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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Tuesday. September 23, 1969
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A Boston newspaper printed last summer, just after
Dennis Byrd had been cut by the AFL's Patriots, that
the former North Carolina State tackle and first draft
choice of the Pats in 1967 was the biggest super flop to
ever enter the pros.
It went on to say that the out-of-shape Byrd was
overrated and couldn't even make the Patriots, a
perenial doormat of the American Football League.
The newspaper laid cause for the pre-pro build-up of
super-Byrd, who was supposedly beaten out by a free
agent from Boston College, with his college publicity
office. That, of course, is the Sports Information
Department at State.
Furthermore, the story said that the sports offices of
North Carolina State and the University of North
Carolina made habit of inflating publicity about some of
their athletes who were, in fact, only mediocre.
Among the examples that the newspaper cited was
the unjustified publicity afforded an "average" end at
UNC named Bob Lacey, who was being "pushed" for
All-America honors while two bona-fide candidatesTfT
Ken Willard and Chris Hanburger were being snubbed.
Maybe it's a good thing that Carolina hasn't had a
"bona-fide" grid candidate for All-America since Danny
Talbot, for the Boston paper may have had a point in
Byrd's case.
The point not being whether Byrd was as good as his
college clippings made him out to be. Any offensive
tackle on a Wolfpack opponent of 1965 through 1967
can certainly attest that Dennis was, indeed, at least a
super-college-Byrd.
Instead, the point being that those very clippings
went right to Byrd's head at the precise time that the
benefits of post-graduate living went right to his
stomach. Byrd was a big man in Raleigh, so he thought
he could be the same big man in Boston. Instead, he
now finds himself where all the other birds in Boston
reside in the Commons eating peanuts.
Take A Lesson, Ron
Maybe State's Ron Carpenter should take a lesson
from Byrd-man's story. Anyone sitting in the Press Box
for Saturday's State-Carolina game would have thought
that Carpenter was the only Wolf in the 'Pack.
"How 'bout that Carpenter," was one comment.
"When that Carpenter hits you, you know it," was
another. "It was Carpenter that hit him!" was the
exclamation by a half dozen State people who didn't
even see the John Swcfford fumble that Wolfpack
defensive end Bob Follweiler recovered.
The particular point of that game is that Carpenter
was not that almighty awesome against some of
Carolina's less publicized players. He was good, yes, but
so were some others on both teams.
But Sports Information Directors, Sports
Information Director's assistants, student sports editors
and student sports editor's assistants were all yelling
"Carpenter, Carpenter" so frequently all afternoon that
a stranger would have thought that a bad leak needed
fixing.
It's only natural for a publicity agency to give
publicity. But it's abnormal for a publicity agency to
give, unwarranted raves. Here at Carolina, Sports
Information Director Jack Williams beats a horse into
the ground, if that horse deserves it. But should that
horse be dead or dying, Williams knows to turn his
attention elsewhere and let the public see that even
athletes are human.
Remember the Byrd-man. He's alive and well, but
eating peanuts on the Boston Commons.
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Carolina's Defensive Star Bill Richardson
... Named DTH "Lineman of the Week"
By RUSTY CARTER
DTH Asst. Sports Editor
Very seldom has anyone
heard a Carolina football
booster praise the team's effort
in the past few years, espeeially
when the effort ended up in
defeat- But even rarer have
been the words of Coach
Dooley, "we played well and
think we should have won."
This was the outcome of the
Carolina-State splashing battle
Saturday, but again the Heels
lost and they are the first to
admit it. They played their
hearts out to bring an opening
victory to Chapel Hill but fell
short. Yet, through the mud,
blood, and defeat a glimpse of
encouragement was seen.
Bill Richardson, junior
defensive guard, was one of
those muddy Heels who played
his heart out only to witness
the 10-3 defeat of the Heels.
He was super on defense and
was chosen "Lineman of the
Week" by the coaching staff
and the DTH, but to the
modest guard, "my
performance and the team's
R
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Are Lineman, Back
Of Week
Bill Richardson, junior
defensive guard from
Annadale, Va., and David
Jackson, senior defensive
halfback from Jacksonville,
Fla., have been selected as the
Daily Tar Heel Lineman and
Back of the week, respectively,
for their outstanding defensive
play in Saturday's game with
North Carolina State.
Richardson, a. converted
linebacker, recovered a
Wolfpack fumble and made
several key tackles in leading
the defense to an inspired
effort against a potent State
ground attack.
Head Coach Bill Dooley
praised the play of Richardson,
noting that he was "all over the
field all day."
Jackson, starting his first
full season as a Carolina
'd e f e rt s i v e b a c k , ; c a me 5 up '
quickly to jar State's pulsating
runners, Charlie Bowers and
Leon Mason, on more than one
occasion. His hard-nosed play
in back of the Carolina line was
instrumental in limiting the
ground game of the Wolfpack.
Although there were many
standouts on both offense and
defense in the well-played
game with State, the Carolina
coaching staff chose
Richardson and Jackson as the
leaders of the Tar Heel line and
secondary play. Both
Richardson and Jackson led
the inexperienced, but talented
defense,, which started seven
sophomores, in holding the
touted Wolfpack attack to 166
yards and only one
touchdown.
Bowers picked up 102 yards
on the ground, but he was
ineffective inside the 20 yard
line as the Carolina defense
slammed the door on all but
one of State's touchdown
drives.
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Well, tough luck guys. You played a helluva game. It
was the rain that beat you, not those farmers. Our.
passing attack got washed out, while theirs doesn't exist.
It was just as I thought, God is a State fan. He knew
that they needed rain to win, so He made it rain.
Anyway, I think the offense did a great job handling
those defensive linemen that are supposed to be so
tough. I was hiding under a table in the Press Box
(because of the rain), and all the lizard State fans up
there were yelling, "Go'dam, that's Carpenter all right.
Go'dam, that's Hudson all right." What lizards! I think
Hooley and Bounds did a great job with those two
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was 8 points not good enough,
no matter how well we
played."
"We lost, that's the main
fact no matter how you put
it," Richardson said. "No one
is happy with his own
performance or that of the
team because it just wasn't
good enough because of a few
mistakes that costs us the
game."
Dooley has had a similar
summation of the State defeat
but one thing he differs on is
Richardson's superb defensive
play.
"He was all over the field,"
the coach stated. "Wherever
the ball was Richardson was
there too."
As a junior on a defense of
seven sophomores, Richardson
is a natural leader whether he
likes it or not. The 20-year-old
letterman alternates with
junior Rusty Ross and
sophomore Bill Bunting on
calling defensive signals. And
the veteran has nothing but
praise for his sophomore-manned
defense.
"The new boys did a great
job on defense," he added.
"They make our defense a lot
quicker and therefore greatly
improved. Hyman, Webster,
Bradford and all the others did
fine job, and anyone who
knows any football can see
we're greatly improved."
Still above all the praise, the
207 pounder, echos, "we
weren't good enough. The
defense has more ways to score
than the offense," he noted,
"fumbles, interceptions, punt
returns, and so on. When the
offense gets bogged down as it
did Saturday we have to score,
and we didn't."
Richardson feels the
secondary role the few
upperclassmen have to play in
addition' to their prime
objective of good tough
defense, is "trying to keep the
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bench in the last half was:
'Who're you dating tonight?' "
"We shut that off quickly,"
he added soberly. "We knew
John had given us a cushion we
needed. Houston can put up
the points in a hurry."
He referred to dandy
sophomore quarterback John
Reaves, who today was named
UPI's first Southeastern
Conference 'Back of the
Week" for the 1969 season.
In one of the finest rookie
performances in SEC history,
Reaves tossed five touchdown
passes to lead underdog Florida
to a 59-34 whomping of
favored Houston Saturday. His
four first-half scoring throws
put Florida ahead 38-6 at
intermission.
The Tampa, Fla., star, who
stands 6-3 and 209 pounds and
reminds one of handsome
Steve Spurrier, went on a local
television program the night
before the game and said.
"Some sportswriters are going
to eat their pads and pencils
after tomorrow."
Cleaves' feat topped several
other outstanding offensive
performances in the SEC
Saturday, including two other
Florida sophomores. Running
back Tommy Durrance caught
two touchdown passes and
scored one on the ground and
flanker Carlos Alvarez also
caught two scoring passes from
Reaves one for 70 yards on
the game's third play.
Quarterback Scott Hunter
led Alabama to a hard-earned
17-13 victory over Virginia
Tech, Georgia's Bruce Kemp
scored three touchdowns as the
Bulldogs dubbed Tulane 35-0
and quarterback Archie
Manning scored a couple of
touchdowns in Ole Miss's 2-3
victory over Memphis State.
Reaves, as calm and
collected as Spurrier the year
the former Florida quarterback
won the Heisman Trophy in
1966, completed 18 of 30
passes before he went out of
the game after three quarters.
Spurrier never in his college
career threw more than four
scoring passes in one game and
never came near the 342
passing yards which Reaves
amassed.
The telephone rang in the
Florida dressing room at the
half. Offensive coach Fred
Pan coast answered to hear
Spurrier offer congratulations
for the big lead and to warn
jokingly, "Tell that kid
(Reaves) to cool it I won't
have any records left."
Coach Ray Graves hesitates
to compare Reaves and
Spurrier this early in the game.
"Spurrier never had this
kind of lead his sophomore
year," said Graves, "and
Reaves has never been in a ball
game when we've been behind.
He did a fine job but the real
test comes when you've got the
pressure on you.
"I still say we're a question
mark," Graves added. "Any
team that depends so heavily
on passing will have its bad
days.
"I'm delighted that our kids
were such a hungry team and I
hope this game doesn't make
them think it's always going to
be easv."
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younger boys from tightening
up. Everyone makes mistakes
and when someone does they
have to play that much better
and stay loose.
"The sophomores Saturday
came through real well and
didn't get tense," he noted.
Despite his praise for the
sophomores and modesty
about his own performance,
Richardson's number 56 was
seen in nearly every pile-up in
Carter Stadium. He was a key
figure in the new defense and
the "Lineman of the Week"
could be no more deserved
than by the hustling junior.
Fans may be encouraged by
Saturday's play but the team
didn't get am' pleasure out of
losing. They plan to win and
Richardson is the first to
admit, "the loss won't get us
down.
"We met by ourselves after
the game and the spirit is still
strong," he noted. "We'll have
a winning season al Chapel Hill
and this loss surely won't
damage our morale. Personally,
it built up my confidence in
our offense and defense. We
showed many good things
behind the mistakes we made."
The determined Tar Heel
sees an even stronger foe at
South Carolina this Saturday
but he also sees nothing but a
victory by the high-spirited
Heels.
"We probably wont hav?
many Carolina fans pulling for
us iri Columbia." he said, "but
we'll be ready mentally and
physically. We plan to win for
ourselves and Carolina fans.'
Richardson's subtle delight
in being named "Lineman of
the Week" is 'overshadowed by
modesty and the fact that "we
just didn't play well enough.
You can't be happy or satisfied
when you lose, and we aren't."
The Saturday star is
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quarterbacks. There's no doubt
a winning effort will be given
in Columbia and no doubt that
number 56 will for the second,
week be "all over the field."
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