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Emerald TUESDAY October ?4, 1995 TODAY IN SPORTS WSU player arrested for drunken driving 1*1 l.l.MAN, Wash. (AP) - Washington State lino hat ker James Darling was arrested for investigation of drunken driving after a one t or act ident Monday and fins been suspended from the team. Cougars roach Mike Price said. Darling lost control of his loop on a Pullman city stri>et early Mondav while returning from Spokane, Price said Darling was treated at the scene for minor injuries Me was arrested for inves tigation of (Jnving while intoxicated and released Police will file a report to prosecutors, who will det ide whether to file any charges. Price said Monday m a statement. Uarltng. the cougars starting middle linebacker, has been suspended from all team activities for the week and will miss Satur day's game against \ isitiug Arizona, Price said. In addi tion, Darling will be on pro bation for the rest of the season "James is a good person who made a serious mistake in judgment." Price said. He will have to deal with the consequences of his at tion and I know he will " Darling was unavailable for comment Monday. the Cougars said. He leads the Cougars in tackles with tit and in tack les-for-losses with It. for minus-28 yards. Darling. 20. is a junior zoology major from kettle Falls AP TOP 25 Record Pvs 1 Florida State (34)7-0 _1 __ 2 Nebraska (20) ~ 7-0 2~~ 3 Florida (3)6 0 3 4 Ohio St <S) 7-0_4 _ 5. Tennessee 6-1 __ 6 6 Kansas _ 6t7 7 Colorado6 i 9 8 Northwestern 6-1 _ 11 9. Michigan6J_10 10, Oregon_frl_12 11 Auburn6-2 _ 13 12 Notre Dame 6 2 t7 13 Southern Cal 6-1 ~~ 5 ~ 14 Kansas Si 6 1 8 15 Texas5-1-1 16 16 Penn St5-2 19 1 7 Washington 5-220 18 Alabama 5-2 21 ’9 Texas AftM 4-2 _ 22 20 Virginia6_314 21 Syracuse _6-1 22 Texas Tech " 4~2~ ~ 25 23 Oklahoma 4 2-1 15 24 UCLA_ 5-2 _—_ 25 Iowa 5-1 18 others receiving votes Arkansas 149, San Diego Stale 17. Virginia Tech 14, Baylor 12, Toledo 8. Stanford 7, Michigan State 4, Maryland 2, South Carolina 1, Texas Chnstian 1. HAT *! j ».* >H! . *M < 11 f • - , - The Oregon football team s recent success has left some students scrambling to find seats In the student seating section Saving seats makes student dilemma worse f u ^ no suet ess 01 me t tregon nxitnaii 1 team Inst year — and the 6-1 start I this season — has brought in a JL whole now generation of "cjuaker hackers Much 1 ikt* last year, each game this season becomes more and more itnpor taut, and naturally the bigger each game is, the more people come out to watch Some of these fans have been here for y ears They have seen the gomes when the Dm ks looked like they shouldn't even have a foot ball program, and they wore there last vear when the Ducks hung tough with Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Then there are the new fans people who are new to the I 'Diversity and new to Oregon football. Many of these fans have had the good fortune of only seeing the positive things Ore gon football has done in rei eat years, !’he combination of the long-time, die-hard fans, the new generation of Dm k fans and the people who are somewhere in the middle has created a new problem that Oregon fans aren't used to. Suddenly, tit kets are hard to come bv and MMitmg is tmlrwnwly litnilmi I m? seating prob lem is tmdtml in iho gttnoral admission sin lion, hut it's tho studi’iil six tlon whom ihn mil prohloms Iwgin lo tx.t.ur. fivit nr su rows i mnpletelv empty tHot is everyone mi :ep( about five guys who art* standing one or two at tint li comer (bit) of tlif gti>s speaks up as you iH’gin to outer this empty set lion These seats are all taken," he says It hits you all at unit' as you not It e the (.reek letters on his sweatshirt this must he the designated fraternity area Watt a minute, there is no such place Hie guy who said the seats are taken is friendly and explains that it isn't Ins idea, lint he has to do what he’s told And, he says, lie was told along with the other four or fiv e guys there to save enough seats for the whole house So you stand there discussing with this complete stranger w hat a bum h of crap you think this is Meanwhile the seats you are going to have to choose from are getting worse and worse Ah - the joys of a w inning program The seats that people used to he able to walk III Turn to STEWART, Page 10 ■ OPINION 1 inuigiiir voursni kimiiuk ill! i-xi !lt>.| for llin Inn game against another Pacific'iu Con bronco rival Take las! Saturday's garni) against Washington Statu for ux.mi pin You party it up with t'nllf friiiltiic Hi<i t liiff i.xuir self full of food <dl after noon Thou 5 o'clock rolls around and you make (ho journtn across the foot Stewal hrid^o over to Aut/.en Stadium H> i -*41 you are walking around tho out er run of Autzon. eyeing the student set turn to siw what seats are available About one third of your favorite section is full, but then YOU see them the ties! seats m the student sm .lion according to your [lersonal prefereni e As vou approach tho seats you notice everyone there has left this area of roughly New England’s offense surprises Buffalo 24-17 ■ NFL FOOTBALL: Drew Bledsoe's 262 passing yards and Curtis Martin's 127 rushing yards fuel the victory FOXRORO. Muss (API- Thu Patriots found their offense on a rare Monday night appearance and the Buffalo Bills had neithei coach Marv Levy nor Thurman Thomas to stop them. Rookie running back Curtis Martin and Drew Bledsoe had their ties! games of She season its New England won 27-n, ending its five-game slide and Buffalo's five-game winning streak "That, by far, was our l>est effort of the year," Patriots coach Bill Part ells said. The Bills (5-2) remained in first place in the AFC East. The Patriots (2-5) were the NFL’s lowest storing team hut renewed their playoff hoptt a^ainnt a team tHat began the weekend with the NEL's top rated defense. "1 by no means think that we've turned any corners or anything," Purcells said, "Coin cidentally, we beat a team that's leading the division. This divi sion is a long way from over." With I «vy recovering from surgery for prostate i ancer, assistant head coaiJi Elijah Pitts handled tile Hills. But six min utes into tile game, Buffalo lost Thomas, who pulled a left ham string after a strong start and did not return. Bledsoe, who didn't throw a touchdown pass until his fifth game of the season, completed 23 of 40 passes for 2fi2 yards and a 5-yard touchdown to Vin cent Brisby. Martin rushed 3fi times for a career-high J27 yards and a 20 vard tom ildovvn. tile firs! of tie game He had rushed for lt)2 yards in his pro debut hut only IH(') in his next five games The Patriots, in their first Monday night game in eight sea sons and the first at home in 14. recovered three fumbles and hail four sacks against a team that had lost just three fumbles and been sacked seven times all sea son. Thomas’ fumble on his first carry led to Martin's touch down. His replacement, rookie Darick Holmes, lost a fumble on the first play of the second half and Matt Bahr followed with a 39-yard field goal for a 24 14 lead. Thomas was injured on o 20 yard run to a first down at the New England It-yard line. He WM taken to tin; lot ker room on a cart and finished with 42 yards on four carries He also caught two passes setting a team record Tuesday Octotx with r«M options in -I t consei u livo gomes l he Patriots s< ornd first for the first time in four games on Martin’s 20-yard run -1:2(1 into the game, tile earliest they've scored this season. Sieve Christie’s two 2 t yard field goals t.ut the lead to 7-ti after the first uuarter The Patri ots responded with a 12-play, 70-yard man h capped by Bled soe's 5 yard pass to Hrishy that made the sture 14-fi Dave Meggett's ,'f-yard run made it 21-0 ivilh 1 57 left in the half, hut the Patriots ( ouidn't stop the Hills after that as Kelly and Hilly Brooks hooked up on n 45-vard touchdown pass piny 11 seconds Iwfom halftime Kelly's pass to (Harwell (iardner on Buf falo's first two point ((inversion attempt since the rule was implemented last season drew Buffalo to 21-14 at halftime, a 24 19(15 Otogon Da'1? Emeu ax! 9
