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Bob Breunig retires after
10 years with Cowboys
United Press International
DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys mid
dle linebacker Bob Breunig, whose
final professional season was marked
by injury and criticism, announced
his retirement Tuesday and said he
would probably never grow used to
not playing football.
“It is extremely tough to retire
from this game,” said Breunig, who
spent 10 years with the team and
whose career was abruptly halted by
back problems.
“People talk about an ‘itch.’ I don’t
think that ‘itch’ will ever leave me.
When I see teams playing for a con
ference championship on television,
I’ll know exactly what they are going
through.”
As Brenuig was announcing his
retirement, speculation was increas
ing that wide receiver Drew Pearson
might return to the team next sea
son.
Pearson, 33, retired last season
following an automobile accident
that killed his brother. Pearson suf
fered a lacerated liver in the accident
last March 22, but he said if doctors
give him the go ahead he would con
sider coming out of retirement.
Dallas’ offense sputtered through
much of the 1984 season and the
Cowboys’ revamped receiving corps
drew much of the blame.
Breunig was only the third middle
linebacker in the 25-year history of
the Cowboys — the first two being
Jerry Tubbs (now the team’s line
backer coach) and Lee Roy Jordan.
The fourth will become Eugene
Lockhart, who stepped in as a rookie
last season when Breunig’s back
spasms eventually forced him onto
the injured reserve list.
“When I had questions,’’ said
Lockhart, “it was great to have some
body like coach Tubbs and Bob to go
to. I don’t have Bob’s telephone
number. But I’m going to get it.”
Breunig will now devote full time
to a career in the burgeoning real es
tate business owned by former Cow
boys quarterback Roger Staubach.
Breunig was the first person hired
by Staubach in 1977 when the one
time quarterback founded his com
pany.
Brenuig, who made the Pro Bowl
three times, started 119 games for
the Cowboys but that streak was
snapped in the third week of the
1984 when he first suffered back
spasms. He eventually missed eight
games during the season.
Because of Lockhart’s talents,
there was a general outcry in the me
dia as the season progressed for
Breunig to be replaced as starter.
“I thought a lot of the criticism
was misplaced,” Breunig said Tues
day. “But I tried to put it in perspec
tive. There are children dying
around the world and people are
starving. There are a lot more im
portant things than whether I get
criticized or not.
“1 never said I was the best line
backer around. I just said I would go
out and do my best.”
Hoyas remain No. 1
despite Eagle scare
United Press International
NEW YORK — Georgetown’s
near-loss to Boston College Saturday
didn’t hurt the Hoyas in the eyes of
the UPI Board of Coaches because
the Hoyas are No. 1 for the seventh
week in a row. But it certainly helped
the Eagles.
Boston College took the defend
ing national champions into over
time Saturday, losing 82-80 after
erasing a 40-32 halftime lead. It was
the closest game this season for
Georgetown. The effort earned the
Eagles a No. 17 ranking with an 11-1
record. It marks the first time Bos
ton College hr.s cracked the Top 20
all season.
Georgetown and Boston College
were two of five Big East teams to
make the Top 20 this week, solidify
ing the conference’s claim to being
the strongest league in the nation.
Joining the Hoyas and Eagles are
No. 4 St. John’s, No. 8 Syracuse and
No. 20 Villanova.
The Big Ten and Atlantic Coast
Conference each have three teams in
the Top 20.
Georgetown remained the over
whelming choice as the top team in
the nation, collecting 40 of the 41
first-place votes cast. One coach did
not vote this week. The Hoyas, 13-0,
icked up 612 points. Duke, 10-0,
eld its No. 2 ranking for the fourth
straight week, gathering 573 points.
Southern Methodist climbed to
No. 3 after placing eighth last week.
The Mustangs, 11-1, beat Arkansas
in overtime Saturday 63-60.
St. John’s, which tallied the other
first-place vote, remained No. 4.
Memphis State edged North Car
olina for No. 5 a point. The Tigers
fell two spots in the rankings after
losing to South Carolina 60-58 Sat
urday. The No. 6 Tar Heels, mean
while, climed three places with two
victories.
No. 7 Oklahoma vaulted seven
spots, the biggest jump of any
school. No. 8 Syracuse, which suf
fered its first loss to Villanova, fell
from No. 5. Kansas was No. 9 while
Georgia Tech, one of nine ranked
teams to lose Saturday, took No. 10.
The Yellow Jackets, No. 7 last week,
were knocked off by Wake Forest.
Rounding out the Top 20 are: No.
11 Indiana, No. 12 Oregon Slate,
No. 13 Louisiana Tech, No 14. Mich
igan State, No. 15 DePaul, No. 16 Il
linois, Boston College, No. 18 Loui
siana State, No. 19 Washington and
No. 20 Villanova.
Other than Boston College, three
other teams cracked the Top 20 for
the first time — Oregon State, Michi
gan State and Villanova. Dropping
out from last week were Maryland,
Michigan, Virginia Commonwealth
and Onio State.
Illinois took the biggest dive
among the top teams, going from
No. 6 to No. 16. The Illini lost both
their games last week.
Top 20
United Press International
The United Press Interna
tional Board of Coaches Top
20 college basketball ratings.
First-place votes and records
through games of Jan. 6 in
parentheses. (Total points
based on 15 points for first
place, 14 for second, etc.):
1. Georgetown (40) (13-0) 612
2. Duke (10-0) 573
3. SMU(1 1-1)488
4. St. John’s (1) (10-1)438
5. Memphis State (9-1) 381
6. North Carolina (10-1) 380
7. Oklahoma (10-3) 230
8. Syracuse (8-1)217
9. Kansas (10-2) 209
10. Georgia Tech (10-2) 158
11. Indiana (9-3) 140
12. Oregon Slate (11-1) 138
13. Louisiana Tech (1 1-1) 120
14. Michigan State (11-1) 101
15. DePaul (9-3) 92
16. Illinois (I 1-4) 83
17. Boston College (10-1) 74
18. LSU (9-2) 58
19. Washington (9-3) 55
20. Villanova (9-1)49
Outsiders bowing to SWC cogers
United Press International
DALLAS — For the first time
since the years immediately after
World War II, all Southwest Confer
ence basketball teams are headed for
winning non-conference records in
1984.
With 11 regular season non-con
ference games remaining — evena-
ainst a lineup of some of the power-
ouse teams in the country — all
nine SWC members have mathema
tically clinched winning records
against “outside” competition.
SWC schools have fashioned a 69-
25 non-conference record with a
winning percentage of .734, just off
the .735 pace in 1982 that ranks as
the best SWC aggregate since Hous
ton joined the conference in 1976.
Non-conference records range
from SMU’s 9-1 with three games
left to Baylor’s 7-4 mark. The Bears
and TC'J are the only teams that
have already completed outside play.
SMU will be the busiest in outside
play with games scheduled against
North Carolina, North Carolina
State and Louisville. Houston (8-2 in
non-conference) has games left with
DePaul and Illinois, while Arkansas
(9-3) still has Virginia and George
town on its schedule.
The four other schools all have
one outside game remaining — Rice
(7-3 after defeating Notre Dame
Monday night) plays Tarleton State,
Texas (7-3) meets Southern Cal,
Texas Tech (7-3) takes on BYU-Ha-
waii, and Texas A&M (7-3) plays
Marquette Wednesday night at Tne
Summit in Houston.
The recent success record of 75-
27 set in 1982 saw seven teams post
winning records, while SMU and
TCU broke even against outsiden
with identical 5-5 records.Not once
in the almost ten seasons that the
SWC has been a nine-member con
ference has it failed to produce a
winning outside record.
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