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(the Charlotte Observer Sunday November 16 1986 Section Clemson Settles For Tie With Terps ACC Title By GLENN ROLLINS Staff Wrifar BALTIMORE Playing for a tie was the heroic thing to do Saturday as David 21-yard field goal with two seconds left gave Clemson a 17-17 college football tie with Maryland and the Tigers the ACC championship The Tigers (5-1-1 ACC 7-2-1) trailed the Terrapins (1-3-1 4-5-1) by 17-14 when they took over at their 8 after a punt with seven minutes one second to play Tiger coach Danny Ford from his exiled perch in the press box not far from spot soccer-style kick ACC championship the first for Clemson since 1982 Indeed But the Tigers ranked No 15 trudged off the field with their bodies sagging think I have any feelings right said tailback Terrence Flagler the ACC's leading rusher who was held to 32 yards on 15 carries later but not right Quarterback Rodney Williams who said he had to audible off a planned option on the play before the tying field goal his also-exiled Maryland counterpart Bobby Ross knew that NC State had beaten Duke (29-15) to end its ACC season with a 5-2 conference record He also knew North Carolina had beaten Virginia (27-7) and could finish with a 5-2 mark with a win over Duke next week So after Clemson had geared up its offense for a hammer-and-chlsel drive from its 8 to the Maryland 4 Ford knew what he wanted when a second-down pass from Rodney Williams skipped off a diving Terrance fingertips in the end zone with five seconds left Field goal David snap Todd slumped on a chair expressionless come all the way up here to he said if everybody seems a little down why But we did come here to win the ACC and what remember in time" Ford said he knew a victory would keep his team in the corner of several major eyes "We might have hurt ourselves on some bowls but I think still in the pictures on several of them The championship is the main thing Three New Day bowls had rep-See CLEMSON Page IOC Bowl Matchup Set No 1 Miami (Fla and No 3 Penn State the nation's only unbeaten and untied major-college football teams will play for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl on the night of Jan 2 Miami coach Jimmy Johnson told The Associated Press Saturday night that are not finalized but it looks like we're going to play Penn State tor the national championship The Top 20 Page8C Muggsy: Sorensen Bogues Most Respected In Vole Of Peers By KEVIN QUIRK Staff Wrlltr Everywhere Wake Tyrone Bogues goes respect follows Even casual basketball followers who could never recite scoring averages can tell you Bogues's height At 5-3 he is the smallest player in college basketball His inspiring example of a basketball player overcoming a physical disadvantage has become an international wonder In Spain fans at last World Championships called Bogues chespa which translates to black spark" In the ACC he now can answer to the name most respected player Bogues is the winner of a most respected player poll conducted by The Observer of 20 fellow ACC basketball players representing all eight teams Each player contacted was asked to name the ACC player he most respected Bogues was named by five voters Tommy Amaker finished second with four votes and Georgia Tom Hammonds and North Joe Wolf each earned three votes Voters were instructed to select a most respected player with these criteria: How well he plays how much he contributes to his team how well he handles himself on the court his sportsmanship his ability to rise above odds and what kind of person he appeared to be on and off the court No one was allowed to vote for a player on his own team The panel included mostly juniors and seniors with a few younger players familiar with the ACC and opponents on other teams The ACC basketball season begins Friday and Saturday and in the last several months news of many ACC players has not been the kind that merits respect and admiration Drug scandals Arrests Suspensions Eights But the poll indicated several returning ACC playeis have earned great respect from their peers not only for their tab nt and ability but also for their determination sportsmanship and treatment of fellow players And no one gets more respect than Bogues Wake senior point guard Bogues shocked many college basketball experts by rising above his size to earn a regular position early in his career And last season despite the 8-21 finish and winless ACT record he was one of the most effective performers Bogues averaged 1 1 3 points and led the ACC in assists steals and minutes played Offensively he was involved in 46 of his team's scoring Defensively his ballhawking and harassing are feared by all Here's a sampling of what other ACC players See BOGUES Page 7C Men In A Glass Booth Spend Painful Day BALTIMORE After giving his football team a pregame talk Clemson football coach Danny Ford got on the wrong elevator and made a wrong turn He might never have found the press box in ancient Memorial Stadium Saturday except that he ran into Maryland football coach Bobby Ross who had just finished talking to his team Ford followed Ross to the press box and they walked in side-by-side three minutes 51 seconds before their teams began play Surrounded by a seven -coach entourage Ford walked to the visiting booth in the Memorial Stadium press box He ignored the CBS reporter who tried to interview him on the way Ford wore a brown sport coat brown pants white shirt and Clemson orange sweater Ross and his entourage went to the home booth about 20 yards from Ford Ross wore a Maryland sweatshirt and dark pants With him were four assistants At no time in an NCAA football game have the head coaches of both teams sat in the press box Ford and Ross would have preferred not to make history but the ACC had banned them from standing on the sidelines with their teams Ford was being punished for running onto the field and screaming at officials last season against Maryland Ross was being punished for grabbing an official earlier this season after a loss to North Carolina Neither liked the experience as both emphasized after the teams had played to a 17-17 tie "You will never catch me sitting in the press box said Ford they ask me again I think just stay Said Ross: "I like it A head coach belongs on the In a sense both were bare since neither was surrounded by his team They live in glass houses but they worked in glass booths and press box spectators could see everything they did Late in the first half Ross got mad at an call and yelled so loudly he could be heard through the glass in the adjoining room He wore one set of headphones when his team had the ball another when it did not He was tight wired and pained When something good happened to his team he would make a small 360-degree turn But he cut loose once When his team scored to go ahead 16-14 he thrust his left arm and left index finger in the air Ford sat then stood usually with his face an inch from the window The booth was closet-small eight coaches and two folding metal chairs Ford took notes on his press box credential a four-inch piece of thick orange paper On the table in front of Ford was a pack of Marlboro cigarettes and a Clemson lighter On the door was a sign: Late in the game though the conversations in the booth became public The coaches got loud and excited and you could hear them through the glass With 10 seconds left Clemson trailed 17-14 and had the ball on the Maryland 4 The Tigers did not have any time-outs They had time for two plays one if they score or stop See 2 COACHES Page 10C Collegc Basketball f86-87 The Observer previews the college basketball season in the Carolinas in a special section today Section Tyrone nickname evokes image of tough-guy gangsters Fenner Gains 328 Yards To Lead Tar Heel Win NC State Topples Duke Duke fumbles a school-record nine times losing six Saturday as the Blue Devils fall to State 29-15 The Woltpack improves to 7-2-1 keeping bowl hopes alive Page 10C Minnesota Stuns Michigan Minnesota kicker Chip Lohmiller's 30-yard field goal on the final play stuns second-ranked Michigan 20-17 Saturday snapping the Wolverine's unbeaten streak at 15 games Page 8C Waltrip-Johnson Era Ends Darrell Waltrip will drive for Junior Johnson for the last time today in the Western 500 at Riverside Calif and he admits it might be hard to keep from crying at the end of the race win or lose Page 6C Observer Sets I OK Itaees Kor Men Women By STAN OLSON StH Wrlltr The 1987 Observer Marathon races will include separate and women's 10000 meter (10K) races for the first time was getting a little crowded with everyone in one race" said race coordinator Do Fleck Last year more than 4000 runners started the 10K and 2725 men and 703 women finished This race is Saturday Jan 3 The 10K will begin at 8 40 a followed by the Marathon at 9 am and the Women's 10K at 9 20 a A Fun Run Walk will be held at 815 a See Page I5C sonal goal by surpassing 1000 yards rushing for the season With one game left he has 1206 yards North Carolina (4-2 ACC 6-3-1) also got a boost from its defense which had given up 30 or more points in each of the last five games The Cavaliers (2-4 3-7) managed only 48 yards rushing on 40 carries you look at the conditions today the rain and wet grounds you had to run the football said North Carolina coach Dick Crum did a really good job been working to get better I just hope we can keep him going in the same rushing total moved him past another North Carolina See FENNER Page IOC By LEONARD LA YE Seorti Editor CHAPEL HILL Tailback Derrick Fenner rambled through the mud and porous defense for an ACC-record 328 rushing yards Saturday helping North Carolina to a 27-7 college football victory over the Cavaliers Fenner a 6-4 sophomore from Oxon Hill Md was held out of the starting lineup after twice being late for practice during the week But after he made his first appearance on the Tar third possession he quickly established himself and a North Carolina ground game that produced 451 yards He spiced the performance with two touchdowns on runs of 73 and 68 yards and achieved a per East Meek Captures Cross-Country Title By JOE POSNANSKI Special Cermpondevrt East Mecklenburg won the NC 4A crosscountry championship Saturday at McAlpine-Green-way Park led by third-place finisher Jimmy Brown the boys' 4A most valuable runner North Forsyth's Lee Tuttle won the individual 4A title His first-place finish led North Forsyth to second place in the team standings Conditions were less than ideal as mud filled the See EAST MECK Page I3C INSIDE Carolinas 2C NFL 4-5C Motorsports 6-7C NHL 14C NBA 14C Outdoors 15-16C ScorePhone 379-6535.