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' 5 , ,- s v., ' . - ( Two shows The first major exhibition of Eastern European art nouveau objects in the United States will be on display at Ackland Art Center through Oct. 30. The story is on page 2. Lyndon Fuller wrote, directed and star in Scar Wars, playing each Friday night on WXYC, 89.3 FM. Background on page 5. it - n:: I j i t .J :. "lLi,.-r'v': V i .1 Sports Bill Sibbick makes his first appearance on the links for UNC when the men's golf team travels to the Furman Four Ball Championship. The story is on page 7. Ralph King, UNC track star, is the subject of a piece on page 6. The rosters for the Saturday game are on the back cover. laihj Ear Hl Friday, Sapttmbtr 39, 1977, Chap! H58, North Carolina Quarterback Dilemma Old reliables are falling by the wayside By GENE UPCHURCH Sports Editor Ah. the plight of the quarterback. For weeks, he consistently moves his football team, . directing them in long marches down an endless football Held. He is given the credit when the pass is completed or the opposing defense is busted; he must take the blame when the pass is intercepted or the running back is. hit behind the line. The quarterback, if he's a go6d one, can make a winner out of a losing football team. The victories can become more of an individual effort than a group effort. And then it happens. On just another inalong series of plays, there is that tackle that will flash vividly in the quarterback's mind forever. And, as he is helped off the field, the hopes of the quarterback and often the team go to the sidelines. When I9th-ranked Texas Tech raids Kenan Stadium on Saturday, its first-string quarterback will be hobbling about in a cast. Rodney Allison, the senior quarterback who has directed the Red Raider offense for so long that even Tech Coach Steve Sloan cannot remember starting a game without him, suffered a broken leg last week in a 33-17 loss to Texas A&M. In the first quarter with Tech leading 17-14, Allison was tackled and suffered a broken bone in his lower left leg. That leaves Tres Adami, who has never started, to start for the Red Raiders. "I don't know what kind of factor it will be," Sloan said this week about Adami starting. "We haven't played in a long time without Allison. "I hope it will make the team more determined to take up the slack." After the loss to A&M, they dropped from 6th in the coaches' college football poll to 19th this week. In addition, losing to A&M is something fans in Chapel Hill can relate to. "It's like ya'U losing to N.C. State," Sloan said. "We were bitterly disappointed. With that kind of a rivalry, it's tough to lose." Sloan said it is hard to say if Allison's absence during the critical part of the game was a factor in the outcome. "Since he wasn't in there, you can't really say," he said. Sloan said he does not anticipate changing the Tech offense because Allison is out for four-to-six weeks. i y, ,c- h Mn JV Asrs I J m'J 5 ,v . .. .. . . f f ts N-252v-iA I Ifl f . H f ' ' '1 --IT"" TUTU iiiiiT "- Tl iimiiiniiiT lin' 1 - ' r rr Ln-mii-HTWHilf" Hnnum wli minimum ,Jt While the quarterback situation for both Carolina and Texas Tech is in question for their battle Saturday, there is no question about the Tar Heel tailback spot. Tech runs a split-back veer (similar to State) and Sloan hinted that the Raiders might do more passing than if Allison were in the game. "Tres is not a runner like Rodney," he said. "Rodney has run 70 yards for touchdowns. Tres is not a running threat. "There's the possibility that we'll make some mistakes. The timing will be different as well as his inexperience and lack of playing time to execute the offense." Offensive players for Tech who will be running even harder Saturday to fill Allison's empty shoes are Billy Taylor, who picked up more than 600 yards last season as a junior, and Mark Julian, aquick runner in his first year as a starter. Fullback Jimmy Williams also is expected to take some pressure off Adami with his running and catching ability. "We have not faced a team with the offense of this caliber this year," UNC coach Bill Dooley said this week. "We have not faced this speed since the Florida game last year" which Carolina won 24-21. Amos Lawrence, a freshman, rushed for 101 yards against Northwestern last week. Staff photo by Joseph Thomas. In addition, Texas Tech's defense will give Carolina problems because it is quick and constantly changing. The multiple-style defense Tech runs will look different to Carolina's offense on every play. When Carolina faced another tough defense, Kentucky, it was given several delay-of-game penalties when quarterback Matt Kupec had a difficulty reading the changing defenses. Carolina's quarterback situation for the Texas Tech game is not much more clear than the Red Raiders. Kupec is listed as questionable for the game because of a sprained knee and ankle suffered in the Northwestern game last week. Backing Kupec at quarterback will be either PJ. Gay or Clyde Christensen. "Both are our second-string quarterbacks," Dooley said. Both have comparable passing statistics after three games but Christensen leads Gay in rushing stats. Please turn to page 7
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