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8 • Tha Red and Black • Thursday, August 9, 1990
SPORTS
FANFARE
Nabisco Brands Is Introducing a smaller version of the popular
Chips Ahoyl cookie. Their spokesman: 5-foot-5 1/2 Spud Webb
of the Altanta Hawks, who will be seen In TV commercials
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Start dreamin’ of titles and sugar canes on Bourbon St.
With finals in sight and the Braves en-
route to one of their patented cellar-
dwelling finishes, it’s time to get ready for
some football. (When you say this, you
gotta say it like you mean it. As in, HEY!
LETS PLAY SOME FOOTBALL!)
For some reason I have been most anx
ious for this football season to get under
way. Perhaps if I had taken a vacation
this summer instead of stressing through
a long hot quarter in school, I wouldn’t be
so ready for it to start so quickly. But the
real reason, I suspect, is that I’ve been
spoiled by the successes of the basketball
and baseball teams, and now I’m ready to
make it a complete year with a successful
football campaign.
That is, I realize, a tall order Most
folks rate the Dogs about fourth in the
SEC. If you listen to Larry Munson’s
“Sports Talk" on WSB radio, you know
that Larry would be overjoyed with a 7-4
season. After last season’s dismal 6-6
finish, Head Coach Ray Goff probably
wouldn’t argue with that number either.
David
Pace
True, Georgia has a murderous schedule.
But this is pre-season. And much like
spring training in baseball, every team is
in first place, and visions of sugar canes
dance in our heads.
Just how tough is this schedule
anyway? First up, we’ve got to play LSU
on the road. Tiger Stadium, otherwise
known ns “Death Valley”, is not a friendly
place for visitors, but LSU’s going to be
rebuilding this season. More so than the
Dogs. In a game which could set the tone
for the entire season, it comes down to a
must-win for Georgia. In fact, you might
as well say that every game is a must-win
situation for the Dogs. Georgia is young
and full of potential, but potential doesn’t
win ballgames. Expect some freshman
mistakes along the way, but I see the
Dogs improving each week.
After LSU, the Dogs have three en
gagements Between the Hedges with
Southern Mississippi, Alabama and East
Carolina. Granted there are some games
here the Dogs should and will win. But
Alabama is loaded under new Head
Coach Gene Stallings, and has the poten
tial to make the Dogs look very bad. Well
probably find out just how good our de
fense is when the Crimson Tide rolls into
Athens.
There won’t be time to eryoy the home
cooking though ns Georgia will finally get
a chance at revenge when it visits an
other “Death Valley” in Clemson. The Ti
gers have a new head coach also in
Arkansas-ex Ken Hatfield and it will be
interesting to see how the Clemson
players perform for him. The Tigers have
beat the Dogs in the last two previous
meetings.
Then it’s Ole Miss and Vandy at home,
before taking to the road to plav Ken
tucky, Florida and Auburn. Well finish
up the 1990 campaign with Georgia Tech
Between the Hedges. Looks pretty easy,
huh?
Really though, barring injuries to the
starters and with a few breaks along the
way, the Dogs could contend for the SEC
Championship. I can see heads shaking
in disbelief, but take a look at the
schedule. If Georgia wins the games it’s
supposed to and steals one from Alabama,
the Auburn game at Jordan-Hare Sta
dium will be for the Sugar Bowl.
Of course beating Auburn's a different
story. But you heard it first right here. I
predict the Dogs will do no worse than 8-
3, and with a few minor miracles along
the way... who knows? The beauty of
playing a tougher schedule is that it
makes you a tougher team. At least that’s
what me and rabid “Dawg fans” around
Barring injuries to the
starters and with a few
breaks along the way, the
Dogs could contend for the
SEC Championship.
the state are hoping for.
I just love pre-season. Please don’t
wake me up just yet, I want to dream
about sugar canes on Bourbon Street just
a bit longer.
David ",Sgt. Dawg" Pace is still dreaming
at his desk. We’re about to pour a bucket of
cold water on him and tell him to get his
butt to Baton Rouge to cover the LSU
game.
New popular sport at University comes from an old source
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
Monday, August 6: Toli bacame
the University’s newest student or
ganization and intramural sport.
What? Never heard of it you say?
Toli, a distant cousin of lacrosse,
^redates football, soccer, and other
leld sports played in America.
“It’s a game which, in the past,
was played by nearly all South
eastern Indians," said Greg Keyes,
founder of the Flying Rat Toli
Club. ‘Today , it’s still played by
the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and
others in Oklahoma.”
A little over a year ago, Keyes
started getting some friends to
gether to play this ancient game
because it’s unusual, he said.
“I thought it was a good game
and I wanted to get people to play,”
he said.
Keyes’ group has helped toli be
come an official club sport of the
University. The actual game of toli
is much like lacrosse in that it in
volves using raquets to move a ball
around the field towards goals. The
only equipment used is two small
raquets hand made from hickory
and a ball of woven leather about
the size of a golf ball. Similar to la
crosse, the game is rough and ag
gressive, dirty and sweaty.
‘There are very few rules gov
erning what you can and can’t do to
the person with the ball...Ball con
trol isn’t a factor. There’s a lot of
chaos involved,” said Keyes.
“It’s like tackle lacrosse,’’said
Jessica French, fellow toli addict.
The club is looking for people to
play and anyone is welcome to join
them.
“ We’re looking for anybody that
wants to play. Male, female, athe-
letic, nonathletic — everyone can
do something,’’said Keyes.
Upcoming events for the club in
clude travelling to Mississippi to
play the Choctaw Indian world
champs of toli on August 25. The
club also hopes to field some teams
for intramural play in the fall.
“We’re trying to get a big enough
group to play here so we don’t have
to drive to Mississippi to find
teams to play,’’Keyes said.
If you are interested in playing,
the club meets around 5:15 at the
intramural fields on South
Campus Monday through
Thursday, or you can call 788-3694
for more information.
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