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Dogs must mix it up to win
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
An analyaia
Fresh off the Dogs' most impres
sive offensive performance of the
season, Georgia offensive coordi
nator George Haffner hopes that
his team can continue the trend on
the road Saturday against Ken
tucky (8 p.m.).
“We showed a little spark that
we hadn’t had for the last few
weeks,” Haffner said.
That spark was delivered by
freshman quarterback Joe Dupree.
Playing in his first college game,
Dupree passed for 83 yards and a
touchdown and rushed for 38 more
and another touchdown. The
Georgia coaching staff decided late
Friday Dupree would play in the
ballgame and informed the ner
vous Dupree later.
“Coach (Ray) Goff told me that 1
would play in the second quarter
but I had no idea that I would be
back in the game in the fourth,”
Dupree said.
The biggest facet of Georgia’s
victory was the play of the entire
football team — not just Dupree.
The Bulldogs must concentrate on
two things in order to defeat Ken
tucky and have a chance to defeat
Florida, Auburn, and Georgia
Tech.
1. Do not start Joe Dupree —
Yet.
Remember Georgia’s starting
quarterback Greg Talley? Well, he
nad a pretty respectable game —17
attempts, nine completions for 133
yards and no interceptions. Talley
quarterbacked seven series and
Georgia scored two touchdowns, e
field goal, and missed two field
goals.
The Bulldogs still need to use
the steady hand and experience of
Talley. Talley is not flashy, but he
will not make mistakes — an im
portant asset in an already young
and inexperienced offense. Dupree
needs to be brought around slowly
and not thrust into the fire. With
the proper rotation, Dupree can
produce and learn about the game
and be ready to take a bigger step
next season.
However, the things Talley can’t
do Dupree can. Dupree can throw
deep and has quicker fqet than
Talley. With these two quar
terbacks of radically different
styles, it gives an opponent,
No more bricks; just footballs
Curry settles in as UK head coach
Dupree’s splash no surprise
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
Diamond Dogs split
with Middle Georgia
By PHILLIP RAMATI
Sports Writer
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
Following a tumultuous three-
C head coaching stint at Ala
ck, Bill Curry sought the peace
and quiet of an old Kentucky home
in the Bluegrass State.
In accepting the head coaching
job at Kentucky, Curry escaped the
wrath of demanding Crimson Tide
alumni and fans. This Saturday,
Curry will pit his Wildcats (2-4,1-2
SEC) against Georgia (4-3, 2-2
SEC) in a conference match-up.
In 1986, Curry took over the
reigns at Alabama where he en
joyed the most successful three-
year coaching stint (26*10) since
the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant’s
final three years (27-8-3).
Outside pressures
Despite this success with Ala
bama, Curry encountered hostile
feelings in Tuscaloosa due to his
prior connections with Georgia
Tech, where Curry coached prior to
taking the ’Bama job.
“A lot of people remembered how
intense the rivalry (Alabama vs.
Ga. Tech) was,” said Pat
Whetstone, Director of Alumni
Funds at Alabama. “The imme
diate response was the feeling that
someone from the enemy camp had
been brought in."
At times, those feelings got a
little out of hand.
Following a homecoming loss
against Ole Miss in 1987, a brick
was hurled through Curry’s
window.
In Curry’s final year with the
Tide, Alabama went 10-2, won the
SEC crown and earned the right to
play in the Sugar Bowl. But in
stead of seeking a 1990 title de
fense, Curry left town.
“I think the problem that caused
him to leave was that they couldn't
negotiate his contract," Whetstone
said.
“It was a level of acceptance
problem,” said Steve Sloan, the
athletic director at Alabama
during Curry’s career. “He re
signed to take the Kentucky job.”
Different alumni at UK
Whetstone admitted that Curry
had his differences with some indi
viduals, but that in other circles he
was well-liked.
File
Bill Curry: Disappointed
with Wildcats in 1990.
“He had people he didn't get
along with,” Whetstone said. “Most
of the alumni liked the guy.”
Curry said he had no problems
with the Alabama alumni, but that
there was a slight difference at
Kentucky.
“Alumni have different means of
expression, but there’s no differ
ence in the pressure,” he said. “I
apply the pressure.”
"The alumni at Alabama expect
championship performances right
away because that’s what they’re
used to,” he said. “The alumni here
(at Kentucky) expect
championship performances, but
not right away.
The alumni at Alabama
expect championship
performances right
away because that’s
what they’re used to.
The alumni here (at
Kentucky) expect
championship
performances, but not
right away.
— Bill Curry
head coach
Disappointed with season
As for his views on his Wildcats’
performance this season, Curry is
disappointed.
“I don’t think we’ve done well at
all," Curry said. “We have not
played a whole game the way we
should.”
Curry, whose father was born in
a house where Stegeman Hall now
stands, is very impressed with the
Bulldogs’ depth.
“Georgia is loaded with talent,"
he said. ‘They've got great running
backs and great wide receivers.”
Curry was an assistant coach for
his alma mater, Georgia Tech, in
1976 and then from 1977-79 for the
Green Bay Packers, where Curry
played center during the Vince
Lombardi era.
Championship goals
His heud coaching career began
in 1980 when he returned to At
lanta to head the Yellow Jackets.
He compiled an overall record of
30-43-4 at Tech, including a 9-2-1
record in 1985 and a trip to the All-
American Bowl. He won the ACC
Coach-of-the-Year Award in 1985
as well.
Upon receiving the Kentucky
coacning job Curry said, “I told our
squad I’m interested in a
championship performance,
championship people,
championship academics, and
championship football. I’m not in
terested in anything less than
that.”
of three passes for 83 yards and a
touchdown that put the game out
of reach. He also displayed his
mobility as he scrambled for 38
yards on seven attempts.
“I think one way to judge a new
college quarterback is the way he
handles the snap from center,”
Hatcher said. “He didn’t have
any problems.”
Dupree said he was a little un
easy when he entered the game,
but soon calmed down.
“I was very excited and ner
vous at first,” he said. "Everyone
told me to relax and take con
trol.”
Take control he did.
On his first play from scrim
mage, Dupree pitched out to
fellow freshman Garrison Hearst
who rambled down the sideline
Andre Hastings: Speedster hauls in a catch during
Saturday's 39-28 shootout win over Vanderbilt.
according to Andre Hastings and
Garrison Hearst, something else to
worry about, thus making things
easier for the rest of the Bulldog of
fense.
‘The defense becomes very wor
ried when Joe comes in the game,”
Hastings said. “Most teams don’t
concentrate too much on Greg run
ning the ball, but Joe can run and
it forces them to make quick ad
justments.”
Said Hearst, “When Joe comes
in the game, it throws the whole
defense off-balance because they
have been concentrating and get
ting use to Greg and with Joe we
show them something completely
different."
When your team is young and
struggling, the key is keeping the
other team guessing and off-bal
ance and that’s what a proper rota
tion of Talley and Dupree can do
for the Dogs.
2. Keep using all of the mem
bers of the Bulldog offense
The Georgia coaching staff real
ized that they can use several
weapons at their disposal instead
of just relying on their main six-
shooter Garrison Hearst.
In the rushing department,
Hearst gained 127 yards and two
touchdowns on 22 carries. Larry
Ware gained 102 yards and a
touchdown on 10 carries, and Al-
phpnso Ellis gained 34 yards on
four carries. Even a Georgia quar
terback (Dupree) rushed for posi
tive yardage. Instead of just
pitching it to Hearst time afler
time, the Bulldogs used all of their
runners and meshed their different
styles to an advantage.
On the passing side, several
players got into the act. Kevin
Maxwell caught three passes for 43
yards. Tight ends Chris Broom and
Colin Brandon both saw passes
come their way along with Has
tings.
When Georgia quarterback Joe
Dupree graduated from South
west Macon High School last
June, it marked the end of one of
the most prominent gridiron ca
reers in South Georgia high
school history.
In high school, Dupree led his
team to what SW Macon coach
Edgar Hatcher referred to as the
“city championship” as Macon de
feated arch-rival Central High.
Hatcher recalled that one of
the biggest plays of the game in
volved his highly touted quar
terback. Dupree kept an
improbable drive alive when on a
fourth-and-25 situation, he
dropped back to pass, changed
his mind, and proceeded to sprint
26 yards for the first down.
“He’s very good,” Hatcher said.
“He’s intelligent, he’s got good
speed and he’s got great vision.”
These qualities enabled Du
pree to pass for 3,340 yards and
23 touchdowns at Southwest
Macon High, including 1,489 ae
rial yards during his senior
season. His mobility led to an
1,809-yard rushing career which
carried him to the end zone on 22
separate occasions.
Coming out of high school, Du
pree was named the seventh-best
quarterback in the country by
Superprep and listed as the 15th
best prospect in the state by The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Constitution also named Du-
Pree to the AAAA All-State team.
He was also invited to the
Georgia-Florida and North-South
all-star games.
“He’s a hai-d worker. He’s the
first on the practice field and the
last to leave,” Hatcher said.“He’s
a nice guy and we’re proud for
him.”
Dupree made his college debut
Saturday in Georgia’s victory
over Vanderbilt, completing two
Joe Dupree: Freshman quarterback showed the
Commodores his running and throwing abilities.
for a 33-yard touchdown. Later in
the game, Dupree connected with
another frosh, Andre Hostings,
for a 68-yard touchdown bomb.
“I felt good (about the bomb)
because he (Hastings) told me all
day long that he could get on top
of the safety,” Dupree said.
The freshman connection put
the game out of reach of the Com
modores as it made the score 39-
28 with 7:06 left in the contest.
Dupree’s performance did not
go unnoticed by Georgia’s next
opponents, the Kentucky Wild
cats.
"He’s a real talent. He’s not a
typical freshman,” Kentucky
coach Bill Currv said. “What
makes him more dangerous is the
speed of Andre Hastings who can
get on top of you.”
Dogs’ first Heisman winner dies
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Editor
Frank Sinkwich, Georgia’s first Heisman Trophy
winner in 1942, died Monday at his Athens home after
a long illness.
Sinkwich, 70, was regarded as one of Georgia’s and
college football’s all-time greatest football players.
“We’ve lost one of the great legends in college foot
ball history," athletic director Vince Dooley said
Monday. “We all have great pride in his accomplish
ments because he was a Georgia man and made so
many contributions to our program.”
The University’s flag on Herty Drive, as well ns
flags at the Butts-Mehre building were half-mast in
honor of the Georgia great.
As a senior in 1942, Sinkwich, a tailback, won the
Heisman Trophy os he set SEC records in total offense
(2,187 yards) and passing (1,392 yards). He also lend
Georgia to an 11-1 record, an SEC Championship and
a 9-0 Rose Bowl victory over UCLA. In his junior year
in 1941, Sinkwich set an SEC rushing record of 1,103
yards.
Perhaps Sinkwich’s greatest performance came in
the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2, 1942. In leading Georgia
to a 40-26 victory over TCU, Sinkwich gained 139
yards rushing and completed nine of 243 yards and
three touchdowns.
“He was one of the truly great college football
players in America and was a big part of what the
Georgia tradition is all about,” Georgia coach Ray Goff
said Monday. “He was the standard by which all our
running backs have been measured over the years.
Our sympathies go out to his family.”
From 1943-44, Sinkwich was an All-Pro for the De
troit Lions, but a knee injury in 1945 ended his career.
In 1954, Sinkwich was inducted in the National
College Football Hall of Fame.
In his post-foot ball life, Sinkwich lived in Athens
and was a successful private businessman.
Public Funeral Services for Sinkwich will be held
Wednesday Oct. 24 at the First Baptist Church on Pu
laski Street.
The 1990-91 Diamond Dogs
began the defense of their national
title Sunday with an exhibition
double header against Middle
Georgia College. The Dogs won the
first gome in the final inning, 7-6,
but dropped the second one 11-10.
While just an exhibition game,
Dog coach Steve Webber said the
team took the games seriously.
“Anytime you take the field, you
try to win,” said Webber.
The game, the first Dlayed in the
renovated Foley Field, did see
some unusual changes, including
the use of two designated hitters
for both teams.
While the Dogs pitching did not
look as sharp as they hoped, the
team performed well in both
games.
The first game began inauspi-
ciously as Middle Georgia starter
A1 Sadler kept the Dogs without a
hit for the first four innings.
Down 3-0, Georgia shortstop
Blaise Kozeniewski drilled a two-
run homer to right field with one
out in the fourth. Thanks to some
timely hitting and some Middle
Georgia mistakes, the Dogs scored
four runs in the bottom of the sev
enth to win the game. The game
was capped of by Jeff Gray’s game
winning RBI single.
Tracy Wildes, one of five
pitchers used on the day, pitched
the final two innings to pick up the
win in relief.
In the second game, the Dogs
nearly made a second miraculous
comeback. Down 11-3, the Dogs
Tommy Carter: gets wound
up about Dogs’ opener
scratched their way back to 11-10
with two outs in the bottom of the
seventh before Gray grounded out
to the shortstop to end the game.
Among the highlights of the
second game were Kozeniewski’a
second two-run home run of the
day. For the day, Kozeniewski had
three hits, all for extra bases, and
five RBI’s.
“Kozeniewski had a big day for
us, with both his bat and his
glove," Webber said. “It was a posi
tive day for us. We were down in
both games and battled back, and
almost pulled the second game
out.”
AP TOP 25
1 Virginia (45)
7-0
2 Auburn (4)
5-0-1
3 Notre Dame (5)
7-0
4 Nebraska (5)
7-0
5 Illinois
5-1
6 Houston (1)
6-0
7 Washington
6-1
8 Miami, Fla.
4-2
9 BYU
5-1
10 Colorado
6-1-1
11 Tennessee
4-1-2
12 Florida St.
4-2
13 Texas
4-1
14 Florida
6-1
15 Iowa
5-1
16 Georgia Tech
5-0-1
17 Mississippi
6-1
18 Wyoming
8-0
19 Clemson
6-2
20 Michigan
3-3
21 So. Cal.
5-2
22 Oklahoma
5-2
23 Arizona
5-2
24 TCU
5-1
25 Oregon
5-2
Others receiving votes:
Louisville 77, California 62,
Indiana 55, Texas A & M 39,
Michigan St. 33, Penn St. 31,
So. Miss 23, Alabama 13,
Ohio St. 13, S. Carolina 10,
Minnesota 7, Central Michigan 3,
LSU 2, Fresno St. 1
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