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Show Page4A - I THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. BYU Thursday. August S3. football fans have been vocal in demanding the Cougars schedule a flock of big time rivals. Well, you have to admit that athletic director Glen Tuckett s timing in that regard is more than you could ask for. When BYU opened its 1S79 season against Texas AAM in Hous- ." I guess that means the Cougars are playing the best. The Pittsburgh series will be a affair with the Panthers due to play in Provo in the first game of 1967. This year the Cougars are at Pitt. The game will be played Sept. 1, and will be carried na- 4-- home-and-hom- 2-- 1 t f ' f f M M - t. f ? f 1 J r ; - 1 . In Phi ton, the Texas Aggies were ranked in the top five in the country. This year the Cougars play powerful Pittsburgh and the Panthers are rated anvwhere from No. 1 to No3. What a difference a year makes. In the fall of 19&J there was no talk of a national championship at Pitt, no talk of an undefeated season, and little real hope for even a winning year. One magazine went so far as to predict the Panthers would be 7 which would break a string of 11 straight winning seasons. You know what happened. Coach Foge Fazio s team finand ished the regular season 8 earned a bid to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost a thriller to Ohio State. BYU fans remember Ohio State and bowl games. Now the Panthers are standing s 14 in the national spotlight '"This no one s going to pick us tackle Bill says Frahc who is being boomed for Heisman Trophy. Outland Trophy and Lorn bar di Award- - honors this fall. Then Fralic adds, "We could be awesome." year BVU i IS fin) By MARION DUNN Her&M Sports Editor Ui e tionally on ESPN. Kickoff time is around 130 p.m. NIDT. Is there a chance BYU can catch Pitt asleep? W ell, in 1982 the Panthers were getting the same national attention they are receiving this year. Coach Fazio They finished says he thinks that experience will help him prepare this year's team not to be misled by the attention. "No matter how mature, no matter how street-smar- t you think your squad is. they're still naive, susceptible to a lot of pressures they might not think are going to be there. It's a case of you have to win. you have to win. this is a big game, this is a million dollar game, you're not playing up to your potential. These things eat away at a kid. they eat away at a team "We have to allow certain times when the media will have accessibility to us We've always been very open and I'll always want it that way. We have to get that out of the way. though, and go about our business. I hope we handle that a little better this S-- 3 offensive strarters and six defensive starters. Young players will take over at free safety, center, tailback. Ranker and left corner-bac- k for a blend of experience and youth I think as a unit defensively we can be good." Fazio says, then adds after a pause. But maybe not as dominating as we have been. Offensively, we have much more certain ty at the quarterback position than a year ago and we feel pretty good about our of" fense." Here s a n on run-do- w tion by position: Bill W allace returns Split ead for his senior season after catching 45 passes for 7Z7 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior. He closed out the year with a flourish by snaring 10 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns against traditional rival Penn State, and eight for 97 yards against Ohio r State. The backup here is letterman Jeff Casper who three-yea- caught six passes for 88 yards including two 41 yarders in the Fiesta Bowl. See PITT Pitt posi oi Page 5 C73 wlom Tip year." Why all the attention on Pitt? The Panthers are one almost always listed among the nation s elite football teams. Football is a way of life in that part of the country. It s tradition... tradition. But it is more than that. Fazio has Fralic and 44 other I""1- ' B 131 u1fi1i,S lettermen returning from last year's squad. Included are eight Sirloin Tip Dinners Baked Potatoes or Fries blkswaqGn won' f IIW 11 i10U TiVO- For years, the Beetle was America's favorite automobile. But it was lonely at the top So we vowed to design each new Volkswagen for the same spirited performance ' precision handling and durability that made the Beetle a legend One' look at our 1984 Volkswagens shows we haven't gone back on our word hard-nose- d It's not a car. It's a Veil ;en VOLKSWAGEN i TW0- - Biggest, Best Salad Buffet Rolls with Margarine Offer Expires 19M Sft.7, AUDI 4 CO;iVEt!lE!IT LOCATIONS Rood Audi, VoJkiwcgan OmIt "Mo NOW SEW!! 2100 South 2100 tort 5679 South Redwood PORSCHE Utah County's Exdmhe Ponch - World's 5476 South 900 lost 260 lost 1390 South, Oram (Wort of Grand Control) |