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The Pendulum
Sept. 20, 1979
With captala Jim Riddle aad co-cmptain Donoyan Brown leading the way, the ’79 Fightin’
Christians charge onto the field thinking, “Ah, home sweet home.”
Fightin ’
Christians
at
home
AO-Amerlcan taflbadi Bobby Hedrick fonnd little dayHght In
Don’s home opener and It wasn’t because the game was
played at night.
With last Saturday night’s home opening loss to Mars Hill
College, the fightin’ Qiristians have even smaller room for
error now. The defeat not only rdieved the maroon and gold
of its No. 2 national ranking, bnt also placed them
tmporarily in the cellar of the SAC-8 conference.
However, Coach Tolley also knows that one loss doesn’t
end his squad’s chances. “Not even two,” Tolley says in
reference to last year’s team that gained a playoff berth
despite two losses and a tie.
^ou^ this trumpeter was careful not to hit any sour
nbtes, a loss to Mars HID is always a Mtter thought.