All seagon ‘long, No. 1 Nebraska’ and No. 2 Texas _. Kept . debate aver which team winning, sparking would be the. United States college football ‘national champlon once ‘the season ended. And when it was s all over Monday night, it was clear ~~ neither of them would wear the crown, - ‘Instead, a day of upsets . that saw fifth-ranked Miami . Shock Nebraska 21-30 in the ’ .Grange Bowl, No. 7 Georgia - nip Texas 10-9 in the Cotton .Bowl and unranked UCLA - blast fourth-ranked Illinois - 45-9 in the Rose Bowl — ‘along with Ne. 14 Ohio - State's 28-23 victory over. . No. 25 Pittsburgh in the ; : See _ Fiesta Bowl Top Twenty poll into a. — threw the jumble. It will all be sorted out — Bowl Games at a glance > Manday Results : Cotton Bow! At Dalias Georgia 10 Texas ¥ Fiesta Bowl At Tempe, Aris. Ohlo St, 28 Plitsburgh 23 \ Rois Bow! _ Al Pasadana, Catif. UCLA 45 Illlnols ¢ : Orange Bow! . AtMiami Milam (Fla, 30 Nebraska x» : Suger Bow! * AtNew Orteans Auburn 9 Michigan 7 L Seturday Result Blusbonnet Bow! i AtHourten Poet rere etre fore ae as +Aaaees Oklahoma St. 24 Baylor t4 Saturday, Jan.? East-West Shrine AT Palo Alto, Calif, Enst vs. West, 3 pm. Hula Bowl . AtHonaiutu. .. i East vi, West, 4 Pm. Hw Saturday. Jan. 14 : Senior Bow! : Af Mobile, Ala. North va, South, 1 p.m. Freedom Game At Atlante SWAC vs, NEAG, 1pm, : Sunday, Jar. 15 Jepan Bowt - At Yokohama East vs..weat, 10:05'p.mn. today when the Associated Press counts the ballots of 60 sports writers and broadcasters and . an- nounces the national champion at 6:30 p,m. EST, “We're No.-1 — no doubl about it,” said Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger moments after his Hurricanes weathered a last-second Nebraska storm by breaking up a two-point . conversion attempt with 48 seconds to play that would have put the Cornhuskers ahead. 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But hold on a minute, says: ‘Auburn coach Pat Dye, whose third-ranked Tigers edged No. 6 Michigan 7 in _the Sugar Bowl. “It's cut and dried,” all Dye, “If they are going to. havea No. 1 football team In, America, and it's going to have any credibility — if ‘there’s any. credibility’ ‘in “scheduling — there's no way - that ‘Auburn shouldn't, be No, | an Dye aays his * li-1 ‘team | played. the . - toughest \Schedule this season .— it ‘ lost ‘to Texas, which also finished 11-1 — ‘and ‘pointed out - the Tigers | ‘were the highest ranked’. team ‘to. survive “the bowl | ex- ‘travaganza. - . A case could still be made ‘for Nebraska, ; whose, last- minute gamble fell inches short, The Cornhuskers, , who set a bevy of: offensive records this season and. eager to play surprised (by the Seattle “win over Miami,” said Christensen. “‘They’ve been playing good football and (Chuck) Knox is a very, Bond. “eoaeh." , ’ Los Angeles linebacker Rod Martin said.he didn't expect the Raiders and Seahawks to be. playing for athird time. — ‘ “Wet. didn’t- “think they were going to get this far,” said “Martin, “I’m = glad we've got another . shot at them, Yow, can’t really ket the past get into the: game plan," - | The Raiders dominated ‘the Seahawks statistically at Seattle but. were, plagued “by eight’turnovers.* ="! The teams played on even terms, yardage-wise, al Los Angeles, Again, turnovers were a big factor: ‘the Raiders losing the ball five times. ~ ‘ The second Seattle vic: tory was No. 100 of. Knox's Career os an NFL bead coach, " Upsets throw ‘selection into doubt Colous' A number. one. rankin ~ averaged §2 points a game, overcame a 31-17 deficit in. the fourth quarter on touch- down Tuns of one and 24- yards” by reserve . Jeff . Smith, who played the last 19 minutes. while filling in for injured Heisman Trophy - winner Mike-Rozier. “| _ Smith’s 24-yard TD ‘run: came on a fourth-and-eight _ option play. and pulled Nebraska within 31-30. ~ Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, whose’ team probably could have sewn up the national - cham." 7 . 2. pisaship: by: -Ideking the extra 1 point; told his team to © go for ‘a. two-point con- . versloy “and a victory. i | don't'think our players : would have been satisfied to ~ back: ‘Inte: it. ‘by: kicking a point-after-touchdown " ‘Osborne sald. “You can't go ‘fora tie. ; We | wanted an un- defeated seazon., ae But . quarterback Turner Gill's pass . intended for Smith on the conversion was. tipped away at the goal line, and Miami then recovered yup. to voters “an onside kick to seal ita -vietory. . “He knew he was going for two, [knew he was going ' for two’ and everybody in ‘Nebraska imew he was - going ‘for. two,"” Schnellenberger said. “He's a champion, he's a player's + Inan, he’s a winner and he ‘did what those kind of “people would do.” - ‘Cheered on by a home town Grange Bowl crowd of 72,549, - the ' . fired-up Hurricanes scoted on’ their first three posseasions and Seahawks. for AFC title “Seattle's a great team,” - said running back Marcus Allen of the Raiders, whe scored two touchdowns against the. Steelers. “We. think we're’ a good’ team, team.” The Raiders looked pretty great in disposing of the « Steelers. The Steelers concurred, offering no excuses, “I really thotight' we were ready to play,” said - defensive ‘lineman - Gary. Dunn. “Obviously we didn't play well or we didn’t: play - with intensity... . “It's hard for me ‘to . believe we didn’t play hard, “Inspirational football,” said striving to be_ a great’: quarterback Terry Brad- shaw, whose sore .arm : Prenat him, from playing at all. : Clift Stout, replacement, : proved ' ineffective, completing 10 of 20. passes.-He threw’ an” interception that . Lester Hayes returned for the first Riggins the. key to Redskin’ S WASHINGTON TAP) —~ Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs; preparing for . Sunday’s National Con- - ference championship game | with San Francisco 49ers, ; will place his team’s fate in - the reliable hands of John ° Riggins. Riggins, 4, running out of - the: Redskins’ . single-back offence, ran his two-year streak of 100-plus, yatd: playoff games to-five last week as he ‘pounded Los Angeles Rams for 119 yards © _and three touchdowns: in a.’ 51-7 rout... he “T'm not totally stupid, ” Gibbs laughed Monday afternoon. “I’m going to keep giving him the football until somebody stops him." Over the past. two seasons the Redskins have gone 5-0 in post-season play with Riggins carrying 25 times’ for 119 yards, 37 for 185, 36 - for 140, 38 for 166 and- Sunday’s 25 for 119.:-An ‘uneanny ability to 1d on to | the ball, Riggins has never fumbled iri post-season play. Prior to last year’s suc- cessful run for ihe Super Bowl, Riggins urged Gibbs — {o give him the ball.” - “He hasn’t-said anything ' go far, but I guess he kind of figured out he’s going ‘to get the ball,’” Gibbs said. - After enjoying films of Sunday's blowout, CARPET DOCTOR LTD. INSTITUTE of the NORTHWEST - heroics. _ Gibbs said. Gibbs © warned his players -to. ‘be prepared for areal battle.” against the 49ers, the team that won It all in 1981. - “This is,.going to be a tough ‘game ‘for us. The 48ers . have been .. there. before and know what: it. takes to win.” | -: The Redskins, 42 during the regular season, will take ‘7a S10-game: winning: satheak 5 sdinte, Sunday's. game. (“| San ‘Francisco, 106 : during the regular season, - edged - Detroit. 24-23 -Baturday- to advance to the championship ~. uh “game. - Quarterback Joe’ Montana, _ engineered = the | victory, driving his team: 70 yards for the winning touchdown with less than two minutes . to play. . Gibbs, who ‘nepped through most of the: game, awoke, in time to’ catch Montana’s . fourth-quarter “I got up for. the scary - part, the last five minutes,” . Theismann, the league's: most. valuable. player,” finished the regular season) 4 with.-a 60-per-cent™ com-. - pletion mark, including - 20%. touchdowns. He suffered. tt intercéptlons and carried; the ball 87 times for 24. yards ‘and one touchdown. Montana, who completed - more than 64 per cent of his passes, had 26 touchdowns: KT. ‘sPEciaLists IN: and 12 interceptions during the regular’ season. He - rushed the ball 61 times for 284 yards and two TDs, | The. . Rams, —_ soundly beaten by the Redskins, say the 49ers will be playing out of their league Sunday. ' "The Redskins are in a . class by themeetvesy" said ROrSore nT CRETE ves wu “.NEW YORK (AP)— The United States Football -League, having. plucked & few veterans from National Football League rosters, gets a jump on its older rival Wednesday and Thursday as it conducts its second draft of U.S. college players. Last year, the USFL signed several high-calibre collegians, among them _Kelvin Bryant, . Trumaine Johnson, Craig James, Anthony. Carter and David Greenwood — plug un- he derclassman Herschel ‘Walker, the Heisman Trophy winner from - the ’ University of Georgia... ° At also. unearthed some - players who. emerged. as stars after relatively unheralded college careers, - such as quarterback Bobby * Hebert, who led’ Michigan to the USFL championship. The USFL also has signed .some big NFL ‘names, In- * UPHOLSTERY. .* CARPET * ON LOCATION DRAPERY CLEANING * WATER REMOVAL SERVICE * SMOKE DAMAGE CLEAN-UP «ODOR CONTROL “WE MAKE HOUSE CALLS” - es ; SOFA CHAIR OTTOMAN LICENSED APPLICATORS OF . Scotchgard © CARPET PROTECTOR aa ==3 PRINCE RUPERT 624-9691 ‘KITIMAT 632-6311 USFL: draft: set’ running back * . Eric Dickinson, following his 16- yard effort against the Redskins, his lowest output of the season, “They are just sa strong, ‘San Fran- cisco’ can’t win.” “Frisco had better watch out,” added Rams’ veteran - defensive - -Ineman Jack cluding Brian Sipe, Cris Collinsworth, Joe Cribbs, Dan Ross, Doug Williams and perhaps -Hilly Sima, whose case is headed for court after having ‘signed’ with both leagues, ‘The NFL draft won't be conducted until May 1, by his . touchdown ‘of the game. Veteran defensive end Lyle Alzado sald the Raiders would be ready for the Seahawks. . -* “T don’t think it ‘matters who we're. playing," -he ‘said. "The second season (the playoffs) is a different season, “The intensity is grealer, the concentration is greater. I don't think we're as consistent during the regular season ag we are. in the Playatfs. an hopes Youngblood. “Execution is. what makes them (the Redskins) an outstanding team. “The 49ers are a team that executes well of- fensively, too. But the Redskins make the big play.” , “‘to-start’” which time the USFL will be halfway through its second season. After last season, the USFL expanded to teams, adding = six. ‘The six newcomers will make their draft selections at the end of each round, 18 Kellogg makes good on his resolution INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indizna’s Clark - Kellogg, “slowed by nagging injuries the last three weeks, made gool on a New Year's resolution Monday night, scoring 22 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in a 96-66 National Basketball Association victory over. Atlanta Hawks. “It’s been a little tough . . for me,” said the second- year forward, whose most serious injury was a pulled hamstring. “I hate to throw ,* that (injury) up (as an excuse), but it’s a fact. “Ttaped some games that ". were on television, and I saw ] wasn’! as aggressive as I was last year. So Imade a resolution to myself to . Btay healthy and to play the way I know I can, I’m about : ‘98 per cent healthy now." - Kellogg had 12 points in - the fourth quarter as the Pacers held off a late rally . by .the Hawks in the only . NBA game played Monday. In the lone game played Sunday, Philadelphia Yer turned back Portland 115+ 103. “For “pome:. . Feason, Indiana — played great defence,’’ .. said. Atlanta _ coach Mike Fratello. “Part of our problem wag that we _ got within two points’ then turned the ball over three. out of four possessions. ‘That was the one key thing. ” Atlanta, which trailed by ‘nine paints in the first half, closed within two - after three quarters and tied the game at 66-68 on & basket by. Scott Hastings 10 seconds into the final period. A ' basket by Kellogg: and two free throws’ by Kevin McKenna put Indiana back ahead to stay. Kellogg added four more baskets and two Iree thraws in the next six minutes as the Pacers built a 10-point lead at 62-72, ‘The Hawks closed within four at 92-78, but two baskets apiece by Jerry Sichting and rookle Steve Stipanovich helped Indiana to its biggest lead, 94-80, with a half-minute to go, Herb Williams added 18 points and = Stipanovich finished with 17 for the Pacers, Atlanta was led by Johnny Davis with 20 polnts and Hastings with a carcer- high 16 points and 17 rebounds, Indiana never trailed in the game, taking leads of nine points five times in the first half. The first time, following two straight baskets by Kellogg, gave the Pacers a 22-13 lead late in the opening period, . After Indiana made its first substitutions, the Hawks were able to narrow the gap. A half-court, three- “point goal at the buzzer by rookie Glenn Rivers cut the : Pacers’ lead to 26-21 atter one quarter, and a’ jumper . by Davis two minutes into the second period pulled the Hawks within three at 30-27, Indiana slowly built its advantage back to tine polnts as the starters re. . entered the game, but baskets by Davis and rookie Randy Wittman in the fina)’ minute helped Atlanta pull ‘within six, 51-45, at the intermission, Two baskets b Davis brought the Hawke Within two Points early in the third quarter and the Pacers led just 66-84 going into the decisive final period. grabbed a 17-0 lead. Red- shirt freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar led the attack, throwing TD passes of two and 22 yards to tight/end Glenn Dennison. ‘Kosar finished with an Orange Bowl record. 300. ards passing. But Nebraska drew even at 17-17 early in the third | Miami - ‘widened the lead to 31-17 period _— before heading Into the _ final period, setting the stage for the late fireworks. Earlier in the day, Texas saw its hopes of a national title dashed in the waning moments by Georgia. The Longhorns began the game thinking that If they could win and Nebraska lost, the title would be theirs. Texas led 9-8 late in the fourth quarter, but disaster struck when Craig Curry fumbled a punt at his own 23, Georgia’s third-string " tailback Gary Moss, whose 29-yard punt return had set _up an earlier field goal, recovered for the Bulldogs. Three plays _iater, quarterback John Lastinger, who had. been shut down all afternoon by a swarming Texas defence, swept around right end on . an option play and dived into the end zone with 3:22 left. Kevin ‘Butler's con- version clinched the victory for. Georgia, 10-1-1, Aubum, which won ‘the Southeastern Conference for the first time since 1957, also had to muster a last- minute rally. Al Del Greco, who had earlier kicked field goals of 31 and 32 yards; drilled a 19- yarder with 23 seconds left for the. triumph. ‘at The}: game-winner came after the Tigers drove 60 yards on i6playsin a march that took over seven ‘minutes. Del Greco, a senior, said he thought about a similar scenario as the team’ ‘went through its Sugar Bowl preparations during. “the week. “A kicker always ‘silts back at night and dreams" about something like that,” he said. lime I ever kicked one in the final minute. “E have no words to describe how happy I am." Auburn’s all-American halfback, Bo Jackson, ran for 131 yards on 22 carries ‘ and was named the game’ 8 most valuable player. Michigan took a 7-0 lead in the first quarler on quar- terback Steve Smith's four; yard TD run. UCLA, whieh started the season 0-3-1, wound wp its campaign by dominating - Illinois, which was playing In its first Rose Bowl In 20 years. | On New Year’ 8 Day, nine UCLA players were stricken with food poisoning and three of them did not: - Suit up, But one of those who- did play wag quarterback Rick = Neuheisel, =~ who completed 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards and a Rose Bowl record-tying four touchdowns. The Bruing streaked to a 28-3 halftime lead and.were fever threatened by Ilitiots, who entered the game with & 10-1 record, ; The victory by UCLA, 7-4: 1, was the 13th by Pacifie-10 teams over Big Ten squads In the last 15 Rose Bowls. _ Neither Ohio State’ nor ; Pitt had national title hopes, They put on an entertaining Show that featured a 99-yard kickoff return for a touch: down by Ohto State's Kelth Byars and a fine effart by Pitt quarterback ‘John Congeml, who completed a Fiesta Bowl record 31° passes in 44 attempta for 341 yards and two touchdowns, The game came down to: the final minutes ag Snuffy: Everett kicked a $7. yard field goal with 2:39 left to: - give Pitt a 29-27 lead, But the Buckeyes struck ast, "That's the first -