FEW COACHES MAKE OWN CALLS.Byline: SCOTT WOLF Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. College Football Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier does it at Florida. So does TCU's Dennis Franchione and Nebraska's Frank Solich. Nobody probably does it better than Kentucky's Hal Mumme. Even John Robinson has started doing it again at UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas . All of these coaches call their own plays, but they are part of a dying breed. According to a survey of the 114 Division I-A programs by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, only 22 head coaches call the plays. Interestingly, five of the coaches are from the Southeastern Conference: Georgia's Jim Donnan, Florida's Spurrier Spur´ri`er n. 1. One whose occupation is to make spurs. , Kentucky's Mumme, Arkansas' Houston Nutt and Mississippi's David Cutcliffe. Could this possibly explain the league's success? No coach in the Pacific-10 Conference calls his own plays, although USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. coach Paul Hackett sometimes takes over. Two teams (Nebraska, Kansas State) in the top 10 have coaches who call their own plays. But so do two of the worst teams in the nation (Duke, North Texas State). Here's the list of coaches across the country who call their own plays, excluding the above-mentioned SEC coaches. Atlantic Coast (1): Carl Franks, Duke. Big East (2): Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Terry Shea, Rutgers. Big Ten (2): Ron Turner, Illinois; Cam Cameron, Indiana. Big 12 (3): Bill Snyder, Kansas State; Solich, Nebraska; Mike Leach, Texas Tech. Big West (2): Dirk Koetter, Boise State; Darrell Dickey, North Texas. Independents (1): Mike Kruczek, Central Florida. Mid-American (1): Mike DeBord, Central Michigan. Mountain West (1): Robinson, UNLV. Western Athletic (4): June Jones, Hawaii; Mike Cavan, SMU SMU Southern Methodist University SMU Solid (Waste) Management Unit SMU Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia; Philippines) SMU Singapore Management University SMU Saint Mary's University of Minnesota ; Franchione, TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. ; Gary Nord, Texas-El Paso. --Kicking poll: Florida State kicker Chance Gwaltney was stunned Saturday morning when he read the Tallahassee Democrat, which conducted a fan poll to determine the people's choice for Florida State's best place-kicker. A female soccer player won. Emma Breland, the star freshman on Florida State's women's soccer team, received 42.3 percent of the vote. Matt Munyon, the kicker who missed a 49-yard field goal attempt in a 27-24 loss to Miami, finished second. Gwaltney finished fourth, getting just 10.4 percent. ``Maybe next week, it will zoom up to 15 percent,'' he said after he made all his extra points and converted all three of his field-goal attempts in the 37-3 victory over Virginia. Gwaltney was upset that Breland won the poll. ``A girl? Let her try to get out here and kick in front of 80,000 people, have the other team coming at you and all the pressure,'' he said. --Pac-10 feud? A day after Arizona lost to Oregon, Wildcats coach Dick Tomey was still fuming fuming /fum·ing/ (fum´ing) emitting a visible vapor. fum·ing adj. Producing or emitting smoke or vapor, as for certain concentrated nitric, sulfuric, and hydrochloric acids. over a block by Oregon's Wesly Mallard (his real name) on Arizona's Michael Jolivette. Mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. hit Jolivette so hard on a punt return, he knocked the Arizona player's helmet off. The collision cut Jolivette's lip and mouth, and he needed 11 stitches. Tomey said the block was illegal, and he and Bellotti spoke by phone Sunday, at which point Tomey told Bellotti he felt Mallard should be suspended for using his helmet to hit Jolivette. Bellotti said he didn't think the hit was intentional, but he did agree that it was the type of play that could result in punishment. ``If it were my player that it happened to, I would feel the same way,'' Bellotti said. ``As much as I don't want to curtail aggressive football, I also know the helmet should not be used as a weapon and I know we don't teach helmet-to-helmet contact.'' --The pass defense rests: The last two teams to play Auburn, Florida and Louisiana Tech have combined to complete 61 of 88 passes. --Houston to redshirt? Colorado freshman tailback Marcus Houston, who was so impressive the first three games of the season averaging 110 yards per game, could decide this week whether to redshirt. Houston has missed four games with a torn hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. muscle suffered against Washington in mid-September. Houston could petition the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association for a medical redshirt because he's played in 20 percent or less of the schedule. (The percentage is 2.2 games, but the NCAA rounds the figure up to 3.0 in football.) --Future relatives: Washington tight end Jerramy Stevens was assigned last Saturday to blocking Cal defensive end Andre Carter - who soon could be his brother-in-law. Carter, a senior at Cal, has dated Stevens' older sister, Jameka, a former volleyball player for the Bears, for several years. ``I think they are pretty close to getting engaged,'' Stevens said. ``Though nothing is official yet.'' Jerramy Stevens and Carter have become close, but it didn't affect the game, which Washington won. ``I thought it was going to be weird going up against him,'' Stevens said. ``But I just came out and played my game and I didn't really say anything to him until afterward.'' FOOTNOTES By Scott Wolf THE TOP 10 1. Nebraska (7-0) There are still doubts about Solich, so he better beat Stoops 2. Florida State (7-1) 'Noles return to site of last ACC See adaptive cruise control. loss: N.C. State 3. Virginia Tech (7-0) No longer relying solely on Vick for victory 4. Miami (5-1) Taking October off with Louisiana Tech next scheduled victim 5. Florida (6-1) Spurrier hasn't ripped officials lately. Oops, Gators were off last week 6. Oklahoma (6-0) Heupel for Heisman campaign will be determined Saturday 7. Georgia (6-1) Who did Bulldogs beat? Who do they play? Team to fill out top 10 every week 8. Oregon (6-1) Ducks' luck has been rosy since Nike disowned dis·own tr.v. dis·owned, dis·own·ing, dis·owns To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate. them 9. Clemson (8-0) So much for theory that an injury to Dantzler would be devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. 10. Kansas State (7-1) Creampuff schedule puts Wildcats 10th in BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. , just where we have them THE LIST Won-loss record is only one means of determining how strong a team really is. The Domination Index measures a team's strength by combining its on-field record with its record against the point spread. Pac-10 teams W-L record vs. spread combined Oregon State 6-1 5-1 11-2 Oregon 6-1 5-2 11-3 Arizona State 6-2 4-2 10-4 Washington 6-1 3-4 9-5 Arizona 5-2 4-3 9-5 Stanford 3-4 4-3 7-7 Washington State 3-4 4-3 7-7 California 2-54-3 6-8 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX 4-3 2-5 6-8 USC 3-4 1-6 4-10 BEST BET No. 1 Nebraska (7-0) at No. 3 Oklahoma (6-0) Someone loses their chance at the national-championship game. It's as simple as that. Sooners coach Bob Stoops is already an in-state hero, so a victory could make him a legend. BY THE NUMBERS 5 Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El Antwaan Randle El (born August 17, 1979 in Riverdale, Illinois) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. became the the 5th player in NCAA history to rush for 200 yards (210) and pass for 200 (263) in the same game 226.2 Rushing yards Iowa allows per game, 109th in the nation 900,000 Dollars Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops earns per year CAPTION(S): 4 boxes (1) FOOTNOTES (see text) (2) LEADERS (3) MUST-SEE TV GAMES (4) BIG GAME IN THE BIG 12 |
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