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Show 6 B DESERET NEWS, Toesdoy, October 27, 1970 Gte f "George Ferguson ain:uniauiimiimmitmtimiimmimH!iiHumiuunmntriuirMmm But Clast- A - werent so tough more than one afterall, coach said this weekend. We knew they were good, but not that good. See, they i UMUIillIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIJll!ini!ii(ji( ' Arizona States football team recently was ridiculed by members of the area broadcast and Sun Devils ranked 10th J press media beeause th aid 12th by national polls failed to run wild pver underdog Brigham Young.' The Sun Devil offense was scorned. But there jwere no words of praise for an defense J that held BYU to a total offense of 39 yards the 10 yards rushing for the game second half yards total offense . . . and three points. It takes both to make a nationally prominent Ssuad. Saturday in and Saturday out, the offense $4$ going to explode less often than me defense is Tgomg to come through. One guy who recognized that there was a lot J of fine Arizona State talent on the Cougar gridiron 4jftfas head coach Tommy Hudspeth. He made a spe-dtrip to the Sun Devil dressing room post game t0 get that point across. Hudspeth is an offensive - minded coach. But he h' i seen. B YUs bacon saved several times by the defense. f te ... ai t Balance e ready for another Class AA title. By TOM BROWN Deseret News Sports Writer :They Ignored The Defense Offense-Defens- 11 r, Which is more important, for example, an ASU rushing offense w ieh is second in the West-jeAthletic Conference, averaging 300 yards per fgame? Or an ASU defense which is first in the WAC, holding foes to 94.5 yards a game? Which is more important, an ASU total offense, No, 1 in the WAC, averaging 530 yards a Jgame? Or ASUs total defense, also the WACs J first, limiting foes to 227 yards an outing? hi And into the No. ? position went West who had lurked in the No. 3 and No. 2 slots for the entire season. And right behind West comes Granite who is moving through their first undefeated seaport in 23 years. The only stable team on the A A poll is Box Elder who has a steady Class i.V Which is more important . . . ASUs scoring bffense which is first in the WAC, averaging 38 5 points a game? Or ASUs scoring defense, the WACs first in limiting foes to 11 points per tilt? When a nationally - prominent squad is I , street. it must be a The ASU defense has figured prominently in six games. The Sun Devil defense set up joor offirst two scores against Kansas State. The ASUs State 4 defense saved the game against Washington in the last two minutes with two interceptions, one j for a touchdown. eva-juste- i&j ki Swing Back To Defense ' Sn The ASU defense scored the first two touch-Towagainst BYU. The ASU defense set up the 4 first two touchdowns last week against Texas El 3 Paso. UTEPs Bill Craigo, who threw for 507 2jaxd?the week before against Colorado State, was ; limited to 72 yards on six of 23 completions. V It is asinine to condemn a squad for its glory simply on basis of what its offense does, or does not do, Lem Saturday to Saturday. is the year of great quarter- Even though-thiJ for season a and explosive offenses, many ! backs their believe coaches fraternity is shifting pllege jJhe emphasis back to defense. ' Paul (Bear) Bryant built national champiojgZ nship teams at Alabama during the early 1960s around rugged defensive units. He no doubt is prejudiced toward defense. But Bear analyzes: When the high scoring S jftffense began in the late 1960s, coaches began put-less more or and offense on athletes ting their best 'jjilling in on defense. v I think more people are recruiting more out what players for defense now. We are finding 1 vfe have really always known. A solid football Hfcam must have balance between a good defense ?fipd a good offense. And it takes a tough defense offset a high scoring offense. ns rel the past three anoth- er steady favorite from the is Layton, followed coaches by Bonneville. The change in rating for the Eagles is signficant, especially when the decision to not have any playoffs in Region Two is figured in. It indicates that the five rating coaches in Regions One, Two Three and Four are wondering to themselves if Skyline should really be rated No. 12 in the nation and whether they are really No 2 The Class AA and 4 schools are rated by a selections of five coaches representing their region from each class B schools are rated by the Deseret News sports staff. Box Elder Bees, ranked high all season among Utah's Class AA football teams, could wrap up the Region Frida. Looking forward to state quarterfinals: Dan Campbell, left; Mitchell Ere, Bruce Nelson. One title Principals Shut Door ' On East-WePlayoff DESERET NEWS GRID POLL st This will be despite the results of the East-Wegame, also played this Friday. A Skyline win will give the Eagles a Region Two record and four wins against a single loss in Division Two play. By GARY R. BLODGETT d, two-wa- y brother, Class B is still Beaver, the same team that has dominated the B ratings since the first of the season. And second falls to Monticello But East Carbon, a team that has come on strong in the lest few weeks, got the nod from the Deseret News sports writers to get into the third place slot and perhaps even a shot at stayed for Which is more important, a passing offense which is second in the WAC with 230 yards per game? Or a passing defense which is first in the i3TAC, holding foes to 132 yards an outing? up in the The question here seems to be whether to give Judge one or two first place votes or to remain with Payson for fmst. Judge isnt that far behind the Lions in the minds of most poll coaches, but they cant get into the No. 1 ratings in place of Payson. Wasatch continued a climb that brought them from a continual fourth place for the last four weeks into a tie for third with Dixie And behind those two D'ita who figures to be a power in Region Eight along with Dixie. 28-2- weeks. Behind them isnt bigger Double A Payson again got all the first place votes and took No. 1 honors for the last poll of the season Right behind them, with ail of the second place votes, is Judge Memorial. At long last, the highly touted Skyline Eagles have been beaten, and by a Highland Ram team that is either underrated or really a dark 7 horse. And that defeat dropped the Eagles out of the top two slots on the Deseret News Grid Poll for the first time this season. fourth place its air like st Deseret New's Sports Writer Mondays decision by Region Two school principals to eliminate a playoff in the event of a tie between two or more football teams has met with bitter opposition from 7-- 2 A West win Over coaches, fans and players, Especially concerned are East and West high schools, who apparently will not get a shot at the State Class AA championship despite their outstanding grid records. reason: if Skyline The defeats Olympus Friday, the Eagles will qual.fy for the state quarterfinal by virtue of its victory over West earlier this season. East would place the Panthers first in the record and region with a a tie for first in Division One with the only loss being to -1 Skyline. loss could This knock us right out of contention for the state playoffs although with a win over East we could finish the season higher than the Eagles. We could end up Region Two champions and not qualify for one-poi- 14-1- 3 said the state quarterfinal, West Coach Gean Plaga. A tie for first place in Divi- sion One of Region Two rlso looms possible. A Layton win over Clearfield Friday would t. knot the Lancers and View-mon- But in the event of a first place tie, the two teams will have a playoff. A playoff game, if necessary, will probably be played Tuesday on Davis Highs neutral field. Why a playoff in Division Other teams receiving votes; Spanish Fork, HiElcrest, Other teams receiving votes: Morgan, Emery. Granger. One and not in Division Two? Richard S. Stevenson, chairman of the board of directors for the region, explained it (Parenthesis indicates CLASS 1. B (Rated by Sports "Staff) this way: Principals of Region Two See PEEPS, Page B 8 1 first-plac- Pleasant Grove, votes.) e Beaver 4. Dugway 5. Wasatch Academy 6. Parowan 2. Monticelh 3. East Carbon s 5 I Pros Moving To Control j funny how football techniques run in ball Cycles. The colleges started moving away from more it into are coming J control, the professionals more. ,I think the pros found out what the college 1 coaches are beginning to find out. Its a real rat just try rce to go out on that turf every game and a foe. Its much more comfortable JWith a defense to take off an opponents offensive Its jjjc out-offen- ihat. Pro quarterback Fran Tarkenton has his ideas on defense, too. 5 Quarterbacks, he. said recently, are vastly overrated. The most important part of the game is defense. Its the team with the best front fou that nj&ually wins the championship. The quarterbacks with the best reputations are with teams which are powerfully defensive. ? Its a lot easier to play this game when you get the line instead of your k ijfell on the enemys 40-yar- d frwn 20. r- Len Dawson is a good illustration. Now hes great quarterback, the guy who won the Super - itowl. Remember, though, he was waived out of the NFL because nobody wanted him. A great defense can do an awful lot for a quarterback. . Things to keep in mind when you rate a feguau. v Clay 2 L6S ANGELES pencer Haywood, Denver Rockets' (AP) -Ssuspended it guaranteed by the American Basketball Association basketball club. said What lie is asking, Haywoods attorney, A1 Ross, is to clanfy the cor tract and to make certain it is a guaranteed contract. As we read the current contract, there is no guarantee he will receive the money to which he reportedly i entitled. 'sub, denies he is seeking Liifbre money and says he just jjbattts his reported six year, contract clarified, Haywood, his injured hand cast, told a news confepjjt rence Monday that he would be sappy with the contract as 'outlined to him, but he wants i b refused to answer, but In that pause it became clear he believes Frazier will beat Clay easily. Clay, only one pound under his heaviest fighting weight at 213 him that gave a By WILLIAM VERIGAN UPI Sports Writer - ATLANTA (UPI) Cassius C'"y is back. And after demolishing Jerry Quarry in three rounds in his first fight in 3 y2 years, Clay expects to have a whole lot easier time against heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, maybe sometime around February. was Almost there for Clay Monday night the snake bite jab, the footwork and even the mouth that caused him so much trouble during his career but something was missing, too the timing on a lot of over advantage couldnt have his spirits dampened, however. "I was never really hit, except for a couple of body said Clay. I felt punches, nervous and tense at the start and I was a bit cautious. But there was never any doubt in my mind that I could come back after 3 years. Im stronger and I hit harder than I did 34 years ago. Quarry was Clays 30th consecutive professions victory and the 24th knockout, and the loss left Quarry with a record. From more than 205 closed circuit television outlets and a Quarry, eve-ythi- his punches. three officials gave the All deposed champion 37-5-- 4 every round, but it took only one punch, a snaking right hand that opened a cut over to make all left eye, Quarrys the difference. Quarry struggled with his trainer, Teddy Bentham, to continue the fight at the end of the round, but agieed later it should have been stopped. Fraziers gonna be easier than Quarry, predicted Clay, still unmarked after 139 amateur and professional fights. Frazier's a lot easier to hit. blood-gushin- g, I whats Clay-Frazi- five-yea- February. Cassius how far Clay is back. But he can go will be an- swered then. , a vicious right cross in the third round against Jerry Quarry while recording TKO. Cassius Clay scores with must defend his title against champion Bob Foster in Detroit or Nov. 18 hadnt hurt me the fight, Quarry said later. A lot of his punches were missing, and then he He W'hole Bona-venagainst Frazier, Oscar I but dont anybody, know sellout crowd at the Municipal Auditorium, Quarry will receive about $500,000 while Clays share comes tJ around $1 million, and Clays bout with Frazier promises a lot bigger payday. It is something of a race against a possible jail term, however, for the fight. Clay has been convicted of draft evasion, but is r senappealing the tence and $10,000 fine. Atlanta was the first city to give him permission to fight, but he has also been granted a license in New York State. We dont want to wait until next summer to fight him, said Fraziers manager, Yank Durham, in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Let's get if over wdth in .X could go again in six weeks next. As the 25- - Californi- ear-ol- d an struggled to get across the ring to where Clay was standing at the end of the third round, he looked down and saw the blood spotting his trunks and shoes and felt it came across with that right and caught me by a quarter of an inch. Frazier, however, isnt immediately fr e to fight Clay. First the current champion running down his face. However, Quarry, who was stopped by Frazier last year in seven rounds, was then asked if Clay was the best opponent he ever faced. Quarry paused a moment and then richabds SALT TIRE LAKE CITY AND SERVICE CENTER 133 East 4th South, 355 6688, Ext 581 or Open dail 8 a m. to 6 p m , Monday and Friday to 9 p m. 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