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Show GravesndJWiesonJalk Two gridiron aces reflect upon their ups and downs BY JIM NELSON Sports Staff "I thought we were the visiting team after we lost a few games, iJuL ; i - ' ''"Srf-N even though we were playing at home," stated Utah halfback Fred Graves reflecting on the season and referring to the fan support. It has been pointed out and shown before that Utah people are not football fanatics. Graves felt the students were good supporters sup-porters but the people downtown were not. Finishing the season with a 6 win 4 loss record is not a reason to hang your head if you are a Utah fan. Two of the losses were very close and the other two were nothing to be ashamed of. Utah is in a very tough conference and people are beginning to realize that teams like New Mexico are not the powder puffs they used to be. That should be kept in mind for next season. Looking over the freshly completed com-pleted season and glimpsing at novf ipar P.ravpc harl thk tn sav ness." Speaking of Utah', , , sf Graves said, we treated as not as a team member" ' As for next yearFred hopes he can perform 2 V and gain 20 po; rus size, Graves put f0r,i et this pasei one of the many fi " to this Closing out his season iss, against BYU was defe ' Norm Thompson. Ulikt & : Norm will not be suitiE V Redskin umform again. H r. son thrilled Utah fans and , the opposing quarterbacks" with his prowess in the seconfc "We should have put toj: 9-1 season but the kxpep" evident in the first few gamesh FRED GRAVES "We didn't have the season we expected and not taking the conference con-ference championship was a disappointment. disap-pointment. My better performances perfor-mances were the UTEP and Arizona Ari-zona games but I personally wasn't consistent throughout the season. The toughest team I feel we faced was Arizona State due mainly to their tremendous quick- v v r I ' v :5 ' i 1 I I ' ; I" ' 1 Thompson also felt ih,t ,. support was some tiling to be c' sired here in Salt Lake unit it was more of a basketball or;: ted city. He also thought that; Bill Meed headed staff did a j-. job. "The coaches are only good as their material," at. Thompson. In his play at Utah, Norm . J. D. Hill of powerful Aii State was probably the hat ceiver he had to face. It'snotv his patterns were tricky onf fically deceptive, but thai HI' had all that speed once hi . started. Not being able to play; bowl game was among hell these gridders' lists of disappc ments and Thompson said fal just 93 yards short of Ik M:; career record for return yard.. NORM THOMPSON was a letdown. Thompson h been a pro football possibility some time and would like toe shot at it. Utah fans should be her about both of these gentler next year. One hopes lo ' heavier while the other is look to be a step higher in the at football. Weighing all factors, Utah h:: successful season and en forward to continued succts the fine program Coach Meet introduced here. |