ROSE BOWL NOTEBOOK: MANGUM FORCED TO WAIT FOR KICK.Byline: Walter Hammerwold Staff Writer PASADENA - Two timeouts gave Texas kicker Dusty Mangum Dustin Ross Mangum is a former placekicker for the University of Texas at Austin's college football team (The Texas Longhorns) from 2001 to 2004. Mangum, who began his college football career as a walk-on, is best known for capping UT's 2004-2005 season with a 37-yard game-winning plenty of time to think as he prepared for the biggest kick of his career, a 37-yarder as time expired Saturday to give Texas a 38-37 Rose Bowl victory over Michigan. The senior, a walk-on four years ago, said he spent one timeout singing the Hoobastank song ``Just One'' in his head and the other reliving his favorite moments of his college career. The biggest career moment might be a memory only if Mangum sees a replay. The kicker said his mind went blank during the play. ``I just remember flashes here and there,'' Mangum said. ``I turned to the sideline, all my teammates were cheering, then the confetti came pouring down. It's really the best feeling of my life.'' Mangum has been a kicker since eighth grade. He said his parents wouldn't allow him in high school to play receiver, the position he coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. , because they feared he would injure his leg. --Bad Benson: Texas running back Cedric Benson's performance Saturday was his worst of the season. The Doak Walker Ewell Doalk Walker, Jr. (January 1 1927 – September 27 1998) was an American football player. He was born in Dallas, Texas and attended Highland Park High School in Dallas where he was a multi-sport athlete. winner didn't mind being held to 75 yards on 23 carries in the Rose Bowl, his final game in burnt orange and white. ``I didn't do it on the ground, but we did it on someone else's legs,'' he said. ``We won, and that's all anyone's going to remember.'' Michigan's front seven loaded up the middle of the field and gave Benson few holes to run through. The focus the Wolverines paid to Benson allowed Young to run free on scrambles, delays and near the sidelines. ``They stabbed themselves in the foot trying to stop the run, and Vince exploited it with his passing or his running,'' Benson said. ``I knew he'd do this, too. Any time a team sets out to stop me, he makes them pay.'' --Ouch: Benson tweaked See tweak. his knee on his first run of the game when his leg bent awkwardly on a cutback cut·back n. 1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" New York Times. 2. . He left the game for one play and showed no ill effects from it. ``It only hurt for a moment,'' said Benson, who limped off the field with trainers at his side. ``I was just a little too excited. My eyes saw something happening, and my eyes started moving before my body was set.'' --Double honors: The Rose Bowl separated its Player of the Game honors this year. Young won the Offensive Player of the Game award. Michigan's LaMarr Woodley LaMarr Dewayne Woodley (born on November 3, 1984 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American football linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played collegiately for the University of Michigan. won the Defensive Player of the Game award. LaMarr said the honor did little to mask his disappointment over the loss. ``You're going to be disappointed when you lose,'' Woodley said. ``You look back at mistakes that you know you shouldn't have had, and that's disappointing. I am just mad because I wasn't able to send the seniors out on a good note.'' -- Young's five touchdowns (one passing, four rushing) equaled the record set by Neil Snow Neil Snow (born November 10, 1879) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960. of Michigan's five in the 1902 Rose Bowl. ... This was the third Rose Bowl in which Michigan's Lloyd Carr Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. To date, Carr has a record of 119-38. Under Carr, the Wolverines have won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004), and his 1997 squad was was a head coach. The other two each had national-title implications. Carr's 1997 Wolverines won a share of the national title with a 21-16 victory over Washington State. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. won a share of the national title in last year's game, which Michigan lost 28-14. Walter Hammerwold, (626) 962-8811 walter.hammerwold(at)sgvn.com |
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