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aren't very eager to run head-long
into opposing defenses, Ffaylon
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but because Notre Dame is big and
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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
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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
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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."
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Fraylon likes to assume the responsibility
for winning close games,
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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 ,
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That is sad.
It also is the way it is.
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know that he normally calls
his own number in crucial situations,
they're still hard-pressed to
stop him.
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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."
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exceptional athletes from average
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