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Tuesda , February 1, 2000 Pa e 14 Warner proves dreams can come true Vee after being cut by the Most Valuable Player, can't do something. I Super Bowl r ecord 35 Green Bay Packers. threw for a Super Bowl believe in the Lord, and I passes in the first half, was On Sunday night, record 414 yards on 24-of- believe jn myself. With 19-of-24 outside the red­ Warner reached the top 46 passing and was named that, ' you can accomplish zone. shelf. the.Super Bowl's MVP. anything," Warner said "We just weren't finish- The 1993 UNI graudate It is the first time in after Sunday's victory. ing some things," Warner capped off an improbable league history that some­ Warner came out firing said. "They did a good job and fairy tale. football sea­ one has been named the as he led the Rams into the . getting some pressure." · son by leading the St. Louis regular season and Super redzone on all five first half On the opening drive of Rams to a hard-fought 23- Bowl MVP in the same sea­ possessions. His first six the second half, Warner 16 victory over the gritty son. completions found six dif- completed 4-of-5 passes for in Super Besides throwing · for ferent sets of hands, includ-· 65 yards, resulting in a Bowl XXXIV. more than 5,000 yards and ing tackle Fred Miller, who to at " is Kurt 49 to1J,chdowns in 19 games gathered in a tipped ball. the 7:20 mark of the third Warner," St. Louis coach this season, Warner veri­ However, life inside the quarter. From the Sports Desk said. "It's not fied anything is possible by opponents 20 wasn't too That completion would Matt Coss a fairy tale. It's real life. believing in oneself, despite friendly for Warner and be Warner's last until his Six years ago ex-UNI He's an example of what the amount of adversity company. In the first half final heave with 1:54 quarterback Kurt Warner we'd all like to be on and off one might have , to alone, Warner was 0-for-11 . remaining. With the score was stocking shelves in the field." encounter along the way. passing once the Rams tied at 16 and the Titans Aisle 5 of the bakery sup­ Warner, this year's "Don't ever lose sight of reached the Titans' 20-yard having the momentum, anyone say you plies at the Cedar Falls Hy- 's it. Don't let line. Warner, who threw a S ee St. L ou1s,• page 15 Rams edge Titans by one-yard

BY MATT Coss NI SPORTS EDITOR

The first half of Sunday's Super Bowl between St. Louis and Tennessee seemed to be pretty much one-sided. The Rams had piled up 294 yards of total offense, while the Titans had 89. St. Louis had five first-half pos­ sessions and five trips inside the red zone. However, Dick Vermeil's squad only had nine points to show for it. Meanwhile, the second half showcased the game many had come to expect. Tennessee came out the aggressors in the second­ half with Eddie George car­ rying the football 20 times Amanda Arbuckle I NI Photo Editor for 78 yards. George's sec­ UNl's Paul Hynek got the Panthers out to a solid start in Saturday's dual encounter with Nebraska. Hynek pinned Matt Zutavem ond touchdown and a Titan in the middle of the second period. Hynek was the only Panther to record a pin in UNI's five victories. field-goal tied the game at 16 with 2:12 remaining. The last two-minutes pull off sweep -brought about drama from i Wrestlers almost both team's offense. Kurt decision. Warner's 73-yard touch- ■ Manning's squad ninth nationally, won five line-up after suffering a Hynek p_inned Corn- down pass to destroys UNO before matches against the pulled hamstring, won his Cornhuskers, who came in match against Clay Stark husker wrestler Mat put the Rams in front, 23- tying No. 7 Nebraska ranked seventh in the by a technical fall at 149- Zutavern in 4:00. Davis 16. country. pounds. had a technical fall over However , the Titans BY KEVIN KUKER "I'm proud of the way UNI also recorded two Joe Henson by a score of marched down to the Rams' NI SPORTS WRITER our guys performed," pins by way of Nick Flach 20-5 in 5:52. 10-yard line with 0:06 left. coach Mark Manning said. .at 141-pounds in 6:41 and Nebraska head coach With one final 'play, Titans The UNI Panther -_ ''They gave it all they had. Randy Pugh at 174- Tim Neumann knew that a . quarterback Steve McNair wrestling squad had a very · out tfiere "this weekend." pounds in, 2:28. . battle was goirig · to take . found Kev-in . Dyson across prbductive weekend with a The two losses that UNI place before any· vJrestlEir the middle. St. Louis line­ commanding m,eet win . as ~-- :, :"N'eln;aska-Omaha suffe'red were ·Very closely stepped onto the mat: -backer Mike J ones · came well as a tie in another • Against Nebraska- contested, however. Alan "I thought it was going from behind to make the meet. ·· Omaha, heav)'Vleight Paul. Cartwright of Nebraska- to be ·a war ·and tliat's stop, and leave the. Titans With' eight of- t_en Hynek, ·Nate .Lawrenz . a;t.·- Omaha beat Bob Koenig, what it was" Neumann one-yard short of the goal wrestlers winning . 165-pounds, Chad Bouci~ . 9-5, at 157-p()unds and said . "~ tl)o~ght. ! to . win line·as·time expired. matches, the P anther·s reau·x al 133-pounds· and Tony Wieland lost a 7-fj tonight [Saturday]·· we ,.· Super ,Bowl XXXIV was crushed N ebraska-Omaha, Eric Dunmire at 125- overtime decision to Chad were going to need to steal. only the third ·championship 33-6, in Omaha Friday. pounds a ll won by deci-· Wallace. a match at either 141- game decided by seven They took that momen- sion . pounds or 165- pounds and points or less since 1990. tum into Saturday's meet Kyle Hansen, at 184- Nebraska we didn't get either of Beside Denver's seven- against Big 12 powerhouse pounds, was a major deci­ Winning for · the them." point victory over Green N ebraska and came away sion winner over Desmond Panthers in Lincoln Neumann also wit- Bay in 1998, the New York with a 20-20 tie. Wilford, 12-2. Saturday included Flach, nessed both squads show- Giants 20-19 nailbiter over The Panthers, ranked Tony Davis, back in the Lawrenz and Pugh all by the Buffalo Bills was the See Panthers , page 18 last in 1991. Tuesday, February 1, 2000 Northern Iowan Sports Page 15 UNI's victory bid ' St ■ · Loui·s quarterback at ISU falls short hopes to influence others life, you just take it day by had three players in double­ Continued from page 14 ■ Cagers finish 4-5 day and you take what the at halfway point of figures, won the rebounding war by one, 28-27, and went Warner made his last pass good Lord gives you and tightly-contested 27-of-34 at the free-throw of a remarkable season one you use it in the best way Valley race line, with 24 of those to remember for the ages. you can." The expectations for chances coming in the sec­ As Warner was being hit Warner and the St. Louis BY BRENT IIARQIN ond half. by Jeavon Kea,rse ("The Rams next season will be NJ ASSOCIATE SPORTS Junior Tarise Bryson led Freak"), the second-year quite high by bringing back EDITOR Illinois State with 20 NFL quarterback heaved it points, as he went 6-12 down field to hit Isaac the second youngest team Two weeks ago, the UNI from the field and 4-9 from Bruce for a 73-yard touch­ in the NFL. As for Warner, there men's basketball team behind the three-point line. down strike in what turned Kurt wasn't a doubt in his mind pulled out a last-second vic­ Sophomore Shawn Jeppson out to be the game-winner Warner · that he couldn't reach this tory against Illinois State, finished with 15 points, and for the Rams. plateau. However, I don't as junior Robbie Sieverding senior Ryan Crowley con­ "It was just a play, a 'go' catch." think a Super Bowl ring hit a game-winning shot to tributed 10 points. route, we had called it a lit­ With the season all but was on his mind in Aisle 5 give UNI the victory, 58-56. The Redbirds pulled out tle bit earlier ," Warner history, how will Warner Unfortunately, Sieverd- . the victory despite playing said . "They had told me be- remembered for one of of the supermarket in ing and the Panthers could­ without senior center L. that Isaac had beaten his the greatest seasons in 1994. The question many of us n't duplicate the feat on the ' Dee Murdock, who tore the guy ove:r there, so we NFL history? are eager to have answered road. anterior cruciate ligament wanted to take a chance "As I've always said, if it for next year is: Will Kurt Illinois State used clutch in his left knee during the and see if we could get it could be a source of hope to Warner's expiration date free-throw shooting down first meeting against UNI downfield, get a big one anybody out there, then I'm expire and force him to the stretch to beat UNI, 60- on Jan. 15. Murdock had right off the bat. Isaac went happy to be a part of it," 56, and earned its second been ISU's second-leading­ up and made a great play Warner said after Sunday's come off the top shelf or conference victory. scorer and top rebounder, and a great run after the game. "But when it's your will he stay fresh? UNI, which had several and had been second in the leads during the ballgame, conference in rebounding. saw its overall r ecord drop The lead changed hands to 11-8, and its MVC mark many times during the fell to 4-5. game, as neither team Sieverd­ could quite pull away dur­ ing led ing the contest. The -c-c-cc'c'c'· 'c'c'c''4c';c,,c,c, UNI Panthers had a 1 7-10 lead with 17 with eight minutes remain­ points ing in the first-half, but the and four Redbirds cut the lead to 28- assists, 26 at halftime. while The second half was a senior seesaw battle, as the teams Robbie Cory traded scores for most of Sieverding Jenkins the half. However, the tossed in Redbirds grabbed the lead CALL US 14 points, six rebounds and with two minutes remain­ one block in 39 minutes of ing and never let go, taking action. home the four point win. 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