1981_10 The Daily Collegian October 1981

              Sports
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Bulldog fullback Ted Torosian (32)
races Into open field against Fullerton State last week. CSUF plays
host to Southern Illinois tomorrow
afternoon In Bulldog Stadium.
Mike Penn/Dally Collegian
New look 'Dogs look to snap string
Sometimes football coaches like to
show an opposing team a new look-
one that is different than what is expected.
But the new look CSUF will show
Southern Illinois tomorrow afternoon is
probably not what anyone had in
mind. Kick-off is slated for 1:30at Bulldog Stadium.
Injuries have plagued the Bulldogs
this season and because of those injuries, Fresno has had to make some
major changes in personnel—particularly the defensive front line.
The biggest blow came wher.- defensive end Kevin Jones, a stellar
performer this year, came down with
knee ligament damage In the loss to
California State University, Fullerton
last week. As a result, an almost
entirely revamped front line will stare
across the scrimmage line
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will  start in
in  place of
tackle   Tony
Tony
Linebacker Morris Brawn is	
play   at   the   right   tackle   position.
'Yesterday (Wednesday) In practice,
we lined up four guys on defense who
had never started before,' CSUF head
coach Jim Sweeney said slowly. These
kids are going to have to play up,
play over their heads and do what it
takes to win a ballgame.*
Sweeney said there was no question
the Bulldog team that beat Oregon a
month and a half ago would have few
problems with Southern Illinois. But i
it  is  hard to tell  how the  line will
do because  'they're  not  a  cohesive
defensive unit.'
'They're going to have to play like
hell,'Sweeney said.
Offensively, the Bulldogs will be faced
with the same problem that led to defeat last week In that Fresno will be
lacking great speed in the baddield.
Tailback Steve Woods, who was among
the Pacific Coast Athletic Association
leaders in rushing before the Fuller-
ton State game, is almost certain to
miss action tomorrow.
'Steve has a badly pulled hamstring,' Sweeney said.
Backups Terry Carter and Arlo Gates
will battle for Wood's spot. Preston
Jenkins has been playing in the tailback position off and on this season
since Dan Rainey was lost for the
season, but Sweeney would not comment
on his status in the baddield.
Fullback Ted Torosian has been fighting an ankle injury for several weeks and
seems to be improving. He was not
running extremely hard In the Fuller-
Fresno goes Into the game trying
to fight a four-game losing streak, while
Southern Illinois is riding a .three game
win streak. The Salukis, 3-3 on the year,
beat tough Tulsa 36-34 to start the
streak.
The main thrust of Southern llli-
nois's offense comes from tailback
Walter Poole.  In six games this sta
tions.   Poole  is   averaginj
per carry on the grounds.
They (SIU) are a run-oriented football team. They love to run the ball,*
Sweeney said.
With the exception of last week's
game, CSUF has had relative success in
defensing the run. Fresno is giving up
over 172 yards on the ground.
Passing is not a strong suit for
the Salukis and the Bulldogs have
played the pass well, except in the
drubbing by San Jose State. CSUF is
ranked second in the PCAA in pass de-
Defensively, SIU can be compared to
SJS in that the Salukis show the opposition a variety of looks.
'They are a multiple defensive set
team,* Sweeney said. 'They force the
errors and show you variations in pass
coverage which makes them difficult
toread.'
In no way is Southern Illinois as
strong defensively as the Spartans, so
Fresno could expect to find success.
Fresno did perform better against SJS
than any of San J ose' s opponents.
They were predictable. Hell, most
teams are predictable,* Sweeney said.
'The players and coaches study the
films. It is a matter of the quarterback learning what he sees in the films.'
Jeff Tedford has earned another
start as CSUF's passer but Sweeney
said both Tedford and Sergio Toscano
will see action tomorrow.
'The balls (Tedford) threw in dutch
situations and were dropped would have
been at least adequate,' Sweeney said.
'There was no reason to change quar-
.8  yards   terbacks (last week) and there's no reason to change now."
With the Bulldogs' inexperienced defensive line, the Salukis might have an
advantage. Sweeney said SlU's   off en-
quick, although not very
big.
"They come off the ball as well as
anyone we've played,' Sweeney said.
He compared the line to CSUF's dub
in 1977, small but quick.
Tackle Chris Lockwood towers 6-5 and
tips the scales at 251. But he is the exception. The rest of the line averages just over six feet tall and about
230 pounds. But there are bigger men
on the bench for SIU.
Scott Darrow, CSUF placekicker, is
second in the PCAA in kicking. Darrow has missed only one kick of any
kind this season. He has hit on all 11
of his conversion attempts and is seven-
for-eight on field goal tries. According to
the CSUF Sports Information Office,
Darrow is two-for-two from more than
50 yards out.
Toscano and Tedford are rated two
and three in total offense while
Woods is still second in the PCAA in
rushing. Tedford's passing effidency
rating of 117.6 Is also second in the
conference.
Wide receiver Henry Ellard is second
in all purpose running with a 121
yards per game average. He trails
onlySJS'sCerald Willhite.
Steve Cordle is among a big pack of
defensive backs nation-wide in interceptions. Cordle has picked off four,
three of which came in the opening
win over Oregon.
Speaking of sports
Of winning.._ind fun
WE HAVE A STOtY IN today's sports section that deals with a
migm-y powerful intramural flag football team-a team that prides
itself in being one of the best, one of the top squads around.
It's got fine players and an awesome offensive attack and it seems
like this team won' t settle for anything less than an IM championship.
Well, not that I don't respect this type of team, but I thought
I'd show you that there is another side to the picture. We have
come across an intramural squad that could care less about winning'
and championship status. This team loses wfth regularity and it often
loses badly. It claims that ft is one of the worst teams around
and It* members don't seem to be ashamed by that fact.
Its name is We're Flexible. and It will take an 0-2 record into
its Men's Independent League action this afternoon. If things go
anwaant  to  tradition,   this  motley  bunch  will   be  0-3   by   the   end   of
the day but none the sadder.
"We don't go out there and try to lose. But if we ever won,
it would most likely be an accident," said Wayne Agner, the
team's quarterback who comes completely equipped with bad knees and
an offensive line that leaks worst than a broken levee wall.
We're Flexible, in actuality, competes in three IM sports with
basketball and softball being the other games they make a mockery of.
This is their first season in football but last year We're Flexible
amassed a combined record of 1-14 in the other two sports and
its members quickly point out that the single victory came by way
of forfeit. They're not about to take the blame themselves.
'Sometimes we find ourselves actually getting serious and trying to
win,* says Glenn Haller, a wide receiver on the team. 'But then
we   catch   ourselves   and   go   back   to   doing   what   we're   out   there
Opponents
get rx) mercy
from them
Their name fits and they know it.
As the Intramural football season completes its second week of regular play,
one team— Expect No Mercy —has
completely dominated its opponents and
already looks forward to the playoffs
with less than subdued confidence.
Through a practice game and two season games, Except No Mercy has out-
scored opponents 163-2. Last Monday's
game was a laugher, a 560 mismatch
that featured team members intercepting seven passes, three for touchdowns.
Nearly the same team, playing under
the name Finesse, lost in last year's
championship game, 13-7, in overtime against Sigma Chi.
But a few new faces, including members of last year's Sigma Chi team filling
the quarterback, halfback and end positions, have added depth and a 'potent
offense'to the team.
"We 're cocky this year but we have a
right to be,' says Rob Wainwright, who
has been with the team since it started
in the dorms in 1978. 'We come out to
play.*
'We're merdless—it's a warning—
we're going to score as many times as
we can and stop them from scoring as
many times as we can. We concede nothing,' Wainwright says.
He says the addition of friends from
Sigma Chi has made the team solid, in
depth and offensively, adding that to
their defense, something he calls the
"pride and joy'of the team.
Quarterback Dean Digiacomo and end
Tim Logoluso, both Intramural all-
stars from Sigma Chi's championship
team, give the team a deep pass threat.
Digiacomo sees Expect No Mercy
as a more talented team than his team
'I have to be honest,' he says. 'I
think we have a good chance of winning
it.' Doug White, the original team organizer, is a little more precise on the
team's chances.
He says that with the added'spark'to
the offense, the team has a one but of
two chance for the championship. He
says he expects to meet the Rim Attendants, a team that plays on Thursdays, in the championship game.
Besides athletic talent. White says
the team's success can be traced to
friendships and the experience they've
had in flag football. He sees the experi
ence as the big advantage.
'We're playing teams that don't
know what they're doing,' White says,
explaining that many teams have good
athletes with no knowledge of flag football. 'It'snottackleanymore.*
Digiacomo says one thing different
for him this year could take the fun out
of playing.
This year we're almost expected to
win; the teams are shooting for us.*
He says he expects the defense to continue playing as it has but he says as the
competition gets tougher, the offense
will have a more difficult time running
up such scores as 53-2,54-0 and 560.
Wainwright says he realizes that many
teams might get upset as they run up
the score but that their     "   '
ing is necessary.
To win the championship, we'll
have'to do It. For us, league is practice; the playoff s are what really counts."
Wainwright says the team needs to
practice their plays as much as they can
because intramural games are so short
(they last less than an hour).
Digiacomo says the large margins of
victory can be used as a psychological
edge 'to instill a little fear into other
Doug White remembers when teammate Bill Ivie came up with the team
name,  Expect No Mercy.
*l didn't like it at first, it was toe
cocky," White says. 'But, you know, h
Speaking of sports
for: to have fun.*
YEAH, FUN IS WHAT IT'S All ABOUT,' echoes Agner. 'We don't
pay much attention to the final score. In fact, we consider a dose
score a victory.*
Members of We're Flexible believe that intramural sports should be
geared more towards having a good time.
'Intramural sports should be a fun type of thing,' said Haller.
'It certainly shouldn't be the life or death situation that a lot of
people make out of it. I think many people shy away from intramural sports because of the competitive factor. I'm not putting competitive teams down. I just think there should be spedal leagues for
the more inexperienced people who Just want to have a great
time and not care about how they look.'
And We're Flexible, by no means, cares about how it looks. *We
don't have any set plays and we don't have any practices,* said
Agner. 'We just make things up as we go along. The time we
spend in the huddles is spent with conversation about who's going
to buy the beer after the game. We laugh a lot and others
laugh at us. Officials who aren't working take time out to come
over and watch us.'
In two regular games and one practice contest. We're Flexible
has failed to score more than one touchdown per contest while giving
away points like it was a charitable benefit.
In fact, the team's center Jeff Domingues seems to have a knack at
scoring for the opposing team. He has hiked the ball over Agner's
reach five times and four of them were end zone safeties.
THE MEDIOCRE OFFENSIVE line, combined with Agner's inability to run,
results In the quarterback having to throw from a horizontal posi-
tion most of the time. The pocket Is never a safe place to be. ■    .
But Agner says the receivers compound the problem even further.
'Our receivers haven't learned their routes yet,* he remarked. 'And I
never put the ball right In their hands because they wouldn't know
what to do with it."
The lack of team effidency, however, doesn't bother We're Flexible
and probably never will. Its players just keep taking the field every
Friday afternoon with their only intentions being to have fun. After-
all, isn't that why the call it aCAME?
BUT ONE CSUF TEAM that IS concerned about winning but hasn't been doing
ft is Coach Leilani Overstreet's women's volleyball team.
Before the season got under way, Overstreet said she believed
that this year's team would be one of her moat talented ever
and would challenge for the NorCal conference title. But so far those
predictions haven' t been panning out
In their first three NorCal games, the Bulldog spikers failed to
make It into the win column. First they lost to the University
of -Padfic, which .was almost to be expected, since UOP Is ranked
in the top 10 In the nation. But then the Bulldogs went on to
drop   matches   to   Cal   Berkeley   and   tha   University     '   -   -     —-
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ beat.   Hopefully   things   will
turn around soon for these hard-working and talented girls.
Despite the lade of team success so far, the volleyball team does
have a great deal of individual talent and Overstreet has a novel
method of rewarding that talent.
After each week of play, the coaches evaluate the Individuals'
performances and award a stuffed Bulldog named Spike to the player
who stood out for that week.
The honored player brings Spike to all games and practices and
gives him up to another player the next week. The stuffed mascot was
Inspired by the football team's genuine bulldog, Halftime.
'Spike is really two dogs, though,' says Overstreet 'We have one
that travels with-the girls to and from games and then we have a
'dean'Spike, who just stays put In my office.*
Dan Lyons
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