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Utyp Saily ®ar Meel Wall Shows Old Form With TD Return BY ALEC MORRISON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ATLANTA Marcus Wall has an impeccable sense of timing. North Carolina’s senior wideout and kick returner had been trying all season to find his niche with the team and post the numbers expected of him when the Tar Heels first took the field in 1995. Against Georgia Tech on Saturday, he finally found the right time to make his presence known. Trailing 27-10 with 2:21 remaining in the third quarter, Wall and UNC took the field to return a Georgia Tech kickoff. The Yellow Jackets had just scored their sec ond touchdown of the quarter by running right through an exhausted Tar Heel de fense, and the game appeared to be firmly in Tech’s grasp. But on the ensuing kickoff, Wall found a way to loosen Georgia Tech’s grip. He grabbed the kickoff at the UNC 4- yard line and streaked down the right side of the field. After sidestepping the out stretched hand of one would-be tackier, W all broke loose from another pair ofTech tacklers. From there, he simply turned on the jets and rolled to the end zone for a career-best 96-yard touchdown return. “I just felt like I had to make a play, that if anything was going to be sparked, I definitely had to do it on that kickoff re turn,” Wall said. Quarterback Mike Thomas wasted no * Personalize your J college announcements J with your name, degree | (and major. 1 H HERFF JONES %W A representative will be taking Graduation Announcement orders on: Tuesday, Oct. 17 & Wednesday, Oct. 18 at the UNC Student Stores Time: 10:00am-3:00pm • Price: $43 per pack of 25 (Includes N.C. sales tax and shipping) Creating today’s blueprint. Shaping tomorrow’s Future. At Sprint, we’ve got big plans for reshaping the future of global communications. Plans that include bringing in top people to help us in our innovative explorations. Right now, we have challenging opportunities for dynamic, customer-focused visionary thinkers in all areas including international business, strategic planning, service operations, marketing and finance. First and second year MBA students are invited to attend our information session: October 17, 1995 Sprint Corporate Presentation & Reception Carolina Inn* 7-9 pm Bring your business card to enter our door prize drawing! ♦Mention “Sprint" for free valet parking, self-parking also available. For more information about — a Sprint, visit our Internet site at: http://www.sprint.com ff f- We are an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a smoke-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. MARCUS WALL caught three passes Sunday for 78 yards. time seizing the op portunity on the conversion, as he threw to Leon Johnsonforthe two point play. Just like that, the Tar Heels were back in the game, down 27-18. Wall also got the job done with the offense, catching three passes for 78 yards in the game. But it was the sec- ond half, when UNC became bogged down offensively, that Wall helped the Tar Heels escape the mire. Following a Georgia Tech punt early in the fourth quarter, Thomas began leading UNC downfield once more. After com pleting a 12-yard pass to flanker Octavus Bames, Thomas dropped back on first down at the UNC 34. He spotted Wall, who had managed to get wide open, down the left side. Thomas lofted a bomb to Wall, who made the grab for a 45-yard catch at the Georgia Tech 21. Six plays later, the Tar Heels scored again to cut the lead to 27-25. Strong safety Omar Brown said the de fensive stop that led to UNC’s touchdown drive was due to Wall’s kickoff return. “That was abigplay, just forthe team in general,” Brown said of the kickoff. “We Creating the Blueprint. weren’t going to quit, but at that point, that made us realize, ‘We have to go. We have a chance.’ I think that return was quite typical of the offense Marcus and Octavus and Leon. They always seem to make the plays when we need it.” For Wall, Saturday’s performance was an example of what has been expected of him throughout the season. After finishing second in the nation in kickoff return yard age last year and catching 29 passes for 569 yards, he looked to be an integral part of UNC’s high-octane offense. But while players like Thomas and Bames have emerged to produce big num bers, Wall hasn’t been heard from much in 1995. He said that changed today. “I really felt in a rhythm today, ” he said. “I felt like I was back to my old self. I’ve been playing okay and great in some situ ations, but it’s been more consistent now. ” Wall said he may have been thinking too much about scoring in the early part of the year. 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Wall said he simply tried to return to last season’s form in returning the ball. “Coach Moody came to me and asked me to go back and look at the films from last year where I was on my toes at times, hitting the holes and making it happen, ” he said. “Hewas right a hundred percent. That’s what I did today. I just went back to the way I used to do it.” We Care For Your Eyes Dr. Jim Shade and opticians Russ Toler, David Lane, and Robert Paulson now make up The Eye Care 3rWH| ■MI nHK -■ Center team. nuHl •—' X i j* We look forward to meeting your L eye care needs and invite you to j takG adVanta^e °* ° Ur special 1 [" CVC EXAM * nc * ul * es a comprehensive eye exam "1 J 11, ILLT- by our family doctor of optometry. 9k I FITTING, You will be fitted with a three-month I 4. m I rnS/TAPT supply of Surevue l " disposable I 99 Tk I vUlllßlil contact lenses (12 lenses). As an T % LENSES & added value, you receive a solution kit j 9P ' M a* ' am irrmil by Alcon or Renu. 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