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ii )'' 'Y'ArTT V'Tif-iiiL' mip-cr 'B a ORANGE BOWL 4D MONDAY JANUARY 2 1995 THE HERALD TOiffHTIgf have rough game -jesxjsu- I if sn 4 1 ft All-America honors on the same side as Sapp who was the Lombardi Award winner NOTEBOOK PENALTIES UM NEB TURNOVERS UM NEB 1 3 FIRST DOWNS UM NEB 14 20 Eagles Seahawks seeking Erickson? Alberts appears at game Former Nebraska star Trev Alberts the 1993 Butkus Award winner as the best linebacker in the nation came to the Orange Bowl Sunday for the first time a spectator just thinking about what those guys must be going through as they get taped up and said Albert a first-round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts in 1994 rather be in my hotel room sitting comfortably and watching the game on television But I knew I should be here getting butterflies and not even playing From Herald Staff and Wire Reports Two network television reports Sunday tied Miami Coach Dennis Erickson to NFL jobs but Hurricanes Athletic Director Paul Dee said he has no indication the coach plans to leave The Fox Network reported Erickson might be interested in vacancy if Dick Vermeil take the job NBC reported Erickson is No 1 choice for its job And Tom Hammond said that Erickson us he would listen to other offers after this Dee said no one asked him for permission to talk with Erickson and Erickson indicated he might leave he going to be talked to? I doubt that might Dee said know before he decides to do something he and I will talk about Dee said he plans to meet with Erickson this week about extending the contract which has six years remaining Erickson said Tuesday return to Miami next season PASSINGS YARDS RUSHING YARDS From Herald Staff Reports The FedEx Orange Bowl felt a little like the 1991 Cotton Bowl for the University of Miami which was penalized 1 6 times for 202 yards while beating Texas 46-3 No UM pike up 200 yards in penalties but at times the UM fans and even coaches felt the flags were flying high UM had 92 yards on I 1 penalties to 20 cn three Included in total were two offensive pass-interference calls that wiped out first downs in the first quarter Then there was the no-call on a play that would have given UM the ball With about five minutes left in the first half Brook Borringer completed a pass over the middle to Mark Gilman who appeared to fumble the ball Rohan Mar-lay recovered at the UM 45 The officials ruled the pass incomplete After the first pass-interference call which wiped out a 10-yard catch by Chria Jones on first possession UM Coach Dennis Erickson spent the entire 'TV timeout berating the officials who were from the Big Ten Conference i In the third quarter two calls sent UM screaming First the Hurricanes were penalized 15 yards for celebration after Jonathan 44-yard TD catdi Then after UM held Nebraska UM understand why there a flag when Jamnni German called for a fair catch on a punt and was hit by Grant Wistrom who rolled over on German at the UM 14 The referees corrected their biggest mistake of the night With Nebraska driving during the third quarter Berringer fumbled a handoff After a pileup the officials signaled Nebraska had retained possession much to the surprise of UM linebacker Jamea Burgess who was holding the ball far away from the play and had begun celebrating Officials reversed their call and gave ITT CUES! crarrsa zns possession to UM TheHeraltf How they scored FIRST QUARTER UM: FG Prewitt 44 Drive: 31 yards 10 plays Tima: 7 54 left Key plays: On third and five from UM 47 Costa passes to Teiiison for nine yards on third and five from Nebraska's 37 Costa passes to Chris Jones for 17 yards to the 20 UM 3 Nebraska 0 Jones 35 pass from Costa (Prewitt kick) Drive: 97 yards five plays Time: 04 Key plays: On second and 10 at UM's three Costa passes to German for 17 yards on the next play Costa passes 43 yards to Teiiison to Nebraska's 37 UM 10 Nebraska 0 Into the fire Mark and Brenda Benjamin had a double dose of abuse while in Miami Not only did they go to the Orange Bowl Sunday night they attended the Chiefs-Dol-phins playoff game Saturday dressed from head to toe in Husker red kept asking us do you even bother coming down said Mark 35 a general contractor from Kearney Neb dare answer Nancy Badura and her husband Claude kept asking the same question over and over The Baduras have been to six Orange Bowls but until Sunday they had never ended up smack in the middle of the south stands Canes country said Claude plant manager for a seed-corn company in Kearney going to hold a program in each hand to protect Not only was the offensive line the last group of Nebraska players to enter the field but the group got the loudest ovation from Cornhuskers fans who arrived early They were shouting Big more than two hours before kickoff Jones injured plays University of Miami running back Larry Jones had a freak accident Friday night but it prevent him from playing right shin was bandaged for the game to protect the scores of stitches needed to close a wound he opened when he stepped through a glass table It seems Jones went back to his apartment Friday evening to clean since his parents were coming to town from Gainesville Somehow Jones put his foot through the glass table Barrow: Sapp should go pro In a press conference in the next week UM defensive tackle Warren Sapp is expected to announce his decision about whether he will remain in school or turn pro Sapp who is a junior has confided in friends that he will go to the NFL but he has not said so publicly Barrow said before game that Sapp should go for the NFL Barrow said agents have called him this fall asking him to introduce them to Sapp has the opportunity to be a top-five Barrow said think he should capitalize on that Anytime you have an opportunity to better yourself financially I think you should do SECOND QUARTER Nebraska: Gilman 19-yard pass from Berrin- (Erstad kick) Drive: 40 yards five plays me: 749 left UM 10 Nebraska 7 THIRD QUARTER UM: Harris 44 pass from Costa Prewitt kick Drive: 78 yards five plays Time left: 13 19 ieft Key plays: Stewart breaks two tackles spins for 12 yards to UM's 40 on the next play Costa passes to Chambers for IS yards to Nebraska's 45 UM 17 Nebraska 7 Nebraska: Safety Costa sacked by Dwayne Harris in end zone Time: 11 35 ieft Key plays: UM was penalized for blocking below the waist and for a personal tool on the previous play moving the ball back to the UM three UM 17 Nebraska 9 FOURTH QUARTER Harris 1 Jones 1 German 3 Wimberly 2 Chambers 1 Ferguson 1 Among former Hurricanes players on the sideline for game were Mike Sullivan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Micheal Barrow of the Houston Oilers Ryan McNeil of the Detroit Lions and Bemie Kosar of the 44 35 22 18 14 3 4 44 35 17 13 14 3 -4 Green fl As expected Nebraska flipped guards Joel Wilks and Bren-den Stai for Sunday game in order to get Stai who received Nebraska: Schlesmger 15 run (Alford pass from Frazier) Drive: 40 yards two plays Time: 7 38 left Key play: Phillips runs 25 yards to 15 UM 17 Nebraska 17 Nebraska: Schlesmger 14 run (Sieler kick) Drive: 58 yards seven plays Tima: 2 46 left Key plays: On third and four from the Nebraska 48 Frazier scrambles for 25 yards to the UM 27 on third and three from the UM 20 Frazier keeps for six yards to the 14 Nebraska 24 UM 17 Attendance: 61753 SPORTS ON THE AIR ir i A i Gamble pays off I Sacks: Sapp 2-17 Lang 1-3 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 11 if- f'XHc'' Rushing Phillips Schlesmger Benmng Overall NBC does good job Passing Bernnger Receiving Muhammad Gilman Phillips Baui Holbein zzzJ No Yds Long TO 4 60 19 19 19 13 7 7 7 7 7 Individual MIAMI HURRICANES Solo Assist Total Leading tack tors Miles Veland Ellis Stewart Harris Colman Conneaty Jones Sacks: Harris 1 1 Conneaty 18 Dumas 1-5 Sour grapes Congratulations to Tom Osborne for winning a national title Even though your Big Ten officials gave you the game on a silver platter Brian Whitaker Carol City the Canes Doug Mozealous Miami Every call went against Miami They called nothing against Nebraska And coverage was so pro-Nebraska Wayne Hialeah JOE RIMKUS JR Herald Staff OVER THE TOP AC Teiiison completes a 43-yard pass play beating Nebraska cornerback Tyrone Williams Teiiison injury hurts UM i give great credit to Tom Osborne but this is the greatest national championship won by the referees Bob Ramos Kendall yi'uitiiii 11 I Good sports I think it was absolutely beautiful to see our Hurricanes playing in their stadium for a national championship Larry Zuckerman Aventura Miami vote is for Penn State as No 1 By BARRY JACKSON Herald Sports Writer NBC took a bit of a gamble by using its fifth-team NFL announcers Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth on Orange Bowl the only prime-time and most significant bowl game The results: Collinsworth proved worthy of the assignment but Hammond had some lapses on play-by-play and technical gaffes hampered final Orange Bowl telecast (The game shifts to CBS next year) NBC cameras missed a penalty call and were fooled by Nebraska fakes on several occasions there were a couple of mistakes with graphics and the network show the score enough even twice failing to superimpose it going to commercial an import tant viewer service But NBC to blame for one negative As is always thet case with games at the Orange Bowl the loud public address system was a distraction drowning out the announcers at times-' Collinsworth in his biggest NBC assignment provided gen- erally cogent analysis He pointed out early that Nebraska cornerback Barron Miles was1: defending too conservatively -and Miles was promptly beaten by Jammi German Collinsworth- also noted that the Nebraska cor-- nerbacks were no help in the middle of the Ace sideline reporter John Dockery also was alert to this saying he was by--1 single coverage on UM receivers Collinsworth took a jab at reputation for overly-ag-gressive play After Booker-Pickett sat briefly on a player he had tackled Collinsworth said: Miami Collin-- sworth would have been justified to criticize Pickett Hammond made a few mis-" takes although he corrected -some of them He give down and distance quickly enough after plays and too 1 referred to players only by their last name which enough considering UM has seven play- ers named Jones UM Coach Dennis Erickson came across as irritable After -Dockery asked him at halftime if penalties resulted from his play--ers losing concentration Erick- 1 son said 1 had the answer do Erickson then walked away like to get Dennis Erickson out of town You could send him to Seattle Charlotte any place looking for a coach they can have him Jim Smith Miami I i5! I Si Mark Pleskin State College Penn By MIKE PHILLIPS Herald Sports Writer Biggest play of the first half in the FedEx Orange Bowl? 1) AC 43-yard catch in traffic over the middle at the Nebraska 37 to highlight 97-yard TD drive that lifted the Canes to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter Close but wrong There was a bigger play i 1 A) Teiiison leaping high in the air and catching a 1 5-yard pass then spinning to the i ground and turning on his left shoulder The play was wiped out when Teiiison was penalized for offensive pass interference but the Hurricanes lost even more than the first down Teiiison got up grabbing his I left side and left the game with about 11:00 left in the half with a separated left shoulder Teiiison i Nebraska was able to control the line of scrimmage for four quarters and that was the difference Tom Osborne deserves kudos for keeping his team together even though they were down on home field Miami can no longer win bowl games even in the Orange Bowl Manuel Gallarbo Miami effort I believe this It was terrible coaching terrible quarterback play Incredible I believe Rubin Vildo Miami 1 I Lee Fineberg Coconut Grove l- "Vji 4 fc I A A ir Criticism for NBC NBC had the worst announcers Tom Hammond Cris Cot-linsworth They pulled for Nebraska Bill Thompkins Hialeah How about a playoff? I heard Coach Osborne's comments before the game about having playoffs and I really believe we should have Penn State playing in the Orange Bowl At least we would have a real winner Marian McClurtg Freemont Neb DAVID BERGMAN Herald Staff NO CATCH: AC Teiiison is penalized for offensive pass interference negating the catch Teiiison separated his shoulder on the play He left with 53 yards on two catches and left the Canes with a big hole in their offense Teiiison was designated go-to guy on the blitz and he responded with two big catches Not only did Teiiison a senior who had 16 receptions for 208 yards this season give UM the early momentum but when he left the game UM seemed to be groping for a go-to guy Stat of the night? With Teiiison in the lineup UM threw for 130 yards in the first quarter After Teiiison left Costa completed just two more passes in the first half for seven yards a one-yard disaster pass to Jammi German at the UM 1 1 and a six-yard pass to Chris Jones continued use of the one-back offense is disgusting Nebraska had the better scheme Frank Baque Kendall I guess you could feel better if you trash talk during the game Losing only it makes it look worse Kenny Krysko Miami Bad officiating The officiating was ridiculous We were thinking during the game they going to call any penalties in favor of Just to add an exclamation point replacement sophomore Marcus Wimberly killed a Hurricane drive just before halftime when he dropped a pass on a third-and-10 play to wipe out what would have been a first down ESI 5 ssszs Jk 4 ik Am dm A I jLAAfc ly fr" 04) nTrtiiLn itt-nfrhrfh ifri -i i.