European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stabs and Stripe saturday october 19,1991today s College football Alabama s Woodson is Sec s top rated passer by Hoyt Harwell Tuscaloosa Ala. Apr Shane Matthews of Florida and Andy Kelly of Tennessee were supposed to make this a big year for quarterbacks in the Southeastern conference. No one counted on Danny Woodson making it his big year. Woodson a fifth year senior did t even get the starting Job at Alabama until another quarterback got Hurt. Now he a the top rated passer in the Sec. Danny Woodson a a in a not surprised knowing my ability and what i can do a Woodson said. Woodson has completed 55 of 78 passes for 791 Yards and four touchdowns with just two interceptions. His 10.1 Yards per attempt 14.38 Yards per completion and 70.5 percent completion rate put him atop the Sec quarterbacks. Woodson was highly touted when he came out of Mobile Ala., but he did no to get the starting Job or even much playing time until he became a starter this year. Even then there were doubts he could handle the Job a before the season in All that quarterback controversy i did no to understand it a Woodson said. A i guess the Low Point for me was two weeks before the first game of the season when we went to scrimmage Over at the stadium and 1 was with the second team. 1 did no to understand coaches worried about woodsons inconsistent play last year but when red shirt freshman Jay Barker injured his shoulder before the first game the starting Job fell to Woodson. A i did no to think Danny would be our starting quarterback at this Point in the season a offensive assistant Jim Fuller said. A but he a proved me wrong and that s Woodson said he had Confidence All along that he could be a winning quarterback if Given playing time. A i know in be grown a whole lot. You be got to have game experience. Now i know what to expect what to see and he said. A i 11 1 gab a Jar. to Hwy we Mim % my in or or Alabama coi Torata 5 . On 8 30 . On e seb to and a seb to and w 8 35 . On 10 40 . On an to an to Woodson said he believes that Alabama 5-1 a has made great strides Quot since losing 35-0 to Florida on sept. 14, and that the Progress Wilt be needed when the 14th-Rankcd Crimson tide meets no. 8 Tennessee 41 saturday at Birmingham Ala. A the Competition is getting better Quot Woodson said. Quot i feel Good about going into the game but Tennessee is a Good bal club big Strong and fast. �?o1 expect More pressure than in the last few games. 1 expect More blitzes but i believe our line is going to pick them up. We Are ready to Tennessee he said a is a big game for us. You can just feel it. We be got to win this one to keep track of our goal the Sec he said he expects a higher scoring game than a year ago when Alabama won 9-6 with nothing but Field goals in the game. A i sure Hope so for our Side a Fuller Campus shocked by no. 7 bears Success by Dennis Georgatos Berkeley Calif. A us Berkeley Home to the 1960s free speech movement and a thousand different protests and causes today is grappling with a new distinction National football Power. A i think the Campus is in Shock a said Chidi Ahanonu a defensive lineman for the unbeaten California Golden bears. Quot they re not totally letting go and coming along with us yet. They re like standing Hack and going but i can say they re pulling for the bears 5-0coming off wins Over Pac-10 rivals Oregon and Urcla Are ranked seventh in the nation. That s the highest ranking for Cal since oct. 22, 1952, when the bears were fourth. Bui while the team and coach Bruce Snyder have gained National recognition it s been a Tough sell in a Community that remains a Haven for academics and counter culture ideals. A some people would like to maintain their priorities Quot said Eligio Ruiz a 23-year-old history major. A i think its More important to try to figure out what a wrong with the world and try to fix the bears surge has revived Campus debate Over whether big time academics and big time College athletics can co exist. Chang Lin Tien an Engineer and researcher before becoming Chancellor of the University a year ago believes they can. A we have excellent athletics but we also have excellent students a said Tien who has taken to donning a bears Cap and watching the games from the sidelines. A a there a no conflict. In fact they re complementary a Vincent Maloney a Cal alumnus and former Marine who has followed the bears since returning from Vietnam in 1967, said the University could and should continue striving for excellence in sports and academics. Quot there a not really much glory to be gained by being bad at something a he said. For years there were no such worries because the football program and most of the schools other major sports programs were so Downtrodden. The bears Haven to gone to the Rose bowl since 1958 and have had just 10 winning seasons out of the past 33. A a we re not supposed to he going for a National championship. You think of Cai and you think of hippies the Nobel peace prize or something else Quot Ahanonu said a Berkeley has been associated with rallies and protests. A this is something new. That a Why it s a great thing. In be been talking to a lot of Little kids and it s great for them growing up Here. They can say a in a from Berkeley Home of a National football there Are indications that calms team has begun gaining More of a following not the least of which Are growing lines at the Campus ticket Booth. Football souvenirs and clothing have been in demand at the student Book store. A prominent a catch the spirit Quot sign also is visible amid sprout Plaza notices proclaiming a Recycle or die Quot a foreign film showing a meeting of the poets society and a discussion of civil problems in Al Salvador. The Plaza area still echoes with past Antiwar civil rights and affirmative action protests. Just last August it was the scene of rioting Over development plans for nearby people s Park. Lately there have been demonstrations of a different sort. Pep rallies Are being held the Day before Home games Complete with marching bands and members of the team. A a it a a lot less uncool to be really into it in sports a said Cal fan Bruce Trevithick. A it s of to like it. Its of to be the rally crowds have been getting bigger As the team has gotten better team spokesman Ron Juanso said. A i think the University is truly becoming balanced a Cal quarterback Mike Pawlawski said. A a there a been a big change. Beforehand under a different Chancellor the retired Ira Michael hey Man there was t that much emphasis put on sports. A a now with Chancellor Tien there san emphasis to improve every aspect not just to be a great academic institution but to be a great athletic University As Well to Cross the whole spectrum of education. Football does t take away from anything. It just adds to ticket sales have been brisk for saturday s marquee matchup Between Cal and third ranked Washington 5-0 at memorial stadium it Likely won t be a sellout of 75,000-seat memorial stadium but a crowd of about 60,000 is expected Juanso said. The game Marks the first time Cal and an opponent have both been undefeated and ranked in the top 10 since 1949, when Cal and Southern Cal played. A it will probably take a while for us to make believers out of people a Juanso said. Quot a lot of that could change with the game on husky 3rd-Stringer Chase Heisman by Gary Nelson the Everett Herald Seattle a although he s now just a third string tailback with the Washington huskies the mind races when you consider the ability freshman Napoleon Kaufman has shown and the potential that a still untapped think of what he s done to Dale and then picture Kaufman three years from now As an experienced senior said University of Washington recruiting coordinator Dick Baird. Dare we say Heisman trophy Kaufman a 5-foot-9, 170-Pound product of Lompoc Calif High is a deft agile speedster with the Talent to be one of the Best running backs Ever to carry the Ball for Washington. And while he a toiling now behind no. I be no Bryant and no. 2 Jay Barry. Kaufman has made quite an impression on coaches ians and opponents. Quot he s probably the Best no. 3 Lail Hack in be Ever had at the University of Washington Quot running Back coach Matt Simon said. A a he a just an outstanding player. Before its through he could be As Good As anyone who a Ever played even As Good As a the King Quot a old no. 39, hustling Hugh Mcelhenny possibly. Just possibly. Kaufman s Early performances have left some husky fans wondering if he might not be the second coming of Mcelhenny who galloped around husky stadium in the late 19411s and Early 1950s. Fake Kaufman s Brief appearance against Arizona for example. On his first play that game Kaufman scooted 19 Yards in a Graceful display of spins twists cutbacks and Speed bursts that electrified All in husky stadium. He barely played seven minutes against Arizona but still finished As the huskies second Best rusher a carry i n g nine times for 71 Yards and one touchdown. A lie s getting More Confidence running the football a coach Don James said. A the s coining along Fine. It would be Nice if we could get him in there w Ith the no. I line just to see what he could Kaufman is an unusual commodity in a football program that in the last four decades has produced More quarterbacks of note than running backs. Washington earned its nickname a quarterback a Quot for producing the likes of Don Heinrich Boh Schloredt Sonny Sixkil Ler Warren Moon Hugh Millen Steve Pelluer Chris Chandler and Cary Conklin among others. Notable running backs appear More sporadically in husky history but include Mcelhenny Joe Steele Jac que Robinson Rick Fenney and last years standout Greg Lewis. Quot there s been some great running backs throughout history in this program but As a recruited athlete he a probably the biggest name Guy we be brought in a Baird said. A there s no question that he a got tremendous potential and his coaches Are doing a tremendous Job of bringing him along at the right Tempo and giving him some Quality minutes. He a just getting belter and stardom and the Eye popping yardage totals will come in time it they come at All Kaufman said. But he measures Success by always trying his Best never giving up and improving with each game. 1 fuel like i m learning every Day a Kaufman said. 1 m Happy i m starting to come around play like i know 1 can. But it s a Long season and i have to keep improving every game. That a what i be done and what in a going to keep trying to
