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Stanford stands in
Great Dayne’s way
■ Surprising Pac-10
champion Stanford tries to
contain No. 5 Wisconsin
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Rose Bowl
Stanford (8-3) vs.
Wisconsin (9-2)
Whether they admit it or not,
even the most devoted Stanford
fans didn’t expect the Cardinal to
end up in Pasadena, Calif., on
New Year’s Day. Not after Stan
ford’s pitiful 1998 campaign.
But there’s no time like the pre
sent for Stanford, which has the
opportunity to prove the validity
of the Pac-10 against Heisman
Trophy hopeful Ron Dayne and
powerful Wisconsin.
The Cardinal finished a dismal
sixth in the Pac-10 against the
run, their highest rating defen
sively. Badgers quarterback
Brooks Bollinger could feel like a
kid in a candy store exploiting a
Stanford defense which ranks
dead last in its conference in pass
ing defense, total defense and
scoring defense.
Bollinger may be a freshman,
but his veteran-like poise has left
opposing fans heading for the ex
its. Bollinger is 6-0 as the Badgers’
signal caller. The Badgers’ 35
points per game paces the Big
Ten.
Holiday Bowl
Washington (7-4) vs.
Kansas State (10-1)
Does anyone still think last sea
son was a fluke?
Kansas State, a Big 12 doormat
throughout the 1990s, made a
statement in 1998. The Wildcats
were in the thick of the national
championship race until a late
season loss to Texas A&M foiled
their hopes. Not only were their
national-title aspirations a thing
of the past, but they were snubbed
from the Bowl Championship Se
ries and left without a bid to a
New Year’s Day bowl.
Kansas State lost quarterback
Michael Bishop to graduation af
ter its 1999 campaign, but the
Wildcats dominance continued.
Nebraska was the only team to
beat the Wildcats, knocking them
out of BCS contention once again.
Washington had visions of Ros
es during the latter part of Pac-10
play, but UCLA played spoiler.
Kansas State has contained
some quality Big 12 quarterbacks,
but none were as multi-faceted as
Washington’s Marques Tuia
sosopo. He will have his hands
full, however, against a stingy
Wildcats’ defense led by Mark Si
moneau, a finalist for the Dick
Butkus award.
Aloha Bowl
Arizona State (6-5) vs.
Wake Forest (6-5)
Arizona State didn’t have the
banner season it was looking for,
but the Sun Devils will settle for a
trip to Hawaii. They earned their
trip with a win against Arizona in
their last game.
The Demon Deacons proved
they were worthy of postseason
consideration by stunning No. 14
Georgia Tech 26-23 in their sea
son finale.
The Sun Devils will rely heavily
on senior tailback J.R. Redmond.
Because Wake Forest was able
to slow Heisman-hopeful Joe
Hamilton, the Demon Deacons are
hardly sweating bullets about the
arsenal of Arizona State backup
quarterback Justin Leonard. Sun
Devils’ starting quarterback Ryan
Kealy sustained a torn anterior
cruciate ligament against Arizona
and will not play.
Oahu Bowl
Oregon State (7-4) vs.
Hawaii (8-4)
Oregon State’s fans can only
hope it was worth the wait.
After 27 years without postsea
son play, Beavers’ head coach
Dennis Erickson has spearheaded
an attack that has made Oregon
State one of college football’s
biggest surprises this season.
Hawaii wasn’t supposed to be
playing after November, either.
The Rainbows have struggled
through a decade of futility that had
school officials contemplating mov
ing down to Division I-AA.
But the Rainbows have their
own savior, head coach June
Jones, who worked as interim
head coach for the NFL’s San
Diego Chargers last season.
Minnesota
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win over a top-five team since 1986.
With such drastic improve
ments, it’s hard to believe that
Minnesota would feel slightly
disappointed to be playing in a
bowl game on the final day of the
century.
Yet, it does feel a bit slighted af
ter being snubbed by both the
Outback and Alamo Bowls,
which went with Purdue and
Penn State — two teams that fin
ished below Minnesota in the
league standings.
Senior strong safety Tyrone
Carter, whose 511 career tackles are
a school record, had mixed emo
tions when it was announced his
team was headed to El Paso, Texas.
“It just shows anything can
happen,” Carter told the Min
nesota Daily. “I’m excited about
going to a bowl game, but I’m a lit
tle upset by their putting us in the
Sun Bowl and Purdue in the Out
back. But any bowl is good for us
and good for the program.”
Carter was one of four Gophers
named first-team All-Big Ten, the
first time since 1978 that the team
had that many honorees.
The other three were senior
running back Thomas Hamner
junior center Ben Hamilton and
junior defensive end Karon Riley.
Hamner was a workhorse all
season finishing second in the
league in rushing behind Wiscon
sin’s Ron Dayne with a total of
1,362 yards. His 288 carries also
set a school record for most rush
ing attempts in a season.
“You know what you get with
Thomas Hamner,” Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti said. “He’s
obviously a quality running back
who is very capable of packing
the mail.”
At the center slot, Hamilton
only surrendered one sack and
hasn’t had a penalty called
against him in two seasons. Riley
led the team in sacks with 16.
All four will be on display for a
national CBS audience. And al
though Mason knows his team
may have deserved .better, he is
looking forward to the showcas
ing opportunity.
“We’re ecstatic about being in
volved in the Sun Bowl,” said
Mason, who is currently a
canidate for the Michigan State
coaching vacancy. “We will play
hard.”