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Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Heisman hype starting again Who should win The Heisman Trophy this year? Should we tare? College football's most presti gious award is rapidly becoming monningloss. Not that the media have noticed — the hail of hype and hysteria caused by "The Moisman Race” remains as dense as over. The lieisman still makes a nice addition to anyone's trophy cose or resume. The problom is that college football’s l>«st play ers are not winning the award given to college football's best player. l,ook at the last four players to win the award: Gino Torretta. Desmond Howard, Ty Detmer and Andre Ware. When was the last time you saw any of these guys playing in an actual NFL game? Combined, they’ve been on television about as long as The Chevy Chase Shaw That includes shots of them holding clipboards on the sidelines. This is not to say that players like Wore and Howard are vast ly ovor-hyped no-talent, no hope washouts with no futures. (Nobody cam hope for two Tony Mandariches in ono lifetime.) But it seems odd that the players touted as the best that college can offer have hardly taken pro fessional football by storm. Traditionally. Heisman voters have displayed better sense than this. It used to be a safe l)«t that the Heisman trophy winner was headed for stardom in the NFL. From the mid-1970s to mid 1980s, Heisman recipients included Tony Dorsett. Earl Campbell. Charles White, Mar cus Allen. Hershel Walker, Bo Jackson and Vinnie Testuverde The evidence suggests that either football players or sports writers are getting worse. On one hand, football players are stronger, faster and l>ettor Scon Simonson coached than over. On the other hand, it's hard to believe sports writers can get any dumber Here are some reasons that the mudia fumhle in voting for the Heisman: • ('able television. More games arc on television, but it's usually more of the same few teams. Miami. Notre Dame. Florida Slate. USC and Michi gan continue to dominate the airwaves. These teams are perennial powers and are proven draws on television They don't always produce college football's best player. But when somebody like Torretta gives interviews on pregame shows, has Lee Corso fawning over him at halftime and even throws a touchdown pass or two in one of his team's televised games, he can become a Heisman candidate whether he deserves it or not • Picking on the little guy. On the other hand, rare television appearances make or break Heis man hopefuls at small schools. For example: Besides a had game against UCLA, how's Mar shall Faulk doing this season? Few t;are Even fewer know Low numbers in a rare televi sion appearance took Faulk out of the media spotlight and Heis man contention. Of course, if you'd like to become a sports agent, you might want to remember his name. • Statistical overload There are plenty of players putting up groat numbers every week Hut the sheer number of college foot ball teams makes it difficult to tell if a player has a great game or just delivered a pounding to a patsy. College football has so many gimmicky offenses that it can be hard to separate a talent from a player who is the product of successful system Barry Sanders and Andre Ware helped blow the statistical curve for Heisman hopefuls at low-profilo schools. Sanders won the trophy by rushing for as many yards than his rivals. Rod ney Peete and Troy Aikman, threw for. Ware put up equally mind-boggling stats in a pass happy circus offense. These kinds of performances tend to make 180-yard rushing games and 300-yard passing games seem trivial Further clouding the issue is the increas ingly prominent total offense statistic, which has allowed flashy receivers like Howard and Raghib Ismail to enter the race by running up yards return ing kickoffs and punts. • Everybody loves a winner. When voters no longer rely on statistics, a team’s success can decide a player's Heisman can didacy. This can create a dilemma When a quarterback like Torret ta or this year’s favorite. Charlie Ward, is supported by a great defense, quality offensive line and first-rate receivers, how can he look bad? The star often gets the credit for his team's success, no matter how dominant the rest of his team is As a result, the mythical national championship is help ing create a mythical best player in the country. Instead of a play er holding a football, maybe the Heisman trophy should depict a player holding a clipboard. Duck men’s golf team improves to seventh By Steve Mims Oegor D*ty> lrr*r*Kl The Oregon men's golf learn is improving, but its team st ores don't necessarily prove it. The Ducks finished seventh in their next-to-iast tourna ment of the fall, the Robertson Holmes Invitational. Tuesday in Stockton. Calif. Oregon fin ished the two-day, three round tournament at 894, its second-best team total of the year to go along with its low est final placing at a tourna ment all year. "I think we are going in the right direction." Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said. "We are getting better, but we are still not playing at the level we need to be at.” One player who is playing at a high level is junior Ted Snavelv. who finished ninth Tuesday with a 4-over-par 218. Snavely opened the tour nament with a 74 in the open ing round Monday before shooting consecutive 72s in the final rounds "Tod is Kitting to tho point where ! have a lot of confi dence in him," Nosier said. "Me has shown a lot of con sistency in the last few tour naments.” Junior Paul Regali has played better lately as well, finishing among the top two Oregon golfers in each of the past two tournaments. After shooting an even-par 216 at the Nike Invitational last weekend. Regali finished n 1st with a 224 this week. Regali shot a 2-over-par 73 in the second round before finishing with a 76 that Nosier said showed his mental toughness. "Paul is showing consisten cy right now." Nosier said. "He shot 76 in the third round, hut that round started with a double bogey on the first hole and a bogey on the second hole. He really held it together well the rest of the way.” Oregon senior Randy McCracken gave the Ducks a boost in the final round with an even-par 71. McCracken opened the tournament with rounds of 76-7R Monday and finished in 37th place at 225. Junior Andy Scheidt and sophomore Chris Bensel tied at 236, though they took sepa rate paths to that total. Schei dt opened with a 72. but fin ished with back-to-back 82s, and Bensel shot 81 in the first round, followed by rounds of 76 and 77. "We are going to be a better team," Nosier said. "Whether or not we get multiple wins like we did last year. I’m not sure. We need some of these kids to play better if we are going to he good." The Ducks will play their final tournament of the fall, the Bruin Classic in Temecu la. Calif.. Nov. 1-2. Following that tournament. Oregon does not play again until it hosts the Duck Invitational March 7-8 at Eugene Country Club and Emerald Valley Resort. RESUMES Have your resume professionally typeset at Letter Perfect Graphics Suite 300 EMU 346-4381 9-5 Mon-Frl Oregon Daily Emerald CALL 3A&4343 BEFORE 1 pm TOD A Y TO PUT US TO WORK FOR YOU TOMORROW' GIUE ME FIUE! Run your "FOR SALE" ad (Items under $500) for 5 days . If the item(s) doesn't sell. cal! us at 346-4343 and we ll run your ad again for another 5 days FREE! 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