Page 18 • The Battalion
Sports
Thursday • September 28,
Tennessee pledges $67 million to lure Oilers
□ The city of Nashville
has about $100 million to
move the Houston team.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Tennessee will contribute $67
million to the package that
Nashville will use to try and lure
the Oilers from Houston, Gov.
Don Sundquist said today.
The state’s contribution moves
the Music City closer to meeting
the $250 million that a new stadi
um is expected to cost.
Nashville has about $100 mil
lion available to spend, and
Sundquist announced today that
Tennessee will contribute $55
million from general bonds for
construction with an additional
$12 million for road improve
ments around the complex.
“I believe we’re a giant step
closer to welcome NFL football to
Tennessee. We’ve made a commit
ment to be a partner in this ven
ture and ... I’m pleased we’ve
done just that,” Sundquist said.
Nashville has until Oct. 20 be
fore its exclusive negotiating
rights with the Oilers ends.
“The end zone is in sight,”
said Mike McClure, Oilers’ vice
president and chief negotiator
with Nashville.
The stadium also would serve
as a home field for Tennessee
State if school officials agree.
Sundquist said.
No bonds would be issued if
the Oilers do not relocate. If an
agreement is reached, the Oilers
would remain in Houston through
the 1997 season.
Nashville mayor Phil Bredesen
said the package is being final
ized and that the Metro City
Council should see those details
Oct. 5. He plans on that date to
file a resolution for $2 million for
architectural work to begin on a
stadium, to begin selling personal
seat licenses and to form a sports
authority that would act as the
owner of the new stadium.
He said he would not predict
how close Nashville is to attract
ing the Oilers.
“But I would say that as of this
morning, I think we have a first-
and-10 on the visitor’s 30-yard
line,” Bredesen said.
The Tennessean newspaper re
ported today that a source close to
the negotiations said the Oilers
“were happy campers,” when they
left a Tuesday negotiating session
at which the state’s involvement
was outlined.
Last week, the governor told
negotiators for both sides the
state was prepared to offer $10
million worth of aid — mostly re
lated to infrastructure surround
ing a new stadium.
Bredesen said he had hoped
the state’s role would be closer to
$50 million.
Oilers running back Rodney Thomas struggles to break a tackle during the
preseason. Thomas will make his first NFL start Sunday against Jacksonville.
wmmmmwmmm
■p -, ■
-mil
For answers to
your student loan
questions, talk
to Citibank, the
student loan
experts. Our
customer service
representatives
are here to help
you from the
beginning of
the financial aid
process through
your final student
loan payment.
Exceptional
customer service
is just one reason
why students
have trusted
Citibank with
their education
III
financing more
than any other
bank. To get the
. ' . . :
answers you
You mean someone
need, call
Citibank at
1-800-692-8200
my
and ask for
Operator 268,
?l?
send in the coupon
below, or visit
• • •
: -
your school’s
Financial Aid
Office.
Yes.
Citibank
has all the
student loan
information
you need
now.
Stafford Loan
(subsidized and unsubsidized)
□ Citibank Federal PLUS Loan
Prarie View will
attempt to dodge
record Saturday
Thurs
Septembei
□ The team has lost 50
straight games, one short
of the NCAA record.
DALLAS (AP) — A look at
the woeful ways of Prairie
View A&M during its 50-game
losing streak, which likely will
become 51 Saturday, breaking
the all-time NCAA record for
any division:
— 0: wins since Oct. 28,
1989, when the Panthers beat
Mississippi Valley State 21-12
on homecoming.
— 0: scholarship playefs on
the team.
— 0: wins in high school
and college career of junior
running back Michael Porter.
He was part of 30 losses for
Houston Davis, which lost a
national-record 80 straight.
— 1: yard-line Prairie View
was stopped at against Texas
Southern last year when the
clock expired, giving TSU a
20-13 victory.
— 1: number of times this
season the Panthers have led.
Prairie View was ahead of Tar-
leton State 6-0 last Saturday
before allowing 44 straight
points to tie the consecutive-
loss record.
— Ill: Division of
Macalester (Minn.), which pre
viously owned the futility
mark by losing 50 straight
games between 1974-79.
— 4: head coaches at Prairie
View during the streak. Haney
Catchings was indicted,
Luther Booker retired before
coaching a game, Ron Beard
was fired after going 0-44 and
first-year coach Hensley
Sapenter is 0-4.
— 5-10, 160: size of sopho
more wide receiver Christo
pher Allen.
— 5-10, 325: sizeofsofj
more offensive linemani|
cus Sanders. He’s outbeefti
fellow lineman Christo;!
Reed, who tips the scale|
350.
— 11: head coachessrj
Billy Nicks, who wont
black college national title|
16 seasons. Every coach s
Nicks has left withal
record.
— 26: straight losses|
Tampa Bay in 1976-71
NFL., record.
— 31: years since Pra:
View won the Southwesi
Athletic Conference.
— 34: straight losses]
Northwestern from 197S|
the Division I-A record.
— 39: straight losses h:
Paul’s from 1948-53, the!
sion II record.
— 44: previous Divisioi
AA record for consecutive.f
es, held until last year by!
lumbia.
— 96: jersey numbeil
kicker Nsikan Udoyeil
freshman from Lagos, NigT
who was recruited onto:!
team out of a swimming ti
He came to Prairie Vie*|
play club-level soccer anij
buted last Saturday wittl
extra point attempt thathi{
offensive lineman in then
popped in the air and was]
turned 91 yards for
point conversion.
— 200: number of pointi]
abama State offensive coo
nator John McKenzie saii]
team could’ve scored
FVairie View in its 92-0 vid
in October 1991. Itwas72 |
halftime.
— 255-10: aggregates]
of the last four games bet*
Prairie View and Gramtj
State, Saturday’s opponeat
When will it all end?
A look at the woeful ways of Prairie View A&M f
during its 50-game losing streak. Saturday, the \
streak could hit 51, breaking the all-time NCAA^
record for any division:
0: wins since Oct. 28, 1989, when the
Panthers beat Mississippi Valley State
21-12 on homecoming.
0: scholarship players on the team.
0: wins in high school and college career
of junior running back Michael Porter. He was
part of 30 losses for Houston Davis, which lost a
national-record 80 straight.
1: yard-line Prairie View was stopped again at
Texas Southern last year when the game expired,
giving TSU a 20-13 victory.
1: time this season the Panthers have led. Prairie View
was ahead of Tarleton State 6-0 last Saturday before allowing
44 unanswered points. V
200: number of points Alabama State offensive coordinator John
McKenzie said his team could’ve scored against Prairie View inits92-
0
victory in October 1991. It was 72-0 at halftime.
255-10: aggregate score of the last four games between Prairie View
and Grambling State, Saturday’s opponent.
Longest losing streaks in football
N
th
Apath
“D:
The mild p
relayed the
ingly urger
mation wit
turbing cal
Instant]
gamut of q
that any c<
to mind. “A
beer?” “No
commercis
“Mark F
sor droppe
prayed for
snicker or
Silence
For the
was brougl
ever, it wa
Since Ji
Brown Sin
brutally rr
squeezed (
it down ou
The ma
air. Each t
turn on a t
abreast of
Simpson” i
briefs, con
two courte
In addit
hear it fro:
Sometime:
around O.
A frienc
what I felt
After tellii
about O. J
all the cirt
had every!
corruptnei
1 sat th
argument
mind you,
minating
— almost
Some v
were justi
and deceil
tive and a
Howevi
thing to d'
deed, Arm
racial injc
lous stere
be a vice,
cannot be
H
DIVISION l-A
DIVISION l-AA
Losses
Team
Years
Losses
Team
Yea';
34
Northwestern
1979-82
50
Prairie View
19894;
28
Virginia
1958-61
44
Columbia
1983-s
28
Kansas St.
1944-48
19
Idaho St.
1978-3
27
New Mexico St. 1988-90
17
Davidson
1985-?
27
Eastern Mich.
1980-82
16
Middle Tenn. St. W
DIVISION II
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGlIi
Losses
Team
Years
Losses
Team
Years
39
St. Paul’s
1948-53
26
Tampa Bay
1976-7;
DIVISION III
19
Chi. Cardinals
1942-1: ■
1945
1961-6';
Losses
Team
Years
19
Oakland
50
Macalester
1974-79
18
Houston
1972-I?,
Rece
FREE SHOTS
Get yours at AR Photography.
Aggieland pictures are taken
Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.i
Freshmen • LAST day is Sept. 29
Seniors • Until Dec. 1
Sophomores • Oct. 3-31
Juniors • Nov. 1- Dec.l
AR Photography is located at 707
Texas Ave. (next to Taco Cabana).
Call 693-8183 for more information.