Conference chiefs meet on futures in Big Eight SWC talks
Officials from 12 schools in the Big Eight and Southwest conferences held a closed-door, 42 hour meeting to discuss issues and possible future talks. No concrete action emerged, but participants cited dialogue and potential regional TV packages as focal points.
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Oklahoma City
Carl James
Frank Windegger
Texas Ristian
Dan Gibbons
Oklahoma
Casiovanathletic
Donnie Duncan
Ing
Texas
DeLoss Dodds
Dodds
Austin
Denver
St. Louis
Kansas City
Faldo Leans Toward Historic Golf Grand Slam at Shoal Creek
Nick Faldo visits Shoal Creek to gauge the course as he pursues a potential three major titles in one year, aiming to join Ben Hogan as the only player to achieve the feat. The Open, Masters, and British Open dominance marks his rise in the 1990s while Jack Nicklaus congratulates him and Mullins.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nick Faldo
Shoal Creek Country Club
Ben Hogan
Faldo
Greg Norman
St. Nick
Jack Nicklaus
St. Andrews
Nicklaus
S Aee
Gana Sis
Soene
Medinah Country Club
Hale Irwin
Mike Donald
Norman
Forman
District 4-5A coaches nix playoff plan at Big Spring meeting
District 4-5A coaches and athletic directors reject the University Interscholastic plan to stage five state title games in one city this December. At a Big Spring meeting they argued for local control of playoff sites and times, citing potential early games and uneven benefits for football.
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Big Spring
Memorial Stadium
Austin
Seth
Natango
Tom Hollingshead
Permian Panthers
USL
Igan
Taylor
Frogs set to turn corner under Wacker after tough 1980s
Texas Christian coach Jim Wacker begins his eighth season with the Frogs as 1990s optimism grows. A 4-7 record last year included turnovers and risk, but nine offensive starters return. Gone are QB Ron Jiles and a starting center, leaving a young, stressed line amid NCAA sanctions from the 1985 scandal.
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Fort Worth
Jim Wacker
Texas Christian
Horned Frog
Wacker
Acker
Southern
Mississippi
Air Force
TCU
Ron Jiles
NCAA
Four Permian Basin area coaches debut in 1990 season
Four area high schools Alpine Reagan County Presidio and Marfa begin 1990 with new head coaches. Alpine keeps Ronnie Reeger who will run a wing-T and 29 defense after six years at County. Reeger brings Charles Lipsey from Big Lake as offensive coordinator. The feature notes Harrell cites Gordon Wood lineage for Owls’ coaching staff.
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Alpine
Reagan County
Presidio
Marfa
Ronnie Reeger
County
Bucks
Reeger
Big Lake
Charles Lipsey
Pete Rose starts five month tax sentence at Illinois camp
Charlie Hustle enters minimum security camp near Marion Illinois to serve a five month tax fraud sentence. He was fingerprinted and assigned a prison number after surrendering by arrangement. Prison officials say he will have standard prisoner rights with no special privileges and will be kept out of public view. His release is slated for January 7 1991.
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Payne Stewart
America
Curtis Strange
Mark Calcavecchia
Faldo
Marion
Ill
Pete Rose
Federal Penitentiary
Rose
Ilinois
Cincinnati Reds
John L, Clark
Clark
Soners
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