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rr rr 1 1 'j' iriv -i -i 11 9 1 BOWLS EXTRA PART 2: UM HUMBLED BY ALABAMA IN SUGAR BOWL ID GAME Florida (7-4) vs Grambling (9-2) in the Heritage Bowl 2 pm in Tallahassee (8 pm tape delay on BET cable network) aTs lit SUGAR Alabama Miami ORANGE Florida State Nebraska BLOCKBUSTER COTTON CITRUS ROSE Michigan Washington FIESTA Syracuse Colorado HALL OF FAME Tennessee 38 Boston College 23 34 13 27 14 Stanford 24 Penn State 3 Notre Dame 28 Texas N'V 3 Georgia 21 Ohio State 14 38 31 26 22 SECTION SATURDAY JANUARY 2 1993 iuu dfoiffiami Herald FSU streaks'' as Nebraska skids' Seminoles i tradition win i OB 27-14 BASKETBALL NEXT FOR CHARLIE WARD 6C OSBORNE BLAMES THREE MISTAKES 6C LIKELY FSU FINALE FOR MARVIN JONES 7C A STEADY TELECAST BY NBC 8C By GARY LONG Herald Sports Writer History repeats itself And repeats itself And repeats itself Florida State University: Bowl flash and flair Nebraska: Bowl fodder Bobby Seminoles extended an unparalleled postseason record Friday night with a soggy 27-14 victory over the gritty but overmatched Comhuskers in the 59th annual Federal Express Orange Bowl before 57324 Quarterback Charlie Ward fired two first-half touchdown passes in a Most Valuable Player performance Then a monsoon struck as the second half began turned FSU conservative and elevated tailback Sean Jackson to co-star 1 1-yard TD burst midway through the third quarter padded the lead to 27-7 and all but assured an eighth consecutive bowl triumph for FSU and a sixth straight bowl loss for Nebraska He rushed for 101 yards caught four Ward passes for 61 yards and even hit Ward with a crossfield throw-back pass for 28 yards in a busy night The victory capped third-ranked third 11-1 season in the past six and a sixth consecutive PLEASE SEE ORANGE 8C Seminoles super Huskers horrible Tradition prevailed at the Orange Bowl Classic Friday night Nebraska laid an egg Florida State excelled Final: FSU 27 Nebraska 14 It would have been worse if a monsoon rain in the second half slowed down FSU who took a 20-0 lead in the second quarter and appeared on way to a rout It matter that it never materialize At no point did it seem Nebraska could win These two could play a million times and doubtful if the result would be different Nebraska still pass and when the Comhuskers play a defense as good as they run very well either Every year Nebraska compiles awesome rushing PLEASESEE RUBIN 7C DAVID WALTERS Miami Herald Staff ALMOST: Tamarick Vanover takes off on what appears to be a 91-yard TD run in the first quarter but he steps out of bounds after gaining 24 A stroke of Genius Walsh Stanford whip Penn State 24-3 For Stanford it was a fitting finale for first season back in college coaching He was last at Stanford for two seasons in 1977-78 and after his 10 years and three Super Bowl victories with the San Francisco 49ers (1979-88) he spent three seasons as a broadcast analyst for NBC Evidently it served him well victory was its 10th of the season the first time it has hit double digits in the victory column since 1940 The Cardinal finished 10-3 It also was seventh victory in a college or pro postseason finale in which he has had extended time to prepare He was 3-0 in Super Bowls 3-0 in college bowls and 1-0 in the Pro Bowl in all been a great year for Walsh said think be one of the stronger programs in the PLEASESEE BLOCKBUSTER 4C By ROBERT LOHRER Herald Sports Writer Blockbuster Bowl 3 turned out to be the game that produced no leading men and no single award-winning performances Instead it was an entire cast of Stanford defensive players mixed with offensive nuance that helped Stanford roll up a 24-3 victory Friday over Penn State The Cardinal out-prepared outplayed and outlasted the Nit-tany Lions in the 81-degree heat and sunshine of Joe Robbie Stadium It also turned out that the subplot The Genius (Bill Walsh) vs The Legend (Joe Patemo) was no box-office smash The bowl game which soon will begin searching for a replacement title sponsor sold 52044 tickets and announced an attendance of 45554 What those fans and a national television audience saw was a game dominated by 45554 IS SMALLEST CROWD 4C CBS HASN'T LOST TOUCH 4C PERFECT ENDING 5C GENIUS OUTSHINES LEGEND 5C defense which allowed Penn State only 263 yards think anyone who saw this game can say it was a Stanford linebacker Tom Williams said was one of those days where everything went It also was one of those rare days when Penn State (7-5) score a touchdown In fact it was the first time the Nit-tany Lions failed to do so in more than two full seasons going back to a 9-0 victory over Alabama in 1990 offense keep the Patemo said catch the ball well We throw the ball well We thought be able to run the ball and we do WALT M1CHOT Miami Herald Staff CHILL BILL: Stanford safety John Lynch who doubles as a Marlins pitcher shows his perfect delivery by drenching Coach Bill Walsh Lynch was drenched himself from the heat Story Page 5C.