News Scrapbook 1981-1982

EVENING TRIBUNE 1982.

*Toreros

TIMES-ADVOCATE OCT 4

1982 -----'---~~---~ USD's national TV bid foiled by Tigers EAGLE ROCK, Calif. (AP) - Occidental College, a small liberal arts school In the suburbs of Los An- geles, got Its first chance at national television Sun- day and made the most of It. With Its undergraduate-dominated roster the 2-2 team sllpped a 34-20 victory past San Diego' ranked 10~ nationally among Division III schools. ' Some of the media made light of us being on na• tlonal television," said first-year Occidental coach Dale Wldolff. "We wanted to show people that we could play pretty good football here even though we're small." "Maybe I would have said the same things it I had been on the other side of the fence, but I and our players aren't, and we were very fired up emotional• ly for this game." The win was spearheaded by Tiger freshman run• ning back Vance Mueller, who scored three times 1n the game, including the winning touchdown with 10:23 left in the game to break a 20-20 tie. "The players read and heard some of the things that were being said about us being on national tele• vision," Mueller said. "We were emotionally up for the game because of that, but we also played under control. I don't think we could have won without being under control." Occidental started the game with a 14·0 lead on a nine-yard pass from quarterback Daniel Osborn to running back Mueller and a 38-yard pass from t backup quarterback Jeff Monteroso again to Muell- er. San Diego, which came Into the game s-o finally scored on a two-yard run by fullback Jimmy Smith with 2: 21 left in the first half. San Diego scored again on Its opening drive of the second half Quarterback Eric Sweet rolled left and cut back breaking two, tackles on a 16-yard run to the end zone'. Robert Lozzi s conversion tied the score at 14.14 with 11:02 remaining in the third quarter. Th~t set up Occidental wide receiver Jon Fin- stuen s 41-yard tlebreaklng touchdown pass to fresh• man Craig Roth to make the score 20 _14 with 3 . 08 remaining In the third. · A two-point conversion attempt failed but so ho- more David Kotrosky, blocked the attempt afteian- other San Diego touchdown _ a IO-yard pass from Sweet wide receiver Michael Rish leaving the score tied at 20-20.

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(Sunday)." "The way I feel right now from losing, it wouldn't have made a bit of difference if we had played in front of one person or on national TV," a despondent Sweet said as he and others from the USD contingent of players, coaches, cheerleaders and officials attempted to digest what had just transpired. "Dejected, that's how I feel," Stuberg said. "I really felt that we weren't going to lose a game this year, but noth· ing seemed to click for us." To USO, yesterday was a Broadway debut that bombed. But to Occidental, the television exposure and the win wer~ a breath of fresh air, perhaps a new lease on life to a program that had been sagging of late and, in fact, seemed to be losing support among faculty and students alike. "I can honestly say if it wasn't on TV, we would have 'I'm in a catatonic stupor' Oxy lineman Charlie Gillan gotten beat," said Oxy offensive lineman Charlie Gillan. "Everybody was jacked up. TV is what caused us to play good. This is the first time we've played a whole game from start to finish this year "It was probably the most satisfying athletic event I've ever been involved with. We couldn't have played any better. I'm in a catatonic stupor, probably because 1f I wasn't I'd have a heart attack when I realized what we've just done." NOTES - USD's next gam2 is at home Saturday at 7:30 p.m against Whittier College. The Toreros will be going for their 13th straight win at home ... Sweet's passing stats yesterday: 19 for 30, 288 yards, three interceptions .. USD's Jerome McAlpin rushed for 100 yards on 21 carries ... Occidental is now 2-2 .. . Perhaps the key play of yesterday's game, momentum-wise at least, was Oxy tackle David Kutrosky's block of a USD PAT attempt after a Sweet-to-Michael Rish 10-yard TD pass had tied the game at 20-20.

Toreros, TV - It doesn't matter wheth r you win or lose - JU t JI long a, you get on natwnal TV'

both worry about ratings

once on a 61-yard screen pass play. His nine- yard run opened the coring and his 25-yard~r midi\ y through the fourth quarter put Occ1- dental ahead to stay 27-20. To get an idea of the ktnd of day USD had, one needs to look only at two Torero team stattstics Turnovers (5 - 2 fumbles, 3 intercep- tion ), and penalties-agamst (9 for 114 yards). Still, both Stockton and Stram were im- pressed with the sophi tication of both teams. They said so on the air. And they said so after the game. · It was better than the SL Louis-N~w Orleans game I did on Sept 12," Stockton said. "It was excitmg football." But don't try to sell Torero Coach_ Bill Wil- j Iiams. quarterback Eric Sweet or linebacker Ray Stuberg on the theory that givmg 1t t~e old college try m exciting fashion on the ~ube 1s the big thmg and that the outcome doesn t matter. "From a spectator's standpoint. 1t was a super game i;p until the last few minutes, but from a coachmg standpomt it was not a super game,' said Wilhams, who afterwards person- ally apologized to CBS Bleckner for the Toreros' performance. "Don't make a big thing of 1t I'm not really down on our guys. I have a lot of respect for them and I'm sure they'll bounce back but we did not execute well today Please see TORER0.5, C- i

tram to Patterson Field to air the proce dings. 'Peopl w nt to see football." CBS program dir ctor Peter Bleckner aid whe a ked why th network chose to air Torero-T1ger-level I tb 11 inst ad of, y, Marx Brothers or Lea~e It To B aver rerun . ·•1 played OJVt 10n III foot- b II (at O 10 W leyan) and I remember that our am wer just as 1Il1portant as Ohio State nd i1ch1gan That's how these guy feel." W now w 're not gomg to get rich m the raun from thts," Stockton was saymg as he tood m a haky makeshift announcers' booth that was hurriedly con tructed on Friday. •_·w_e t ope people take It in the spirit 10 which 1t 1s v n - that 1 , a an athletic competition." Competlt10n it was. More competition than U D backers would have liked. The Toreros m onto the Oxy campu with a 3-0 record and a full head of team Th y hoped to show th TV aud1 nee, the 1,000 or o people on hand nd the 'CAA poll ters that they deserved a D1v1 100 III national rankmg What they dtd wa get out-executed by a mall r I s talented, more fired-up Occidental m. L ading the way for Oxy m the 34-20 wm was Vance Mueller, a 6 0, 190-pound fre hman run- nmg back from Jackson, Calif Mueller ama ·sed 159 yard total orfen e - 102 pa mg on five reception and 57 rushmg on five carries. He cored three time , twice on the ground and

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OCT 6 198t george mitrovich the powerful M;lwaukee ream The additional drama in Baltimore Sun- day concerned the retirement of manager Earl Weaver, whose controversial l;i-year reign had nonetheless produced more than 90 wins in 12 of those seasons What was very special about the Orioles/ Brewers game was the prolonged show of affection by the Baltimore fans for Weaver at game's end. Despite losing by a 10·2 ,-,core che Oriole fans began a ' 'We want Earl" ch:mt that lasted for more than five mmute. J"he demonstration brought a teary-eyed Wj:aver ack on the field, where he was embraced all around. Some may find such moments IOO schmaltzy, but I enjoy them as a wonderful interlude in an otherwise all too sterile ex- istence. While the Milwaukee team goes into the erican League playoffs against Califor- nia, Earl Weaver will go back to his garden his prized t0ma1oes. He will be gone, but not forgotten, his place among the great baseball managers assured ISSUES AND ANSWERS over ABC-TV Sunday was delightful. Hosted by ABC's White House correspondent, Sam Donald- son, 1t featured Benjamin Bradlee. editor of tht.' 1/tashingtrm Post; Marry :-lolan of the Bosron Globe, and columnist George Will. Bradlee, Nolan and Will are three of the more thoughtful and witty people in Ameri- can journalism - a fact easilv underscored on the show · While it won't happen a permanent pair- ing of the three would insure high ratings. ONE OF THE WEEK.END'S NICEST m mcms occurred with Sunday's telecast b} CBS of the University of San Diego/Occi- dental football game from Eagle Reck in Los Angeles For purists of the sport the USD/Oxy game reaffirmed the attraction of the col- lege game It demonstrated that for college football to be en1&,able it need not have million-dollar budi,;ers, sold-out stadiums, or network television contracts. A laurel to CBS.

LEMON GROVE REVIEW OCT 7 1982

No puhhc office 1. so important that 11 1u,1lf1cs the destruuion of one human heing so that another might he :Ievared higher on the pohrical.ladder The nudear issue ls an issue of transccn• dent importance It may he the single most important Issue of our 11me. It may be the one is uc that means, in the end, the differ- ence between hfe or death Jerry Brown·, position is my po ition But having said that does not mean that thost who hold contrary view favor the extinction f the species any more than did St Franos of Assisi What the Brown commercial seeks to ex plo11 is people's fears It seek to gain through cleverne what cannot be achieved through an open and honest discussion of the issue or so the Brown people must think . Well. I reject that. I do not helieve the great unwashed are as simple-minded, as unlettered, as ignorant of issues as they are thought to he hy those who run political <..impaigns The democratic process Ls not served b) try ng to reach people on the lowest level Democracy is not enhanced by those who ul seek a poll tical gain at the m11h' e pen: e

and his c11v-issued credit card . The Mor\' ahout White and his credit card made for fascinating reading I'm certain it was the one swry in NEW LINE that every- one read. It had all the potential of the uncovering of a major scandal - a powerful political figure and a credit card i ued at taxpayers' expense. But in the end, when RemL'i''s story had heen carefully read, it failed 10 meet its perceived objective. Ir detailed White's rather liberal use of his City-backed credit C:'.lrd, but it fell far short of demon rating or proving wrongful us True. it showed that White enjoys expen- sive restaurants, but that hardly kes him unique Now, I have no brief IO make hehalf. I consider him an able city all aide who has well served Pete Wilson, b e is not a person for whom I feel exces_ ·ve warmth - a sense that grows out of what I view as White's exclusionary policies as principal mayoral aide. ' But I'm bound here to - White from what I rudge to have·been a !Ory that was designed, by ts placement. pho!O and headline, to lead people into believing that Boh White had criously compromised his public charge He did not and the implication that he did was a journalistic misuse. The issue 1s not whether the storv should have been written, but that lt should have hcen v. ritten with a different tone It did not need innuendo t make it inte esting It could have call into quesuon the practice of the city 1.

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USD Hoop Games at 7:30 The 1982 - 83 eniversity of San Diego basketball schedule has been updated to accom- modate the Joss of 2 U. of San Francisco games. The season opens Monday, November 22. Home games will be played in the USO gym Monday, November 22 U of Alberta, USD Gym, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November Z7 - S Air Force Academy, USD Gym, 7:30 p.m- Monday, November 29 - Northern Ariz. U., L'"SD Gym, 7:30 p.rn_ Wednesday, DeC'Pmher 1 - U.C. Irvine at IrvinP, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 5 - St. Thomas College, USD Gym, , 7:30 p.m. Monday, De<'ember6-Dmmc College, USD Gym, 7:30 p,m. Thursday, December 9 S.D. Aztecs, SDSU Gym 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 18 - Long Beach State, Cal State LB, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 21 - Texas Tech U. - USD Gym, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Decem 2.'l - San Jose State U., SJSU Gym, 8:05 p,m. Tuesday, Wednesda , De- cember 28-29 - Big Blue Clas• sic, Utah State, Utah State, Texas Christian College, Ida- ho State, USD) Time to be announced. 1983 schedule to be announ- ced later.

LEMON GROVE REVIEW OCT 'l 1382 USD-Whittier Game Here Sat. at 7:30 The Pniw•rsity of S.D. snf. !<':ed ,t.s fil·st defeat of the . : ·'son WhPn upset by the Oc- cident aJ Ti gers .11-20. With the P,nme bein~ lele\ i.sed nat· I h· b C S ion:i. y R ·TV, OccidC'nfal the te'l , was . m that came up With the b i g pl:iys as their TD SC'.)res Wt>re of 9, 61 so 9 _ :md Jr, ' '• ~" .. , . ' yards respeC'ti vely. You \C' got to, giW> Oxv d ·t · Crt' • t as they plavt>d a · , . ' . rJ • VC'n, Jn. ·'P_', 1 c· foot ba II game. r was happ,· ro,. 011r 1 .. t . P a\'- ei s o h,n·e an opportunity to Phv on TV. r thought t,•,th tean---s l"C'f r~s<'nted small C'o)- lege f0ot hall in grand style" reflected Coach Bill ,.,. 11 . ' . vvl 1ams. T_h>~ week USO hosts the Whittier Poets n. 2 ) G· t . • ame- 1me is 7·30 p.m. Whitti<'r beat Azu~,, P~c·r· ) ' u.,· n 1 I(' a. t WPek 3l-20 and lead the USO ;•<•t·ies 6-3.

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f Wi!Jiams said the Po<'ts "can ool you. They have excellent quartPrbacks and wide ret'eiv- :rs. And then· offensive line is impressive."

LARRY REMER WAS AT IT AGAIN last week, th1, time with a lead , "EWSLINF. story concerning mayoral aide Bob White

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SENTINEL

OCT 6

On network television, Toreros upset by feisty Occidental Th Univer ity or an Diego blew its big chance Sunday

'l'he game at Occidental was shown along the Pacific Coast by CBS as part of a plan to replace regularly scheduled NFL games with NCAA Division III contests. USD, which saw its record fall to 3·1, returns to the more supportive confines of Alcala Park Saturday night for a 7:30 contest with visiting Whittier College.

For awhile Sunday, it looked like the Toreros would get blown out. Occidental took a 14-0 lead in the second quarter before USD got on the scoreboard with a 68-yard drive that ended when Jimmy Smith scored on a two-yard plunge. Sweet went 16 yards in the third quarter to tie the score at 14. After Occidental went back on top 20-14, Torero quarterback Eric Sweet found Michael Rish

in the endzone for an 11·yard strike that knotted the score at with 11 :57 to play. But Occidental was not to be denied. The Tigers went ahead to stay on the next series, when Vance Mueller went 25 yards for a touchdown. They clinched the win with 3:18 to play on a 16-yard connection between quarterback Don Osborn and receiver Jon Finstuen.

The Tor ros, playmg for the first and quite po 1bly la t ltm on a national television n<>twork, were up. t by an in:;pired Occidental squad 34-20. 'Ilic Tigers, big underdogs going into the contest with previou ly undefoated USO, took advantage of ft c To en, turnov r to pull out the win