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y • October 3 ( 1) Thursday Page 11 October 3, 1996 teelers find new rival in Oilers Surhoff ide of the bast PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steel- shave spent nearly a year looking for a rival replace the Cleveland Browns. They may , , ,_ive found it in their own division: the Hous- fromcatcherSji in0ilers _ inced total)! E ven as the Steelers (3-1) began practic- lavray. igWednesday for Monday night’s game nrowallowedil| , a j nst t j ie K ansas city Chiefs (4-1) — one of r a 5-4 lead,! | e AFC’s top games this season — they la ns managei) U u n ’t s t 0 p talking about their Oct. 20 re- ofthedugoutii, [atch in Houston. \ with plateq ] t ’ s a re t um bout that promises to be con- jderably more compelling than Mike argued tl ie line, tot i showed if the baselines he bag. son vs. Bruce Seldon. Oilers defensive backs Darryll :wis and Marcus Robertson and eelers rookie punter Shayne Edge ere ejected from Pittsburgh’s fight- resumed,M- [led 30-16 victory Sunday. Several ore players face disciplinary action the NFL for a fourth-quarter dis- ite that spilled off the field and into 1 fly and Robeito. i RBI single. ; a players’pep Kenny Lofton section of fans. out and stole tei f the playoffbi groundoutbyii oc lcing by the Oilers linemen, prompting home thensinj his First hit of the run into the left- the lead io4-3. nth, Baltimore $ n issued twostnj vo outs and »e Orosco, wb a a 2-2 pitch. $ei! le singled to opi ng Orosco, anil le game with a tando Benitez. ouston cornerback Cris Dishman to call lem “bums.” Sounds like the old days of the Steelers- tiders rivalry in the 1970s, when Oakland al- Jew stadium comes with strings attached dgers )ener •ee hits. But lot do the job as their fifth strai k that cost tbemt in and leftthemasl m. rked the count g off three pu i drive far oven ■center field, eft after the eight n 131 pitta.Wi h, he retired)! rounder with le struck out sitl rs tied it in t final 23at-ta vorth was O-fe ut before si ■ the third- ch from Swoln )k a 1-0 lead in Marquis Gris e second, mndout and sci ly by Fred Mc| appe es series, y, umpires nearing, . te remainder^ imp/res Steelers linebackers Chad Brown and Jerry Isavsky also complained of frequent cut- legedly slicked up its uniforms with Vaseline and wrote derogatory messages to the Steelers on the game balls. Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher seemed amused by all the yapping, and even encour aged his players during his post-game talk to begin spreading what he called “The party line: It’s the start of a good rivalry.” But, Brown said Wednesday, there’s nothing good if a player caught up in the heat of the moment ends another’s career with a deliber ate, knee-high block from behind. “Chop blocks are a part of foot ball, I understand that,” Brown said Wednesday. “But do it face-to-face. Don’t do it from behind me. Guys get hurt and guys’ careers end by cut blocks from behind. Don’t cheap-shot me.” The Oilers’ response? “He’s a crybaby,” wide receiver Derek Russell said. “He cried the whole game. I don’t do it (cut block) to cornerbacks. He’s a good player, but you have to cut a linebacker who weighs 40 pounds more than you do.” Even Cowher agreed cut blocks have a place in football, as long as they aren’t intend ed to cause injury. “That’s part of the game,” he said. “Obvi ously, there are times when it’s accepted. Other times, it’s not. Some players don’t like it. ... I don’t like all the taxes we have to pay. I really don’t. But what, are you going to do about it? Nothing.” Cowher said the verbal byplay is useful only if it proves a helpful motivator for the Steelers’ return date in Houston. “Anybody who’s a proud person, a competi tive person, can take exception to some things that might be said,” Cowher said. “There’s no reason at all for us to be involved in that type of verbiage. To me, just don’t talk about it, just do it.... When it comes down to it, just look up at the scoreboard. That’s the greatest message you can send.” The Steelers hope to send another one Monday in a matchup that was expected to occur in the AFC championship game in Janu ary. Instead, Pittsburgh wound up playing the Indianapolis Colts after they upset the Chiefs in Kansas City. The Chiefs are slightly favored, and Steelers quarterback Mike Tomczak would be sur prised only if they weren’t. “The Steelers still don’t necessarily get the respect we deserve, but that’s all right,” he said. “It gives us a chip on our shoulder when we go out on the field and try to win.” HOUSTON (AP) — A partner- tip that has conditionally >reed to buy and develop land a downtown baseball stadi- has the option of later buy- igback the site, the Texas Jour- alof the Wall Street Journal ported Wednesday. The agreement regarding a re- actable-roof stadium for the ouston Astros is outlined in a liter of intent signed last month the City of Houston, Harris raijfoiinty, the Astros and the Hous- Sports Facilities Partnership. If voters approve a financing in a Nov. 5 referendum, the artnership — headed by Enron itdiforp. Chairman Ken Lay — will donate land for the stadium to Harris County. But accord ing to the let ter, in ex change for paying about $15 million for the land and $18 million on development costs, the in vestment group will have the right to buy back the stadium land at its original 1996 price, the newspaper reported. John Watson, a lawyer repre senting Lay’s group, said the in- McLane vestors would do so near the end of the stadium’s life. Other details in the letter give partnership members first right to negotiate with the As tros on the name of the stadi um, concessions, advertising and other services. Also, they will get first choice, after the team, on luxury suites and the expected 42,000 seats. Astros owner Drayton McLane has said that without revenue from a stadium better than the 31-year-old Astrodome, he will have to sell or move the team. City officials announced Sept. 14 plans to build the $265 mil lion stadium, pending voter en dorsement of the ballot issue next month. The vaguely worded referen dum only asks voters to authorize Harris County to create and oper ate new or renovated sports stadi ums, with the understanding no property taxes be used. Lack of details about the stadi um plan may worry voters. City and county officials, for example, say they still aren’t even sure of the identity of the investors putting up the $33 million. Lay won’t disclose their names, although he says so far there are eight or nine investors and he hopes to get about a dozen more. fexas Tech Student Bar delays arena election results cP fiJBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Texas ech Student Bar Association, claim- ^pvocedural violations in a refer- ndum over a proposed basket- , „ , all arena, has delayed until )uble by Gagne® i) Ursc j a y re lease of the le by slumping!# | eC [j 0n ’ s results, ndsworth, who! The association had sev- ^”'7 [ alobjections, including iE distances some law Indents had to walk to cast eir votes Tuesday. The orga- ization forced a Wednesday igtit hearing by the student Elec Commission. In addition to choosing a homecoming queen, 4,132 students voted Tues day whether to designate $3 of the approximately $90 they pay per semester hour toward a proposed $40 million to $45 million arena. Law student Bill Exley, vice president of the Student Bar As sociation, said he’d reserve com ment on his organization’s gripes until after the hearing. Student Association president Geoff Wayne, a staunch backer of ULLDOGS ontinued from Page 9 “We’ve played some good ©petition,” Starks said. “Being Yf *" l' I * d that if Bw ^ to play Baylor and USL has Ipedus.” Despite the fact that the Bull- are playing a 1-3 team in it! hM, Crowton is conscious not ded immedii 11 Underestimate the Aggies, day’s “We’ve got a lot of respect for A&M and Coach (R.C.) Slocum,” Crowton said. “The losses they’ve had were due to turnovers, but we know that they’re good.” A&M has turned the ball over 16 times this year, including four lost fumbles to the University of Colorado last week. Starks said turnovers always influence a game, but his team cannot count on free gifts from the Aggies. “I feel that turnovers are just something that happens during the course of a game,” Starks said. “Usually they are a factor, and hopefully we’ll end up on the positive side of that.” the arena, said the bar association’s move frustrated him. “We followed procedures to a‘T’,” he said. The arena will be built with or without Student support, school officials have said, though lack of student fee support could push completion beyond the November 1998 target time. To sweeten the pot, the school promised 3,600 guaranteed seats for students, many at courtside, if the referendum passed. The planned United Spirit Arena, which al ready has attracted millions of dollars in cor porate donations, is proposed to replace the outdated Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Crowton said the team is trying to dismiss pressures associated with playing A&M. “We want to relax, go out and play hard and have fun,” Crowton said. “We’ve got to execute offen sively and defensive ly and hope [the Ag gies] don’t.” “Being able to play Baylor and USL has helped us.” Eric Starks Bulldogs junior safety 19 Texas Ave. S Aloifl 21 Homemade Chicken Fried Steak (Its making us famous) aying amFj Homemade Hamburgers ase 4 j_j Qt L e g S Shrimp • Oysters armg. t recall a n yer was si. itseasonfoff tbRgy JHpur 5-7pm Daily .75 Well Drinks 99$ Longnecks Friday Nights :hat occurrT game. ded as ifl’ 6 ' 1 ipires take a negotiatioiti 1 ! r erS . ke the sitjj ’ he said- ^ 3e done bet® and. I’m n ot ; easures we' e ‘ L” omar hafl 1 3n on ' v h fl . . ppeal, it € .. ikely that . should take P; 1 the union' 5 '.; York fot 11 ■ sd trip- 0tza ; Is for thenj “Tie to Sat. Night 99<2 Margaritas on the rocks Tues. Night $1.50 Imports & Specialities "Come See Us!" 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