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Hayes' Aggies face-off against NCCU
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ISOIt Chronicle Staff
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'' Bill Hayes isn't completely
■noved from CIAA football.
As fate would have it (or
^hedule), Hayes takes his new
North Carolina A & T into
season opener against North
irolina Central in Durham on Sat-
iay night at 7.
' Hayes, who left Winston-
' Jem State to take over the foot
'll fortunes for the Aggies, is hop-
his new team has learned
oniij^ough of his new system to give
Eagles all they can handle,
vinst- "My major concern is how
"^rll our players have responded to
lat we've been teaching them,"
coach said. ”I just hope they
sppiii’spond in a game situation like
jy have in practice."
It's been a time for getting
customed to major adjustments
r the guys in Greensboro. They
ciws • used to the passing game. With
'jyes arrival, the emphasis will be
the ground game and not mak-
misiakes to beat themselves.
^ "If we can keep from turning
ball over, we will have made
$mme progress offensively. But
2 /11 have to play well on defense
M have a sound kicking game,"
-jyes said. "I don't want to put our
_iense in a bad situation against a
quarterback.”
The quarterback the Aggies
will face is Earl "Air” Harvey, the
record setting passer who will most
likely set a platter full of new Divi
sion II passing records by the time
the season has ended.
Harvey's performance dropped
a bit in '87 as he and his inexperi
enced offensive line took their
lumps. But now they have a season
of experience and that should give
the Aggies more than a few prob
lems.
In addition, the running back
position is well slocked with Gary
Lee and David Burke returning.
Both backs are very capable
receivers as well.
"Last year, A & T rushed only
three people and dropped eight
back (in pass coverage against Har
vey," Hayes recalls, "and Central
won convincingly. We don't want to
give him all day to sit back and pat
on the ball. We have to put some
pressure on him."
Given this match-up, Aggie
linebacker Demetrius Harrison and
his buddies are likely to have a
busy evening. But Hayes has been
known to come up with a few
defensive gems in the past.
Eagles head coach Henry Latti-
more has attempted to prepare his
team for a multitude of possibilities
for A & T. "They're the mystery
team," Lattimore said. " We had to
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Hayes Is well aware that the Aggies must pressure Central QB
Earl Harvey It they are to have a chance to win.
look at it like A & T is a Billy
Hayes-coached team. You have to
figure that some of the things he
did at Winston-Salem are some of
the same things he look with him to
A & T. But he has a new offensive
coordinator and a new defensive
coordinator, so it's hard to know
just what will happen. We've tried
to prepare for every possible situa
tion. We’ve done all we can do and
we'll be ready to play a football
game."
Hayes is noted for employing a
crunching ground attack. Hilton
Winstead is slated to start at quar
terback. Keith Mathis, Doraine
North Carolina A&T
1988 Football Schedule
Sept. 3 at North Carolina Central 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1:30 p.m
Sept. 17 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Morgan State l :30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Norfolk State l ;30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Florida A & M 7 p.m.
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Nov. 12
Nov. 19
(Orange Blossom Classic, Miami, Fla.)
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at Howard University
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1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
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^he flip of a coin worked
pvonders for Redskins' Oliphant
P DAVID GINSBURG
•oclated Press Sports Writer
!yw Mike Oliphant's pathway to the
" started with the flip of a coin.
• ^ the quarter not landed heads up,
Washington Redskins’ rookie run-
iug back might still be making a liv-
as a welder.
Oliphant has caught four passes dur-
T-g the preseason, three for touch-
"'/'wns. Should he survive the final cut
'3ti'Xt week, he will become one of few
iyers to successfully make the transi-
from an NAIA school to the NFL.
Four years ago, when he was work-
apf'g as a welder in Auburn, Wash.,
•iphant could never have envisioned
s life would turn out this way. He
IS waiting for a pizza with a friend
^len the sponsor of a local semipro
otball team walked through the
^taurant door.
Oliphant's pal told him to ask the
ly for a tryout. Oliphant refused.
"I wasn’t too hot on the idea,"
^called Oliphant. "But then my friend
ys, 'I'll flip a quarter. If it ends up
lads, you uy out and I’U pay for the
'zza. If it's tails, you pay and skip the
§/out.'"
I The flip came up heads, and
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? SEATTLE (AP) - The return of a
talthy Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd is a
^elcome sight for Boston manager
e Morgan.
Boyd, 9-7, held the Seattle Mariners
_ two hits over six innings to lift the
( :d Sox to a 5-3 victory Friday,
actly one month after he was placed
i the 21-day disabled list for a blood
ot on his right shoulder.
1 "It's a little tough to bounce back
|0m an operation like that," said
royd after his second game back
[om the injury. "I'm determined to do
Ihatever it takes to win and in this
)me it took a tough mental attitude."
I Boyd was roughed up in his first
pit after recovering from the injury,
sting only 2 2-3 innings while giv-
Oliphant got a free pizza. And, even
though he didn't particularly care for
football when he tried out for and
quickly quit -his high school team,
Oliphant took a shot at joining the
Auburn Panthers.
It was a drizzly morning on May 19,
1984, Oliphant's 21st birthday.
Because he was wearing long under
wear under his sweat pants, he was
too embarrassed to take off the sweats
for the 40-yard dash.
Oliphant ran a 4.4 anyway and
joined the team, playing for free. A
few weeks later, a former player from
the University of Puget Sound
approached Oliphant to find out
whether he might want to go to col
lege.
"He asked me on a Monday, and on
Wednesday I got a phone call from
the (Puget Sound) coach, and I started
school the following Monday,"
Oliphant said.
In his four years, the 5-foot-9, 173-
pounder averaged 8.6 yards a carry
against teams such as Whitworth and
Pacific Lutheraa He rushed for 3,601
yards and scored 48 touchdowns,
including five in one game.
The Redskins made Oliphant their
second draft pick last April, and he
has since proven he can score against
the big boys, too.
His touchdowns this summer came
on plays covering 23, 60 and 62
yards. The last score came against ±e
Los Angeles Raiders, when Oliphant
caught a short pass and quickly left
everyone behind.
After the game, someone told
Washington offensive coach Dan
Henning that it appeared that one of
the Raider defensive backs had an
angle on Oliphant.
"Nobody has the angle on Mike
Oliphant," Henning replied.
Oliphant feels as if he has all the
angles covered, though. He figures to
make some money in the NFL, and
this spring he intends to take the two
classes he needs to earn his college
degree.
"Physical education with a coaching
emphasis," Oliphant said. "I'd like to
be a head coach in the NFL one day."
He's already realized one of his life
long dreams. Oliphant owns a new
$30,000 Corvette, which he bought
with his signing bonus.
"I wanted one since I was a kid," he
said.
It might not have happened if that
quarter had landed on tails.
ed Sox love a healthy 'Oil Can'
ing up four runs in a no-decision. Fri
day, the 28-year old Boyd silenced the
critics who were doubting his ability
to contribute to the Red Sox' drive for
the American League East title.
"I had a real good fastball tonight
and had the guys swinging behind the
ball," remarked Boyd who struck out
one batter without a walk. "I’ve been
throwing the ball real well and feel
that without a doubt I'm back and
ready to help the team win."
Boyd had help in the form of Wade
Boggs and Marty Barrett who con
tributed two RBI apiece.
"The 'Can' pitched great tonight and
I was glad to be able to help him out
with the homer," Benzinger said.
"Bankhead game me a fastball on the
home run. I saw a lot of fastballs from
him in the past, so I was ready for it
this time."
Boggs tripled and scored on a single
by Marty Barrett to put the Red Sox
ahead 2-0 in the third inning.
Rey Quinones accounted for the
only Seattle run off Boyd, hitting a
solo home run in the third inning, his
11th. Quinones was a former minor
league teammate of Boyd's in the Red
Sox chaia
"I’m always giving up home runs,
but I don’t let that shake me up," said
Boyd who proceeded to retire the
final 11 batters he faced after
Quinones' homer. "1 gave one up to
one of my buddies tonight, but it did
n't hurt me."
Harris and Jerome Crawford will
carry the rushing load for the
Aggies. But that doesn’t mean that
Hayes & Co. will play it close to
the vest offensively. Don’t be sur
prised to see some play-action pass
es thrown in with the usual Hayes
mixture.
NCCU has some defensive
stalwarts ready to meet the chal
lenge. The secondary is very sea
soned. All have played together for
three years. Cornerback Robert
Massey leads the way. He is rated
among the top collegiate pass
defenders in the nation this year by
pro scouts.
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