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Sports Tuesday, November 6, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 9 ■one. Childress 1 of 12 up for Lombardi United Press International HOUS TON — Three Big Eight linemen and two from both the Southwest and Southeastern confer ences are among 12 college football players nominated for the presti gious Lombardi Award, which will I be presented Dec. 6. They were nominated for the Ro- 1 tary-Lombardi “College Lineman of the Year” award by a national selec tion committee of 217 college coaches, sports writers and sports- casters. Four finalists will be an nounced during the weekend of Nov. 24-25. The Big Eight nominees are nose guard Tony Casillas of Oklahoma, offensive center Mark Tryanowicz of Nebraska and defensive tackle Leslie O’Neal of Oklahoma State. Picked from the Southwest Con ference are defensive tackles R<iy Childress of Texas A&M and Tony Degrate of Texas. Southeastern Conference nominees are inside linebacker Gregg Carr of Auburn and offensive tackle Lance Smith of Louisiana State University. The other five nominees-are out side linebacker Jack Del Rio, Univer sity of Southern California; offen sive tackle Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh; defensive tackle Tim Green, Syra cuse; nose guard William Perry, A&M’s Ray Childress Clemson, and defensive tackle Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech. All of the nominees are seniors except .Casillas, Green and O’Neal, who are juniors. The 40-pound granite block tro phy is a memorial to the late Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi. An estimated 1,200 people are ex pected to attend 15th annual $150- per-person affair sponsored by the Rotary Club of Houston. Huskies, Horns top UPI poll United Press International NEW YORK — Washington, preparing for its toughest test of the season, Monday became the first team to be ranked No. 1 for four weeks this season by the UPI Board of Coaches. Washington, the fifth team ranked No. 1 in 1984, received 30 of 42 first-place votes and 615 total points in the latest balloting. The Huskies face No. 12 South ern California in Los Angeles Saturday with the Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl trip on the line. Texas held second with six first-place votes and 560 points while Nebraska climbed ahead of Brigham Young into third place. The Cornhuskers received two first-place votes and 524 points while BYU received four first- place votes and 512 points. The Cougars fell despite im proving to 9-0 and clinching their ninth straight Western Athletic Conference title Saturday. Total points are based on 15 for a first-place vote, 14 for sec ond, etc. No. 5 South Carolina and No. 6 Miami held their positions this week. Oklahoma State moved into seventh with Georgia eighth, Oklahoma ninth and Florida State 10th. Oklahoma State and Okla homa moved up three spots this week while Florida State ad vanced four. Georgia did not move. Rounding out the Top 20 are No. 11 Florida, USC, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 14 Texas Chris tian, No. 15 Louisiana State, No. 16 Boston College, No. 17 Iowa, No. 18 West Virginia, No. 19 Vir ginia and No. 20 Southern Meth odist. Auburn, ranked first in pre season, fell from the ratings for the first time this year after losing 24-3 to Florida. The Tigers were 11th last week. Texas, Nebraska and Miami have also been ranked No. 1 this season. Nebraska was the only team to hold the top spot for three weeks before Washington. Ohio State and TCU each ad vanced five spots to make the largest jump this week, while Boston ollege and West Virginia went tumbling nine spots. Penn State edged Boston Col lege 37-30 while Virginia knocked off West Virginia 27-7. T he Cavaliers, 6-1-1, extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with the upset win and cracked the ratings for the first time this year. Iowa fell four spots after being held to a 10-10 tie by Wisconsin. SMU returned to the Top 20 after a one-week absence. Ful lerton State, ranked 20th last week, dropped out despite be coming the nation’s only Division I-A 10-0 team with a 20-17 win over Fresno State. Besides the Washington-USC battle Saturday, South Carolina hosts Florida State and Georgia meets Florida at Jacksonville in games that will go a long way in deciding bowl bids. South Caro lina and FSU are among the three top-ranked independent schools, while Georgia has a half game lead over Florida and LSU in the Southeastern Conference chase. Along with the SEC, the Southwest Conference and Big Eight have three ranked teams. Texas, TCU and SMU are SWC schools, while Nebraska, Okla homa State and Oklahoma are the leading Big Eight contenders. BYU became the nation’s first team to clinch a bowl berth Satur day, since the WAC winner auto matically goes to the Holiday Bowl. The Cougars’ 42-9 win over Texas-El Paso was their 20th straight, which is the longest cur rent winning streak in the nation. Top 20 The United Press Interna tional Board of Coaches T op 20 college football ratings, with first- place votes and records in pat en- theses (total points based on 15 points for first place, 14 for sec ond, etc.): 1. Washington (30) (9-0) 615 2. Texas (6) (6-9-1) 560 3. Nebraska (2) (8-1)524 4. Brigham Young (4) (9-0) 512 5. South Carolina (8-0) 461 6. Miami (8-2) 351 7. Oklahoma State (7-1) 325 8. Georgia (7-1) 322 9. Oklahoma (6-1-1) 227 10. Florida State (6-1-1)215 11. Florida (6-1-1) 192 12. Southern Cal (7-1) 143 13. Ohio State (7-2) 121 14. Texas Christian (7-1) 100 15. Louisiana Slate (6-1-1) 98 16. Boston College (5-2) 65 17. Iowa (6-2-1) 57 18. West Virginia (7-2) 46 19. Virginia (6-1-1) 26 20. Southern Methodist (5-2) 21 Giants have found what Pokes lost— team unity United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants are among those tied for the lead in the NFC East, but the atmoshpere around the two camps makes for a marked con trast these days. “We have finally found it,” said New York linebacker Lawrence Tay lor, expressing the current mood of the Giants. “We have togetherness. We are not just offense or defense or special teams. We are a team.” Things are not quite as cheery in other quarters, however. “I guess we’re not realizing the importance of every game,” said Dallas defensive back Dennis Thur man. “Until everyone takes it upon themselves to work, not individuallly but as a team, we just won’t get it done. A lot of people forget what it takes to get to the playoffs. “We’re playing teams like New York that are fighting for their lives.” ; New York and Dallas were left in the heap at the top of the division with 6-4 records as a result of the Gi ants’ 19-7 win over the Cowboys last Sunday. It was the second straight big win for New York, which had clobbered Washington the week be fore. “Until everyone takes it upon themselves to work, not individuallly but as a team, we just won’t get it done. A lot of people forget what it takes to get to the playoffs.” — Cowboys’ defensive back Dennis Thurman Among the good things coming out of the game for the Giants was the performance of place kicker Ali Haj-Sheikh, who had succeeded on only six of 16 field goal tries coming into the contest but?ho made-good on all four of his attempts Sunday.o “It was a little frustrating for a while,” he sard. “Then it was just a matter of putting in a lot of hard work, which we did. I put in a lot of time after practice trying to get ev erything together. I’d say it paid off.” New York completed a sweep of Dallas with the Sunday win, marking the first time in 21 years the Giants had beaten the Cowboys twice in the same season. “You don’t expect something to happen,” said New York running back Rob Carpenter. “You just try to go out and do it. You go through a game and you hope you can do this and you hope you can do that. I think we accomplished what we hoped we could do. But we can get better.” New York goes to Tampa Bay next week while the Cowboys must go to St. Louis and face a team that is also tied for the division lead. Dallas also must rectify its quarterback situ ation — where Danny White is cur rently nursing a sore left shoulder and Gary Hogeboom is nursing a bruised ego. Both tried and failed to move the ball against the Giants Sunday. “It’s not over by any means,” said White. “We have 49 guys here to have to decide to pay the price if we’re going to go where we want to go” “Yes,” said Hogeboom, “I’m frus trated. We’re not playing as well of fensively as we should. We’re having a hard time getting the ball out wide. I think we have the potential to be a playoff team, but we’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.” TAMU MBA INFORMATION SESSION Date: Wednesday, November 7 Time: 6:00 p.m. Place: 1 56 Blocker Bldg. at c ^et ►lof t ■n' alii emu 404 University Dr. East College Station • 846-8905 Next to Cenare’s 3202 A. 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