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CIAA Cbaches Are Confident
But Still Pick Virginia
Second in Pre-season
Football Preview, . Next
jhe Area High Schools)
rE.By Elsoit Armstrong Jr.
It didn't take long for
-area sportswnters
-gathered recently at
Durham's " Downtowner
'Motel to discover that
this , year's confab of
. CIAA football would be
.vastly different than a
year ago.
, In 1981, the CIAA
gridiron mentors , used
the, crying towel ap
proach to . avoid giving
any hints of their plans
or their player talent, to
rival schools.
In 1982. Ed Wyche,
the , Hampton Institute
mentor jthrew the
gauntlet when he , pro
claimed "We are going
for No. 1, we feel as
though we've paid our
dues. We challenge any
CIAA school!"
If that' wasn't enough
for rival teams to tack on
. their locker 6 room
; bulletin boards, ' Wyche
added, "When we come,
we will be ready to play.
We : are a confident
bunch of people!"
With Wyche spouting
confidence as one major
theme, Bill Hayes of
Winston-Salem State ad
ded the other when he
said: "A few years ago
when we played at cer
tain places, I've got to
'admit, that there were
some Schools that didn't
have much pride in their
programs. That's ' all
changed, every . where
you go now the players,
coaches, and fans let you
know that they're proud
of their teams and
schools." "
Pride and contfdence
indeed were the main
themes of this year's
preseason media day.
A poll of the coaches
revealed" that Virginia
Union, which defeated
N.C Central in the.
league's championship
game in Charlotte last
season, is again favored
to win all the marbles.
Union is also favored to
repeat as CIAA Nor
thern Champions.
The coaches picked
Winston-Salem State to
return to its 1970's glory
and dethrone N.C. Cen
tral for the CIAA's
Southern Champion
ship. '
Most local and na
tional media are picking
Central to repeat, as.
southern champs.
Willard Bailey the
highly successful head
man at Virginia Union
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of 1 18 steals. Henderson stole four bases against Milwaukee bring his total to
122.HPI ,.hol(,
mixed both confidence
and pride when he ap
proached the podium.
"We are where everyone
else wants to be and it
feels good tp be at the
mountain top. When you
get where , we are you
Henry Lattimore of
NCCU said "our goal is
to win football games
but we play them one at
a time. Right now the
only game on our
schedule as far as I'm
concerned is at Liv
i;..tvft tr;;2kwx4iiaaiOim ive will, anq
work was worth t. Now wry aooui umcn a.v
follow N.C. Central, will
get a first hand look at
all of the CIAA con
tenders (except Hamp
ton). On successive
weekends NCCU faces
Virginia Union (Sept. 1 1 )
Winston-Salem
(Sept. 18) in
we have to begin anew,i
we've got to travel that
long hard road to No. I .
again and that's what we
intend to do."
Several coaches took
the realistic approach
hen assessing their
season's prospectus.
Mel Rose of Liv
ingstone said "At our
place football is for fun,
we insist on ' placing "
education first, we tell
our kids that they must
and will graduate."
I Dan Anrolik, the
CIAA's rookie head
coach and the first white
head football coach in
the league said of his
Saint Paul's team
outlook: "We emphasize
team orientation. We
have no super stars.. .We
will show up on game
dav."
as they come." Durham. The Eagles also
The media day was play dangerous Elizabeth
sponsored in part by the City State in Durham
Seattle Sea Hawks of the (Oct. 23). On the road
NFL. 'he Eagles face Norfolk
CIAA Commissioner State (Oct. 9).
Bob Moorman used the In another show of
podium to warn CIAA pride, CIAA officials'
players of the dangers of pointed out that the
talking to agents during league . contains the
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" Listen to your ball coach (Willard
coaches. These agents Baileyj Virginia Union)
will tell you that they and the all time winn
have your best interest at ingest basketball coach
heart , instead of your ("Big House" Gaines,
coaches. This is not Winston-Salem State),
true," he said. "If you Union's Bailey
sign anything with these brought the house down
agents you could causewhen he said, "They say
your team to forfeit that in Richmond there
games." are two black institu-
; If CIAA grid predic-tions, one is the state
tions hold true then pen. We represent the
Durham football fans, other one!"
particularly those who
FSU Grid Boss Prepares
For "Homecoming" Game
By John B. Henderson
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FAYETTEVILLE -William,
"Bill" Head,
second-year skipper of
the Fayettev(ille State
University Bronco foot
ball squad, will kick-off
the 1982 football season
September 4 at Morris
Brown College in Atlan
ta. : It will be sort of a
"homecoming" for
Coach Head, a former
defensive coach at Mor
ris Brown College.
"Of course, I would
like nothing better than
starting off the season on
a winning note," said the
likeable secon4-year
skipper, of Fayetteville
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"Los Angeles Raiders'
It Just Doesn 't
Seem Right!
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
While Viewing my first
1982 NFL exhibition
game on the tube a cou
ple of weeks ago, I kept
thinking: "Los Angeles
Raiders."
The two names, like a
bad marriage, just don't
seem to fit.
For sure the Raiders
were those same silver
(white) and black
uniforms, but this team
representing anyplace
other than Oakland
seems a sacrilege!
Make ho mistake, the
Raiders are not one of
my favorite teams. As a
Steeler fan I've seen
times that to say I hated
the Raiders (especially
from 1972-77) was put
ting it quite mildly.
Why then should I
care where this
distasteful (in my opi
nion) bunch plays their
brawling brand of foot
ball? My concern is for the
city of Oakland, Calif,
(pop. 400,000). This
modest sized city, by
California standards,
made the Raiders one-of
pro sports' most suc
cessful franchises.
Now that it seems the
injunctions and lawsuits
have been settled, AI
. Davis, the Raiders'
owner can now move his
team 400-miles south to
LA. This is Davis' legal
right, but what about the
city of Oakland?
Its football team not
withstanding, ..I've
always1 had a soft spot in
my heart for the cify'of
Oakland.
It is a city that is often
downgraded by Califor
nians. When you think
of visiting the golden
state, you immediately
think of San Francisco,
Los Angeles, San Diego,
but never Oakland.
Oakland, which lies on
the east side of the bay
from the more
glamorous San Fran
cisco, is not a hub for the
jet setters.
It's a clean tough,
working-class town.
Oakland in many ways is
like Pittsburgh and when
their respective beloved
football teams battle for
AFC supremacv. in the
1970's. I felt that both
teams more than ade
quately represented the
rough and tumble, no
nonsense characters of
their home base cities.
The people of
Oakland nursed the
Raiders from the infancy
when after one year in
San Francisco where
they were ignored, they
were welcomed in the
east bay where they
plaved on a hiah school
field.
In 1966. Oaklanders
proudly presented their
heroes a new 54,000-scat
stadium, the Oakland
Alameda Colisieum.
The Raiders thrived
here, they made the
plavoffs each vear (until
1978) and in 1969. 70.
73, 74, and 75, the
Raiders played in the
AFC Championship
Game each time losing to
the eventual Super Bowl
Champions. In 1977, the
Raiders made it to the
Super Bowl but lost.
While the rest of the
nation screamed
"choke," the people of
Oakland continued to
buy all available Raider
tickets and treat their
team like kings.
Finally in 1977, the
Raiders got to and won
the elusive Super Bowl
Title and all seemed right
in the city that may have
been in San Francisco's
shadow but at the time
could scream across the
bay, "Hey, S.F. how
many titles have your
teams won?"
The Raiders unex
pectedly won the Super ,
Bowl again after the
1980 season but this time
it was known that AI
Davis wanted to move
south to the more
lucrative market in LA.
In the past year, it's all
happened much to the
horror of Oakland fans.
The. Raiders now repre
sent LA and if that
wasn't enough the hated
city of San Francisco's
team is the defending
Super Bowl Champions.
The moderate sized ci
ty of Oakland has lost its
major source of pride.
Sure the city still has the
A's in baseball and the
Warriors of the NBA but
. Oakland's first love was
its r football 4cam. The
Raiders put Oakland on
the map.
My concern for
Oakland goes back lo my
concern for the medium
sized cities of this nation.
Since I'm a native of a
medium sized citv
(Durham. N.C.) I've
always rooted for teams
from cities that are too
rig to be small towns arid
ioo small to be a
megolopolis.
I loved it in the early
1960's when the Green
Bay Packers used to beat
the New York Giants for
the NFL Title. I was
ecMaiic when the Steclers
bit teams from Dallas
and Los Angeles on
Super Sunday.
I'm just waiting for
the day when Atlanta
can boast of a world
championship team.
Sure cities like
Durham. Raleigh.
Fresno, and Oakland are
not the equivalents of
I os Angeles, New York.
or San Francisco (and
most of us arc glad that
they are not!) but just
because wc are smaller,
the "big boys" have no
right to rob us of our
pride.
You know it would
serve AI Davis and his
LA Raiders right if they
went 0-16 this season and
we'll see just how much
his new found city's fans
will stay loyal the way
they did in Oakland not
too long ago.
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1982 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Data Opponmt Sitt Tint
Sept. 4 Livingston College Salisbury. NC 7:30
Sept. 11 VIRGINIA UNION Durham. NC 1:30
Sept. 18 WINSTON-SALEM
STATE , DURHAM. NC 1:30
Oct. Z Fayetteville Stale Fayetteville. NC 7:30
Oct. X 9 Nortolk State Norloik. VA 1 :30
Oct, " 16 Morgan State Baltimore. M0 1:30
Oct. 23 ELIZABETH CITY DURHAM. NC 1:30
Oct. 30 Bowie State Bowie. M0 130
Nov. t JOHNSON C. SMITH DURHAM, NC 1:30
(HOMECOMING)
Nev. , 13 N. C. A4T STATE DURHAM. NC 1:30
Nov. 20 CIAA Championship
AI lorn games are played at NCCU'i O'KaIN Stadium.
Henry C. Lattimore. Head Football Coach & Athletic Director
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