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Section Page 24 Fort Worth Slcn-Telegram Sunday September 13 1992 SWC FOOTBALL No 12 Colorado leaves Baylor reeling 57-38 Second-quarter barrage keeps Bears mnless that "Nobody in the Southwest Conference has that kind of talent except Said Teaff: "I'm very disappointed I don't like being 0-2 I don't like losing at home I don't like having a lousy kicking game I don't like giving up 57 points And I don't like losing to Colorado coach Bill McCartney who we've always played well against" The 57 points were the most scored against the Bears in Waco since a 57-0 loss to Texas in 1914 (following a record 77-0 to Texas loss in 1913) but Teaff said he was encouraged at least that the Bears came back in the second half "When you've gotten yourself in a situation like we did in the second quarter when all of a sudden boom boom boom they've got you reeling you have to come to a decision "If you don't fight back then you will never be a football team And these people fought back and that says something for them It doesn't give you any 'moral victory' or mean a hill of beans to most people but it says something" The day began to turn ominous for the Bears when after a quick fumble recovery Joe overthrew a wide-open receiver and Baylor had to settle fora field goal "We got three and I thought we were in pretty good shape" Joe said And indeed the Bears were until Stewart had time to look over theirdefense "Everything was open" Stewart said Soon he marched Colorado 80 yards to a permanent lead Then in the second quarter Baylor disintegrated After a field goal Stewart capped a 57-yard drive by tossing an alley-oop to 6-foot-1 Charles Johnson who went over the back of 5-10 Michael McFarland to make the catch Next a committee of Buffs chased Joe into his end zone and a I 1 'Mi' 'V la -hi f- Fon Worth Sur-Tcktram BEATRICE TERRAZAS Colorado's Deon Figures leaps over teammate Dwayne Davis during the fourth quarter By Whit Canning Eon Worth Stir-Telegram WACO Sitting in the catacombs beneath Floyd Casey Stadium Grant TeafT assumed the aspect of the famed archaeologist searching for the remains of a mythical beast "There's a good football team in here somewhere" he said glancing around hopefully "We just have to find it" Unfortunately the team Baylor trotted out to meet 12th-ranked Colorado yesterday looked a lot like a sitting duck and by day's end it was indeed shot full of holes as the Buffs rolled to a 57-38 victory in a game that began to resemble your average Saturday in the Western Athletic Conference When it was over the teams had combined for 95 points and 880 yards which is a bit misleading since the Bears (0-2) trailed 33-3 at one point and Colorado (2-0) played the entire second half with its backup quarterback The starter Kordell Stewart hit 16 of 17 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns before retiring at halftime with a "mid-foot sprain" It turned out to be the Bears' best defensive ploy of the game Not that it brought any sort of salvation Backup Duke Tobin threw for an additional 154 yards and stretched the lead back to comfortable proportions after Baylor had chopped it to 36-24 with four minutes remaining in the third quarter That surge came through a succession of bombs from JJ Joe whose six completions were worth 262 yards But after a 26-point Colorado explosion in the second quarter the Bears were never in this one "They just came out here on our home turf and took it from us" said Joe who opened in a 1 -for-12 funk and finished with six hits in 20 tries "They showed everyone why they're ranked No 1 2" The good news he announced is 1i I 7 i A 2Li FonWorthSlar-TclfgramMARK GaIL daylight in the Mustangs' 28-14 Defensive stand lifts SMUto 28-14 win safety was ruled when he frantically flung the ball away After the ensuing kick Stewart moved the Buffs 46 yards to a 26-3 lead Unable to move Baylor punted and it took Stewart one play a 52-yard shot to Michael Westbrook 1 1 catches 1 86 yards) to make it 33-3 Notes At least one Baylor student was probably happy with the outcome Marie McCartney a camera operator with KWTX-TV in Waco who is Bill McCartney's son After averaging 437 yards per completion Joe said "I think we would have been better off if our medium game had worked a little better since we only hit 6 of 20 The 95 total points was the most scored in Floyd Casey Stadium topping the previous high of 77 in a 56-21 victory against TCU in 1983 Baylor was held below 100 yards rushing for the first time since the 1989 Rice game Colorado Baylor 26 3 7 14 fG Weir 28 Col Fauna 7 passfrom Stewart (Bloltiaux kick) FGBIomau50 Johnson 35 pass from Stewart (Blottiaui kick) Col Safety Joe grounding end lone Warren 1 run iBtomaui kick) Col Westbrook 62 pass from Stewart (Bloltiaux kick) Bay MimsBOpassfromJoelWeirkicki Strait 5 run We kick) FGBkmaui28 Bonner 33 pass from Joe IWr kick) Warren 4 run (Bwmaux kick) Warren 14run (Blottiaui kick) Bay McFarland 46 interception return Strait run) Col Leomm 39 pass from Tobin Bkniau kick) Bay Miller 30 pass from Joe (pass failed) 34202 Team statistics Cd 25 43-130 405 58 26-32-1 1-61 4-2 11-101 38:40 Bay 10 31 83 262 46 6-200 639 2-1 8-55 21:10 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts FumWes-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession Individual statistics Rushing Colorado Warren 1 9-4 1 Stewart 4-43 9-26 Tobm 8-6 Phillips 3-14 Baylor Mens 4-22 Strait 8-13 Joe 12-17 Jack son Mlewis 3-9 Bel 3-18 Passing Colorado Stewart 16-17-0-251 Tobm 10-15-1-154 Baylor Joe 6-20262 Receiving Westbrook 1 1-186 Fauna 4-32 Carruth 3-52 Johnson 1-35 Mnchel 1-9 Warren 2-32 Cunningham 1-9 Leomrti2-46 Baylor Bonner 2-75Miller 2-62Mims1-80McKen2ie1-25 Dykes road back tors tell him he'll recover completely "After surgery" he added "Dr Bert Zarins was even more sure I'll be able to return It was good to hear that" That's about the only good news Dykes has gotten the last few months In July his doctors and trainers felt he'd recovered enough from last year's knee fracture to participate in a light preseason workout but then it happened again: "I stepped and threw the ball When I landed it broke right in two again" Doctors opened the knee by peeling apart the old stitches reattached torn tendons and put what was left of the kneecap back together The operation had Dykes hobbling around on crutches at first but now he's able to limp unassisted He says it hurts only when he tries strenuous exercise The adversity didn't end with the injury Last month while Dykes was still on crutches three men with guns entered his house and held him up his brother and three others one of whom was 6 years old "They asked for money but I don't keep a lot of cash on me" Dykes recalled "Then one guy said 'Where's your I told him They took necklaces bracelets and earrings and my BMW "I've never been so scared in my whole life" the beefy football player added "You hear how you can knock the gun away or run but when it actually happens everything stops your life is in someone else's hands who can end it" As a igh school senior he was the nation's most sought-after football player pursued by major league baseball scouts and eyed by basketball recruiters He ended up at Oklahoma State catching footballs and pitching baseballs That's also when his troubles began Oklahoma State wanted Dykes so badly that it violated NCAA recruiting rules to land him which landed the football program a three-year probation and put Dykes in the awkward position of pointing fingers at recruiters there and elsewhere in return for the NCAA's promise of limited immunity By David Boclajr Fori Worth Sur-Telefram DALLAS North Texas saw its opportunity to change the football game After three quarters of clinging to SMU's shirttail the Eagles finally were poised for their moment Trailing 21-14 and facing a fourth-and-oneon theSMU 1 1 with 15 minutes remaining UNT decided not to kick the field goal Quarterback Mitch Maher handed off to Terrance Brown who had the option of going up the middle or bouncing outside But before he could blink SMU middle linebacker Bill Kiely laid him out The Mustangs' offense responded with a 1 3-play drive that exhausted more than six minutes Kevin Shep-ard capped it with a 1-yard dive for his second touchdown of the day sealing SMU's 28-14 victory before 1 0200 at Ownby Stadium "I don't ever remember coaching a game where one play meant so much" UNT coach Dennis Parker said "After that their offense didn't do so much to move the ball as our defense suffered a letdown" Parker said he lacked confidence in his team's ability to convert a field goal The Eagles (1-1) were using a backup snapper on kicks because Mike Kale who regularly handles that task was ruled ineligible Friday Questionable execution already had resulted in near-blocks on both extra points North Texaa SMU 14 7 0 7 Wolf 6 pass from Fretairger Anderson kick) Sampson 3 run (Oef ekce kick) SMU Berry 65 pass from Flantgan (Anderson luckj ford 6 pass from Maher IDeFakce kick) SMU Snepard 1 run (Anderson kick) SMU Shepard 1 run (Anderson kick) Patriots' faces long By Larry Tye Boston Globe SUGAR LAND The promising young wide receiver sits ensconced on a couch one leg resting on the floor the way it should the other awkwardly stretched to the side A pink scar line criss-crosses his knee fora full 4 inches patching the place where a third of the kneecap has been surgically excised A wire attached to a waist-level control box periodically transmits electric pulses that make the muscles around his knee jerk upward as if they are trying to push through his skin He's been this way for a while but this weekend it's even harder to handle While he's here deep in the heart of Texas his teammates are warming up for their season opener 1 500 miles away in Anaheim Calif It's a game he was counting on playing in to redeem himself but he'll now have to watch on a friend's satellite TV Welcome to the star-crossed world of the Patriots' Hart Lee Dykes It's a world where leg lifts stationary bike rides and massages have replaced scrimmages and sprints executing patterns and grabbing passes Where long empty days offer too much time to contemplate back-to-back knee injuries bar brawls and armed break-ins And where given all that has gone wrong Dykes often wonders whether the battle is still worth it "Sometimes I say that maybe if I'd played baseball instead maybe I wouldn't have had all this happen to me" the 6-foot-4-inch 214-pound receiver said in an interview at his home Friday the first time since he refractured his knee in July that he has felt up to publicly discussing his troubles "But this is what I do these are things I have to suffer through and I think in the end it will be worth it "I think somewhere down the line I'll be able to look back and say these things really changed me made me stronger" What about reports that his latest injury is career-ending? They're way off the mark Dykes insisted pointing to how his knee already is healing and how his doc- i pm SMU's Kevin Shepard searches for victory against North Texas more passing yards than UNT Quarterbacks Freiburger and freshman Ramon Flanigan who played only three series before spraining a thumb combined for 22 completions in 34 attempts for 337 yards and two touchdowns Notes It was a rough day for running 'backs Sampson suffered a separated shoulder late in the second quarter but played two more series before sitting out the entire second half SMU 1000-yard hopeful Ron-gea Hill left the game in the first half after suffering a sprained ankle SMU free safety Cary Brabham intercepted two passes for the first The fourth-down play failed because of a missed block "If you think I'd come back and second-guess myself now you'd be stupid" Parker said "We work all week on the play we think will work on fourth-and-short I'd run Terrance Brown right up the middle again only this time I'd have the line block it" On SMU's winning touchdown drive it appeared UNT had stopped the Mustangs With SMU facing third down at the Eagles' 5-yard line the UNT defense had its chance Cornerback Greg Matthews intercepted Dan Freiburger's pass intended for John De Voss in the end zone apparently maintaining the seven-point spread and giving the offense another shot However a late flag was thrown on Bryan Davidson who was guarding another SMU receiver nearby The call was holding which nullified the interception and gave SMU a first down at the 2 Shepard iced things two plays later "It was a really really late flag" Matthews said "I thought it was a terrible call" Parker said "It looked to me like it came after the interception when the play was already dead" However it happened this was a game SMU 1 -1 needed to win As a member of Division I-AA UNT has 30 fewer scholarship players than the Mustangs And it was one SMU wanted to win In 1990 the Eagles stunted the growth of the second-year rebuil ing plan with a 14-7 victory And it had been 10 games and more than two years since the Mustangs won at home "Our players couldn't wait for the game to be over so they could celebrate" SMU coach Tom Rossley said "Kiely made the play That was the difference in winning or losing the game" On paper UNT looked every bit SMU's equal The Mustangs had minimal edges in first downs (two) and total yards (86) The Eagles led in time of possession sacks (6-1) and turnovers forced (3-2) SMU's Run-and-Shoot offense as expected rolled up a great deal 10200 Team statistics UNT SMU First downs 22 24 Rushes-yards 45-185 34-72 Passing 138 337 Return Yards 44 00 Comp-Att-lm 13-30-2 22-34-1 Punts 5-172 5-197 fumbles-lost 00 2-2 Penalties-Yards 30-41 11-106 Tme of Possession 30:41 29:19 Individual statistics time in his career "Last year I had a lot of opportunities for interceptions and didn't come up with the big plays" he said "I would break up passes" SMU plays its first road game of the season next week at New Mexico which spoiled Pat Sullivan's debut for TCU last week UNT plays at Southwest Missouri State SMU receiver Jason Wolf extended his streak to 33 consecutive games with at least one pass reception Twenty-four penalties were called on the two teams for 2 1 9 combined yards North Texas failed to convert on third down in nine tries 4 Rushing UNT Sampson 10-53 Brown 12-53 Maher 10-45 White 10-32 SMU Shepard 17-64 Hill 7-22 Flemaan4-11 Passing UNT Maher 13-30-2 138 SMU Freiburger 129-1 251 Flanioan 3-5-0 86 UNT Ford 4-6 7 0 Brown 3-40 Gray 2-15 High 2-12 SMU Berry 6-130 Beard 4-78 Wilson 4-51 DeVoss2-32.