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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1982 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 25 Na the same, Faust me ism Sports national championship years the last produced by Coach Dan Devine in 1977. PRIME EVIDENCE of the domination was the eight sacks of Michigan quarterback Steve Smith. Those produced a loss of 34 yards and that minus yardage was the reason Michigan netted a paltry 41 yards rushing. Three of the sacks were the work of end Kevin Griffith. Other prominent defensive linemen were Mike Gann, Bob Clasby and Jon Autry.

Offensively, quarterback Blair Kiel (15 of 22 for 141 yards), fullback Larry Moriarty (116 yards in 16 carries) and kicker Mike Johnston (three field goals) were the prime weapons. For Michigan, wide receiver Anthony Carter was brilliant on a 72 By JOHN BANSCH Assistant Sports Editor South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame has a new football coach. His name is Gerry Faust, same as the fellow who directed the Irish in 1981. That's where the similarity ends.

-The commander of Notre Dame's 1982 legions is more of a disciplinarian than his predecessor, he understands the pressure that goes with the losition better and he is wise enough to realize that head coaches must delegate substantial responsibility if the program is to succeed. All of this was evident Saturday night when the Irish mandandled Michigan, 23 17, as the coach and players began making amends for the 5 record of 1981. fa yard punt return for a touchdown four plays into the third period. It was his only appearance of the final half because of a pulled leg muscle. Wolverine Coach Bo Schembechler, who saw his team trail 237 in the third period, was blunt when discussing Michigan's effort.

"I didn't recognize that team out there," he asserted. "The offensive line got whipped. They simply played terrible. The defensive line didn't tackle well. We just made too many mistakes.

"We couldn't run the ball and we couldn't stop their backs. I really, don't know if Notre Dame is that much better than last year (Michigan won 25-7) or if we're just that bad. "I DO NT KNOW if Moriarty is a good back or if we're that bad at SUNDAY MORNING, Notre Dame's new mentor took a few moments to analyze himself before beginning to chart ways to defeat Purdue next Saturday at South Bend. "Last year I wasn't tough enough on the players," Faust said. "We didnt hit enough in practice.

We didn't work as hard as we should. We have unique people playing at Notre Dame and I gave them too much freedom." The players learned quickly that attitude was history. Faust called a-team meeting Aug. 22 to deliver his message. "I told them I was going to coach the way I used to coach (at Cincinnati Moeller High School) and if they didn't like it, they could forget playing football for Notre Dame," he said Sunday.

In 1981, it often seemed coaching Notre Dame was a fun game in which Faust was involved. He said FAUST WITNESSED the premier showing of the movie Thursday afternoon. It made a deep impression. "For the first time the weight of this job fell on my shoulders," the Irish coach said. "I cried as I watched the screen." Notre Dame's players saw the movie for the first time at 5 p.m.

Saturday. When it ended, little more than two hours before kickoff, they filed silently to the stadium to begin dressing for their date with "I wanted the impact of the film to be with them," Faust observed. One of the criticisms of Faust a year ago was he attempted to do too much coaching both on the practice field and during games. This season his assistants have more freedom to make decisions. "I love to coach but a head coach cant do that much on the field," Faust said in seeming to admit the error of his ways last autumn.

"I polled eight to 10 college coaches I've known for a few years and they urged me to change." The Irish coach would not reveal the names of the men he polled. He did say "none of them coach against us this season." THE MEMORY OF 1981 will always remain with Faust and the players. "Last year was probably the most important thing that's happened to me in coaching," he said. "Sometimes we have to suffer before we do well." Two players who suffered through the 5 6 year put it even better in the jubilant Notre Dame dressing room. "We will never ever forget last season," asserted free safety Dave Duerson, the Irish player who stole the football from Michigan wide receiver Vince Bean at the Notre Dame 30-yard late in the fourth quarter.

The theft stopped a Wolverine drive which could have produced the winning touchdown. Sophomore fullback Mark Brooks, who played for Faust in high school, said of the season-opening victory, "We were in a situation where the team didn't want to disgrace the university like it did last year." From the opening series, Notre Dame was in command Saturday night The defense controlled the line of scrimmage as it did in the a. phott) Bo Schembechler tackling and I'm not being facetious. Tonight's game was ble to me. I just can't believe we got whipped." While Bo was lamenting, Irish faithful were starting to dream of another national championship.

Faust wants to put that to rest. "We're a long way from where we want to be," he said in a firm voice. "We're not as strong or as quick as we should be. We can't even talk of a national championship until late November at the earliest." the right words, but the sense of seriousness which surrounded the program in the past was missing. A movie produced a change.

The name of the film is "Wake Up The Echoes," a 50 minute documentary of Notre Dame football. It features primarily the achievements of Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy and Ara Parseghian. Riebaqne ieherits Lake win 1 I if 4 h.AA Hector Rabaque estimated crowd of 40,000, believed to be the largest in Road America history. The race was the first here for championship cars and the circuit just about is assured of a place on the 1983 calendar. There was a fine, competitive race, unexpected twists, even late rain which forced the leaders to Atx i.

i (Star phata Faust Gerry make some crucial decisions. Mario Andretti and Rahal went at it hard from the start. But once Mario moved ahead he was long gone. Whistling through the corners on the 14-turn, four-mile course, he built a 28 second lead. But a gearbox collar broke, putting him out on the 29th lap.

Rahal was turning the race into a private tour when rain began on Lap 38. Rebaque stopped for rain tires, then Unser. Rahal's crew also got the rubber ready. They looked. And looked.

And looked. No Bobby. He was way oqt there, somewhere, searching for a gas station. ONLY EIGHT CARS were run ning at the finish and Rebaque was the only driver to complete 50 laps. Rebaque, an experienced road racer, insisted that he, too, had fuel worries.

Perhaps he didn't understand the question. Unser and Rahal will tell him that fuel problems are sitting in the rain in a car without a roof. country except those in the Pacific 10 and Big Ten, negotiated its own television package with NBC last year in competition with the NCAA. However, the contract was voided by NBC after a large number of CFA schools withdrew following the NCAA's reorganization of Division I-A, which includes all the major football schools. The CFA board encouraged Oklahoma and Georgia to file the lawsuit that led to Burciaga's ruling.

The CFA helped fund the suit until June, at which time it halted its monetary support as a group. Oklahoma and Georgia maintained that a number of schools withdrew after threats of disciplinary action by the NCAA, and Burciaga agreed. Neinas said the CFA board will consider reactivating the committee, at its next meeting, which is set for Oct 10 at Atlanta. AN mm mm Terry Bradshaw (R) consoles Ken Anderson Strike approval appears certain CFA may consider own television pact Unwanted call keys Steelers Pittsburgh (AP) Coach Chuck NolL-wanted to run the ball. Terry Bradshaw wanted to kick a 'field So the Pittsburgh Steelers passed for the winning touchdown.

Bradshaw rifled his third touchdown pass, a 2 yarder to John Stall-worth with just 1:04 gone in the overtime period, to give the suddenly resurgent Steelers a 26 20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. Other Games, Page z7 "I don't think anyone wanted his pliCfcHNoll said of Bradshaw's touchdown pass, which came just one play after Dwayne Woodruff's 30-yard interception return. he sold us and it worked," Noll.said. "We were thinking about going into our goal line offense." I wanted to kick a field goal," said Bradshaw, who passed for 298 yards. "Why waste time? But Chuck wanted to run the ball and I didn't want to run the baO didn't feel comfortable running it'Too many things can happen." Bradshaw said that as soon as the Steelers came out of the huddle, he knew the play would work.

"When we lined up and I saw the coverage, I knew it was a touchdown," he said. "I could have run it myself." Bradshaw lost his own personal passing duel with Cincinnati's Ken Anderson, the 1981 AFC most valuable player. But while Anderson completed 27 of 38 attempts for 323 yards, he threw three interceptions, two of them to Donnie Shell, and no touchdown passes. Bradshaw completed 29 of 42 attempts and didn't throw an interception. Chris Collins worth had 11 receptions for 144 yards for the Bengals (1-1).

"You saw two of the premier quarterbacks in the game today," Coilinsworth said. "You put those two on the field and there are going to be a lot of footballs in the air. This game couldn't get much closer, but some- games you've got to win and some games you've got to lose." THE VICTORY was the second inA.TQw by the Steelers (2-0) over a 1981 playoff team. The Steelers, ending a four-game losing' streak to the Bengals, had upset the Dallas Cowboys 36-28 in their opener last Monday night The Steelers had rallied to gain a 20-20 tie when Gary Anderson, acquired the week before the season bejjan from the Buffalo Bills, kicked a -42-yard field goal with just 35 seconds left in the fourth quarter. "The Steelers' Tom Beasley then sent the game into overtime by blocking a 38-yard field goal attempt by Jim Breech on the final play of regulation time.

Breech earlier kicked a 31-yard field goal with 4:44 remaining to rally the Bengals, who trailed 17-10 going into the fourth quarter, to a 20-17 leadr The Bengals had pulled into a 17 17 tie early in the fourth quarter when Pete Johnson ran nine yards for a touchdown. The Steelers' Franco Harris was held to just three yards on six carries, one of his lowest totals ever in the NFL But Harris caught a career high of 11 passes for 88 yards. came over to the sidelines and told Terry I was open," said Harris, who has been used sparingly as a pass receiver in his previous 10 seasons. "He just got me the ball." By BOB COLLINS Star Sports Editor Elkhart Lake, Shortly before the pace car pulled away for the start of Sunday's Road America 200, Al Unser smiled laconically and said, "I just hope I finish." And Unser, whose racing luck has ranged between bad and terrible the past three years, almost made it. He traveled 49 of the scheduled 50 laps.

Trouble is, one more and Al would have aborted a 32-race losing streak. his car ran out of a necessary ingredient fuel right after he took the white flag and rookie Hector Rebaque raced to the (32,529 first prize. REBAQUE, A 26 year-old native of Mexico, ran strong all day and he was gaining ground on Unser during the final laps. But in the final analysis, he celebrated Christmas a few months early. Rebaque became the first foreign driver to win an Indy car race since Graham Hill took the 1966 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.

And he may have been the first Mexican to carry the flag home since Santa Ana. It nearly was an all-amigo day in Wisconsin. Josele Garza was awarded third behind Unser. Apparently, somebody's calculator was off, because the leaders had fuel worries all day. Bobby Rahal ran out of go juice on the 45th lap after building a huge lead.

Al had no choice in the late going but to stay with the critter until it died his pit tank also was dry. While Rebaque was laboring for his reward, Rick Mears took a Sunday cruise and collected $75,000, plus a $27,000 Lincoln. Mears discovered early that his car was consuming too much fuel, so he backed off and loafed to fifth place. The points he thus earned gave him his third CARTPPG national driving title, his second straight IT WAS THE fifth national championship in six years for Team Penske, the premier operation in American auto racing. It was a good show before an Jm WARK III CONVERSIONS B.

Oklahoma City (AP) The College Football Association may study coming up with its own television package for 1983 if the National Collegiate Athletic Association's football broadcast contract is declared invalid, the group's leader said Sunday. Charles M. Neinas, executive director of the CFA told the Daily Oklahoman the group likely will reactivate its football television committee to study the possibility of coming up with its own TV package for 1983 if college football broadcasts are thrown into the open market U.S. District Judge Juan Bur-ciaga ruled last week on a lawsuit brought by the universities of Oklahoma and Georgia that the NCAA TV plan is "a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The order voided the NCAA's contracts with ABC, CBS and the Turner Broadcast System.

THE CFA, composed of nearly all the major football powers in the said. "It is their jobs they are putting on the line." Asked if there was any way to avoid a walkout Garvey replied: "If (NFL Commissioner) Pete Rozelle will come out of hiding and join the negotiations." ROZELLE and the club owners have refused to participate in the talks, leaving the negotiations to Donlan and the Management Council. Contract talks between the union and the league broke off Friday. Although negotiators for both sides remained here over the weekend, they were not in contact and no talks were planned. Meanwhile, the union continued to brace for a strike.

The AP has" learned that the NFLPA had signed contracts with promotors in Texas and Louisiana to begin a series of all-star games featuring NFL players selected by the union. Earlier, the union announced it had reached agreement with Ted Turner's cable television station to broadcast the all-star games. REAR WINDOW LOUVERS for: MUSTANG MAZDA RX-7 DATSUN 280ZX CAPRI SUNBIRD STARFIRE MONZA CEUCA DATSUN 200SX COROLLA SCIROCCO American RustproofiiKj 3353 West Street Indianapolis Indiana 46268 New York (AP) The executive committee of the National Football League Players Association is expected to authorize the first mid-season in the league's 63-year history when it meets today. An informal poll of the nine-member committee, conducted over the weekend by the Associated Press, found near-unanimous support for the walkout "What else can we do?" said one member of the committee who asked not to be identified. "They have pushed us to the wall." THE FIRST GAME to be affected by a strike would be Thursday night's Atlanta at Kansas City game.

The strike is expected to begin following tonight's Green Bay Packers-New York Giants game at East Rutherford, N.J. "A decision has not been made at this time on whether we play the (Atlanta Kansas City) game," said Jack Donlan, executive director of the NFL Management Council, the owners' bargaining agent The decision to go ahead with the game will be made by the competition and executive committees." Donlan and union chief Ed Gar-vey were interviewed Sunday on NBC-TV. Garvey, who refused to predict the outcome of today's strike vote, said he would not offer a recommendation to the committee. "The players will decide," Garvey Peru team wins STAR IT ATI REPORT Plainfield, Ind. Mike and Jake Tschiniak each birdied the 18th hole to earn the fourth annual Indiana Golf Association Team Championship for the Peru Golf Club Sunday at the Club of Prestwick.

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