SPORTS
Wake up, pollsters! The ‘Purple Haze’ is No. 1
So who is the No. 1 team in college football?
The Associated Press Top 25 poll says Notre Dame
is. followed by Washington and then Houston.
Hut really, now Who has the best college football
team in the land?
It isn’t the Fighting Irish at Notre Dame, who lost
to Stanford — in a game where the Cardinal hand
didn’t do something offensive, politically or morally,
that is — and should have lost to Michigan State (No
tre Dame did beat Michigan and Miami, however |
It can't be Michigan, a team that has lost almost as
many times this season as they did in Bo’s whole ca
reer.
It certainly isn’t Auburn, who was drubbed by
Florida Saturday by a 4H-7 count.
It definitely isn't the most overrated team in the
country. Nebraska, who trailed Oregon State 7-:t at
halftime, and was run over by a Buffalo t ailed "Public
Bieniemy No. 1" at Lincoln, Neb., last week
It isn't Bieniemy and mates at Colorado, who have
tied Tennessee, lost to Illinois and then should have
lost to Missouri. When will those officials ever i all an
other game, anyway?
It won’t be Illinois, who lost Jeff George, lost to
Arizona and was beaten out of the Rost? Bowl race by
Iowa The Illini are more concerned about whether
their basketball program will ever plav a game again
after all those nasty things like illegal St.000 hand
shakes to recruits
Speaking of crime, it isn't Miami Vice, er the
Miami Hurricanes, who have lost to pass-happy Ty
Detmer and were also beaten by a Rocket at South
Bend, Ind. That’s Kaghib Ismail, not his brother the
Missile, who plays for Syracuse.
From the Sidelines
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ASHLEY CONKLIN
It Isn't that Detmerled Brigham Young team that
lost its undefeated season thanks to a bum h of Ducks
at Oregon
Houston and Florida might have the lies! teams
around, hut they won't he in the (lotion and Sugar
Bowls, or anv other ImivvIs thanks to some more little
penalties the N(1AA throw at them
The No t team in the land could have come from
a basketball conference called the Add But there isn't
.1 Santa dlaus this year. Virginia. la-cause you lost to
the Yellow Jackets, or Ramblin' Wreck, whatever door
gia Tech goes hv these days
deorgia Tech. No I? They tied North darolina
No. | K Reid is a dharlolte Hornet and he did not miss
two free throws to win the game
I'm sure you're ready for the answer hv now. so
the winner of the No 1 team in the land has a defen
sive nii kiidine in tribute of the gre.it guitar legend.
Jimi I iendrix
That's right, the "Purple Haze" defense of Wash
ington. and the rest of the team as well, wins the lot
tery pit k for No t
Those darn AP voters haven't recognized this, I
know But hey. even the production manager at my
paper knows the Huskies are No 1, and who could
doubt that
No one.
I guess wo have lo forgive those people who vote
on the polls They think football is played only as far
west as Oklahoma or Nebraska No one in the I’ai die
Northwest can play footin'11 liei ause it's a tough game
Pollsters m Hast Rutherford. N | . Pittsburgh or
Miami can talk all they want about tough, but the Hus
kies are tough
They have allowed an average of only (>5.7 rush
mg yards per game this season Consider lor a moment
the rushing teams they have played CSC. Colorado.
Arizona. Consider the passing teams they have played
who i .m also run the hall Oregon. Stanford The
pollsters are right Kuk\ Krvtns. Bieniemy. Art
Creathouse. Michael Hales, Sean Hurwell. Olvn Mil
burn and Tommy Vardell can't run the ball on any
body, can they?
How tough are the Huskies? They lost their lead
ing t.u kle in linebai ker James Clifford and don't even
miss him The front three of Travis Ku hardson. John
Cook and Steve Kmtmaii are so good they probably
could have saved Bud Carson's job with the I levelund
Browns
Think Mike Singletary of the Chicago Bears is a te
rot ions competitor7 Ask a hai k or ipiarlerhai k what
it's like to get hit by a linebai king i orps of (Ihico I in
lev. Brett Collins Donald Jones and Dave Hoffman
(Hich
Throw in the best running hai k in the country in
Creg l.ewis and you i ,iii forget about slopping the Hus
kies I'd rather lie in Saudi Arabia worrying about Sad
dam Hussein than being the next victim of the "Dawg
Pound.”
Washington is No I No other team even i nines
dose
Ducks move up to No. 20,
Huskies check in at No. 2
Oregon's football team
climbed two more notches in
this week's Associated Press
Top 25 poll as the Ducks
moved up to No. 20.
The Ducks were No. 22 last
week and have now been in the
poll for three straight weeks af
ter dropping out for one week
following a 28-17 loss to Wash
ington.
It is the first time Oregon has
been ranked for three consecu
tive weeks in the poll since
1959, when the Ducks ap
pea red in the poll for five
straight weeks. The Ducks went
8-2 that year, but missed out on
a bowl bid.
Notre Dame has reclaimed
the No. 1 position this week af
ter previously top-ranked Vir
ginia lost to Georgia Tech Sat
urday by a 41-28 score. Virgin
ia fell to 11th this week while
Georgia Tech jumped from ltith
to seventh.
Washington is ranked second
this week, (he first time a I’nc
10 school has been that high
since USC was No 2 two years
ago. The Huskies were seventh
a week ago.
The Ducks are also the sec
ond-highest i’ac-10 team in the
poll as DSC fell from 21st to
2,'ird by tying California tl-.ll
Saturday The Golden Hears are
Oregon's opponent this Salur
day and receiver! t:t votes to
check in at No. 112 in the over
all voting
One other Pac-ltl si hool. Ari
zona. also received votes as the
Wildcats were 2'Hh with l‘t
votes Arizona was ranked 2 Ird
last week, hut suffered a r>4-10
loss to Washington over the
weekend
following Notre Dame and
Washington in the poll are
Houston. Colorado and Miami
Iowa, Georgia Tech. Brigham
Young. Tennessee and Florida
round out the top 10
The Top Twenty Five
By The Associated Press
The Top Twenty Five teams
in the Associated Press 19*10 col
lege football poll, with first plate
votes in parentheses, record*
through Nov t. total points
based on 2?» points for a first
place vote through one point for
a 2r»th place vote, and last week's
rankings Record Pi* Pv»
l Notre Dame <37) 7 1 0 t 456 2
2 Washington (13)
3 Houston f5)
4 Colorado (5)
5 Miami Fla
6 ioara
7 Georgia Tech
8 Bogham Young
9 Tennessee
tO Florida
11 Virginia
12 Florida Si
13 Nebraska
14 Te*as
15 Auburn
16 Mississippi
17 Illinois
18 Ciemson
19 Michigan
20 Oregon
21 Penn St
22 kouisville
23 USC
24 Michigan Si
25 Wyoming
Other recei
8 1 0
800
8 1 1
6 20
7 10
7 0 1
7 10
5 1 2
7 1 0
f 1 0
620
8 10
6 10
6 1 1
8 1 0
620
8 20
5 30
7 20
620
8 11
6 2 1
4 3 1
9 10
mg votes
1 403 7
1.337 8
1310 9
1 228 8
1 129 13
1 074 16
1039 10
980 11
949 15
924 1
845 12
818 3
782 14
650 4
600 17
568 5
509 18
438 20
362 22
279 24
224 25
148 21
106
84 19
Te*as AAM
73, Ohio Si 71 Oklahoma 36. An/ona
19 Colorado St 18 Syracuse 17. Cali
forma 13. S Mississippi 4 Toledo 3.
San Jose St 2 Minnesota 1. North Car
Hockey team beats UW,
game finishes with brawl
The Club Sports hockey
Icon made its collegiate sea
son debut a successful one
Saturday night, as Oregon
downed Washington 1 2 be
fore a i rowil of about r>oo at
lame County Ice
It was a rare game in that
it was a full-contact game, a
rarity among Club Sports
college hockey teams
Oregon skated out to a 2-0
lead after one period as Hrad
Paris and Hen Hartscht
scored goals on assists from
Dan Baker and Chris Hoff
man, respectively.
Washington came back to
tie the game 2-2 after the
second period but Oregon
added a third period goal to
take the game Mike Rousell
scored the winning goal on
an assist from Kurt Ciesler
Coordinator Scott Brown
said that th«*r«- were 20 min
uti-s worth of penalty min
nles in the game, which
ended in .1 hem It t louring
hrttwl Although it w.is .1
full-contact game. Hrown
said the ponaltv times was a
high amount
Hrown. who founder)
hockey as >1 (Huh Sport at
Oregon List year, said the
biggest problem the team is
having this year is not hav
mg a t oar h
"U e re still playing with
out >i coach." Hrown said
"I'm |usl the coordinator,
not the coach."
Oregon will he bar k in at
lion Friday when it takes on
the Kugene Hines at Oil at
5:1 f> pm. Oregon will be
trying to avenge an earlier
r»- 1 loss to the Hlues
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