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Western Carolinian Volume 45 Number 06

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  • PAGE 20/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/September 27, 1979 Penthouse picks the 20 worst teams Penthouse's fearless picks goofed on one of our own stales' schools. Wake forest is 3-0. May we suggesl S.C. rival I urmaii whose record is 0-3. The list: 1. Northwestern. Its 0-10-1 record set last year "figures to be even worse in 1979." Says the magazine: "Northwestern's major problems are offense and defense, in both of which they are deficient." 2. Wake Forest. Last season's 1-10 record may turn out to be better than 1979's likely outcome. "Wake Forest may will lose every time out in 1979, including "its curtain raiser against uhheralded Appalachian State." 3. University of Texas, El Paso. UTEP has won only one game per season since 1975, "and they won't do any better this time around. UTEP's gridiron specialty is the equal-opportunity defense, which allows opponents to score five touchdowns a game without regard to race, creed, color or talent." 4. Vanderbilt. Finishing 2-9 last year, "this fall Vanderbilt will again be atrocious and nothing new that head coach George Maclntyre can say or do will help the Commodores escape what seems to be paramount possession of last place in the Southeastern Conference." 5. Idaho. Last year's 2-9 record isn't likely to be much better this year, but Penthouse concedes that the team might be able to give us less that the 36 points per game it yielded in 1978. 6. Texas Christian University. "Defense will again be the Froggies' short suit, but the same can be said of their offense." Look for another 2-9 season this year. 7. Virginia. After 1979's 2-9 record, Linderman says: "1 look for the Cavaliers to beat James Madison Ihis year....And that's about it." 8. Columbia. "The doormat of the Ivy League" in 1979 after last year's 3-5-1 season. Graduations have made the outlook look dimmer. 9. Oregon state. This school had a winning season—in 1970. Last year's record was 3-6-1 and 1979 looks like the ninth consecutive losing season. 10. West Virginia. Another losing season after I978's 2-9 record, but there is hope: the state legislature has approved a $20 million new stadium, and "high school athletes always have an edifice complex. The Mountaineers will begin getting their share of blue-chip players quite soon and should show marked improvement within the next couple of years." 11. Rice. Rice's record for the last three seasons is 3-29. This year, says the magazine, "the Rice defense will again give up twice as many points as the offense can score, which is why the Owls can be expected to check in with a record that will approximate last season's 2-9 performance." 12. Army. The once-mighty football school hasn't been able to attract top high school players, many of whom don't find four years in the Army after graduation an enticing prospect. The loss of eight starting seniors from the '78 season won't help Army either. (Navy, incidentally, is not on the Worst 20 list.) 13. Illinois. Last year's 1-9-2 record foreshadows this year's results. Failure to take to the air with the forward pass was to blame last year, and likely will be again in '79. 14. Boston College. "Hollvwood producers could do worse than to study Boston College's 1978 football season for possible adaptation as a movie comedy," Penthouse says. Head coach Ed Chlebek was fired last year—but rehired after his players pleaded that he be given a second chance. After last year's 0-11 record, Boston College "will improve, although not dramatically." 15. Kansas. "The Javhawks are a decent enough .£• 1111 f 11111111 ■ I ■ I ■ 11111 • 111111111111 ■ 11 ■ i 11 ■ 11111 ■ 1111 <{ 1111111 • 11111111111111F111 ■ I lit 1^ (UC SNACKBAR) A great place to ea't anytime ol day or night! 7:00am-10:30pm Tin mi imim mini i mini n in iin nun inn n phi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiHiiiiir? college team, but unfortunately they're playing in a murderously tough conference." Last year's 1-10 record ma) be- a taslc of the current season as well. 16. Syracuse. Once the symbol of Eastern football power, the school of Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little and Larry Csonka, the Orangemen have fallen on- hard times. This year, "the Orange will be mostly black and blue." 17. San Diego State. Used to winning seasons, this school found introduction to the Western Athletic Conference last year a sobering experience. For '79, "the team has been so depleted by graduations thai its chances of finishing near .500 seem very remote." 18. Tulaile. fhe Green Wave's last winning season was in 1973, and the next isn't likel) lo be this year, "One reason for Tulane's protracted decline is its somewhat steady offense," the magazine says. On the other hand, "the defense won't be able to stop a sneeze." 19. Washington State. Despite the services of the nation's "finest collegiate quarterback," WSU last year had a 3-6-1 record. "Since Washington State was the PAC Ten's easiest team to push around last season, look for their conference foes to really stick it to the Cougars this season." 20. Memphis State. Last year the Tigers were 4-7, their first losing season since coach Richard Williamson took over in 1975, "and this fall will seem like a replay of N78 it's easy to diagnose what ails the Tigers: Their defense has as much muscle as Bianca Jagger." From page 17. turnovers. "We expect Elon, as usual, to have a real tine defense," says Waters. "They did a good job on us last season and will test us again Saturday." 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