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D4 The Press Atlantic City Sunday August 20 2000 wwwpresspluscom COLLEGE OOTBALL liw hL i 4 fl' Associated Press photo Nebraska junior QB Eric Crouch holds the key to the na tional title aspirations Nebraska la State occupy role of favorites Associated Press Chuck Amato gave an honest answer when asked how many of his new players at North Caro lina State could start for his old team lorida State he said think the only ones with that Not exactly an encouraging number for those North Carolina State fans wondering not a season after freshman whiz Michael Vick led Virginia Tech into the national title game Marshall and Tulane produced perfect seasons and Hawaii turned an 18 game losing streak into the greatest one year turn around in NCAA history The answer might be because Nebraska and lorida State 1 2 respectively in The Associated Press preseason poll are once again loaded with talent and set for another charge to the title game in the Orange Bowl on Jan 3 So which team out there is ready for a surprising run? While Amato says it will take at least three years to turn a me diocre Wolfpack team into a con tender come from lorida State to he said not the case at Clemson another ACC school trying to challenge lorida State A bunch of others including Illi nois Oklahoma and even TCU might be ready too At Clemson the time is now in coach Tommy sec ond season The Tigers are No 17 in the poll their best start since 1992 are high expectations for Bowden said of a team returning 16 starters including star linebacker Keith Adams from last 6 6 bowl squad In 1998 Clemson went 3 8 and fired coach Tommy West kids have bought into our system and they believe they can compete with Bowden added we have to see if we can take it to another Bowden has done it before Be fore his arrival at Tulane in 1997 the Green Wave had five wins in the previous three years In Tulane went 11 0 in the regular season and wound up No 10 in the final AP poll Lofty heights indeed Alabama Miami and Texas ranked third fifth and seventh respectively are expected to be back in national title form but others are poised for a few sur prises In addition to Clemson watch out for No 15 USC in the Pac 10 No 18 Mississippi in the SEC No 19 Oklahoma in the Big 12 No 21 Illinois in the Big Ten Pittsburgh in the Big East and No 20 TCU in the Western Ath letic Conference Turnaround teams of the past have several common threads Each had a sensational quarter back a relatively new coach with a proven past and players who were convinced they could beat anybody despite a history of los ing Staying healthy and favor able schedules helped too it all starts at quarter Amato said at Vir ginia Tech had a great de fense and special teams for years and then Michael Vick put them over the Tulane had Shaun King in 1998 and Marshall had Chad Pennington in At USC where coach Paul Trojans were a disap pointing 6 6 quarterback Carson Palmer is back after missing the final nine games with a broken right collarbone The defense has 10 of 11 starters back USC needs to open strong against Penn State in the Kickoff Classic on Aug 27 David Cutcliffe starts his sec ond season at Mississippi with one of the best back fields: quarterback Romaro Miller and running backs Deuce McAllister and Joe Gunn Nebraska and lorida State have superior quarterbacks too Not to mention many All Ameri can candidates and decades worth of dominance Eric Crouch who threw for 1269 yards and ran for 889 yards for the Cornhuskers directs the option which also features I backs Dan Alexander and Correll Buckhalter The 28 year old Chris Weinke returns for a final season at lorida State As for coaching milestones Penn Joe Paterno needs seven victories to pass Bear Bryant as the winningest coach in major college history Bryant won 323 games Notre Dame meanwhile is unranked for the first time since 1986 Sunday Soccer Premiere league South Londoners debut in style GP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Press wire services 20248 at EMIE SB TV MATCH WEEK CHARLTONl 4 MAN CITY SOUTH JERSEY IN D3 PLAYOS IRE 2 GALAXY MMLStSTANDINCS 0 0 3 3 SATURDAY MATCHUP 0 0 two from and ikLdJLtC WORLD who last started on June 10 against Miami tied it in the 52nd minute with his seventh goal Evan Whitfield put the ire ahead 23 minutes later on a left footed shot assisted by Josh Wolff and Ante Razov Shortly after the Robin raser was sent off for tackling Razov but Razov failed to capitalize on a penal ty kick In other action Imad Baba snapped a tie in the 88th Revolution beat Tampa Bay 2 1 at oxboro Mass ending the three game winning streak before 15129 The game was scoreless un til the 77th minute when Wolde Harris scored for the sixth straight game converting off a cross from Baba for New England (10 11 6) Tampa Bay (15 11 2) re sponded four minutes later when Steve Ralston headed in a shot off Colombian Carlos free kick At Washington Iranian Khodadad goal was enough for the San Jose Earthquakes to defeat DC United 1 0 in front of 14138 8 13 14 3 3 2 W1410106 W15131211 W141211 6 GA 40 42 46 55 GA 41 44 43 43 GA 26 34 50 43 47 40 41 38 53 52 47 41 42 42 34 30 0 0 0 2 6 5 6 2 5 4 5 6 8 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 12 16 11 9 12 11 Hristo Stoitchkov starting his first game in more than two months scored on a penalty kick as the host Chicago ire beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1 Saturday before Soldier ield Associated Press photo Hristo Stoitchkov left senses Robin raser nearby in the 2 1 win at Soldier ield on Saturday Weekly training tip Ray Conover of Egg Har bor Township plays for Place and Club Deportivo His advice: penalty kicks keepers should try to read a shoot er take a small step for ward a split second before the ball is struck then dive to the chosen The 39 year old father of triplets supports Ajax Today Mexican League: Leon at Guadalajara 1 pm UNI Chilean League: Santiago Wanderers at Cobreloa 2:30 pm SW Women's friendly: Canada at US 3 pm ESPN2 Major League Soccer: Colorado at New York New Jersey 3 pm MSG English Premier League highlights 7 pm MSG League: 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Manchester Paulo Wanchope left and Charlton Ath Carl Tiler seek possession on Saturday at The Valley Rs 44 36 35 24 Pts 47 44 40 38 Rs 48 44 36 26 The victory moved the ire (13 9 5) within minute as the New England points ot the 1 Tampa I a Mutiny Central Division leaders that lost at New England Los Angeles (12 8 8) scored first when rookie Sasha Vic torine tipped a Cobi Jones shot off both goal posts and into the net in the 26th minute The Bulgarian Stoitchkov Darr Williams minutes the end was shown the red card ormer Gun ners striker Ni all Quinn scored the only goal of the game in the btoenal 53rd minute helped by a blunder by the veteran Eng land goalkeep er David Sea Peter team with strong pres before expul By SHAUN REILLY or The Press (609) 272 7210 OCEAN CITY The South Jer sey Barons were eliminated in the first round of the D3 Pro League playoffs Saturday via a 3 2 extra time loss to Northern Conference rivals Western Mas sachusetts Pioneers in front of 1087 fans at Carey Stadium In the 103rd minute amid a flurry of South Jersey chances Ricardo Monje capitalized on a fallen Barons defender breaking away down the left wing to score the unassisted game winning goal The Barons controlled the momentum of the second half and much of the overtime after Kevin Kelly knotted the game with a pair of goals in the 54th and 69th minutes Kelly had numerous chances late in the game but came up short should have put the ball in the net to Kelly said were still getting our chances and I think we outplayed Eastern Division NY NJ New England Miami DC Central Division Tampa Bay Chicago Dallas Columbus Western Division Kansas City Los Angeles Colorado San Jose NOTE: Tnree points tor a win ana one point for a tie Saturday's Games Chicago 2 Los Angeles 1 New England 2 Tampa Bay 1 San Jose 1 DC United 0 Today's Game Colorado at New York New Jersey 3 Wednesday Aug 23 Kansas City at New York New Jersey 7:30 Saturday's results Enallsh Premier League 'Charlton 4 Manchester City Os (Att: 20043) Chelsea 4 West Harif 2 (Att: 349 i Middlesbrough 3 Coventry 20624) Derby 2 Southampton 2 tie'fAtt: 27223) ss i Leeds (Att: 40010) Leicester 0 Aston Villa 0 tie (Att: 21455) a Liverpool LBradfordO Sunderland iArsenalO (AK 46347) Tottenham 3 Ipswich 1 (Att: 36148) Scottish Premier League 4 Hearts 2 Rangers 4 Dunfermline 1 chope to no avail PM In the 80th minute Kin sella was set free down the Charlton right only to be pulled down by City keep er Nicky Weaver The penalty was referee Rob easiest de cision of the afternoon and Stuart slotted home the spot kick low to the right to extend the goal rout Weaver was shown the yellow card and miserable afternoon was complete The 20000 plus Addicks faithful chanted and not very in di rection Because of goal differential Alan Charlton team tops the Premier League after just one game The match was available for local viewing on OX Sports World In other action Patrick Vieira was sent off for el bowing an opponent as Arsenal started with a 1 0 loss at Sunderland while new signings Mario Stan ic and Jimmy loyd Hasselbaink made goalscoring debuts in 4 2 win over West Ham Leeds United began with a 2 0 victory over Ever ton and Liverpool edged Bradford 1 0 with a spec tacular strike by Emile Heskey Vieira reflected frustration at the Sta dium of Light when he lashed out at GA Ms 4 2 3 Chicago satisfies 20000 plus fans Premier League standings Team Charlton JChelsea Middlesbrough Tottenham vXX lUverpoolo iSunderiandJX Derby Southampton Aston Villa XXLeicester MXXManchester UnitedNewcastle 1 Bradford West HamXX Coventry Ipswich Everton XX 'fManchesterCfty man had to stand Arsenal sure sion At Stamford Bridge Hassel baink gave the Blues the lead against the Hammers and Stanic added two more including a stunning 25 yard vol ley Gianfranco Zola also scored from a free kick while fellow Italian Paolo Di Canio and rederic Kanoute replied for the Hammers Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli dropped rank Leboeuf for the first time in his four year spell at Stamford Bridge for criticisms the rench World Cup defender made about him earlier in the week With defending titlist Manchester United not in action until today when it hosts Newcastle Leeds and Liverpool showed why they also will be among the main contenders to stop the Red Devils from winning the championship for the seventh time in nine seasons Two strikes by Alan Smith gave David club a one sided win over Everton for whom Paul Gascoigne and Duncan erguson made late debuts as substitutes 1 0 victory over Bradford which only just escaped relegation last season also was more lopsided than the score suggest ed The visitor packed its defense with new signing Benito Carbone on the bench and Liverpool bombarded it with attack after attack at Anfield before Heskey pow ered through with a stunning run and shot into the roof of the net in the 67th minute In a quick turnaround Arsenal hosts Liverpool on Monday (live at 3 pm OX Sports World) Alen Boskic scored twice and had another disallowed on his Premier League debut after nine years in Serie A Another new signing Joseph Desire Job also hit the target as Bryan team scored a 3 1 victory at Coventry which replied through John Eustace Tottenham came from a goal down to beat promoted Ipswich 3 1 at White Hart Lane with a Darren Anderton penalty and strikes by Steven Carr and Les erdinand but new signing Sergei Rebrov failed to hit the target ormer Spurs star David Ginola had a low key start in Aston 0 0 tie at Leicester shown the yellow card for a dive and being replaced in the second half Derby came from two goals down to force a 2 2 tie with Southampton at Pride Park After Moroccan striker Hassan Kachloul had given the Saints the lead the Rams hit back through Branko Strupar and substitute Deon Burton The two teams expected to fight it oiit for the Scottish Premier League title Rangers and Celtic both won to maintain their 100 percent starts to the season Rangers overpowered Dunfermline 4 1 with goals from Jorg Albertz Giovanni van Bronckhorst Billy Dodds and Rod Wal lace while Chris Sutton who could rarely hit the target for Chelsea scored twice in 4 2 win at Hearts Staff photo by Ben ogletto The Majik Agu left bat tles opponent Kyle letcher Barons ousted Press wire services Making a statement of intent at The Valley in South London Charlton Athletic returned to the English Premier League with a 4 0 pasting Satur day of fellow promotees Manchester City Soon after hitting the Manchester City bar Charlton went ahead in the 10th minute through Andy Hunt who scored 25 goals in division one last term John Robinson made it 2 0 two minutes before halftime and Mark Kinsella added the third on a Charlton counter attack in the 72nd minute A Graham Stuart penalty com pleted the misery for man ager Joe men who debuted strikers George Weah and Paulo Wan Cx I JHk 5' I jswB W' i TV MATCH WEEK CHARLTON MAN CITY SOUTH JERSEY IN D3 PLAYOS IRE 2 GALAXY IMLStSTANDINOSWW us cum Had bv Press 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