The Knoxville News-Sentinel du lieu suivant : Knoxville, Tennessee • 25

UhT'Ii (fi -J Sunday November 22 1992 Section The News-Sentinel SportsHne 531-8100 24 hours a day Seton Hall run halts In the ipotBght upset-minded Vote Gators win advance to title game ByTTnAwoctotodPim NASHVILLE It'S finally' data Na 9 Florida will meet second-ranked Alabama in the first-ever Southeastern Conference championship game Dec 5 The Gators did their part by winning the Eastern sion with a 41-21 victory Saturday over Vanderbilt "This was a year we were ex- tremely Florida coach Steve Spurrier said "We only had to win one out of three road games We managed to win one of them and to win the division Pirates treak into NTT semifinal 72-64 EAST RUTHERFORD The postmortem on Tennessee's 72-64 loss to Seton Hall here Saturday turned up several possible causes of death for the upset-minded Vda First the gory details With 4 minutes 19 seconds to Tennessee's Lang Wiseman 1 a 3-point shot to give the Vois a 60-55 lead over the Na 6 Pirates in the second-round Pre-season NIT match at Byrne However before a crowd of 12451 could issue a collective gup Seton Han ripped off an 11-0 fore the final buzzer The Pirates (2-0) thus advance to the semifinals against UCLA on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden Tennessee (1-1) comes home for a Monday exhibition against the Ukraine National: Team then awaits its home opener Dec 3 against Tennewee Tech Now as to how Seton Han snatched Tennessee's momentum so abruptly and ran with it "When it came time to execute we had more experience than Tennessee because of the Please see MT page CIS WDOUIfiKilF besranSon talpad tof mMMM hold oS Bg Bet iM Syracuw 12-lX final game at Neyland Stadium Par I The Tennessee's Joihnny Majors gets Please see VANDY page C7 Adams Sports editor Curry still top salesman he contrast was striking when Kentucky coach BiU Curry and Tennessee coach Johnny Majors met it midfield before Saturday football game at Neyland Stadium Curry it the coach with the losing record and the long-term contract Majors is the coach with the winning record and no 1 Job as of Dec 31 "I told him something like 'I don't understand anything anymore' Curry said referring to Majors' departure something a special But not as special as Curry As for not "understanding anything anymore" Curry was Just being modest In fact no college coach in the country seems to have better understanding of the game Fm not talking about football rm talking about selling In seven years at Georgia Tech Curry had three winning ns His i i overall record was 31-43-4 That and salesmanship were sufficient to land one of the premier coaching Jobe in the country Although Curry won 26 games in three seasons at Alabama that enough to please many of the Alabama fans No matter He merely moved to a higher-paying Job wi th lower expectations In three seasons at Kentucky he has sought to raise those expectations Indeed he talks so much about winning championships you would think he were coaching football at the University of MiamL "I set expectations at the championship level and some people have said that is too Cuny aaid after a 34-13 loss at Neyland Stadium "That may be too high at the present time in the minds of a lot of people But that is how you get there Just keep shooting for it keep shooting for it "As long as you don't quit as Please see ADAMS page C4 i Shepherd defenders Caraon Vote have no trouble with By This is how it ended for Johnny Majors As the Vol head coach emerged from UTa dressing room beneath Neyland Stadium there was Tennessee athletic director Doug Dickey extending his hand and patting him on the back "Good Job Dickey laid after the Vote 34-13 victory over Kentucky jobi" It was a vignette that somehow didn't fit with everything else that has happened the past two weeks an odd scene in one of the oddest years in UT football history Coaching in Ms last home game Majors went out with a ride on the shoulders of Ms players after Tennessee's eighth consecutive victory over the Wildcats The game played in front of a crowd of 94110 on a rainy Saturday afternoon was also the final home appearance for 18 seniors Vol Rodney Gordon carried the spoils of victory off the field the traditional Beer Barrel that has been in Knoxville since The win means the Vole (7-3) are most likely headed to the Hah of Fame Bowl in Tampa Fla to play Boston College on New Year's Day Kentucky finished 4-7 1 Majors who was forced out of his Job effective at the end of the season will end Ms 16th regular season at UT on Saturday at Vanderbilt "Even though they say they Please see V0L8 page C5 UTs Heath Shuler leaves Marty Moore behind frustrating at halftime as I've ever been" The Eagles were fortunate to be trailing only 8-0 at the time The lone touchdown was a 2-yard plunge by Adams a former-driver of armored vehicles who became Shepherd! career leader in touchdowns (33) and tied the scoring record (222 points) He was named the outstanding offensive player and gained 93 yards on 37 carries "It seemed like as soon as we got here on campus we saw some of their players observing us as" we were coming Adams said "They seemed too confident and it was like they were too relaxed We figured they would go to Bleep a victory ride to midfield in his Coach plays down final home game him out after 16 years Majors 57 showed remarkable control of his emotions mother said she cried he said haven't either 1 might some But not on this day He said his last home victory as UTa coach was no sweeter than previous wins He said he didn't spend a lot of time thinking about his Tennessee past during the game And he Please see MAJORS page C4 By Jimmy Hyams NRWQimRi wnMHiMr Tty as he might Johnny Majors had trouble convincing folks that his final home game as Tennessee'S head coach was Just another game Thera was his mother 78-year-old Elizabeth Majors running through the before kickoff There was Majors running through the after the seniors were introduced Thera was Majors taking a victory ride on some players' shoulders And there was Majors accepting not one but two game balls after Tennessee beat Kentucky 34-13 Saturday at Neyland Stadium Not once did Majors' voice crack or his eyes turn watery during his poet-game interview Twice he broke out in laughter once when talking about his mother: ran through it (T) faster than I did" For a man whose alma mater was buying Shepherd takes advantage of Carson-Newman errors 44 think It was as frustrating at halftime as ever been KenSpaiks C-N coach By Chuck Cavalarta JEFFERSON CTTY BiO Adams served a two-year hitch in the Army driving tanks around the Colorado countryside before returning last season to carry footballs at Shepherd (WVa) College On a miserable rainy Saturday in mostly empty Burke-Tarr Stadium wMle several thousand Carson-Newman fens were AWOL Adams drove Shepherd to 6-3 upset over the mistake-prone Eagles Shepherd (8-3) advances to the NAIA semifinals after its first victory in four playoff tries C-N (8-3) bids farewell to the NAIA wnh five turnovers and a defense deserving of a better fate The offense was step away from numerous game-breakers Tight end Donnie Kelley was only inches sway from a tremendous diving catch on fourth down late in the fourth quarter but was ruled out-of-bounds So much for status qua A atep here inches there "We sat there with 250 yards at halftime and no coach Ken Sparks said think it was as sums am landing Richie Smith a rough I.