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HOUSTON — Rice quarterbaek
, n dy Hertel says his first ^ame
kainst the Texas Longhorns was
imparable to trying to hold a
[inching bag motionless against the
rce of Muhammad Ali’s left jab.
"I threw 45 passes and was
nocked down 35 times,” Hertel
iys, “And that was not counting
ght sacks.
Rice was at the low point of a 10-
3 me losing streak last season when
ey met Texas. The Owls did no
letter than Hertel, losing 72-15
Jy because the Longhorns' regu-
irs retired early.
jAfterwards, Rice could boast it
M scored the first two touchdowns
f the season against the ev entual
puthwest Conference champions,
pel) has been the team's fruits in 15
jraight non-winning seasons.
But, as is the ease with confer-
ice teams, they must play each
her every year. And an estimated
yOOO fans will jam Rice Stadium
u Jiturday night to see the expected
J )I J^ assacre. A larger portion of the
|idience than in past years will be
Is boosters, however, because
|ce, under a new coach, played a
game against a good team last
leekend.
Nationally ranked Iowa State
ired twice in the final quarter to
at Rice 24-19. Afterwards, first-
ar coach Ray Alborn said he had
remind himself his team had lost
|ter all the congratulations he re
ived.
In contrast to what was expected,
|( Owls did not get beat up by the
t opponent on their murderous
rly schedule which, after Texas,
intinues with Oklahoma and LSU.
I'Oiir kids, Alborn said this
leek, aren’t going to roll over for
S iyone.
The coach also said he has re-
inded his team that the 72 points
luas scored last year was the most
■Died against Rice since 1912. Suc h
■ban-assmcuts have been known
I this once-tight series to cause
Irprises.
■ Hertel, 19, has reason to hope
lat his offensive line is a better
lass-blocking unit than last season.
Jk "as dumped only once against
Wa State.
I Hertel understands Alborn's of
fensive system, which is simple
compared to the “triple pocket
combinationused by last year’s
H bead coach, limner Rice.
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|,meant. Hertel said,
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Says Bertel's right arm is stronger
yu 1 is season and his passes are
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pass rush Saturday night, he could
keep his team in contention against
the Longhorns. He led the SWC as
a freshman with 156 pass comple
tions and in the Iowa State loss he
w as 15 ol 27 for 149 yards and two
touchdowns.
Meanwhile, in Atlanta Georgia,
N 1 nee Dooley agrees with the
oddsmaker that Georgia is the un
derdog for Saturday’s opener against
the big and experienced Baylor
Rears, hut he adds that the Bulldogs
“are ready.
“We’ve had to make a lot of
changes since last season and we ll
have a lot of new people in our
lineup,” said Dooley. “But, we’ve
had a good preseason. We’ve
worked hard and I feel that we are
as prepared as we could hope to
be.”
School doesn t start at Georgia
until Sept. 22 so the crowd at San
ford Stadium Saturday is expected
to be about 45,000, three-fourths of
capacity.
”1 expect those who do show up
are going to see a good, hard-fought
contest,” said Dooley. “Baylor has a
lot of size and some outstanding in
dividuals. We hear they are rate the
darkhorse in the Southwest Confer
ence behind Arkansas, Texas and
Texas A&M.”
Baylor will have junior college
transfer Steve Smith making his first
start at quarterback for the Bears.
Two 214-pound seniors, Greg
Hawthorne and Steve Howell, will
be the running hacks. The offensive
player expected to cause Georgia
the most trouble is 263-pound
senior Ronnie Lee whom Baylor
coach Grant Teaff calls “the finest
blocking tight end in the country.”
This will be a mirror game for
the two teams,” said Teaff. “It is an
unusual type of opening game. Usu
ally it is tough to prepare for an
opener because you don’t know
what to expect from your opponent.
But, in this instance, both teams run
out of the I-formation with split
backs and both defenses have had
an opportunity to work against those
offenses since last spring.”
Baylor also was 5-6 last year, but
Teaff said he thinks this is the best
team he has had in his seven years
as Baylor coach. "We have outstand
ing people at each position and a
good blend of experience and young
players. I’d have to say our depth is
a definite strong point.”
Saturday will be only the second
time Georgia has played Baylor.
The other time was in 1972 when
the Bulldogs won in Athens, 24-14.
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