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Results Of Purdue Contest
May Determine Grid Mark

By Jack Glenn

A team that opens its season
against an adversary the likes of this
year's Purdue squad could have any
kind of a record when the sports
writers type up the finale in
November. Victorious or not in
that first encounter, Virginia's
fortunes will evolve from the results
of the Purdue game to produce
anything from a glorious to a
dismal season.

This is not to downgrade
Cavalier hopes as the gridders head
for Lafayette, Indiana, home of the
pre-season favorites for the mythical
national crown.

It is a fact, though, that the
Boilermakers present a formidable
front, that they will be difficult to
defeat, and that they could leave
more than just physical scars on
Coach Blackburn's crew. The
Wahoos that emerge from the
Purdue battle will be the ones that
carry the banner through the rest of
the fall. If still healthy, they will
win.

For the first time in recent
memory we even have the head
coach of Wahoo football team
saying that he expect to have a
winning team. Coach Blackburn
puts it "We would be sadly
disappointed if we did not get over
the .500 mark because we feel we
are better than that."

Just what kind of a team is it
that will hopefully rescue. Mr.
Blackburn from the uncertainties of
his statement?

We can probably best answer
this question by referring to the
aims of the coaching staff. Its
members take primary sight on the
concept of "balance." They hope
to place the competitive load
equally on the shoulders of offense
and defense, and with the former,
to split the chores of moving the
ball between Gene Arnett's arm and
the pounding legs of Frank Quayle
and Jeff Anderson.

Virginia has had problems of
balance in the past, but now that
more talent seems to flood into the
University, the Cavaliers will have
to depend less on luck and the
exceptional daring of a few to win
ballgames.

Indeed, subtly and otherwise,
Virginia seems to be getting
stronger and stronger every day.
Last year we did not have the
strength to "win on our bad days."

This year the Cavalier football
program just may have matured to
the point of physical competence
where the bad days

But maybe there won't be as
many bad days. Now that Arnette
has unleashed his arm, Virginia may
strike more often from a more
widespread attack.

Opponents, however, had
enough to worry about last year
with the Wahoo running attack. An
unrestricted throwing arm and the
return of the three top runners
could bolt Virginia into the ranks
of the winners.

Arnette, himself, is known for
running with abandon. For
instance, last year against Buffalo
Arnette scampered for four
touchdowns and tossed for one
more to tie two league single-game
records, one for "most
touchdowns," the other for "most
touchdowns responsible."

Halfback Frank Quayle and
Fullback Jeff Anderson usually
performed most of the legwork,
however, and they proved so
successful that they changed
Virginia's style of football. For
years on end the ACC had learned
to emphasize Wahoo throwing arms
in designing defensive strategy. Last
year this duo reserved the trend in
chalking up over 1500 yards on the
ground.

Quayle garnered all-ACC honors
last year. Some optimists would put
him up for All-American status this
fall.

But if the backs are to reap the
honors, someone on the line will
have to reap a lot of bruises. One
man in particular may give more
than he receives. He is Greg Shelly.
An All-Conference selectee, Shelly

several times last year scored
highest of the linemen in the
coach's post-game evaluations of
the players.

Shelly merely led a host of fine
new blockers last season, and
fortunately most will return for this
fall's schedule. They add a brand of
quickness to the line that Virginia
has not experienced for over ten
years.

Paul Rogers has nailed down the
starting assignment as Shelly's left
side complement at tackle. It looks
as if Rick Kotulak and Chuck
Hammer will open the season
against Purdue in the right and left
guard slots. Kotulak has switched
from fighting for one of the tackle
positions.

Dave McWilliams has decided
not to return to college football so
Dan Ryczek has moved in as
front runner for the center's
responsibilities. Bill Stone backs up
Ryczek.

Fullback Jeff Anderson Smashes Through Again

Anderson Led Cavaliers In Yards Gained Last Fall

Virginia's receivers sort of lump
together. If Coach Blackburn needs
an extra end he admits that he
usually draws one from the list of
backs. If he needs a flanker, he
takes some guy off the track team.
Such are the ways of a football
strategist.

Anyway, former thin clad Jeff
Calamos now dons the garb of a
flanker back while former flanker
Rick Moschel shifts to split end.
Joe Hoppe returns to play tight
end.

It is not the offense, however,
that will have to stop such heroic
figures as Mike Phipps, Leroy
Keyes, and Perry Williams of
Purdue, NC State's Gerald Warren,
South Carolina's Warren Muir,
Tulane's Warren Bankston, or
Maryland's Alan Pastrana. The
defense will have to shoulder the
load here.

A few years ago sportswriters
would have said this was
impossible-and it practically was
until Coach Lawrence joined the
team last year.

In his first year as head
defensive coach Mr. Lawrence
instilled enough of that formerly
unknown quantity called defense to
place Virginia second nationally in
thwarting passes. And on the
ground they were not so bad either.

Take the Tulane game as an
extreme example. In the second
half Boyd Page and Paul Reeve each
intercepted a pass. In thirty
minutes All-American Duhon
quarterback Bobby Bukou
completed only one pass to net
minus seven yards and a Cavalier
fumble recovery-not an ordinary
half but one that showed Virginia's
potential.

This year to help Reeve bat
down more balls, Bob Rannigan has
moved to right safety from his old
spot as flanker. Reeve will perform
on his left side. Dave Turner and
interception-conscious Peter
Schmidt plan to handle the corners.

Sharing the captaincy's
responsibilities with Arnette, Rich
Brand's commanding presence will
be felt at left tackle. At right tackle
Jim Willits really pushes Rick
Constantine for the starter's berth.
One or the other may move
elsewhere.

Both Al Sinesky and Tom
Patton come off brilliant seasons
out on the ends. Last year for the
first time opponents had to come
up with alternatives to the old
swing-left, swing-right approach
with which they had mangled
Cavalier defenses down through the
years. It was Patton and Sinesky
who successfully plugged up the old
routes of the enemy to give the
defense a new look.

At middle guard Virginia has
already suffered a serious blow even
before curtain lifts for the season.
Out with an injury for the whole
year, Steve Bryan will miss the
opportunity to bear the crunch of
the opposition's offense. As a result
of the injury former outside
linebacker Bob Paczkoski has
shifted to the interior. Charles
Blandford may see relief duty quite-often.

Taking Paczkoski's place on the
left, Boyd Page contributes a
healthy record of one season's
experience in Virginia football. Out
on the right Al Ferrara seemingly
has taken the starting job.

With offense and defense out of
the way there are still minor
matters such as punting and
place kicking to take care of. In the
past such small matters have
sometimes hurt the Cavaliers.

Just about anyone who saw
Hunter Richards punt for the
first year team last year would say
that the varsity has a bright
prospect for three seasons to come.
The coached fervently hope that his
foot will fully recover a slight
injury by game time. Meanwhile
Paul Reeve has loosened up his toes
in readiness.

Peter Schmidt may handle the
place kicking chores. A bit erratic,
Schmidt can still get the necessary
distance. He kicks off very well.
Anderson has been trying this, too.
Carryington and Moschel have been
lending their talents in trying to
boot field goals and extra points.

All in all this could and should
be the year in which Virginia
should get back on the winning
track. It seems that the Wahoos
finally have both the wealth in
talent and in numbers to make the
season a success.