tan JAN. 6, 1999 Pl*ge 8 2 ____________ _____________ lije fiforttanb <flb«eruer Martin lifts Volunteers to national title NBA’s No. 1 pick signs with Bologna T E M P E , A riz.— Tee Martin stood amid an ocean o f orange and cel ebrated T ennessee’s first national championship since 1951. M arcus Outzen slum ped in a com er, head in hands, dism ayed by Florida S tate’s defeat. Martin, who spent the previous two seasons in the shadow o f top NFL draft pick Peyton M anning, had touchdown passes o f 79 yards to Peerless Price and 4 yards to Shawn Bryson to cap the V olunteers’ per fect season with a 23-16 Flesta Bowl win M onday night. “We had to prove to everybody w ew eretheN o. 1 team in the nation,” said Martin, whose V ols w ere under dogs in the game despite being unde feated and top-ranked. “W e had a chip on our shoulders. W e w on all our games. And we still d idn’ t get our respect.” The Volunteers, 13-0 for the first time in school history, received all 70 first-place votes in the final A ssoci ated Press media poll. O hio State was second, followed by Florida State. U nder the new Bowl Cham pion ship Series format, Tennessee was crow ned national cham pion in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll im m ediately after the game. Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer, long a proponent o f a playoff, ben efited from the first BCS cham pion ship. “This is the best system anyone has com e up with so far,” he said today as he accepted the w riters’ and B O L O G N A ,I t a ly - M ic h a e l I O low okandi’s first pro basketball w orkout was far from the NBA. The No. 1 pick in the June draft p rac tice d w ith E uro p ean club cham pion K inder Bologna T ues day, hours after signing a contract that allow s him to return to the United States if the N BA lockout I | I | ends. Future of Foreman- Holmes fight looks dim N EW YORK- Larry Holmes may still fight at som e point in the next month. He ju st m ay not be trading punches w ith G eorge Foreman. Prom oter R oger Levitt w as not a vailable for com m ent T uesday re garding the status o f the Jan. 23 heavyw eight fight at the H ouston Astrodom e. But H olm es lawyer, Russ Sauer, said Tuesday night that the fight is in serious jeopardy [ o f being canceled. ‘Larry is frustrated for this thing to fall apart at this late hour,” Sauer said. “This is a fight w e’ve been working on for more than five years. H e ’s in good shape and w ants to get in the ring.” Ryan, Brett, Yount Voted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame N E W Y O R K - N ot since the election o f the Babe him self has C ooperstow n seen a rookie class quite like this. In one o f the m ost eagerly aw aited Hall o f Fam e elections, Ryan, Brett and Y ount all w ere voted into the baseball shrine Tues day on their first try. ’1 think it’s the final chapter o f | | m y career,’ ’ said R yan, w ho cam e w ithin one vote o f receiving the h ig h est p erc en ta g e in history. ’From an individual standpoint for a player, it’s the highest honor. vote. Instead, players will be asked w hether they support the union negotiating com m ittee’s recom m endation to reject the ow ners’ final offer. Boxing-A still angry Tyson erupts in conference call P H O E N IX , A rizo n a - In case anyone doubted it, Mike Tyson is still G R E E N BAY, W is.— The Green Bay Packers are pondering a possible future without Mike Holmgren sooner than they expected. B um ped from the playoffs by San Francisco on Sun day, the Packers scram bled to catch flights hom e after an em otional post mortem meeting with Holmgren, who could, like the team ’s 18 free agents, be at a new address next season. “Today is w eird because we really didn’t plan to go hom e ju st yet.” defensive lineman Bob K uberski said as players cleaned out their lockers follow ing their earliest p lay o ff exit a very angry man. It was about 25 minutes into a mostly mundane teleconference call with reporters Tuesday when Tyson, who had seemed relaxed and cordial, suddenly launched into an obscen- ity-laced diatribe aimed at a society he said rejects his credibility and auto matically believes “the sleaziest” people m the world over him. “A supreme court oflawwiU say I ever under H olm gren believe” other people, whom Tyson saia u u iu u i i Teams reportedly interested in said roo rob gas gas station stations s aim and v commit other crimes because “my credibility H olm gren to serve as both coach and I general m anager include B altim ore, is shot Couch reportedly to skip senior season K e n tu c k y -Q u a rte rb a c k T im Couch reportedly has decided to leave the college game fo r the pros, where he could be the firstpick in the upcoming NFL Draft. Broadcast reports say Couch has decided to skip his senior season and w ill file for the draft sometime before Friday’s deadline. The 6- foot- 5, 221-pound Couch is considered among the top quarterback pros pects in the A p ril draft and could be Cleveland, Philadelphia and Seattle. "I think Seattle will be very strong,'' a source within the Packers organiza tion, w ho asked not to be identified, told the W isconsin State Journal. The Atlanta Journal-C onstitution quoted league insiders as saying M onday that a contract could be w orked out w ithin 48 hours if the sides can agree on how much pow er Holmgren would have. It said the Seahaw ks are offer ing a five-year deal worth $4.2 million annually. G reen Bay general m anager Ron W olf, w ho said his N ew Y ear’s reso lution was to stay m um on the m atter until H olm gren m ade up his mind. “This is a family to us. From Reggie said M onday that the to H olm gren to the training staff, it’s P a c k e rs h a d g iv e n one big family. Y ou hate to lose Holmgren permission anybody. C oach, Reggie, w hoever. totalk with the Ravens, It’s real life, though.” Eagles and Seahawks. Freem an said in an ideal w orld, “I ’ll give this to you H olm gren w ould stay p u t to help today, but in the future revive a team that u nderachieved in I don’t think this is my a season m arked by injury and in jo b ,” W o lf said. “ It’s consistency. M ik e H o lm g r e n ’s “T his is real life, unfortunately. thing. It’s all Mike. This isn ’t a soap opera,” Freem an The b all’s in his said. “The m an has a fam ily o f his court. He has to do ow n to take care of. I f a m ore p ro s w hat he has to do.” perous situation presents itself, I ’d H olm gren's agent, take it. S om etim es o p p ortunities Bob Lamonte, didn't re com e only once in a lifetim e. turn phone calls seek T h at’s H o lm g ren ’s quandary — in g c o m m e n t on ifh e signs a long-term deal to stay in w h e th e r H o lm g re n G reen Bay, it w o n ’t contain an es would meet with any o f cape clause. the three suitors. So, would he leave an ideal coach Holmgren could still ing situation in G reen Bay for a less- return to G reen Bay than-appealing dual role elsew here and sign an extension because he ca n ’t w ait for som ething that w ould make him b e tte r ? D o rs e y L e v e n s s a id the highest-paid coach in the NFL at H olm gren d id n 't hint at w hat his about $4 m illion per season, but h e’d future held. still lack the final say on personnel m atters that he desperately covets. H olm gren delayed his season ending new s conference until Tues day, but he might have tipped his hand about his intentions after San F rancisco’s 30-27 victory, when he said o f the Packers: “T h ey ’ll be good fo ra long tim e.” On his weekly television show M onday night, Holm gren said he expected to know very soon where h e’ll be coaching next year: “ I would suspect things would happen rather quickly now because there’s a lot o f places that are open and we . it doesn t happen quickly, then it w on’t happen.' A cco rd in g to several players, H olm gren was em otional at his end- of-year meeting with the team M on day, leaving many wondering ifh e ’d coached his last game for the Pack ers, w ho despite Reggie W hite’s fabulous farewell season, struggled through an 11-6 year and fell from Super Bowl status. IfM ike Holmgren gives the thumbs up to the Seahaw ks’ offer, Green Bay will be coachless. “T here are a lot o f things we d o n ’t know , w hat the future is going to bring to this football team,” receiver A ntonio Freeman said. Tee Martins celebratesele Vols win at the Fiesta Bowl not trade Tee M artin for anyone in the country.” The Vols took a 14-0 lead on a pair o f touchdow ns in a 25- second span o f the second quarter and led 14-9 at halftime. N eitherteam scored in the third period. M artin threw his second touchdown pass, the 79-yarder to Price, w ith 9:17 to go to put the Vols ahead 20-9 and Je ff Hall kicked a 23-yard field goal with 6:01 left. But the Sem inoles (11-2) rallied. Florida State cut the lead to 23- 16 on O utzen’s 7-yard scoring ran with 3:42 left. Sebastian Janikowski’s ensuing onside kick was recovered by Florida State, but officials ruled the ball hit the kicker’s hand after it had traveled only 7 yards and the V ols took possession. Florida State recovered a Tennes see fum ble two m inutes later, giving the Sem inoles a final chance. But on the first p lay afte r th e fum ble, O utzen’s long pass was intercepted by Steve Johnson and the Vols ran out the clock. “ It feels great, it feels great,” M ar fin said in the middle o fa wild celebra tion at midfield. “ All the adversity we faced - all the guys that w ent to the N FL last year, all the shoes w e had to fill.” Said Price: "N obody believed u s.” They probably do now. Portland Interscholastic League SPORTS STANDINGS W INTER STANDINGS 1998/99 The ball’s in his court. He has to do what he has to do. N E W Y O R K - W ith no one say ing if it w ill be a secret ballot o r a show o f hands, locked-out N BA players started arriving in town Tuesday to cast votes that could determ ine if there w ill be a season. W ednesday's vote com es on the eve o f the possible cancella tion o f the rest o f the season. The | balloting will be open to all NBA players, although the union em phasized that it is not a ratification Browns, who own the first pick. offense. S ophom ore q u arterb ack Marcus Outzen, making his third start in place o f the injured Chris W einke, was harassed into a 9-of-22 perfor mance for 145 yards. He threw two interceptions, one o f w hich w as re turned 54 yards for a touchdow n by Dwayne Goodrich, and was dropped for 54 yards in losses. “ I think I did som e good things. O f course, I did som e bad th in g s,” O utzen said. “ In every aspect o f the game, our team m ade m istakes.” Florida State coach Bobby Bow den said his team show ed the effects o f not having played in 44 days. “W e were a very, very rusty foot ball team,” Bowden said. ' ’ They made more big plays than we did. W e had a hard tim e getting the ball to our threat, and they deserved to w in.” The Sem inoles’ threat, w ide re ceiver Peter W arrick, was held to one catch for 7 yards — though he did add an electrifying 51-yard punt re turn, evading four tacklers, to help set up one o f Florida S tate’s scores. M artin, w ho had throw n ju st 16 passes the past two years in a backup role, did w hat M anning couldn’t — w inanational title. He was 11 o f 18for 278 yards againstthe nation’s tough est pass defense, w hile Price caught four passes for 199 yards and was voted the gam e’s MVP. “(M artin) played an outstanding game,” Fulmer said. " H e know s how to m anage a game. As the season has gone along, h e ’s gotten better and better. I would Seahawks dangle 5-year, $21-million deal for Holmgren NBA Players To Vote Wednesday taken by the expansion Cleveland co a ch e s’ ch am p io n sh ip trophies. “I 'd still like a playoff.” But the meet ing o f the nation’s top two teams was far from the classic that organizers had envisioned w hen they set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 show dow n in the Fiesta Bowl. It featured seven turn overs and 165 yards in penalties, and very little offense at times. Tee M artin did w hat Peyton M an ning co uldn’t do in at Tennessee: W in a national title. (AP) In m any w ays, the very imperfect victory was a microcosm o fa Tennes see season in w hich the V olunteers stum bled but never fell. “All year long w e’ve been called a team o f destiny,” Fulm er said. “ D uring the course o f the year, we did w hat w e had to do. It w asn’t alw ays perfect, it w asn ’t alw ays pretty, but they found a w ay to get it done.” Fulm er saluted his players. “ It’s ju st an incredible run by an incredible football team ,” he said. The coach said the national championship would have an impact on the program. “ I know the expectations are going to be high,” he said. " A t Tennessee, they alw ays are. W ith success com es expectations and w e accept that. 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