Show TheUtah Statesman Igs f statistics Wilson is also the second leading receiver in the country ‘‘We’re going to have to play excellent pass defense” said USU Coach Bruce Snyder But he added that the Aggies pass defense has been ‘‘pretty oddity tlomcwlat the bill in a conference known for its - They have one of the strangest id the history of collegiate sports — the have the number two passing jfryin They the country but still only have a T- y 2-- ‘ pof is ind AC Stamp is ranked behind only Pittsburgh in the most recent NCAA Washington i Marino of II ipple DM&tz point front aI ine Art 3 Tfesisin problem the Aggies will face will be the passing combination of Steve Stamp iSoiJty le good all Texas Christian University and it will play host to Conference ilfcuTfl 'ti in Ft Worth Texas afternoon Jr Aggies tomorrow iTtewanoformist c backup League is generally limited to the head coach and footballs y For ld 19-- 0 signal-call- er u aka throwing arm “Alof i sudden I was a heartbeat away from the I®! j°b" says Hippie “The coaches started mote attention to me and making sure I wmood keys on certain plays” quarterback Jeff Komlo finished the j'whnd game and was given the nod in the follow-(- 1 io weeks at Tampa Bay and Denver Hippie tluarcr 'n l'e Tampa Bay game ke horse was already out of the bam in a 28-1- 0 I Number-tw- year” That was apparent in last week’s win at Pacific The Aggies defensive line led by JL Coon Shawn Miller and Mike Perko continually h arras sed UOP’s quarterback in the second half to lead the Aggies to a come from behind victory 17-1- the PCAA championship and a bid to the California Bowl “Obviously the San Jose State game in two weeks is a big one for us because they are playing so well” said Snyder “And although we shouldn’t even be talking about it it’s got to be in the back of our mind” he said TCU may also be overlooking the Aggies The Frogs return to conference play next week against Baylor University 4 But as potent as the Frogs are the Ags may be looking to next week’s important contest against San Jose State in Logan a game that could determine The TCU game will give Doug Samuels a baptism before the San Jose game Samuels took over for an ineffective Chico Canales in the UOP game and ac- cording to Snyder “he did an admirable job” o “He played under some difficult circumstances” says Lion Coach Monte Clark “and he didn’t do bad We were in an obvious passing situation the rest of the game and he came under some severe heat” Hippie threw for 102 yards on four completions bomb to Jesse Thompson He including a ran for 16 yards on a fake field goal attempt but also tossed two interceptions “One came when we were knocking on the door to score” says Hippie “I thought I had Thompson open in the end zone and the Tampa linebacker just made a super play” When Komlo couldn’t produce a win at Denver last week Clark decided it was time for a change “Hippie had been doing well in practice and deserved a shot” he said “Frankly the other guy (Komlo) wasn’t doing the job” When Clark announced that Hippie would start in Chicago Hippie was one of the last to know “Danielson a good friend called me and told me he heard it on the news” said Hippie “I had to watch all the late night news on all of the Detroit stations to make sure it wasn’t a joke” He doesn’t look at the start Monday as an easy and appear to be the matter Sure the Bears are 60-yar- d 1- worst team in the NFL but they are hungry for win and present problems for him Dirt p’ ASUSU Non credit dosses tor ton orgcmizod and offered through ASUSU H my Lof ukathff aceiti ’ kchclimblng -- Vcstom Svlng - $500 510 OStouse 10-- p an Oct 24 00 fcxlo cxra room40 201 -- 645 pan Oct 000 room 102 6 pm Oct 20 Aorobic Danco -- lO0° IIYTO room 201 &30 pxi Oct 21 - IO00 Chilrlinco Oral UC IZobby Center 46 0 0 pzn CcS n I1YF2 4 1 21 rerrdor Pul! Llochanics $10 oo -- Oct 21 £sos offered Fall Snorter a “It might have been easier playing a team with more conventional defenses’’ he said “The Bean throw everything at you and it’s easy to miss a key” The Lions appear pleased with their fourth round draft of 1980 and feel he is loaded with potential They brought in token competition in the form of free agent Bob Stachowicz “Monte never considered cutting Hippie” said Lion spokesman Don Kremer He insists he isn’t nervous as the day of his first start approaches “Everyone asks me if I’m nervous” he says “I’m anxious When I got into the Tampa Bay game I felt I never wanted to be on the sidelines againI had a fed for the offense you only gain with game experience” Hippie feels he is mentally prepared for the start but approaches the future with distinct realism “Of course I’ll give it my best shot but I know that Danielson will be recovered in three weeks and the starting job will return to him” he says "But who knows? Lou Gehrig replaced an injured Wally Pipp one day and Pipp never got his job back” Gehrig went on to some great days Who knows — it could begin for Eric Hippie in Chicago effect! : ' tapped for starting role Monday night quarterback in the National holding dip-fa- r for the Alter a steady diet of both former Ag-jkcekicker bit Hippie will see his ascension from the Wtap ranks Monday night in Chicago to start his as pnfenioiuJ game as a Detroit Lion I amt of his 22 games as a pro the 2flt haa manned the clipboard charting plays or ming far placekicker Ed Murray That was to end stay through the Lions’ victory over the kttmd Raiders The Raider pass rush sent mbtrone Gary Danielson to the far weeks with a severely sprained wrist TV life of a Page 13 travel to TCU in attempt to smash Frogs UtSMHf sS? Friday October 16 1981 tacrij 3rd floor o2 UC or 12 hr pztozt© £z Classes run 7 vjcclr3 lz: 6-- |