FREE PRESS SSSPORTSPORTS Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, December 28, 2005 Missouri preparing for Independence Bowl Eleven perfect entries so ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 6-5 season critics of coach Gary Pinkel say the cessful season,” Pinkel said. chiefly offensive coordinator Dave and another low-level bowl has left momentum he gained early in his “I told the players at the begin- Christensen. He already had been a Missouri athletics director Mike tenure has stalled. ning of the season that we were go- popular target for trying to make far in bowl game contest Alden happy, but not impressed. This season, Missouri appeared ing to have our ups and downs. quarterback Brad Smith, the After the first nine bowl There are 39 entries with one The Tigers are preparing to play on the verge of challenging for the That’s the way it is. And I thought NCAA’s all-time leading rusher games, there are 11 perfect en- miss. Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina Big 12 North title after a 3-1 start. they did a good job handling every- among quarterbacks, a pocket tries in the 790 KXXX and Colby Epp, who works with 790 team in the Independence Bowl Fri- But they lost three of their last four thing.” passer last year. Missouri changed Free Press 2005 College Bowl KXXX, is not eligible to win the day in Shreveport, La. For Alden, games, including a loss to rival Alden and Pinkel said the pro- the offense this season to suit Smith, Spectacular. grand prize, but is playing any- who longs for a return to the glory Kansas, and needed to beat lowly gram was in shambles when Pinkel but at times it reverted back to some Perfect entries are from Don way. days of the 1960s when Missouri Baylor just to get a bowl bid. took over five years ago. Pinkel had of its play from last season. Hartman of Grainfield, Bob In addition to the individual had 10 straight winning seasons and “I guess the only satisfaction out to regain the trust of high school “I coach my coaches, and I feel Mackley of Winona, Darlene winner, the town that has the best finished in the top 25 eight times, of the season is that we did make a coaches around the state and rein- very good about my staff,” Pinkel Lauer of St. Francis, Rich Epp, scoring entries from people who this year’s showing is evidence of bowl game,” senior Der- vigorate fans and boosters. But the said. “I think it’s really easy to sit Brent Wiedeman, Larry Ummel, live in that town, will receive a some progress. rick Ming said. “This was definitely most important thing Pinkel had to there and change coaches. To show Jake Haines, Kathy Elliott, trophy. “I think people forget that we are not the season everybody expected do was produce a marketable prod- people that, ’Hey, he’s making a Harold Jones, Scott Chrisman There are 261 entries and 28 where we are today not based on last to have. You look back at some of uct. change and he’s doing this and that.’ and Tim Moeder all of Colby. bowl games. year, or the year before that; it’s the games that we should have won, In the 22 years following coach But I won’t do that. I’ll do it if it’s based on 20 or 30 years,” Alden told and it’s disappointing.” Warren Powers’ last bowl appear- the right thing to do. I’ll do it in a the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “If I Fans aren’t enthusiastic, judging ance in 1983, the Tigers have had 11 heartbeat if it’s the right thing to was to look at a snapshot of the year by Independence Bowl ticket sales. seasons in which they’ve won three do.” AP Briefs overall, I think I’m pleased with Through Friday, the team had sold games or fewer. Pinkel has won at Alden said, “For us to be able to how we played this year. only 2,500 of its tickets, which least five games in each of the past say that we’ve had two winning sea- PRO FOOTBALL BASEBALL ‘‘With that being said, we’re not would be the lowest number by a three years. sons in the last three years, and LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — TOKYO (AP) — New York Yan- going to be satisfied with being 6-5 Big 12 team since the Independence Pinkel and Alden acknowledge we’ve been to two bowl games in blinked back tears, straining to kees outfielder Hideki Matsui has and just trying to work our way into Bowl began its affiliation with the that they’re not deaf to the com- the last three years, there’s hope- compose himself. decided against joining Japan’s bowl games. You want to do that conference in 1998. ments being made about the team, fully a pattern that’s starting to de- The coach squad at the 16-nation World Base- consistently, and then you want to Pinkel said the season wasn’t all the coaching staff and a desire for velop. My thought right now is that buried his eldest son, James, lov- ball Classic next March. see those wins improve over the Missouri wanted, but was still a change. Gary and his staff and our team are ingly recalling the 18-year-old who Matsui told Japan squad manager course of time.” success. Most of that desire for change is starting to gain some traction there. died in an apparent suicide last Sadaharu Oh late Monday he would Missouri is preparing for just its “Missouri’s been to four bowls in not directed at Pinkel but toward That consistency will start to week as a “mama’s boy” with a sit out the inaugural tournament, fourth bowl game since 1983. But 22 years. I’d suggest that it’s a suc- members of his coaching staff, come.” “compassionate heart.” according to Hiroshi Kimura, a Someone who loved to smile and spokesman for the Oh’s Japanese have fun. league team, the Fukuoka Daiei Dungy spoke for nearly 20 min- Hawks. Kimura said he could not Arizona Wildcats top Rutgers at Insight Bowl utes during an emotional two-hour elaborate. PHOENIX (AP) — Rudy Car- an eight-play, 69-yard drive, Rudy Keller eight games into the season, Brian Leonard took a short pass funeral service attended by NFL Kyodo News agency quoted the penter threw for 467 yards and four Burgess getting his second TD of also had a 42-yard touchdown pass from Hart and gained 38 yards, then stars, past and present, league offi- slugger as saying he wanted to con- touchdowns and Arizona State the night on a four-yard run to put to Matt Miller, a 1-yarder to Zach caught another and ran 31 yards cials, including commissioner Paul centrate on his role in the Yankees. amassed an Insight Bowl-record Arizona State up 45-33 with 4:26 Miller and a 22-yard TD toss to down the sidelines for a touchdown Tagliabue, the entire Colts team and HOCKEY 678 yards Tuesday night, holding remaining. Terry Richardson. to put the Scarlet Knights ahead 14- four other NFL head coaches — PHOENIX (AP) — Coyotes off Rutgers for a wild 45-40 victory. Ryan Hart’s 29-yard touchdown Rutgers led 24-10 in the first half 7 with 8:51 still to go in the first Herman Edwards, Dennis Green, coach Wayne Gretzky, who took a The teams combined for an In- pass to Tres Moses kept it close at before Arizona State scored late to quarter. Lovie Smith and — leave of absence on Dec. 17 to re- sight record 1,210 yards. 45-40 with two mintues to go, but make it 24-17 at the break. Preston Jones fumbled the next along with University of Washing- turn to Canada and be with his dy- The Scarlet Knights (7-5), in their Zach Miller recovered the onside The Scarlet Knights went 80 time Arizona State had the ball, and ton coach Ty Willingham. ing mother, is expected to rejoin the second bowl game in school history kick and the Sun Devils ran out the yards in eight plays on the game’s Ramel Meekins recovered at the Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene team Wednesday. and first since 1978, led 33-31 af- clock to win consecutive bowl first possession. Hart was 4-for-4 on ASU 46. The subsequent Rutgers and ex-Washington Redskins The Arizona Republic reported ter Jeremy Ito’s 48-yard field goal games for the first time since 1987. the drive. drive stalled at the Sun Devils 8, and cornerback Darrell Green were also on its Web site that Gretzky flew to with 12:56 to play. Hart, in his final game for His 21-yarder to Moses put the Ito’s 25-yard field goal made it 17- among the 2,000 mourners who San Jose and could be back coach- But the favored Sun Devils (7-5) Rutgers, completed 24-of-38 for ball on the 14, and his 12-yard pass 7 with 5:22 remaining in the first came to Idlewild Baptist Church in ing in Wednesday night’s game took the lead for good when, on sec- 374 yards and three scores, two to to brian Leonard made it first-and- quarter. this Tampa suburb. against the Sharks. ond-and-25, Carpenter threw a 42- Moses. goal at the 1-yard line. Leonard’s two-yard TD run put Dungy left the Colts last Thurs- Phyllis Gretzky, 64, died Dec. 19 yard touchdown pass to Matt Burgess had 103 yards in 16 car- Hart threw a yard to Clark Harris the Scarlet Knights up 24-10 2:29 day, the day his son was found, and in a hospital in Brantford, Ontario, Miller. ries. Ray Rice, the Knights’ 18- for the touchdown. before halftime. it remains uncertain when he will after a yearlong battle with lung The two-point conversion pass year-old freshman, gained 108 yard Arizona State matched it with an That was plenty of time for ASU, return. cancer. to Brent Miller was good and Ari- in 20 attempts. 80-yard drive after the kickoff. Car- averaging more than 500 yards per A preliminary autopsy report in- TORONTO (AP) — Maple zona State led 39-33 with 10 min- Ito kicked four field goals, in- penter connected with Matt Miller game, to go 80 yards. dicated the teen took his own life, Leafs forward Darcy Tucker was utes left. cluding a career-long and bowl for the 43-yard score. Carpenter tossed a 1-yard TD but the exact cause of death won’t fined $2,500 by the NHL for pull- Consecutive false start penalties record 52-yarder. Rutgers mowed through the ASU pass to Zach Miller to cut the lead be released until a toxicology ex- ing off the helmet of New Jersey’s ruined Rutgers’ next possession, Carpenter, a redshirt freshman defense again on its next posses- to 24-17 with 39 seconds to go in the amination is completed in four to Cam Janssen during a wild fight and and the Sun Devils scored again on who took over for injured Sam sion. half. six weeks. twice hitting the winger on the head.

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