San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 9

SAX ANGELO Sunday September 22 1991-4D Back in black Raiders Kings White Sox show it9s good to wear black in sports Tennessee escapes Mississippi State asked him 'Are you a Kings and he said 'No' If we were still in purple and gold even with Gret-tky the appeal would not have been afcd remained so strong" One reason fra the popularity of such merchandise is that it creates a tough image fra the buyer said Dr Andy Meyers chairman of the Memphis State University psychology department haven't seen any scientific studies but wearing a black T-shirt or a Raiders eap may be a way of Identifying with the exploits of that Meyers said get to be tough without having to go through what it takes to actually be tough" Some uniforms however won't change regardless of fashion trends Take fra instance Tennessee's home football Jersey light orange with white numbers The lack of contrast makes it difficult fra spectators to read the numbers But fans are used to squinting a little said Haywood Harris UTs associate athletic director for media relations rather put up with that than see a change in the traditional uniform We want to alter that in any way Changing a traditional uniform can be dangerous as former Arkan- sas football coach Lou Holti learned Holts who coached the Razor- backs in 197743 and now coaches Notre Dame unveiled a new design for the traditional red helmet in spr- a ing practice one year He added white striping down the middle and -placed decals of the hog mascot on the helmet sides was an immediate backlash calls to his office Mid Bill Rogers Arkansas assistant sports information director The design was quiekly scrapped "To an extent at the University of Arkansas at the discretion what the team Rogers said "But then is a At Vanderbilt there seems to be no limit to football uniform changes The Commodores said equipment manager Luke Wyatt have worn eight uniform styles since 1977 tried black white ana old gold helmets and used three shades of gold in their uniform None of it has seemed to help on the field In 14 seasons prior to 1991 only in 1982 did Vandy win more games than it lost Black apparently so magical for the Commodores a school color and Vandy wears it routinely so this season trying to imitate success The new head coach Gerry DiNardo had uniforms redesigned in the style of Colorado where DiNardo was an assistant coach fra the 1990 team that shared the national championship Just like Colorado we even have the same manufacturer of the Wyatt said DiNardo likes that Now if Vandy can get form to follow fashion Tht Cemmtrcial Apptt I in Mtmphlt Ttnn By THOMAS HARDING Scripps Howard News Service Bad guys wear black in the movies And in rough and tough sprats such as football and hockey where good to be bad dressing in black is the rage these days In sprats the uniform is more than clothing Some teams revamp styles in an attempt to change their image or performance which may explain the lure of "black A number of teams in professional and college sports have fallen under the spell in recent years choosing to make black their dominant uniform color The choice of uniform colors and design is one that teams take seriously Pepper Rodgers former UCLA and Georgia Tech coach said those decisions are among the most Important a new team makes Image Rodgers Mid is an important consideration for any football team drat want to go out to play wearing pink with said Rodgers an aggressive sport and I think you' ve got to have something on your headgear and in your colon that represents If you're looking for aggression in sprats look fra the team in black A 1968 study by Cornell University psychologists found that over a 17-year period football and hockey teams wearing black uniforms received more penalties than other teams Teams that switched to black uniforms during the span had a significant increase in penalties The study cited evidence that the color Mack makes sthletes more aggressive And it hurt the bottom line either Since the mid-1980s pro football's Atlanta Falcons and pro Portland Trail Blaiers have downplayed red and played up Mack pro Los Angeles Kings changed from purple and gold to Mack and silver pro Chicago White Sox dropped red white and blue fra black and silver and pro hockey's Minnesota North Stars will switch their primary color from green to Mack next season The Los Angeles Raiders who wear Mack and silver are longtime champion in the fan apparel and merchandise game according to NFL Properties the National Football merchandising division Since switching to Mack the White Sox have risen from near the bottom in merchandise sales to near the top among baseball teams The Kings have been the biggest success story They acquired superstar Wayne Gretzky in 1988 the time year they switched colors But Harvey Boles Kings director of merchandising said the black-and-silver combination was the primary reason fra the rise from the bottom third to No 1 in National Hockey League merchandise sales In some areas of the nation gangs have adopted the black-and-silver motif of the Raiders and Kings "I was in Atlanta andlsawaguy wearing a Kings Boles said "I etaessafiSiiS AP Laserphoto Cameron fumbled on the Clemson 39 on the first possession but the Owls lost a yard in three plays Moments later Cameron lost the ball again when sandwiched by James Harris and Daryl Nelson while back to pass Gary Downing who signed with Clemson but come to school recovered at the 30 It took the Owls nine plays to score On fourth down from the 1 Thompson hit wide-open Bryant Garvin with 3:17 left Clemson used a bit of trickery to tie it Larry Ryans raced untouched 25 yards on a reverse with 10:28 left to cap a 85-yard drive helped by a 15-yard personal foul Clemson took the lead in the final moments of the half driving 47 yards after DarneU 22-yard punt return TaapM III 7 ennui I II M-W Tamp-Oarvln 1 pul Mn Thompion (KnuHi kick) IWMctiUck) Clu kryirt pn Irom Cmwron IWOdi kick) enm ImHh pm frarn Cimiran (ran Wild) cum tUrminiHVWIdikltk) Clam-FG WHfnpoon 7 run llm kick) I TMAiMCialMl Prm KNOXVILLE Tenn The Ten-neaaee Volunteere lost track of the don Saturday and it may have heed their most fortunate mistake of the day "On that fourth-down pass we thdugfat it was third-and-one" Tennessee coach Johnny Majors said aftfcr his sixth-ranked Vols rallied fof a 26-24 victory over No 23 Mississippi State "We were going to throw it in the end sone on third down and try for a field goal on fourth down It turned out to be a blessing in disguise" he said "That one play may have changed the way the rest of the game That play came with Just two seconds left in the first half and the score tied 34 On fourth down Andy Kelly tossed a 3-yard touchdown to Cory Fleming for a 104 lead "We were confused and sure what down it Kelly said "Lwas Just trying to get the first down and the play Just developed" Mississippi State came back to take a 24-17 lead in the fourth quarter but Kelly rallied the Vols for two long scoring drives The second ended in a 10-yard pan to tight end Mark Adams with 1:50 remaining to give the Vols the victory Kelly under pressure from a blits lobbed the winning pass to cap ad 88-yard drive in nine plays that took Just under four minutes and rated a spirited comeback by the negated a Bulldogs Tennessee improved to 3-0 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference Mississippi State fell to 3-1 0-1 But the Bulldogs did not go down Without a fight "I drat think they want to play us Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill said assessment was we played a team with a lot of experience They'd been there before and they made the trig Mississippi State rallied from a 174 deficit in the second half before yUDj led the Vols on two scoring drives in the final 12 minutes Kelly completed 27 of 41 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns end threw three interceptions Freshman James "Little jStewart gained 108 yards as the Vols (piled up 516 yards against what had 'heen the leading defense In the SEC -Willie Harris started the com-'eback fra the Bulldogs with a touchdown on a reverse to make it 17-10 On the last play of the third quarter MSU's Sleepy Robinson avoided a blits and threw 42 yards to Chris Firle to the Tennessee 9 State $red three plays later on a 4-yard pfSi from Robinson to Tony James to tie the game at 17 State scored less than two minutes later after Keo Coleman in-tercepted pass and returned rit 43 yards to the Tennessee 3 I William Prince scored two plays HjKfcr £elly drove the Vols 85 yards on Ask next possession to set up Kevin IWendelboe's 24-yard field goal fttdking it 24-20 with 7:44 remaining The Bulldogs were forced to punt (and Tennessee took over at its 12 jKdly passed 37 yards to JJ fci on first down and hit Cray Fleming fra 14 more to move into Mississippi State territory 1 A pass interference call gave Ten- a first down at the third-and-five from the 10 the iubdogs blitied and Kelly tossed the winning pass to Adamsasplitse- cond ahead of the pressure Tennessee took a 174 lead on its first possession of the second half going 83 yards to score on i Lyard keeper the first touchdown in his career got its first touchdown 3ha hectic drive to end the first half 22 USG University of Tennessee quarterback Andy Kelly tries to get away from Mississippi State's Nate Williams during their game Saturday in Knoxville Kelly was dropped for a seven-yard loss but the Vols held on for a 26-24 victory Owls to 04 The Tigers were the third straight ranked foe for Temple Cameron hit wide-open Terry Smith in the end sone with a 25-yard pass after the defensive back feu down A bad snap foiled the extra point but the Tigers led 20-7 with 9:37 left The Tigers special teams than got into the act Tim Jones blocked Trent Thompson's punt giving Clemson the baU at the Temple 18 Four plays later Rudy Harris bulled over from one yard out to make it 27-7 with 5:27 to go Nelson Welch kicked a 27-yard field goal with 12: 17 left in the game and Derrick Witherspoon scored on a 7-yard run with 7:55 left fra the final points Clemson held Temple to 23 yards in the second half and 104 for the game The Tigers ranked No 1 in defense last year have allowed 188 yards in two games Clemson had 14 tackles fra 63 yards in losses against the Owls led by Rob Bodine andWayne Simmons with three each whne the Tigers dominated the second half the first half was struggle The Owls came into the game with nine turnovers in two games but it was Clemson that had problems hanging onto the baU Bleeding Orange New book on UT football talks about fans triumphs troubles and Aggies pass to Fleming on fourth down capped a 77-yard drive in 13 plays that took 1:55 1 I 7M-M I I Ml FOWandribnlV FOftmlnirtf Tmw rtanUng 3 pan from Kitty (Wandriboa kick) Tarw-Katty 1 ran (WtnMboa kick) MIU i iwrtm ran (Oirdrar kick) MSU 4amaa4paMfromdoto4ftton(Gardnf kick) MSU- Pfinct 1 ran (Gardnar kick) FG Wandgfboa Tann Adama paw fromKatty (kick failed) I UT SI 54-100 SSI 19 27-41-2 S-SI S-1 NS 30:41 Flntdowna GHakaa yards 10 SI-149 111 90 MH H) -tf 21:19 datum Yards Comp-Att-Int PanaMaa-Yardi No 8 Clemson 37 Temple 7 CLEMSON SC DeChane Cameron threw two touchdown passes as No 8 Clemson scored 13 points in a four-minute span in the third period and defeated Temple 37-7 Despite being outplayed and turning the ball over on their first two possessions the Tigers led 14-7 at halftime thanks to Cameron's 6-yard TD pass to Dwayne Bryant with 24 seconds left Clemson (24) picked up where it left off in the second half scoring on its first two possessions to drop the loses again and 458 yards of total offense The loss continued the mysterious inconsistency They lost 24-10 to Memphis State in the season-opener then surprised fifth-ranked Penn State 21-10 last weekend before Arizona State brought them abruptly back to earth on Saturday "I think they may have taken us a little Mt more lightly than they should Boyd said of the Trojans "They were coming oft the big win over Penn Southern Cal trailed the Sun Devils 25-10 at halftime too Mg a deficit to make up think the key was that in the first half we dug ourselves too deep of a USC coach Larry Smith said defense played pretty bad and Arizona State did a good Job of attacking our weaknesses in the Asked what losing the Pac-10 opener would do to the conference title chances Smith replied: "It gives us one loss You can recover from one Mazio Royster scored twice for Si i 32-25 to Arizona State By JACK KEEVER The Associated Press AUSTIN Perhaps only at the University of Texas where fans are ridiculed fra sitting on their hands would a book on Longhorn football chronicle the loudest crowd ever That historical event occurred Nov 10 1990 when Texas defeated No S-ranked Houston 45-24 according to "Bleeding a new bora by columnist John Maher and sports writer Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman supporters are notorious for arriving late leaving cusMous the book states however the noise rolls down in booming waves from the loudest crowd ever at Texas disrupting the signals of Houston quarterback David Klingler" The book recounts and triumph" in Longhorn football deftly wrapping up Coach Darrell national championship seasons in the 1960s the firing of coach Fred Akers in 1986 and 1990 Southwest Conference championship under David McWilliams who had played for RoyaL Some anecdotes may be revelations even to more knowledgeable fans Fra example Texas defensive backs had planned to sprint acrou the field and bow before Houston coach John Jenkins after beating the nation's top passing offense last year But there was such a mob on the field only Grady Cavness and Van Malone "do the Or Texas quarterback Peter Garden telling his father after a recruiting visit to Notre Dame the buildings an old and the girls an Then then an the ones about former quarterback James Street visiting with Elvis Presley in Las Vegas and ex-Houston Oiler coach Bum Phillips describing Texas defensive coordinator Leon Fuller whom Phillips coached in high school as "the best football player I ever had at any Fuller was aglow as he played a tape of radio comments fra his wife and youngest daughter Brooke 11 Brooke walked over to her dad and asked "You think he forgot that he coached Earl The book includes history lessons such as the fact that Bobby Layne quarterback in 1944-47 was the last Texas quarterback to have an impact on professional football From 1961 through 1983 Texas had 10 seasons in which it tost only one football game Fans became spoiled not only expecting but demanding success Jones Ramsey sports information director at Texas under Bear Bryant and at Texu under Royal ssid "The Aggies tithe and the Longhorns tip Any ordinary Aggie is going to give 10 percent do that and be happy to sit in the end sone Texas fans think they ought to have a 50-yard-line ticket and parking pass for 10 dollars a year Aggies are 10 times more patient than Longhorns and 10 times more loyal They'll put up with a team losing more and longer than Texu fans One high-ranking Texas official was quoted in the book as saying "The mentaUty of the Texas fans is if we go to a major bowl we go to a "If I could change one thing change the attitude and mentality of the Texas the official Mid Conway quickly drove the Troians to their first touchdown scoring on a 12yard run 4V4 minutes before halftime The Sun Devils however came back with a quick touchdown foe of their own Arizona Parnell Charles fumbled at the Sun 33 but the baU bounced outside and teammate Mario Bates scooped it up and ran to the Southern Cal 35 A 20-yard run by Montgomery eventually moved the ball to the 8 and he scored from there 10 seconds before halftime to extend the lead to 25-10 AitmaH HI I Ml MMnM I I l-M TOMB ASU-MM PMi Iwn TOwn (CMrtn run) TO Richly MmBimary 41 (Richly kick) USC-Cmwy ran (M kick) ASU MmHumry I mi (Rldwy kick) TOmin 1 ran Richly kick) USC RiyMirS ran (Suns pm Irani Fiery) Riytlir I ran (Far! kick) I TtijAuaciaM I I LOS ANGELES The Arizona State Sun Devils came into the Col- iseum Saturday with a mission and a motto motto this week was to beat file Trojans in their own backyard since they beat us at home the past couple of years" said Arizona State safety Jean Boyd who had one of three Sun Devils interceptions in i their 3225 victory over No 22 I Southern CaL George Montgomery rushed for 13S yards and two touchdowns as ASU (24) built a 32-10 lead in the third quarter and held on for the victory over Southern Cal (14) in the Paeific-10 Conference opener linemen really dominated file line of scrimmage? Mid Montgomery a redshirt sophomore who missed the final eight games last year because of shin splints cleared the holes and that really Mpade the game for 'Montgomery carried 22 times against Southern Cal and scored on runs of 43 and 8 yards as the Sun Devils rolled up 307 yards rushing the Trojans in the final quarter the last touchdown on a 9-yard run with 2:18 remaining Southern Cal got the baU back on downs but Kevin interception of Reggie psss time ran out preserved the victory Royster scored on a 2-yard run earlier in the fourth quarter and the Trojans added a two-point conversion on Perry's pass to Raoul Spears Bret Powers completed seven of 14 passes fra 149 yards including a 16-yard touchdown to Eric Guliford who had four receptions for 104 yards The Perry like Powers a relatively inexperienced sophomore completed 13 of 28 fra 138 yards with two interceptions Arizona State built its 3210 pad with the only score of the third quarter mi Powers' 1-yard dive Southern Cal trailing 18-3 came to life briefly when Curtis Conway temporarily replaced Perry at quarterback 6V4 minutes before halftime But the momentum swing to the Trojans was short-lived.