Page 8 Portland Observer, September 15, 1982 Sport Talk t * Z Z Z = Sports E d ito r LEASE + FISHER VOLVO = S M A R T 221-ooeo 3 A fte r the first fo u r weeks o f P A C -IO p lay the San lose Spartans « BIKE could fin d themselves o n to p o f the P A C -1 0 . W h a t’ s that you say? Y o u m ean the Spartans are still p la yin g in the P C A A ? W a it ju s t a m in u te . A r e n ’ t the Spartans p laying O re g o n , O re gon S tate, S ta n fo rd and C a lifo rn ia ? O k a y , w ell a n y w a y , how was I to Diesels, Turbos, 4 Cyl. Gas, GLE's, Wagons, 4 Doors, 2 Drs, Automatics, & 4 Speeds kn o w w ith a schedule such as that? I hope the P C A A o ffic ia ls d o n ’ t get ala rm e d ; take aw a y nob o dy WE HAVE 82's in stock is try in g to one o f th eir strongest teams. Last year in P C A A c o m p e ti tio n the Spartans w ere undefeated and represented the co n ference in the C a lifo rn ia B o w l w here they lost a 17-15 h e a rtb re a k e r to T o le d o . T h e S p artans, last season, had b ack -to - back w ins o ver b o th S ta n fo rd and C a lifo rn ia . A n d w ith th e ir 18-13 w in We Have Them All! over O reg o n they m o ved th e ir series to 9-5 in fa v o r o f the D u cks. T his was a good S p arta n team that faced the D u ck s last S a tu rd a y . In 1981, San Jose State ra n k e d sixth in the n a tio n in scoring (3 2 .5 ) and seventh in to ta l o ffen se (4 3 4 yards per gam e). T h e y re tu rn e d eight o f the sta rt ing o ffen sive u n it, and o ne o f the eight was senior q u a rte rb a c k Steve C la rk s o n . “ C la r k s o n ,” B roo ks says, “ is ab o ut as good as they c o m e .” T h e 6 -1 , 205 p o u n der fro m L os Angeles had a p h eno m enal gam e against the Jo« Montana was NFC top-ranked quarterback last season. leans. T h e D a lla s secondary is sus G iv e edge here to Joe T h e is m a n , pect. L o m a x can th ro w , so m aybe S t. L o u is in an upset. w h o was on. P h ila d e lp h ia at C lev elan d . P h illy N e w O rle a n s at C h icag o . A b attle o f the h ave-n o ts. Rogers is h u rt, so w o n 't lose tw o in a ro w . C lev elan d lo o ked like w o rld -b eate rs against a go w ith th e Bears in this one. team (S ea ttle ) that the w o rld could b eat. San D ie g o at Kansas C ity . T h e N e w Y o rk Jets at N e w E n g la n d . T h e Jets are to o good to lose this one. T a k e the Jets by a to u c h d o w n . L . A . R a id e rs at A tla n ta . Raiders C h argers w ill charge all o ver K C . against w eak K C secondary. S ea ttle at H o u s to n . H o u s to n . D u cks. H e showed th at his passing w ere the recipients o f a few ques tio n ab le calls w h ile d efea tin g the arm is as good as a n y o n e ’ s o n the C o ast. T h e slick senior ch u ck er kept 49ers. A tla n ta is alw ays to ug h at San Jose in the gam e w ith his preci sion passing th a t cam e u p w ith 14 w in the d iv is io n . T a k e A tla n ta by 1. hom e. Falcons co u ld surprise and W ash ing to n at T a m p a B ay. R ed crucial firs t dow n s. C la rk s o n was skins lo o k e d good against P h ila d e l uncanny in his v ic to ry over O reg o n . H e h it lon g , sh o rt, w id e and deep. p h ia . T a m p a ’s defense is so lid . Q B D o u g W illia m s was o f f last w eek. D a n Fouts should conduct a clinic San Fran cisco at D e n v e r. Joe M o n ta n a and crew should re bo u nd fo r a w in in the m ile-h ig h c ity . T a k e 49ers by 3. D e tr o it at A n a h e im R am s The Northwest's leading Volvo dealer fo r over lA o f a century Ram s should p re v a il. But o n ly i f defensive lin e im p ro ves. T o say he has a rifle fo r an arm w o u ld be an u n d erstatem ent. Last year C la rk s o n FISHER com pleted 5 3 .7 percent o f his passes (a school reco rd ) an d th rew fo r over 3 0 0 yards fo u r tim es d u rin g the season. V O L V O C la rk s o n ’ s fa v o rite target against O reg o n was T im Kearse, the 5-1 1, 188 pou n d senior speedster, w ho b urned O re g o n fo r six catches and one to u c h d o w n . L ast year Kearse g rab b ed 71 C la rk s o n passes to ra n k second in th at d e p a rtm e n t to G e ra ld W illh ite (b ro th e r o f D u c k freshm an REWARD K e v in ). S ta n fo rd ’s Jo h n E lw a y w ill get the re co g n itio n in the press, b u t San Jose’ s C la rk s o n ju s t m ay be the bet ter p layer. M ia m i to beat the hapless C o ils . For The Recovery B a ltim o re needs m o re th an a new QB C in c in n a ti a t P itts b u rg h . T a k e the Steelers by 3. M o n d a y n ig h t’ s O f This w in over D a lla s had to be a c o n fi dence b u ild e r. D a lla s a t St. L o u is . A to u g h y . N e il L o m a x is n o w p e rm a n e n tly in stalled as N o . 1. 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