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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1981
Sports
USC assumes top spot,
Texas advances to No. 3
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NEW YORK — There may
have been just a trace of smugness
in John Robinson s voice Monday,
but it’s easy to understand why the
coach of the Southern California
Trojans believs his team deserves
their continued No. 1 ranking by
the UPI Coaches’ Poll.
“I assumed we d be No. 1 again
because we passed a fairly severe
test this past Saturday,” Robinson
said. “I put some credence in the
strong vote for us. I know we have
to improve, but Tm very pleased
with our team so far and pleased to
be ranked at the top.”
The Trojans, who pulled out a
28-24 victory over the Oklahoma
Sooners with two seconds left to
play Saturday, were a near unani
mous choice for the top spot Mon
day, receiving 39 firstplace votes
from the 42 coaches on UPTs
Board of Coaches.
Southern Cal totaled 626 points
to easily outdistance No. 2 Penn
State, which moved up a notch
following its 30-24 triumph over
Nebraska. Penn State received
565 points and two first-place
votes.
Playing in front of85,651 fans at
the Los Angeles Coliseum and an
estimated 10 million watching on
network television. The Trojans
were losing, 24-21, as less then
five minutes remained on the
clock. But after a 4 1 /2-minute, 78-
yard drive highlighted by clutch
passing and fourth-down drama
tics, quarterback John Mazur hit
tight end Fred Cornwell to give
USC the triumph. v
Texas, which.defeated Miami
(Fla.) 14-7, advanced to the No. 3
slot and Pittsburgh, idle last week,
moved into the No. 4 position.
North Carolina, fresh from a 56-14
rout of Boston College, jumped
four spots to the No. 5 rating. The
Tar Heels received the remaining
firstplace vote.
Although Oklahoma’s record
dropped to 1-1, the Sooners fell
only four spots to No. 6, followed
by No. 7 Ohio State, No. 8 Michi
gan, No. 9 Mississippi State and
No. 10 Alabama.
Mississippi State is making its
first appearance in the Top 10 this
season, moving up from the No.
14 position after a 28-7 victory
over Florida.
Rounding out the Top 20 are
No. 11 Brigham Young, riding the
nation’s longest winning streak for
a major college at 16 games, No.
12 Georgia, No. 13 Washington,
No. 14ClemsonandNo. 15 Miami
(Fla.).
Arkansas is No. 16 followed by
No. 17 Missouri, No. 18 UCLA,
No. 19 Nebraska and No. 20 Iowa.
UCLA, upset by Iowa 20-7 last
week, tumbled 11 spots while
Nebraska, 1-2, fell seven places.
Missouri, 3-0, and Iowa, which
has upset Nebraska and UCLA in
the last three weeks, join the Top
20 for the first time this year.
Notre Dame, a 15-14 loser to Pur
due, West Virginia, despite a 49-3
victory over Colorado State, and
Florida dropped out of the ratings.
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1. Southern Ca (39)(3-0) 626
2. Penn St. (2) (2-0) 565
3. Texas (3-0) 500
4. Pittsburgh (2-0) 447
5. North Carolin(l)(3-0) 408
6. Oklahoma (1-1) 404
7. Ohio St. (3-0) 357
8. Michigan (2-1) 337
9. Mississippi St. (3-0) 255
10. Alabama (3-1) 241
11. Brigham Young (4-0) 201
12. Georgia (3-1) 169
13. Washington (3-0) 161
14. Clemson (3-0) 83
15. Miami (Fla.) (2-1) 42
16. Arkansas (3-0) 41
17. Missouri (3-0) 36
18. UCLA (2-1) 35
19. Nebraska (1-2) 27
20. Iowa (2-1) 20
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American Football Coaches Asso
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NCAA are ineligible for the top 20
and national championship con
sideration by the UPI Board of
Coaches. The only teams current
ly on probation are Arizona State
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Coach Dave Williams, Texas A&M strength and condition
ing coach, helps with a women’s workout recently. Williams
came to Texas A&M in July from the University of Alabama
where he was an assistant strength coach. Williams’ goal is to
improve the flexibility, running program, power and endur-joce ag
ance of all athletes in each sport, fie said the womeifr^ty; r
athletes, in particular, have shown a tremendous response to
his program, evidenced by their improved conditioning.
Williams out to achieve
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By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
In early May, things did not
look too good for Dave Williams.
He had been searching for two
years for a top job in his chosen
field as a strength and condition
ing coach.
At Alabama, as an assistant
strength coach, Williams learned
all he could about the conditioning
and strengthening of athletes.
I wanted to acheive some goals
of my own, though, ” he said. “And
primary among them was becom
ing head strength and condition
ing coach at a major university.
“A place where I could estab
lish my own ideas and theories and
help athletes succeed.”
Williams went to all the clinics
and conventions he could. He cal
led, spoke and debated with “ex
perts’ in the business and
gathered immense files of infor
mation on the theories and beliefs
of conditioning and strengthening
athletes.
“I went to 12 conditioning cli
nics and visited schools for two
solid years,” the coach said. “I
talked to dozens of professional
and college coaches to gain infor
mation.”
At one, the National Strength
Coaches Clinic in May, he heard
about a job opening at Texas A&M
University. Williams said he did
not even unload the car from the
clinic.
“I called A&M immediately af
ter the clinic and had my resume
sent as fast as the secretaries could
get it out,” he said.
He was one of seven people in
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"I loved ilat Alabama, said the
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program."
He said he had a list of items
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A&M admmstradon also had a list
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pared favorably.
“First, 1 wanted the position of
strength and conditioning coach,
he said. "I wanted to develop a
total conditioning program for all
sports.
"Secondly, I wanted to develop
functional strength. If a person is
strong enough to piek up a build
ing, it ’s no good if he can t use it to
his advantage. An athlete’s not
going to have all day to use his
strength.
“I don’t want strength oozing
out of our athletes. " he said. "It’s
just not applicable to most sports."
Wiliams said he wanted a prog
ram that would increase flexibil
ity, speed and endurance. Func
tional strength, he said, would in
crease all those and thus, increase
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players have nicknamed
"Coach Stretch." loretlu
He advocates not only strettt ir j)
ing as warm up before practice9^^ p,
stretching after practice in a tenj j ( , xa
fifteen minute "cool
period.
"I have given all the athlete
sheet of stretching exercises th
can do in their rooms, he 8
"To become really flexible,
hour or so has to be spent
stretching.
He said the more flexible i
athlete is. a serious injury
es less likely The athlete canth
bend and not break, he said.
His goals for all Aggie athlei "
arc to increase the flexibility, n
ning program, power and enda|-
ancc for all sports.
Each individual athlete has
series of stretches and weightsdj
signed to aid that athlete in 1
sport. i ic said he has broken dot
each of the lifts with all ll
athletes so they know how the I
correctly. By emphasizing proji
technique of lifting, he said, I
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Power is what most athletes
want, paticularly in football, he
said. The quicker an athlete can
hit his opponent with all the
strength he can muster, the better
he will do.
Foremost in William’s strength
and conditioning program is
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'Hie attitude and cnthusiai
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Williams said he enjoys tl
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