dtgCollegian sports Friday, No rem her 8. 197-1 Wolfpack baying at door By TIAI PANACCIO Assistant Sports Editor Remember the three little pigs'? You do, huh? Then surely, you must remember the wolf "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!" the wolf was heard to bay cen turies ago. Stories like that are still cir culated around • the South. Especially, down around the area of Raleigh. North Carolina. , You see that's where the Wolfpack from N.C. State stalk. Now last year. the Pack congregated outside Beaver Stadium and threatened to til you've seen GENTLEMAN'S HABIT; featuring fine, men's clothing and footgear in an atmosphere plend of Victorian and Ecclesiastic. Specializing in domestic apd European fashions to provide clothing of intense excitement. GEL ''\,\ EFT Located at 119 S. Fraser St. in the New Fraser Street Mall Ailli rfr A NA hliotsu * fp io 10". Tom Shuman eludes Terps. However, Terps are slower than Wolves blow down that all steel struc ture unless Joe Paterno was sacrificed as sorta "peace meal". Joe wouldn't have any part of that, -naturally. He said, "Shove it, Pack. Wait till the game begins." And what a game it avas. Penn State just about lost an Orange Bowl bid with a narrow 35-29 victory. This season, Penn State travels to Raleigh. The Pack is rather hungry. They an ticipate a minor bowl bid Peach Bowl and would like to ruin any chance that may exist for the Lions Cotton Bowl trip. wmncein ain't ' seen yet ! , ‘ '`\:,,; Our scout in Raleigh says that people haven't talked up a game like this since 1967. Maybe you don't remember 1967. It was year when the Pack came tracking to State College ranked fourth in the country. Penn State was moving toward an 8-3-1 season and the Lions smelled blood. They drew blood by the narrow score of 13-8. Our scout insists that people are talking about 1967. After all, the tables are reversed. Penn State (7-1) is ranked seventh and 'N.C. State (7-2) isn't even in the top 20. Our scout says this is gonna Browsing welcomed ... 237-5064 be a mean game. He says the Lions had better be, up. The Pack is hungry. It was starved in losses to North Carolina and Maryland. Conversely, the Lions are satisfied they .fed on Maryland and are sipping the drink of a Cotton Bowl bid. They probably aren't very hungry. . Last week the Lion defen sive line was hungry. Greg Murphy hadnlt eaten a meal at West Halls in a month. Mike Hartenstine vowed not to eat until hiscmustache grew back. Those guys, and others, Continued on page 10 IMPORTANT NOTICE WHILE THEY LAST! STUDENT FACULTY DIRECTORIES Now available at Horner's Book ShO • Nittany News McLanahan's Student Book Store University Book Centre University Park Book Store Claws By MIKE RODMAN Collegian Sports Writer A funny thing could happen on the way to the Cotton Bowl. You see, the Penn State Nit tany Lions have to make a stopover at Raleigh to play the North Carolina State Wolf pack. Now, this Wolpfack team would also like t,q, go to a bowl. Not only would they'like to go, but some feel they deserve to go. If they beat Penn State their aspirations could be realized. Not only that, but the Lion's bowl bid might be blown away like a ball of cot ton. Lion defensive captain Jim Bradley realizes this. Bradley sat out last week and watched replacement Jeff Hite lead the team to a 24-17 victory over Maryland. In all probability Bradley will sit out again tomorrow at Carter Field. "This is going to be our roughest game of the year," Bradley states. "They're (N.C. State) tougher than Maryland. If we lose this one, our bowl bid could be in question." Hopefully, all the Lions are aware of what this N.C. State team could do to their post season hopes. The Wolfpack boasts one of the most bal anced offenses in the nation. Led by quarterback Dave Buckey and his split end, twin brother Don Buckey, the Pack has a potent aerial attack to pair with a powerful running game. ' Dwie Buckey has amassed 1,378 total yards (1276 in ,the air, 102 on the ground). While Don also does alright in the stat department with 25 recep tions for 443 yards. • Stan Fritts and Roland Hooks compose one of the best 1-2 backfield punches in the land. Fritts has rambled for 963 yards on 198 carries, while Hooks boasts a 6.5 average 'with 722 on 109. Defensively, the Watfpack (7-2) is vulnerable, especially at the ends. They've .allowed 191 points, and that's a lot con sidering they didn't really play anybody until three weeks ago. Coincidently, that's when j.hey' started losing. They lost their first game to North Carolina 33-14, and then lost again to Maryland (20-10) Sports Talk Friday, November 8 WDFIIa 91.1 Special Guest Penn State Basketball Coach John Bach Apartments still available for winter rental KEYSTONE TOWERS ,238=1771 *************************** 44 Alpha Chi Omega congratulates their newest initiates: * Cori Baker Cassie Brown Mary Ann Eichenger Mary Ann George Jan Gorman Sherri Landes I Jill Kooker Leslie Milford * * Laureen O'Leary * * * * Kathy Oravec Robin Tabor: *ic************************o sharp before beating South Carolina last week 42-27. The Lion offense, that will have to exploit the weakhess hasn't been on track.in recent weeks. Fourteen of the 24 Penn State points scored last week were by the defense. To beat N.C. State, quater back Tom Shuman will have to return to the proficiency he displayed in the 55-0 drubbing of Wake Forest. The Lion running attack tics been diversified to say the least. Coach Joe Paterno has been ,us i ng somebody else each game, thus giving the fans a chance to play "Guess Who's Running the Ball this Week." Last week it was reserve Neil Hutton who saw the most action. Two weeks ago it was Duane Taylor. Three weeks ago it was Tom Donchez. Tomorrow, who knows? Big booting Bahr meets By DAVE MORRIS Collegian Sports Writer When Walt Bahr goes home this weekend it won't be for a friendly visit. Bahr and his Penn State booters visit Tem ple tonight in an all-important step toward the Nationals) Bahr coached the Owls for three seasons before coming to Penn State. "Friday is a big game, a must win for us," senior forward Randy Garber said. "If we win big at Temple we could be ranked first for the first round of the playoffs.", The top ranking in the East would give Penn State the home field advantage. The top two Eastern teams play at home. Penn State has never lost a home game since Jeffrey Field was dedicated a few years back. Coining into tonight's contest, Temple is 9- 2-1. Under first year coach John Boles, Bahr's assistant (and one-time fellow All- American) at Temple, the Owls dropped decisions to LaSalle (1-0) and West Chester (2-1). Penn State beat West Chester 3-1 earlier in the season. Joe DiSalvo, with 10 goals and one assist, leads the Owls in scoring. Goalie Woody Hart man has four shutouts and a 0.85 goals against average. for the Pack As far as passing, Shuman will be looking mostly for wide receiver Jerry Jeram and tight end Dan Natale. Natale hurt his back five weeks ago against Army, and hasn't returned to top form since. Thus making Jeram the club's top receiver with 25 catches for 259 yards. The Penn State defense is the best in the nation a gainst the rush. When the op posing quarterback puts the ball in the air, things get a little shaky. As mentioned, Bradley will sit it out unless he gets a mid night reprieve from the team doctor. That leaves Hite, Tom O'dell and Mike Johnson or Tom Giotto in the secondary. The line is solid, and has been all year. Dave Graf and .Greg Murphy are the ends. Mike Hartenstine and John Quinn are the tackles. They Bahr's booters are led by Chris Bahr (10 goals, 2 assists) and John Marsden (2 goals, 8 assists). Keeper Tim Dantzig has one shutout to his credit and a 1.23 goals against average. "At this point we can't take anyone lightly," Walt Bahr said. Bahr has the advantage of knowing many of the Owl players; he recruited them during his reign at Temple. The Lions booters face Pitt in Pittsburgh next weekelyttior,the regular season finale. A week later the playoffs begin. The top team plays the fourth-ranked team and the second and third place teams play. It's possible that Penn State could make it all the way to St. Louis for the National finals without leaving Happy Valley. After the first round, the two winners meet at the field of the highest ranked team. Thus Penn State, if it wins the initial contest, would play the second round at home also. The winner of the East plays the winner of the South on the Eastern champs' field. Again, if the Lions win, Jeffrey Piet(' would be the contest site. The winner of this contest would go the Nationals in Busch Stadium, St. Louis Dec. 6and7. 47 , Have a . ...- . 7 - 5 i; : 5 - =:•- z .___ SINTOS 1 UM. 4 rtril fai, i..! ii: