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News Nuggets, 06.02.04
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Aztecs, Wolf Pack finagle games with Notre Dame
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A pair of schools not necessarily associated with
the richest lore of college football history have figured out ways to get
dates with Notre Dame.
The San Diego State Aztecs and Nevada Wolf Pack will
eventually make the hallowed trek across the gaze of 'Touchdown Jesus' as a
part of a complicated reshuffling of schedules by several teams to
accommodate a desire by the Irish to be in top form for a game next season
against Michigan.
Notre Dame launched the chain of events when it set
about the task of tweaking its 2004 schedule to accommodate a Sept. 4 season
opener at Brigham Young, giving the Fighting Irish a game under their belts
before they play the Wolverines.
Notre Dame didn't want its Sept. 11 game against
Michigan to be its opener, especially with the Wolverines having already
played a game. Michigan opens the season against Miami of Ohio on Sept. 4.
"For this scenario, this is something we wanted to
address," John Heisler, associate athletic director at Notre Dame, said
Tuesday.
The Irish are coming off a 5-7 season and were
beaten 38-0 a year ago by Michigan.
The list of opponents for Notre Dame doesn't change,
just the order of games. The Irish had been scheduled to play at BYU on Oct.
30.
"Our motivation was just the rhythm of the
schedule," Heisler said. "When you look at our schedule big picture, you
don't have consecutive road games, you've got open dates before you play USC
and Tennessee. It's a more attractive flow than if we hadn't made the move."
Notre Dame had been working on the switch for
months, but it appeared dead in April because so many schools had to change
their schedules. The plan was revived last month, though, with some help
from ESPN, Heisler said.
"We thought we'd hit a dead end, then all of a
sudden there was more of an ability to continue the conversation," Heisler
said.
Among other schools changing their schedules were
Southern California, Stanford, Nevada and San Diego State.
Heisler said Notre Dame has promised Nevada and San
Diego State games at South Bend in return for their cooperation.
San Diego State's game against Notre Dame will be in
2008. The Aztecs will also get two other televised games in return for
changing their football schedule to accommodate TV.
Banished Texas hurlers
recalled for tourney
AUSTIN — Texas, the overall No. 1 seed for the NCAA
baseball tournament, reinstated pitchers Justin Simmons and J. Brent Cox on
Tuesday, a week after they were arrested on public intoxication charges
during the Big 12 tournament.
They will be allowed to play in Friday's opening-round game against
Youngstown State, coach Augie Garrido said in a statement.
The players were suspended on Thursday for a ``violation of team rules.''
They were arrested on May 25 at an Arlington shopping center. Each was
released after posting $211 bond.
Simmons (9-3, 4.24 ERA), a left-handed starter, and Cox (five saves, 1.62
ERA), a right-handed reliever, were sent home from the tournament and missed
two games.
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schools, and from Associated Press and
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