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8 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, October 3, 1990
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Dogs have insight to tackle Tigers
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
Second in a series on how to beat
Clemson.
If Georgia coach Ray GofT is
wondering how he can best at
tack the Clemson Tigers, he
should probably talk to the two
teams that know best.
On Septembei 8, Li.j Virginia
Cavaliers manhandled the Tigers
20-7 and the following week,
Clemson barely escaped with a
18-17 victory at Maryland. Both
teams attacked the Tigers’ im
pressive defensive similarly,
according to Terrapin offensive
coordinator Tony Whittlesey.
“We looked at the films of the
Virginia game and found that
Clemson may be vulnerable
against the pass,” Whittlesey
said. “We both had a very diffi
cult time gaining anything
against them on the ground.”
Maryland gained only 46 yards
on the ground, but threw, threw,
and threw some more. When the
dust settled, the Terrapins had
put the ball up 43 times and com
pleted 18 for 266 yards, but was
picked off three times. The Cava
liers, with their talented quar
terback Shawn Moore, faired
much better gaining 213 yards on
the ground and another 145 in
the air. However, Moore’s
passing prowess and scrambling
feet loosened up the Tiger de
fense — a luxury GofT doesn’t
have with the sloth-like tandem
of quarterbacks Preston Jones
and Greg Talley.
Whittlesey said that the
strength of the Tiger run defense
is their deep and talented line
backer corps.
“Clemson has definitely got the
best set of inside and outside
linebackers we will see this
season,” Whittlesey said.
Goff doubts that the there is
not a defense as good as Clem-
son’s in college football.
“I don’t think there is a better
defense in the country,” Goff
said. Clemson’s main men are in
side linebackers Ed McDaniel
and Doug Brewster, who are the
second and third leading tacklers
on the team. The duo have com
bined for 72 tackles (six for losses
totaling -37 yards), one sack and
have caused two fumbles.
The outside linebackers are
John Johnson (13 tackles and
four QB “hurries”) and Levon
Kirkland (19 tackles, three for
losses, and three QB “hurries”).
All four of the backers are re
turning starters and helped the
Clemson defense give up only 3 /r
total yards on the ground.
So how do you peneliate the
Great Wall of Clemson?
“We knew that we were going
to have a tough time running the
ball on the Tigers, so we decided
to hit them the same way Vir
ginia did," Whittlesey said. “We
used bootleg passes and deep
routes on them and it worked. We
passed until we eventually wore
them out.”
This is an area that Georgia
can try to exploit. If the offensive
line can keep Clemson’s powerful
front seven at bay, Jones and
Talley could hook up with wide
receivers Kevin Maxwell, Andre
Hastings, Damon Evans and
Sean Hummings and tight end
Shannon Mitchell.
Georgia hasn’t thrown deep
often and the quarterbacks
haven’t shown the prowess for
the naked b<x>tleg, however, the
Bulldogs have the necessary
weapondry to send the Tigers
reeling. The question is whether
or not they are willing to use it.
Georgia’s starting tailback
Ware developing as a rusher
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By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
Most football-loving youngsters
idolize NFL superstars and college
standouts. As a kid growing up in
Montgomery, Ala., however,
Georgia tailback Larry Ware ad
mired his two older brothers,
Melvin and Tyrone.
“I used to go to their high school
games,” Ware said. “I looked at
them and got my mind set.”
This has worked wonders for
Ware, now Georgia’s starting tail
back. In his last three games, Ware
Ware was not always
the great runner he is
today.
rushed for 248 yards and three
touchdowns, including a 106-yard
performance against East Carolina
last Saturday.
“Larry’s been doing a good job,”
Georgia coach Ray Goff said.
“We’re confident that hell continue
to get better.”
But, Ware wasn’t always the
great runner that he is today. Back
in his neighborhood league in
Montgomery, Wore was thrust into
the role of an offensive lineman.
“I was bigger than everyone else,
but things have changed,” Ware
said, referring to his lack of mass
in relation to his gridiron peers.
Playing behind the likes of Tim
Worley, Keith Henderson and
Rodney Hampton early in his col
lege career, Ware was definitely in
troduced to some very sizable
backs. But the 5-9, 180 pound
Ware wasn’t discouraged, as he
viewed his situation as an educa
tional experience.
“I learned a lot from those guys,”
he said.
Running back coach Willie Mc
Clendon concurs.
“He learned he had to be Larry
Ware,” McClendon said. “They
(Worley, Henderson, Hampton)
w. e bigger and stronger. They
Larry Ware: The Bulldogs number one tailback has
learned a lot from his three years here and it shows.
were power-slashers.
“Larry’s got a lot of quickness.
He keeps his shoulders parallel to
the line of scrimmage and antic
ipates the holes.”
His ability to find the holes en
abled the Bulldog tailback to finish
second behind Hampton in rushing
last year.
“My ability to see holes and read
defenses are my strengths,” Ware
said.
Coming out of high school, Ware
received such honors and accolades
as The Birmingham News 1986
Player-of-the-Year, Alabama
Sports Writers’ Mr. Football in
1986 and Honorable Mention All -
America by USA Today. With these
awards, Ware was heavily re
cruited by Alabama, Auburn and
Georgia.
Ware eliminated Alabama due
to their desire to play him at de
fensive back and finally chose
Georgia after deciding which
school offered him the greatest ad
vantages.
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