European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 13 Carrsr Centary the Nightmare of a dream Backfield the theofis seems sound. If one Heisne trophy winning runner in the Backfield is Good Ihnn two must be belter. It does no always work that Way though. Just ask the Dally cowboys and los a Angeles Raiden equipped with tour Heisman horsemen Between them and Drifting aimlessly through this nil sea son. The cowboys go into sunday s game Al new eng land coming of an embarrassing loss to Detroit with the tandem of Tony Dorset Heisman 76. And her Etic Walker helsman 82, still unhappy Over sharing a position built for one. The Raider Are in san Diego sunday bending under inc Burden of a five game losing Streak the fast two losses accomplished with Marcus Ajlen Heisman 81, and by Jackson Heisman 85, also trying to fit their similar talents into a single spot the dream Backfield turned turbulent in both cases because they still play this game with just one Ball until they change that sex Cleveland coach Sam Rutigliano said there s going to be unhappiness with those situations. Every conventional formation needs the Lead Guy to Block. It s always Best to be the second Back in thenot the first. Thai s what these Guys Art accustomed to Daini carrying the Ball 25 or 30 Titan. They be got that Home run potential. You can t real ize it by splitting the Allen s 1987 season with the raiders began with a traditional Ajlen Day 33 carries 136 Yards. He has been nowhere near that workload since Jackson arrived to practice his Hobby Allen carried 16 tines for 41 Yards in to s first game and f 1 for so in their second game together. Jackson was 8-for-37 ant 12for-74. Joe Scannella the raiders offensive Backfield coach thinks the two Heisman runners can co exist comfortably. "1 think it s an advantage to the team he said. We Don t have to re define our offence we just have to expand it a Little bit Marcus has accepted it very Well. He s helped coach to and Mode him fee at Home. He has nol sulked one bit. I Don t think it is going to create a problem. I think it s going to help solve the scan Neua might however consider the plight of the cowboys who have been dealing with this dilemma longer with Dorset and Walker. Both of them Are usually unhappy coach tool Landry said. It s a shame you can l use both of them at the same time but it would be wasting them if we did said Jim Erkenbeck Dallas offensive line coach who also coordinates the Cowboy running game. So Walker has been utilized frequently in a Slot Back formation As a receiver which is not How he won his Heisman. Buffalo used to do that with of. Simpson Rutigliano said. If i m coaching the other team i say great put him at Danker. That s Fine with me if they re not going to give the big Guy the Ball i not going to argue about Walker will though. I Don t understand my role with the team he said. "1 must not be the Type of runner the cowboys Are looking for. If that s True i rather they let me play somewhere else where i am thai Type of runner. I m not wide receiver. I like to do the things i do Best. They be taken thai away from they ought to pick one mail Carrier and stay with nun Dorsell said. Except for the strike shortened season of 1982 and his Rookie year Dorset never had ran he Ball leu than 250 times or caught fewer than 30 passes until Walker arrived. Last year with Herschel on hand Dorset s workload slipped to 184 carries for 748 Yards and 25 catches. Walker carried the Ball 151 times for 748 Yards and caught 76 passes. Going into sunday s game Dorset had 95 carries and Walker frequently used As a Slot Back or wide receiver had 64. Can two Heisman runners in on Backfield Ever work it depends on the talents of he players involved said Hall of Fame quarterback Roger stau Bach Heisman 63 and cowboys 69- 79. When Vou look at those four Guys historically hey Are the kind of players who need the Ball 20 or 25 times. If they carry in eight ten twelve times it s nol the Ideal situation. I Don t think you can get the most out of them that Way. There Are Only so Many formations they re both used to the tailback spot and tots of carries. It s a Sticky situation. The Only advantage to it i depth. The disadvantage is How do you keep two Guys who Are that Good Nappy i d never be satisfied As a backup. If hey wanted to give me is million to sit on the sidelines for 10 years i could t do it. Life is taking advantage of opportunities. A player wants to play. In theory sure it s a great idea to have two great backs. But you need one to be 3 i Lbsack and one to be a fullback. The Ideal would be to have a Heisman Winner who is a great blocking Back and a Good receiver. You be got to have the right Heisman win he has t come along yet. The Heisman is a Glam our trophy that traditionally goes to a headlines and these four Are definitely head inert Rutigliano said that s a problem. There s no Way you can satisfy two Guys. It can t be done. You need to make a declaration pick one and make him the personality of your great running backs have always had great Blocken in front of them. You need one Guy to sacrifice himself sex nil coach George Allen said. And that goes Back to the Days of the single Wing. You can have two Home run hitlers in the Backfield but one has to Block. Marcus Allen has been the map and led the league in Rushing but you can l use a tailback like a fullback. It would be like bailing Don Mallin Gly sixth instead of third or fourth. It s putting him out of place. You re not using his Talent to the Best advantage. These Guys Allen Walker Jackson Dorsett have to get their hands on the Ball 25 or 30 times. They got the Heisman for running not blocking. You need a fullback go gel yourself a this business of Irving to fit a Square Peg in a round Hole is nothing new to Allen. Football it a simple game he said. Some teams make it too complicated. And those teams Don t Allen recalled thai when he was coaching and fac ing a third and one situation a helpful assistant would sidle Over to him and say let s foal them and go the other Way. Let the fullback carry the Ball and the halfback Block for i always had an answer for that he said. I d Tell them Don t try of be too smart. Let the runner run and the Blocker but if you have Walker and Dorset or Allen and Jackson which one is the runner and which one is the Backer College from Page 21 the following week in order to represent the conference against the fac-10 Winner on new year s Day. Our team knows what s Riding on this Ball Indiana coach Bill Mallory said. They know where they Are and whal t at Indiana is 5-1 in the conference and 7 2 Overall. Michigan stale is 5-0-1 and 6 2-1. I Don t think you can Call us a team of destiny Mallory said. When you look at us we be done what we be had to do to win. We re a football team. I m not saying we be got a lot of strengths but we re not too shabby either. We re nol the fanciest Bunch but our kids win hang in and Battle in saturday games involving the associated press top ten it will be no. I ranked Oklahoma at Home against mis Souri no. 3 Miami of Florida playing Host to Virginia tech no. 4 Florida state at Home against Furman no. S Urcla at Home against against washing ton. No. 6 Syracuse at Home against bos ton College no. 7 notre Dame playing Host to no. 11 Alabama no. 8 Georgia at Home against no. 12 Auburn. No. 9 a Tymson against invading Maryland and no. 10 Louisiana state at Home against Mississippi slate. No. 2 Nebraska is Idle. In the second ten no. 14 South car Olina is at Wake Forest no. Is Penn by Danu a a Dave Kuac. Must win situation state is at Pittsburgh no. 17 Oklahoma state is at Kansas no. 1 g Tennessee is at Home to Mississippi and no. 19 Texas Aam h it Home against no. 20 Arkan Sas. Only one school san Jose stale has clinched a postseason bowl berth. To spartans will meet the mid Ameri can conference Champion Eastern Michigan has earned Al least a lie for that title in the California bowl on dec. 12. But saturday s games will go a Long Way 10 Clearing up die bowl picture. Urcla can Clinch the Pacio Crown and a Rose bowl berth if its beats Washington and Southern Ca ties or loses to Arizona. Arkansas can Cam Al least a share of the Southwest conference title and a Cotton bowl bid by defeating Texas aim. If Georgia defeats Auburn the Bull dogs can do no worse than lie for the title in the Southeastern conference whose Champion goes to the sugar bowl. The Orange bowl looking at the possibility of staging a National championship game on Jan. I will have to wait another week to gel the 615 eight Champion which will be determined when Oklahoma meets Nebraska in a Battje of 9-0 teams. By then it will have to decide be tween Miami 7-0, or Syracuse 9-0, the Only other undefeated teams in the top Twenty. The Miami hurricanes have four games left and that creoles a problem for the Orange bowl committee especially since two of those tale opponent Are notre Dame and South Carolina. It s really too soon for anybody to be talking about actual bids going out University of Miami a Noaman Larry Wahl said. We re talking with several bowls but no decision will be made until the nov. 21 pick Era Syracuse is going for in 11th consecutive Victory dating Hack to Bat year against Boston College. It was the Eagle who handed Syracuse ill list defeat 27-9 in the 10th game of 1986. Boston College is playing its third ranked team in As Many weeks. The eagles 53, beat Tennessee 20-18 and last week dropped a 32-25 decision when notre Dame rallied from a 13-Point Defi Cit. Eastern Michigan has clinched a share of its first Ever mid a. Mean Confer ence title and it Victory Over Bowling Green on saturday would give the he Rons the title outright. That s quite a turnaround for a school that won just seven games from 1979 to 1984 and was almost kicked out of the conference three years ago because of poor Home Atten dance. Surprise in t the word for it East Ern Michigan coach Jim Harkema said. Proud is More like in i guess. Our Guy shave found a Way to overcame a lot of Mayweather Kos Arredondo in 6th los Angeles a Roger my. Weather the no. 5 challenger defending Champion Rene Arredono do in the sixth round of their scheduled12-round fight thursday bight to claim the world boxing Council Junior welterweight title. Referee Lou Filippo stopped the Coo test after the third Knockdown at 2 00 in the round. May caller of is vegas nev., improved to 29 j with 20 knockouts. Arre Dondo of Michoacan. Mexico dropped. To 39-4. Both Fig atm weighed 139 pounds
