I ' 4 !. ELACT CCLLC !? BARRY COOP i , racism but a small versus big mentality. We now live in an era where ? in everything except cars - big is best. If Everson Walls had ^played at Nlntr* Ham? SncfM/t nf riromklinn k? V A^IUAIV AIM?VM%A VA VAA lUAAUAlll^i 11% would have been a first-round NFL draft choice. Not because Notre Dame is predominantly white and Grambhng is predominantly black, i ?i ? ? THE YEAR OF i MMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMNMMNMMMH he says. "They know that I play to win and someone has to get the credit. "I'm a team player and 1 realize it v* takes a total team effort to win a game." . And, while many quarterbacks aren't very eager to run head-long into opposing defenses, Ffaylon isn't afraid to. be tackled by huge linemen or linebackers, nor is he reluctant to talk a little junk in the process. Fre v* I# II/M i arA * ii jrwu aic i football or bi slides, blackWe boast i bigger and b< For more ii Free I Please j" Collegi * ' NAME FULL-T OTHER | I WRITEI ""j?" ?* ' -tMAMJW i . TELEPI Please ! u- photos | Send t( | / !>' ' " . L . Aw JSOPMtWntBMaSSSBSSSB "t . v; ? {j -v,t ! . i J >? - >. *_? * * ?-, *? v t ? t , . ?? ?.. . - ... - * 6t IPCClf PtVH EK From Page 5 but because Notre Dame is big and i Grambling is considered small. If Doug Williams had set his passing records at the University of Southern California, he would have won the Heisman Trophy, Again not so much racism as a case of what 1 is perceived as big-time versus smalltime. ?j?"" 1 - * THEQUARTERBA / Ac a matt*r nf fart Croi/lnn mow m mu m vi iwv?) a ih^ivii illhj be as well-known for his tendency to , point his finger at opponents and ut-~ ter insults across the line of scrimA mage as he is for scoring touchdowns. "Sometimes 1 talk a little junk to the other team," Jie says with a sheepish grin. "That helps get me into my game. It makes me work that much harder." However, it also invites cheap shots and hits after the whistle from . % ^ anwro v i writer or photographer who cov< asketball, we need your help. We and-white prints, articles and coli i readership of 200,000, we're the < atter every issue. reformation, please send In the for lance Data Form send me more information about i Snort* Raviani. - IME OCCUPATION , I PUBLICATIONS YOU'VE WORKEI R PHOTOGRAPHER IQ-APPRgSS ? HONE NOHOME enclose writing samples (prefers 9 _ a A m m ?? >: BiacK uonege sports Review, P. it 4tr cot :W After, all, we don't hear of any players from small, predominantly white schools being mentioned for the Heisman, either. It is easy to use that handy crutch, racism, for all that seems unfair in black college athletics. The fact of the matter is that the dream that many .historically black schools had of one CK ? ?From Page 15 4 * guys whose mouths might not be bigger than Fraylon's, but whose bodies certainly are. "It makes me watch what's going on all the time," Fraylon says. "I've taken a lot of late hits, but usually I warn the officials if I think a player is really trying to do something to hurt me." $ Unlike many college athletes, Fraylon likes to assume the responsibility for winning close games, Although opposing coaches and uantail M 5rs, or is interested in covering are willing to pay competitive imns. only publication of our kind, an m below. writing or taking pictyres for DFOR ' WORK bly clips) or examples of your O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, h LLEGE SPCCU day competing alongside the Notre Dames and Southern Californias has faded into the harsh world of reality. That day will never come ? not as long as the big, predominantly white , t ? . . a .x scnoois are getting all tne top talent. That is sad. It also is the way it is. - - ?? , / _ players know that he normally calls his own number in crucial situations, they're still hard-pressed to stop him. "I thrive on pressure," he says. un : a .1 1 pressure is pari ui uie game ana, 11 you can't deal with it, you're going to mess up. 1 feel that I'm always up to the challenge, whatever it might be." But then, isn't that what separates exceptional athletes from average . ones? i * ow. I, black college > fees for color d we're getting the BlaoK ,1 L A published 1C 27102 \ CCVEW 555SE5S552E5S5S5535S55SSS* ? 4** ?>sir%r yyff?i- v v* X y

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