Who really wins with the hate factor?
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The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, October 3, 19845
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Does anybody really win by using the hate factor?
That was about the most intriguing question posed
yesterday at North Carolina coach Dick Crum's press
conference.
The general premise under which the question was asked
was that the Clemson Tigers win a lot of ball games
especially against rivals like UNC because they learn
to hate the opposition.
Certainly, the Tigers have every reason to be upset.
TheyVe missed consecutive major bowl bids because of
their three-year probation, and now they're entering
Saturday's home game against the Tar Heels after losing
two straight.
So anyway, coach, will Clemson play with fire in its
eyes, just because this is North Carolina?
"We can't pay a whole lot of attention to that sort of
thing," Crum said. "When we play other league teams, we
know we're going to get their best shot."
Crum, meanwhile, does not believe in playing with a
.vendetta. If it's high noon, then it's because you've got
two evenly-matched teams going at it for some redeeming
purpose aside from an inherent desire spread each other's
limbs across the field.
"I don't believe in (the hate factor). It's not good
coaching."
Crum, who is never one to respond to questions with
an oral essay, believes that for success to come anyone's
way, you've got to have the talent before you can start
playing on emotions.
"YouVe got to have the folks there first," he said. That,
he said, even comes before coaching.
The Tar Heels will need a combination of everything
talent, coaching and emotion to have a shot a handing
Clemson loss No. 3 in a row Saturday. The Tigers haven't
lost in Death Valley since 1980 to North Carolina, 24
19. But that's 21 straight games without a loss. The odds
are not good for the guys in light blue.
"The crowd really gets in the ball game," Crum said.
"It's the type of place that should give our kids good
experience."
The kind of experience that will leave the Tar Heels
either 1-3 or 2-2. The kind of experience that could mean
the difference between a winning and a losing season.
There's no window-dressing on this year's Clemson-UNC
game. That, according to Crum.
In the past, these two teams played around the seventh
or eighth game of the season, and for the Tar Heels, it
meant the difference between a trip to Miami and a trip
to Hackensack, N.J., or a place of similar nature.
This time, it's only for bragging rights, for the Tar Heel
seniors to beat Clemson for the first time, and for the Tigers
to pacify the fat wallets of the folks in some 100 luxury
VIP boxes in Memorial Stadium.
Crum sees the game as a chance to get a reading on
his team's progress from it's abysmal start. "How we play
against Clemson will give us an indication of how we've
come along," he said. Although another loss to the Tigers
would be frustrating, it would hardly be the end of the
season, he said. "Our kids are young enough that if they
don't win it it won't have much of an impact on us. Last
year, when we had all those seniors, it upset them."
Don't think for a moment that sports doesn't play a
role in shaping this country's history. It was announced
yesterday that the Presidential inauguration, a 200-year-old
tradition, will be moved to a date other than Jan. 20
because it coincides with Super Bowl XX in Palo Alto,
Calif.
A private ceremony will be held that day at the White
House, but the numerous festivities, including the parade
down Pennsylvania Avenue and the inaugural ball, will
be given a rain check.
Now, if only the NFL had another site for the game
and Howard Cosell wasnt scheduled to be one of the game's
announcers...
More tidbits from far and wide:
Mark Maye still has a sore shoulder and it's doubtful
hell play at all Saturday. However, the redshirt freshman
quarterback is expected to see some time on the field once
his arm is in good shape again, Crum said yesterday ... If
you were surprised that Syracuse wasnt in the Top 20
polls this week, you shouldn't be. Before beating No. 1
Nebraska Saturday, the Orangemen lost to Rutgers, 19
0. They're upcoming slate is murderous, starting with
Florida this week. Soon, the win over the Cornhuskers
will seem like a dream ... If the Houston Oilers,
Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals keep playing
like they have over the first five weeks, the only games
they may win is when they play each other, and the Eagles,
1-4, play neither Houston nor Cincinnati . . . Does
IPTAY, Clemson's alumni fund-raising organization, really
mean "I Pay Thirty a Year"? May be. There is no mention
of the full name in any Clemson media information, even
in a full one-page story on the organization. If that's true,
these people are contributing 30-what per year?
Simmons adds new hope
By SCOTT SMITH
Staff Writer
While the North Carolina defensive
unit came under fire during the first two
games of the season, an unheralded ray
of hope emerged. The source of that
hope was inside linebacker Troy
Simmons.
Simmons, a 6-1, 215-pound junior,
leads the team in tackles with 15 solos
and 32 total. He has graded out so well
in UNC's opening games, according to
Tar Heel coaches, he could well be the
the next Tar Heel to keep up UNC's
tradition of great linebackers names
such as Lawrence Taylor and William
Fuller.
While Simmons has performed well,
he finds a hard time getting noticed
while playing in the shadow of Micah
Moon, UNC's All-American outside
linebacker. But it is clear that in just
the opening weeks of the season
Simmons is establishing himself,
indeed, as a player that you can build
a defense around.
All of this would have seemed a bit
too much for Simmons to fathom a few
months ago. The Spring Lake native
was not even sure then if he was going
to play regularly. "I really didn't expect
to start," he said. "At the end of the
spring I hurt my ankle and I wasn't able
to practice that much, which I thought
really hurt my chances."
Simmons took the ankle injury in
stride, however, and battled redshirt
freshman Brett Rudolph for one of the
inside linebacking jobs. According to
Simmons, the competition between the
Bloom County
two was close. "When we were in the
spring I was one and he was two, then
as we went on he was one and I was
two," Simmons said. "It went constantly
back and forth. I was never sure of my
position."
Finally, in the fall, Simmons nailed
down the position. He did so with a
great respect for Rudolph, who often
rotates with him. "I respect Reindeer
(Rudolph) a lot," he said. "He's an
excellent player and whenever he's in
there I have confidence that he will do
the job."
Simmons' career was seriously threa
tened two years ago when he sustained
a serious knee injury. It took him a full
year to feel comfortable with it again.
He said he thought he was ready to play
last year, but after watching films of
himself, he saw that his actions were
still slow. "I couldnt accelerate prop
erly," Simmons said.
After diligently going to rehabilita
tion every day to make the knee
stronger, he got his speed back. For
Simmons, the experience was a trying
one. "That was one of the most
frustrating times of my life," he said.
"Wanting to perform and finding out
you cant is frustrating."
Simmons attributes his improvement
to hard work during practices. "When
I'm out there practicing, the coach tells
us that the two hard days we do practice
we should get the most out of our
selves," he said. "In those two days, I
try to learn, do my job, be around the
ball and make some tackles. I basically
do what I want to do in the game."
SCOREBOARD
FieSd Hockey
Stanford 3, UNC 2.
Stanford 3 3
UNC 2 2
Goals UNC: Judith Jonckheer, Claire Dougherty;
Stanford: Andrea Wolper 2, Patsy Huntington.
Assists UNC: Mary Sentementes 2; Stanford: Carol
Chamberlain. Wolper 1.
Shots UNC 8, Stanford 8.
Penalty Corners UNC 10, Stanford 4.
Saves UNC: Jan Miles 5. Stanford: Bonnie Warner
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