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By MIKE DeSISTI
Sports Editor
COLUMBIA, S.C. Backup quarterback
Kevin Anthony, dressing after the game Satur
day night in the North Carolina locker room
which was buried beneath at least a few of the
72,400 seats in Williams-Brice Stadium, is ask
ed what he expects to be doing the rest of the
1983 season, based in pari on some of the
events of the last few hours.
He doesn't get a chance to answer.
'Tlaying," says Scott Stankavage, just out
of the shower and in front of the locker direct
ly across from Anthony, sticking his nose
where it belongs. It belongs because Scott
Stankavage is the man Anthony plays backup
to.
"Playing."
That saves Anthony a lot of trouble.
Anthony, redshirted last year, had stepped
onto the turf late in the second half that night
looking like a freshmen who had yet to take
a snap in college ball,, which is no surprise, see
ing as that's all he was. He took a few, com
pleted one of his four passes for 21 yards (he
had a sure touchdown pass dropped in the end
zone), then left with the coaches impressed,
looking like a freshman who had taken a snap."
"(Coach Dick Crum) is talking about
throwing the twos in there every once in awhile
and giving the ones a break," Anthony says,
"giving them time to rest, to catch a breath. ,
"I hope to be playing some."
And so he speaks. His role with the Tar
Heels? .
"I want to be a solid backup quarterback,
. that's what I came here thinking," the Deca
tur, Ga. native says. VAnd that's what I'm
working to be."
Stankavage doesn't buy the story.
"Any dadgum quarterback wants to start,"
he says. "If he doesn't, he ain't worth his sod.
"I know Kevin wants to play; he's really
good and deserves game time out there."
Your time, Scott?
"It's like it was with me and Rod (1982
senior starter Elkins, whose knee injury mid
way through the season put Stankavage in the
driver's .seat)," he says. "Kevin's a good
friend and I'll be the first one to greet him on
the sidelines when he throws a touchdown pass
or has a good drive.
"I'm all for it, you know?"
Just five feet from all this banter, dressing in
silence next to Anthony with his back turned,
stands Mark Maye.
The 6-4, 195 pound freshman is listed third
on the North Carolina depth chart at quarter
back, not a familiar spot for the 1982 North
Carolina High School Player of the Year
named to five Ail-American teams out of
Charlotte Independence.
"Well, you know, Scott and Kevin, they're
awfully good players and run the offense
great," Maye says, speaking with a reverence
usually reserved among the football crowd for
Vince Lombardi and post-game meals. "Just
anyway I can contribute to helping them, or
the team in any way . . . I just try to do the best
I can."
Mark Maye is not the pretentious type
But it would be hard to blame him if he
were, why, with his being perhaps the most
talked-about recruit at North Carolina since
freshmen were able to play on the varsity in
other words, the most talked-about newcomer
ever. A highly sought-after, prepster in 1982,
this kid can throw, but the college game is go
ing to take some getting used to.
"It's a lot different than high school, it's a
lot more complicated," he says. "You have to
learn more coverages and that sort of thing,
and it takes some time to get adjusted."
Offensively, the Tar Heels have the guns to
throw the ball, but it's the horses on the
ground that may be getting most of the atten
tion. Junior Ethan Horton (6-4, 218) and senior
Tyrone Anthony (6-1, 206) will be splitting
time and defenses at the tailback position,
while junior Eddie Colson will do the elbow
greasing at fullback.
The 6-0, 220-pound Colson, relegated to a
Senior flanker Mark Smith he scored the
first UNC touchdown of the 1983 season on a
32-yard reception against South Carolina Sat
urday has the epxerienced hands in the re
ceiving department, while sophomores Earl
Winfield and Arnold Franklin will have yet ,
another year to mature at the split and tight
end spots.
Preseason AU-American left-tackle Brian
Blados, all 6-6, 305 pounds of him, will anchor
the offensive line, with senior Joe Con well at
the other tackle spot. Freshman Harris Barton
(6-5, 225 pounds) will be flanked at center on
the right by guard Willie Austin, and on the
left by Greg Naron.
North Carolina's defensive act will be a
tough one to follow. The Tar Heels ranked
second nationally in overall yardage surrend
eredsixth against the pass and twelfth
against the run.
Junior Brian Johnston will play opposite
All-American William Fuller at the left tackle,
and junior Ronnie Snipes will be in between
the two at nose guard.
, Butch Griffin and Aaron Jackson are at
outside linebacker, with hard-hitting Micah
Moon and senior Bill Sheppard at the inside
spots.
All-ACC selection Willie Harris heads an
experienced secondary, with cornerbacks
Walter Black and Larry James returning, as
well as free safety Steve Hendrickson.
At the specialist positions, junior Tommy
Barnhardt is starting at punter this year, and
judging from his four punts at an average of
45 yards apiece against South Carolina, should
do a job.
Junior Rob Rogers will be handling kickoff
duties and long-range placekicking for the Tar
Heels, while Brooks Barwick will be back as
the regular placekicker and extra-point man.
Barwick, a senior, saw his placekicking
streak end in Columbia when No. 14 failed to
split the uprights from 30 yards.
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