47 fumble return (Grant kick) Smith 43 run (Grant kick) 36000 (at Mississippi) Memphis St Spaulding 15-96 Martin 15-59 Patterson 15-53 Arkansas Malone 9-36 Johnson 10-32 Memphis St Matthews 11-21-1 144 Arkansas Lunney 9-25-1 107 Allan 0-1-0 0 Memphis St Cody 4-65 Arkansas Cotton 4-57 19 48-228 103 62 10-23-3 5 -29' First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts 26-1 179 47 18-39-1 8-35 CALL TODAY BEFORE YDU LOSE THE EDGp wril wwMSWiAiwi.