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By OWEN DAVIS
DTH Sports Editor
. China's football schedule
is not as tough as some of
those in years past, but the Tar
Hees must be successful
against Atlantic Coast
Conference playmates to have
a respectable season.
And often family squabbles
are the nastiest. Add this to the
Tact that Carolina has won only
three conference games in the
last two years.
The Tar Heels meet all seven
ACC rivals, plus Southeastern
Conference foes Florida and
Vanderbilt and inter-sectional
opponent Air Force.
Neither Vanderbilt nor Air
Force is expected to have
much, and both may be prime
candidates to absorb UNC
ACC Player Of Year Buddy Gore
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defeats.
Florida is a different story.
The Fighting Gators are
pre-season picks for the SEC
championship and are listed in
the Top Ten nationally.
Among kissin' cousins in the
ACC, Clemson, North Carolina
State and Wake Forest will
provide the stiffest challenges
while South Carolina, Duke,
Maryland and Virginia should
be tossups.
State is the only bowl team
from last season, although
Florida has almost been
conceded the 1969 Orange
Bowl coming up Jan. 1.
Carolina will face an
unusual number of top
runners. Florida's
all-everything Larry Smith
leads the pack, followed by
South Carolina's Warren Muir
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and Benny Galloway, Jack
Dolbin and Freddie Summers
of Wake Forest, Frank Quayle,
Jeff Anderson and Gene
Arnette of Virginia and
Clemson's Buddy Gore.
The opposition:
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE The Wolfpack are
coming off a 9-2 season in
1967 and a Liberty Bowl
victory, but 17 starters have
graduated and Coach Earle
Edwards has only a bare
remnant remaining.
Edwards will count all
victories over six an act of
Providence.
The defensive unit will still
wear white shoes, but the
resemblance to last year's
stingy outfit just about ends
there. AU-ACC end Mark
Capuano returns, however, and
6-6 250 tackle Ron Carpenter
advances from the second team
with the potential to become
State's finest interior lineman
ever. Their presence alone may
be enough to grab second spot
in the conference.
Edwards also lost his
quarterback, and his passing
attack will suffer from last
year's good one. Returning
backfield starters Bobby Hall
and Settle Dockery will move
the ball on the ground, if not
making for a top-heavy running
game.
NCAA record-holder Gerald
Warren will kick field goals
again when the Wolfpack can't
push it over the goal.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Pep-sodent
Paul Dietzel flashes a
wide grin when discussing the
future, and the ex-LSU,
ex-Army coach may even get in
a few smiles this season.
The Gamecocks were 5-5 in
1967 and could do much
better this year if a
strong-armed quarterback
appears. Dietzel has the
runners and receivers but needs
a thrower.
But any backfield with
Warren Muir and Benny
Galloway must be a good one.
Fullback Muir rushed for more
yards than any sophomore in
conference history last year
with 805. Galloway sat out last
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season with a knee injury but
was USC's best runner in 1966.
End Fred Ziegler led the
ACC with 35 pass receptions in
1967 but must find someone
to loft the ball to him.
Dietzel's biggest pride is his
defense, as it was with the
Chinese Bandits at LSU.
Thirteen lettermen return on
the defensive unit, including
aU-ACC linebacker T Bice and
every starter in the secondary.
VANDERBIL T The
Commodores won only two
games last year, but one of
those was over Carolina. The
Tar Heels will be after revenge
this season on a Saturday night
in Nashville, traditionally
reserved for the Grand Ole
Opry.
Vandy Coach Bill Pace will
be singing the Opry blues this
year. His nation's leading pass
receiver, Bob Goodrigde, has
gone along with his
quarterback. Their absence will
ensure few points on the score
board for the Commodores.
Vandy's defense will be
better, and opponents will try
to steer clear of 224-pound
linebacker Chip Healey, a sure
all-SEC bet. The defensive line
anchored by Healey is
experienced and will be tough
to run against.
The Commodores have not
won a conference game in
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several years and must look
outside for victories. This year
will be no different.
MARYLAND-Probably the
worst college football team in
the country last year was
Maryland. The Terps lost all
nine games and their offense
could not have busted through
a plate glass window.
With Florida State, Syracuse
and Penn State providing the
non-conference opposition,
1968 could be another winless
year in College Park.
Quarterback Alan Pastrana,
who was injured all season last
season after leading ACC
passers in 1966, is the one
bright hope for Coach Bob
Ward. Pastrana can throw if
someone can catch.
Fullback Billy Lovett will
balance Pastrana's passing with
inside rushing.
Maryland's big problem may
be that 32 lettermen return,
and they are the same players
that failed to win a game last
season.
FLORIDA There is little
doubt that the Gators will be
the best team Carolina faces
this season. Pre-season polls
have put Florida as high as
fourth nationally and an easy
schedule makes the Gators title
favorities in the SEC.
Florida begins with fullback
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Larry Smith, who has gained
1,683 yards in two seasons. He
should join OJ. Simpson and
Leroy Keyes in the 1968
all-America backfield.
But there is more to Florida
than Smith. Experience and
depth are all over the place.
Quarterback Larry Rentz
tops a veteran backfield. Tight
end Jim Yarbo rough at 6-8,
260 is an enormous target and
a crushing blocker. All-SEC
guard Guy Dennis at 252
combines with Yarborough on
a powerful offensive line. The
defensive line is big, led by 6-6,
236 Jim Hadley.
Physical presence alone may
frighten many opponents, and
the Gators will make up the
rest with talent.
WAKE FOREST-It's the
Year of the Offense for the
Deacons, and Wake may play
in several high-scoring contests.
The defense isn't that good,
but the Deac backfield is
explosive.
AU-ACC quarterback
Freddie Summers heads the
backs. He was the total offense'
leader in the conference last
year. Summers is a quick
runner and capable passer.
Joining him are bullish
fullback Ron Jurewicz and
halfbacks Fred Angerman and
Jack Dolbin, both of whom
have excellent speed.
Linebacker Carlyle Pate will
be the best Deac defensively.
AIR FORCE-The Air
Force Academy has managed
to play its best game of the
season the past two years
against Carolina. Both times
the Tar Heels have lost.
The Falcons suffer from
inexperience this year but
should have good speed and
quickness.
The offense will not be very
potent, but backs Curtis Martin
and Ernest Jennings should
provide a decent ground game.
The defensive unit, filled with
sophomores, should make
many mistakes.
VIRGINIA The best
rushing backfield in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
resides in Charlottesville.
Fullback Jeff Anderson and
halfback Frank Quayle are the
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backfield, and quarterback
Gene Arnette knows his way
around.
Anderson and Quayle
combined for over 1,500 yards
in 1967.
The Cavaliers return nine
offensive starters, who may
make 1968 Virginia's best
season ever.
Defense will be respectable,
but not awesome.
CLEMSON The Tigers
were undefeated in the
conference last season and
return 38 lettermen. That may
be enough for a record third
straight ACC championship.
. Coach Frank Howard is still
shopping around for a
quarterback, but the Baron
always has a few aces up his
sleeve and Clemson will move
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the ball. Even without a signal
caller, 1967 ACC Player of the
Year Buddy Gore will see to it
that the Tigers advance on the
ground. He gained 1,045 yards
last year.
All but one defensive line
starter returns. End Ron
Ducworth and linebacker
Jimmy Catoe are standouts.
This should be Clemsons
year again in the ACC, as has
been the cise in recent seasons.
DUKE-What the Blue
Devils didn't lose because of
graduation, they lost due to
the academic suspension of
eight players.
Coach Tom Harp will have
many fuzzy-cheeked
sophomores in his starting
lineup,' and Duke must look to
the future.
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