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A COLLEGE BOWL BONANZA: HOW GOING TO MATCH UP ON MONDAY 1 1 1 I 1 rir Sports SECTION Atlanta Skmmol THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION SUNDAY JANUARY i 1989 1 Dooley Ready to Stalk Sidelines a inal Time for Dogs in Gator Bowl Dogs Spartans Matchups Page 8B Gator Bowl Report Page 8B By Thomas StaffWriter JACKSONVILLE la What has be come a way of life for thousands of Georgia football fans fends tonight when Vince Doo ley coaches his final game After 25 seasons 200 victories 20 post season appearances six SEC titles and a national championship Dooley will finish his coaching career at the same site where he finished his playing career at Auburn the Gator Bowl The Bulldogs of the SEC will meet Michigan State of the Big Ten to night at 8 (ESPN) A crowd of 75000 about 7000 below capacity is expected of this has hit me said Doo ley who thoroughly enjoyed the past week in this Georgia stronghold think it will hit me that this is my last game until spring practice time I think it will really hit me next fall when the season Gatow Bowl BO roll vs MleWgan St NrJan 1 Pm While offense has averaged 131 passing yards a game which is last in the SEC Michigan State ranked ninth in the Big Ten at 112 yards a game think interesting to note and very said Dooley well known for his conservative offense in my last game as a coach we are playing somebody who throws less than we Michigan State 6 4 1 after starting the season at 04 1 is not particularly senti mental about finale sure the Georgia players are going to be all fired up because his last said Spartans defensive tackle Trav is Davis are going to try to win one for the Gipper Well the been dead for a Emotion aside the 44th Gator Bowl promises to be a matchup of mirror image offenses and physical front lines a player lacks a little courage he should be concerned about this said Michigan State head coach George Perles going to be a tough tough GATOR Continued on 8B NC State Wins One for Sheridan ii Ul I zs 1 i gB nffSk JpBW I 1 a WB fc Iowa alls 28 23 In Stormy Peach Complete Coverage Pages 6 7B By Gary Pomerantz StaffWriter As nightfall approached this 21st Peach Bowl Game threatened to drag on longer than the 12 days of Christmas But when the gun sounded out in a steady downpour North Carolina State had earned a 28 23 victory over Iowa and the Wolfpack coach Dick Sheridan did what folks in Raleigh expected he could do all along he walked across the water So what if on this soggy Saturday ev erybody else also walked slipped or rowed across the water in the slop of Atlanta ul ton County Stadium which held 44635 brave souls in the grandstands? And so what if the two teams combined to commit a Peach Bowl record 14 turnovers (seven each) and that the Wolfpack led 28 3 five minutes into the second quarter and score again To those outside the NC State locker room it might have seemed significant thatthe recently arthroscoped knee of quarterback made him as well as many of his 51 passes wobble in the rain 428 passing yards a Peach record were offset by his career high four interceptions The same applies to the muffed opening kickoff by Chet Davis a junior whose parents reportedly were here from New Jersey to see him play for the first time fumble was recovered on the Iowa 3 yard line by the Wolfpack who cashed in for a quick seven and Hayden ry 37 years a coach described blunder as most disheartening thing I have ever experienced as a football Toss all of that out Indeed to hear the Wolfpack (8 3 1) tell it this game was won solely for and by Sheridan who turned down the Georgia coaching offer eight days ago The Wolfpack seniors gave Sheridan the game ball after the game and they said the coach shed a few tears amidst the locker room hugs saw something in us that other peo ple see He believes in this pro said senior free safety Michael RICH ADDICKSStaff Anthony Wright (10) goes over the top to prevent a pass reception by North Carolina Naz Worthen PEACH Continued on 9B I ufroan Bisher a Journal Sports Editor Little Blue Plenty of Gray Nothing Classic Rarely a stranger football game have I seen and I have seen scoreless ties and I have seen games played in snowstorms and zero weather and I have seen a team whip up on another team by 80 points This one ran longer than the Arab Israeli War It began in the murk and gloom and fog and creepy chill and later worked its way into a steady rain It was a kind of game on a kind of day on which Grantland Rice the grand old sport laureate would have felt his muses pushed to the extreme against a blue gray December would have been perfect for an opener Except there was little blue and lots of gray and nothing classic about this one as on that historic day of the creation of the It began at the beginning if that makes sense The first kickoff was fumbled recovered on the 3 yard line and converted into a swift touchdown With eight seconds left the last pass was thrown and the last touchdown scored Stadium Not the Culprit This Time i After 3 hours and 34 minutes the 21st Peach Bowl game had been played North Carolina State had beaten Iowa 28 23 and a scientist was needed to sort out all the bits and pieces and put them together again Humpty Dumpty would have been a piece of cake by comparison The two teams fumbled the ball 12 times State lost five Iowa three State intercepted the ball four times Iowa two That comes out to 14 turnovers which may be a world record Nobody knows They put the blame on the poor browbeaten Atlanta Stadium surface this time The field had grown some hair on its chest and it survived the thumping without serious injury No mud wrestling this irst place the ball spent so much time in the air but take a closer look at some interesting quarterback ing one quarterback who throws 51 passes and completes 30 for 428 yards and three touchdowns And on one leg another quarterback who comes in like a bullpen specialist every third down Soon as he runs his play trots off the field Barely hangs around long enough to see how the play came out He throws 10 passes completes seven for 152 yards and one touchdown Him they vote the leading offensive player of the day Third Down Heisman Candidate The first guy was a Heisman Trophy candidate Chuck Hartlieb came to Iowa from Woodstock Ill and was playing his final game A knee was injured the fourth game of the season and he has been hobbling around in a brace ever since Surgeons explored the hinge in late November and Iowa had tried to keep it quiet His limp told on him He had thrown only nine interceptions in 12 games One stretch he threw 144 passes 'without an interception He threw four in the Peach Bowl The second quarterback has a name right out of an old Alan Ladd movie title Shane Montgomery of NC State He is a junior from Newark Ohio Dick designated passing quarterback If there was a Third down Heisman Trophy Shane would be the leading candidate Charley Davenport starts and runs two plays then Montgomery comes on BiSJIER Continued on SB og Woods Leave Bears Bengals in the Clear Cloud Grounds Eagles In 20 12 NC Defeat The Best View Was on TV Page 13B The NC Playoff Report Page 13B By Glenn Sheeley StaffWriter CHICAGO or now call it The Im maculate Condensation or NL history call it The og Game or all the pregame talk Mike Ditka and Buddy Ryan even see each other across the field The fog that covered Soldier ield Sat urday in one of the strangest NC playoff games ever was as Chicago Bears wide re ceiver Dennis McKinnon called it gift from across the The fog rolled in over the south side of the stadium just before halftime and turned the field to near zero visibility When it fi nally cleared an hour afterward the Bears were talking about playing in the NC title game following a 20 12 win over the Phila delphia Eagles Chicago will host the NC title game next Sunday against the winner of San rancisco Minnesota game came out of the clouds all said Bears kicker Kevin Butler might as well play in The Eagles who played in a fog even when skies were clear erring enough to BEARS Continued on 13B i The Associated Press BB SSt I Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham is brought down by Bears linebacker Jim Morrissey (51) as Dan Hampton (99) and Ron Rivera (59) prepare to close in Cincinnati Runs Past Seattle in AC 21 13 The AC Playoff Report Page 12B By Chris Mortensen Staff Writer CINCINNATI Elbert Woods had a bandana wrapped around his head his ponytail neatly tied his shuffle in order and the seat of his pants ripped Appropriately the Seattle Seahawks got a good look at the behind on a Sat urday when Woods ran through them for 126 yards to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to a 21 13 win in an AC semifinal playoff game at Riverfront Stadium care if he is a rookie Ickey can do anything he wants look any way he wants as long as he runs like said Bengals All Pro tackle Anthony Munoz dance shuffle or whatever it is the more he does the better for Woods danced shuffled or whatever once Saturday when he scored third touchdown on a one yard run that gave the Bengals a 21 0 halftime lead Instead of doing the lumbering steps in the end zone Woods carried the ball to the sidelines and in front of the bench playing to the crowd he did the deed And the crowd of 58560 roared BENGALS Continued on 12B.