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p • • r dnve Up field, Q . I ? ' tea. USING HIS HEAD: Buffalo's Keith Schwabinger Wednesday at Dataware Pack. The Bulls, down by Camsius fouled, drawing a UB for next Saturday s game, away (10) tries to get a head above his foes, the a goal early in the game, fought back and won, penalty kick. Mike Marszalkowski against Eisenhower College. Canisius Golden Griffins during action 3-2. To avenge last year’s loss Gridders prepared to go head to head with Waynesburg Not much is known about the grid Bulls’ opponent tomorrow — specifically Waynesburg State has gone unscouted. But as usual the UB coaches have seen the films, and can brag that they are in readiness. year by a whopping 30-13 score. One of the important factors in last season’s embarrassment was the Jackets' Kent Ewell, who booted three field goals and consistently buried the Bulls in their own territory with long- range punting. concentrate on instructing the UB backs on the art of holding onto a football —not just advancing with it. “We’re trying to improve our execution,” the coach revealed at '■practice. “That’s how we lost (to Brockport, 32-25) last week. Those eight (UB) turnovers—that’s eight more times that the defense has to be on the field. We didn’t get beat. We beat ourselves.” quarterback’s arm. After two dreadful outings at the beginning of the season, Jim Rodriguez finally looked like his old self—the 1978 version, that is—breaking out of his slump in Brockport with an impressive 19 completions out of 30 attempts. Although his performance netted 277 yards and two touchdowns, Rodriguez had four passes picked off by the Brockport secondary, the last interception leading to the Golden Eagles’ winning touchdown. Rodriguez’ prime target last Saturday was Frank Price, who finished with 146 yards on seven receptions. allowing a stingy 48 points in three contests, a'Jdrastic improvement over the 83 points that were allowed in last season's initial three games. But the “brick-line” boys may be headed towards a troubled future, already having lost three starters to knee injuries—defensive tackle Larry Rothman and defensive backs Brian Schmidt and Kent Keating. “They’re a good football team,” asserted UB coach Bill Dando speaking of the Yellow Jackets (2-1). “They have good running backs, and a quarterback who likes to throw. They use the veer offense.” “Last year they hurt us with the kicking game,’’ Dando recalled. “But that guy (Ewell) graduated, so it can’t be as strong this year.” Waynesburg also featured a potent running attack. An Good or bad? effective ground game enabled Should the running game fail the Jackets to outrush the Bulls to improve, the Bulls will have to 138 yards to 27. Dando hopes to rely almost solely on their Unfortunately, not much else is known about the Waynesburg squad which beat Buffalo last Tomorrow’s contest is being billed as a double special day. Not only will it be “Parents’ Day”—honoring the parents of UB football players—but also “Kite Day”—featuring free Bulls kites to the first 250 youngsters. —Carlos Vallarino The Bulls’ defense has been most responsible for the team’s winning record—compared to a 1-2 log at this time last year —most noticeably by Tolchok II wins in last second to lead intramural pigskin week OLD RED MILL INN After one week of action, men’s intramural football teams are already talking of playoff action, boasting that their squad is the best at UB. At this point in the sea son,-only statistics from the 64 teams can really prove which squads are overwhelming their opponents. In the Monday 4:30 League, Checkers has scored 53 points while blanking their foes in two games. Tolchok I and Mengia also remain unbeaten after two matches. The Bionic Men are off to a slow start this season in the Tuesday 4:30 League as a result of an opening day forfeit. On Wednesday, both leagues are stacked with tough competition all trying to break ahead in the standings. Showing signs of leading the 3:30 pack are the Animals and Helter Skelters, while Toxic Wastes and the Panama Redskins battle it out in the 4:30 league. for a hard hitting exhibition of football, the Thursday 4:30 game between Tolchok II and the Nimrods was the one to watch. The Nimrods took the lead early in the opening half as Sackstein connected with Dave Singer for an aerial touchdown. Tolchok II fought back in the same half when Don Claybome hooked up with Brian Frazier for the score that tied matters. The second half was a defensive display until the last two minutes when Tolchok IPs offense began to click into gear. But their drive appeared futile as the clock wound down leaving time enough for only one play. The Nimrods, however, beat themselves, commiting a crucial pass-interference penalty, enabling Tolchok to bang home the winning score with time left when Clayborne struck Bob Monahan with a TD pass. On Saturday and Sunday, the Governors' League is already heating up. Leading the league with 19 points is Rush, with Beaver Patrol and Gangreene tied for second with 15 points each, - 8326 MAIN ST. C i„,J R \ near