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8 « The Red and Black » Tuesday. October 2, 1990
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Georgia Junior Bill Barber emerged victorious at the West
Georgia Invitational cross-country meet In Carrollton. Georgia's
Stewart Tanner placed second.
Volleyball Dogs trail LSU
in race for SEC after loss
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
Inconsistency was Georgia’s
biggest enemy Friday as a packed
house watched LSLTs volleyball
team defeat the Dogs 15-13,15-8
and 15-7.
“You play as you practice and
we haven’t been consistent in
practice,” Georgia coach Jim
lams said. ‘The whole team
tightened up on the big points.”
The Bullaogs (12-6, 0-1 in the
SEC) only managed a .136 attack
percentage against LSU’s
blocking game, while the Tigers
hit .264. Julie Stempel contrib
uted five blocks towards LSU’s
total of 12.
‘Tonight was real solid for us,”
LSU coach Scott Luster said. "If
they had been able to hit through
our blocking, we would have been
in trouble.”
However, there were some
bright spots on the Georgia team.
Freshman Lenore Davis tallied
11 kills and Jill Moore made 26
assists and seven blocks.
LSU (9-5,1-0 in the SEC) could
be on track for another possible
conference title. The Tigers won
the conference last year by going
undefeated in SEC play, in
cluding a win over Georgia.
"We played our best match so
far,” Luster said. “We’ve been
good for a game-and-a-half and
then we would get inconsistent.
It was a real solid match for us
because we maintained our con
sistency.”
The Dogs have to find that
same consistency if they want a
shot at the SEC crown.
"We can’t lose another SEC
match if we want to win the
championship," lams said. "We
still don’t know how good we are
because we haven’t played as
well ns we can. We always self-
Jill Moore: She and the
Dogs need consistency.
destruct."
The Oct. 19 LSU-Kentucky
match in Baton Rouge will affect
Georgia’s chances for the confer
ence title. If the third-place Wild
cats (9-3) beat LSU, the Bulldogs
would have to defeat Kentucky
on November 9 to tie LSU for
first, provided both teams win
the rest of their conference
matches.
Georgia will have another
challenge this weekend when
Pittsburgh, Florida, and Duke
come to Athens for the Georgia
Invitational, but lams isn’t going
to change his strategy.
"We don’t need to make drastic
changes,” he said. “We just have
to get consistent."
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By QENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
Editor’s note: How can Georgia
defeat Clemson? This week, sports
writer Gene Williams will focus in
a four-part series on what the Bull
dogs need to do in order to leave
Death Valley with a win. Today, he
looks at the Georgia offensive line.
Georgia cruised to a lackluster
19-15 win over East Carolina Sat
urday, and the most overlooked
unit on the squad will be thrust
into the limelight this Saturday
against the impressive Clemson Ti
gers (4-1).
The Bulldog offensive line, nick
named The Georgia Power Com
pany, suffered a serious power
outage at times laBt season, but
has rebounded in 1990 to put an
added spark in the Bulldog attack.
"We worked all summer to im
prove our play and it is really
paying off for us now,” right tackle
LeMonte Tellis said. “We still need
to improve to be able to beat
Clemson, but our offense is pro
gressing.”
This season, Georgia has given
up only nine sacks in four games.
Five of those sacks came against
Alabama, a team with a strong de
fense similar to Clemson’s, which
has registered 11 sacks in five
games. After four games last year,
the Bulldogs had given up 14 sacks
including three on its ill-fated final
drive in a 24-20 loss to South Caro
lina. This alone has made life much
easier for the quarterbacks,
according to Preston Jones.
‘The guys up front give us great
protection," Jones said. “They nave
worked hard and their work allows
us to establish the running and
passing game.”
The Tigers have been stingy on
Frank Harvey: Leaves a fallen ECU defense behind during Saturday's win.
The Dog offensive line has done the job this year, and is much-improved from 1989.
defense, giving up only 348 yards
on the ground (69.2 per game and
2.07 yards per rush), and 720 yards
in the air with eight interceptions.
The tenacious Tiger defense has
also forced 16 turnovers.
Against East Carolina, the Bull
dogs had their best day offensively.
Georgia gained 391 yards of total
offense with an even passing and
rushing distribution — 193 yards
on the ground and 198 yards in the
air. In order to win, the Bulldogs
must have this type of performance
to keep the Tigers guessing.
Georgia also needs to continue to
successfully execute their third-
down conversions to keep the ball
out of Clemson’s Tiger paws.
Georgia converted on 25 of its 62
third-down conversions after four
games last year. This year, the
Bulldogs have improved to 80 for
64, while Clemson’s opponents
have converted 34.6 percent.
Georgia coach Ray Goff wanted
Dogs realize need for consistency
By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
The pattern is becoming all too
familiar. Georgia falls behind.
Georgia rallies. Georgia wins, but
barely.
"I’d rather come back and win
than be ahead and lose,” Georgia
head coach Ray Goff said after his
Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 in the SEC) held
on to beat East Carolina 19-15 in
Sanford Stadium on Saturday.
But fans, players and coaches
are beginning to wonder how long
Georgia can continue to play catch
up in the fourth quarter. This Sat
urday against the 16th-ranked
Clemson Tigers (4-1) in Death
Valley, the fans, players and
coaches may not have to wonder
anymore.
"We didn’t play with a lot of in
tensity in the first half,” Goff said
of the ECU game. “I’d rather be
able to play four quarters. We can’t
continue to come back all the
time."
Not only will Clemson be up for
the game, but they have the luxury
of playing on their home field in
the first game played between the
rivals since 1987. Clemson took
that game 21-20 on a last-second
field goal by David Treadwell, now
with the Denver Broncos. The
Georgia defense realizes that their
performance against ECU showed
they need improvement.
“Last week was kind of slow,"
linebacker Dewayne Simmons
said. ‘This week means a lot. It’s
Clemson and it will take a lot
better effort because they’re a
really good team. We’re going to
lay it on the line.”
Defensive coordinator Richard
Bell agrees.
“Everybody knows how good the
Tigers are,” Bell said. "It’s going to
be another dog fight for us."
Another concern for Dog fans is
the realization that John “Auto
matic" Kasay is human after all.
The senior kicker missed two field
goal attempts and an extra point
Fans, players and
coaches are beginning
to wonder how long
Georgia can continue
to play catch-up in the
fourth quarter.
Saturday against ECU.
Before the errant kicks, Kasay
had been a perfect seven-for-seven
in field goal attempts this season.
He had a string of 22 successful
extra points dating back to the first
game against Baylor last season.
If Kasay is not necessarily auto
matic, then the offense will be
pressured to produce more points
throughout the game.
Fortunately for the Dogs, the of
fense came through when needed
against ECU.
to make the passing game a focal
point going into the season and he
knew that the pass blocking had to
improve, forcing offensive line
coach Joe Hollis to action.
“Last year was our first year of
doing a lot of pass blocking and it
took us a while to get used to it,"
Tellis said.
Wednesday in The Red and Black:
The best strategic plan for the Dogs
against the Tigers.
Munson
under knife
For the first time in 26 years of
broadcasting Georgia football,
WSB’s Larry Munson will miss
the Dogs’ game against Clemson
Saturday.
Munson, who is tentatively
scheduled to have back surgerv
Tuesday will not be in the b<x)tn
when the Dogs face the Tigers in
Death Valley.
“It’s tough when you lose your
radio guy,” Georgia coach Ray
Goff said after practice Monday.
“I hope that a Georgia guy is op
erating on him.”
A starter for the legend’s slot
has not been announced, but it is
assumed that WSB’s Dave
O’Brien and Loran Smith should
play for the injured Munson.
— From staff reports
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