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8 » The Red and Black » Wednesday. October 28, 1992
SPORTS
The Georgia Linksters are currently twelfth after the second round
of Jerry Pate Invitational at the Shoal Creek Country Club in
Birmingham, Ala. The Bulldogs are at 918, 51 shots off Oklahoma
State's 861. Marc Spencer is tied for 13th with a 222 total.
Runner, Reid, returns
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
At 5:45 every morning Terry
Reid’s alarm rings. At 5:45 every
morning Terry Reid meets 15 to
20 teammates and his coach, John
Mitchell, and he runs. 5:45! Every
morning!!
“When the alarm goes off at
5:45 you get up and start running,
everyday,* Mitchell said. “He’s no
different than the other kids."
Actually, Reid is different than
the majority of teammates in two
ways. The first thing that sepa
rates him is outstanding natural
ability.
After a blazing start his fresh
man year, Reid was sidelined for
the majority of his second year
with an Achilles tendon injury.
This, his junior year at the
University, the 6-foot, 156-lb. run
ner is quickly regaining his old
form.
“He had a great year his first
ear, but things did not work out
is second year because of an in
jury," Mithcell said. “He’s running
very well again. He is much better
mentally, but he is not there phys
ically yet."
In the first three meets of the
season, Reid placed 3rd, 7th and
35th (out of 335). His best perfor
mance to date has been the
Vanderbilt Invitational, the
team’s most recent contest.
Reid led the Bulldog cross
country team in the eight-ldlome-
ter race finishing second overall
with a time of 25:44. Until the
Vanderbilt meet, Reid had placed
second for the Bulldogs in each
meet.
The second thing that sepa
rates Reid from all of his team
mates, save Ian Campbell, is his
hometown. Reid was recruited
from Dundee, Scotland.
"Coach Mitchell contacted my
coach from Scotland and I thought
it would be a good opportunity, so
I came up here," Reid scud.
Although it seems unlikely to
recruit any athlete from Scotland,
Mithcell insists that it is no dif
ferent then any other recruitment.
"It’s (recruiting) really the
same as a guy from Atlanta or
Detroit. You know a lot about
them because they run well,"
Mitchell said. “It just takes find
ing out about them and then see
ing if they have the desire to come
over."
But Reid seems pleased with
hi 8 choice.
“It’s good weather and I’m
training hard," Reid said. Tm lov
ing if
Cross country running requires
a dedication unknown to most
people. Reid runs about 10 miles a
day, seven days a week, every sea
son of the year.
“At best, it is a very lonely
sport; it takes a different kind of
dedication," Mithcell said. “The
athlete has to be disciplined for
his or herself, not for the coach or
anybody else."
Mitchell is also quick to point
out similarities between his run
ners and the more attention-grab
bing athletes.
“It’s like anything else, in that,
if you have the talent you have to
refine it, and that (the lonely
hours running) is the way they re
fine their talent."
Kicker Todd Peterson: timing and kicking go together.
Tremble gives ’em reasons to tremble
By DAWN M. PRICE
Staff Writer
Intensity.... Aggressiveness.... A few aches and pains.... This is what op
posing running backs and receivers can expect on every down against ju
nior safety Greg Tremble.
Tremble, a transfer from Northeast Oklahoma Junior College, has be
come a vital part of a Georgia secondary that had to replace three starters
due to graduation. He currently ranks second on the team in total tackles
Safety Greg Tremble: second on team with 78 tackles.
with 78, and is tied for first in interceptions with two. Tremble’s aggres
sive style has caught the eye of the SEC and made him the SEC’S Defensive
Player of the Week. Despite the success he’s experienced so far, Tremble
said there was a time when football wasn’t his favorite sport.
“I hated it as a child. We (his first Little League team) were real sorry.
We didn’t win a game the whole year. We scored one touchdown and I
scored the touchdown. I used to tell my mom I wasn’t going back out there,
and she said to stick with it.”
And stick with it he did. Tremble starred at Warner Robins High School,
which earned him a spot on the Georgia-Florida High School All-Star
Game Roster. He was also ranked as the nation’s seventh-best player by
Superprep 100. But, according to Tremble, his experience at Northeast
Oklahoma taught him the most.
“I always feel things happen for a reason," he said. “I think junior col
lege teaches you discipline. The only thing out there we had to concentrate
on was academics and football. We didn’t have a lot of outside disturbances.
I grew up a lot out there. I matured as a person."
Though numerous schools recruited him, Tremble chose Georgia not
only to be closer to Warner Robins, but also because he felt he could help
the team.
“I chose Georgia because I wanted to be home, especially being way out
there at NEO. I wanted to contribute to the football team. I thought that
I could come in right away and play."
Tremble has certainly proven to Georgia coaches that their efforts
weren’t in vain. He also demonstrated his versatility when he was switched
from his normal position at comerback to free safety during fall practice.
Recruiting Coordinator Bob Pittard had high praise for Tremble and
said the Georgia coaching staff has been pleased.
“He’s definitely been one of our steadier players," Pittard said. “You can
count on him to be a tough guy that’s going to play hard when the condi
tions are hard. That’s one of the things I respect about Greg. He really has
done well considering the late change.
“He made a quick change, made quick adjustments, and has done pret
ty well. But he’s a smart football player and that’s what made it easy for
him."
Tremble transferred to Georgia Winter Quarter of last year, and he felt
that that helped to make the adjustment process smoother.
“I’m glad I got here Winter Quarter," he said. “I was able to go through
Spring practice. I think that helped me out a lot, especially in getting to
know the players and them getting to know me."
One can rest assured that Tremble’s teammates, as well as the rest of
the SEC, knows who he is. As he prepares for this week’s showdown
against Florida, Tremble has one basic philosophy about being a leader.
“I try to lead by my actions, not my voice."
Enough said.
Kicking, returning
take perfect timing
By LYA WODRASKA
Staff Writer
No matter how much a team prac
tices or how well team members know
the plays, if the timing isn’t perfect, a
team isn’t going to execute well.
Timing might be one of the reasons
why Georgia's kicking team has had
some rough games this season.
“The kickoff team has to be timed
perfectly with me,” senior kicker Todd
Peterson said. “Looking at the kicking
coverage, a lot depends on that tim
ing. If they’re one step behind or
ahead of me it can throw the whole
thing off.”
“(Timing) is not that big a factor,"
said comerback Chad Wilson. “It can
give you that extra four or five yards,
but it’s hard to get the timing down. I
think we’ve been pretty good about it
this year."
Things have been thrown off a lot
this year. Against both Kentucky and
Vanderbilt, Peterson was forced to
kick the ball short and to one side of
the field because the special teams
were having trouble pinning the kick
returner down. That could happen
again Saturday - Florida’s Harrison
Houston is second in the conference in
kickoff returns averaging 26.3 yards.
Houston is second only to
Vanderbilt’s Tony Jackson, who
burned the Bulldogs on one kick re
turn for a touchdown and had several
other long runs.
“We had to pooch-kick against
Vanderbilt because Jackson ran it
back for so many yards," Georgia
head coach Ray Goff said. “Against
Kentucky we had to pooch-kick be
cause we were kicking into the wind.
I wish we could kick it out of the end
zone every time, but our guy can’t do
that in every instance."
Out of 49 kicks this season,
Peterson has hit the end zone 20
times while 13 others have landed in
side the 10-vard line. However those
kicks have been negated as Georgia
opponents average 19.1 yards a re
turn. Only six times have Georgia op
ponents started inside their own 20.
Three of those six times opponents
started on the 19, twice on the 17 and
once on the 11.
They’ve done the best they can
do," Peterson said. “We’ve just faced
some very good kick return teams."
“(Houston’s) got quick feet," added
Wilson.
“Hell be dangerous when he gets
his hands on the ball,” he said.
With a man like Houston return
ing the ball, Florida’s Fun and Gun of
fense could have great field position to
start from.
“We have to be ready to deal with
it," Peterson said. “The/ve got a lot of
speed and we need to start kicking
deep."
Goff wouldn’t say whether Georgia
would pooch-kick Saturday.
“It’s going to depend on the weath
er and how the game is going," he
said.
Dawgs have scores
to settle with Gators
By J J. COOPER
Staff Writer
For the past two seasons, the
Florida Gators have owned
Georgia in the annual “World’s
Largest Cocktail Party." This year,
the Bulldogs have a few scores to
settle.
In 1990, Florida beat Georgia
38-7; last season, Florida crushed
Georgia 45-13. But it wasn’t just
the score that stuck in Bulldog
players’ minds, it was the way the
Gators won.
“That was the only game last
year that I felt we didn’t have a
chance to win," senior comerback
A1 Jackson said. “The other two
losses I thought we had a chance to
win, but they physically just domi
nated us. They beat us into the
ground."
On a more personal note, after
last year’s game, Florida coach
Steve Spurrier criticized Georgia
coach Ray Goff after the game - as
he insinuated that GoTTb coaching
staff was pot getting the full po
tential out of his players.
For his part, Goff stayed above
the fray. To this day he refuses to
respond. When asked about the
Spurrier comments at his weekly
press conference, he laughed.
“I’ve been waiting for that ques
tion. Probably a lot has been made
about it, but it has been a one-sid
ed conversation." Goff said. “I
haven’t said anything."
But the comments add just a lit
tle more fuel onto the fire of a ri
valry that has gotten even more in
tense.
Since the end of the contest last
year, Georgia players have circled
this year’s game as a key to
Georgia’s SEC Championship
hopeB. Earlier in the season, free
safety Greg Tremble admitted that
the Bulldogs had had trouble stay
ing focused because they were
looking forward to Florida.
There is no doubt that the
Bulldogs are ready.
“Florida has had a lot to do with
it (the two straight losses)," Goff
said. “But I feel better about our
football team this year. This foot
ball team has been through a lot."
The match-up will be a meeting
of two explosive offenses. Florida’s
Fun-and-Gun has ravaged the SEC
for two seasons now. But Georgia’s
balanced attack is now ranked fifth
in the nation in total offense.
Georgia also boasts Heisman can
didate running beck Garrison
Hearst.
If there is one difference be
tween this year and last year for
Florida, it is on the line of scrim
mage, Goff said.
“On defense they have talent,
but they are inexperienced," Goff
said. “They will stay in an eight-
man front, and blitz probably 50
percent of the time."
Last season, Florida’s blitz rav
aged the Bulldog offensive line.
But now last year’s stars Brad
Culpepper, Tony McCoy and
Darren Mickell are all in the NFL.
On the other hand, Florida’s
secondary is even better than last
year with All-American candidates
Will White and Larry Kenne<Jy.
"They are as talented a sec
ondary as we will see all year," Goff
said.
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