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PT3 College football 1113 8D DETROIT FREE PRESSTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1987 Lockbaum going both ways for Heisman shot ft If net of the injury won't be known until a reexamination today. Bell was not hospitalized Saturday night but was examined after Saturday's Orange Bowl game and again Sunday morning in Gainesville. Indelicato said the injury will not affect Bell's passing motion even though it was suffered to his throwing shoulder. "We think he's going to have a fast recovery, but the normal recovery time is seven to 14 days," Indelicato said. "He may play this weekend or it may go beyond this weekend and into the next weekend.

We won't know anything until Tuesday." Florida plays Tulsa (0-1 Saturday in Gainesville before opening the Southeastern Conference against Alabama (1-0) Sept. 19 in Birmingham. Senior Pepe Lescano will start if Bell cannot play. Lescano, who played at St. Thomas Aquinas High in Fort Lauderdale, completed four of eight passes for 32 yards and an interception Saturday.

He had completed two of four passes for 37 yards previous to that. two-platoon game of specialists. With a veteran Holy Cross team, there is no urgency this season, as there was last, for Lockbaum to be so active. The coach, Mark Duffner, concedes that a case can be made for playing his star only on offense. But Lockbaum, who has proven his versatility, wants it all, and the coach can hardly deny the athlete.

"IF SOMETHING is not broken, you don't fix it," said Duffner, who is starting his second season as head coach. "We'll have the same format, using Gordon as a two-way player, because our team is confident in that arrangement. Before each game, we'll analyze how Gordon can be most productive." Lockbaum will be a full-time performer in the expanded Holy Cross multiple offense as a running back, or as a wide receiver in a single-back formation. He will also throw a halfback option pass and occasionally quick-kick. "The perfect multiple offense back," said Dan Allen, the backfield coach.

On defense, Lockbaum sees himself as a specialist this season, a spot player. Lockbaum's best contribution last season came in his team's 17-14 victory over Army, when he made 19 unassisted tackles, an astounding total that came mostly against the fleet Cadet wishbone halfbacks, Clarence Jones and Benny Wright. Over and over, he met them at one sideline or another, short of the first down. Lockbaum had been shifted from corner-back, his original position at Holy Cross, to free safety for just that game, and he was on the field for 143 of the 153 plays. University of Florida: As if the hangover from Saturday's 31-4 loss to the University of Miami weren't dismal enough, the University of Florida later awoke to find that senior quarterback Kerwin Bell could miss the next two games.

Bell slightly separated his right shoulder in the fourth quarter of Saturday's loss, and team Dr. Pete Indelicato said Sunday that the extent F'te Pr'ws Wire Reports WORCESTER, Mass. What comes first, team or the Heisman Trophy? That is a dilemma facing the Holy Cross football team this season. But the coaches and the Heisman candidate, Gordon Lockbaum, hope they can meld the choices and work toward common goals. The next question follows naturally.

Can I ockbaum, the crew-cut kid from South Jersey, continue to attract the news media attention from coast to coast that is necessary to capture the Heisman, the prize that goes to he who supposedly is college football's best player? Lockbaum, a 21-year-old honor student, believes he can, provided the Crusaders win all II of their games, he compiles impressive statistics offensively and he has his chances on defense to blitz or cover opponents one-on-one. Of course, Lockbaum said recently, the team conies first, but he acknowledged that he must be flashy to capture the attention of the Heisman electors most of them members of the news media and many of whom have a bias against small Eastern schools that play regional schedules. "I WANT TO contribute as much as I can to an 1 1-0 season," he said. "Then the rest should fall into place." It was Lockbaum's two-way performances last season that caught the attention and earned the plaudits of college football followers. He led the 10-1 Crusaders in rushing, receiving and scoring.

His efforts represented 37 percent of the team's offensive yardage, and his 22 touchdowns represented 47 percent of the team's scoring. He was on the field for two-thirds of the team's 1,599 plays, including three-fourths of the offensive ones. For all that, he finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. There had been no comparable performance since unlimited substitution was restored to the college rules in 1965, resulting in the current The No. 1 team (from last year) is OK thanks The 200 club Here are the all-time NCAA college football coaching victory leaders with years as head coach and record.

Penn State coach Joe Paterno joined the club Saturday with a 45-19 win over Bowling Green. 4 c' 3 COACH YRS x-Eddie Robinson 44 Paul (Bear) Bryant 38 Amos Alonzo Stagg 57 Glenn (Pop) Warner 44 x-John Gagllardl 38 Woody Hayes 33 Arnett Mumford 36 John Merrltt 31 Fred Long 45 x-Bo Schembechler 24 336 113 15 323 85 17 314 199 35 313 106 32 243 84 8 238 72 10 233 85 23 232 65 11 227 151 31 207 57 7 207 176 19 203 36 4 203 95 14 201 128 15 200 44 2 "is lev I A "4 Kit I 7 I i if 4' 1 f. "fc I i 1 i -f rj v'; 40 25 31 39 22 Jess Nealy Jake Gaither Warren Woodson Eddie Anderson x-Joe Paterno X-STILL ACTIVE By RAY PARRILLO Knloht-Rldder Newspapers PHILADELPHIA Their potential Achilles' heels were officially bared back in spring practice, when the revelry of winning the 1986 national championship had faded and the realization that they had lost 15 starters plus their entire kicking game hit with full impact. Penn State had some obvious holes to fill if it was to jockey into position this year to get a shot at the big trophy for a third straight season. Who would do the punting and placekicking, a facet of the game to which Joe Paterno gives higher priority than offense? Would Paterno find someone capable of spotting Blair Thomas at tailback without a huge drop-off? Same for quarterback Matt Knizner.

And who would take up the load at fullback, where in '86 Tim Manoa and Steve Smith formed a two-headed monster with size, speed and crisp blocking ability? These were some of the most pressing questions facing the Nittany Lions as they opened the season Saturday. WELL, BOWLING Green which got bounced by the Nittany Lions, 45-19, at Beaver Stadium provided Paterno with the luxury of trying to find some answers to those questions before Alabama arrives in State College for Saturday night's nationally televised game. And although Paterno, who launched his 22d season as head coach with his 200th victory, was typically guarded about Penn State's performance against the overmatched Falcons, some of his concerns were clearly allayed. Punter Chris Clauss served early notice that he is a worthy successor to John Bruno, the unsung hero of the Fiesta Bowl win over Miami, by averaging 43 yards on four punts. Clauss has a booming leg.

It remains to be seen if he can become the "coffin corner" expert Bruno was. Paterno used Eric Etze on the field-goal unit and Ray Tarasi to kick off Saturday. Etze made his lone field-goal attempt, a 28-yarder, and all six extra-point attempts. Tarasi consistently blasted his kickoffs into the end zone. Paterno indicated that Tarasi may get to attempt field goals but that he wanted to lift that burden from the sophomore Saturday because Tarasi's older brother, Terence, was fatally shot in a Pittsburgh barroom recently.

"THERE'S VERY little about the kicking game I didn't think was pretty good," Paterno said. "I feel better about it." Paterno also should be feeling pretty good about his depth at tailback. In fact, it's likely Paterno has never had so many quality athletes in his backfield. Senior John Greene, who has been switched back and forth from safety to tailback during his Penn State career, came off the bench and ran for 57 yards on seven carries, including one for a 20-yard TD. Greene is a hard, straight-ahead runner with deceptive speed.

Paterno also offered glimpses of tailbacks Leroy Thompson and Gary Brown and fullback Sam Gash, three of his most touted freshmen, and all were impressive enough to grab the attention of an Alabama scout who was in attendance. Thompson 1 0 carries, 36 yards) was considered the top scholastic prospect in Tennessee last year. Brown (8 carries, 44 yards), from Williamsport, ranked with Harrisburg's Ricky Watters (Notre Dame) among Pennsylvania's top prospects. And Gash was considered the prize catch out of North Carolina. Not bad for a recruiting class that was somewhat maligned by some scouting experts.

"IT'S A GOOD group of freshmen, but I don't want to get carried away about them," Paterno said. "I had to play the young kids (in the backfield) because I have no one else to play there. We lost of lot of backs from last year." Paterno has long maintained that his approach toward freshmen is to ignore them. It's obvious, though, that he is having a hard time ignoring talents such as Thompson, Brown and Gash. At quarterback, sophomore Tom Bill mopped up for Knizner and displayed his varied talents, even though he was hamstrung in what he could do because of the lopsided score.

UPI The scoreboard tells the tale of Penn State coach Joe Paterno's 200th college coaching victory, a 45-19 win over Bowling Green Saturday. Michigan drops to 8th in UPI poll Bruce ready to tackle Moutaineers Saturday COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State coach Earle Bruce says he is preparing his team for an opponent on a crusade in the Buckeyes' season opener against West Virginia Saturday in Ohio Stadium. Among the crowd of 46,000 at the Mountaineers' 23-3 season opening victory Saturday over Ohio University were Ohio State coaches. They discovered that Moutaineer fans "seem to be taking this as a crusade for West Virginia against Ohio State," Bruce said at his media luncheon Monday. "Because we are next-door neighbors, they've put a lot of emphasis on this game.

It's one of those games that might mean a heck of a lot more to them than it means to us." A capacity crowd of 89,000 is expected for the first football game between Ohio State and West Virginia since 1 903. A public lottery was used to distribute the 5,000 tickets allotted to West Virginia fans. The Buckeyes are 78-7-4 in home openers. UPI Top 20 The United Press International Board of Coaches' Top 20 college football ratings, with first-place votes and record In parentheses, total points (based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, and last week's ranking: 1. Oklahoma (44) (1-0) 744 1 2.

Nebraska (1) (1-0) 646 2 3. UCLA (1) (1-0) 543 4 4. Auburn (1-0) 524 5 5. Ohio State (1) (0-0) 503 3 6. LSU (1)(1-0) 43810 7.

Miami (1) (1-0) 406 9 8. Michigan (0-0) 385 6 9. Penn State (1) (1-0) 314 7 10. Clemson (1-0) 29413 11. Florida State (1-0) 277 14 12.

Arkansas (0-0) 208 12 13. Washington (1-0) .17215 14. Arizona State (0-0) 156 8 15. Tennessee (2-0) 10317 16. Notre Dame (0-0) 68 16 17.

Alabama (1-0) 5819 18. Pittsburgh (1-0) 50 19. North Carolina (1-0) 30 20. Southern Cal (0-0) 17 z-unranked Olhers rceMno votes: Boston College, Colors-do Georgia, Iowa, Michigan State, Oklahowi Stole, Syracuse, Texas and Wyoming verde, completed 17 of 27 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown. "It has been Vinny this, Vinny that around here for the past two years," Miami wide receiver Brian Blades said.

"Well, Vinny's gone. We've got a new man in here who can do the job. His name is Steve Walsh." THE PACIFIC-10 and Southeastern Conference each sent four teams to the Top 20 and the Big Ten, Big Eight and Southwest Conference had two each. The 1988 national champion will receive a $32,000 non-athletic scholarship from the Gerrits Foundation and United Press International. Runner wins NY race NEW YORK (AP) George Buckheit of Pomona, N.Y., with a time of 19 minutes, 18 seconds, won the New York Road Runners Club Labor Day four-mile run in a light drizzle, Central Park.

to the Top 20. Texas Iowa and Florida dropped from the rankings. Michigan and Penn State each dropped two spots. Michigan opens its season Saturday against Notre Dame. The Nittany Lions defeated Bowling Green, 45-19, for coach Joe Paterno's 200th career victory.

They play Alabama Saturday. THE AGGIES, who shared the preseason No. 10 ranking with LSU, lost, 17-3. They entered Saturday's game with a 14-game home winning streak the longest such stretch in Division I-A. "It was great to win," said LSU's Mike Archer, the youngest coach in Division I-A at 34.

"And it was especially nice to win it in a place like Texas where you know you will have a tough game. "But we beat Texas (in Baton Rouge) to start the season last year and turned around and lost the week (to Miami of Ohio). We don't waiit to do NEW YORK (UPI) Louisiana State used a strong opening victory at Texas to advance four places to No. 6 in the first regular-season ratings released Monday by United Press International's Board of Coaches. Oklahoma maintained its hold on No.

1 in college football by securing 744 of a possible 750 votes and 44 of 50 first-place votes. Nebraska, the Sooners' Big Eight foe, stayed at No. 2 with 646 points and one first-place ballot. No. 3 UCLA and No.

4 Auburn each advanced a spot while No. 5 Ohio State fell two positions. Following LSU was No. 7 Miami, No. 8 Michigan, No.

9 Penn State and No. 10 Clemson. Rounding out the Top 20 were No. 11 Florida State, No. 12 Arkansas, No.

13 Washington, No. 14 Arizona State, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 1 6 Notre Dame, No. 1 7 Alabama, No.

1 8 Pittsburgh, No. 19 North Carolina and No. 20 Southern Cal. The final three teams were all new that next week (against Fullerton State)." LSU, UCLA, Miami, Penn State and Ohio State also received first-place mention. Oklahoma routed North Texas State, 69-14, and Nebraska blasted Utah State, 56-12.

"We made our early scores easily," said coach Barry witzer, whose squad faces Nebraska Nov. 21 in Lincoln. "Thereafter, we did not play as well as we are capable. We lost our intensity and we made too many physical errors. We could not beat a good football team playing that way." UCLA downed San Diego State, 47-14, and Auburn dropped Texas, 31-3, moving ahead of Ohio State, which was idle.

Miami, playing its first game since losing last year's national title to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl, beat Florida, 31-4, moving from ninth to seventh, Steve Walsh, the replacement of Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testa-.