News Nuggets, 09.07.04
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Storm-related tragedy slams Bowden family

QUINCY, FL — A grandson and a former son-in-law of Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden were killed when their car was hit a by a utility truck that was helping to restore power outages caused by Hurricane Frances.

John Allen Madden, a 45-year-old former Florida State lineman who played under Bowden, and his 15-year-old son, Bowden Madden, were killed instantly Sunday when the passenger side of their car hit the front of the truck, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Robert Mills said Monday.

Mills said the Bowden family had been informed of the deaths.

The driver of the truck, Danny Headley, was not injured.

Moments before the collision on rain-slicked Interstate 10, the Maddens' car bumped a van as the two were traveling side by side, causing both vehicles to cross over the highway median and the van to end up in the woods.

The two passengers in the van — Larry Maines and his wife, Margaret — had minor injuries but did not need to be hospitalized.

John Madden and Bowden's daughter Ginger divorced in January after 22 years of marriage.

There was no immediate comment on the accident from Florida State. The Seminoles are scheduled to open their season Friday at Miami in a game that was postponed from Monday by the hurricane.

Army AD Greenspan enlists with Hoosiers

BLOOMINGTON, IN — Army's Rick Greenspan was hired as Indiana's athletic director last week, the school's fourth AD in a little more than three years.

Greenspan, the athletic director at Army since 1999, signed a five-year contract at $275,000 a year, plus deferred compensation of $30,000 for each of the five years. He joins a school whose athletic department faces a $2 million deficit.

Indiana president Adam Herbert called Greenspan "a consummate professional — a successful, experienced athletics administrator of unquestioned integrity who embraces the values of this great institution."

In May, Herbert announced that Terry Clapacs would return to his primary job as the school's vice president for administration. Clapacs was named interim athletic director in November 2002 when Michael McNeely resigned after 16 months on the job. Clapacs continued to do double duty after interim president Gerald Bepko gave him the job for an additional year in April 2003.

At Army, Greenspan upgraded facilities and signed a radio deal that expanded the academy's reach into the New York City market. He was Illinois State's athletic director from 1993-99.

C-USA standings, scoreboard & schedule

(Through games of Sept. 5)

Conference Overall
                  W L Pct. W L  Pct.
Louisville        0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
Memphis           0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
Texas Christian   0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
UAB               0 0 .000 1 0 1.000
Army              0 0 .000 0 0  .000
Southern Miss     0 0 .000 0 0  .000
South Florida     0 0 .000 0 0  .000
Cincinnati        0 0 .000 0 1  .000
East Carolina     0 0 .000 0 1  .000
Houston           0 0 .000 0 1  .000
Tulane            0 0 .000 0 1  .000

THURSDAY
Texas Christian 48, Northwestern 45

SATURDAY
Mississippi State 28, Tulane 7
Memphis 20, Mississippi 13
UAB 56, Baylor 14
Ohio State 27, Cincinnati 6
West Virginia 56, East Carolina 23

SUNDAY
Louisville 28, Kentucky 0
Rice 10, Houston 7

MONDAY
Pittsburgh at South Florida, 4:30 PM*
* Rescheduled for Dec. 3-4 because of Hurricane Frances.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 11
Louisville at Army, 1:00 PM
Southern Miss at Nebraska, 12:00 PM
Florida A&M at Tulane, 6:00 PM
Houston at Oklahoma, 6:00PM
Southern Methodist at Texas Christian, 6:30PM
Tennessee Tech at South Florida, 7:00 PM
Chattanooga at Memphis, 7:00 PM
Wake Forest at East Carolina, 7:00 PM
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati, 7:00 PM

Associated Press college football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs
 1. Southern Cal (51) 1-0 1,609 1
 2. Oklahoma (10) 1-0 1,548 2
 3. Georgia (4) 1-0 1,481 3
 4. Florida St. 0-0 1,326 5
 5. Miami 0-0 1,306 6
 6. LSU 1-0 1,292 4
 7. Texas 1-0 1,276 7
 8. Michigan 1-0 1,260 8
 9. Ohio St. 1-0 1,012 9
10. West Virginia 1-0 987 10
11. Florida 0-0 840 11
12. California 1-0 839 13
13. Kansas St. 1-0 732 12
14. Tennessee 0-0 662 14
15. Virginia 1-0 642 16
16. Iowa 1-0 578 19
17. Utah 1-0 570 20
18. Auburn 1-0 552 17
19. Missouri 1-0 535 18
20. Clemson 1-0 490 15
21. Wisconsin 1-0 346 21
22. Minnesota 1-0 259 25
23. Maryland 1-0 195 22
24. Oregon 0-0 181 23
25. Purdue 0-0 131 24

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 92, Louisville 89, Memphis 80, Boise St. 60, N.C. State 49, Oregon St. 34, Oklahoma St. 16, TCU 14, Washington St. 11, Alabama 9, Penn St. 7, Arkansas 3, Southern Miss. 3, Boston College 2, Fresno St. 2, Mississippi 2, Rutgers 1, Stanford 1, Virginia Tech 1.

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