B—The Daily Collegian Thursday Oct. 30, 1980 ' £W^‘; UPlwirepholo The Steclers’ Rocky Bleicr fumbles the ball after taking a shot from Cleveland’s Clay Matthews Sunday. It's been an up and down season for the four-time Super Bowl champions,, as they’ve struggled to a 4-1 record. A win only remedy for Steelers PITTSBURGH (AP) Are the Pittsburgh Steelers now losers of three straight too old, too fat, too complacent, too familiar or too hurt? Can the Steeler empire strike back? “We’ve got to. There is no choice,” said coach Chuck Noll earlier this week. “If we keep playing like we are, it’s not good enough.” There were more questions than answers following a 27-26 loss in Cleveland that put Pittsburgh in a do-or-die situation. The Steelers are 4-4, trailing the Browns and Houston by a game in their division. But Noll says the only cure the ailing Steelers need is winning. ' “We have to do what’s necessary to get the thing untrack ed,” he said. “If we do that, there would be no problem. What we have to do is get a good game under our belt several good games under our belt. “That’ll solve all the problems. If we have to go back to anything, we have to go back to a proper standard.” Most of the critics pointed a finger at the Steeler defense for allowing Cleveland to bounce back from a 26-14 deficit in the fourth quarter. Brian Sipe shredded the Pittsburgh secondary for 348 yards while being sacked only once by a feeble pass rush. JtQ ~ph mvtmSTATION lifters~a rtendeShove. in Tuncfion of Corner 'The clirSCLlOtl. - - - * „ v ,■-> ’; - ' \,, '<s But Noll was dissatisified with the entire performance, even though Pittsburgh gained 393 total yards and scored 26 points with quarterback Cliff Stoudt making his first start ever. “What it came down to,” he said, “we just didn’t play well enough in any area to win. . .that’s offense, defense and the kicking game. We’re going to have to improve every aspect of our football game.” Noll refused to fix the blame, but he had no ready answer when asked how to revitalize the pass rush. “That’s a good question,” he said. “If you’re not getting there, people can ascribe anything to it bad foot, bad leg, bad hamstring, bad knee, chronological age. You can use any excuse you want.“ We’ve got to be more physical. When you’re not 100 percent, it’s tough to be physical. We’ve got to put our ears back and go after them.” Injuries have been decimating. The offense' is playing with people like Stoudt, Smith, Bell, Hawthorne and Davis instead of Bradshaw, Swann, Stallworth, Harris, etc. And the front four got more bad news when defensive end John Banaszak reinjured a hamstring, and Noll says the doc tors think he’ll be out for three weeks. Middle linebacker Jack Lambert, who missed Sunday’s game, is still sidelined. Lovelace starts 4 years after broken beginnings By SHARON FINK Daily Collegian Sports Writer Terri Lovelace has played golf once in her life. “I got hit by the ball,” she said. “It split my face and shattered my jaw. It was the first time I played the first and the last time, too.” So when Lovelace graduated from Pit man High School in Pitman, N.J., and headed for • Penn State to play field hockey, she started her freshman year of hockey practice with her jaw wired shut. •“I hadn’t eaten' solid food for so long,” Lovelace said. “I was weak, and it didn’t help when I tried out.” “She was in terrible trouble,” Penn State coach Gillian Rattray said. “She was very, very weak. And I had sent her a brochure before the season started with the conditioning program in it, and she wrote back to me saying, ‘I think you should know I’m not able to do some of those things because my jaw’s wired shut, and I’m on fluids.’ “I felt so sorry for her. Here was a hockey-player looking forward to trying out in her first year of college hockey. I said to her, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ And if I remember correctly, (when practice started) she had only had her wire off for one day. I told her to take it slowly. It was a rather bad beginning.” tf" But not too bad. Lovelace said her in jury didn’t help her at tryouts, but it didn’t hurt her that much either. When her freshman season started, Lovelace had earned a starting berth as a back in the Lady Lions’ defense, and three years later, as a.senior, she’s still there. Lovelace, playing at sweeper this season, is about a month away from completing four years as a defensive starter, four years in relatively the same position. There is another four-year starter on the team senior center back Sally Scheller but since Scheller spent her first year playing offense, Lovelace is the only one who is in relatively the same position she started in. The key word there is relatively. After playing her first three years as a sideback, Lovelace was switched to sweeper a position she’d never played before. “I didn’t like it at first,” Lovelace said. “I didn’t know what to do. And my timing wasn’t quite right. I was always a back before. “It was somewhat of an adjustment. When I was a back, there was usually so meone behind me backing me up. Now I’m the last person before (goalie) Jean nie (Fissinger). But I like it; I like it a lot.” Rattray said Lovelace was moved to sweeper because her style of play calm, steady and reliable is suited to the position. “Terri’s very dependable,” Rattray said. “She has a lot of game sense and experience behind her, and she an ticipates and positions well. Also, she’s not as fast as some of the others. “That’s not saying she’s not fast, but a sweeper doesn’t ne.ed speed. And Terri’s always there, ready and anticipating.” These are the qualities, along with a 7 lacked confidence in the beginning. I was out there with all these upperclass, a lit tle freshman. Every time I made a mistake, they must have been thinking, "Oh, you stupid freshman." ' Terri Lovelace sense of confidence she showed to others, that overrode Lovelace’s broken jaw as a freshman, Rattray said, and made her a starter. And in part, that’s the way Lovelace sees it, too. “I was always a hustler,” she said. “I gave 100 percent. When I first came up, Miss Rattray kept telling me, ‘lf you get dizzy or feel sick, sit down.’ " “But there was no way I was gonna do that. I was going to keep on playing and pull it out.” Lovelace doesn’t exactly consider that year much of a success, though. “Until towards the end of the season,” she said, “I didn’t play up to my ability, all things considered my weakness and my broken jaw. I lacked confidence in the beginning. I was out there with all these upperclassmen, a little freshman. Every time I made a mistake, they must have been thinking, ‘Oh, you stupid freshman.’ “l used to be real cautious; I wouldn’t play all-out. I was too worried about playing my position instead of just get ting out and playing. Then one of the assistant coaches told me I’d better get moving or else I wouldn’t be starting much longer! I got it together.” Lovelace came to Penn State because she was used to playing championship hockey. She was a stalwart on hes high school hockey team for four years, winn- t ing four varsity letters at Pitman High. And three out of four years the team won its league championship, and in her sophomore year it won the New Jersey state.title. , When it came To colleges, Lovelace said she didn’t really know where fo go. She considered New Hampshire and Ur-' sinus before choosing Penn State. ; “New Hampshire was probably my first choice,” Lovelace said, “but' they put me on a waiting list because my ap plication was late. Both my parentswent to Ursinus, but their interview scared me out.” But she wasn’t too thrilled to be here at. first. “Iliated it here the first time up,” she said. “My high school had 600 people in it, maximum. This place was so big and monstrous. I started to like it better spr ing term. And I had the hockey team. Now I love it.” In her four years at Penn Stated Lovelace has seen the program “come so far so quickly.” She’s seen it develop into a national contender. She’s seen herself develop as well. Lovelace said she now sees herself as an example to the team; a person it can really count on. e “I’ve got more confidence now,” she said. “I consider myself fairly consis tent. And I think people are pretty confi dent in me. ! “I’m an example to some. Some;peo ple have come ,to me and told me .'they looked at me as whatever ju&t because I’ve been here the four years.” Meade , Coles Lions on the run :?■ *it *• 'And of course Pitt wanted me badly, but / really didn't like what (Jackie) Sherrill was telling me about the program. He was really acting suspicious, like there was something he wasn't telling me. That's when / opted for Penn State...' AXP Presents the HAUNTED CROW HOUSE ' ‘: bet. 30.31,'N0v. i" " Doors Open 7:30 Adults $l.OO, Under 14—50 c Corner of Locust Lane and Fairmount Ave. Benefits Strawberry Fields U-031 Reggae! at the Scorpion 232 W. Calder Way with “THE RASTAFARIANS” Jamaican Reggae Tomorrow Nite and (Halloween Party) HIGH EARNINGS FREE TRAVEL BENEFITS National Travel and Marketing Co. seeks Highly Motivated Individual to represent its Collegiate Travel Vacations on you Campus. No exp. nec. Will Train. 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He earned first team all state honors two straight seasons as a tailback at Penn Hills High School. Dur ing Coles’ three-year career, the Indians compiled a 34-1-1 record and were state champions in his senior year. And naturally their credentials at tracted many big-time schools. Meade was contacted by national powers such as Michigan and Stanford as well as Penn State, while Coles received offers from Ohio State, Oklahoma, Tennessee and arch-rival Pittsburgh. Both Meade and Coles admit they were caught up in the last minute deci sion making process of what school to at tend, but Meade said he made a prior committment to go elsewhere before ac tually deciding on Penn State. “I had unofficially agreed to go to Michigan and play for (Bo) Schembechler,” Meade said. “I guess I decided to go there because a kid (Tony Kelsie) from' a high school close to mine was going there. But then coach Paterno called me the night I made that decision and told me I had won a Black Scholars scholarship. “That’s when I decided to come to Penn State. At the time I was 18 and I was really unsure of how to judge myself as to what program I would best fit into. “I just wanted to go to a major college power close to home,” he said. “And I thought this place was best suited for me.” Msy Overly Coles experienced many of the same frustrations his roommate did, but an earlier decision made his final choice easier, “I pretty much said from the outset that I wasn’t going very far away,” Coles said. “I wanted to stay closeto home. So that curtailed some of the West Coast’s teams interests, “And of course Pitt wanted me badly, but I didn’t really like what (Jackie) Sherrill was telling-me about the pro gram. He was really acting suspicious, like there was something he wasn’t tell ing me. That’s when I opted for Penn State because I felt it was the most logical choice at the time.” Meade and Coles are both juniors, and so far, they haven’t had much of a chance to live up to their potential. Both have mostly been limited to reserve roles, although Coles started seven games on defense in 1979 before being switched back to tailback for last year’s Miami game. ‘On defense, he had 12 unassisted and four assisted tackles, while in limited du tyon the other side of the line, he rushed nine times for 31 yards. However, Coles didn’t particularly like the situation. “At first, I was a little slow on defense because I hadn’t played there since high school,” he said. “I thought I was doing a decent job and was becoming a good defensive back, then I was switched back to offense.” But perhaps Coles’ frustrations were relieved as a result of a play that occur red in the Lions’ 9-6 victory over Tulane in the Liberty Bowl. He completed a 39-yard option pass to Tom Donovan that set up Herb Menhardt’s winning field goal in the final minute of play. And last year, Meade carried 29 timesfor 121 yardsas a backup to Matt Suhey. He wasn’t particularly pleased with lastseason either. “It was a little disappointing, but I tried not to let it bother me, although that’s difficult to do at times,” Meade said. “After games, whether we won or not, I kind of felt somewhat hollow inside because it seemed as if I wasn’t con tributing anything to the team.” But both Meade and Coles have made significant contributions to the fate of this year’s team, although both have again been forced to backup duty. Through seven games, Coles has rush ed 50 times for 215 yards while Meade has logged 104 yards on 28 car ries. Meade also collected his first col legiate touchdown in Maryland this season on a pass from running back Jon Williams. Had it not been for an injury suffered in spring drills, Meade said he might well be the starting fullback this season. >. Sports Information photo 'After games, whether we won or not, / kind of felt somewhat hollow inside because it seemed as if / wasn't contributing anything to the team.' “I pulled a groin muscle in late spring and at that time the staff realized that beyond me, we didn’t have much ex perience,” Meade said. “So they felt because of Booker’s (Moore) size and experience at running back that he would be a good choice for the position.” “Since we already had Joel and Curt (Warner) at running back, it made the switch a lot easier for the staff.” The Daily Collegian Thursday Oct. 30, 1980—9 But it isn’t always easy for Coles and Meade when the time comes to get ready for the game, knowing that Warner and Moore will be in the starting lineup. “Both Mike and I have to properly prepare ourselves for the games because we never know when we’re go ing to get called upon,” Coles said. “But when we do get the call, we got to produce.” —Mike Meade
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