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im p The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday August 31. 1971 i S f i fo JJ J " Y. umm m li i. , m " i j i J L: I U i , r I -r i i V rjl .1:' Ul'iM fl -s TV'S " r?' r-' J'-' C 4 " ' -J - T - jm r mm jf m w . - T r r V' r J..1 y " L ...... J l . Pre-game festivities in Kenan II lillim "" II """"" . I I I if Mansfield runs for davlieht "i'wl1-' .ipiwwwi i j i m m mi .mm -nwuiiip iww n m mm jii w iiwjbpu iwn i-m nny ..m wwu wtna-i 1,11 wn i-h.iii.hmm ; -V VJ V J .... l I . '.I V Mark Whickei 1970-71: Huband fouled bv Gamecock For many. 1970-71 was the '"year of Don McCauley." Basketball tans preferred to think of it as the "year of the NIT." For me. it was the year of the cigarettes. Cigarettes are hazardous to your health. At least that's what the Surgeon General says. They turn your lungs from pink to dark brown, and make it very hard for you the climb the steps of Clemson's football stadium, for instance, without a Sherpa guide or a walking stick. But I could always find my seat in the Kenan Stadium press box. They don't have ashtrays there, so the foot of my chair was laden with cigarette butts like presents around a Christmas tree. I firmly believe it was the fault of Carolina's football and basketball teams. They cut it too close all too often. When they didn't cut it at all. I just smoked more and enjoyed it less. I wasn't the only one hooked on the weeds. You know, like in high school: "Got a pack of w eeds, man? If it weren't for the air conditioner, the press boxes would sometimes represent downtown Birmingham. And the coaches don't mind admitting it. Dean Smith smokes Kents religiously. Bill Dooley likes Salems at least every once in a while. You could communicate the relative excitement of a game through cigarettes. Instead of the score, one writer mieht say, "How was the game?" the reply would be, "A pack and a half." "Oh. pretty close, huh?" There were a lot of those last year. In fact, just thinking about Carolina Coliseum in C k;."ibi.i rriA e re.ih for a match. For that reason, a -moker's journal of the football and basketball season- at Carolina m l''0-l might be the ::i t apropos appr-ach . Sept. 12: Carohna-Kentuckv m Ke.-.a::. Must have been 100 degrees and I found my elf wishing lor the first time thai it would ram at a football game. Both teams seemed about equal but Carolina was a little more equal than Kentucky. 2U-1). About three or four cigarettes, and they just made it seem hotter than it was. Sept. 19: Carolina-State in Kenan. Another scorcher. Didn't look like w.e would ever break it open, and besides I had to visit the State locker room alter the game. Rusty Culbreth got hurt: the butts kept mounting on the floor. Finally won. 19-0, and I l:t a victory, uh. cigarette. First time we'd beaten State since 19f,6. Oct. 3: Ca r ol i na-Yjnderhilt in Nashville. The less said about that trip the better. We won, 10- , but didn t look too good doing it. Almost a pack; it was some night. Oct. 10: Carolina-South Carolina m Chapel Hill. A great game if you happened to be a disinterested spectator. There was too much to write about, too little time to do it. and besides the Taj Heels got our hopes up by tying the score in the third quarter. A punt return and an interception later, and it was USC. 35-2 1 . A pack, easy; I was practically gulping them. Oct. 24: Carolina -Wake at Winston-Salem. It was cool, clear and - - " ' - - - - s iV- . -- . ''z, ' A., , ......-fc. invigi eating . needed to res. t - S!.. early lead and pushed W.-k-e a!! Groves Stadium. But as the le ... ns i-.uk. my throat started per me :t. ':. My p a:m w ere .se.uv I :;:.:. .: my pocket. SudderK m. w n ' was g me-I ' , 1 r..:; . :: e ::. r. bad onien I know.ngK w,,t.! . I . Forest w i -i the game m the l.i-' '' ' rr.t nates ar.vl o-a ed to Aw ee i Oct. 3 1 Carolina-Yirg!P.i.! ( -,.. : : Hill. Armed with W ir.s?on. I saw :rer : grab a quuk 15-0 lead. Su.!den: I didn't care, it the were g..mg to p;:-. like that, me and rn Ujnsions wen-v't going to let it spoil m whole d.ty Sure enough. 'ar.lina c.::-.e b .. k a great delensive per i or m . - : . j Iron Nlr. McCauley ot . ; 30-1 5. About a halt-pack. Nov. -; Carohna-YMI at Ch ,pe' H: 1 he la: Heels win. 62-13. D:dr; '' take my cigarettes and felt ' w. : -wear. 'I lie only suspense was w or..ler:nj Don McCauley would break s re. ' He broke s. many I can't even reme-'-,1 . which one it was. Nov. 14: Ca ro 1 1 :i j - ('!.;:- n ,;; Clemson. We loolt-J mvirui ie and .-. 42-7. on a rainy, miserable a!ter:: m I spent most of the game talking t-' a New Orleans Saint scout who ha.! h: m:r. ' absolutely Mown by McCaie;. I!. dollar signs were alreadv m his v- e. Then we flew back ihr .ugh : storm. 'I he plane gv rated like lh: Presley, and 1 was trying to tvpe at the same time. I he Myrtle Beach filer coaster wasn't much worse. ( igarettes made my stomach even tighter. About a pack, with extenuating circumstances Nov. 21 : Carohna-Duke in Chapel il;': The outcome was very much m doubt in the second quarter, as both teams fought like gladiators. I hen Paul Miller pulled the hidden-ball trick and scored. I almost burned my coat m amazement. This was McCauIey's 27v-yard day. ! ) ( !1. A i 'A i ' re In -n o .. 1 . . i v. . h i mr- t was- i .i Jan e : f a' . .' !-N u -Kfc.. JL far X ' 'i "' l1- . " X- - . - - ": ' " ' , .. "" . ' . . . .... Hamlin drives for yardage Dedmon and Johnston go for loose ball . - s . a. Ml I , rr-' l!(
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