The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 36

i 1 1 i i A HR SUNDAY JANUARY 2 1994 4UD THE MIAMI HERALD ORANGE BOWL FLORIDA STATE 18 NEBRASKA 16 NOTES HIGHLIGHTS Close game Trumpy spice up telecast TIME OF POSSESSION FSU Nebraska 27:03 32:57 i ir ship On Nebraska's third drive Trumpy questioned the play-calling is trying to be a little he said Tommie Frazier completed 47 percent of his passes this year Why have him roll Late in the first quarter Trumpy asked it safe to say Ward has a Heisman headache? He is not performing up to his standards This has hardly been a national championship performance by either Trumpy in the second quarter: have no idea what FSU is doing They are getting a little too fancy and getting away from what they normally Although Enberg has made some mistakes in his Dolphins assignments this year he remains one of the best in the industry because of his warmth and mastery of the language Saturday his call was nearly flawless Basically this was all NBC could have hoped for By BARRY JACKSON Herald Sports Writer What a wonderful past few months this has been for NBC Sports The network signed long-term deals with the NFL and NBA acquired big-league baseball this Super Bowl and the 1996 Summer Olympics and got to televise a Florida State-Notre Dame matchup that was the highest-rated regular-season college football telecast since 1981 And Saturday NBC got another dose of good fortune: An Orange Bowl that was expected to be one-sided proved so compelling and dramatic that the ratings should be terrific A competitive game plus a fine performance by No 1 NFL team including announcers Dick Enbcrg and Bob Trumpy made it a thoroughly successful evening for NBC NBC took the correct approach by concentrating on the head coaches whose pursuit of a national title was one of the biggest stories NBC repeatedly gave us reaction shots from Bobby Bowden and Individual FSU Rushing Floyd Dunn Att Yds Avg Long TO 3 0 0 24 RUSHING YARDS FSU 47 183 How they scored SECOND QUARTER FSU: FG Bentley 34 Time: 7:54 left Drive: 63 yards 10 plays Key plays: Ward passes 31 yards to Knox on second and nine from FSU 21 and pass interference against Nebraska's Reece on third and six from Nebraska 34 pro vides first down at 19 FSU 3 Nebraska 0 Nebraska: Baui 34 pass from Frazier (Ben netl kick) Time: 5:59 left Drive: 64 yards six plays Key play: Frazier passes 25 yards to Johnson on third and 17 from Nebraska 42 Nebraska 7 FSU 3 FSU: FG Bentley 25 Time: 0:22 left Drive: 71 yards nine plays Key play: Ward passes 14 yards to Vanover on second and seven from Nebraska 21 and roughmg-the-passer penalty tackson nine yards Nebraska 7 FSU 6 THIRD QUARTER FSU: Ftoyd 1 run (pass failed) Time: 12:50 left Drive: 67 yards seven plays Key play: Ward posses 41 yards to Knox on first and 10 from Nebraska FSU 12 Nebraska 7 FSU: FG Bentley 39 Time: 3:06 left Drive: 66 yards eight plays Key play: Floyd runs 34 yards on second and 10 from FSU's 12 FSU 15 Nebraska 7 FOURTH QUARTER Nebraska: Phillips 12 run (run failed) Time: 14:55 left Drive: 73 yards seven plays Key play: Frazier passes 15 yards to Dixon on third and six from Nebraska 31 FSU IS Nebraska 13 Nebraska: FG Bennetf 27 Time: 13:45 left Drive: 71 yards nine plays Nebraska 16 FSU 15 FSU: FG Bentley 22 Time: :21 left Drive: 60 yards eight piays FSU II Nebraska 16 Attendance: 81536 Team Passing Ward Receiving Vanover 6 Knox 5 McCorvey 5 Frier Ounn Floyd Punting Liss Kickoff returns Vanover Riley Interceptions Abraham Coes Leading tackfers Coes Nance Horner Roberson Abraham 5 Sacks: McIntosh 14 No Yds Long TD Terry Bowden: Give me replays By SCOTT FOWLER And SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN Herald Sports Writers Auburn Coach Terry Bowden was in the Orange Bowl stands Saturday night to watch his father Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden try to win his first national championship And Terry wasn't happy about being there at all rather be back at the hotel watching the game on TV to tell you the Terry Bowden said "I just get nervous here what my brother Tommy offensive coordinator has done he wants to see all the instant replays what I would have done too but I had to bring some people here so I had to come You know for a coach the excitement of being at a game really there The only thing that really gets you excited is winning" Bobby and Tommy Bowden are tentatively scheduled to appear on The Today Show Monday morning Then they will begin recruiting against each other "My dad is staying in town here in Miami to make three or four recruiting visits Terry Bowden said trying to figure out what players he wants in the state of Florida and then try to go out and get the rest of them There are so many here that he get them all" Keeping coach safe Florida Highway Patrolman Billy Smith has been the entire game-day security force for Bobby Bowden since 1976 when Bowden arrived at FSU In all that time Smith has missed only one FSU game "That was for my daughter's Smith said "I gave her an FSU schedule with the open dates circled but it didn't quite work Smith obviously has a bunch of experience monitoring Bowden's moods He said the FSU coach has been tighter than ever before this week "I've heard all his stories and his speeches about this not being life or death for him and true I Smith said before the game believe me this is awfully important to him He really needs to get people off his Field in top shape One thing the Federal Express O- i lge Bowl loser shouldn't be a to blame for its loss is the fir condition Stadium Manager fi'i ix Cruz said the grass was in great shape "Much better than last year because we were able to work a lot longer on said Cruz an alumnus of Nebraska where the Huskers play on artificial turf "This year we had a big cold spell with bad rain that would make for a big mess of Last year it poured the day before the game and through the game itself Hey big spenders the way Richard Magin an Orange Bowl concessionaire develops his game-day allegiances: Whichever team sells the most souvenirs is the one for which he roots Saturday's winner souvenir-wise? "Nebraska without a Magin said people are spending more money a lot more The FSU fans already have their shirts and hats Go Big Red! Magin shouted to a group of FSU fans who walked away at his explanation "If you guys want to win you better start buying Florida State fans seeing much red Saturday in and around the Orange Bowl But most Nebraska fans as always were being well-mannered and friendly in their reaction toward the avalanche of garnet and gold "We're what I call professional fans" said Ed Page of Overland Park Kan "We give a lot of respect to the other people We come to have fun and we give Huskers fan Andy Kesinger NEBRASKA Rushing Att Frazier 14 Phillips 13 Jones 9 Makovicka 2 Benning 5 Dixon 1 Passing Com Frazier 13 Receiving Bell Dixon 3 Johnson Baul Muhammad Jones Punting Bennett Punt returns Moss Dixon Kickoff returns Benning Miles Leading tackle rs Wfliiams 8 1 Miles 8 0 Wright 4 2 Anderson 4 1 Conneally 3 2 Sacks: Alberts 3-29 Heyne 17 Reece 1-3 TV REVIEW Tom Osborne candor was one of the reasons he got No 1 NFL analyst job when Bill Walsh left for Stanford in 1992 Saturday Trumpy spiced the broadcast with criticism and strong opinions: He questioned why Bowden had quarterback Charlie Ward take the snap under center on first series rather than operating out of the shotgun It absolutely nothing and you put your Hcis-man Trophy winner in Trumpy said Sideline reporter OJ Simpson noted that FSU wanted to sec what defense Nebraska would play when Ward lined up under center a total lack of respect for Trumpy responded understand it 1 want you to come up with the last coach who gave up a series in a national champion No help from refs The referees were absolutely horrendous Nebraska buy a call if they paid for it Nebraska didn't get any help from the referees JOE GONZALEZ Miami Sharing the title FSU won but they should split the national championship with Notre Dame because all the undefeated teams lost today TONY VALENTINE Carol City Nogambling Bobby Bowden has proven again that a scared man can't gamble They played them entirely too close SHARON WILLIAMS Miami CATCH THIS: Former Hialeah Miami Lakes star Richard Coes (16) nails Abdul Muhammad on a first-half flea flicker pass that fell incomplete Muhammad was injured on the play as forgiving been giving me a hard Kesinger said soon as I see the chop I start singing the Notre Dame fight Osborne recruiting Coach Tom Osborne is scheduled to leave from Miami International Airport today at noon But he be returning to Nebraska Osborne and inside linebackers assistant Kevin Steele are doing a recruiting trip through the South The Nebraska players will leave throughout the day to go back to their homes until the winter term resumes in two weeks The Cornhuskers went to a 7:15 pm movie New Eve new western I never heard of and said Nebraska sports information director Chris Anderson They ICROWECOUNT went back to the Sheraton Bal Harbour Resort had a snack and were in bed by 11:30 The Florida jinx Big Eight champions have met Florida teams in the Orange Bowl five times since 1988 losing four times through the 1993 game Keith Tribble executive director of the Orange Bowl Committee said he concerned that the dominance might help dissuade the Big Eight from reaffiliating with the Orange Bowl The OB Committee's contract with the Big Eight expires after next game a Big Eight team can beat a Florida team in the Orange Bowl is not Tribble said important thing is to have a product that is sellable to the South Florida community year in and year Day bowl games Seminoles still No 1 I feel FSU is number one A lot of the mix-ups Saturday night with (Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward had a lot to do with the burden of being put on the spot of No 1 1 feel that winning the Heisman Trophy has put a lot of pressure on him DANIEL TROCH North Miami A double dose FSU should be playing Auburn or West Virginia We beat Nebraska last year and we beat them again DEREK HENDRICKS Miami Definitely Seminoles I think FSU is national champion The way West Virginia got spanked I think FSU GABE HERNANDEZ Miami Like clockwork FSU one time FSU all the time FSU national champs DON DONATELLIE Seneca Lake Ohio Split is fair an FSU fan but I think it's a no-brainer that the title should be split between Notre Dame and Florida State It would only be fair to both teams BILLY RIVERA Pembroke Pines Ward is the key I want to remind everybody how last year every time Charlie Ward would drop back to pass all of that tension we used to feel This year awesome I think FSU should definitely get the national championship SUSAN PGYO Miami A look at the announced attendance figures for the nine New Year's Iftnr TW".