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4 4 If IP 6B )12 1984 FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM I SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 1984 Late score lifts Oklahoma State Oklahoma State's eighth-ranked defense and were shut out for the first time in any half this season And even though they had the football for just 1:42 in the third quarter they managed to take a 14- 13 lead on halfback Quinton Lewis' 24-yard pass to Chris Wade and a 57- yard bomb from quarterback Mike Hold to Ira Hillary Oklahoma St 7 6 0 8-21 Carolina 0 0 14 0-14 Thomas I run (Roach kick I 6 pass from Thomas (kick failed) Wade 21 pass from 0 Lewis (Hagler kick 51 PaSS from Hold (Hagler kick) 25 Pass from Huger (Harris Pass from HIMPr) A-82138 TEAM STATISTICS titr'ff 1 454 (:) 0 SI I wit' 4 I 4 14 447: I i 14 NIlie ft i 4 4 I ::1:: 1 T'S 1:: 4 1' A i 4 4Z ftvi 0 Yl 4e 4 4k I 4" 1 I 12 1 l' 1A 0411 1 fk 1 l'i( 01" 'N' 4 41- sikkor 1-4 it 1 i-r i ii e4P 4 I 4 i l' 4 i -1: ii 0 1 --7ek' 4 i' Itir a (II i 10 a a Jones get Coach ii )fri's441i A 'k7mo 77771k 4:1 ifc LAI1011A STATE Cat victory ride his de aft ''''''ess OK Cowboys defeated South Carolina 21714 Fnday night Associated Press OKLAHOMA STATE Coach Pat Jones gets a victory ride after his Co boys defeated South Carolina 21 -14 Friday night "I'm still proud of our players' accomplishments and I think they learned a lot from tonight's game We are going to have to be a better team down the stretch We didn't play as well as expected and every time we got going we hurt ourselves' The winning touchdown capped an 83-yard drive in 11 plays with Hilger completing six-of-eight passes for 75 yards including a 13-yarder to Hanna on fourth-and-6 from the South Carolina 49 After an incomplete pass freshman Thurman Thomas who rushed for 155 yards on 32 carries picked up Hager and Ilanna hooked up for the game-winner on the next play Oklahoma State thoroughly dominated the first half and took a 13-0 lead on Thomas' 1-yard run in the first period and his 6-yard pass to Hilger in the second quarter But the Cowboys had to come from behind after South Carolina scored twice in the third period despite less than two minutes of possession time The Gamecocks whose offense was the nation's ninth best during the regular season were held to just 71 yards in the first two periods by We were obviously going for it Rusty Hilger held his poise and Barry Hanna has worked so hard in his career that it couldn't have happened to a better pair of players" Hanna a 6-foot-2 232-pound senior caught Hilger's pass at the Carolina 21 evaded a would-be tackler and was hit at the 8-yard line but dragged three defenders into the end zone "Barry Ilanna is that type of person said Jones "If it can be done any physical way possible then it will be done Iles a gutsy gutsy tough player" Ilanna caught 27 passes for 293 yards during the regular season but is better known for his blocking "It couldn't have come at a better time" Ilanna said "We needed it and I delivered Rusty executed real well The offensive line was great all night and Rusty led us 'right through" "Oklahoma State has fine personnel and deserved to win the ball game" South Carolina Coach Joe Morrison said "We hurt ourselves too much especially in the first half and for the first time were not able to overcome them OSU Sc 21 15 43-165 42-104 211 194 34 3 25-42 1 8 21 1 515 7-42 2 0 63 3 21 5-38 3428 2532 OSU 21 41165 211 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS St Thomas 32155 Hilger 74 Timmons I-2 Zachary 12 Crawford 2-2 South Carolina 01ewis 6-36 Hold 18-33 Dandy 13-20- 202 RBrown 3-3 St Hilger 24-411-205 Thomas I-1-0-6 South Carolina Hold 1-29 Oiewis 1-1-0-24 St Hanna 8-92 is 3-33 Werner 3-24 Thomas 3-3 Harris 2-I8 Zachary 2-16 Riley 2-9 Crawford 1-10 Hilger South Carolina Hillary 2-75 Poole 1-4S Wade I-24 Corley 1-I6 Dandy I- leBacon 1-12 RBrown 1-8 1 Like Dangerfield i Coogs feel they get no respect si Tt 4 -41t471771 tis 'i fA 1ttiti lot-'-' ''t-': l' ri '7' tr4 Nrti i je -i-44t-A 'v: k0 iretx4k 1 '0 1'1 1: 'i 00E41! ::::::::1 il 11 1 A 14: 44 ht i 1 )1o 44114 :::::::1 II 7 4 H's 1 1 ri i 477A 1 114 By HERSCHEL NISSENSON Associated Press JACKSONVILLE Fla Pat Jones has been the head coach at Oklahoma State for less than seven months On Friday night the Cowboys made it a year to remember Tight end Barry Hanna who hadn't scored since 1982 turned Rusty Hilger's short pass into a dramatic 23-yard touchdown play with 1-1)4 remaining lifting the ninth-ranked Cowboys to a 21-14 victory over No 7 South Carolina in the GaOr Bowl and making them the first team in the school's 83-year football history to win 10 games in a season is only one team in 83 years to win 10 games at Oklahoma State Awl it's us This team is very deservlog It's a great great feeling" said Jones who took over in early June then Jimmy Johnson went to the Ilniversity of Miami The late comeback by Oklahoma Sate 10-2 prevented South Caroline also 10-2 from winning for the first time in six bowl games "When we took over the ball on tie last drive I told them that it was fpur downs all the way" Jones said 4 (Wacker 'fs chip 'cP harnD By MIKE JONES A Star-Telegram Writer HOUSTON TCU Coach Jim Wacker has further distinguished his success story of 1984 by winning acow chip-throwing contest during competition at a Bluebonnet Bowl party for the Horned Frogs and West Virginia University On his first try Wacker flipped a alp into a trash can some 25 feet ay and was presented with a Golden Pattie trophy said Wacker smugly offensive tackle Steve Page further distinguished the Frogs by defeating 6-7 290-pound Mountaineer counterpart Brian Jozwiak in' a jalapeno-eating contest Jozwiak said be was tricked into entering the contest by teammate and rOomie Jack Keslar no small lad himself at 64 291 friend" snorted Jozwiak who naturally had never before eaten one of the succulent peppers and hopes to never again The furor in Dallas over the disparaging words supposedly being said about Cotton Bowl representative Houston made front-page news here Friday in the Houston Post above a story concerning the new happy hour drinking ban Asked to judge the mood of the team Frog safety Byron Linwood Friday said "Scrappy" Coaches have been pleased with the in-tensity in workouts Virginia offensive players Friday said the TCU defense from films appears to have more team speed than any opponent they've fared all season TCU players compared WVU quarterback Kevin White to Baylor quarterback Tom lqueeke "He has a very quick release" said Frog cornerback Sean Thomas One of the local sports sections Friday featured a page-one color picture of 1985 Miss Texas and Bluebonnet Bowl queen Laura Herring sitting on the knee and running her fingers through the hair of TCU nose guard Kent Tramel while the Frogs gathered around in the background Tramel's face was the same shade of red as Miss Texas' dress Ps in the Cotton Bowl Jan 1 Not Houston Instead when the smoke cleared Houston had earned the honors by beating Texas and SMU What's wrong with Houston's image? One ABC official once de- dared: "Houston's national TV appeal would rate behind the Roadrunnerin the Nielsen ratings" All the media hype about Boston College and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie causes McMillian to sizzle just a bit: "Not only will Boston College be playing on New Year's Day but also the University of Houston" said McMillian "We get all the hype about Flutie the Heisman Trophy winner But come Jan 1 it will be our defense against Boston College's offense and that's what we have have to focus in on We will have to just play an overall good football game in order to win" The oddsmakers don't think Houston can do it Houston is unranked nationally and a touchdown underdog to Boston College "They don't want us here anyway yet they have to write something about us and most of the time it's negative" said McMillian McMillian bristled when quizzed about the columnist who tagged the Star-TelegramJERRY HOEFER WEST VIRGINIA Coach Don Nehlen gathers his thoughts during a recent workout in the Astrodome By DICK MOORE Star-Telegram Vriter DALLAS University of Houston Cougars can symphatize with Rodney Dangerfield the comedian who laments his lack of respect In their nine years asa member of the Southwest Conference they are making their fourth trip to the Cotton Bowl That's more times than the University of Texas Or SMU or Baylor Yet they can't gain any respect for their achievements "Although we are representing the Southwest Conference no one still wants to give us our respect that's due" says Houston free safety Audrey McMillian "We played the same conference teams that were on their schedules" "I didn't even know that up North they thought of us as a basketball school" said a puzzled Bryant Winn senior linebackerand a tri-captain "Here we are representing the Southwest Conference and people don't understand that They just don't realize how closea team we are to have won the Southwest Conference" said of fensive guard Ray Rogers The fact is everyone thought it would be either the University of Texas TCU or SMU that would land BC tackle West VirginiaQB having erratic year ble-looking blocking front "And we beat some good teams" he pointed out "But in a couple of games the offense did go flat We all feel like Kevin has done a great job For the most part we've been able to control the ball against most teams and score enough (to win)" To be sure ball control will be West Virginia's plan of attack against the Horned Frogs on New Year's Eve It has become obvious by comments from the Mountaineer players that the one TCH name recognizable in their part of the country as well is All-American running back Kenneth Davis "Our offensive strategy is to keep their offense off the ield" admitted Jozwiak "If Kenneth Davis is on the sidelines he can't score any points" Indeed the West Virginia offense will bear a share of the defense's load in trying to slow the Frogs' explosive veer attack "We know we have to score some points to win the ball game" said White "We're going to try and score as many as we can We can't depend on our defense to win this game And we all know that" ka at the time give-money to members of the Cornhusker football team Brown's mother was offered free plane trips from her home in California to Nebraska to watch her son play and brown's season tickets for Nebraska games would be sold and he would be given the money Osborne denied all of Brown's charges in New Orleans recalls problems Cougars as cockroaches Texas Coach Darrell Royal once stuck that label on TCU after the Frogs upset his No 1 and unbeaten 1961 Longhorns 6-0 Two years later TCU beat Texas again and Royal's words came back to haunt him as the Frog players chirped: "Tell Darrell the cockroaches are back" "To compare a group of athletes to cockroaches is' definitely a racistA statement" suggested McMillian I "I try not to look at it as a racist statement" countered Winn "I loot at it like it's just a way to get footbal players mad at the media and give ui something to talk about something to upset us before the NOTES The Boston College book store has sold more than $400000 in Flutie and Cotton Bowl-related clothing The Dallas Cowboys' Gil Brandt watched Boston College's practice Friday4 His primary focus was on Flutie "I'd love to have him on our team" Brandt said "People in this country are starved for heroes and he's a hero" Defensive lineman Turner of Houston thinks everyone is overlooking two very good running backs for Boston College Steven Straehan and Troy Stradford "I like being the underdog" said Houston center Todd Schoppe pie know who we are We have created a lot of pressure on us" he said "Since we have been winning the recruiting has been great Boston College has a great future" Boston College is looking for its first bowl victory after losing to Auburn in the Tangerine Bowl two years ago and to Notre Dame by a point in the icy Liberty Bowl last year "We weren't serious enough about Auburn But last year we didn't get to practice a time outside because of the weather That hurt us" said McDonald Boston College has had two outdoor practices in Dallas already "We had our Tuesday practice today" said McDonald about Friday's workout explaining that this isn't a normal Saturday game "It was pretty hot this morning and it was humid But that helped us Houston has a lot of good running backs and we need to be in good condition" spotlight team at Beaumont West Brook started 4-4 before he rallied them to eight straight undefeated weeks and a Class 5A title-game triumph over LD Bell "Landry I thought was the greatest high school player at that position I'd ever seen in my coaching career" said Bell Coach Tim Edwards Ilanded playoff exposure Landry went to the top of both SMU's and Houston's -recruit list He chose Houston because "They seemed like my best chance to play" Yeoman likes Landry's ability for sure but quietly he confesses he's adored the way Landry has spat in the eye cif a royal and ancient Uli fumblesHouston had 37 turnovers in its first eight games of 1983 only one in the final three games with Landry running the offense That deserves some attention But Gerald Landry Brand to you Cotton Bowl quarterback consumers would rather see neither comparisons nor spotlights this busy week "I admire him because for his size he's made great strides" Landry said allowing himself one IIeismanic reflection "People really respect him "That's all anybody really wants just respect" a By DICK MOORE easy to win when you have a winStarTelegram Writer ning tradition like the Texas LongDALLAS Boston College of fen- horns sive tackle Mark McDonald can viv- "But then the kids didn't get along idly remember rive years ago as a together And you must have a good freshman "when we weren't think- working relationship with other ing about bowls or anything else people on the squad like we do now especially the Cotton Bowl" And you don't get sour if someone It was the year before present else makes All-American and you Coach Jack Bicknell was hired don'tt "I'm glad I was recruited then for "Doug? Ile deserves everything I might not have been now with the he McDonald said of quarter-outstanding recruits we are get- back Doug Flutie ting" McDonald said with a laugh Surprisingly McDonid thought "We did have a lot of problems" the turnaround for Boston College McDonald said before Bicknell's ar- began at College Station three years rival "I can remember wondering ago when Boston College upset Tex- why I was there I didn't dare speak as MAL to a senior "That was Coach Jackie Sherrill's "Now we areal! here in it together first year He had been beating Bosbecause that is the way Coach Bick- ton College like a drum when he was nell wants it The freshmen aren't at Pittsburgh left out when they travel with us "They (the Aggies) didn't know "I certainly didn't walk into a who we were and we surprised ning situation at Boston College The them team had been down for years It's "Now there are no surprises Pen "That was Coach Jackie Sherrill's first year He had been beating Boston College like a drum when he was at Pittsburgh "They (the Aggiesi didn't know who we were and we surprised them Continued from Page I quarterback who had done as much as Jeff Hostetler had done Sometimes the fans and the coaches too expect more of you in a situation like that "But the players and most of the fans have made it easier for me than it might look" White's plight is apt illustration of some of the frustration experienced by the West Virginia offense as a unit Like the defense of Bluebonnet Bowl opponent TCU the Mountaineer offense has often played seco nd-f id dle to a gambling counterpart that has proven to be the strength of this West Virginia team Though the statistics are acceptable a 303-yard total offense average equally balanced between the passing and running games only against West Virginia's first two opponents (Ohio and Louisville) and the woeful Pitt Panthers have offensive sparks flown "We played some good teams" said junior offensive tackle Brian Jozwiak at 6-7 and 290 pounds understandably the leader of a formida examiner since 1976 that Brown was truthful regarding allegations he made against Osborne The statement was received by messenger on the examining company's letterhead but attempts to contact the company Friday night were unsuccessful Among those allegations were Brown observed Osborne an assistant coach to Bob Devaney at Nebras Osborne accuser passes polygraph test Landry happy to shun Associated Press 'Los ANGELES Former Southerp California offensive lineman Booker Brown who earlier this week accused Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne of several recruiting violatibnS in 1972 passed a polygraph test Friday according to a signed statenient from an examiner The statement said it was the opinlOn of Robert Austina polygraph "Gerald wasn't nervous at all" Cougar receiver Kevin Johnson said "I knew Gerald would be a good quarterback It's like when you meet a girl and you see her eye-to-eye and hey!" No Houston freshman had ever started at quarterback when Landry opened against TCU in '83 and passed for 275 yards and a 28-21 victory Yet he's been Yeoman's No 1 since Somehow he helped lift the Cougars from the 'rubble of their loss to Louisville and get them to the Cotton Bowl He helped them to survive a bewitching day in Lubbock even though he had six stitches on the index finger of his throwing hand Gerald Blandry you see had caught the finger in a door naturally trying to hold it open for a teammate Another similar resurrection in fact helped get Landry where he is today His senior-season high school 9 rr7-rim -7771' f( GI 1 1 1 1 nneTALt 41 Continued from Page 1 Bowl "1 don't want to be no hero" When the Southwest Conference media hit town last summer on their annual tour Landry was a conspicuous no-show When his arm was twisted into sitting before the Cotton Bowl cameras Friday Landry mostly blushed and kept it to 25 words or less "You want me to be truthful?" he asked his ring of interrogators "I'd rather be doing something else" No one said of course: that a quarterback even a Yeoman one needs a Walter Camp-quality set of vocal cords own his own tuxedo and be on a first-name basis with Brent Musburger But the Cougars had sifted through six quarterbacks in four seasons prior to 1981 Lionel Wilson crumbled underthe load of a losing season Audrey McMillian found a saner more successful career on defense Five games into the '83 season Landry peeked his freshman head inside a Ull game huddle for the first time "We wondered about him when he first came in" said guard Ray Rogers "You can tell if a guy is nervous in the huddle or if he doesn't know if these guys are going to block for him a o' 74 '170140N 47:: College --1 :7 T- 1- 4 '4 44'' "4 41-Crtrv 1 1 Star 0L: 0: i119: ot gazers GALYN GIL MIKE WHIT JOHN ri WILKINS LeBRETON JONES CANNING STURBIN SEASON fAST WEEK 247400 'Aloha Bowl Iiiiti plus 112 vs Notre Dame SMU Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Mail of Fame Game ')(entucky plus 312 vs Wisconsin Kentucky Wisconsin Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky poloch Bowl purdue plus 212 vs Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia -r Virginia Bluebonnet Bowl iiest Virginia plus 4 vs ICU ICU ICU TCU ICU ICU Bowl ouston plus 4 vs Boston College Boston College Boston-College Houston Houston Boston College fittsta Bowl UCLA plus 6 vs Miami-Fla Miami Miami Miami Miami floe Bowl 13outhern Cal plus 4 vs Ohio State Ohio State Ohio Stale Ohio State Ohio State Southern Cal ugar Bowl LSU plus 7'4 vs Nebraska Nebraska LSU LSU LSU Nebraska Orange Bowl Washington plus 612 vs Oklahoma Washington Washington Washington Washington Oklahoma iELECTIOiS BASED ON POINT SPREAD AT LEFT-10 DitERMINedo-RiE -PICKS--iliD PO TililDiCA TED SCORES.