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college football DETROIT FREE PRESSSUNDAY, DEC. 8, 1985 7C Sooners rip SMU, dash U- M's title chances Craa PrACt Wire Ppnnrtc Free Press Wire Reports NORMAN, Okla. Quarterback Jamelle Holieway rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another Saturday, leading fourth-ranked Oklahoma past Southern Methodist, 35-13, and preserving the Sooners' hopes for a national championship. The victory also may have killed Michigan's chance at the national title. Oklahoma (10-1) will play top-ranked Penn State (1 1-0) in the Orange Bowl.

No. 2 Miami (10-1) plays Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl and No. 3 Iowa (10-1) plays UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Michigan (9-1-1 plays Nebraska ers drove 68 yards in 12 plays. Patrick Collins scored from the 11.

Holieway's scoring pass to Morris came at 5:15 of the third quarter, and his three-yard option keeper at 7:07 of the fourth quarter ended the scoring. SMU started the game with an 11-play, 82-yard drive, ending on tailback Reggie Dupard's three-yard touchdown run. But two first-half fumbles slowed the Mustangs. Holieway finished the season as Oklahoma's leading rusher with 861 yards, the fourth straight time a freshman has led the team in rushing. Brlgham Young 26, Hawaii 6: Vai Sikahema scored two touchdowns as No.

9 Brigham Young (11-2) finished in a tie with Air Force for the Western Athletic Conference title at 7-1. Sikahema, a senior running back, caught 12 passes for 198 yards and rushed for 86 more yards in 1 1 carries. Host Hawaii finished 4-6-2, its first losing season in eight years, and 4-3-1 in the AC. LSU 35, East Carolina 15: Dalton Hil-liard ran for 1 70 yards and three touchdowns, becoming only the fourth Southeastern Conference back to gain more than 4,000 career yards. Hilliard also became the leading rusher at No.

12 LSU with 4,050 career yards, topping the 4,035 gained by Charles Alexander. Host LSU (9-1-1) meets Baylor Dec. 27 in the Liberty Bowl. East Carolina fell to 2-9. no.

OKLAHOMA (10-1) The score: Oklahoma 35, Southern Methodist 13. Top performer: Jamelle Holieway rushed for two touchdowns and passed for a third. Regular season ends. no. BRIGHAM YOUNG (11-2) The score: BYU 26, Hawaii 6.

Top performers: BYU's Vai Sikahema scored two touchdowns and caught 12 passes for 198 yards. Regular season ends. no. LSU (9-1-1) The score: LSU 35, East Carolina 15. Top performer: Dalton Milliard rushed for 170 yards and scored two touchdowns.

Regular season ends. (9-2) in the Fiesta Bowl. SMU is 6-5, the first time since 1979 the Mustangs had more than four losses. The game was SMU's last on national television until 1987 because of NCAA probation. Holieway, who rushed for 126 yards, scored on runs of 38 and three yards.

He also hit split end Lee Morris with a 16-yard touchdown pass. Oklahoma scored three second-quarter touchdowns, erasing a 7-0 defi cit. Tailback Spencer Tillman scored on a one-yard dive at 14:52 of the period, tying the score. Holieway scored 16 seconds later from 38 yards out after an SMU fumble. On their next possession, the Soon Can Holtz ride hot seat back to ton? ft' i.t i 1 NOTRE DAME, from Page 1C Ideally, the football coach at Notre Dame should be a cross between Billy and Otto Graham divinely inspired with an eye on the end zone.

Twenty-four coaches have preceded Holtz at Notre Dame and have presided over a legacy celebrated for the towering presence of Knute Rockne (105-12-5), Frank Leahy (87-11-9) and Ara Par-seghian (95-1 7-4). To grasp how strong the tradition at South Bend is and how debilitating the pressure to win can be consider this: Of the former Irish coaches still living (Hugh Devore, Terry Brennan, Parseghian and Dan Devine) none ever coached again after Notre Dame. The deterioration of the Notre Dame football program began in 1981, the season Faust arrived. The architect of 18 successful seasons at Moeller High School in Cincinnati (174-17-2), Faust had not coached collegiately, but he had refreshing enthusiasm and a profound respect for Notre Dame. Faust would be praised as "decent" and "honorable" in his five years at Notre Dame, but he did not win as a Notre Dame coach is expected to win.

The Irish were a mediocre 30-26-1 under Faust and appeared in two inconsequential bowls, the Liberty (1983) and the Aloha (1984). "Our goals here are not unrealistic," said athlete director Gene Corrigan. "We do not expect to win a national championship each year, but I had hoped that somewhere during the last five years we would have pointed for the top. That did not happen." Because that did not happen nor appeared likely to under Faust the Notre Dame faithful rose in protest. In a December issue of "Blue and Gold" The News Magazine Devoted Exclusively to Coverage of Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football a reader assailed "Notre Shame, er, Notre Dame" for the "embarrassing" 36-6 defeat by Penn State.

"Unrealized potential, sloppy football, and bad coaching" is how a Florida reader characterized the team, and others pointed to the decision by ABC-TV to cut from the Penn State debacle to the Georgia-Auburn game as the "largest slap in the face" in the "entire history" of the school. The declining fortunes of Notre Dame football have been accompanied by declining broadcast ratings. Fewer than six percent of U.S. households tuned into Notre Dame football this year down seven percent from a year ago and only 185 Mutual Broadcasting radio affiliates carried Notre Dame games, down from 325 in 1978. ESPN discontinued reruns of Notre Dame games this year because of 10 partial season he endured with the Jets in 1976.

"God," he said, "did not place Lou Holtz on this earth to coach pro football." Controversy has pursued Holtz, if not because of his frequent jesting which he plans to curb then because of his endorsement in 1983 of Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Helms, an arch-conservative Republican, waged a crusade to defeat legislation declaring a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Holtz said he did not support Helms on the King issue and that he regarded the senator as a friend. The Helms incident proved his undoing at Arkansas but did not dissuade Corrigan from hiring Holtz at Notre Dame.

Coaching at Notre Dame had been a goal of Holtz's; his Minnesota contract even included a clause that would allow him to accept the position if it were offered. Corrigan had been attracted to Holtz because of his experience, his ability to "respond" in pressure situations, and his background at William and Mary, an environment of strict academic standards. Of the coaches frequently rumored to succeed Faust former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil, Terry Donahue (UCLA), George Welsh (Virginia) and Bobby Ross (Maryland) Corrigan spoke with only Holtz and closed an agreement within 24 hours. Faust resigned on Tuesday. Holtz agreed to terms on Wednesday.

'Pressure' is not the word I associate with coaching here," Holtz said Tuesday, his second day at Notre Dame. "The wor-d is I have been here less than a day and I can sense that the demands of coaching here will be greater than at state-oriented schools such as North Carolina State, Arkansas and Minnesota. The tradition here is special." The status of the Notre Dame program is difficult to discern. Corrigan said that he had "frankly, no idea" but that he "suspects" the program was composed of "some outstanding athletes." Holtz said he still was assessing the situation. From what he can cull from watching the team on television including the 51-point defeat to Miami he needs to revive enthusi-" asm.

"None of the players on this team have finished the season in the top 10," Holtz said. "We have to re-sell them on Notre Dame football." To enliven the potential for a successful season, Holtz plans to recruit "any place there is a nun or priest" and sign athletes "who will make the skilled positions more of a positive factor than they are now." Holtz said that Notre Dame would pass, "not every down, but 30 times a game," and that he would not run the option offense. (He ran wishbone and I-forma-tion offenses at Minnesota.) Holtz added that the defensive line had to "generate a stronger pass rush" and Notre Dame would not become an excellent team "until we become a excellent defensive team." "This is an intelligent team," Holtz said. "I could tell that by reading the questionnaires; I had'to use a dictionary. To succeed at Notre Dame, a student has to be disciplined.

I would assume that those skills can be transferred to the football field." The Notre Dame schedule is traditionally strong and 1986 is no exception. Seven of the 11 opponents are 1985 bowl teams including Michigan and Michigan State and an eighth, SMU, probably would be a bowl team if it were not on probation. Holtz is cautious in discussing goals. "I do not have a goal," he said. "We could have a successful season and ii may not be reflected in wins and losses.

"Not one person can turn this program around. We all have to." The 66th annual Notre Dame football banquet was held Wednesday evening at the the Athletic and Convocation Center. "Having the opportunity to coach at Notre Dame has been a blessing," said Faust, choked with emotion. "And, as I leave, I hope I will always be a small part of the community here." One by one from Corrigan to senior tailback Allen Pinkett to university executive vice-president Edmund Joyce administrators and players spoke in tribute of Faust. "Saying goodby is difficult," said senior defensive tackle Eric Dorsey, as he and others praised Faust for his ability to withstand adversity.

The evening unfolded at a melancholy pace and then Corrigan, the master of ceremonies, introduced the guest speaker: New York Yankees owner George Stein-brenner. Formerly an assistant coach at Purdue and Northwestern, Steinbrenner spoke of his affection for Notre Dame, cited Faust for his integrity, and then then addressed himself to the players, seated in rows at tables on the stage. "Adversity introduces a man to himself," Steinbrenner said, and referred frankly to his conviction for contributing illegally to the presidential campaign of Richard Nixon. "I can assure you I learned something from that." Steinbrenner paused. And searched the team with his eyes.

"Fellows, Notre Dame is one of the greatest traditions in the country; and you are part of it. You have been wounded. And you have bled. But by God you will rise Lou Holtz: "I do not have a goal. We could have a successful season and it may not be reflected in wins and losses." The likelihood that Faust will do as Parseghian and Devine and retire from football is small.

Although he said he had been offered "a position in business," he also had been contacted for 1 1 coaching openings and spoke as if he had something to prove. Faust is still considering five offers (he talked to Youngstown State Saturday about its coaching vacancy) and should have a decision within days. The recruiting season began on Monday and he is eager to get started. I have experience at this level," Faust said. "We defeated some great coaches here and now we will see if I can do it consistently.

Now we will see if I can coach." The morning Lou Holtz arrived at Notre Dame, he scheduled a team meeting. Questionnaires were passed to each player and Holtz announced that beginning in January, the coaches would conduct practices each Monday before classes a.m.) and each Friday after classes (4 Sophomore quarterback Terry Andrysiak welcomed the idea. "The program should be more organized under coach Holtz," said Andrysiak, from Allen Park and Cabrini High. "And we should be a more disciplined team. The 6 a.m.

practices are a solid step toward that." Sophomore defensive tackle Matt Dingens agrees. "Coach Holtz definitely has his own ideas," said Dingens, from Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham Brother Rice. "None of us would say we were relieved to hear that coach Faust resigned, but we are anxious to get started next spring. I could sense it at the meeting. Next season can be a new beginning for us." The head coaching career of Lou Holtz has covered 17 seasons and five venues, including a disastrous year with the New York Jets in which he discovered he was not suited to coach in the NFL.

Holtz, the son of an East Liverpool, Ohio, bus driver and a practical nurse, graduated 234th in a high school class of 278, attended Kent State, and served as a graduate assistant under coach Forest Evashevski. Holtz assisted at William and Mary, Connecticut, South Carolina and Ohio State and began as a head coach at William and Mary in 1969. Stylistically, Holtz can be wry and entertaining, but he also has proven that he can recruit, instill discipline and win. Holtz improved William and Mary (13-20), guided North Carolina State 33-16-3) to four bowls in four years, succeeded the legendary Frank Broyles at Arkansas and was 60-21-2 in seven years, and turned a 1 -1 0 team at Minnesota to a bowl contender in two years. The only blemish on his record is the 3- top fared against Hawaii.

Bo came to Auburn. You could see he had just unbelievable God-given ability." Jackson, projected by most NFL scouts as the top pick in next spring's draft, had 317 first-place votes and finished with 1,509 points. Long was second with 1,464 points and had 286 first-place votes. Jackson will receive the trophy at a dinner Thursday in New York. Purdue quarterback Jim Everett was sixth, followed by Navy running back Napoleon McCallum, Notre Dame runner Allen Pinkett, tailback Joe Du-dek of Plymouth (N.H.) State, a Division III school, and, tied for 10th, quarterback Brian McClure of Bowling Green and running back Thurman Thomas of Oklahoma State.

White, Testaverde and Thomas, a sophomore, were the only underclassmen among the top 11 vote-getters. AP Pholo giate experience before moving to Notre Dame. "And," he said, "I needed every one of those years when I got there." Parseghian can only guess why Faust did not succeed but said the "demands of coaching at the collegiate level" were probably greater than Faust anticipated. That inexperience surfaced in a variety of organizational errors, such as taking illogical timeouts, having extra players on the field, and in fundamental errors such as excessive penalities. Players contend Faust treated them as high school students, not as adults; Faust refers to his five years at Notre Dame as a "learning experience." "People told me how it would be here, Ara, Dan Devine, and others," said Faust, seated on the edge of his desk and hands in pockets.

"But unless you sit in this office and experience it yourself, you never know how it is. I know I have learned from this." Heisman: How the Hillsdale routs Salem in NAIA playoffs, 47-3 McCallum masters Army in finale, 17-7 QUARTERBACKS CMP ATT PCT YDS TP Robbie Bosco, BYU 338 511 66.1 4273 30 Chuck Long, Iowa 231 351 65.8 2978 26 Vlnny Testaverde, Miami 216 352 61.4' 3238 21 RUNNING BACKS ATT YDS AVG PG TD Bo Jackson, Auburn 278 1786 6.4 162 17 Lorenzo White, MSU 386 1908 4.9 173 17 a ratings drop from 1.2 in 1983 to 0.9 in 1984. Corrigan cited the "inability to field a successful team since 1980" as the explanation for the ratings decline and added that future broadcast packages, now valued in excess of $2 million, could be damaged. The pressure to produce and ensure the Notre Dame tradition can be intense. Holtz joked that he attended a game at Notre Dame once and "noticed that the fans were unarmed." Unarmed perhaps, but truly unforgiving.

The sainted Parseghian won national championships in 1966 and 1973 and even he refers to the Notre Dame job as a "year-round treadmill with no margin for error." Parseghian had 10 successful years at Notre Dame and resigned in 1974 because of soaring blood pressure. "We lost two games in my worst regular season," Parseghian said, "and that made me a basket case." Parseghian had 14 years of colle guess," McCallum said. "I guess I'm a little late in having a good game." The victory avenged Navy's loss to Army last season and took the sting out of its 4-7 finish. Army, which plays Illinois in the Dec. 31 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, is 8-3.

Navy leads the series, 41-38-7. McCallum carried 41 times, including eight of the 10 plays as Navy drove for Todd Solomon's clinching 26-yard field goal with 1:15 to play. McCallum's six-yard run on Navy's previous possession set up Chuck Smith's five-yard touchdown run up the middle with 8:26 to play, giving Navy a 14-7 lead. Navy drove 77 yards in 13 plays for the go-ahead score, including a 15-yard pass from Bob Misch to Greg Schildmeyer and a 15-yard reverse by end Troy Saunders. The Cadets' vaunted wishbone offense stalled in the second half, with backup sophomore quarterback Tory Crawford in the lineup in place of senior starter Rob Healy, who suffered a dislocated shoulder at the end of the first half.

Army, which entered the game averaging 350.8 yards a game on the ground, was held to 192 rushing and 288 overall. Navy gained 313 yards on the ground and 397 total. Includes Saturday night's game Jackson wins Heisman Trophy By STEVE CROWE Free Press Special Writer HILLSDALE For the second straight season, Salem College of West Virginia will remember its trek to Michigan as a painful experience. Hillsdale quarterback Mike Gatt capitalized on three Salem miscues, throwing three touchdown passes in the last 1:35 before half time, as the Chargers breezed past the fifth-ranked Tigers, 47-3, in the quarterfinals of the NAIA playoffs. The Chargers (10-1 and ranked second in the NAIA) dominated the line of scrimmage from the outset before 2,200 at Muddy Waters Stadium, winning their eighth straight game -and moving into the semifinals for the third time this decade.

The Chargers will meet Mesa College at its home stadium in Grand Junction, at noon Detroit time Saturday in the semifinals. When Hillsdale last played Mesa (9-1, ranked fourth) in the 1982 NAIA semifinals in Colorado, Mesa eliminated Hillsdale. DESPITE ENTERING the game with the No. 1 offense in the NAIA, Salem (8-3) managed just one first down in the second half, and only four in the game while Hillsdale rolled up 20. The Chargers, second in the NAIA in total defense, sacked Salem quarterback Jimbo Fisher seven times for 60 yards in losses.

Following a 23-yard field goal by Salem's Ben Trout with just over three' minutes gone in the first quarter, the Chargers took charge. Gatt drove Hillsdale 55 yards in six plays late in the first quarter, high-' lighted by an acrobatic 17-yard touch down pass to Dave Mifsud, putting the Chargers on top, 7-3. In all, Gatt completed 15 of 27 for 198 yards and four touchdowns, rushing for one. WITH 1:35 LEFT in the half, Gatt found Tom Karpinski who rushed for 75 yards in 25 carries alone for an 1 1 -yard score, stretching the lead to 14-3. The ensuing kickoff bounced off the hands of Salem's Jeff Julias, setting up Gatt's eight-yard scoring toss to Jeff Lantis three plays later.

With 52 seconds left and Hillsdale already comfortably ahead, 21-3, Robert Smith mishandled the kickoff, and Hillsdale's Rob McGuffin scooped up the loose ball at the 17. Gatt connected with Mifsud on the next play, ending Salem's dream of avenging last season's playoff defeat. Hillsdale's Mark Baker kicked a 42-yard field goal early in the second half. Rodney Patterson blocked a Salem punt and sent the ball through the end zone for a safety. Mark Strickland's 67-yard run in -the waning moments set up his seven-yard touchdown burst three plays later, completing the scoring.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Tailback Napoleon McCallum missed most of last season with a broken ankle and was shunned this season by Heisman Trophy voters. But while Bo Jackson was receiving the Heisman in New York, McCallum put on a glorious farewell performance Saturday in Navy's 17-7 victory over Army before 71,640. McCallum rushed for 21 7 yards and helped set up 10 fourth-quarter points as the Midshipmen won the 86th meeting of the service academies. McCallum finished with his second-highest career rushing total. It was also the second-highest rushing total in an Army-Navy game, behind Eddie Myers' 278 yards for Navy in 1979.

"This is the game I'm going to remember," said McCallum, who was granted an unprecedented fifth year at the Naval Academy after missing nine games last season. "This game made the extra year worthwhile. The offensive line stayed with their blocks and that allowed me to make the cutbacks I needed." Still, McCallum was curious about the Heisman voting, wondering where he finished. (He was seventh with eight first-place votes and 72 points to Jackson's 1,509.) "There's a little irony there, I HEISMAN, from Page 1C Jackson is the second Auburn player to win the award, named for John Heisman, who coached at Auburn among other schools. In 1971, Auburn quarterback Pat Sullivan won the Heisman, the last non-running back to win it until last year when Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie was the recipient.

"I wouldn't say it's just a running back award," Jackson said. "There are tons of great athletes out there. I don't think they should overlook the rest of the field." Auburn coach Pat Dye credited Jackson with being responsible for reviving the Tigers' football program. "Bo has been the strength and heart and soul that put Auburn football back on the map," Dye said. "I feel the same way today as I did four years ago when.