Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 25,1991 U. College Football Poll TEAM Record PTS 1. Florida State (3-0) 317 2. Miami (2-0) 296 3. Michigan (2-0) 293 4. Washington (2-0) 278 5. Tennessee (3-0) 246 6. Clemson (2-0) 242 7. Oklahoma (2-0) 230 8. Iowa (2-0) 187 9. Notre Dame (2-1) 175 10. Penn State (3-1) 168 11. Syracuse (3-0) 139 12. Baylor (3-0) 136 13. Florida (2-1) 128 14. Auburn (3-0) 118 15. Ohio State (3-0) 115 16. Nebraska (2-1) 87 17. Colorado (2-1) 61 18. Georgia Tech (2-1) 55 19. Pittsburgh (3-0) 28 20. California (3-0) 11 Tigers remain in the hunt with 7-2 victory *FULL COURT* PRESS Gold medals mean more to collegians by David Schechter Daily Basketball Writer The members of the USA Basketball selection committee must have opened all their meetings by sniffing a bottle of industrial strength glue. They've made some braindead decisions. Of course there's the Isiah Thomas thing that everyone in Detroit is talking about. And that's tied to that unsightly Michael Jordan thing that no one in Chicago wants to think about. Did he keep Isiah off the team? But what about that college thing that no one cares about? The 1992 Olympics mark the first time American professional basket- ball players will compete in international competition. American players have no professional equal in the world. But until now the United States couldn't prove that. Why? We never sent the best. We sent our amateurs - our college players. Not exactly chopped liver. But it wasn't good enough. For one reason or another USA Basketball found a way to squander its talent and blow leads. They could have won, but didn't. So now we're allowed to send the big guns. Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, etc. No one can wait for the destruction. The gold is a lock. But aren't we getting a bit greedy? Aren't 10 all-stars more than enough? Magic Johnson going through his storage closet: Look honey,here's an MVP trophy. Hmmm, what's in this brown lunch bag? Hey, five big gold championship rings. I've been looking for these. Wow, look over here. Did I win these other MVP trophies, or do they belong to Kareem? Of course, not all of the new Olympians have such impressive closets. But you get the idea. There's no need for the overkill. Don't take the privi- lege away from the nation's young stars. Send six NBAers and six collegians to show the world who possesses the best combination of finesse and power basketball in the world. Think of the experience a college junior or senior would get running the floor with Jordan and Charles Barkley. Not to mention all the cool stories he could tell his friends. The gold would still be guaranteed but the NCAA and the NBA could share in the wealth. The ugly facade of greed that USA Basketball is showing to the world would crumble. So maybe the United States won't win every game by 50 points. But it'll win. At the same time, the country can bestow its highest athletic honor on some young men who will really appreciate it. Somewhere things went wrong behind the closed doors of those selec- tion committee meetings. Maybe four years from now, when committee members realize it doesn't take an entire arsenal to kick some interna- tional butt, they can quietly fix their mistake. Pass the glue. DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers kept their meager pennant hopes alive and Scott Aldred earned his third major league victory last night in a 7-2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers broke the game open with four runs off rookie Charles Nagy (10-13) in the first and Mickey Tettleton hit a two-run homer, his 28th, in the fifth. . Aldred (2-3), making his 10th start since his Sept. 1 recall, al- lowed nine hits in 8 1-3 innings, in- cluding Albert Belle's 28th homer in the ninth, before he was literally knocked out of the game by a line drive off the bat of Carlos Martinez. The ball skipped into center field and Martinez wound up with a dou- ble. Jerry Don Gleaton came in to get the last two outs. Aldred walked two, struck out two and benefited from three dou- ble plays. Both of his previous ma- jor league victories occurred in Milwaukee. Nagy, the Indians' top pitcher, gave up six runs on seven hits in five innings. Nagy, who had gone 26 in- nings without an unintentional walk, walked three Tigers, two in the first inning. Alex Cole started the Cleveland first with an infield single, stole second, then moved up and scored on an RBI grounder by Carlos Baerga. In the bottom of the inning, Lou Whitaker singled and Cecil Fielder and Tettleton each walked to load the bases. Lloyd Moseby singled Whitaker and Fielder across. Travis Fryman followed with a double to drive in Tettleton and Moseby for a 4-1 Detroit lead. Alan Trammell extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single in the fifth and scored on Tet- tleton's home run, a two-out blast off the facing of the auxiliary press box on the roof of the right-field stands. Tom Kramer walked Trammell on four pitches with bases loaded in the sixth to force in Milt Cuyler for a 7-1 lead. 10 USA Basketball has like David Robinson decided it would rather have professional players play in the Olympics instead of amateurs. Are these Pirates celebrating their recent clinching of the National League East? Heavens no. Pitcher Doug Drabek (center) has just been . informed his Griddes form has arrived. Now that the Pirates have clinched the East, he will have enough time to concentrate on his favorite pastime. Be sure to bring your picks to the Daily sports desk at 420 Maynard by Friday at 5 p.m. for a chance to win an 0'Sullivans' $10 gift certificate. 1. Florida St. at Michigan 11. Auburn at Tennessee 2. Rutgers at Michigan St. 12. Virginia Tech at Oklahoma 3. Notre Dame at Purdue 13. Georgia Tech at Clemson 4. Indiana at Missouri 14. Nebraska at Arizona St. 5. E. Michigan at Wisconsin 15. Boston College at Penn St. 6. N. Illinois at Iowa 16. Baylor at SMU 7. Wake Forest at Northwestern 17. Syracuse at Tulane 8. Pittsburgh at Minnesota 18. Colorado at Stanford 9. Kansas St. at Washington 19. Southern Cal at Oregon 10. Mississippi St. at Florida 20. Lock Haven at Slippery Rock Tiebreaker Score: Michigan Florida St. Name: Phone Number: Wt I