The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 1040

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Lewis crooned in the Orange Bowl Yes sir sweet dreams The time of day changed this morning but defense not as long as people like Lewis and Warren Sapp and Pat Riley and Kenny Holmes and Malcolm Pearson and all the rest keep PLEASE SEE POPE 8D Set your clocks back and move Hurricanes up a notch If they get a championship crack at Nebraska in the Orange Bowl it will be because of the fastest defense in college football It will also be because Ray Lewis who promised to become best linebacker ever seems to be making good on his promise The sailing sophomore from Lakeland pumped'in 17 tackles four pass break-ups an interception and half a sack as the Hurricanes hammered Virginia Tech 24-3 and hurried on through the Big East toward next biggest league date yet in the dome Syracuse will be Lewis EDWIN POPE SPORTS EDITOR Associated Press RUNNING WILD: Ki-Jana Carter rushed for four TDs as No 1 Penn State rolled past Ohio State 63-14 12D STATE SCHOOLS BETHUNE WINS Tony Kerrin threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Bethune-Cookman handed North Carolina its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference defeat 28-24 4D FT UPSET! LsJ RUN FOR THE ROSES Oregon erased a 9-0 halftime deficit and rallied for a 1 0-9 victory against No 11 Arizona that put the Pacific-10 Rose Bowl bid up for grabs 4D No 7 Texas needed a two-point conversion and Southern missed 43-yard field-goal attempt to salvage a 21-21 tie 12D ELSEWHERE AUBURN WINS AGAIN Stephen Davis rushed for a career-high 246 yards and scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns as No 4 Auburn extended its winning streak to 19 games with a 31-14 victory against Arkansas 10D defense scores three times most ever scoied by Florida against Georgia The 14 points were a season low gave out more defensive game balls tonight than we have since been Spurrier said felt if we played the whole ball game a little better than Georgia The victory also moved the Gators one step closer to the SEC East Division championship Wuerffel who replaced starter Terry PLEASESEE GATORS 10D By STEVE WYCHE Herald Sports Writer GAINESVILLE First it was Michael Gilmore Then it was Darren Hambnck James Bates got in the act as well The trio of Florida defenders stole the show Saturday night in the 52-14 Southeastern Conference pasting of visiting Georgia at Florida Field They stole it from soon to be out of the Heisman Trophy picture quarterback Eric Zeier returning two of his career-high four interceptions for touchdowns They stole it from their own quarterback Danny Wuerffel who staggered fWEEKSH Gilmore and Hambnck made high-light-film returns propelling the Gators into halftime with what proved to be an insurmountable lead Bates sealed inept performance by returning the second of his two third-quarter interceptions against the senior who entered the game as the NCAA leader in total offense The rout in the 72-year-old rivalry gave Florida its fifth straight victory over the Bulldogs (5-4 3-4) The 52 points were the after a dynamic first quarter 59-yard fumble return 89-yard interception return and nine-yard pick all for touchdowns put these three in the school record books Never before had the Gators (6-1 5-1) scored three defensive touchdowns think I had two interceptions before I had one said Bates a reserve inside linebacker pretty good in pass coverage and glad I got the chance this I The oranges fly in Nebraska sky Cornhuskers rip Colorado 24-7 a 7 ts J' Y' Duke dizzied by FSU 59-20 By GARY LONG Herald Sports Writer TALLAHASSEE Fred upstart Duke Blue Devils attended a clinic Saturday afternoon They got in touch with reality or more correctly got bludgeoned by it The reality is this-Florida State University owns Atlantic Coast Conference football lock stock and barrel and has no intention of relinquishing the keys to the vault No statistic better reveals FSU dominance a 59-20 rout of previously unbeaten Duke before 73899 at Doak Campbell Stadium than this one: At intermission offense had dizzied Blue Devils defenders for 434 yards of offense Duke managed only 45 And no words better reflect how dominating the Seminoles were in their record-breaking 22nd consecutive PLEASESEE FSU 5D ON THE AIR GAMES Dolphins at Patriots (4 pm Chs 4 5) Jim Lampley and Todd Christensen Chiefs at Bills (1 Chs 4 5) Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy Lions at Giants (1 Chs 612) Pat Summerall and John Madden Steelers at Cardinals (8 TNT) Gary Bender and Pat Haden DOLPHINS VS PATRIOTS slump: Dolphins kicker Pete Stoyanovich also started last year 8 for 12 in field-goal attempts which is why he giving up on this season fl second shot: The secondary is at full strength today unlike the first time it faced Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe Pro football report 6-7D 'l Tl No 1 Penn State and No 21 Ohio State The score came up on the screen 35-0 Penn State winning at halftime Dumas who led his team with 1 1 tackles shook his head and walked off No he said again The Cornhuskers still have Big Eight games remaining against Kansas and Oklahoma but barring a major upset they will be conference champions and clinch a berth in the Orange Bowl The 76 1 3 1 fans who sold out Memorial Stadium for a 200th consecutive time Saturday could feel it They thundered onto the field after the game carrying oranges in one hand and bowls in the other They threw some of the PLEASESEE NEBRASKA 3D By DAN LE BATARD Herald Sports Writer LINCOLN Neb Nebraska linebacker roy Dumas was done with the demolition He was showered and clean but the afternoon had left raw scratches on his knuckles and cuts on his palms It was perfectly symbolic when you think about it: An hour after the game and Nebraska still had the blood on its hands No 1 plain and Dumas said after his third-ranked Cornhuskers had bludgeoned second-ranked Colorado 24-7 not No I something is wrong and ridiculous Everybody who degraded us what can they say Behind Dumas a television was showing the game between Associated Press AIRBORNE: Kez McCorvey leaps over Ray Farmer to set up one of four Seminoles TDs in the second quarter.