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Page 10 The Battalion Wednesday, October31, Judge Tom McDonald s court had the highest conviction rate (93%) of the Brazos County District Courts in 1988 and ’89. Florida, Auburn not sure what to expect from Saturday’s SEC matchup VVedn Paid for by the Committee to Re-elect Judge W.T. (Tom) McDonald, Jr., Caroline McDonald, Treasurer, Box 1085, Bryan, TX. 77806 NIGHT-TIME HEARTBURN STUDY Do you experience night-time heartburn? VIP Research is seeking individuals for a short-term research study of a currently availabe medication. A $100 incentive will be paid to those who enroll and complete this study. _ T T CALL. Volunteers In Pharmaceutical Research® 776-1417 Supervisor of Academic Computing Consulting Services at The University of Houston The Academic Computing User Services department is looking for a person who will be responsible for the supervision and accountability of the academic computing consulting staff. The position will be responsible for software consuking and analysis of complex academic user programs. Requires good communication, teaching, analytical and interpersonal skills. The position will require a good working knowledge of VMS, CMS and UNIX operating systems. Work will require good conceptual knowledge of DECNET, RSCS, and TCP/IP network protocols/systems. A degree in computer science or closely related field is preferred. Managerial and/or supervisory experience in a campus environment is highly desirable. For additional information contact Jares at U.H. education. Send Resumes to: The University of Houston Human Resources Department Houston, Texas 77204-2770 U.H. is an Equal Opportunity Employer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) —Flor ida isn’t sure what to expect this week against fourth-ranked Au burn, arguably the luckiest team in college football this season. “Our preacher’s been working overtime,” Auburn coach Pat Dye said Tuesday- “Yeah, we’re lucky. We’re extremely fortunate. We’ve won four games we could have very easily lost.” Don’t tell No. 15 Florida about its Southeastern Conference rival’s fourth-quarter heroics. Although Auburn will bring a 6-0- 1 record here Saturday night. Dye isn’t entirely comfortable with the manner in which the Tigers have re mained unbeaten. It took two fourth-down, fourth- quarter TD passes, plus Tennessee’s missed Field goal in the closing sec onds, to escape with a 26-26 tie against the Volunteers. A Field goal with three seconds left gave Auburn a 16-14 victory over Louisiana Tech; Stan White’s fourth-down comple tion set up a Field £oal that beat Flor ida State 20-17 with two seconds to go, and a blocked extra-point pre served a 17-16 triumph over Missis sippi State last week. “I don’t think we’re a bad football team, but I think we’re extremely fortunate,” Dye said during a tele phone conference call. “We’re not as good as I think we ought to be and we haven’t played as well as 1 think we ought to, but we’re still struggling and searching for the right an swers.” Florida is 6-1 and hoping to beat Auburn for the First time in four years. Since the Gators have been in volved in just one close game (17-13 victory at Alabama) all season, coach Steve Spurrier can only look at what Dye’s team has done and wondtt how his would fare in similar situi tions. “They’ve been fortunate, like Pj said ... but they’ve also earned tlioj (victories). They’ve made field at the end, and blocked that e«n point,” the Florida coach said. “The two fourth-quarter down passes against Tennessee- their receivers went and madeiln plays. When you see it on tape,Ten. nessese guys were standing there on both of them,” Spurriti added. "I guess you could call the® extremely fortunate but you l®t also got to give them credit for kt. lieving they still had a chance Washington receiver negotiates for early trial E HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Washington Redskins receiver Ricky Sanders negotiated with team rep resentatives on Tuesday to schedule an aggravated assault trial against Sanders before the season ends. State District Judge Donald Ship- ley on Tuesday ordered prosecutors and defense attorneys to determine by Wednesday a date for Sanders’ trial. Prosecutors contend Sanders ran over a valet parking attendant and failed to stop and help him after an argument at a topless nightclub parking lot last May. Defense attorney Wendell Odom Jr. said Shipley wants the trial done before the end of football season. “Mr. Sanders doesn’t want to have this bearing on his mind as he heads for the Superbowl,” Shipley said from the bench Tuesday. Odom, who had sought a delay until after the season ends, spoke with Redskins attorneys in Washing ton to find a time when Sanders can be freed from team obligations. Sanders, 27, has been indicted on two separate charges stemming from the May 1 incident outside The Men’s Club, a topless nightclub in Houston. Sanders allegedly argued with parking attendants about whether the hubcaps on his Cadillac were sto len or had been missing when he ar rived at the nightclub. Azzam “Sam” Jamus, 29, who works for United Parking outside the club, has accused Sanders of striking him with the car and driving off the lot. If convicted, Sanders faces two to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000 for the aggravated assault charge and up to five years in jail and a $5,000 fine on the charge of failing to stop and render aid, said prosecutor Marc Brown. for the are being taken Juniors: through November 16 Freshman: through November 2 AR Photography 707 Texas Ave Suite 120B (next to Taco Cabana) Monday-Friday 9-12;1 -5pm San Antonio reduces roster by waiving rookie Calloway SAN ANTONIO (AP) —The San Antonio Spurs reduced the team roster to 13 on Tuesday by waiving rookie guard Rick Calloway. The move Monday left the Spurs with one more cut to make, and team officials indicated it would likely be center Mark McNamara or forward Mike Mitchell. By late Tuesday afternoon, Spurs’ officials had not announced which of McNamara of Mitchell would be betweer Spurs coach Larry Brown saidikt (ren t 1 decision to waive the 6-foot-6Calo allmaki way was tough because the rooln Bowl ab “deserved to make the team, basei Not tl on the way he played.” HigT Brown said he hopes anotliti Illinois' NBA team picks up Calloway, i4 Bowl, at played college basketball at Kana “It came down to a numben game,” Brown said. “We had some commitments t cut. some other people. We re younj that’s w; Final rosters don’t have to be re- e orted to the NBA until Thursday, ut teams must allow 48 hours for cut players to clear waivers. The Spurs begin the regular sea son Saturday against the Los An geles Lakers. enough as it is without keepin| rookies.” Spurs rookies Dwayne Schintnus Tony Massenburg and Sean Hiy have no-cut contracts. Calloway, was undrafted, did not. Hesignedai a free agent with the Spurs this sum mer. Looking at NFL placement Associated Press The Giants and 49ers can start gearing up for each other. The Bears can start thinking about the playoffs, too, if they handle slump ing Tampa Bay this weekend. The NFC is the No Fair Conference this year. The 49ers and Giants, clearly the class of the league, are 7-0. Each had a scare or two, but both seem headed for a Dec. 3 showdown at Candle stick Park with not much else to keep them occupied — or drop them from the unbeaten ranks. Things aren’t quite as comfortable in Chicago. While the Giants have a three-game lead in the East and the 49ers are up by four in the West, the Bears lead the Bucs by two. A win in Tampa this Sunday pretty much would salt away the Central. “We don’t rate with those two teams,” coach Mike Ditka said in comparing his division leaders to the others in the NFC. “We’re not in that category, but we could be in time. The Giants and 49ers are a notch above the rest of the conference. W'e fall in the second area somewhere.” Actually, they might be the only- team in that second area, at least in the NFC. Over in the AFC, there are three 6-1 teams, with Miami and Buffalo tied atop the East and the Raiders two games ahead in the West. If the Raiders win at Kansas City this week, they also can start thinking about January. sports d Look there s ivon on alone. Mich out of R content Cal’s 6-1 losses ti and Ari Oklahoi I'CLA ( Arkans; Remt itw year and Sou ant in tl Day? D< repicse! always c probald Nebr; spertis finish N fhus le; left to g< someth! Close Confere muddle jre mak lowl. Texa: and Bay iurpnse fee bigg The! our gar worst sn trving to To to The Bears are the surprise leadi among the three NFC powers.Afttr their collapse last season to 6-lil with .i season-ending six-game slide it looked like the foundation ofom f of the great teams of the 1980shal 1 rotted. Rebuilding seemed in order, j Instead, Ditka has retooled and ^ the Bears have responded. “It’s a good feeling after las year,” says defensive tackle Hampton, the heart of the lean whose knee injury in 1989 s[ the Bears’ flop, “especially thera t he ground gave out under us. “In training camp I hadsomeap prehensions but, except for ibt Raiders game, this team has plated-, as well as can be expected and ibt ^ team can play a lot better." Holyfield getting in early jabs; compares Foreman to franchise NEW YORK (AP) — While he awaits the time and place for a more serious confrontation, Evander Ho lyfield is getting in some early jabs at George Fore man. “Everybody talks about his weight but George makes a joke about it and says he’s going off to eat some more Baskin-Robbins ice cream,’ Holyfield said. “You push him, it’s like pushing a franchise.” Holyfield knocked out 246-pound Buster Douglas to win the championship. Holyfield, in town to pick up the IBF championship belt, was disturbed over criticism he has heard of Douglas’ performance in the title fight. “I think they were too hard on Buster,” he said. “He was sensational against (Mike) Tyson to become champion. To say he wouldn’t get up takes some thing from him. He didn’t quit. He got hit with a good shot. It was something I practiced against up percuts.” He said cornerman George Benton had told him to counter Douglas’jab with his right. “A lot of times, I led with the jao and he countered with a left hook. I faked a jab and he went for it. I countered with a right cross.” Listening to this play-by-play of Holy-field’s knock out was a group that promoter Dan Duva called “the United Nations of boxing." Sprinkled around the room were representatives of rival casinos and cable networks, all angling for Holyfield’s first defense of the title. “Look,” Duva said, "there’s Caesars over there, (people from) Trump over there. HBO and Show time are standing next to each other.” “Yeah,” blurted Lou Duva, the promoter's father who works in Holyfield’s corner, “but the Mirage ain’t here.” Steve Wynn’s Mirage Hotel and Casino; site of the title fight last Thursday night in Las Vegas, had cast its lot with Douglas, expecting him to dispatch Holy- field and move on to a mega-oucks rematch with ex champ Mike Tyson. That plan was upset, however, by Holyfield’s third-round knockout. Now Tyson will have to wait until Holyfield makes his first defense against Foreman. “We’ll have the details set within a week,” Dan Duva said. “It will be either Caesars or Trump in March or April.” Duva denied a USA Today report that the fight was already set for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 19. 1 1 V 1 * f I Pils Continued from page 9 Cavaliers (7-0) are the No. 1 team in the land. The alleged top team beat such “juggernauts” as Kansas, Navy, Duke, North Carolina State and Wake Forest teams that are a combined 15-24-1. They even played William & Mary, a non- Division I team. Stanford (2-6) beat Notre Dame, Oregon State (1-7) beat Arizona and No. 4 Auburn needed a last-second field goal to beat Louisiana Tech, whew! The reason for this season’s oddities is plain and simple — parity. recruiters not far behind. No longer can a couple of teams grab all the top players. With so much talent out available, the wealth gets spread around. In today’s high-tech world, it's hard for anyone to have some secret talent hidden in some backwater town. If there’s someone with any bit of talent, there’s a horde of Even teams without the star players get lucky every once in a while. Look at Stanford — if they play Notre Dame 100 times, the Fighting Irish are going to win 99. It was just a case of Notre Dame getting lazy and letting a team that it clearly should dominatejump out in front early. Parity breeds games where one play can make the difference in who wins and who loses — most notably the Aggies’ games this year with Louisiana State, Houston and Baylor. LSU changed the coniplexionof i the game with a four-yard hitchp that turned into a 79-yard touchdown. Pick almost any play in the Houston game, change it, and there’s a different outcome. IfLayn* Talbot makes a 46-yard field goal the Aggies beat the Bears. On the other hand, if Derrick Frazier doesn’t block the extra point on Baylor’s first touchdown, then A&M loses its second straight conference game. The bottom line is that on any given day a Stanford will beat a Notre Dame and a team likeA&M w ill lose a tough game to a team life Houston. College football will never see the day when one or two teams dominate like Texas did when it was 40-2 in SWC play from 1968-73. 9m