|
|
PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
01.05.06: Former
C-USA chief Slive takes reigns of BCS ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA
Football Postseason Scoreboard |
01.04.06: College
career over for injured UAB star Eddins ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football Postseason
Scoreboard |
01.03.06: Pirates,
Deacs face off for first time since 1986 ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football
Postseason Scoreboard |
01.02.06: Rice
lures Tulsa defensive guru as head coach ... Final C-USA
Football Postseason Scoreboard ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
01.01.06: C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... Final C-USA Football
Postseason Scoreboard |
12.31.05: C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.30.05: ECU
rolls out ticket promotion for UNCW game ... C-USA
Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.29.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.28.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.27.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.26.05: C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.25.05: Wolf
Pack clips UCF in OT in Hawaii Bowl ... C-USA Bowl
Scoreboard & Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard &
Schedule |
12.24.05: Jayhawks
hammer Houston in Fort Worth Bowl ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard
& Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
12.23.05: C-USA
Bowl Scoreboard & Schedule ...
C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
12.22.05: Toledo
thumps Texas-El Paso in GMAC Bowl ... C-USA Bowl Scoreboard
& Schedule ... C-USA Basketball Scoreboard & Schedule |
12.21.05: USM
caps taxing season with GMAC Bowl win ... Conference USA
Postseason Bowl Scoreboard ... C-USA Basketball
Scoreboard |
12.20.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
12.19.05: Conference
USA Basketball Scoreboard ... Conference USA Postseason Bowl
Scoreboard |
12.18.05: Thompson
caught up in Spurrier staff shakeup ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
12.17.05: Bowl
tied to ECU football lore changes its name ... Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
12.16.05: $51
million on- campus stadium okayed for UCF ... Conference USA
basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football scoreboard |
12.15.05: Conference
USA basketball scoreboard ... Conference USA football
scoreboard |
12.14.05: UAB
football coach relinquishes AD position ... Player who broke
teammate's jaw reinstated ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
12.13.05: Ex-Pirate
assistant named head coach at MTSU ... Basketball scoreboard
... Football scoreboard |
12.12.05: Tulsa's
Kragthorpe: No interest in Colorado job ... Basketball
scoreboard ... Football scoreboard |
12.11.05: Heisman
trophy designer's family hits jackpot ... C-USA hoops
scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
12.10.05: Contrite
UTEP hoops star accepts punishment ...
C-USA hoops scoreboard ...
C-USA football scoreboard |
12.09.05: Mazey,
ECU put divorce settlement in writing ... C-USA Basketball
Standings, Scores & Schedule ... C-USA Football Standings,
Scores & Bowl Schedule |
|
|
|
|
News Nuggets, 01.06.06
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
College baseball icon Rod Dedeaux dead at 91
LOS ANGELES Rod Dedeaux, who coached
Southern California to a record 11 NCAA baseball championships and turned
out a parade of future major leaguers, died Thursday. He was 91.
Quotes from former Southern Cal baseball coach Rod
Dedeaux, who died Thursday at 91:
On his life:
"I don't know what the future holds, but I've definitely
had a great past."
On his
two-game major league career: "I had a cup of coffee
with no sugar in it."
On his
reported $1 annual salary at USC: "I always say everyone
gets paid what they're worth. I could cash my check on
the bus."
On good
friend and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom
Lasorda: "I love the guy. But when people say we look
alike and think we're brothers, it's really insulting
because he's so ugly."
On
adopting his style from mentor and former New York
Yankees manager Casey Stengel: "It was always his
philosophy that the ability to teach the game of
baseball is the ability to sell it. If you believe that
what you're doing is worthwhile, you'll succeed."
On
Stengel's sometimes indecipherable speech: "People
talked about Stengelese, but I understood every word. Of
course, I'd occasionally wonder if there was something
wrong with me because I was the only person in our group
who did understand."
On his
formula for success: "First, you have to play smart, in
baseball and business. If you learn to do things right
all the time, it doesn't matter who you are playing or
negotiating with. Secondly, stay loose. When we work, we
work hard. But we have fun, too. A little clowning
always helps." |
|
Dedeaux, who coached the Trojans for 45
years before retiring in 1986, died in suburban Glendale of complications
from a stroke that he had on Dec. 2, the school said.
Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux
went on to big league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom
Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley.
Dedeaux had a record of 1,332-571-11,
the most wins in Division I history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed
him in 1994. He had a winning percentage of .699.
"A giant has passed away," said USC
athletic director and 1965 Heisman Trophy winner Mike Garrett, also an
outfielder for Dedeaux. "It leaves a huge void in all of baseball."
The Trojans' national championships
included five in a row from 1970-74 no other school has won more than two
straight and they won 28 conference titles under him. A number of baseball
publications named Dedeaux "Coach of the Century."
"Rod not only was college baseball's
greatest coach, he was the sport's and USC's greatest ambassador," said
current USC baseball coach Mike Gillespie, an outfielder on Dedeaux's 1961
national championship team.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom
Lasorda said he and Dedeaux were "real good buddies" for 43 years.
"I'll cherish the days that I spent
with him and traveled with him," Lasorda said Thursday night. "He was my
mentor, he was my idol, and he was my friend."
Dedeaux played three seasons for
Southern California and appeared in two games at shortstop for the 1935
Brooklyn Dodgers, going 1-for-4 with an RBI. A back injury ended his career
several years later.
In recent years, Dedeaux walked with
the aid of a cane shaped like a baseball bat that had the signatures of
several Hall of Famers.
Dedeaux was a frequent visitor to
Trojans' games at the field named in his honor in recent years, attended
every College World Series since retiring, and was a regular at Dodger
Stadium. With a mischievous twinkle in his eye, he called almost everyone
"Tiger."
He took pride in more than just
winning.
"To be a success as a baseball player
is fun, but it's another thing to be a success in life," he once said. "We
have all sorts of success stories lawyers, businessmen and they say that
playing baseball here was an important time of their lives."
Dedeaux's teams were known for
late-inning rallies, and for having fun while they played. Rookies had to
take turns wearing a red wig on road trips.
"It was a fun tradition," Seaver said.
Dedeaux donned the wig once as a
disguise.
"I got thrown out of a game for one
of the few times," he said. "I went back and got the wig and a pair of
sunglasses and sat in the stands. Everybody was laughing up a storm, and the
umpire was looking around trying to figure out what was going on. He never
did."
Dedeaux also helped in the development
of amateur baseball in the United States and overseas and lent his expertise
to Hollywood, serving as technical director and consultant for the baseball
movies "Field of Dreams" and "A League of Their Own."
He founded Dart Transportation, Inc.,
in the 1930s and it grew into a million-dollar trucking business. He
continued to show up for work daily until recently.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; sons
Justin and Terry; daughters Michele and Denise; and nine grandchildren,
including current USC baseball player Adam Dedeaux.
Funeral details were pending. A
memorial service at Dedeaux Field will be held next spring.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
Memphis
0-0 12-2
UAB
0-0 10-3
Houston
0-0 8-3
Southern Methodist 0-0
7-5
Texas-El Paso
0-0 7-5
Marshall
0-0 6-5
Central Florida
0-0 6-6
Rice
0-0 6-7
East Carolina
0-0 5-7
Southern Miss 0-0 6-9
Tulsa
0-0 4-8
Tulane
0-0 3-8
----- SCORES -----
THURSDAY, JAN.
5
Rice 52,
Princeton 41
UAB 98, Valdosta State 69
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
4
Memphis 83, Middle Tennessee State
50
Marshall 64, Appalachian State 60
Auburn 80, Southern Miss 57
Syracuse 69, Texas-El Paso 56
TUESDAY, JAN.
3
Wake Forest 58, East
Carolina 54
Kentucky 59, Central Florida 57
Oklahoma 50, Southern Methodist 47
Houston 75, Centenary 62
Louisiana State 75, Tulane 58
MONDAY, JAN.
2
Texas 69, Memphis 58
UAB 68, Virginia Commonwealth 62
McNeese State 87, Southern Miss 82 (OT)
Yale 70, Rice 67
North Texas 67, Tulsa 61
SUNDAY, JAN.
1
Texas Tech 61, Texas-El Paso
60
----- SCHEDULE -----
FRIDAY, JAN.
6
No game
scheduled.
SATURDAY, JAN.
7
St. Paul's at
East Carolina, 7 pm
George Washington at Marshall, 7:00 pm
Savannah State at Tulane, 8:00 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston, 8:00 pm
Tulsa at Texas-Pan American, 8:30 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
8
Winthrop at
Memphis, 2 pm
|
Final C-USA Football Postseason Scoreboard
Day/Date/Time
Game/Location/Preview Link
TV/Payout
Teams/Opponent's Conference/Score/Recap Link
Tuesday,
Dec. 20, 8 pm
New Orleans Bowl, Lafayette, LA
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Southern Mississippi 31, Arkansas State (Sun Belt)
19
Wednesday, Dec.
21, 8 pm
GMAC Bowl, Mobile, AL [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Toledo (Mid-American) 45,
Texas-El Paso 13
Friday, Dec. 23, 8
pm
Fort Worth Bowl, Forth Worth, TX
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $800,000
Kansas (Big 12) 42, Houston 13
Saturday, Dec. 24,
8:30 pm
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI
[Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Nevada (Western Athletic) 49, Central
Florida 48 (OT)
Monday, Dec. 26, 4
pm
Motor City Bowl, Detroit [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $750,000
Memphis 38, Akron (Mid-American) 31
Saturday, Dec. 31,
1 pm
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN [Preview]
TV: ESPN; Payout: $1,500,000
Tulsa 31, Fresno State (Western Athletic)
24
----- C-USA STANDINGS -----
EAST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Central Florida 7-1
8-5*@
Southern Miss
5-3 7-5@
Memphis
5-3 7-5@
East Carolina
4-4 5-6
UAB
4-4 5-6
Marshall
3-5 4-7
WEST DIVISION
TEAM
C-USA ALL
#Tulsa
6-2 9-4*@
Texas-El Paso
5-3 8-4@
Houston
4-4 6-6@
Southern Methodist 4-4 5-6
Tulane
1-7 2-9
Rice
1-7 1-10
NOTES: # Denotes
Division champion.
* Overall record includes C-USA
championship game.
@ Overall record includes bowl
game.
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Conference USA Championship Game
Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
|
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|