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SPORTS
Tuesday, Augisi
THE BATTALION
Cowboys sign Sparks to fill g
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(AP) — Not completely comfort
able with their young, shaken-up sec
ondary, the Dallas Cowboys on Mon
day signed Phillippi Sparks to a
five-year contract and expect him to
play in the season opener.
During the offseason, after it
was apparent that Deion Sanders
was not coming back, the Cowboys
signed free agent Ryan McNeil and
used three of their five draft picks
on cornerbacks.
McNeil has earned his starting
job, but two of the drafted rookie cor
nerbacks have been injured, and Ka-
reem Larrimore, the rookie seeming
ly set to be a starter, struggled in
preseason games.
Then the Cowboys ended up
without two players they expected.
Sixth-year safety Charlie
Williams will miss at least two
games recovering from offseason
knee surgery. Cornerback Kevin
Smith, an eight-game starter last
season, reported to camp, but de
cided to retire instead of playing a
ninth season.
“We went into two-a-days, we
had some good young corners, young
talent and felt like we would have
Kevin Smith and Charlie Williams,
some guys with experience,” said
Cowboys coach Dave Campo.
“Now, we’re in a completely differ
ent situation.”
The Cowboys also considered
Sparks before signing McNeil, who
was in Cleveland last season after
spending his first six NFL seasons
with Detroit and St. Louis. Sparks
spent the past seven seasons with the
New York Giants, but then hinted he
may retire and did not sign with a
team before training camp.
Sparks admits that he is not yet in
playing shape, describing himself as
“partly cloudy but fair.”
“I don’t want to be a savior, but
know I can help,” Sparks said. “It’s
time for me to learn the system and
get in playing shape ASAR It’s
something that hopefully won’t take
too long.”
Both Campo and Cowboys own
er Jerry Jones said Sparks would be
on the field when the team returns to
practice Wednesday. They expect
him to play in Sunday's opener
against Philadelphia.
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enough to be the opening-days
and insisted that the movewi
refiection on the rookie.
would not say who wouldbesa
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too worried about any of that
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of West Texas. “I’m stilMj
now and just have to continue
better.”
Penn State Lions fail to make AP pc
University breaks streak of 119 poll inclusions y first time out since
(AP)—Penn State lost more than the Kickoff Clas
sic over the weekend: The Nittany Lions are out of the
Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the
first time since the end of the 1992 season.
Soundly beaten by USC 29-5 on Sunday, Penn
State saw its streak of being ranked in 119 consecu
tive polls end Monday with the release of the AP's
first regular-season ratings.
The Nittany Lions, who had the fourth-longest run
of consecutive rankings behind Nebraska, Florida State
and Florida, entered the game ranked 22nd.
The last time the Lions were unranked was in the fi
nal poll of the 1992 season, when they finished 7-5 af
ter a loss to Stanford in the Blockbuster Bowl.
Nebraska and Florida State remained 1-2 in this
week’s poll as the top 11 were unchanged from the pre
season poll.
The Cornhuskers, who open their season Saturday
against San Jose State, collected 35 first-place votes
and 1,728 points from the 71 sports writers and broad
casters on the panel. The Seminoles, 29-3 winners over
BYU in the Pigskin Classic, had 30 first-place votes
and 1,723 points.
Alabama, which opens its season Saturday at
UCLA, was third with three first-place votesand
points, followed by No. 4 Wisconsin and No.5II
The Badgers, who had one first-place vote,at
Hurricanes open their seasons Thursday night,
consin plays Western Michigan, while Miami
against McNeese State.
Michigan was No. 6, followed by No. 7Texas
first-place votes). No. 8 Kansas State. No. 9Florid
No. 10 Georgia. K-State opened with a 27-7
Iowa in the Eddie Robinson Classic.
Virginia Tech, which had its game againstGfi
Tech postponed by violent thunderstorms
ning, was No. 11, followed by No. 12 USC(i^ joyedsomett
spots), No. 13 Tennessee, No. 14 Washington,™
Purdue, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 17 Clemson,!
Mississippi, No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 20TCU,
Illinois was No. 21, followed by No. 22S«tlt
Mississippi, No. 23 Colorado, No. 24 MichfifS
and No. 25 Texas A&M.
The Aggies, the only new team in the pollof
Notre Dame on Saturday.
Nebraska’s streak of consecutive poll appear!
is up to 310, followed by Florida State’s
Florida’s 178.
Rankings
Continued from Page IB
with the wealth of talent that lines
the front seven. The only question
is, how will an unproven secondary
live up to the challenge?
In the Big 12 South, Texas draws
the national attention. Now can
Texas maintain its elite status for an
entire season? The Longhorns have
been unable to accomplish it in
such recent years when they draw
national attention.
Texas coach Mack Brown has
accumulated a group of receivers
who would make any quarterback
salivate. Texas has two. Chris
Simms and Major Applewhite be
gan to compete for the snaps toward
the end of last season. The race only
intensified during the offseason as
Simms moved in to unseat Apple-
white. But Texas will have to stick
with one starter to bring some con
sistency to a high-powered offense.
Once a quarterback is chosen,
the Longhorns have some of the
biggest and fastest targets in college
football. The only problem is they
are all inexperienced. Redshirt
freshman Artie Ellis, sophomore
Courtnee Garcia and junior Mon-
trell Flowers look to be the target
for Applewhite or Simms. These
three freshman will addmucli-
needed depth.
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when tight end Bo Scaifewasl ]ortec j g unc |
earlier in preseason.
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