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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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