The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 27

8unday December 2 1990 I The Knoxville INews-Srnlim'l 8ection The News-Setitinel Sportslini 588-6600 24 hours a cay v'- s- l-i i Central Mosley hurls C-N out of playoffe headed to Fiesta By Associated Prsss By CHUCK CAVALAMS NmBiwtlnd sportsswtlsf Boise State rallied to a 20-13 victory over Middle Tennessee 8tate In the Division 1-AA BIRMINGHAM Ala Alabama fullback Kevin Turner liked what he saw Center Roger $hultz Urns thefoture "Right now I'm on cloud nine" Turner uid after Alabama defeated No 20 Auburn 16-7 on Saturday to gain a spot in the Fiesta Bowl and send Auburn to the Peach BowL remember looking across the field and seeing -them with their heath hanging Turner said after the Crimson Tide turned back the Tigers with a strong defense Robert Jones' 1-yard touchdown and three field goals by Philip Doyle now the South- eastern all-time leader with 78 a senior bragging rights mean everything to and had never allowed more than four TD passes in a game Mosley had four by halftime and the Marauders had a 31-0 lead His fifth TD pass a 50-yarder that beat triple coverage 72 seconds into the third quarter made it 38-0 has come back against a lot of Mosley said of C-Ns two-time defending national champions were thinldng it would take 40 or JEFFERSON CITY Central State (Ohio) University quarterback Henderson Mosley wisely invested several seconds in a prayerful pose Saturday -On this day at Burke-Tarr Stadium Mosley prayed not once but five timea was thanking God for the touchdown he said I wu asking him for another one and another one and another Someone in authority apparently overlooked a quarterback's greed In the semifinals of the NAIA football tournament Mosley passed for a record five scores against Caraon-Newman College as die 2 Marauders ended three years of playoff frustration Central State routed the previously undefeated and Na 1 -ranked Eagles 41-14 C-N (11-1) had a school-record winning streak snapped at 18 consecutive games i TIDE page OS imm SO points to beat them wai was lust glad our plan was to throw deep and throw often Mosley said wanted to Justify the coaches confidence in TV Debitor the Meet In a long line of great Brigham Young quarterbacks outdid them ah by winning the Heisman TrophyCS Central State coach Billy Joe was riding high after his team beat Carson-Newman to advance to the NAIA final see EAGLES page Ct Ife rsiDDw to UT comes alive in third quarter By MUX STRANGE Nawa-Santlnal aportertter NASHVILLE As Dale Carter led a conga line of Volunteers off Dudley FMd late Saturday afternoon an he needed wu someone to point the way to Bourbon Street Hoping to recapture the magic of one of its greatest moments Jan 1 1986 the University of Tennessee is going bade to the Sugar Bond Southeastern Conference football i Once a 49-20 Vanderbilt had been it wu time to i The sugar cubes flew AmmwiL The band played Pickens heaved his jersey into cheering throng of fens Tm having too much fun" shouted Junior Carey Bailey want to Nor did anyone else is it said senior Vince Moore is the pinnacle to Tennessei come to Tennessee to win the SEC title got one ring and got another Thanks to a 236-yard rushing day by Tony Thompson and a better-late-than-never defense the Vote put away the pesky Commodores to finish the regular season 8-2-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the SEC That wu good enough to send 12th-ranked UT to New Orleans the conference representative' to play Virginia on New The 1990 Vote became the first Tennessee team since 1938-39-40 to repeat conference champions Last year the Vote shared a three-way tie with Auburn and Alabama and went to the Cotton Bowl while the Crimson Tide played in the Sugar This year Auburn's lou to Alabama on Saturday gave Tennes-see the title all to Itself Florida finished 6-1 but is on NCAA probation feels better this year be-use we're going to the best bowl and we won it senior offensive tackle Charles McRae said between puffe on a carrot-sized victory cigar said McRae getting the spoils We quite have that last yearr Tony Thompson ran over and through Vanderbilt's defense for 236 yards and four touchdowns to help the Vols capture the SEC championship Brown through growing old fast at Vanderbilt John Adams Sports editor Commodores are 1-10 Five years later the Commodores have won 10 gamu and four Southeastern Conference games Five years later the Commodores are still losing Saturday's lou hurt more than most It hurt because the score really tell the story of a game Vanderbilt led 17-14 at halftime the Commodores were only eight points down when UT recovered a Corey Harris fumble at the Vanderbilt 45 early in the fourth quarter pain wu exacerbated by circumstances beyond its control Pain is bad enough on its own worse when surrounded by celebrants The celebration took place at Vanderbilt Stadium It took place without Vanderbilt Please see ADAMS page CS NASHVILLE oaching football at Vanderbilt is never easy But on this Saturday afternoon it wu harder than ever Watson Brown tugged on his baseball cap wiped his brow and shook his head often sometimes up sometimes down he talked his way through an interview room thick with media and sticky questions The Nashville Banner reported in Saturday edition that Brown wu about to coach his last game at Vanderbilt A Banner source said Brown met Ftiday with athletic director Paul Hoolahan and chancellor Joe Wyatt Brown would not comment when asked if he met with his athletic director or chancellor Hoolahan who denied meeting with Brown Friday changed his story amidst a clutter of media after 49-20 defeat to the University of Tennessee You could sift through an administrator's double-talk and Browne and know the deed had been done The tear-filled Sm of Brown and his wife Brenda told you Five years ago Vanderbilt hired a bright young coach named Watson Brown to revive a losing program Five years later the Speaking of spoil Vanderbilt (1-10 1-6) wu up to its annual role of trying to poop Please see VOLS page CS t' Late-starting PROBABLE anooga (1-2) Tennessee (3-1) Lady WoNpack overpowers otifhustles Lady Vote 80-77 finding mark By DANFLESER NvMmtinil sportswrttsr STRANGE then go for a national championship ys dime UT coach Pat goals amount to mpoasible After au Stinson hu more help this season Five double-figure scor- 'JyA the Rambo-lik 43 RALEIGH NC Leu than a week after a victory for hard work the Tennessee Lady i much were rudely reminded that they still have That Home" under the basket this Cams Groves When the University of Ten- His nesses basketball team hosts UT- Memphis Vote work to do North Carolina Wolfoack sent the Lady Vote basfcptfeall toamJbeck to the chalkboard and the roughhousing insklei vjded roowwitb i90-77 trashingto think about a 35 and pulling off Atripkjfr of her teammates Joined her in fog 'Wi N-C State even had the bettayof glad to hbscor- cH 1990-91debut against SUte a 74-72 Tennes-Chjttannnga today the Vote see kies wu predictably rusty would love to see Gn roves give an five points seven rebounds pMiJsqrc ng-game Mou that shoiild make last iroVtfSter' i Wolfoack victory oVtf Stanford seem The Wolfoack conducted like a puled memory- a cuniC for the 7440 in All-America centejf ended up with bm 1 bounds (i)' were wl im ouiiiiiui His teammates have Groves back With ing touch and size he looms a key contributor in the group pro Ject of replacing departed inside stalwart Ian Lockhart -V Groves came off the bench against Kent and played 23 minutes He had two baskets during the spurt in which the Vote wi out a five-point Kent lead He two more baskets to answer Kent's last serious comeback But in the 93-69 victory over Kent last Thursday Groves an-" nounced he wu back with a 'rock-solid 15-point showing in-' eluding 6-of-7 shooting against Memphis State really helped a said Groves that one game under my belt made me realize what it encore of his Thursday night performance against Kent Tipoff is 3 Boling Arena -'I i Groves a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward missed UTs two exhibitions and the season-opening win over Tennessee State while sitting out an NCAA penalty for playing iq ununctioned summer oftfie ri That included everything right down to basic- -playing desire' went after loose Charles said "We watched loose The seventh-ranked Wolfoack (4-0) grabbed the Fleece see LADY VOLS page CIS ft 'i attendance at Reynolds ColiseunuThey thowed off their team depth quickness and power irt leading by many 26 points in the second half told us we are ready for our said NXL State All-America guard Andrea Stinson who had 28 points The Wolfoack1 mission is to win the Atlantic Coast Conference (no easy task with No 1 Virginia among the rank and file) go to the Final Four and see UT-C page C1I.