Heel defense gives Tech problems By LEE PACE Assistant Sports Editor Perhaps scholars shouldn't be so quick to attack the mentality of football players. Playing the game takes more than brawn. Some brains are required. Offensive linemen, in particular, often have it rough. There's a lot more to blocking than simply memorizing the number of the brute on the other side of the line and charging after him like a madman all afternoon. For every offensive play, there are countless ways to block it, depending on the defensive alignment. And the linemen have only a couple of seconds to figure out what the defense is and how to block. That's one reason the normally high powered, explosive Texas Tech offense had so much trouble against Carolina's defense Saturday afternoon in Kenan Stadium. The Red Raiders were confounded by the Tar Heels' varied formations and were able to construct only one sustained drive. "It got confusing for us out there at times," Texas Tech Head Coach Steve Sloan said. "North Carolina does so many different things defensively that we were having some trouble picking up our assignments. They use so many fronts and coverages, and they used one front we didn't expect them to run." Senior fullback Billy Taylor, who is ninth on Tech's all-time rushing list and who was the game's leading rusher with 150 yards, also noticed the complexity of the Carolina defense. "Ten points is the lowest we've scored in a long time," he said. "You've got to give North Carolina's defense credit. They gave us a whole different look in the entire game. It was a little confusing, especially in the first half. They've got a good defense." The Raider plight wasn't helped any by the inexperience of its two quarterbacks Tres Adami and Mark Johnson. Adami started for the injured Rodney Allison and was replaced by Johnson late in the first half. "I just wasn't moving the team all that well," Adami said. "I guess they just wanted to try and get something started with Mark. He's a little quicker than I am and can get outside better." Carolina did a good job of stopping the Tech option most of the afternoon. Much of the Raiders' 235 yards rushing came when Taylor carried between the tackles. The one possession whenTech was able to control the flats between the hash mark and sideline, however, the Raiders marched 80 yards in 13 plays to tie the score at 7-7 early in the second half. "I was having a little trouble reading what theywere doing," said Johnson, who directed the scoring series. "We were optioning the end and then the cornerback on most of that drive. Once I got settled, I started running more." Johnson kept the ball six times on the drive, gaining 45 yards. The last carry was three yards to the right side for the tying touchdown. "That play was an option run pass," he said. "AH my receivers were covered in the end zone, so I just took it in myself." The winning score came in late in the fourth quarter on a 35-yard Bill Adams' field goal after Taylor carried eight of nine plays, moving the -Raiders from their own 48 to the UNC 18. ;KX y ' VL"J I I - ', t t,s I - i I , 'jftsiSPw N ft v I Monday, October 3, 1977 The Dally Tar Heel 5 Woody makes a move to something new Clyde Christensen tries to escape Texas Tech defenders Saturday. Staff photo by Joseph Thomas. "1 don't know why they had me running it so much," a worn out Taylor said. "I guess with Allison out I've been expected to take up more of the slack." Adam's game-winning effort was perfect, even though the walk-on soccer-style kicker experienced difficulty in opening warm ups of having to adjust to the thick natural grass of Kenan Stadium. "I'm not used to kicking on natural turf," he said. "We had a little trouble getting used to the grass. We had to make several adjustments before I started kicking like I wanted to. But we had a good snap and hold on that field goal. It felt pretty good. I just stayed down and followed through." Tech's other kicker, punter Mike Mock, also had problems with the turf. After dropping a center snap at his own six midway through the second quarter, Mock stumbled and fell when his cleats got caught in the grass while he reached down to recover his fumble. The Tar H eels scored a play later. "My cleats got hung up, and I thought I was down," he said. "I should have tried to run it or something, but I thought the ball was dead. It was a bad play on my part." His voice is nearly as familiar as the voices of Carolina's coaches maybe more familiar. Wherever Carolina is playing a basketball or football game, Woody Durham is there. He talks to the players and coaches and is in his seventh year doing the play-by-play for the radio network for both sports. For the past 1 3VS years, Durham has been the sportscaster at a Greensboro television station, WFMY. Now he's moving on to something new and, to him, more challenging. He is now news and sports director of WRDU, a UHF station that serves the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill markets. The station was bought this summer by Durham Life Broadcasting, which also owns WPTF and WQDR radio stations. "They approached me early this summer," Durham said Saturday after the Texas Tech game. He was waiting for a player to interview for "The Bill Dooley Show," of which he is the host. "I'd been thinking about making a change for a long time. I'd really done all I could do and accomplished all my goals. I wanted to make a change before it showed in my work. I told them WRDU I would like to have more input into management and policy decisions." Durham Life is pumping money into Monday Morning By GENE UPCHURCH WRDU to try to make it competitive with other stations in the area. A new tower is being built in Apex and a five million-watt transmitter is being installed to make the station easier to receive. A nine-person news staff has been hired for local news, which will premier with Durham as the anchorman Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. "When 1 was making this decision, I asked a lot of people to ask me negative questions about taking the job. It all came down to my future. Now, my future is unlimited. I'm not in a capacity where I can be stereotyped. As the TV station grows, I'll grow." Conflict of interest and failure to remain objective are problems that some people will accuse Durham of, just as they always have, since he is an independent reporter and ' on the University payroll for doing the play-by-play. Durham sees no possible conflict but says it always is on his mind. "Fans will say what they want to about the things 1 say," he says. "I've never seen any conflict. My foremost goal is to be objective. I'm fair and put reasoning behind every decision. People respect my job." 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