REVERSED LOSS HANDS CLU CHANCE TO MOVE INTO 2ND PLACE.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer The last two weeks have been pretty good for the Cal Lutheran University football team. In that time, the Kingsmen have managed to win three games. Two came on the playing field - first against Occidental oc·ci·den·tal or Oc·ci·den·tal adj. Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western. n. A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner. Noun 1. Oct. 19 and then last week against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. The third was awarded to them this week when their loss to Chapman Oct. 12 was changed to a win because the Panthers used two ineligible players. ``Not many teams can say they've won three games in two weeks,'' Cal Lutheran coach Scott Squires said. And not many Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las Athletic Conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the collegiate or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. teams can say they're playing this week for sole possession of second place. But the Kingsmen can. A win tonight at Redlands (3-3, 2-0) and CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975.CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. (3-3, 2-1) will leapfrog the Bulldogs into second place in the SCIAC SCIAC SIGINT Correlation Integration & Analysis Capability . Should that happen, the Kingsmen will then become the biggest Redlands fans this side of San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County. The Bulldogs play first-place La Verne La Verne (lə vûrn), city (1990 pop. 30,897), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1906. La Verne, which began as a citrus-processing center, now has varied manufacturing, including electronic components, apparel, hand in two weeks and if they can manage to beat the Leopards and Cal Lutheran hangs on to win next week at Whittier, then the Kingsmen will finish the year with a piece of the SCIAC championship. ``It's a pretty exciting thought,'' Squires said. But for the time being Squires and his club will simply worry about beating Redlands. The Bulldogs boast the premier passing attack in the SCIAC behind quarterback Rino Marconi (88 of 156, 1,407 yards and 14 touchdowns) and wide receivers Damian Delfino (33 catches, 572 yards, six TDs), Brian Hayes Brian Hayes may refer to:
Squires respects Marconi, a physical quarterback with a great arm. ``On film we've seen him fling the ball out there with guys draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. all over him,'' Squires said. ``He can play.'' Cal Lutheran hopes to knock Marconi off stride with consistent blitzes and a good upfield pass rush. But there's a price to pay by sending linebackers and defensive backs on blitzes: If they don't get to Marconi he'll likely burn Cal Lutheran with long passes to receivers facing man-on-man coverage. Squires said the payoff for forcing Marconi into some ill-advised throws outweighs the risk of giving up a few big plays. What Cal Lutheran can't afford to do is simply let Marconi stand in the pocket and pick apart the defensive coverage. ``We'll probably get burned on a couple of long passes,'' Squires said. ``I'm trying to remind myself of that so that if it happens (during the game) I won't blow a gasket.'' Offensively, Cal Lutheran seems to have found its stride recently. Last week in the 31-17 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps the Kingsmen threw for 206 yards and rushed for another 220 yards. That's the sort of offensive balance that Squires has been striving for all year. The running game has been greatly enhanced by the return of Fredrik Nanhed. He hasn't fully recovered from an early-season hamstring pull, yet Nanhed has given solid back-to-back rushing efforts including 86 yards last week. The Kingsmen will need more of the same against the Bulldogs. In addition to a physical game, Squires also predicts a fairly high-scoring game. Not only will CLU's defense be under the gun to stop Redlands, but its offense faces pressure in keeping up should the two teams decide to light up the scoreboard. ``It's definitely going to be a challenge,'' Squires said. |
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