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MONDAY
November 29,1999
Vol. 107, No. 67 | Athens, Georgia
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STUNG BY THE RIVALRY
Fumble
or a bad
call?
Dogs shift focus to
bowl possibilities
GEORGIA FOOTBALL
By JOSH KATZOWITZ
The Red a Black
ATLANTA — In a game that
offered a controversial call by the
officials for the third year in a row.
No. 21 Georgia had its heart
carved up 51-48 by a hungry No.
17 Georgia Tech team
Saturday.
Now the Bulldogs (7-4) must
look toward various bowl commit
tees to decide where they will play
their final game of the season.
In all likelihood, the team will
travel either to Shreveport, La., to
play in the Independence Bowl
(bowl officials made Georgia
coach Jim Donnan’s acquaintance
after his post-game news confer
ence) or Journey north to
Nashville, Term., and the Music
City Bowl.
The Peach Bowl would not be
out of the question, although that
committee might have some
qualms about taking the Bulldogs
for the second year in a row.
“That’s one of the tough deals
about losing a game like this,”
Donnan said. “If you win, you have
a chance for (a possible New
Year's Day bowl). Any bowl you go
to is a good bowl, but our morale,
based on what happened at
Florida and (Saturday), has to
come back. There’s a lot of teams
ahead of us in our league, so we'll
have to see what happens."
What was clear, though, was
Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets fans
alike will have to file this
game away as, quite simply, a
classic.
Down 41-24 near the end of the
third quarter, the Bulldogs reeled
off 24 unanswered points, thanks
to the running of Jasper Sanks;
the versatility of Quincy Carter,
who threw for two scores and ran
in one of his own; and the
resilience of Georgia’s tight ends,
who combined for 15 catches and
233 yards.
But the comeback and
Georgia's morale were to die a
slow, agonizing death.
Tied at 48 at the Jackets' (8-3)
2-yard line with nine ticks left on
the game clock, its eighth victory
in nine years against Tech was
ripped away when Sanks fiimbled
the ball.
Or did he? While replays
showed Sanks on the ground
before Tech safety Chris Young
snatched the ball and the line
Judge stopped the play, back
Judge Toby Silberman overturned
the decision and gave the ball to
the Jackets.
“I was down for at least two
seconds, flat on my stomach," said
Sanks, who refused to comment
on Donnan’s decision to run the
extra play before kicking the
potential game-winning field goal.
Said Tech defensive end Felipe
Claybrooks; “The fumble looked
good to me. It was a great call by
those SEC officials." Either way,
the teams went to overtime, and
Carter was Intercepted for the
second time in the game.
This time the culprit was
Marvlous Hester, who was the cat
alyst tor Georgia’s comeback after
he muffed a punt that was recov
ered on his team’s 10-yard line late
In the third quarter
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A Sophomore Tim Wansley (2) deflects a pass from Georgia Tech quarterback ioe Hamilton. Wansley had
11 tackles in Saturday’s close overtime loss to the Yellow Jackets.
Tech fans
paint Arch
By CHANDLER BROWN
The Red a Black
Georgia Tech fans rambled onto North
Campus and wrecked the University’s Arch by
painting a gold 'T' on it before Saturday's
matchup between Georgia and the arch rival
Yellow Jackets.
Early Friday morning, a handful of Tech fans
— presumably students — painted the giant let
ter through the middle column of the Arch and
along the horizontal beam across the top.
The center post stands for justice.
Alerted Friday morning by police, workers
with the Physical Plant had the Arch repainted
its traditional black within 30 minutes, said
University spokesman Tom Jackson said.
Meanwhile, ABC reported Saturday that a
group of Georgia students vandalized the inflat
able bee that usually sits near the end zone in
Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Georgia Tech officials couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Jackson said rowdy fans from both sides of
the statewide rivalry have participated in such
antics since the matchup began nearly a century
ago.
"This sort of thing has been going on for
years,” he said.
Pranksters like the ones who painted the
Arch usually aren't caught, Jackson said.
He said in years past Tech students have
painted the Bulldog statue at Memorial Hall and
stolen a bust of former University President
Steadman Sanford (It was later found in a Tech
fraternity house.)
Two days before Georgia's home game with
LSU, someone broke into Sanford Stadium and
drove across the field, leaving divots and
tire tracks still visible during the Oct. 2
game.
Lady Bulldogs shine in holiday tournaments
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL '
Georgia 85, Stephen F. Austin 44
Georgia 79, Maine 68
By KEVIN CLARK
The Red a Black
The No. 3 Lady Bulldog basketball
team made the most of its Thanksgiving
holiday by defeating Stephen F. Austin
85-44 and Maine 79-68 to win the Dead
River Company Classic in Orono, Maine.
Despite holding the lead for most of
the contest, Georgia needed an overtime
period to outlast host Maine in the cham
pionship game Saturday night.
After building a 15-point advantage
with more than seven minutes left in the
second half, Georgia allowed Lady Bear
guard Amy Vachon to hit a tying layup in
the final seconds of regulation, which
capped a 19-4 run for the home team.
But the stellar play of Lady Bulldog
guards Kelly and Coco Miller proved too
tough for the Lady Bears to handle down
the stretch. The twins scored 14 of
Georgia's final 18 points to seal the cham
pionship and carry the Lady Bulldogs to
a 6-0 record.
“I think we got a lot of the same looks,
we just knocked down a few more of them
(in overtime) and were able to pull away,”
said Kelly Miller, who continued her All-
American play with 29 points on the way
to earning the tournament MVP award.
Sister Coco chipped in 18 points and also
earned a spot on the all-tournament
team.
"They are 'go to' players. They really
are," said Georgia coach Andy Landers in
a radio interview after the game. “They
enjoy that role. They enjoy having the
pressure of the game and the burden on
their shoulders."
Off the bench, Lady Bulldog guard
Camille Murphy hit three shots from
behind the 3-polnt line for a total of 9
points, while guard Deana Nolan and
center Shala Crawford had 8 points
u
“(The Miller twins) are ‘go-to’
players ... They enjoy that role.
They enjoy having the pressure
of the game and the burden on
their shoulders. ”
ANDY LANDERS
Lady Bulldogs Coach
apiece.
Crawford ended up with the most min
utes of her career at Georgia due to start
ing center Tawana McDonald's ineffec
tive shooting and foul trouble. McDonald
was held scoreless in the game, but did
manage six rebounds before fouling out
in the second half.
In the opener against the Ladyjacks of
Stephen, F. Austin, the Lady Bulldogs
wasted little time jumping on the team
that had tested them in an 81-70 Georgia
win a year ago. McDonald led the way for
Georgia by contributing 23 points and 16
rebounds in the 85-44 victory. Coco Miller
also accounted for 17 points, and Nolan
scored 12.
As a team, the Lady Bulldogs lit up the
scoreboard by shooting 63 percent (41 of
65) from the field. Georgia raced from an
11-0 lead three and a half minutes after
the opening tip-off to a 48-15 advantage
at the half.
The Ladyjacks mustered a meager 11
percent shooting percentage in the first
half and 21 percent for the game
Landers said he expected SFA to pre
sent a much tougher challenge for
Georgia, since the Ladyjacks returned
four out of five starters from last season.
“I don't know what happened, but I'm
confident Stephen F. Austin did not play
its ‘A’ game,” said Landers, who earned
career victories 495 and 496 in the tourna
ment. “I know they are a much better
basketball team than the way they
played."
Georgia takes on Georgia Southern in
Statesboro Tuesday at 7 p in.
Pbt sends Oxford students home
Three accused
don't face more
punishment
By AMANDA BRANNON
The Rid a Black
Foreign countries might not
have the same laws as the United
States regarding marijuana use.
Three University students
were held to the same standard
as students here this month
when they were kicked out of the
UGA at Oxford Program for
smoking marijuana.
The students, whose names
haven't been released, were dis
missed on Nov. 4 and sent back to
the United States, said Judith
Shaw, an associate professor of
English and director of the UGA
at Oxford Program.
Shaw said the students were
dismissed without receiving
a refund of any of the money
they paid to participate in the
program.
She also said the students
received a W in the courses they
hadn’t completed. They’ll be
allowed to take classes as usual
next semester.
“No further punishment is
planned,” Shaw said.
All students who participate in
the program sign the policy on
drugs to signify they understand
the punishment they will receive
if they violate the policies.
“The study abroad program
has its own policy concerning
drug use and they acted on that,"
University spokesman Tom
Jackson said.
Shaw said this Incident marks
the first time any student has
been removed from the program
for violating disciplinary policies.
“In the 10 years the Oxford
Program has been in existence,
only one other student has been
dismissed and that was for aca
demic, not disciplinary, reasons,”
Shaw said. “So this was a very
sad, yet necessary step."
Jackson said University
President Michael Adams wasn't
pleased when he heard about the
incident.
“He expressed disappointment
tor the students and the pro
gram,’’ Jackson said.
Because only about 25 stu
dents were in the program, the
actions and punishment of the
three students took a toll, Shaw
said.
“Dismissal of three students
from such a small, tight-knit
group naturally caused some
problems and heartache tor the
remaining students,” Shaw said.
“But I think that has healed."
TlS THE SEASON
A Holiday decorations
over Thanksgiving break.
up around downtown
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