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Sports Editor possessions.
The Palm
Coach Billy Joe and Cen- North Dako
tral State of Ohio fell one NCAA -titli
game short of a perfect straight \
season and an NCAA Divi- pearances.
sion II football title last The los
Saturday in McAllen, Marauders'
Texas, as North Dakota straight win
State, led by freshman and broke a
quarterback Jeff Bentrium, ing streak.
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a ii-puuu nrsi quarter Bentrium p
to defeat the previously to Stacy Rol
unbeaten Marauders 41-21. ' first score, n
Taking advantage of a the second <
gusty 30-mph wind, Ben- the 21-point
trium effectively used the outburst by I
Bison's option offense to freshman r
direct scoring drives on the Chad Stark, i
Black College Sports
Bayou Qassi
By BARR Y COOPER
Syndicated Columnist
Officials in the Southwestern Athletic C
:he highly successful Bayou Classic footba
:hing Grambling and Southern each year, i
change.
At least that's the hope of new SWAC <
James Frank, who will deal soon with his i
subject since taking office last September.
Frank, formerly president of the NCA^A
University, is expected to recommend to th
month that the game not be played on
weekend in the future.
That date conflicts with the start of the I
^layoffs, and because of the Grambling-Sc
is well as the Alabama State-Tuskegee i
NCAA stripped the SWAC of its automati
^layoffs.
In the past, the SWAC champion auto
anced to the playoffs, but could not this >
SWAC season had not been completed by
^layoffs began.
The NCAA has already said that it li
nediately give the SWAC another berth in
f the scheduling problem can be fixed.
It is, however, a big problem. The B<
clayed each year in the New Orleans Sup<
nually draws crowds of around 70,000, all
dance slipped this year to just under 60,00(
Still, that represents more than a half-mill
December 15, 1983
Columns, Scores, Pn
In Destr
By ROBERT ELLER
^$Ports Editor
Virginia Union, the
NCAA Division
champion, gave
clear
v that plans to be
the the chase foi
both the CIAA title the
NCAA crown by
jflY ^ twice in the North-South
Doubleheaders in Rich,^M|
JE-J mond.
I^Pjj^l The Panthers, led b>
t tourney MVP Charles
Oakley at 6-8, Anthony
Singleton at?6-9, and
It '%V^PI||^|||^. _ ":'lJP lightning-quick transfer
^pPjp ^i^||| guard Steve Silva, ran
Division power St.
-Augustine's 76-61 Friday
* ^^wwew*2iHtoil#^^S_*n^_humbled ^WinstonZZ^Z 1!
iyk ,,, JSalcm State 81-56 Saturday
WIS a Hp to easily claim the crown.
m "Union could be one of
^xv ^c ^5CSt tcams to play in this
. league in a long time/' said
?V ~~~?Rams Coach "Bighouse"
vwiiivj a I iwi waiWlllII|J IIIC
Augustine*s.
>n the Rams' leading scorer In Its lop- "We didn't follow our
Mr). pattern in the second half,
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airShort Of Division ]
first?three?third touchdown with 53 within seven.
seconds still left in the first But Bentrium came right
Bowl win was quarter. back to direct an 80-yardta^State's
first Central State quarter- drive into the wind
s after four back James Woody, who culminating in Jeff Willis'
>layoff ap- had passed for six one-yard run 57 seconds
touchdowns in upset wins before halftime that gave
s was the over North Alabama and the Bison a 28-14 lead at the
first after 12 Southwest Texas State to break.
s this season 8et lhe Marauders into the Choosing to move into
13-game winn- title game, tried gamely to the wind in the third
lead his team back in the se- quarter, the Bison put the
massed 10 yards cond quarter. game out of reach on a
binson for the with the wind at his 31-yard field goal by Ken
in 35 yards for back, Woody led Central Kubisz and a five-yard run
md concluded State on two long drives by James Molstre that gave
t first-quarter that were capped by one- them a 38-14 lead.
landing off to and two-yard runs by Kevin The Marauders
unning back Cummings and Mark Cor- countered with a
>vho scored the bin? respectively, to pull to touchdown in the final 15
)
c Date May Be Changed
gate receipts, which easily makes it the most profitable
black college football game in America.
Officials at Grambling and Southern have refused to
onference say move their game in the past, even after the NCAA
11 game, mat- notified the league it would lose its spot in the playoffs.
s in for a date
And, while Grambling and Southern reap a financial
Commissioner bonus from their Thanksgiving weekend game, the oth f
most sensitive SWAC schools do not. Grambling and Southern keep all
:he money from the Bayou Classic, as well they should.
k and Lincoln However, other schools around the league - notably
e schools this Jackson State - are upset because the Bayou Classic
Thanksgiving potentially keeps them out of the playoffs, thus denying
:hem a chance to earn playoff money and possibly a naDivision
I-AA tional championship.
uthern game, Another SWAC team, Alabama State, also conflicts
matchup, the *ith the I-AA playoffs by playing rival Tuskegee State on
c berth in the Thanksgiving Day. However, sources say getting that
game played earlier won't be much of a oroblem. The
matically ad- real work, they say, will come in getting Grambling andN
ear, since the Southern to agree to a date change.
the time the If the Grambling-Southern game is moved, it likely will
be played next year on Nov. 17 ~ one week earlier than
kely will im- usual. I
the playoffs, Despite optimism around the league that the game will
be shifted, Frank said recently that nothing was certain,
lyou Classic, "As commissioner, all I can do is make a recommenda;r
Dome, an- tion," he said. "I can't order them to change the game."
hough atten- Frank said he expected a decision on the Grambling).
Southern and Alabama State-Tuskegee games by the first
lion dollars in of the year.
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sfiles, Predictions
'roves Dominance
uction Of Rams
and when you are outsized points. His 15-foot jumper
inside like we were, you with two seconds left in
have to take the good shot regulation sent the game in*
or you'll give them a fast to overtime and another
I break at the other end. It jumper with 20 seconds left
i _ ?
i was a gooa learning ex- in overtime secured the win.
I perience for us." "You have to put the ball
i The Rams ended the in the hands of someone
' three-game Virginia swing who can do something with
i with a 1-2 record. On Tues- it," said Gaines of Russell's
; day night, they dropped a heroics. Roger Mason addi
77-70 decision to Norfolk ed 22 points for the Rams,
State. "We got 15 down who had to withstand a
before we started playing," 32-point effort by 5-S
' said Gaines of the contest Virginia State guard I
; against the Spartans that Dwayne "Tiny" Wood. 1
saw the Rams trail 42-31 at St. Augustine's also topt
the half. ped Virginia State, 99-96, I
But WSSU put on a Please see page B3 I
I spirited comeback behind
i the shooting of Troy
Russell (23 points) and the Jr JmJb 0JL Wk J
' inside play of Buck Mitchell ' ?
(11 points) and Roger
' Mason (10 points). _ ?J
The Rams actually led
52-49 at one point and traili
ed by only one with 48
seconds left. But Spartan
freshman guard Ralph Tali
ly, who finished with 24
points to lead all scorers,
i added 10 points .Jncl uding _ m
eight straight free throws,
to seal the Spartan win. l|
"Free throws and sloppy m
play cost us the game," said
Gaines of the contest. "But
this was our first stiff test of %
the year. We will just have < ;
to |
The Rams came back on
Friday night to beat VEI ^ ***
Virginia State 91-89 in over- a
time as Russell poured in 36 SOleiTl SQllltOS John
School-he's the Pel
scored the winning |
defeated Oreensboi
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N honor of John
minutes but another Kubisz? w?k, tha Papal Co
Held goal made the final Salom Will make a C
-score 41-2L ? syth Senior High Sell
Still, Joe has to be p.roud grotulotiont to Johr
of a Marauder squad whose p Afh|#t0 of th? \
impressive play made the r
nation aware of its ability, Listen each Wednesday
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