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Call 845-2611 Sooners, Canes still at top of AP poll From the Associated Press The Oklahoma Sooners and Miami Hurricanes are within one game of a national championship showdown. Oklahoma has done its part, completing an 11-0 regular sea son with the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press college Football poll. The Sooners have been No. 1 in all but one poll this season. They slipped to second two weeks ago but reclaimed the top spot by defeating Nebraska on Nov. 21. Miami remained No. 2 for the second week in a row Monday af ter a solid 24-0 victory over Notre Dame, but the Hurricanes, 10-0, who meet Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s night, have a regular-season f ame left against eighth-ranked outh Carolina on Saturday night. In the next-to-last regular-sea son poll, Oklahoma received 48 of 55 first-place votes and 1,090 of a possible 1,100 points. Six first-place votes and 1,049 points went to Miami. Florida State, Syracuse and Ne braska held onto the 3-4-5 spots. Florida State, 10-1, received 985 points following a 28-14 triumph over Florida; Syracuse, 11-0, completed its regular season a w^ek #»prlier and received the re maining first-place vote and 914 r jints while Nebraska, 10-1, a 24- winner over Colorado, received 904 points. Florida State plays Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl and Syracuse meets No. 6 Auburn in the Sugar Bowl. Auburn and LSU swapped po sitions. Auburn climbed from seventh place to sixth with 803 points by defeating Alabama 10-0 while LSU, which ended its regu lar season a week ago, slipped from sixth to seventh with 765 points. South Carolina remained eighth with 708 points and Michi gan State held onto ninth place with 635 points. However, Notre Dame fell from 10th to 12th while UCLA moved up from 11th to 10th with 573 points. The Second 10 consists of Ok lahoma State, Notre Dame, Clem- son, Georgia, Texas A&M, Ten nessee, Southern Cal, Iowa, Pitt and Penn State. Last week, it was UCLA, Okla homa State, Clemson, Georgia, Texas A&M, Tennessee, South ern Cal, Alabama, Iowa and Pitt. Alabama’s loss to Auburn cost the Crimson Tide a spot in this week’s Top 20. Penn State moved back in after a two-week absence. Tar Heels pass Orangemen in AP hoop poll From the Associated Press North Carolina, which de feated Syracuse in the Tipoff Classic and then won the Central Fidelity Classic, took over as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press’ first regular-season college basketball poll Monday. The Tar Heels, 3-0, received 37 of 58 first-place votes and 1,109 points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broad casters after beating the then-to- pranked Orangemen 96-93 in overtime in the Tipoff on Nov. 21. North Carolina then defeated Southern California 82-77 and Richmond 87-76 in the Central Fidelity tournament over the weekend. Kentucky, which had been ranked fifth, jumped to second with seven first-place votes and 955 points. The Wildcats have played just one game, beating Hawaii 86-59. Syracuse, 2-1, fell to third and received two first-place votes and 916 points, three more than Pitts burgh, which remained fourth with four first-place votes. Syra cuse was to face Arizona Monday night in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout. Indiana jumped one place to fifth, receiving four first-place votes and 817 points, five more than Iowa, 3-0, which won the Maui Classic, including an im pressive 100-81 victory over then- No. 7 Kansas. Florida, Missouri and Arizona were seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively, and each received one first-place vote. Florida, 4-0, jumped from 14th as the Gators won the Big Apple NIT. Missouri did not play a f ame as it remained eighth with 04 points, 13 fewer than Florida received. Arizona, which beat then-No. 9 Michigan 79-64 in the semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout, jumped from 17th to ninth and received 636 points. Wyoming, which beat Denver 113-82 in its only game, remained 10th with 636 points. The Second 10 is Purdue, Temple, Duke, Louisville, Michi gan, Kansas, Georgetown, Okla homa, Nevada-Las Vegas and Memphis State. reseason Second 10 was The Iowa, Temple, Louisville, Flor- :orgetown, Arizona, Tempi* ida, Duke, Ge Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and DePaul. Georgia Tech and DePaul were the only teams to fall from the Top 20. Georgia Tech lost to Florida 80-69 in the Big Apple NIT, while Pepperdine beat De- Paul, which is playing without academically-ineiigible guard Rod Strickland, 84-76 in over time. Nevada-Las Vegas and Mem phis State were the newcomers to the ranks of the ranked. UNLV has not played, and Memphis State beat Washington 86-57. Purdue fell from second to 11th after losing to Iowa State in the NIT and Kansas fell from seventh to 16th as the Jayhawks saw their record fall to 1-2, losing to Iowa and Illinois in the Maui Classic. Coogs look to next season after strong finish HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Cougars won three games and tied another on the field in their final four games of the season, and not even a forfeit could dampen Coach Jack Pardee’s enthusiasm for next season. The Cougars lost six of their first seven games while learning the intri cacies of Pardee’s run-and-shoot of fense. Then came the surge that in cluded a record-setting 60-40 victory over Bluebonnet Bowl host Texas. Athletic Director Rudy Davalos announced Sunday the Cougars would forfeit the 37-7 victory over Temple because safety Randy Thornton was scholastically ineli gible to play in the game. But the 3-7-1 finish is a plus, Par dee said. “It won’t do anything but help,” Pardee said. “We needed something good to happen to our program. We’re getting back the fan support and we’re getting back the winning tradition.” Pardee will lose only one offensive starter, center Tim Britton, from the 1986 team and will choose from three quarterbacks who all played this season. “A win today is a start for tomor row,” Cougar wide receiver Jason Phillips said following Saturday’s 45- 21 victory over Rice. “We should have a strong team. We have a lot of young guys back and we should look real good next year.” Phillips will be one of the brightest returning stars. He caught 99 passes this season, the fourth best single season perfor mance in NCAA history. David Dacus, the preseason SWC newcomer of the year, stumbled early in the season but emerged as the starter and closed out Saturday with a Southwest Conference record 450 passing yards. He expects to be the starter next season. “Whenever I’ve played a whole game, my record is 3-1-1,” Dacus said. “When I do good, good things happen.” Dacus got a second chance this season because freshman Andre Ware broke his arm in a 37-35 loss to Wyoming. But Dacus says the job is his now. “I don’t see that (Ware regaining the starting job) happening,” Dacus said. “Why do it? Coach Pardee’s a smart man. I don’t have to prove myself again. The problem is in a lot of people’s minds but not in mine.” Sophomore Kimble Anders and receiver James Dixon also are key of fense threats who will return next Anders caught 13 passes and I rushed 88 yards in the finale against Rice. He finished the season with | 791 rushing yards and was the No.2 receiver yards. with 61 catches for Anders’ 14 touchdowns tied the I school single season record. Dixon finished third in receiving with 58 catches. “We wanted to have a good season and go to the Cotton Bowl or some kind of bowl, we just couldn’t seem to put things together early in the | season,” Anders said. The Cougars will lose starting | linebackers Derrick Hoskins, Gat) McGuire and Robert Harper and safety Robert Jones in addition to kicker Chip Browndyke, who kicked a school record 19 field goals this Dodge survives adversity to find coaching success ROCKWALL (AP) — Todd Dodge arrived in Rockwall in June, almost too excited to wait for Sep tember and the start of football sea son. Within a few days, he wondered why everything seemed to be falling apart. He wondered why his athletic ca reer, which once held such unlim ited potential, had ended on the University of Texas bench. He wondered why, in April, an electrical meter he was reading ex- E loded, burning much of his arms, ands and face and landing him a seven-week hospital stay. He wondered why his friend and former coach, Ronnie Thompson, was fired the week Dodge arrived in Rockwall to begin his career as a football coach. “There was a string of events that really made me have to dig down deep and find out what I’m all about,” said Dodge, the former Longhorns quarterback and a blue- chip high school prospect from Port Arthur Jefferson. “I just couldn’t understand why things kept happening,” Dodge said. “Now I look back and see how ev erything has worked out for me, and I guess I’m pretty lucky after all.” Dodge, a Rockwall assistant coach, took the field at Mesquite Memorial Stadium Saturday as one of the lead ers of one of the state’s hottest Class 4A teams. Rockwall routed Ennis 41- 6 in their regional playoff game and now will play Kilgore, 12-1, in the quarterfinals. It’s a development he never ex pected. “I don’t think anybody would have thought about being where we are with the kind of summer that went on in Rockwall,” Dodge said in an interview before the regional playoff battle. “It shows how much these kids have put it on the line and paid he price to succeed. I feel great about everything now. Any coach would love to have a first year like this. It’s been great to see how kids have come together. They went through all the turmoil with everyone else and really came out of it as winners.” The turmoil came when Thomp son, Dodge’s high school coach, was fired just four months after he was hired. Thompson was dismissed for breaking school and University In terscholastic League policies. Skins Game pays off big for Trevino, not for Palmer LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — The Skins Game will be back. Lee Trevino will be back. And it’s up to Arnold Palmer as to whether he’ll be back. “He’s had the greatest impact of any man who ever played the game. He’s the most popular player who ever lived. He’s magic,” said Don Ohlmeyer, pres ident of Ohlmeyer Communica tions and originator of the popu lar, two-day, 18-hole, made-for- television Skins Game. “As long as I have anything to do with it, Arnold can play as long as he likes,” Ohlmeyer said. Ohlmeyer and Barry Frank, of Trans World International, as the sponsors, have the option of pick ing one of the four participants. Palmer, 58, was their pick this year. He did not win a skin, did not win a dollar. “It’s entirely up to Arnold. If he wants to play, he’ll get a spot,” Ohlmeyer said. “What we’re trying to do is get the four players the public wants to see play. Not necessarily the guy who wins the most money. We want the players the public wants. “Now, we have gone into a se nior Skins Game (the inaugural to be in Hawaii in January). Ar nold’s going to play in that. “Maybe he’ll decide he’s a se nior and wants to concentrate on senior play,” Ohlmeyer said. The fifth Skins Game, played over the weekend, was high lighted by Lee Trevino’s hole-in- one on the 17th Sunday. The ace, which Trevino said was only the second of his career, was worth $175,000. It helped him sweep all of the $285,000 available Sunday and gave him $310,000 for the two days of play. It also made him eligible, as the defending champion, for the 1988 Skins Game, which Ohl meyer said also will be played in the La Quinta area, but not nec essarily on the PGA West course. “I presume he’ll want to pla hope so. He’s been good for us; an eagle last year and a hole-in- one this year. Makes you wonder what he’s going to do next year," Ohlmeyer said. It's MUSICAL Week! iMy fair Lady Starting with: TODAY Tuesday, December 1, 1987 Rudder Theatre, $2.00 with TAMU ID The festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. This weekend: Little Shop of Horrors and The Wall Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Winner of 8 Academy Awards