The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 35

Wl 3 V4-1 4 FOR Tub Commercial Appkal MEMPHIS SUNDAY OCTOBER 20 1996 section i fry myHyyf Sr I w-' 'J' sliotoot at Tigers Liberty berth closer to ON SPORTS 2: The following highlights the other top stories on D3 our second front page Georgia Vandy com-blne for one TD Carolina's Duce Staley chews up Hogs Magic giving David Vaughn more court time Tiger Woods one off the lead at Disney Classic kl? 11 JA CCOFF CALKINS Columnist Tigers come up just short SATTIESBURG Duron Sutton looked back toward the football and saw only opportunity drove toward the man and then I saw the ball coming and I decided to make the Sutton said thought I could get Sutton plays corner for the University of Memphis football team He has played corner for a long time first at a Georgia high school then at a Georgia junior college now for Memphis So Sutton has made the same decision more times than he can recall A pass spins through the air You either go for the man or you go for the ball and the glory a hard Sutton said have to make it in a split second" Cut to Saturday afternoon deep in the second quarter of the game between Memphis and Southern Mississippi zeroes on both scoreboards Southern Miss had the ball at its own 32-yard line Neither team had shown any ability to score Southern Miss Juarterback Lee Roberts rapped back and fluttered a pass to receiver Kendrick Lee running an out pattern toward the left sideline Which is when Sutton made his break He sized up his chances saw the ball hang in the air decided he could pick it off Sutton said I had to do was catch it" Lee said A few seconds and 68 yards later Lee was celebrating in the end zone can I said Sutton got by iw much? Which neatly sums up his another day in Mempl have a Ion our Against the Tigers (3-4 2-2) the Golden Eagles stopped two legitimate Memphis scorini opportunities but the of had a hand in each failure Twice the Tigers ventured inr side the Golden Eagle 10 but a missed Memphis field goal stopped one threat and an inr terception ended another had plenty of chances to come out of here with a victor Scherer said we beat ourselves so bad We would go up and down the field and then commit penalties or turnovers to stop scoring drives You cant do that ana expect to beat a team like Southern Miss" The best scoring chance in the second half came on the third opening drive Memphis drove from its 20 to the USM 7 but on third-and-6 from the 7 a soft toss by quarterback Qadry Anderson was intercepted in the end zone by Jamaal Alexander In the Please see TIGERS Page 7 in NY be one heck of a Pat Courtney a spokesmen for the office said a second rainout tonight would push Games 1 and 2 to Monday night and Tuesday night at the Stadium with Games 3 4 and 5 in Atlanta scheduled on Wednesday Thursday and Friday Games 6 and 7 if they are needed prob ably would be played Saturday and Sunday in the Bronx If baseball proceeds with the Please see SERIES Page D8 Southern Nicky Seym or (2) breaks up a pass Intended Golden defense smothered the Tigers In a 16-0 victory '7 i 'f- AP for Chancy Carr of Memphis The Saturday at Hattiesburg Miss Yankee Stadium was a mess Saturday There were puddles along the right- and left-field lines every footstep in the Srass sunk into mud and both ugouts looked like quagmires The grounds crew used wooden benches to prevent the tarpaulin from flying off the field Major League Baseball reacted quickly to the weather announcing at 1 pm Saturday that the game would be rescheduled to 630 CDT tonight It was the third time a World Series Game 1 was postponed By Phil Stukenborg The Commercial Appeal HATTIESBURG Miss The University of Southern Mississippi took one step closer to playing in the Dec 27 St Jude Liberty Bowl Saturday by beating the team that makes the Liberty Bowl its home And the Golden Eagles defeated the University of Memphis by doing something no opponent has done since 1991: pitching a shutout highly regarded defense held the Tigers to 271 yards in a 16-0 Conference USA victory before 25601 at Roberts Stadium The win pushed the Golden Eagles into sole possession of the C-USA lead and put them in position to capture the host spot in the Liberty Bowl Southern Miss (6-1 2-0) has conference games remaining at Tulane and Houston and a league home game against Cincinnati All other C-USA teams have at least one conference loss can line up with said Tiger coach Rip Scherer at their Georgia game (an 11-7 USM win) and their Alabama game (a 20-10 loss) If they end up in the Liberty Bowl they will represent the conference in a positive manner" USM coach Jeff Bower was in no mood to accept the Liberty Bowl invitation While the Golden Eagles did put themselves in a better position to earn their first bowl bid since 1990 he cautioned that three league games remain Officials acknowledged that they may face a similar decision today because the possibility of the inclement weather continuing is quite high Paul Knight a meteorologist at Penn State University called the conditions intense autumn that would dump at least 2 inches and as much as 6 inches of rain in parts of the New York area not going away until late in the day (today) at the Knight said Saturday this was the winter this would AP of TDs dazed GAINESVILLE Steve Spurrier postgame quotes how are think this has ever after his Gators in a Southeastern Blah blah the LSU 56-13 Quarterback It may be Florida which World Series opener washes out By Jack Curry The New York Hirwa News Service NEW YORK The World Series has become the Wet Series Don a raincoat because it could get worse The first World Series game to be played at Yankee Stadium since 1981 was scheduled for Saturday night but was postponed by excessive rain in the afternoon The forecast is gloomy for tonight too The i i Tide shuts out shuts off Rebels gale shreds Auburn WORLD SERIES Saturday Atlanta at New York Yankees postponed by rain Today Atlanta (Smoltz 24-8) at Naw York (PettHte 21-8) 630 pm COT WH BO-TV (Ch 13) first pitch in Game 1 might not be thrown until Monday which might mean that the series would be contested without any off days touchdown Riddle ran for 112 yards in the first half when the Crimson Tide kept possession for 20:20 of the 30 minutes like they had it a lot more than that tell said Ole Miss coach Tommy Tuberville whose team should have an easier task in its next Same Saturday in Oxford liss against nonconference Arkansas State was just one of those things where they to allow us to do any he said Alabama (7-0 4-0 SEC) which has allowed just 62 points all season held the Rebels (3-3 1-2) to 158 offensive yards 26 rushing and nine first downs In previous game a 24-19 victory over North Carolina State the defense allowed a surprising 421 yards into every game- a shutout is one of our goals and Please see REBELS Page D4 football Memphis came to Hattiesburg played hard played well and lost The score was 16-0 The margin felt thinner played real said Memphis safety Keith Spann seemed like they got every Spann is right Southern Miss did get a lot of breaks from bad calls to bad luck to bad bounces There was Memphis receiver Richie Floyd breaking men near the Southern Miss 5-yard line then getting clobbered from behind before he could touch the football There was Spann recovering a crucial fumble then listening in dismay as the officials ruled he was out of bounds There was Southern Miss running back Eric Booth fumbling the ball on fourth-and-goaf then dribbling it into the end zone On and on it went almost to the point of absurdity bounced their Floyd said Lain ow there is a limit to the usefulness of this Memphis twice drove within the Southern Miss 10-yard line and score either time Memphis twice put together 10-mmute drives and score either time Kids fry that at home But Memphis does have reason to replay the loss to wonder a little bit to think they could have upended what may be Conference representative in the St Jude Liberty BowL got to close the gap on said Memphis coach Rip Scherer not that far behind" An offensive lineman here A cornerback there Or how did Sutton put it? A fingernail To reach Geoff Calkins call 529-2364 His e-mail address is: calkinsGoMemphisctm Or write him at: Sparta Department 495 Union Ave Memphis 38103 ty By Ron Higgins The Commercial Appeal Fla Florida football coach is already in re-runs in his good the unbeaten No 1 Gators is one of the best games our team said Spurrier on Saturd destroyed No 16 Auburn 51-1 Conference mismatch blah He said the same thing after game Oct 12 when Florida ripped Best game ever Defense was great Danny Wuerffel was unbelievable monotonous but all true for is 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the VjA-'V1" 'V I mnm I rwV1 By Thomas Harding The Commercial Appeal TUSCALOOSA Ala Ole Miss get to spend much time with one of the most important figures at Bryant-Den-ny Stadium Saturday night so a belated introduction is in order Rebels meet Wilson otherwise known as the football We say Mr Mrs or Ms Wilson since we there while it was still grazing a coach in Starkville Miss that knows a little something about livestock and gender but not important right now No 7 Alabama held onto Wilson for 34 minutes 29 seconds while beating the Rebels 37-0 in a Southeastern Conference game Dennis Riddle got to know that football really well rushing 31 times for 140 yards and a 'KINGS WIN Memphis goalie Steve Thorpe netted a shutout in leading the RIverKings to a 5-0 win at Columbus Story on Page D3 Rack sack Southern Cal's Darell Russell hits Arizona State's Jake Plummer on Saturday Arizona State won 48-35 College football Page D6 Eastern Division For the second straight game ndnad iyi Wuerffel a senior had the 11th 300-yard passing game of his career 346 yards and three TDs Running backs Elijah Williams and Fred Taylojr Please see GATORS Page D9 the Gators gained 600-plus yards ana naa more than 30 first downs with 625 yards and 32 firsts 1 LUCKY 13 FOOTBALL CONTEST SCORES Sochi Security number to be puNished Wednesday 4 Colorado 20 Kansas 7 LSU 41 Kentucky 14 Mich State 27 Minnesota 9 Northwestern 34 Wise 30 Kansas SL 23 Texas 20 SCaroHna 23 Arkansas 17 Army 34 Tulane 10 Florida 51 Auburn 10' Oklahoma 28 Baylor 24 Cincinnati 31 Houston 20 So Miss 16 Memphis 0 Virginia 62 NCaroilna SL 14 Washington 41 UCLA 21 Alabama 37 de Miss 0 New coupon on Page D8 JX- 3x.