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6-7 after losing 71-66 to Santa Clara in the consolation game of the Cable Car Classic College basketball Page 9D Tech tumbles again: Slumping Georgia Tech is 6-7 after losing I Complete listings on Page 4D I 4 Tar Heels end season with a flourish Smallest crowd in Carquest Bowl history Pirates' Liberty Bowl win makes strong statement A thrill: Virginia uses a big play to win the Peach Bowl 102D BY RICK DORSEY STAFF WRITEP The victory over Stanford provides a big boost to the program players coaches and future of East Carolina football anymore" Not in South Florida a region known for its sports fickleness The Carquest or "Carcass" as one person dubbed it never found its niche this past week competing against the Dolphins Panthers Heat and the Orange and Fiesta bowls for attention Carolina ended up selling just 4500 of its 9000 allotted tickets Too bad because UNC played perhaps its most complete game of the season THE ASSOCIATED PRESS be about 20000 people in attendance with the two schools' bands and the halftime performers counting for about 1500 It was the smallest crowd in the CarquestBlockbuster history Attendance has fallen dramatically each year after the inaugural game between Florida State and Penn State Still "we couldn't have asked for a better game" said Keyna Cory the bowl's chairwoman "I think people saw the clouds and thought they could just watch it on TV Sellout crowds just aren't popular pendent program looked discouraging Flash forward and East Carolina finishes 1995 with a 9-3 record capped by a 19-13 victory over Stanford on Saturday in the Liberty Bowl The Pirates who now have their own television contract with ESPN are looking ahead "You cannot expect to be in the Top 25" tight end Scott Richards said "I think we can play with anybody in the country What we did makes a statement and that will carry over to next year" East Carolina coach Steve Logan said feel we are as healthy as any college SEE ECU PAGE 2D Fiesta time: Some lesser-known players may have a say 103D Going home: John Blake returns to Oklahoma as coach 1003D MIAMI North Carolina's 20-10 Carquest Bowl win over No 24 Arkansas Saturday night was exciting and fulfilling despite the fact it took place before a glaringly small crowd There were a sea of empty orange seats at 75000-seat Joe Robbie Stadium Bowl officials announced a crowd of 34428 but they must have been counting by twos A more accurate estimate would MEMPHIS Tenn A year ago East Carolina crept away from the Liberty Bowl a 30-0 loser determined to gain respect The school had been snubbed when the Conference USA sent out invitations for its new league The future for the inde 1: 1 II 6 i' 1 10 SEE UNC PAGE 2D MAKING A SPLASH IN THE NFL PLAYOFFS Impostor anted 2nd chance to play Today's bowl games The Californian now 30 used an assumed name to in the Texas Longhorns because he loves football says a woman who claims to be his sista OUTBACK BOWL1111 Tampa Flo 11 am ESPN 74'' 15 Penn State (8-3) kstl at 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4 It 41) Amgmmo4wooilMNNIIIIIIIII)ik Jacksonville Fla 12:30 pm NBC 4314 23 Clemson (8-3) 1 4 4 i 1 vs Syracuse (8-3) Line: Tigers by 212 FROM WIRE REPORTS NEW ORLEANS A woman claiming to be the sister of the Texas football player who skipped town amid allegations he was playing under an assumed name says Ron Weaver pulled the scam because he loves the game "He is not writing a book" Bonita Money said Sunday in a telephone interview from the hotel where the Long horns are staying "He did this because he loves football and wanted a second chance to play" 1 Weaver 30 enrolled at Texas I in Augrust tmder the name Joel Ron McKelvey Texas officials said he was a highly recruited player after two standout sea- sons at Los Angeles Pierce Ai 4 Community College Among the schools bidding for his services A were Texas Brigham Young and San Diego State Ron Weaver Texas officials began investibegan the scam gating his true identity after the while attending scam was revealed by the Cali-junior college fornian newspaper in Salinas Calif Weaver and left New Orleans without notifying the team which lost to Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl 28-10 on Sunday night In all Weaver has played seven seasons of college football in the past 10 years: two at Peninsula Community College (1986-87) two at Sacramento State a Division IAA school (1988-89) two at Los Angeles Pierce College (1993-94) and one at Texas (1995) SWC commissioner Kyle said he had conferred with Texas officials and that the league office would assist if needed in investigating the incident Under NCAA rules schools that use an ineligible player can be forced to forfeit those games McKelvey played in 11 games for 'Ixas making four tackles as a reserve defensive back and special-teams player But Kallander said "I don't see how they can hold SEE IMPOSTOR PAGE 2D Dallas 1:30 pm CBS 7 Colorado (9-2) 71:41 vs 12 Oregon (9-2) Line: Buffaloes by 612 Jb 110S110 Pasadena Calif 5 pm ABC (473 Northwestern (101) vs 17 USC 4111or4 (8-2-1) 14'''1'44'1 Line: yTrojans by 3 Miami 8 pm CBS 6 Notre Dame (9-2) N4110L vs 8 Florida St (9-2) Line: Seminoles by 1012 Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren experiences the chill of victory late in the Packers' 37-20 win over Atlanta THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Tech hooks Texas Defense Still help Hokies win lOth straight game Colts eliminate Chargers Packers move past Falcons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Na report 1105D TIOCA NFL PLAYOFFS Green Bay 37 Atlanta 20 Indianapolis 15 Son Diego 20 Saturday's games (Jan 6) Buffalo at Pittsburgh 12:30 (NBC) Green Bay at San Francisco 4 (Fox) Sunday's games (Jan 7) Philadelphia at Dallas 12:30 (Fox) Indianapolis at Kansas City 4 (NBC) FROM WIRE REPORTS I There won't be a Super Bowl sequel for (likeiSan Diego Chargers 1 Thelndianapulis Colts made sure of that 1 eliminating the defending AFC chtlinpions15-20 theINIFC gaite Gtten Bay defeated '1 Att vi all -20 add earned a shot at defend- )'0 )frig Super Bowl champion San Francisco The'Colts' victory atc Diego was their 'first playoff win since 1971 when the fran- Chise was in Baltithore and Johnny Unitas 'Was the quarterback Indianapolis running back Zack Crockett who didn't gain a single yard in the regular season stepped into the lineup after Marshall Faulk was injured and set left in the first half It was more of the same in the second half With Virginia Tech leading 14-10 late in the third period Still caught a 54-yard touchdown pass from Jim Druckenmiller and the Ho Ides were never threatened The Hokies 10th in the nation in total defense No 5 in scoring defense and No 1 against the rush nationally wound up holding the Longhorns (10-2-1) to just 226 yards "We played a great overall game defensively against a great offense" Tech coach Frank Beamer said Shon Mitchell who had 1099 yards for Texas this season rushed for 57 yards on 11 carries Ricky Williams who gained 990 this year had 62 yards on 12 carries Virginia Tech scored its final touchdown with 5:06 left when Cornell Brown picked up SEE SUOMI PAGE 2D NEW ORLEANS Virginia Tech a Sugar Bowl participant by default blitzed Texas into submission and rode two long touchdowns by Bryan Still to a 28-10 victory Sunday night It was the 10th consecutive victory for No Vas Techaid8 13 Virginia Tech (10-2) co- champion of the Big East Texasial0 with Miami Tech secured the bowl berth when Miami dropped out of consideration because of NCAA sanctions No 9 Texas led 10-7 at intermission But the Ho Ides who sacked Longhorns quarterback James Brown five times while forcing three interceptions were in complete control throughout the second half The momentum changed dramatically when Still returned a punt 60 yards with 2:34 a team-playoffs record with 147 yards rushing on 13 carries Crockett a rookie had touchdown runs of 33 and 66 yards San Diego had won five straight games In Green Bay Brett lyre's numbers weren't great he completed 24 of 35 passes for 199 yards but he made several big third-down conversions and threw three touchdowns before a record crowd of 60453 at Lambeau Field After the win Green Bay coach Mike Holingxen was confident about his team's chances in San Francisco and beyond "We're going to win it all why not?" Holmgren said.