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Flag Footbal
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It's that time of the year. Again. rule this year:
It's a time when freshmen can make allowed to be in m
every class on time. A time when the
blistering heat begins its vaction. There are son
And it's time for the intramural sports familiar with th
season at USC. might want to knc
FLAG-FOOTBALL takes the spotlight must be within 15
again. Seventy-five teams will grace the "sleeper" j^ays
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Rogers-esque runs and Provence-like sacks. of scrimmage. If;
That is, if all Provence needed to do was directly opposite
yank the quarterback's flag. his initial charge
Don Bowers, heading for his masters in center, but no he
P.E., begins his first year as head of the majority of tli
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Duke's Jones
Sets Record 1
Going into the 1981 football season, Duke senior co-captain t
Cedric Jones already owned the Duke career touchdown
recent ion record with 11 catches. J
? inured it would just be a matter of time before
the AUwiA;.c. Coast Conference career touchdown reception
would belong to Jones as well. But no one expected the mark
to fall in the Blue Devils' first game, since the competitionOhio
State-was so formidable.
Rut Jones Derformed the unexpected last Saturday af
ternoon, hauling in two scoring strikes from Duke quarterback
Ben Bennett. Jones now has 13 career scoring
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(Maryland, 1959-61); Ed Carrington (Virginia, 1964-66);
Dave Sullivan (Virginia, 1970-72); and by active players
Wayne Baumgardner and Kenny Duckett, both of Wake
Forest.
Despite his fine showing against Ohio State, Jones wasn't
ecstatic after the contest since his Blue Devils were on the
short end of a 34-13 decision.
"I WAS PLEASED with most of my play in the Ohio State
game, but there were a few passes I missed that I should
have caught," Jones said. "Sure, it felt great to catch those
two touchdowns, but we lost. I'd much rather won."
Jones, who caught four passes for 56 yards in the first half
against the Buckeyes, including the two scoring passes, was
neia 10 just one reception in tne second nan. ne sees improvement
by the entire Duke squad in the second half as
vital in the Blue Devils' second game of the season, Saturday
night against USC.
"It's really going to be important for us to put together two
good halves of football next week against South Carolina,"
the Weldon, N.C., native said. "We must improve our second
half play in order to be competitive this season."
Ironically, it was a play involving Jones' only catch in the
second half against Ohio State that seemingly turned the
game around.
WITH JUST over two minutes remaining in the third
quarter and Duke trailing by just eight points, 21-13, Bennett
completed a pass to Jones inside the Buckeye 40-yard line.
Jones broke one tackle, eluded another and was then stopped
by a trio of Buckeye defenders. As the play appeared to be
ending, Ohio Sate safety Garcia Lane stole the ball from
Jones. For a few seconds, all the players froze, then Lane
took off running with the football before being tackled. The
officials ruled in favor of the homestanding Buckeyes. Ohio
State had the football, the momentum and for all intents and
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"I thought the play should have been blown dead," Jones
recalled. "I thought my momentum had stopped.
"After I caught the pass, I made a move up field and 1
wrapped both hands around the ball to protect it because I
knew I was going to get hit," Jones explained. "By that time
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three guys had me, mey were driving me uacKwarus anu i
was trying to fall and a guy just came up and took the ball out
of my hands. Everybody was just standing still and
somebody on the sidelines said 'run' and he started running. I
thought it was a terrible call.
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When a brash Californian
named Ben Bennett entered
Dnkp University as n
freshman last year, he set
Atlantic Coast Conference
fans marveling at his
passing ability.
Throughout the league,
Bennett presented himself
as one of the most promising
passers to reach the area by
throwing for more than 2,(XK)
yards. Much ado was made
over Rpnn#?tt's fratlinC Clin
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rapidity, sniper accuracy
and poise under fire.
Now his return has Duke
supporters anxious and his
coaches hopeful.
"The kid a ready has a
tremendous amo.nt of
talent," said Steve Spurrier,
Duke's offensive coordinator
and quarterback coach.
Spurrier himself was a
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raternities, Prozzi said, are t
itrong, and this year should be n<
>igma Alpha is another toughie
mother former champion, shoul
\FRO was rated first last s
preseason poll. KA was picked tY
The Jetsons are a women's
Prozzi feels "is the team to v
Barroom Buddies should also 1
teams in the women's division.
Pete Dumiak and Clint Bower:
top officials for the year last sea
Sigma Alpha Epsilon captu
sports award in the fraterni
recording the highest point tol
tramural sports. Woodrow c
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tackles Duke wide receiver Rc
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It: A Pi
standout at the University of
Florida, breaking into the
lineup as a freshman,
becoming the national
player of the year and taking
the 1966 Heisman Trophy.
"The way he stands in the
pocket with everybody
coming at him and never
cutting his throw? you can't
coach that," Spurrier said of
Bennett, "he has a lot of
guts. He plays with no fear."
Bennett came to Duke with
a regional reputation, so few
North Carolinians knew the
extent of his talent. It
quickly surfaced and he
started the first game at
quarterback
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Ben that usually takes five
years to learn," Spurrier
saici. lie caugru on rigni
away and threw over :J(M)
passes. A lot of quarterbacks
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hampion, is residence hall h(
> year. I he grabbed the ind<
raditionally sports category
exception. women's sports
and AFRO, won the wome
d be strong. while Phi Kappa
eason in a AS IN the pasl
lird. the flag-footbal
team that women's ? and
vatch." The Pollsters will
>eat a lot of Supervisors Thi
football official
s were voted writer. A wee!
son. tramural action
red the all- Bowers has i
ity division, quick, fast, easy
tal in all in- Bowers can be r
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don't throw that many
passes in four years. 1 threw
only 400 balls at Florida in
my career."
Although Bennett's debut
was brilliant, Spurrier
acknowledges that the Blue
Devil still needs some
polishing.
"Hp p:mi 0pt hpttpr in his
overall knowledge of the
game, where to throw the
ball, reading defenses,"
Spurrier said. "In close
games, the great quarterback
has to make the
decisive play, not hand the
ball off . Last year we didn't
win any games in the fourth
quarter. This is where Hen
needs to improve."
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coaches, there is one personal
habit Bennett needs to
improve? his outspoken
manner.
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mors, and the P.E. majors |
spendent laurels in the all- '
. Kappa Delta was the
champ. Dejta Delta Delta j
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Alpha won it for the men. ]
t, the Gamecock will cover
1 league ? men's and I
will present a weekly poll,
be Grad Asst. Bowers,
rasher, Beaton, Prozzi, a
and a Gamecock staff
tly scoreboard of all in
will also be featured. , a
an offer to make. "Need 1
cash? Become an official." j|
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est. Frederick will be one
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"When Ben came to Duke,
his idol was Joe Namath and
he tried to act like him, talk 1
like him," Spurrier said. I
"He said 'I'm going to do
this, I'm going to do that' I
and a lot of his teammates, |
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resented it.
"I've talked to Ben about ,
this. This year I think all
he'll talk about will be the
team," lie said.
Spurrier's pride in Bennett
stands out when he talks
about his prize quarterback, m
When asked whether Ben- T
nett can follow in his foot- w
steps. Spurrier said he told ^
the quarterback that, "if we 1
go 2-9, you're never going to |
get the recognition. You I
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to be throwing it. What we've J
got to do is win football <>
games." J
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