ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, December 13, 1996 TAG: 9612130071
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-9 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN SPORTS
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
One of the big winners during the 1996 College Football Awards Show in Orlando, Fla., still has a score to settle in New Orleans.
Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who won the Maxwell Award as college football's outstanding player, will get another shot Jan. 2 at College Coach of the Year Bobby Bowden's top-ranked Florida State Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl.
Wuerffel also won the Davey O'Brien award as best quarterback and the Honda Scholar-Athlete Award.
In other presentations: Arizona State's Bruce Snyder won the Bear Bryant Award as outstanding coach; Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald won the Chuck Bednarik Award as outstanding defensive player; Wyoming's Marcus Harris won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as outstanding wide receiver; Ohio State's Orlando Pace won the Outland Trophy as outstanding interior lineman; Texas Tech's Byron Hanspard won the Doak Walker Award as outstanding running back; Florida's Lawrence Wright won the Jim Thorpe Award as outstanding defensive back; and North Carolina State's Marc Primanti won the Lou Groza Award as outstanding kicker.
ETC. NHL puts expansion on hold
NHL expansion is unlikely for the 1997-98 season, and there's no firm timetable for adding more teams, commissioner Gary Bettman said. Bettman said the league's Board of Governors discussed expansion at length during its meetings in Arizona, and ``no decision was made, although I do think it's clear there's no way we'll expand for `97-98.''
``There's been a lot of speculation. Let's put that to rest,'' Bettman added. ``That's not to say we won't expand at some point. We're just not in any rush.''
The 26-team league has added five teams since 1991, with Anaheim and Florida the last to join in 1993. The Hampton Roads area is one of the groups pursuing an expansion franchise.
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