Clemson’s Dantzler set for Virginia
By Paul Crane
Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia)
(U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE,
Va. — He stands 5 feet 11 inches and
weighs in at 200 pounds. He can run
and pass with remarkable ease. He
bench-presses more than 400
pounds — eighth highest on his
team. Give him a cape and some
spandex and he could be college
football’s Superman.
He is Clemson quarterback
Woodrow Dantzler. The multital
ented signal-caller for the Tigers has
the ability, like many other great
quarterbacks before him, to lead an
offense with his head, arm and feet.
“Dantzler is one of the most dy
namic players in college football this
year," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
“He has the ability to run and has a
willingness to throw the ball.”
In high school, Dantzler finished
third in the state finals of the 400
meter dash. He has the speed and
mobility to dance away from op
posing defenders when he puts his
head down and tucks the ball un
der his shoulder.
“We’ve built our offensive system
around him,” Clemson coach Tom
my Bowden said. “With him having
great running skills, we feature him
as a quarterback-slash-tailback. He
gives us a lot of flexibility.”
Always a threat to scamper out
of the pocket or around the corner
on a bootleg, Dantzler also has the
capability of throwing the ball 70
yards down field.
“When he does throw the ball,
he goes vertical,” Groh said. “With
the spread formation, it puts a lot
of pressure on the defense.”
Dantzler is not only blessed with
breathtaking physical skills but also
intangible leadership qualities.
“He has taken over the leader
ship role for the offense and for the
whole team real well," Bowden
said. “He’s always been a vocal
leader, but as a senior, he has more
people looking up to him. He real
izes that burden falls on his shoul
ders and has become a more effec
tive leader.”
Dantzler put the package togeth
er last year as he led the Tigers to
an 8-0 record to open the season,
before disaster struck. On pace to
become the first player in college
football history to run for 1,000
yards and pass for 2,000 yards in a
season, Dantzler severely sprained
his ankle against North Carolina.
The injury, which later required
surgery in the winter, forced Dant
zler to spend most of the remain
ing season on the bench. The
Tigers lost three of their last four
games, and Dantzler’s dream of a
Heisman Trophy vanished.
“Before he got injured last year,
Dantzler was very deserving to be
mentioned for the Heisman,” Bow
den said. “Statistically, he definite
ly merited it.”
With his amazing talent, talk of
the Heisman has already begun this
season, and he’s become one of the
leading contenders for college foot
ball's mo_st prestigious honor.
Dantzler has started this season
off quietly against Central Florida
and Wofford. He threw for 154
yards and one touchdown, and ran
for 46 yards and a score in Clem
son’s 21-13 win over Central Flori
da on Sept. 1. Dantzler passed for
207 yards and two touchdowns,
and rushed for 55 more yards in
the Tigers’ 38-14 win over Wofford
on Sept. 8.
Dantzler also was quiet last sea
son before facing Virginia. Jump
ing over Cavaliers in a single
bound, Dantzler ran for 220 yards,
an Atlantic Coast Conference sin
gle game record for a quarterback,
and passed for 154 in Clemson’s
31-10 defeat of Virginia.
But don’t expect the “do-it-all”
quarterback, who holds 20 Tiger
football records, to enter this year’s
game overconfident.
“Last year was last year,” Dant
zler said. “That was in the past.
You can’t dwell in the past. Last
year was the first time they saw me,
but I bet they will be ready for me.”
Virginia and the rest of college
football will be ready for Dantzler
this time around. That is if they
could only find some kryptonite.
Banged-up Sooners
get three weeks off
By Matt Franklin
Oklahoma Daily (U. Oklahoma)
(U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. — Ask
any major college football coach
in America, and he’ll tell you that
health is an important factor in
any team’s national title hopes.
Strategy and talent are great as
sets, but a team can only withstand
so many injuries before its weak
nesses are exposed.
Last season, health was a key to
Oklahoma winning the school’s
seventh national championship.
The Sooners were fortunate to keep
the vast majority of their contribu
tors at or near 100 percent.
Much of the credit for the Soon
ers’ sustained health goes to Direc
tor of Sports Enhancement Jerry
Schmidt. Schmidt arrived in 1999
with Oklahoma football head coach
Bob Stoops and immediately im
plemented a plan designed to pre
vent injuries.
Despite Schmidt’s work, the
sport of football lends itself to mus
cle pulls, soreness, and general dis
comfort. With Oklahoma having
played a preseason game for the
first time since 1997, the Sooners
experienced one more week of
these side effects than most of the
rest of the country.
However, the delay of last Satur
day’s Tulsa game combined with this
week’s scheduled bye means the
Sooners have three weeks before the
Sept. 29 Kansas State game to heal.
“The time c/ff has been good,”
Stoops said. “We were somewhat
nicked up but we should be fresh
by the time Kansas State comes
around.”
Sophomore fullback Chris Toney
said he had a sore hamstring, and
he noted that several other Sooners
needed a break, including junior
running back Quentin Griffin, the
man he blocks for.
“Having three days off helped a
lot,” Toney said. “I know a lot of
guys were banged up, like Quentin
with his ankle.”
Junior defensive back Terrance
Sims has sustained a more serious
injury. Stoops said Sims was set to
undergo full reconstructive knee
surgery Tuesday.
The head coach had better news
to deliver about junior defensive
tackle Juan Prishker. Prishker has
n’t played all year, but Stoops said
he’ll be cleared to practice soon.
With the preseason game, Okla
homa’s schedule has been packed
since summer two-a-days. Fresh
man guard Wes Sims said he appre
ciated the much-needed break.
Nonconference schedule critical to national title aspirations
By Leif Griffin
The Daily Cardinal (U. Wisconsin)
(U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. —
More than ever, nonconference
play has become critical for a
team’s national success. Given the
insanely complicated Bowl Cham
pionship Series ratings, teams can
no longer take chances by playing
“soft” schools.
Now, BCS-hopeful teams find
themselves playing their most im
portant games before all of the rust
has come off.
However, major conference
teams seem to have different
strategies when it comes to non
conference scheduling.
Strong teams in weaker confer
ences hate to see their national ti
tle hopes dashed before they even
begin conference play. Just ask the
Miami Hurricanes, who lost to the
Washington Huskies last year and
narrowly missed playing for the
national championship.
On the other hand, teams that
play in strong conferences like to
schedule easier competition, but
the BCS rewards quality oppo
nents, so these teams must search
for big time programs.
There is no question that Mia
mi scheduled tough nonconfer
ence opponents this year, but
having already played Penn State
and a future schedule that sees
games against Washington and
Florida, there is a concern that
the top-ranked team scheduled
too tough of a nonconference sea
son.
The key for every team is strik
ing the right balance in scheduling
nonconference opponents.
However, teams from smaller
and lesser-known conferences
sometimes must forget about bal
ance and go for the glory.
Enter Fresno State, this year’s
example of extreme scheduling.
Head coach Pat Hill recognized
that his team wouldn’t be de
tectable on the BCS radar simply
by playing in the Western Athlet
ic Conference, so he scheduled
arguably the toughest nonconfer
ence schedule in the nation.
It worked out this year for the
Bulldogs, as they beat Colorado,
Oregon State and Wisconsin, but it
can also backfire. Last year, Fresno
State went 1-2 in nonconference
games against UCLA, California
and Ohio State.
Teams from smaller conferences
often stand to gain exposure and
money by scheduling nonconfer
ence games against major pro
grams.
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