Georgia Tech, Stanford in bowl
By United Press International
Georgia Tech accepted an invitation Wednesday to play Stanford in the inaugural Seattle Bowl on Dec. 27.
Stanford (8-2) accepted a bid to the game on Tuesday.
The Yellow Jackets (7-4) are fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference and conclude their regular season Saturday at Florida State. Georgia Tech is going to a bowl game for the fifth straight year for the first time since a six-year run of appearances from 1951 to 1956.
Stanford closes its regular season at San Jose State on Saturday.
In the only meeting between the schools, Georgia Tech defeated Stanford, 18-17, in the 1991 Aloha Bowl.
Three finalists for Doak Walker Award
DALLAS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Luke Staley of Brigham Young, Bruce Perry of Maryland and Travis Stephens of Tennessee have been named finalists for the Doak Walker Award.
The winner of the award, gven to the nation's top running back, will be announced Dec. 6.
Staley, a junior from Tualatin, Ore., leads the nation in scoring with 15.4 points per game. He has helped pace the seventh-ranked Cougars to a perfect 11-0 record and set school records with 28 touchdowns and 1,433 rushing yards.
Perry, a sophomore from Philadelphia, helped Maryland to its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 1985, rushing for 1,242 yards and 10 touchdowns. He had five 100-yard games during the season.
Stephens, a senior from Clarksville, Tennessee, leads the Southeastern Conference in rushing with 1,201 yards and has eight touchdowns.
OSU qb gets deferred jail time
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Ohio State quarterback Steve Bellisari was sentenced to three ys in jail Wednesday after pleading no contest to a drunken driving charge.
The embattled Bellisari will serve the jail time after the Buckeyes play in the Outback Bowl on Jan.1. He also was ordered to spend three days in an alcohol diversion program.
The 21-year-old senior was arrested on Nov. 16 by Ohio State police and charged with two counts of drunken driving and two traffic misdemeanors. The other drunken driving charge and the traffic violations were dismissed on Wednesday.
Bellisari was arrested to day before Buckeyes lost to Illinois, 34-22, in a key Big Ten Conference game. Coach Jim Tressel suspended Bellisari from that contest before reinstating him for last week's 26-20 win over archrival Michigan, though he did not play.
Tribe's Fryman has surgery
CLEVELAND, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Cleveland third baseman Travis Fryman, hindered by injures in two of the last three seasons, underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday night, the Indians announced Wednesday.
Fraying in and around Fryman's throwing shoulder was repaired. He is scheduled to begin a throwing program in January and is expected to be back for the start of spring training.
Fryman missed the first two months of this season due to right shoulder and elbow discomfort. He batted .263 with three home runs and 38 RBI in 98 games for Cleveland, which won the American League Central for the sixth time in seven years.
Chiefs, Eagles open NFL Week 12
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Dick Vermeil gets another shot at his former team when his Kansas City Chiefs host the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday night.
Vermeil, 65, coached the Eagles to their only trip to the Super Bowl back in January of 1981, a 27-10 loss to Oakland. In seven years as Eagles coach from 1976-1982, he compiled a 57-51 record and guided the team to four straight playoff appearances before retiring in 1982.
After taking a 14-year break from coaching, Vermeil returned to the sidelines as coach of the St. Louis Rams in 1997. He faced the Eagles twice as Rams coach, losing both meetings.
Coming off a victory against Seattle, the Chiefs (3-7) are looking to put together consecutive wins for the first time this season. The game has much more significance for the Eagles (6-4), who hold a slim one game lead in the NFC East over surging Washington.
Week 12 of the NFL continues Sunday, highlighted by key divisional games between St. Louis (8-2) and Atlanta (6-4) in the NFC West and the New York Jets (7-3) and New England Patriots (6-5) in the AFC East. The Miami Dolphins (7-3) host the Denver Broncos (6-5) in a key AFC matchup
Eight top-seeded for World Cup
BUSAN, South Korea, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Defending champion France, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and Spain along with co-hosts Japan and South Korea were selected Wednesday as the top seeds for next year's World Cup. That means none of them will play each other in the group phase of the competition.
The announcement of the No. 1 seedings was made in advance of Saturday's draw, in which the 32 nations participating in soccer's biggest event will learn their opposition for the initial round of the tournament.
The World Cup begins May 31 and runs one month.
Murray reaches 1,000-game plateau
ANAHEIM, Calif. Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Bryan Murray notched his 1,000th career game as an NHL head coach Wednesday night when his Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hosted Edmonton.
Murray, 58, joins Detroit's Scotty Bowman and Pat Quinn of Toronto as the only active coaches in the league with 1,000 games under their belt. A total of seven coaches have reached that plateau.
With a 492-382-126 career record, Murray is eighth on the NHL all-time win list.
But, his first year at Anaheim has been a bumpy ride so far as the Ducks went into Wednesday night's game at 7-14-3 and last in the Pacific Division. They snapped a nine-game winless streak on Sunday by holding off the New York Rangers 3-2.
