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Clark Atlanta Univ ersity Panther
February 13,1990
Despite this three-point effort, CAD fell to Tuskegee, 79-76.
Coach'Fall Guy*
Soccer Sets Trend
Editorial
By ANTHONY
GEORGE IH
Staff Writer
Clark Atlanta Univer
sity’s football team won
only three games last year,
and only four in the two
years that Coach William
Spencer was the top guy.
Yet, administration made
Spencer the fall guy as he
was dismissed in December
and later replaced by De
fensive Coordinator Willie
Hunt.
After speaking to many
players, many feel that
Coach Hunter will motivate
them to play to their full
potential. Also, CAU’s
athletic director feels that
Hunter’s philosophy con
cerning education and ath
letics is in accordance to the
standards of CAU.
This year, as I sat and
watched the Panthers play, I
noticed much improvement
from last year’s team. Yet,
there was one thing miss
ing: DEFENSE. In each
game the Panthers played,
they were highly competi
tive the first half, yet after
the halftime pep talk, the
defense stayed in the locker
room as they opponents ran
up the score. Some classic
examples include:
CAU’s defense held
Morris Brown to only 10
rushing yards, and only 13
points in the first half. The
wake-up call did not sound
as the Wolverines churned
up 33 second half points.
CAU loses 49-7.
Homecoming should
always been a festive occa
sion for most teams, with
the exception of the team on
the hill. Yet, facing a highly
talented Albany State team,
the CAU defense was ex
tremely stinging the first
half, turning away many
scoring opportunities by the
Rams. The Panthers trailed
14-0 at halftime. Yet, the
defense must have not been
motivated by Hunter as they
gave up 30 second half
points. CAU fell 44-14.
The last and foremost
classic example of point
will be the game after
homecoming against Ala
bama A&M. Every year,
Alabama makes the Pan
thers seem as though they
were playing the 49ers, but
this year was special. After
giving up three early scores
by the Hornets, the Panther
battled back to only trail 28-
21 at the intermission. Yet,
the defense failed to return
to the playing field as the
Hornets rolled up (get your
calculators out folks) 54
unanswered points as Ala
bama broke several records
The Panther defense causer
the 82-21 loss.
Aggregately, the Pan
thers gave up 379 points or
37.9 points per game. With
that kind of output, what
team can win many games?
I understand that Hunter’s
accolades at Atlanta’s Ful
ton High School were
many, yet, he has not
proven to me that he is a
great motivator of players.
During halftime, a team
discusses what must be
done to improve in the last
half. Yet, the Panthers had a
tendency to play worse.
Truly I cannot say it was
all Hunter’s fault why the
defense performed so
poorly in the second half.
With the players’ pride at
stake, they should have
been able to motivate them
selves. Maybe injuries or
ineligible players were the
cause for such massacres.
Well, hopefully things may
change for the better with an
attitude adjustment, and
maybe, just maybe, we can
win this year’s homecom
ing. We are only playing
Tuskegee
BY PIERCE W. HUFF
Sports Editor
In an effort to show
Clark Atlatna University
the right way to start the
1990s, the CAU Interna
tional Soccer Club won the
Atlanta Soccer League
Championship in a 3-1 de
cision over the Soccer
Dogs. “It was the most
exciting thing since the in-
aguaration of Dr. Cole as
president of Clark Atlanta
University,” said Quinton
Watson, left fullback.
Led by player and
coach Dr. Carlos Handy,
the CAU International Soc
cer Club shocked the At
lanta Soccer League by
posting a record of 12-2-2..
They won the Atlanta Soc
cer League’s champion
ship. However, despite the
success of the CAU Interna
tional Soccer Club over its
past two seasons, it has
played under relative ano
nymity.
“We really didn’t have
any publicity,” said Wat
son. “We didn’t go out on a
publicity spurt. We just told
people about the team. We
went to the administration
and we told them. We’ve
had an article in the Atlanta
Journal and Constitution
before, the uniforms were
the first and biggest step
toward the recognition,
because now people can see
us in our CAU colors.”
Even though the CAU
International Club is deal
ing with the problem of
anonymity, there is one
problem that it hasn’t begun
to solve: lack of support
from the CAU Athletic
Department. The lack of
support from the CAU Ath
letic Department is the main
reason why CAU Interna
tional is a soccer club and
not a soccer team.
“A soccer club operates
differently. A soccer team
will be sponsored by the
athletic department or
school, which in this case is
CAU, and we’re not spon
sored by CAU. So we call
ourselves a soccer club, so
we can have some sort of
charter,” said Watson.
“I just don’t think (the
athletic department) is
ready to recognize the soc
cer team and is ready to
support it financially. It’ll
eventually come with
time.”
Led by co-captains John
Abulu and Akpabio Akpa-
bio, the CAU International
Soccer Club finds itself
fighting not against an op
ponent, but to write a club
constitution for a charter.
“Writing a constitution
is the process of getting
your club chartered. To
become a club you have to
write a constitution in order
to have guidelines to abide
by,” said Watson.
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