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Tuesday, February 2, 1988AThe Battalion/Page 11 beeves: Broncos eed evaluation mu iMn ms tEBto K VT HEitti DIEGO (AP) — Still at a loss ■tplain their second-quarter col- ■ in the Super Bowl, the Denver * OTt * l!w t - oh(os pondered what might have Siortly before the team boarded a ■ s *" iturn flight to Denver on Monday, T:h Dan Reeves said the evalua- ■ process will begin in prepara- infor the 1988 season. need to evaluate everything,” :ves said in the wake of' Sunday’s 10 loss to Washington. “We’ll le whatever moves it takes to ke us a better team. ■ here’s a difference between tcess and excellence, and we’re jBot ready for excellence. But we iBHidn t all of a sudden become a bad !am. either. “I don’t think we need to make Hlesale changes. We’ll look in va- ious areas of our personnel, but e’ll also look at our coaching. When ou get beat that badly, it’s not just ie fault of the players. We got out- layed and we got outcoached.” Ti particular, Reeves said his de- ftns( needed a hard look. The •J!W iron cos gave up 39 points in last ear s Super Bowl, losing to the New' drk Giants 39-20. |VVe’ve got to do something,” he “You’re not going to win many i|d championships giving up 40 tsa game.” sked about suggestions the roucos needed bigger players up rent on defense, Reeves said, “It’s ice to have big guys, but you’ve got Hover people in the secondary, 3o|We didn’t make any plays. They ad four long scoring plays against s.” Beeves admitted the outcome light have been different had the roucos scored a touchdown instead faj field goal on a possession inside tepVashington 10 in the first quar- :r;jhad they not suffered a sack that ok them out of field-goal range ter; had they been given possession a Washington f umble on a kick- ■he Broncos dominated early, ut|squandered scoring chances and took only a 10-0 lead. Washington then roared back with five straight touchdowns in the second quarter. “Washington was struggling and then all of a sudden they caught fire,” he said. “They got seven points very easily (on an 80-yard pass from Doug Williams to Ricky Sanders). “What they did in the second quarter obviously made the differ ence. But just as big was getting down there and having to settle for three points. “Then we were in field-goal range again and we called a play where we thought we could get rid of the ball quickly. John (quarterback John El- way) pulled the ball down and started to scramble and he got trapped (sacked). He tried to make the big play. You can’t take that out of his hands. But it took us out of field-goal range.” After Denver went ahead 10-0, Sanders fumbled the ensuing kick off and Denver appeared to have re covered. But when the officials un covered the pile, the Redskins had the ball. “Bruce (Plummer) said he had the ball and our players said he had the ball, but they took it away from him in the pile,” Reeves said. “(Back judge) A1 Jury said Bruce had the ball, but he was overruled by the other officials. Then the replay offi cial upstairs went along with the call on the field.” Elway finished with sub-par statis tics, but Reeves defended his quar terback. “John is a great quarterback but he can only do so much,” he said. “He can’t block for himself, he can’t carry the ball from a running back position, he doesn’t catch passes or play defense.” Reminded that his team, at 0-3 in Super Bowls, is perilously close to matching the Minnesota Vikings’ 0-4 record for Super Bowl futility. Reeves said, “(Former Viking Coach) Bud Grant said 0-4 is better than 0-0. If we get another chance and lose, I’ll let you know if that’s true.” ormer Raider Smith lecomes Skins’ star llUBBOCK (AP) — When Wash- ion Redskins general manager iby Beathard came to scout |as Tech’s Timmy Smith in 1986, Kad to do some digging into the led Raider archives. Smith had been sidelined his last oj seasons with injuries, but Bea- td liked what he saw: Smith tound up a fifth-round pick and a ate-season surprise Sunday when he et a Super Bowl rushing record in be Redskins’ 42-10 win over tenver. Starting in his first game for [shington, the rookie running !k scored the first touchdown of National Football League career 58-yard run in the second quar- r. Smith racked up a record 204 is on 22 carries, and his second on a 4-yard run in the fourth rter to give the Redskins their li touchdown, another Super Mrecord. I’ve been ready to start all along, tut have been happy with my role tffrhe bench,” Smith said. atience figured in Smith’s colle- e career as well, as he spent his it two years of eligibility struggling ome back from knee and ankle ties. Playing in 28 games at h, he still managed 1,312 yards 291 carries. s an sophomore I-back, Smith was Tech’s leading rusher in 1984 fnth 711 yards on 164 carries. In the apening game of 1985, he had Hhed 97 yards on seven carries igainst New Mexico when he was hit ■he scored his second touchdown fi|he contest. thought I’d never get the nee at the pros,” said Smith, Jose knee injury kept him out most f[that season. “I didn’t really get to show what I could do in college. It cost me a shot at being a No. 1 (draft pick).” But Jerry Moore, Tech’s head coach from 1981-85, said Smith’s tal ent didn’t go unnoticed. “He certainly had the potential to be an outstanding college player, but he just had the misfortune to be hurt,” Moore said Monday. Smith had come to Lubbock as a high school basketball and football standout who held a New Mexico rushing record with 2,306 yards and 31 touchdowns. “As I watched that ballgame yes terday, I had to think that a guy like that might have made a few points difference” for Tech, said Moore, whose 4-7 1985 team lost four games by two points or fewer. Smith, a native of Hobbs, N.M., was hurt by what he called a cheap shot by a New Mexico player after he had scored a touchdown. “They came in there trying to get me,” Smith said. “They felt I should have stayed and represented New Mexico. It really messed up my head.” After spending the summer reha bilitating his knee, Smith made a comeback in 1986 but then broke his ankle in an early-season practice. He watched from the sidelines as the Raiders went 7-5 and made their first trip to a bowl game in nine years. His only honor in four years was being named Raycom Television’s player of the game in a 30-12 win over Texas A&M in 1984. Smith was named as a surprise Su per Bowl starter over running back George Rogers after Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said he had a gut feeling about starting Smith. &M softball standout ins award for courage exas A&M All-America softball Iyer Liz Mizera was given the Most Courageous Athlete” award the Philadelphia Sportswriters’ iodateion. ioejuliano, the association’s pres tent, said the award is given an- lally to an athlete “for overcoming ury or illness to excel in his or her Jsen sport.” — Mizera, a senior from Garden §|ove, Calif., developed cell sar- Wma, a rare form of cancer in her 'ljumb, during her senior year in Kh school. Doctors recommended that her thumb be amputated, but a n operation saved it, and she was 5ble to continue her softball career. ]Mizera was a member of the U.S. ftball team at last year’s Pan Amer- i Games. ■ “I don’t really consider myself c ourageous,” she said. “I just wanted Liz Mizera to continue playing softball, and if that makes me courageous, then I guess I am. I’m very honored and excited to receive this award.” MSC Beauty Shop ^ Haircuts $9 with this coupon A 1 1 Auto Service Perms $5 OFF “Auto Repair At Its Best” Open M-F 9-6 Sat. 9-2 Complete Auto Service, Domestic & Imports 268-2051 111 Royal 846-5344 Bryan Located in the lower level Memorial Student Center across S. College from Tom s BBQ exp. 02-27-88 STUDY ABROAD Need a loan to study abroad? Or need help with the loan process? Come to the Study Abroad Loan Informational Meeting A Financial Aid Counselor will advise and answer questions about loans for summer study abroad. Wednesday, February 3 3:00 Rudder 501 Study Abroad Office • 161 BizzeH West • 845-0544 SUBMIT TO erfest categories: Collage, Drawings, Paintings, Pastel, Miscellaneous (no photographs) entries: -•:= 'li.- rtit.. -J. judging will be accepted in the MSC Gallery from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., February 22-24. Entry fee is $3.00 per piece, limit 4 pieces. February 25, 1988. MSC VISUAL ARTS A102 Intro, to The Short Story When Carla told me that my date was a little short, I thought she was talking dollars and cents, not feet and inches. So there I was at the door, in my spiked heels, staring at the top of my date’s head. All I could think was, how do I get myself out of this? I could imagine how my legs would ache if I had to walk around with my knees bent all evening So to stall for time, while figuring out how to fake malaria, I made us some Double Dutch Chocolate. When I brought it into the living room, I discovered that ^-iary was | a chocolate lover too. Ahh, a man | after my own heart. Okay I de ll cided Id give him a chance. So we sat down and saw each other face- to-face for the first time. He had a nice smile. After some small talk—I mean conversation—I discovered that we both love Updike, hate the winter weather, and both have minia ture schnauzers. So, we made a date to introduce Shadow and Schatzi next week. General Foods® International Coffees Share the feeling.