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A A A Sports Sports College College NOME basketball Page 6E Talk Page 8E The STATESMAN football Page 9E SUNDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1981 Boise State, ISU advanceBroncos top Jackson State ISU advanceBroncos By JIM POORE The Idaho Statesman JACKSON. Miss. In the end i it came down to Southern Hospitality VS.

Northern Nastiness. Jackson State gave four fumbles, two pass interceptions, a crucial safety and 331 yards through, around and over its fortress defense while -time Boise State just took, took and took. In the end, it was the carpetbaggers from the North who won out. The Broncos flew in on Thursday filled with hopes of starting a successful defense of their Division I-AA football championship and left Saturday with a 19-7 first-round victory over the Tigers. That advances Boise State to the second round against Eastern Kentucky.

The NCAA I-AA selection committee will decide today in a conference call just where those second round games will be played but Boise State because it had to go on the road the first round should 1 have the inside track on hosting Eastern Kentucky Saturday at Bronco Stadium. The Broncos played well early charging to a 14-0 lead Jackson State never broached that despite the fact rehoused, setheind niors on the team, a young team can win in the deep south against a team that has sent 21 players to the pros. really felt it important for our kids be confident they could go somewhere else and play in somebody else's back yard against a team with a rich tradition and demonstrate that we are as quick and physical as they are." said Jim Criner. Boise State's head football coach. "Just because they're Jackson State doesn't give them property rights on being a good football team." W.C C.

Gorden, Jackson State's head coach, wouldn't argue the point. "They are awesome." said Gorden. Jackson State's head football coach. "They aren't that much more awesome than us, but they are a real good ball Eastern Kentucky, So. Carolina State earn semifinals Just how awesome the Broncos are will have to move by word-ofmouth through the town of Jackson.

Although it's the capital of Mississippi with population of nearly 300,000, only 11,500 fans turned huge Mississippi Memorial Stadium for the game. That was the official count. Unofficially, it looked more like 5,000. Those Jackson State fans who were there, however, saw the Tigers fall behind 14-0 in the first quarter, victims of a steady Boise State offense that moved as surely as the Mississippi the first half and a Bronco defense that kept the Tigers' offense as stagnant as some of the nearby marsh ponds. the first half, Boise State used a lot of shifting and motion and ran up 228 yards total offense to just 94 for the Tigers with Rodney Webster churning the 156 yards he ended the game with.

Boise State recovered three of four fumbles in the first half one of them, by Curt Wardhaugh leading to the Broncos second touchdown and strong safety Rick Woods made a stunning pass interception of a Keith Taylor bomb that helped convince Jackson State its future was running the ball, not passing it. Woods had a second interception in the second half one he returned 73 yards, from the Boise State 18 to the Jackson State 9 that dammed up any chances the Tigers had of coming back. "This team was a tough team, but coming into the game all the publicily we heard was about our offense. they didn't have any respect for our defense." said a happy Woods after the game. "It seemed like we had a personal challenge today in our -ending quest for respect." They got it Saturday from Taylor, the string-beaned quarterback who had his dreams for a national championship busted by the Broncos, who hounded him all night long when he passed, when he pitched on the opa when he kept.

"I figured if we could get by Boise State, we could win the national championship," Taylor said. "We'll now. Boise State did good job of controlling us, I was very surprised that they did." Dan LeBeau led the Broncos with 12 tackles while Ray Santucci and Curt Hecker had Randy Trautman 10, John Glen Simonton eight, Chris Bell seven, Eric McCree six, Woods six and Bobby Fryer six. Rade sacked Taylor three times for a total yards. Boise State jumped to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, driving 81 yards the first time it had to ball to score on a one-yard plunge by fullback Robert with in the first quarter.

When wasn't dartwebsteft ing off-tackle for big yards, Klena was throwing to Kipp Bedard and Duane Dlouhy for crucial gains. The fact Jackson State had been giving up just over 200 yards a game, didn't bother the Broncos. They just went out and stuffed it to the Tigers. was our plan, to take it to them," Webster said. came 2.000 miles to play this game and we didn't care how tough their defense was, we were going to score." If the Tigers had been able to slow Webster or shut down the passing, they would have been able to the game defensively but they didn't.

Webster managed to find an acre of running space -tackle most of the night. "They were coming inside and Robert Farmer and Dennis Brady were just taking them inside and there was no one outside," Webster (See BRONCOS, Page 5E) Bengals belt Rhode Island By SCOTT PEYRON The Idaho Statesman POCATELLO It had all the sion of a silly sit-com but the Idaho State Bengals, sometimes in spite of themselves, clobbered Rhode Island 51-0 Saturday night in an NCAA Division 1-AA first-round football playoff game before 12,153 in the ISU Minidome. The Bengals, who've had moments of grandeur in their 10-1 season, were far from spectacular. But they were efficient enough to hammer the Yankee Conference champion and move ahead to the division semifinals next week against South Carolina State. NCAA spokesman Jerry Miles said the chances were "very, very that both of the division semifinals will be held in Idaho stadiums, the Boise State-Eastern Kentucky game at Bronco Stadium and Idaho State and South Carolina State at the Minidome.

The NCAA will officially deter- terribly well as far as that goes," mine semifinal sites in a conference Idaho State coach Dave Kragthorpe call today. said. "We did take advantage of wound it up in the second half against fell into of instances." Idaho State, as has been its habit, some opportunities given us, but we a fatigued Rhode Island. It led by Machurek struggled with his touch only 16-0 at half but scored five sec- early and performed at a level below ond-half touchdowns, four of which what might be expected of an Allcame on touchdown passes by Mike American, which he is. But in less Machurek and his understudies than three quarters he still Dirk Koetter and Keith Simons.

completed 19 of 41 passes for 353 "The heat increased as the game yards and three touchdowns. wore on," said Rhode Island coach Idaho State gained 609 yards to 295 Bob Griffin who, in the mid-70s, for the Rams. served in the same capacity at Idaho Wide receiver Charles Ewing was State. "I think it was the lights on the as nasty as to Rhode Island as his scoreboard." nickname sneaking behind Griffin's joking aside. Rhode Is- the coverage to catch six passes for land's players did suffer from a mys- 160 yards.

terious ailment that was believed to And the ISU defense checked the be related to Pocatello's elevation, Rams on the wrong side of midfield which is more than 4,000 feet higher throughout the second half, taking than the Rams' Kingston, R.I., home. the drama out of the game. It surfaced before the game "The defense just got off tonight," came obvious in the second half. said Blackfoot junior Bill Snapp, who "The way the score mounted up I recorded 11 tackles to lead both don't think was because we played so (See BENGALS, Page 5E) AP Photo Rick Woods leaps high for a first-half interception Southern ern Cal's Allen receives Heisman an Trophy a Page 5E and Ohio State's Art Schlichter with 149. "I've found my place in history," Allen said.

"Nobody can take this from me. It makes me feel proud and it's something I'll always cherish." Allen was the blocking back as a sophomore when USC's Charles White won the Heisman in 1979. "I guess I've got two now," the senior said. "Charlie and I are real good friends he won it, I felt I was contributing to something great." If '79 was White's year, then 1981 was clearly Allen's. wasn't thinking Heisman," he said.

"Obviously it was in the back of my mind. But I decided I'd just try to give the best performance every The announcement of Allen's se- his four seasons at USC. lection climaxed an long televi- He will complete his sion special broadcast from the ing career in the Fiesta Bowl against college playDowntown AC, which was awarding Penn State on New Year's Day. the Heisman for the 46th time since Allen, who is 6-foot-2 and 202 inaugurating the award in 1935 when pounds, came to USC as a defensive Jay Berwanger of the University of back and was a backup tailback as a Chicago won it. freshman when he gained 171 yards.

Allen's Heisman credentials were Playing fullback as a sophomore, he awesome. He set 10 NCAA records rushed for 649 yards and eight TDS another during the and led the blocking for White, son for the 9-2 Trojans. There were He blossomed five consecutive 200-yard games and tracted national as a junior and ata career-high 289-yard performance for 1,563 yards and attention by rushing scoring 14 TDs in against Washington State. 10 games, finishing second to South He finished the regular season Carolina's Rogers, last with 2,342 yards, averaging per man winner. He had year's HeisThat pushed his career total to games last three 200-yard game.

season and was the yards, sixth on the alltime list. tion's No. 1 all-purpose back, He also caught 29 passes and 81 for ing 179.4 yards averagper game. Sun shines on Boise State, sets on Jackson on State What's that song The Sun Shines Bright Now, they were sitting in the on My Old Mississippi home? No, it's Boise State's sun, "We used things we haven't used in over a tencich liked the way his behind no, bench. players performed.

Your Old Kentucky Home, you say? Well, But no matter where they went, they year," personally, thought it was our best de Criner said. "We would have done all those things had Tim been healthy. Now whatever, Mississippi or Kentucky, after couldn't get the sun to shine on Jackson Jim with him back, it allows do fensive effort of the year it was compar us to some more spending a Saturday afternoon in the South State's football team. The Tigers the pride able to Reno," said Setencich, who presided you can see why they write songs about the of the Southwestern Athletic Conference things." over the defensive end of that 13-3 sun shining on their homes. lost to a team that may be too young, too first half Idaho, the the the Wolf Pack.

"The intensity especially, Poore While the offense soared like it did the They must have bad circulation. beat-up and too inconsistent to be in the se- defense against key to game they hit and ran for four full quarters." At Mississippi Memorial Stadium Satur- mifinals of the I-AA playoffs. was was Boise State's youth the Broncos start the holding that 14-0 lead it day afternoon, there came as strange a They also be too oblivious tle weakness handed in the first quarter. There were a lot five seniors play a lot of may to all the the Broncos can work on paid of big plays and a lot of key players Dan and freshmen migration as you'll see in the world. Lem- reasons why they shouldn't be where they -off for Criner and his staff.

In this case, it Curt sophomores in reserve roles has made march over cliffs, ducks may fly are to care. They just play football. was in the it LeBeau, Ray Santucci, Hecker, Randy them hot and cold. mings may a regional thing South, turns Trautman, Larry Alder, Rick Woods and south, salmon may head home but in Missis- The way they played Saturday, Boise out, teams have a tendency to play their "We're a relatively young team and we sippi they follow the sun. State's football team not to mention its tight end on side of the line all the time.

Chris one most important haven't had the ability to be intense for Bell but of the Stadium the size of one was linebacker John Rade. Rade sacked four Having a Circus Maxi- coaching staff showed a lot of class. The Jackson State suddenly found itself playing a full quarters," Setencich said. mus that's half-empty helps when you want players took on a team filled with good ath- team that didn't glue its tight end to one side. three times and was a quarterback key factor in control- Taylor Perhaps the Broncos and all their youth Jackson State Keith to go to a football game and follow the sun.

letes and beat them at their own while "We did a lot of shifting and motions to matured a lot Saturday night both defenNinety-percent of the 5,000 or so who game un- ling the option. people the coaching staff once again proved nobody settle their defensive personnel and not "The pressure off the sively and offensively. showed up for the Boise State-Jackson State prepares for the big games like they do. allow them to get in their defensive fronts Rade was a big coming factor, it forced corner them with to Rodney Webster, Boise State's sophomore game Saturday started out sitting on the Boise State head coach Jim Criner wasn't they have been very successful with against the ball Criner said. tailback who talks softly and runs hard, feels box side of the stadium.

That's behind the least bit amazed by what his other Criner said. "We pitch early," one that's the case. "The press team did people," wanted to time quarterback kept it the touchBut slowly the sun dipped behind the press "If these kids can get this far overcoming The Broncos used lot of offensive sets down, just had said Webster after the game as he picked Jackson State's bench. Saturday. confuse them and we did." thee broke down." "I think we're just molding together," box and the shadows turned the air a little all those injuries and overcoming everything they haven't been able to use this be- tape from his hands.

"I feel like we have a Taylor never really a chance to show chilly chilly for Mississippi, not Idaho. faced, then I wouldn't cause year his scrambling ability. When he went back to chance of they've bet against quarterback Tim Klena went down in he had an escort of Broncos and when going to the national championJust about everybody got up and filed them," Criner said. the fourth of the season. He's healthy pass, ship again.

We're just going all-out and around the horseshoe shaped stadium to the As has become the game he scrambled it was more of a sprint to the win Boise State routine, now, as his performance scrambling and sidelines than scramble. every game we can." other side. hours studying films and for crucial a You might say the Broncos spent spotting a lit- passing yards showed. Boise State defensive coordinator Lyle Se- are looking for their own place in the sun -again. 2 opa in a NEW YORK (AP) "I wish there were a lot of little Heismans that I could distribute among my teammates." tailback Marcus Allen of the Universty of Southern California said Saturday night after he accepted the trophy given to the finest football player in America.

Allen, the first man in college football history to gain over 2,000 yards in season, became the fourth USC tailback to win the Heisman Trophy. He received 1,797 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters, beating Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia, who finished second with 1,199. Jim McMahon of Brigham Young was third with 706 points, followed by Pittsburgh's Dan Marino with 256 Marcus Allen week, tried to win each week and everything would fall into place." By winning the trophy, Allen became a voter in future competition. have voted for myself," he said, "because in this particular year, I thought I'd have deserved it." Allen said the impact of the award had not yet set in. haven't had time to reflect on this," he said.

"If I do, I might freak out." The USC tailback said he felt the hard work he had invested in football to win the award was all worthwhile. love the game and that makes it easy." Besides White, previous USC tailbacks to win the Heisman were O.J. Simpson in 1968 and Mike Garrett in 1965. "I'm glad the tradition is continuing," Allen said..