Wide people' responsible for high collegiate scores
NEW YORK (UPI)—Look out for the "wide people!"
They get much of the credit—or is it the blame?—for all those high scoring games in college football this fall. So says Alabama's Bear Bryant, whose wide people helped pile it on Southern Mississippi last Saturday, 63-14.
It might be assumed the wide people are monstrous linesmen, but they're not. They're the wide pass receivers, split ends and flankers, who know how to catch a football and what to do with it when they've caught it.
"Almost everyone has a pass these days," says Bryant. "It's the wide people who have become exceptional. When the wide people are young, they watch the
getting a flock of touchdowns. There was a time when Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers was one of a kind with his dipsy doodle moves and fakes to get clear for receiving a pass. Today's high school kids are doing things only Hutson could do in the old days. "The defenses often just can't cover these wide people and the scores run up," says the Bear.
Bryant, however, expects no such touchdown production by his team in this week's game against Mississippi Saturday night.
"We've got defensive problems," he says. "It's probably our weakest defense in years. I'm afraid we won't get the ball very often."
problems for defensive coaches. A series of rules changes—minor alterations for three straight years starting in 1966—has increased the number of situations in which the clock is stopped and thereby increased the number of plays per game.
The colleges now run off far more plays every game than do the professionals.
There are several other reasons for high scoring in the colleges, all of them valid to a point.
"Last year's rules change stopped the clock every first down," says eastern official Bob Quinlan. "I had a 55-7 game last week and my arms were so tired after the game I could hardly lift a fork at dinner. On every time out the referee has to wig-wag to stop the clock and to start it again he has to crank his arm in a circle to signal the clock operator.
"That's a lot of arm work. My legs are great, but I'm going to have to get in some work with weights to strengthen my arms."
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"I don't know how we'll do in football, but if we could just run our opponents a relay race with our fast guys and have a tug-of-war with our big ones, we'd do all right."
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"It's just a matter of pitch and catch. It's not much work and they learn fast."
pros on Sunday and then go out on grade school playgrounds or sandlots and try to duplicate the moves.
And when they get to college, the wide people still study some more on educational television—the pro games on Sunday.
The wide people, indeed, are
MANHATTAN (UPI)—Kansas State worked for more than two hours Tuesday as the Wildcats continued to prepare for Saturday's home opener against No. 2-ranked Penn State.
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Charlie Pittman, Penn State's ace running back, has been reported to be out of the game with an ankle injury but Gibson said they were still preparing with the idea that Pittman will play.
The Wildcats spent most of their offensive period running against Penn State defenses. Gibson said his club isn't planning any different offense against the Nittany Lions.
Gibson said wingback Mack Herron, suffering from a sprained ankle and cornerback Clarence Scott, who has a bruised toe, will return to action Wednesday.
The Wildcats continued to be plagued with injuries, although coach Vince Gibson remained optimistic about everyone's chances for Saturday.
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