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Wahoos Stalk Hungry Wolfpack

By Hugh Antrim
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Virginia hasn't whipped North
Carolina State on the football field
since the distant year 1949. Coach
Ear Edwards boasts a 10-0 record
on the Wahoos that sounds reminiscent
of our old friend Frank
Howard.

For the Cavaliers this game has
exciting ramifications. Still contenders
for the ACC championship,
the Wahoos need a victory from the
Wolfpack Saturday to convince grid
experts that Virginia has a legitimate
claim toward a conference
crown.

The Pack grumbles out of
Raleigh still upset with themselves
for blowing a first half lead and
falling to league leading South
Carolina, 21-16. Add that to a loss
from Wake Forest and State is no
longer a conference challenger, that
is, on the statistics sheet, but that
Wolfpack is going to be tough; and
besides, Mr. Edwards has a way of
spoiling high Wahoo hopes.

The Cavaliers took a 3-1 record
to Raleigh last year, having lost
only to a mighty Purdue squad, and
needed a win over State to step into
the ACC title race. A rainy day and
a big Wolfpack defensive effort
halted the Cavaliers, 0-19.

State likes to out-power their
opponents. In the first two games,
Edwards' tractors threw only six
times, completing two. Charlie
Bowers often gets the call into the
middle of that huge State offensive
line, and Leon Mason runs well
toward the outside. But State can
throw if they need to, and quarterback
Darrell Moody is capable of an
effective serial attack as a 30 for 55
passing record will reveal. Moody
hit 10 out of 14 against South
Carolina last week for 131 yards.

Coach Ear Edwards has size
and experience going for his team.
A big defensive line likes to
frustrate offensive aspirations, and
a big offensive unit likes to chew
you up and spit you out at three or
four yards a carry. State is hungry;
unaccustomed to a midseasonal
mediocrity on the record sheet,
Edwards is hardly courting repeating
failure in ACC competition.

The Cavaliers should be reasonably
healthy for the game. On the
offensive platoon, Bobby Bischoff,
who suffered a hip pointer in
Richmond last week, practiced for
the first time yesterday and is
optimistic that he will go 100 per
cent by game time. If not, Bill
Davis will step into that tight end
position.

Tom Patton and Ed Kihm, both
recovering from injuries received in
the W & M game, will be ready for
action, although the extent of their
participation is questionable.

Coach Blackburn figures the
contest to be won in the second
half, hoping that the Wahoos
contain that John Dre offense for
the entire 60 minutes. Coach Ned
McDonald summed up the State's
grid philosophy, "you don't have to
go looking for him, he'll be looking
for you."

And one more thing - it's Band
Day at Scott Stadium. No less than
37 state high school bands will be
participating in the Commonwealth
Day festivities

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