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1990 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWL MATCHUPS
California Raisin
Fresno, Calif
Central Michigan vs.
San Jose St.
Dec. 8,3 p.m.
Poulan-Weed Eater Independence
Dec. 15, 7 p.m.
Shreveport, La.
Louisiana Tech vs.
Maryland
Eagle Aloha
Honolulu, Hawaii
Syracuse vs.
Arizona
Dec. 25,2:30 p.m.
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Liberty
Memphis, Tenn.
Air Force vs.
Ohio St.
Dec. 27, 7 p.m.
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All American
Birmingham, Ala.
N. Carolina St. vs.
So. Mississippi
Dec. 28, 7 p.m.
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Blockbuster
Miami, Fla.
Penn St. vs.
Florida St.
Dec. 28, 7 p.m.
Peach
Dec. 29,11:30 a.m.
Atlanta, Ga. n n *.i,
Indiana vs. Minmi.
Alabama, Auburn, Miss, or Tenn.
Sea World Holiday
San Diego, Calif.
Brigham Young vs.
Texas A&M
Dec. 29, 6:30 p.m.
Anaheim Freedom
Anaheim, Calif.
Oregon vs.
Colorado St.
Dec. 29, 7 p.m.
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John Hancock
El Paso, Texas
Southern Cal vs.
Michigan St.
Dec. 31,1:30 p.m.
Domino’s Pizza Copper Dec. 31,4 p.m.
Tuscon, Aril.
Calitornia vs.
Wyoming
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Mazda Gator
Jacksonville, Fla.
Michigan vs.
Alabama, Auburn, Miss, or Tenn.
Hall of Fame
Tampa, Fla.
Clemson vs.
Illinois
Jan. 1, noon
Florida Citrus
Orlando, Fla.
Georgia Tech vs.
Nebraska
Jan. 1,12:30 p.m.
Mobil Cotton
Dallas, Texas
Texas vs.
Miami, Fla.
Jan. 1,12:30 p.m.
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CoWon Bowl
Sunkist Fiesta
Jan. 1,3:30 p.m.
Tempe, Aril +
Louisville vs. ,3^
Alabama, Auburn, Miss, or Tenn.
Rose
Pasadena, Calif.
Washington vs.
Iowa
Jan. 1, 4 p.m.
Federal Express Orange
Miami, Fla.
Colorado vs.
Notre Dame
USF&G Sugar
New Orleans, La.
Virginia vs.
Alabama, Auburn, Miss, or Tenn.
Jan. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Heisman Trophy picture rounds out
Associated Press
Ty Detmer and Rocket Ismail have made
their closing arguments in the Heisman
Trophy case. Now they must await the ver
dict.
In their final games prior to Saturday’s
announcement, Brigham Young’s prolific
passer and Notre Dame’s triple-threat star
displayed the talents that have made them
the front-runners for college football’s most
prestigious award.
Detmer threw for 560 yards and five
touchdowns in BYU’s 45-10 rout of Utah
State. That increased his passing yardage to
4,869, breaking the single-season record of
4,699 set by 1989 Heisman winner Andre
Ware of Houston. Despite five intercep
tions, Detmer also extended to 23 his
NCAA mark for consecutive 300-yard pass
ing games.
Ismail, apparently recovered from a se
vere thigh bruise, gained 189 all-purpose
yards and made several big plays in the
fourth quarter of Notre Dame’s 10-6 win
over Southern Cal. Ismail is averaging 14
yards every time he touches the ball and has
scored six touchdowns this season as a run
ner, receiver and kick returner.
Three other Heisman contenders — Col
orado running back Eric Bieniemy, Hous
ton quarterback David Klingler and Vir
ginia quarterback Shawn Moore — did not
play Saturday. But even if they had, they
wouldn’t have gained much ground on
Detmer or Ismail.
The two-man duel could result in one of
the closest Heisman votes ever, especially
since both players have a major liability.
Detmer has thrown 24 interceptions and 38
touchdown passes, the worst interceptiojj-
TD ratio of any top quarterback.
Ismail’s major drawback is his restricted
role in the Irish offense. Because he han
dles the ball only 11 times per game, some
people consider him a part-time player who
shouldn’t qualify for the award.
While the Heisman is still up for grabs,
the Big Ten berth in the Rose Bowl and the
Southwest Conference spot in the Cotton
Bowl were finally filled on Saturday.
Despite a 31-24 loss to Minnesota, Iowa is
going to play Pac-10 champ Washington in
Pasadena because Michigan beat Ohio State
16-13 and forced a four-way tie for the Big
Ten title. The 13th-ranked Hawkeyes got
the Rose Bowl bid because they beat the
other three co-champions — Michigan,
Michigan State and Illinois.
Tennessee moved closer to wrapping up
a Sugar Bowl berth by beating Kentucky
42-28. A win over Vanderbilt next week
would send the 14th-ranked Volunteers to
New Orleans for a New Year’s game against
Virginia, which ended its regular season
with a 38-13 loss to Virginia Tech. The No.
17 Cavaliers will be the first Sugar Bowl
team with three losses since 1974.
The only uncertainty left in the bowl
pairings is the result of the SEC’s four-bowl
deal with the Sugar, Fiesta, Gator and
Peach. The most likely scenario would be
Tennessee-Virginia in the Sugar, the Au-
burn-Alabama winner vs. Louisville in the
Fiesta, the Auburn-Alabama loser vs. In
diana in the Peach and Mississippi vs. Mich
igan in the Gator.
Ags bowl Frogs over on way to San Diego
By DOUGLAS PILS
Of The Battalion Staff
JAY JANNER/The Battalion
A&M wide receiver Gary Oliver comes down with a catch in the Aggies’ 56-10 victory over Texas Christian.
With 24 seniors making their farewell
apearance on Kyle Field, Texas A&M hit on
all cylinders, kicked in the afterburners and
left Texas Christian in the wake to ponder
its season-ending, five-game losing streak.
While the Aggies’ 56-10 victory in front
of 40,378 fans (the smallest Kyle Field
crowd since 1984) left the Horned Frogs
dazed and confused, it had A&M head
coach R.C. Slocum, Athletic Director John
David Crow and the Aggie football team
busy accepting their official invitation to the
Sea World Holiday Bowl to play fourth-
ranked Brigham Young.
Representatives from the Holiday Bowl
were on hand at A&M’s post-game confer
ence to make the announcement.
“We’re just thrilled to death to get
A&M,” said Vinnie Vinson, chairman of the
bowl’s selection committee. “We like the
kind of athletes that are turned out here
and we like their style of play. They’re
(A&M) our first choice and our only
choice.”
Slocum said he was pleased with the bid,
and the bowl gives the Aggies a chance to
play against one the nation’s top teams.
“BYU presents a great challenge for us,”
Slocum said. “They look like a sound team
and would get my vote for No. 1. I think
they can play with anyone in the country,
particularly with Ty Detmer, who gets my
vote for the Heisman.”
There was little doubt A&M was San
Diego bound, but it didn’t look like victory
over TCU was going to come so easy after a
Jeff Wilkinson field goal brought the Frogs
to within four, 14-10. Any thoughts of a
possible upset were quickly erased however,
as TCU wouldn’t score again and the Ag
gies found the endzone three times in the
second quarter and twice more in the third.
A&M defensive lineman John Miller said
the Frogs’ quick start both surprised and
awakened the Aggie defense.
“When we got up quick on them 14-0 and
they came back and scored, I think it both
ered everyone on the defense and brought
us back into reality,” Miller said. “Once they
scored, we changed our defense to more
run-oriented because we thought they were
going to throw the ball downfield a lot
more. Once we changed that, I think we
handled them.”
The A&M defense held TCU to a season-
low 251 yards and held tight end Kelly
Blackwell, who came into the game with 63
catches for 822 yards, to one reception for
10 yards.
Constant pressure on quarterback Matt
Vogler, who threw for 690 yards against
Houston, was essential to the Aggie game
plan, A&M linebacker William Thomas
See Aggies/Page 9
Buffalo, Houston match
pairs quarterback, coach
HOUSTON (AP) — When Jim Kelly be
gan his pro career with the USFL’s Houston
Gamblers, Jack Pardee was more than just
his first coach. He was one of the guys.
“He lets you do what you have to do,”
Kelly recalled as the Buffalo Bills (9-1) pre
ranked passer in the AFC going into this
weekend’s play despite just five completions
in 15 attempts for a career-low 79 yards last
week in Buffalo’s 14-0 victory over New En
gland at windswept Rich Stadium. It was
the eighth straight victory for the Bills, who
pared to meet Pardee’s Houston Oilers to
night.
“He’s very well liked. He was almost like
a football player as a head coach. I can only
say great things about him. He’s a super
guy”
Pardee recalls Kelly as a quarterback with
a linebacker’s attitude.
“I don’t envy people who have to line up
across from Jim,” Pardee said. “He thinks
he’s indestructible. He really enjoys the
game, and I enjoyed coaching him.”
Pardee’s one-time student was the top-
lead the AFC East.
The Oilers, meanwhile, moved to .500
(5-5) and remained a game behind Cincin
nati in the AFC Central as Warren Moon
threw five touchdown passes in a 35-23 vic
tory at Cleveland.
Kelly and Moon now rank 1-2 among
AFC quarterbacks.
But while Moon concentrates on passing
to keep Houston’s run-and-shoot hum
ming, Kelly directs a balanced attack that
features the NFL’s leading rusher Thur
man Thomas, who already has 900 yards.
AP Top 25
Here’s how the Top Twenty Five teams In The Associated Press’ college football poll fared Saturday:
Rank, team, result:
1. Colorado (10-1 -1) did not play
2. Miami, Fla. (8-2-0) def. Syracuse 33-7
3. Georgia Tech (9-0-1) did not play
4. Brigham Young (10-1-0) def. Utah St. 45-10
5. Florida (9-1 -0) did not play
Next opponent:
Orange Bowl
at San Diego St.
at Georgia
at Hawaii
at No. 8 Florida St.
6. Texas (9-1-0) def. Baylor 23-13
7. Notre Dame (9-2-0) def. No. 18 Southern Cal 10-6
8. Florida St. (8-2-0) did not play
9. Washington (9-2-0) did not play
10. Nebraska (9-2-0) lost to Oklahoma 45-10
Texas A&M
Orange Bowl
No. 5 Florida
Rose Bowl
Citrus Bowl
11. Penn St. (9-2-0) def. Pittsburgh 22-17
12. Houston (9-1-0) did not play
13. Iowa (8-3-0) lost to Minnesota 31 -24
14. Tennessee (7-2-2) def. Kentucky 42-28
15. Michigan (8-3-0) def. No. 19 Ohio St. 16-13
No. 8 Florida St.
Arizona St.
Rose Bowl
at Vanderbilt
Gator Bowl
16. Clemson (9-2-0) did not play
17. Virginia (8-3-0) lost to Virginia Tech 38-13
18. Southern Cal (8-3-1) lost to No. 7 Notre Dame 10-6
19. Ohio St. (7-3-1) lost to No. 15 Michigan 16-13
20. Louisville (9-1 -1) did not play
Hall of Fame Bowl
Sugar Bowl
John Hancock Bowl
Liberty Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
21. Mississippi (9-2-0) def. Mississippi St. 21-9
22. Illinois (8-3-0) def. Northwestern 28-23
23. Auburn (7-2-1) did not play
24. Michigan St. (7-3-1) def. Wisconsin 14-9
25. So. Mississippi (8-3-0) did not play
TBA
Hall of Fame Bowl
at Alabama
John Hancock Bowl
All American Bowl