ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 14, 1995 TAG: 9512140056
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
Robert Hull, a Lexington native and senior defensive tackle on the Washington and Lee University football team, has been named to the Hewlett-Packard Division III All-America team.
Hull was a first-team selection in the voting conducted by 30 sports information directors representing the four playoff regions in Division III. Hull set a school record in 1995 with 14 sacks and 14 other tackles for loss. He also made 94 tackles.
He finished his career with a school record 31 sacks and was the Old Dominion Athletic Conference player of the year.
In other college football news:
LAS VEGAS BOWL: Alex Van Dyke and Wasean Tait may be the two best college football players no one has ever heard of. It seems only fitting they meet tonight in a bowl game few people have ever paid any attention to.
Van Dyke and Tait, both coming off seasons with Heisman-like numbers, lead their respective teams as the major college bowl season kicks off with Nevada meeting No.25 Toledo in the Las Vegas Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN cable).
``A lot of guys have asked me what I've thought about not getting Heisman attention,'' said Tait, the Toledo junior who rushed for 1,905 yards. ``But if you've never seen me play, how can you vote for me? We don't get the same exposure as Big Ten schools, and we're overshadowed.''
Tait and Van Dyke, Nevada's record-breaking receiver, are a pair of overachievers on teams that have been largely overlooked this year despite some impressive statistics.
Nevada (9-2) leads the country in passing offense and total offense, while Toledo (10-0-1) is one of only three unbeaten Division I football teams.
``We never get a chance to play on national TV,'' Tait said. ``This will show everybody else in the country what they've been missing.''
Toledo gets a chance to beat Nevada for the second time this year in the fourth annual bowl, which pits the winners of the Big West and Mid-American conferences. The game is a rematch of a September contest in Reno in which Nevada turned the ball over six times in a 49-35 loss.
``In football you don't usually get two chances,'' said Nevada coach Chris Ault. ``It's a great advantage, or more accurately, a great opportunity, for us.''
The game never has drawn well and figures to once again fill only half the 32,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium despite the presence of a Nevada team.
Oddsmakers are calling it a tossup. It figures to be a high-scoring game.
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