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SPORTS
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Tuesday, September 26,1989
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FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Texas A&M might have enjoyed
| an off weekend to give its players a
chance to heal, but it felt the effects
Monday.
The Aggies (2-1) moved down
I one spot in the Associated Press’
[lop 25 Poll. They play Southern
Mississippi on Saturday at Kyle
Field.
Coach R.C. Slocum said after the
Texas Christian game on Sept. 16
that the off week would be good for
the team because it would allow
members of the offensive line to heal
some nagging injuries. Running
back Randy Simmons also separated
his shoulder against TCU.
Elsewhere in the country, Notre
Dame isn’t the only school that’s
waking up the echoes.
Pittsburgh, the alma mater of
Mike Ditka, Tony Dorsett and Dan
Marino, is 3-0 and ranked 10th in
The Associated Press’ college foot
ball poll — its First Top 10 ranking in
Five years.
“People are starting to Find out
we’re contenders, not pretenders,”
quarterback Alex Van Pelt said.
In Pitt’s 30-23 victory over Syra
cuse Saturday night, the redshirt
freshman completed 25 of 32 passes
for 306 yards and one touchdown.
In his First three college games, Van
Pelt has completed 51 of 67 passes —
AP Top 25 Poll
Team
1. Notre Dame
2. Miami, Fla.
3. Nebraska
4. Auburn
5. Colorado
6. Michigan
7. Clemsort
6. Arkansas
9. West Virginia
10. Pittsburgh
11. use
12. Tennessee
“We’ve opened some eyes now.
We’re making some people believe.”
Van Pelt is one of the main rea
sons the Panthers are prowling
among the nation’s elite.
13. Alabama
14. Houston
15. North Carolina St.
16. Oklahoma
17. Arizona
18. Syracuse
19- Washington St.
20. Illinois
21. Washington
22. Texas A&M
23. Georgia
24. Air Force
25. Florida St.
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an amazing 76 percent — for 663
yards and four touchdowns.
The Panthers, who rose three
spots in this week’s poll, play ninth-
ranked West Virginia on the road
Saturday. An even tougher test will
be consecutive games against top-
ranked Notre Dame and No. 2 Mi
ami on Oct. 28 and Nov. 1 1.
“This is a good start, but I told our
kids to look down the schedule and
they’ll get sick,” Pitt coach Mike
Gottfried said.
Notre Dame retained the top spot
in the poll for the fourth straight
week, while Miami remained No. 2.
The split of first-place votes was the
same as last week — 57 for Notre
Dame, the other three for Miami.
The Fighting Irish, who beat
Michigan State 21-13, received 1,497
points from a panel of sports writers
and broadcasters — the same total as
the previous week. Miami, a 38-7
winner over Missouri, drew eight
points closer with 1,432.
Nebraska was third, followed by
Auburn, Colorado, Michigan, Clem-
son, Arkansas and West Virginia.
Michigan and Colorado switched po
sitions.
Texas vs. Penn State
no big deal this year
AUSTIN (AP) — In other
years, heads would turn when
Texas and Penn State met on a
football Field.
But this season, the game won’t
even be shown on local television.
Texas coach David Williams
isn’t concerned, however, about
the lacking luster surrounding
Saturday’s game.
“I don’t know about anybody
else, but those two names still
carry a lot of weight with me,”
McWilliams said Monday af
ternoon. “Hey, Penn State is
Penn State.”
Both teams are coming off
poor seasons. Texas was 4-7 in
1988 —their worst record in 32
years. Penn State was 5-6.
“It has happened at other
places,” McWilliams said. “USC,
Notre Dame, Ohio State. They’ve
all had their down periods.”
The Longhorns own their First
f ame last Saturday, defeating
MU 45-13 despite a sluggish
First half. Texas had been decked
by Colorado 27-6 in its opener
three weeks ago.
After an opening loss to Vir
ginia, the Nittany Lions have re
bounded with wins over Temple
and Boston College.
Penn State had to score on the
last play of the game to beat Bos
ton College 7-3.
Despite last week’s win, McWil
liams said the Longhorns have
not jelled.
“We are still missing a lot,” he
said. “We have got to get a lot bet
ter to be a good team.”
McWilliams said he will con
tinue to use three quarterbacks,
although Mark Murdock will
start. Freshman Peter Gardere
and senior Donovan Forbes will
share action with Murdock.
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Houston Rockets guards Lewis Lloyd
and Mitchell Wiggins had an interesting
pair of weekends: Wiggins signed a one-
year contract and Lloyd spent 48 hours
behind bars in an Iowa jail.
Wiggins and Lloyd, who were banned for
life in the NBA after failing drug tests in
1986, were reinstated over the summer by
Commisioner David Stern. Apparently, the
NBA was satisFied that each had recovered
from their drug problems.
Lloyd signed a contract last Thursday
with his former club. The Rockets tried to
sign Wiggins at the same salary he was
making when he was banned from the
league — $250,()()() — but he wanted more.
General Manager Steve Patterson told
Wiggins to shop around the NBA and get
an offer sheet, and the Rockets would
match anything any other club would give
him.
Wiggins heard from no one.
So now he’s a Houston Rocket once
again, ready to prove to everyone that he
can still play the game.
Lloyd is in a similar situation. He’s been
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making the rounds in Houston schools,
preaching the practice of just saying no to
drugs. Drugs were a part of Lewis Lloyd’s
past that he wanted to distance himself
from.
But on Friday, Lloyd’s past caught up
with him.
Lloyd had been arrested in April for
driving while intoxicated in Iowa after a
state trooper stopped him on an interstate
near Iowa Gity, but he failed to appear for
his May 18 arraignment. Iowa law
enforcement officials sought to have Lloyd
appear after learning of his reinstatement
into the league.
Lloyd pleaded guilty to the drunken
driving charge on Friday and was
sentenced to 48 hours in jail. He was also
Fined $500.
But why did he fail to appear in front of
the judge in May? Lloyd’s excuse was a thin
one. He said through his attorneys that
because of a mixup over his address, he
never received a copy of the court
documents advising him of the
arraignment.
Whether it’s true or not, the entire event
places a smudge on Lloyd’s reinstatement.
It’s not a good way to start his reborn NBA
career. Granted, it happened back in April,
but it happened when Lloyd was
undergoing heavy anti-drug counseling
and rehabilitation programs.
Lloyd must now be careful of Houston
police, who have a nice way of busting
Houston sports Figures, just ask the New
York Mets. In 1986 during the Mets-Astros
pennant series, members of the Mets team
was involved in a scuffle in a downtown
Houston bar. Now every time they come to
town, police look for an excuse to follow
them.
Astros’ catcher Craig Biggio was stopped
in the summer for something that Lloyd
obviously is familiar with: drunken driving.
The Houston media had a Field day
exposing the case of the young role model
in court for not saying no.
Now Lloyd must return to Houston with
the public eye already focused on him.
If Lloyd and Wiggins can come back and
regain their 1986 form, it puts the Rockets
in a great position to again contend for the
NBA Championship. Back in 1986, when
the Rockets lost to the Celtics in the Finals,
Lloyd and Wiggins were instrumental in
the Rockets’ backcourt.
Lloyd was one of only two Rockets to
start in every game in 1986. He averaged
16.9 points and 3.7 assists a game. Wiggins
came off the bench to average 6.8 points
and 2 rebounds a game that year, and
tapped in the deciding offensive rebound
that won the game in Game Three of the „
Finals against Boston.
Since Lloyd and Wiggins left the team,
the Rockets, once thought to be the next
great Western Conference dynasty, have
gone downhill.
With Lloyd and Wiggins back in training
camp, the Rockets now have the nucleus to
make them a legitimate powerhouse. They
have a true point guard in Sleepy Floyd, the
best center in the NBA in Olajuwon and ‘
one of the best rebounding tandems in the
league in Olajuwon and Otis Thorpe.
Now they can add accurate shooters
Lloyd and Wiggins. With backups John
Lucas, Derrick Chievous and Walter Berry,
the Rockets can look forward to 1989.
So can Lloyd and Wiggins. They’ve
received their second shots at NBA life,
now they have to prove the league correct
and not screw up. Drugs have haunted
them in the past, but they have to make
sure it’s not part of their future. If they do,
this’ll be a pair of comeback stories that I’ll
relish for a long time.
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