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Runager ? competition in the third grade. HE PLAYED football from grade school through high school, but only became a regular punter his senior year. Until then, he was the center for the punter. "I was the only guy who culd really throw the ball between my legs fairly good," he laughed. A walk-on at USC, he was redshirted one year and then stepped in as the varsity punter for four years. After his first year in the pros, Runager said he believes younger teams, such as Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington and Seattle, are much more enthusiastic about playing and more intent on winning big games. "The players are trying to make something of themselves right now, while the other teams have already made it," he said. Besides the degree of enthusiasm differing in professional and college football, Kunager had to adjust to the difference in coaching at USC and Philadelphia. The coaching styles of USC coach Jim Carlen and Philadelphia coach Kick Vermil were "like night and day," according to Kunager. "COACH CARLEN observed," Kunager said. "He mainly let his coaches do the coaching. Coach Carlen is a very calm guy most of the time. He keeps himself under control." "The parallel with Vermil is nonexistent," said Kunager. "He's a college guy, and he's got a lot of hyperness in him. He hollers and : p?j I fresh Bread Ma< Every Day. We Serve Nothir I but i:ne i-resnes Highest Oualit^ Products. HOURS Mavi -TUi i??r IIVIVSI I." I I IMI 4:00 pm-1:00 an Friday 4:00 pm-2:00 an Saturday 11:30am-2:00ai Sunday n.*n am.n.nn fj IttfW MIM I?I.VV I call a m page 12 yells and eusses, so it was quite a change. Kunager also said Vermil is the offensive co-ordinator for the team. "I have all the respect in the world for him. He has a good reason for doing it, because he wins Willi 11. Paradoxically, Kunager believes the styles of coaching displayed by Carlen and Vermil should be switched. "In the professional ranks, it's better to have a calmer coach, like the Tom Landry type of I k the mACKF qi WINTER ( Sfl Ski Cloves All Sweaters Woolrich Wool Shirts Fabino Boots All Thinsulate Ski Parkai 100% Prime Goosedow North Face Bigfoot Slee All Jan Sport Packs UlcJl I IUI IU DIOIIU rcl^KCI CoosedownVest Wool Caps & Scarves Ski Goggles Sierra Club Calendars Woolrich Chamois Shirt ALL RENTAL EQl . CHA ^ 2702 ROS I PRESEIV ? SUI All the ?i II Car? F 1 Piled High a with Hot ca J Only t (Dine in Onl^ !54-8800 f guy," he saicl "but maybe not that quiet! For the college ranks, a lot of times you need a real hyper guy to get on the youngsters." RUNAdER SAII) IhP relationship between coaches and players in the professional ranks is based on mutual respect. "A lot of the coaches aren't as old as some of the players," he said. "You have to have more respect for the coaches and the players because it's'the cream of the crop there in the football ranks." ll 'ACKER uality gear :learance lle 30% Off 20% Off 1 20% Off 10% Off ; 20% off j n Jackets 20% off ?ping Bags 20% off j 25% off Tents 20% off | V / U V# 20% Off 20% Off j 1/2 Off :s 20% off JIPMENT ON SALE iuei ? niEbU ewood Drive ITS NDA' nmi SCLl at nd Steaming Hot rife Bread 1 AQ fc11 ""Hf UuF /) From 5 to 9 or Free. Fa A native of Orangeburg, Kunuger is substitute teaching at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in the off-season and preparing to make a commercial for First National Bank. Kunager said he missed playing college ball this year, mainly because the USC Gamecocks achieved the two goals he missed in college: defeating Clemson and going to a bowl game. He noted that the year he was I ?l Wq ftj ililBlliiiilili 's pi; I I i fc, ^?j | BL :i ?j |? I? c/> to 2 UJ V u CL ROSE USC STADIUM st, Hot Del redshirted, USC boat Clemson and went to the Tangerine Bowl. The year after he graduated, they once again defeated Clemson, won eight games and played in the Hall of Fame Bowl. "1 would have loved to participate with the Gamecocks this vear " ho said Hunager watched his former teammates play twice this season. He saw the Notre Dame game and Missouri in the Hall of Fame Bowl, and he admitted, "it made me kind of homesick." i It ' '1 !11111 I 1111111111 * M!11!!1111!111! I *' 1 * 11iiii1111.11111iiniM111111111111::i!ii1111!111n:j.I I cza i ?ff^j ^ ? ? IB BV : U. w&m m m m | \ POINTS J .OSSOM ST. ft] y- pr* 00 IN WOOD DR. H CHANELO'S )clp PIZZA Mvcr^j *