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m 2C SPORTS/[tt Ctattotte $on Thursday, September 15, 2005 Freshman takes ouer Bulls Continued from page 1C for 60 yards. “Any timp you get in the red zone, youVe got to 8cca*e. That’s what wins games like this. That took a lot out of our hearts when we ...missed the opportunity to do something big and it didn’t happen.” Benedict took a 26-7 advantage into the break, but the Bulls’ defense picked up the pace. After hammering Smith for 210 yards total offense, in the first half the Tigers man aged only 42 yards and no points in the second. Smith linebacker JerreU Goodwin pulled Smith to within 20-7 when he scooped up a Benedict fiimble and sprinted 45 yards for a touchdown with 10:43 left in the second quar ter. The Bulls’ defense added a pair of safeties as well, but it wasn’t enough. “We tried to fire up the offense, but it's all good,” Goodwin said. “We know they’re going to keep working and keep getting better every week.” “I wanted better results,” Richardson said. “Coming in here with my first actual start and playing most of the game it was kind of tough picking up the speed of the game because die speed is much faster.” The Bulls’ next three opponents — ^hginia Union (1-2), St. Paul’s (1-2) and Livingstone (0- 3) - present the best opportunity for Smith to break its school-record 16-game losing streak. Nothing would boost the Bulls’ confidence like a taste of su(x»ss. “All these games are winnable,” Richardson said. ‘We’re not a bad team, we’ve just got to bring it aU together.” A little more offensive consistency would go a long way in accomplishing that goal. “As a team, we’re just going to work hard (this) week and... try to get a victory” Goodwin said. ‘T’ve got to make big plays,” Richardson said. “That’s the thing about offense. You’ve got to keep everything clicking, make big plays and keep rolling, and have the team have your back while you’re on the team because the quarter back is the leader on the field. I’ve just got to go out and play my game and make sure every body is doing right.” The coast couldn’t be much clearer for Giants slugger Continued from page 1C the disabled list, is anything but coincidental. After all. Bonds’ rehab schedule often played out like a comedy of errors, character ized by stops and starts, shift ing locations, too many doc tors, even more unsolicited medical opinions and an infection that left him hooked up to an IV for two weeks in May And even that seemed downright orderly compared to the flow of information. Club officials inquiring about Bonds’ condition could n’t edways find him, often couldn’t get phone calls returned and eventually found themselves, along with everybody else, legging on to his official Web site, BarryBonds.com, and trying to decipher one cryptic update after another. Fortvmately the confusion was deared up over the weekend when, after a handful of workouts and a simulated game. Bonds announced he was cleared to play The final twist was that the decision came not firom any body in the Giants’ organiza tion, but after a phone call to Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Angels’ team orthopedist who worked with Bonds for more than two months in Los Angeles. But no one in San Frandsco reg istered so much as a peep of protest. Tbld that Bonds left the decision about where to play and when to bat up to his manager, Felipe Alou’s firet response was, “Up to me?” But that was quickly fol lowed by Alou penciling Bonds into left field and the deanup spot with the NL West-leading Padres coming to town for three games. Like he actually had a say in the matter. ‘T expect a lot with the bat,” the manager said. As for the sideshow almost certain to accompany Bonds’ return, Alou added, ‘T wonder what’s going to happen tomorrow in his at-bat, the reception.” As mentioned earlier, it’s hard to imagine Bonds deal ing himself a better hand. He makes his debut in fiont of a home crowd, with seven games left on an extended homestand, and the Giants’ best chance in a long time to get back in the playoff picture staring them in the face. In any division except for the stunnin^y bad NL West, San Francisco would have been finished weeks ago. 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