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SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1990
'Supercoach’ leads Gators
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
When the Bulldogs challenge the
Gators on Saturday in Jackson
ville, Fla., they'll be tangling with
more than just a 7-1 football team
ranked 20th in the country. They’ll
be facing head coach extraordi
naire, Steve Spurrier.
Spurrier’s arrival in December
of 1989 to the controversy-ridden
Florida football program was
hailed as the one bright spot on the
darkened Sunshine State campus.
The 1966 Heisman Trophy-win
ning quarterback for Florida re
turned to his alma mater bringing
a career coaching record of 55-32-1.
“He’s a brilliant coach," said
John Reaves, the Florida tight end
coach who played under Spurrier
while with the Tampa Bay Bandits
of the United States Football
League. “I’m in the Steve Spurrier
fan club."
And so are thousands of Gator-
lovers everywhere.
“We’re all pleased with where we
are at this season,” said Florida
Athletic Director Bill Amspurger.
“We’re real proud of our kids and
staff."
The goals Spurrier set for the
Gators were lofly, and despite a
tough schedule, he feels that
Florida has met them.
“We set some high goals at the
Steve Spurrier
beginning of the season,” Spurrier
said. “We’re about where we should
be.”
Spurrier represented rejuvena
tion. And coming to a program that
suffered throueh three consecutive
mediocre seasons prior to 1990 (19-
16), rejuvenation was just what the
doctor ordered.
“Interest in Florida football has
to be at an all-time high,” said the
Florida assistant sports informa
tion director Joel Glass. "(Spurrier)
coming back to lead Florida foot
ball into the ‘90s is unbelievable.
He really gave Florida football a
shot in the arm."
Spurrier at Duke
Preceding Spurrier’s reign at
Florida, he held an exceptional
three-year tenure at Duke where
he led the Blue Devils to a 20-13-1
record from 1987-89. During these
years, Duke’s aerial attack aver
aged 300 yards per game and led
the ACC in total offense in each of
the three years.
Duke was 10-23 in the three sea
sons prior to Spurrier’s arrival and
is currently 4-5 minus the coaching
guru.
Anthony Dilweg, now a auar-
terback for the Green Bay Packers,
played under Spurrier at Duke and
was very impressed with his
coaching savvy.
“Coach Spurrier really prepares
a quarterback for playing in the
NFL," he said. ‘The things he tea
ches you are invaluable."
Spurrier in the USFL
From 1983-85, Spurrier coached
professionally for the Tampa Bay
Bandits of the now defunct USFL
where he compiled a record of 35-
19 including two consecutive play
off appearances. In 1984, the Ban
dits became the first pro team to
produce 4,000 yards passing and
two 1,000 yard rushers in the same
season. Reaves was the record set
ting quarterback at that time and
credited Spurrier for giving him
the opportunity to play.
“It was a tremendous experience
playing under him,” Reaves said.
“After sitting on the bench in the
NFL for nine years, it got frus
trating. He gave me a break."
Spurrier and the NCAA
Florida now finds itself in posi
tion to finish in first place in the
SEC for the first time in the
school’s history. However, due to
NCAA sanctions taken against the
university, Florida is ineligible for
the conference crown.
“We didn’t think we’d receive
this type of punishment," Spurrier
said of the ruling. “We were noping
to get the type Clemson got.”
Clemson received a mild slap on
the wrist from the NCAA back in
May of this year for which they
have to report back to the NCAA at
the end of one year’s time with a
general report of its program’s
workings.
Spurrier on Georgia
Spurrier will head into the Gator
Bowl on Saturday with high hopes
and grim determination.
“We should play our best game
or near best game of the year
(against Georgia),” he said.
‘Terminator’ prepared to pound Ky.
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
Victories at Kentucky and Ten
nessee this weekend for the
Georgia volleyball team could
hinge on the play of “The Termi
nator."
Georgia’s Terminator, freshman
hitter Sue Novak, will look to help
improve the Dogs standing in the
SEC this weekend.
“She is the type of player I call
the terminator,” Georgia coach Jim
lams said of Novak (7th in SEC
with 3.65 kills per game). “When
she hits the ball, it will probably
end the point one way or another.”
Clemson coach Linda White,
who watched Novak hnmmer the
Tiger defense for 13 kills Tuesday
night in a 3-0 loss to the Dogs, was
very impressed with Novak’s offen
sive talents.
“She hurt us a lot,” White said.
“She is a very powerful hitter. She
has such a quick arm swing. It’s in
credible.”
Novak made an immediate
name for herself earlier this season
when she became Georgia’s kill
leader with 4.25 per game.
Unfortunately, The Terminator
fought a losing battle with her
bunk bed in the middle of Sep
tember.
“I just kind of dozed off, rolled
over, and fell off,” she said.
The result was a dislocated right
shoulder that forced her out of ac
tion for four matches.
“It was a frustrating time for her
because she started the season real
well then had that accident,” lams
said. “Now, she’s playing as well as
before and possibly has picked up
her game a notch."
“She certainly has the potential
to be a great hitter and to be as
good a hitter as we’ve had at
Georgia,” he said.
Sue Novak
Novak, now second on the team
with 324 kills, is looking stronger
in every match since her return to
action during the LSU game on
Sept. 28.
Her talents aren’t limited to just
hitting. She is also ranked seventh
in the conference averaging 0.48
aces per game.
The freshman’s return couldn’t
have come at a better time.
Georgia (22-9, 4-2), is now third
in the conference and needs to de
feat second-place Kentucky (18-9,
5-1) to tie the Wildcats in the con
ference standings. The Bulldogs
must then win at Tennessee (8-13,
2-4) to hold their standing.
Georgia has appeared to be in
timidated at times this season, but
The Terminator doesn’t think that
will happen this weekend.
“We want to win,” she said. “I
think weYe on a roll now. We’re
playing more as a team and being
more aggressive.”
Bulldogs hoping for
some broken hearts
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
Not many people are giving
Georgia much at a chance to
upset the Florida Gators Sat
urday afternoon in the Gator
Bowl in Jacksonville.
And the Bulldogi are licking
their chops.
“We don’t need any type of
extra motivation to play against
Florida,” coach Ray Goff said.
“We don’t have a chance to win
the conference, but we do have a
chance to break some hearts,*
quarterback Greg Talley said.
The probation-ridden Gators
also don’t have a chance to win
the SEC, but they do have their
best shot to soundly whip
Georgia since 198S when the Ga
tors were ranked number one
coming into Jacksonville.
Georgia won that gams 24-3.
Florida has the best offense
and defense in the SEC and
Georgia has been far from im
press! vs for most of the season.
However, Florida was beaten by
Tennessee 45-3, so there is hope
for the Dogs if they take a page or
two from the Volunteers play-
book.
‘We don’t have a
chance to win the
conference, but we do
have a chance to
break some hearts.’
-Greg Talley
quarterback
Against the Gators, Tennessee
expanded a 7-3 halftime lead and
scored 88 unanswered points.
TTisir first score came when they
ran back the second-half kickoff,
and then stuffed the Gators’ run
ning gams and capitalized on in
terceptions.
Florida coach Steve Spurrier
uaes tailbacks Willie McClendon
and Eric Rhett to eet up the
passing attack of quarterback
Shane Matthews — giving bal-
snos to the offense and making it
tougher for the defense to stop
them. Of Florida’s 602 total offen
sive plays, the Gators have run
tha ball 319 times for 1,337 yards
and passed for 2,150. Also, the
touchdowns have been split —15
Ray Goff
on the ground and 16 through the
air.
The Bulldogs must break their
Mason-long tradition of failing to
score early and often and get on
the board first. By doing this, it
will take the pressure off the de
fense to stop the Gators on every
serieB and also force the Gators
out of their normal offensiv
rhythm.
In Florida’s 48-7 win over Au
burn, the defense also aided the
offensive cause. The Tigers fell
behind early and the Gators took
Auburn completely out of its
game plan by blitzing Tiger qua-
terback Stan White. At the eame
time, the Gators rolled up a
season-high 248 yards on the
ground. Against the Vole, the C,a
tors gained 64.
With immobile Greg Talley
the Bulldogs must not fall behind
for the quick feet of Huey Rich
ardson and Ephesians Bartley
will become Talley-whackerx "
Goffs “change-of-pace guy" Jon
Dupree may play an expanded
role in Saturday’s game if the <
tors' blitz. Dupree’s scramb!
ability may be just the ticke
escape the onslaught
The Gators have allowed oi
19 points in eight games this
season in the first quarter, whilo
putting 83 points on the board in
the second — their most produc
tive quarter. It stands to reason
that if the Bulldogs don’t score
early, they’ll be playing straight
into the Gator game plan.
Tinch in the winning tradition
By BILL SHANKS
Contributing Writer
Every member of the 1990-91
Georgia basketball team will
enter Friday’s 7:30 p.m. exhibi
tion game with Newcastle Aus
tralia with confidence. However,
one member may have just a
little bit more than others.
Reggie Tinch, a junior college
transfer who led Connors (Okla.)
State to the 1990 National Junior
College Championship, is rather
anxious to continue the winning
tradition he has enjoyed ns a
player.
“I’ve been surrounded by good
people in good programs all my
life,” said Tinch, an Albany, Ga.
native, who also starred on the
1988 Westover High School team
that went 27-2. “I’ve wanted to
play at the University of Georgia
since I was a sophomore in high
school, so I’m ready to get going.”
Tinch’s new coaches are just as
anxious to see what impact he
will have on this year’s squad.
“Reggie has a chance to he a
role player which is something
we didn’t have last year,” Georgia
associate coach Tevester An
derson said. “He may have that
unique talent to come in and
change the tempo of the game.
Reggie Tinch: Junior defensive player
His athletic ability is going to get
him some playing time.”
At first glance it’s obvious that
Tinch is, above all else, an ath
lete. His 6-5, 210-pound frame
makes him an intimidating
figure on the court. His tremen
dous athletic ability has made
him a solid defensive player.
“We’re going to give him the
challenge to be our defensive
player, coach Hugh Durham
said. “He’s quick and strong
enough to guard someone 6-2, or
6-8. He’s one of the best athletes
on the squad.”
“Last year we would have to
put in an offensive plnyer to
guard a top scorer," Anderson
said. “Reggie is one of our best
guys at playing the press. We
won’t be afraid to put Reggie in at
that point in a game ”
Tinch believes his two years at
Connors State gives him an ad
vantage over some of the other
players on the team. The oppor
tunity to start as a freshman and
sophomore allowed him to gain
valuable experience he may not
have received at Georgia.
“We have followed him for the
last three years,” Durham said.
“He’s always played with a
winner. Since he’s been able to
ilay about 60 games in college,
ie’s developed quite a bit."
While Tinch continues to try
and improve his offense, he main
tains that he still focuses on de
fense in practice.
“I work on offense as I go
along,” said Tinch, who averaged
14 points last year. “But I try to
stretch my defense as far as I
can."
Occasionally, when watching
Tinch play, one could label the
communications mqjor a “hot
dog." While Tinch doesn’t totally
agree with this, he admits he is
an emotional player.
“I do what it takes to win," he
said. “If people feel that’s being a
hot dog, then that’s fine. Once I
get into the game, my emotion
keeps me from getting tired and
keeps my spirit up.”
Hoop Dogs 2nd in pre-season poll
A.C.C. HOSTS SIC GOLF
The Georgia men’s golf team will
host the Southern Intercollegiate
Fall Classic this weekend at the
Athens Country Club.
Six of the 15 teams playing are
ranked in the latest GolfWeek-
flaylor Made National Collegiate
Poll. Top-ranked Georgia Tech, the
SIC defending team champion,
heads the list followed by No. 8
LSU, while fellow SEC members
Georgia, Florida and Tennessee
are all tied for No. 11. Ohio State is
the only other entrant in the top 25
at No. 16.
Play will begin at the 6,814 yard,
par 72 layout Saturday at 7:30 a m.
The teams will play 27 holes Sat
urday and 27 holes Sunday.
The Bulldogs are going for their
10th championship since the tour
nament began in 1922. Georgia
last won the title in 1987, while
last year the team finished fifth.
Bulldog senior Paul Claxton fin
ished in a three-way tie for first
place with Georgia Tech’s Charlie
Kymer and N.C. State’s Bowen
Sargent in last year’s SICs. This
year, a playoff will be used to deter
mine an individual champion.
Notable winners of the SICs in
clude Chip Beck (Georgia,
1976,77,78), Arnold Palmer (Wake
Forest, 1950), Bob Twav (Okla
homa State, 1979), Hal Sutton
(Centenary, 1980).
PRE-SEASON HOOP POLL
The SEC basketball media pre
dieted Thursday in Birmingham
that Alabama would win the 1991
SEC basketball title. The Tide
gathered 57 of the possible 61 first-
place votes. Georgia was picked to
finish second and received three
first place votes. LSU was Dicked to
finish third, followed by Kentucky,
Miss. State, Tennessee, Auburn,
Vanderbilt, Florida and Ole Miss.
Alabama forward Melvin Cheatum
was also voted for the All-SEC
team. Joining Cheatum on the
team were Miss. State forward
Cameron Bums, LSU center Sha-
auille O’Neil, Tennessee guard
Allan Houston and Georgia guard
Litterial Green.
SPORTS BRIEFS
HOOP HOUND TICKET
SALES
“Hoop Hound* season ticket
sales start on Nov. 12-15 at the
Coliseum ticket office. The $15
charge includes a “Hoop Hound” T-
shirt, and the nine-game package
beginning with the Jan. 2 game
against Kentucky. The regulnr
season tickets for the 1990-91
Georgia basketball season go on
sale Jan. 7 at the ticket office at the
Coliseum. Tickets for individual
games cost $1 at the gate. To
night’s 7:30 p.m. exhibition game
against Newcastle Australia is free
to students, faculty, and staff with
ID.
NEVARES LOSSES
Georgia sophomore Hector Ne-
vares continued his fall season
struggle to find his form Thursday,
losing in the opening round of the
Rolex Southeast Regional Tennis
Championships in Knoxville,
Tenn. The Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
native was defeated by Jimmy
Brooks of Murray State 3-6, 6-4, 6-
2. Georgia junior Jack Frierson ad
vanced into the second round with
a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Todd Smith
of Tennessee. David Wolfs match
with Rob Williams of Middle Ten
nessee State, and Bobby Marien-
check’s match with Frank
Schaffner of Alabamn Birmingham
were both played after pres* time.
RUNNERS IN ACTION
Georgia cross country team
members Keli Bulter, Joanne Bir-
kett and Frida Thordardooir will
all compete in the NCAA Region
Three meet in Greenville, S.C. The
top 10 teams will advance to the
NCAA Championship meet held
Nov. 19 at Knoxville, Tenn.
SWIMMERS FACE VOLS
The Georgia swim team faces
Tennessee in a SEC match Friday
in Knoxville.
EXCHANGE STUDENT
FIFTH IN JUDO
Georgia junior Kees Wurth, an
exchange student from Holland,
finished fifth in the United States
International Invitational Judo
Championships held Nov. 2-3 in
Colorado Springs. The toumnnient
featured ntnletes from 29 different
countries.
FLIPPERS GET WALK-ON
Georgia gymnastics coach Suz
anne Yoculon announced the addi
tion of a new walk-on to the 1990-
91 squad. Junior Christy Bedelle, a
transfer from Konnesaw State Col
lege will join the squad for the up
coming campaign. Yoculan said
that Bodelle, a native of Marietta,
should help the Gym Dogs on the
vault.
POLO PIjVYS CAVS
The Georgia polo teams will take
on Virginia this weekend at the
Mount Vernon Farm Polo and
Equestrian Center. iTlie men’s
team will play at 10 fc.ni. on Sat
urday, while the women will piny
Sunday also at 10 a.m.
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