
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, August 6, 1993                   TAG: 9308060040
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B10   EDITION: METRO 
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BIG EAST POLL

1. MIAMI (19) Many feel the Hurricanes are on a mission after Alabama humiliated them in the Sugar Bowl.

2. SYRACUSE (12) Six road games, including Miami, lengthen this dark horse's odds of cutting down the 'Canes

3. BOSTON COLLEGE An Eagle upset of Miami in the season-opener wouldn't shock Big East insiders.

4. WEST VIRGINIA No platooning for quarterback Jake Kelchner, who is drooling over his receivers.

5. RUTGERS The Scarlet Knights should be 4-2 entering what would become a crucial game at Virginia Tech.

6. VIRGINIA TECH Two spots out of the basement gives the struggling Hokies a ledge to stand on.

7. PITTSBURGH Johnny Majors returns to the school where he won a national title, but chances of a first-year splash are slim.

8. TEMPLE Doormat? Every other Big East team has at least three league home games. Temple has two.

(Results from the first Big East Football Conference media poll conducted Thursday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Thirty-one people voted; first-place votes in parentheses. Conference standings will be determined by round-robin play for the first time this year.)

by CNB