CAPITAL TIMES, November 16, 1990
Blue and White fight
PSU forewards Jon Dietz (33) (sophomore-business logistics) and Eric Carr (DUS)
battle for a loose ball In a blue and white scrimmage game played at the CUB gym
Tuesday night. Blue won by a final score of 75-63.
Penn State Rolls into South Bend for ND Matchup
Jon Fleck
Capital Times Sports
The Penn State Nittany Lion football
team rolls into South Bend, Ind. this
weekend to take on a No. 1 ranked Notre
Dame team.
Penn State, after losing its first two
games, has posted seven straight wins,
but victory number eight will be a stiff
test.
Before they lost to Stanford this year,
Notre Dame was last defeated at home by
Penn State in 1986, the year they won
the national championship.
For the Nittany Lions to pull the
upset, Tony Sacca, the defense, and
Coach Joe Paterno must pull out all the
stops.
Sacca, who started off the season
strongly, has been shaky the past few
weeks but had a strong second half in a
24-10 win over Maryland last week.
Sacca must take advantage of a young
Notre Dame secondary.
The defense must continue to pressure
the quarterback, and the linebackers and
secondary have to contain the speed of
the Notre Dame running backs and
receivers.
Joe Patcrno, who seemingly put the
wraps on the offense once the defense
came around, has to let the offense open
it up to not only score points but to
keep the Notre Dame offense on the
sidelines
The Fighting Irish, 8-1 and coming off
a 34-29 win over a tough Tennessee
team, use a high-powered offense to
overcome the mistakes of their young
defense.
The defense, minus injured All-
SPORTS
Hoopsters Tip-off Promising Year
This year Penn State Harrisburg's
basketball team hopes to open a few
eyes in the Keystone Athletic
Conference.
Team captain Eddie Miller feels that
if this year's team continues to work
hard, the victories will take care of
themselves.
"I . feel that if we consistently
improve and work hard at practice," said
Miller, "we could have a very successful
season."
Head Coach Brad Markey feels the
team is getting better despite the
handicap of working with a two year
program.
Miller's Corner
DON'T LOOK NOW, but the 1990-
91 NBA basketball season is underway.
A quick look at the conferences presents
the Detroit Pistons and the Portland
Trailblazers as early favorites. Don't
count out the San Antonio Spurs and the
Chicago Bulls. My underdog of the year:
the Miami Heat (who also have the
flashiest uniforms in the NBA). Hey,
you have to look good to play good,
right Los Angeles Lakers?
THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
IMPROVED their already solid
foundation with the addition of ex
Celtic-Clipper Danny Ainge.
AMAZING STAT: the Phoenix Suns
scored 107 first half points against the
Denver Nuggets to set an NBA record.
The Detroit Pistons do not allow that
many points in an entire game.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF Michael
Jordon of the Chicago Bulls scores 100
points against the Nuggets.
IF PENN STATE DEFEATS
NOTRE DAME, DOESN'T THAT
MEAN . . . Well, the way the 1990
NCAA season is shaping up, don't
is after nine starts being compared to
former Irish quarterback Joe Montana.
With two more years of eligibility,
Mirer draws these comparisons because
of his boy-next-door looks, the come
from behind victories over Michigan,
Michigan State, Miami, and Tennessee,
and the familar No. 3 Montana wore
during his days at Notre Dame in the late
'7os.
Along with Mirer, Heisman Trophy
hopeful Raghib "Rocket" Ismail and
Harrisburg native Ricky Watters help the
offense score a lot of points.
Coach Lou Holtz uses Ismail's
blinding speed every way possible.
Ismail can single-handedly beat a team as
a receiver, running back, and
kickoff/punt returner. He can beat a
team from anywhere on the field. His
average scoring play is nearly 70 yards.
Tami Eremus
Capital Times Sports
"The team is improving every day,"
NBA Season Starts; Steelers Ar:
for Real While Eagles Get Lucky
Eddie Miller
Capital Times Sports
said Coach Markey, "but it's hard for a
two year school to compete against
schools with four year programs. We
don't have a lot of time to work with the
players and get them used to playing
with each other."
Although Coach Markey was not
inclined to make any predictions about
this year's season, Miller, the only
returning player, stated boldly,
"Anything less than a .500 season will
be disappointing. We have the talent; we
just need to gel as a team."
This year's team is made up of guards
Ed Miller, Dave Ellis, Steve Preston,
and Abe Jaffe; forwards Mike Watts,
James Truhe, Brian Gehris, and Jim
Mullane; and centers Tom Strohm and
Dan Cody.
exclude that notion
NO, IT IS NOT AN ILLUSION, but
the Pittsburgh Steelers are for real.
Offensive coordinator Joe Walton is
doing for Bubby Brister and the Steelers
what he did for Joe Theismann and the
washington Redskins. How real? Sunday
night versus the Cincinnati Bengals will
tell.
WHEN THE GOING GETS
TOUGH, THE EAGLES GET LUCKY,
proof of that was displayed as their
defense found a way to defeat the banged
up Washington Redskins.
IS IT JUST ME, OR AM I THE
ONLY ONE WHO PREFERS
WATCHING MONDAY NIGHT
FOOTBALL WITH THE VOLUME
OFF? Dan Dierdorf is the worst
colorman in football. To be nice about
it, he is uncolorful and naive. During the
Colts-Giants matchup a few weeks ago,
he ridiculed the Colts for their offense
and defense, and had it not been for a
couple of bad breaks, the Colts could
have handed the Giants their first setback
of the season.
NOTRE DAME - PENN STATE
PREDICTION: PS 24, ND 17.
American nose tackle Chris Zorich has
talent, but gives up lots of points to
lesser teams. They gave up 31 points in
a win over Navy and 36 points in their
lone loss to Stanford.
Despite giving up the points, the
defense still manages to come up with
game-saving plays.
Against Michigan linebacker Michael
Stonebraker gave the Irish a chance to
win the game with a fourth quarter
interception in the end zone.
The main reason the Irish are the top
team in the land is the offense led by
sophomore quarterback Rick Mirer who
Watters, after a case of fumblitis put
him on the bench, appears to be peaking
at the right time after running for a
career high 174 yards against Tennesse
last week.