THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 3, 1995 TAG: 9502030625
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BOB MOLINARO
LENGTH: Medium: 52 lines
Quick hit: The two best pitch-and-catch combinations in sports today are Steve Young to Jerry Rice and John Stockton to Karl Malone, not necessarily in that order.
Frito Lame: Mario Cuomo could have been on the Supreme Court making decisions that would affect every American's life. Instead, he was on TV Super Sunday shilling for a potato-chip company. What does this say about our culture? What's that? You're too busy watching the O.J. trial to care?
Joe College: Twenty-nine points, 21 rebounds, seven blocked shots. In case you missed it, those are the numbers Joe Smith piled up against U.Va. on Wednesday night. The most amazing numbers, though, are the ones that tell us that Joe is still almost six months shy of his 20th birthday.
King Cole: It doesn't have the corporate atmosphere of the Dean Dome. It's not as claustrophobic as Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. But when 14,500 fans fill Cole Field House, Maryland's gym becomes one of the country's great, if underrrated, basketball stages.
Caught on tape: The most damaging evidence so far against O.J. Simpson is that workout video. It proves beyond a reasonable doubt that he's a geek.
In passing: Is it really a big story when Notre Dame lands the year's top group of prep football recruits? Sounds more like a rerun.
The rich get richer: It's just what U.Va. and other ACC schools expected - and feared. The experts say Florida State football has done the nation's third best job of rounding up high school livestock.
Deja vu: The constant references last week to the 1969 Super Bowl were appropriate. Pro football has slipped to where it was before Namath's Jets upset the Colts, with one major league (the NFC) and one minor league (the AFC).
Money matters: The Redskins are one of eight teams that spent more money last season on salaries than the 49ers.
A grand idea: To what lengths must a city go to entice an NFL team to move? St. Louis officials promised Rams owner Georgia Frontiere a 48-seat luxury box big enough to hold her baby grand piano. Isn't that nice.
Mission impossible: Recently hired University of Miami football coach Butch Davis has been asked to instill something new into the Hurricanes program - class. The alumni want Davis to end the players' taunting and strutting. Compared with that, winning the national championship will be a snap.
Lion-hearted: People who remember his William and Mary teams won't be surprised to learn that Bruce Parkhill has Penn State basketball winning with defense. The Nittany Lions' opponents are shooting only 37 percent. by CNB