Show Bptember 302003' B4—The Herald Journal Logan Utah Ibesday Continued from B1 was ready to play this game” ' Tupea helped the Aggie defense hold ULM to just 10 points the fewest USU (1-- 3 overall) has allowed in 37 games The Aggie D also kept the leading rusher in the Sun Belt — Kevin Payne — in check all night He rushed for just 41 yards on 17 carries well below his 92 yards a game average “We are playing like a team there is a lot of team unity” Tupea said after the game Sat- unlay “I had one of my better games but I have to give cred- it to the coaches They made the right calls to put me in the I right place to make plays hope we can keep doing this” The West Valley native leads the Aggies with 22 con- secutive starts and 45 tackles Johnny Quinn wu named die Sun Belt Conference Offenr 7 sive Player of the Week after v “ catching five passes fix 176 yards and three touchdowns in die Mean Green's 3 league win over Louisiana- LaSiyetie Rum’ Cajun Sod Comiskey on field was a perfect Sun Confer-earn Belt to goals race Special Tfeams Flayer of the Week USU’s nominees for often- sive and special teams awards were running back David Fiefia and punter Bra Chaet Fiefia rushol for a career-hig- h 142 yards and two toudidowns and is now the leader id die Sun Belt in rushing (832 yards a game) Chaet averaged 45 yards on eight punts with three 44-2- place-kick- er more than 50 yards including and a career-lon- g placed three punts inside die 20 He is second in the league averaging 423 yards a punt 63-yar- ? : than others ' talk about it with him” Pax-so-n said “but die time is not I promise that when I get v back I’D be a warrior— v someone who’s been through the wont of die worst” remembers how strange it ' Indeed June 19 2003 will seemed that no one— with go down as the worst day of the exception of one woman Williams’ 22 years who offered to csll 911-- He has been riding motorcy- came iitof their homes cks — mostly dirt bikes — After being hospitalized and since he was 13 or 14 but oo bedridden for almost a month this day he left a friend’s he still cannot walk on his house to go to dinner and ' climbed aboard the powerful own street bike he just purchased It Using crutches his move- ments are accompanied by a was a violation of the standard NBA contract which prohibits painful grimace With a fifus-trated tone he describes how activi- going to die bathroom has ing and other high-ris- k become a seven-ste- p ties The wipeout was his first process “I apologize for what I’ve Bulls general manager John dripping Inside and it hurt They got me to the hospital Williams’ memory of die accident is vivid “1 revved it a little bit I clicked it into second gear and all of a sudden I was going this way then I was going that way” Williams said “I saw the pole I saw it coming and I wanted to let go and for some reason I couldn't I was think- ing ’Let go’ but my body couldn’t react” The impact severed a main nerve in his leg fractured his pelvis and toreihree of the four main ligaments in his left --J knee “The worst thing that scared me the one thing I did feel was this: You ever have a drink spUkctan your pants? You kind of feel the goozing sensation of die water drip- down your pants and you’re like ’Aw that’s nasty k'm done” Williams said sitting in coach Mike Krzyzewslri’s office on the Duke campus “but I’m young and every- one when they’re young makes mistakes My mistake happens to be more significant “Well that’s how it felt but it wasn’t something dripping on my fcf It was something right-- " " "twuiiBw trom Bl ' ' r '7 ' : two-inc- : - - happened and we do have to and I passed out” Doctors kept him immobi- lized for eight weeks His ? abdominal muscles weak-ene-d and the first time he tried to sit up it was too painful and difficult Peeling back his waistband Williams showed a pair of h scars “I woke up and had two metal pins coming out of my pelvis that came up rad another two bars that came across — like a halo for my pelvis” he said “I could rest ' my arms on it” He eventually moved from a wheelchair to a walker then graduated to die crutches that now are his constant cmnpan-pin-g ions along with his parents and his fiancee Noelle - for loss this season Tupea was named USU’s top defensive lineman last year and shared the team’s top fresh- man honor in 2001 North Texas wide receiver Aggies Continued from Bl before this game” said coraer-bac- k Reggie Willson who ' hustled down the field on one punt and kept the ball from going into the end zone “We worked with Ben to try and pin the ball down there” The improvement on special teams was noticable Chaet averaged 45 yards on eight punts USU’s defense has continued to get better each week this season They shut down the league’s top running back and gave up the fewest points Tn 37 games “I'm really pleased with the defense” Dennehy said “The secondary is getting to the football and I like the physicalness they are playing with” There were a couple of pass interference penalties but Dennehy said he could live with them because of the way ' the secondary is playing The Aggie D also came up with a pair of interceptions Safety Terrance Washington now ranks eighth nationally with three interceptions While the defense was puttifig the clamps on ULM’s rushing attack the Aggie offense was having its best ground day this year USU rushed for 201 yards led by running back David Fiefia’s 142 yards and career-hig- h TAKE OUR 30-DA- 'vr 7' TRIAL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF Rj$K-FRE- E Y ''' rMm' '$ v ft' One call That's all it takes to getthe best in wireless service After all we have the most coverage In North America ' : it- - 'V-- ' " V £’ - - to-- '- ‘ 'eV'A' - A' ' - 1 - -- “I’m very proud of David Fiefia” Dennehy said “That was as good a ballgame he has had here and he has played well The offensive line did a nice job of blocking for him” Fiefia had big holes to run : 'v: 'i-- ' And with AT&T Wireless you can and browser wireless the Web from more countries than with any other easier i e-m- ail v ? vr v- Sign up today and get unlimited night & weekend minutes and hundreds of Anytime minutes on all qualified plans startingat $299 a Sm below for ptfiwr monthly chragra I a J "'y f f' ' ' f S- - ''I'" i qpmt wm r' ’ ’’ yJ f V'1 i ‘ 1' V' '‘j’s-sr r 4- ' if' fe-- s If ' ? - - A- AS a‘ vx'f ix'46 Ww “ iIJ ' "'GS i W wSv 'v Vv-- jfip l ygS ? 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