Devils, Cougars set for matchup
□ Arizona State
hopes to rebound
from 30-14 loss in
Corvallis
TKMPE. Anz (API — Nothing
that happened before the game
in Corvallis gave Arizona State
coach Bruce Snyder a hint that a
team which hadn’t beaten the
Sun Devils in 15 years was
going to dominate every phase
of this contest.
"The trip went fine, the meet
ings were fine — they were very
crisp — and when we took the
field on Saturday. I can remem
ber very consciously thinking.
Gee. there's a lot of enthusi
asm."' Snyder said Monday of
his team's .10-14 drubbing last
weekend by Oregon State.
Including a 1979 victory later
forfeited, the Sun Devils were
14-0-1 against the Beavers since
1972. But that didn't keep Ore
gon State from rushing for 419
yards and dominating the game.
Snyder said he could see the
pattern when the Beavers kept
the hall 26 of the first 32 plays.
By the second half, adjust
ments slowed down Oregon
State's anachronistic wishbone,
but the seldom-seen offense had
accomplished its purpose by
then.
"I think their average rush in
the second half — by that time,
all the damage was done — but
it was only about 2 yards a
rush," Snyder said.
Although the defense was
embarrassed. Snyder couldn't
find much positive to sav about
any of the units, including the
kicking game.
The coaching staff shares
responsibility for the 2-2 record
and a loss in the first Pac-10
game, Snyder said.
"It s our job to be as creative
as we can and to help the play
ers win," Snyder said. "They
want to win. They want to play
hard, and they want to play
well."
On Saturday, the Sun Devils
will be in Pullman. Wash., to
play Washington State (3-2, 1-1).
The Cougars beat Oregon
State 51-6 on Sept. 18. but since
then they have scored just one
touchdown, and coach Mike
Price said in a telephone inter
view he was unhappy with his
offense. Me joked that lie was
planning on changing his pro
style offense to the wishbone for
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Arizona Star# quarterback Grady
Benton 'a status la questionable
for this weekend.
Arizona Stale.
There’s nothing to ho read
into the fact the Cougars hung a
big loss on a team that crushed
Ariz.ona State, he said.
"Heck, if their offense would
have gotten the ball more in the
first half, the game might not
have gotten out of hand," Price
said.
Snyder said his quarterback
situation is the most worrisome.
Starter Grady Benton rein
jured his sore right shoulder,
bruised a hip and suffered a
concussion, and freshman back
up Jake Plummer was knocked
out of the game with a twisted
ankle.
Benton will start at Washing
ton State, but Plummer is
unlikely to see action. That
means either Jason Verdugo.
whom Snyder would like to red
shirt, or wide receiver Troy
Rnuer, who started the first
game of 1992 at quarterback,
will be at the controls.
Benton is under doctors'
orders not to try to throw until
Wednesday. Snyder said
□ Washington State
is coming off of an
unimpressive 12-0
win over Pacific
PULLMAN. Wash. (AP) —
With his defense running
smoothly. Washington State
coach Mike Price is looking to
hts offense for help.
The Cougars defeated a much
smaller University of Pm ifit:
team 12-0 Saturday in the team's
first shutout since a 1985 victo
ry over Oregon State.
“Anybody who watched the
game or has read the reports
knows we did not play well on
offense." Price said. "It’s the sec
ond week in a row that's hap
pened to us and that's not a sit
uation we’re accustomed to
around here.”
Fifth-year quarterback Mike
Pattinson completed 14 of 28
passes for 141 yards and an inter
ception at Stockton. C2alif., and
had trouble sparking the offense
against Southern California the
week lei fore
But Price said Sunday he was
not considering throwing open
competition for the starling posi
tion against Arizona State (2-2.
0-1 Pacific 10 Conference), which
visits Martin Stadium on Satur
day.
“We're used to our offonse
having its way. so it’s got my
attention." Price said. "And I’m
going to work real, real hard as a
coach this week to get our play
ers prepared for the Sun Devils."
Washington State (3-2, 1-1) had
trouble moving the hall against
Pacific, especially in big plays
around which the spread offense
is built.
’’We’re disappointed that we’re
not a better offensive football
team right now,” Price said.
"This last two weeks, we haven't
progressed and we haven’t
improved and that has me con
cerned."
He said the Cougars were not
playing conservatively against
Pacific to save some plays for the
Sun Devils, who are coming off
a 30-14 loss to Oregon State
“It wasn't that we were hold
ing back. We didn't have to make
too many adjustments at half
time," Price said “It wasn't any
thing they were doing that was
so unusual.
"It was just that the things we
were doing, wu weren't doing
very well.”
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UNC signs with Nike
RALEIGH (AP) — North
Carolina's lucrative deal with
Nike Inc. shouldn’t be viewed
as much more than a great
opportunity for the school and
the state.
The athletics department at
tJNC-Chapel Hill signed a
four-year clothing deal with
the school valued at an esti
mated 54 7 million. Part of the
arrangement stemmed from
the Oregon-based company's
desire to have coat It Dean
Smith's basketball players
wear its shoe*.
"A lot of people's reaction
is that the school is being pur
chased for 54 7 million." Bri
an Murphy, publisher and edi
tor of the Sports Marketing
letter, said in a telephone
interview
"But they're not going to
have control over the sports
program What Nike has done
is injected a lot of money to lie
used not only by the basket
ball program, but all people
who want to participate in
sports." he said
Smith was a major benefi
ciary of the deal, earning $1.2
million from Nike over the
next four years as a consul
tant. He won't get any of the
money personally; that mon
ey is to lie used to support the
basketball program and oth
er ventures at UNC. In all. 26
of the 2H athletic teams at the
school will wear Nike equip
ment. “It's a big number, but
il ain't all that big when you
compare it to football," Mur
phy said of the contract. "My
advice is not to let it stare you.
"I think you should look at
it as great, good fortune and a
well-deserved round of
applause for schools that have
stood for excellence and made
it stick "
Imago could bo another fac
tor liehind Ntke's move, Mur
phv suggested
"If you’re Nike, you know
that you have an image that is
reflected by the fact that you
have all these top-level peo
ple involved, people like
Andre Agassi and Michael Jor
dan These are all important
images for them.” he said.
"IJNC is considered to be
one of the schools at the top
of the basketball world."
UNO's prestige might be
designed to counter the fact
that two schools already in the
Nike fold have received some
adverse publicity.
Nevada-Iais Vegas won the
championship when it beat
Duke in t990, but the Runnin'
Rebels were surrounded by
turmoil and eventually placed
under NCAA sanction Michi
gan was a high-profile team
for two seasons with its "Fab
Five." but the Wolverines best
successive national title games
to the two teams Nike just
added to its list Duke and
North (Carolina.
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