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FOOTBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEKEND Pac-10 lead on the line in Seattle ■ DIVISION BATTLE: Winner of Huskies-Troians game will take the division lead SEATTLE (AIM - Keyshawn Johnson's dream of wmmr^ 1 national championship ha* been shattered Now hr s hoping for a Pacific-10 Conference title* The No 13 Southern Cali for nia Trojans, featuring Johnson at wide receiver, i an take a trig step toward their new goal Saturday by healing the No 17 Washing ton Huskies It’s a matchup of the only teams that remain unbeaten (4-0) in Par-10 play. The winner will f*e in the driver's seat to the Rose Bowl. "Right now. the Rose Bowl is everything to me," Johnson said "I've lost to Notre Dame and I have to live with that.” Considered by many as the top college football player in the nation, the fi-foot-4, 210-pound Johnson caught six passes for 122 yards and one touchdown in South Bend, lnd., last Saturday. It wasn't nearly enough Ranked fifth in the nation last week. Southern Gal lost to Notre Dame .18-10 on « wet, windy day when the Irish ran their record to 12 01 against tin* Trojans sin< » 1982 Johnson returned for his senior season a! Southern Cal Instead of entering the NFt. draft, where he probably would have l»s*n a first round pick, for the opportunity to beat Notre Dame “It’s definitely a tough situa tion." Johnson said "Any time you lose a game that was one of our goals, it hurts all of us " Despite the Notre Dame defeat ami despite the fai t that the TfO jails will be playing in front of a hostile crowd of 74.000, they’ve been made 4-point favorites Johnson said it won’t be easy to win in Seattle, “It’s going to be one of those situations just like a Notre Damn,” lie said. "The environ ment. the weather, everything All that’s on the line, fust like it was on the line in South fiend ” As expet ted, Johnson is hav ing a big statistical season in Southern Cat’s tv-1 start, he's aver aging 8 :i receptions a game lo rank fourth in the nation and 121 in receiving yards to rank sixtli nationally Johnson top* the Pm iO in both categories lie's moved to third p!a< e on Southern Cal's all time receiving list with 124 career catches for 2.20*) yard* and 14 touchdown* And he's dime it in a season and a half ' lie's the only guv I've over seen who can run a hitch route anil take it 60 yards for a touch down.” starting Trojans quarter 1m< k Brad Otton said He makes incredible thing* happen " He’s tile best receiver there is in college footlktll right now. [>ert ad.” Washington coach Jim litiu bright said 'lie's just such a tremendous target lie's some body who can beat you by him self” Johnson was playing injured when Washington and Southern Cal played in the season opener in la>s Angeles Sept 3. 1994 The Trojans won 24 17, hut Johnson was held to one i atch for five yards. Saturday game key to UCLA’s season ■ BIG GAME: UCLA players see Saturday as a must win situation PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In ihti mind of ut least one UCLA player, Saturday's game against California is the most important of the season. Even more important than the Southern (ail game? Yes. even more important than that. "It’s the hugest game of the sea son for us. whether anyone else thinks so or not," Bruins line tracker Abdul McCullough said. "I've got friends on the (Cal) team and they've been talking And they say we are a joke, they've never lost to us." It was just the opposite a few years ago In fact, the Brums dom inated the Golden Bears like few teems have dominated opponents they’ve phiv «-ti on .1111!. 1 r bests Starting in 1972, UCLA beat Cal 18 straight times Finally, in 1000, the Hears broke the streak with a 38-31 victory it Berkeley And that began a new streak one that hits reached five — Cad won the 1991 game 2? -2-1, the 1992 meeting -18-12. the 1093 contest 27-25 and last year's game 2<i-7. The Bears w ill trv for six in a row Saturday at the Hose Bowl. No UCLA opponent has ever beaten the Bruins six straight times. "We have all the incentive in the world to win this game." said ’ starting l it 3.A quarterlxn k ( ade McNown. who hasn't been lost to Cal because he's only a fresh man But he's aware of the his tory. "Five years in a row. that's lough." McNown said It is, u has to fa? (UCLA's biggest game) If we don't gut this game. wen* hurting. "On top of that, none of the guys on this team has bouton t la! It's time to throw that out the window Every guy on the team is fed up w ith losing to Gal " I he 24th ranked Bruins (r> 2, 2-2 I'ac 10) have won their last three games to move buck into the rankings as well as stimulate hopes for a prominent howl game It's doubtful they could win the league championship and play in the Rose Bowl, but teams with two losses have ota asionally accomplished such a feat. "it could he done." McCul lough said. "It's a tough confer ence, nobody's going to go undefeated." George tops barren list of Heisman hopefuls ■ HEISMAN: I: " wakr of a star-studded season last year, the list of candidates is. as of yet, undetermined Doos anybody wont to win tlu* 1995 HtistiMit Trophy? Entering the hump stretch, the competition tor college football s most coveted award is wide open No ptavnr has captured th>‘ imagination of I busman voters "I don ! sen any clear cut favorite, Mark Mauds* hun of the Boston Globe said We’re desperutely soan h ing for a front-runner, tml nobody i an find one," Ivan Matsel of Newsday said With a month left in the reg ular season, the top con tenders appear to l>e tailhai k Eddie George of Ohio State and four quarterhai ks Dan ny kanell of Florida State, l ommiu Frazier of Nebraska, Danny Wuerfftil of Florida and f’eyton Manning of Tennessee Other candidates include Southern Gal receiver keyshawn Johnson, Ohio State quarterback Hobby Hoy ing and running hacks Troy Davis of Iowa State, Warrick Dunn of Florida State and Dar noil Autry of Northwestern Early front-runner l.eeluml Mi Kirov of rexes AuM has fallen fast after a spectacular start, and no one has risen to take his plat e The leader may not emerge until three national impact games are played at the end of November On Friday, Nov 24. Frazier will lead second ranked Nebraska against No 23 Oklahoma The following day. George and his No -t Bur keves play at No 9 Mil til gan, while kanell and Wuerf fel compete on the same field when top ranked Florida State \ isits No 3 Florida "Nobody should vole until Nov 26." KSPN commentator Beano Cook said "Those g-urn-s in kite Novemfmr should determine the winner" If he had to soft* today. Conk would ciist his ballot for George, who has rushed for ‘•'Ml yards and tt I Ds against a tough schedule The Buck eyes already have beaten No 12 Nolle Dame. No Hi Penn State and No )7 Washington "Hex done the most in the tug games." Cook said hanell has been rui king up huge passing numbers even though he hasn't played much m the second half of Florida State's seven easy vie lories He has thrown 25 I D passes and only six interceptions while completing 7.1 percent His completion jam outage has lieen outrageous," Jimmy Hurt h of the Fort Worth Star Telegram said "His numbers just scream off the page." H«k ause he's more of a run ning quarterback, Frazier doesn’t have eye popping ■ tat-, He has run for nine I lls and passed for 11. hut the most important numbers on his resume are 27 1 — his rt<g ular season record as a starter at Nebraska Wuerffel and Manning are completing about two thirds of their passes and they 're both closing in on the 2.000 y ard mark. Neither, however, is the top rated passer in the South eastern (Conference They trail South < Carolina's Stev e Taney hill, who in fus last three games has thrown for a remarkable 1,090 yards and 12 touch downs without an inten option. Wuerffel's luggest asset playing in Steve Spurrier's "Fun'N Gun" offense may also he his biggest drawback in the Heisman voting. Spurri er's high-odami offense allows a passer to compile big stats, hut the 1 redo usually goes to the coach. 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