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Jamie
Burch
staff writer
I he complete bowl picture is still
cloudy. The outcome for a num
ber of teams hinges on the result
ftwo conference championships —
te Big 12 featuring No. 2 Nebraska vs.
bll4 Texas A&M and the SEC featur-
1 1 igNo. 3 Tennessee vs No. 11 Auburn
- both to be played Saturday. After
rose winners are determined, the
' lU Imighty Bowl Alliance will select its
rajchups. From the remaining bowl
I ualified teams in the Big 12, the order
f selection is as follows: Cotton (Dal-
I ts), Holiday (San Diego), Alamo (San
ntonio), Aloha (Hawaii), Insight.Com
b Fuscon).
Bince the University of Colorado
I hied to win six games against Division
-A opponents, the Big 12 could not ful-
ill ill six of its allotted bowl. So, the Alo-
:) f ha received permission from the con-
sr mce to bypass the fifth-place
p-election and chose No. 21 Washington
p s. Mo. 25 Michigan State,
oitfa Zlear as mud, right? Well hold your
to ses. In attempt to break it down for
|s ny college football faithful, the Swami
nay further confuse the masses because
|( : he lull scenario gets a little harier.
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Bowl Scenario
■ No. 2 Nebraska (11-0,8-0)
If the heavily favored Cornhuskers go
on to beat the Aggies, all of this will be a
lot easier to predict. Going along with
the Las Vegas bookies, Huskers win by
16-points and move into the Orange
Bowl (Miami) vs. No. 3 Tennessee.
If they should happen to fall at the
hands of A&M, the Huskers still are a
lock for the Alliance, Sugar (New Or
leans) or Fiesta (Tempe), knocking the
Wildcats down to the Cotton.
■ No. 10 Kansas State (10-1,7-1)
The Wildcats have to be ecstatic about
Arizona’s win over cross-state rival Ari
zona State last weekend. Combined with
Michigan State’s upset of Penn State, Ari
zona’s victory has most likely vaulted
Kansas State into an Alliance bid. Assum
ing Nebraska wins the Big 12 Champi
onship game, the most likely spot for K-
State would be the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe,
Ariz. vs. No. 15 Syracuse.
The Fiesta, played on New Year’s Eve,
is not considered a prime-time bowl for
television purposes. Therefore, the Fies
ta is looking for a school who can put
butts in the seats. After selling out last
year’s Cotton Bowl, a 20,000 ticket allot
ment should not be a problem for trav
el-happy Wildcat fans.
■ No. 14 Texas A&M (9-2,6-2)
The Aggies only shot at an Alliance
Bowl is to upset a talent-laden Ne
braska team Saturday. Laugh all you
want, but stranger things have hap
pened. An A&M win would put the
Aggies in the Big Easy to play Ohio
State in the Sugar Bowl.
If the Aggies lose the Big 12 title
game, they’ll have a shot at either the
Cotton Bowl vs. No. 5 UCLA or the Holi
day Bowl against, the winner of the WAC
Championship between No. 20 Col
orado St. and New Mexico.
Sources close to A&M have told the
Swami that regardless of how things un
fold, the Aggies can drop no further
than the Holiday Bowl.
■ No. 19 Missouri (7-4,4-4)
After an early season loss to Kansas
and “The Kick,” a heartbreaking overtime
defeat at the hands of Nebraska, the
Tigers are gunning for a shot at either the
Holiday Bowl or the Aamo. As the fourth-
place team in the conference standings,
Mizzou will fall one spot below the Ag
gies. A Holiday berth would give rise to a
matchup between an exciting Corby
Jones quarterbacked Tigers vs. the WAC
champion. The Swami guarantees this
would be a shoot-out ripped from the
pages of the Wild-Wild West.
If Mizzou took up shop at the Aamo,
the Tigers would most likely face Pur
due or Wisconsin.
■ No. 24 Oklahoma State (8-3,5-3)
The Cowboys must play the wait and
see game. Whatever falls in Bob Sim
mons’ lap is what the Cowpokes will
take. Its not a pretty sight when the best
OSU can hope for is the Aamo. Howev
er, if only one Big 12 team qualifies for
the Aliance, then OSU will be left with
the Bowl formerly known as the Copper.
Hey Bob, how smart does that two-
point conversion attempt in overtime
against Missouri seem now?
Jamie Burch is a senior
speech communication major
DeBartelo resigns post
with San Fransisco 49ers
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Edward DeBar-
tolo Jr. resigned as the head of the San Francis
co 49ers today amid reports that he and former
Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards are to be indict
ed by a federal grand jury for gambling fraud.
In a statement from Youngstown, Ohio, De-
bartolo’s sister Denise DeBartolo York said she
was assuming the position of chairman and
chief executive officer of the 49ers.
She said Carmen Policy would continue to
run the team’s day-to-day operations, and
would become a minority partner and replace
her brother as the team’s representative
to the NFL for league business.
Edward DeBartolo Jr. and Ed
wards were among at least six
people who were notified
that they will soon be indict
ed on gambling fraud
charges, The Times of Shreve
port and The News-Star of
Monroe reported today.
The others who were sent
"target letters” included Ed
wards’ son, Stephen Edwards,
the newspapers said.
The letters ar e used to notify recipients of im
minent indictment and invite them to testify
before the grand jury if they wish to offer evi
dence that could absolve them.
DeBartolo’s presence on the list could mean
the indictment concerns events surrounding
the awarding of a gaming license in March to a
partnership that included DeBartolo and Hol
lywood Casino Corp.
DeBartolo withdrew from the project after the
Louisiana State Gaming Control Board de
manded that he turn over all documents he gave
to tire gr and jury. Those documents included an
“unexecuted agreement” between DeBartolo
and Stephen Edwards, according to a copy of the
grand jury subpoena obtained by The Times.
The State Gaming Control Board canceled
the project after DeBartolo’s departure.
Hollywood spokesman Eric Terry of Dallas
said Hollywood Casino Corp. was never aware
of any arrangement between DeBartolo and
Stephen Edwards. But Hollywood hired a rela
tive and an associate of Stephen Edwards, both
of whom had offices in the same suite as Edwin
and Stephen Edwards.
“We have been aware of the grand
jury investigation in Louisiana since
^ Mr. DeBartolo appeared before
that panel last June,” said NFL
spokesman Joe Browne. “We
will have no comment on today’s
media reports until our office has
had further discussions
with Mr. DeBartolo and
the 49ers.”
York said this was “a
very difficult time” for
her brother.
“In this country, everyone is entitled to a
presumption of innocence and to due
process under the law. I hope everything will
work out for him,” York said.
“My brother’s legal issue relates to the Cali
fornia-based DeBartolo Entertainment Corp.
that he operates with a non-family partner,” she
added in the statement. “I am not involved in De
Bartolo Entertainment in any way, and all of its
operations are separate and distinct from all the
operations of the Ohio-based Edward J. DeBar
tolo Corp., including the San Francisco 49ers.”
\o\den State suspends guard Sprewell witout pay for 10 games after altercation with coach
(DAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
annc'd from practice and team
1 icili ties Tuesday, Latrell Sprewell
r as in jeopardy of having his
)ur-year, $32 million NBA con-
[P act terminated following an at-
j ick on coach RJ. Carlesimo.
ppl!: 7h e three-time All-Star and
heading scorer for the Golden
[g tate Warriors was suspended
/ithout pay for 10 games after
tK tvo confrontations with Carles-
|i aio at practice Monday. During
the first, Sprewell put his hands
around the coach’s throat and
reportedly threatened to “kill”
him; during the second, 20 min
utes later, he landed a glancing
punch to Carlesimo’s neck.
In the aftermath, the team
tried to sort its options, which
include trading Sprewell, patch
ing things up between player
and coach, or terminating his
contract, signed just two sum
mers ago.
In a letter to Sprewell inform
ing him of the suspension, the
team said it reserved the right to
terminate his contract under Sec
tion 16 of the Uniform Player
Contract, which says players
must “conform to standards of
good citizenship and good moral
character” and prohibits “engag
ing in acts of moral turpitude.”
The suspension will cost
Sprewell about $940,000 in salary.
He was in Oakland on Tuesday
and was unavailable for com
ment. His agent, An Tellem, did
not return phone calls.
“He cannot go to practice, he
cannot be at the facility,” team
spokesman Eric McDowell said.
“It’s like a restraining order in
many ways.”
Carlesimo said the team has
not heard from Sprewell.
“We’re going to wait and see,”
he said. “We’re going to reach out
if we don’t hear from him.”
Horn
Continued from Page 7
“Shun tends to lead a little bit
more by example and we talked to
him about that and he’s responded to
that well,” Slade said.
“For whatever reason he had lost
some of his focus but then a light
went off and he came to practice and
was totally focused. I remember say-
:: I
ing to him ‘goodness gracious man,
what’s taken you so
long?”’
While Horn’s
season may not
have started off as
well as he and the
Aggies would have
liked, they both
know his emer
gence was better
late than never.
Horn
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