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ft Wednesday, September 11, 1985 The CUrioo-Ltdger 3C OLE MISSi STATE BRIEFSi Wonsley is willing to work to help rev up Rebel offense Ole Miss vs. Arkansas At Memorial Stadium Saturday, 7:30 p.m. 111 rntff i hi "MlJ File Photo USM warms up for Auburn; Ole Miss learns From Special and Wire Reports In an effort to prepare for No. 1 ranked Auburn, Southern Mississippi put in a two-hour-plus workout Tuesday in 95-de-gree heat at Hattiesburg. USM coach Jim Carmody said he felt the hot weather work was beneficial.

"I think the heat helped because we are playing an afternoon game at Auburn and this is the kind of weather we can expect." Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer termed his team's two-hour practice "a learning day" as the Rebels continued preparation for Saturday night's game with Arkansas at Memorial Stadium. "Today we worked on our assignments against the Wishbone," Brewer said. "But it was very difficult to do without good concentration and mental alertness." Mississippi State dodged thundershowers to hold a 2 V2-hour workout in full pads for Saturday night's contest in Starkville against Syracuse. Freshman defensive tackle Anthony Butts, who sprained his left ankle in last Saturday's win over Arkansas State, is expected to practice today. Mississippi College began implementing its offensive plans for Saturday night's game at Arkansas State.

Coach John Williams rated ASU, which lost 22-14 to Mississippi State last Saturday, as "perhaps the strongest team I have ever sent a team against and I just hope to goodness we are ready." Delta State coach Red Parker said offensive tackle Dar-rell Potts will miss Saturday night's game at Northeast Louisiana due to extreme muscle cramps brought on by heat exhaustion. Tickets for Saturday's Alcorn State-Grambling football game can be purchased at Perry Paige Insurance Agency, 502 W. Fortification Statewide Insurance 1221 Buck-hanan or by calling Maggie Terry at 948-0010 after 4 p.m. All tickets are $8 and will be on sale until Thursday. By BUTCH JOHN Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer OXFORD Nathan Wonsley promises improvement, a promise he should be able to keep easily enough.

After all, the Ole Miss starting tailback ought be good for more than a half dozen yards. "I've got nobody to blame but myself. I just wasn't there," Wonsley said of his 6-yard, 7-carry performance during Saturday night's 17-17 tie at Memphis State. "Every time I was about to break loose or whatever, there was one man to stop me. I'm still frustrated from the whole game." As Wonsley said, it wasn't as though he didn't have his chances.

On a couple of occasions in the early going, he hit what appeared to be an opening in good shape only to be tripped up by an ankle tackle along the line of scrimmage. This, he said, disturbed him most of all. Built like a wrecking ball at a solid 5-foot-9Vi, 195 pounds, Wonsley normally has the ability to pull the leg from a single tackier. But he did not Saturday night, and the result was a long gain of 3 yards. "He was real close a couple of times.

If he'd broken them it would have been by a great effort on his part," said Ole Miss running back coach Bill Canty. "He does expect a lot out of himself We expect a lot of him, too." Worse, Wonsley did not catch a pass after hauling in a team-high 36 for 248 yards a year ago the perfect complement to what was already the most agonizing night of his four-year career. "In order for things to work right on offense, I have to explode through the holes and do the things I can," the senior from Moss Point said. "I had no effect on the offense at all. That's one reason I feel like we did the way we did." So it's back to work not only for Wonsley but a complete backfield that managed just 57 yards on 28 carries against the Tigers.

Most of the total came on a 31-yard touchdown run by reserve fullback Joe Mickles. Wonsley said much of the difficulty came down to first-game jitters, which he figures will be cleared up for Satur- day's meeting with No. 14 Arkansas. Problem is, this won't be any easier. The Razorbacks led the Southwest Conference in scoring defense and total defense a year ago and has nine starters returning from that unit.

"Arkansas plays good technique defense," Wonsley said. "They play real tough defense, don't take nothing from nobody and don't ask for anything. They are solid and sound, really good talent on defense." Wonsley, who went on to gain 479 yards rushing to lead the team last season, was the only running back to crack the Ra-zorback defense for 100 yards last season. He had exactly that in a 14-14 tie in the Hop' opener at Little Rock. Arkansas coach Ken Hatfield described Wonsley as a tough runner.

"Their style of attack is to hit so quickly that a lot of times, he's in the hole. If you're not in the proper place all the time he can break a tackle. That's the thing that makes him a dangerous back." Razorback defender David Bazzel, a senior linebacker, remembered Wonsley's 1984 performance and expressed surprise by the running back's slow start this time around. "I think Wonsley's a great running back," Bazzel said. "He's not a 4.2 man (in the 40-yard dash) or a 230-pounder who runs over you.

But he's a good athlete, fast enough and with enough power to break tackles. I don't know what happened (against Memphis State), but I'm sure he'll be ready for us." Bazzel unwittingly pointed out the rap Wonsley has carried since following older brothers Otis and George both of SETTING AIM Ole Miss' Nathan Wonsley is out to prove his poor showing against Memphis State was just a rare bad day. whom ended up in the National Football League through Billy Miller's program at Moss Point High School. Nathan is a step slower at 4.6 and a few inches shorter than what many consider the ideal. This has had a dual effect, both positive and negative.

On the plus side, Wonsley has been an avid weight-lifter since his junior year at Moss Point and is pound-for-pound the strongest football player at Ole Miss. On the down side, he's heard the same comments for four consecutive seasons as a Rebel. "Everybody thinks a running back has to be 6-2 and 200 pounds," Wonsley said. "But it's not like that. It's who wants the job worse and who gets it done.

Whatever it takes to keep my position, I'll do it. "My brothers never gave up on anything and never quit any sport. Nobody ever gave us anything, so we had to work hard. I come from a family of nine boys, and all any of us did was work hard and be the best we can be." Which, as Wonsley freely admits, is much better than what he was Saturday night in Memphis. Hammond USM NOTES you do, you'll win most every time." Freshmen trio receive initiation Three pure freshman received their college football initiation Saturday night.

Maurice Oliver, Craig Shackleford and Robbie Weeks, the only three true freshman to play for the Golden Eagles. Oliver made the biggest impression. The 6-3, 195 defensive end from Bessemer, registered two of USM's 10 quarterback sacks. "He's not going to do anything but get better," Carmody said. To Oliver's advantage, USM has little depth at end and needs him.

Shackleford is a 5-9, 165 tailback who carried four times for 2 1 yards against Tech. Weeks is a 6-1 1 75 wide receiver who played two series but did not catch a pass. The 180 pound former walk-on carried four times for 22 yards, including a 12-yard run. Lauderdale isn't big enough or fast enough, by most standards, to play major college football, but USM coach Jim Carmody said his tenacity kept him going. "He's not fast and he's not big," Carmody said.

"But he's tough, and his heart is real big." Lauderdale said that in some ways he considers himself an overacheiver. "I realize the size and talent I have is limited," he said. "I've thought that before. But it just somehow seems to come out of me." Lauderdale said he works extra hard to keep his job. "I definetly have to go full speed every time I'm out there," he said.

"That's one thing everybody can do, go full speed. Most athletes don't do it every play, though, so if By VICTOR LEE Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer The last time Southern Mississippi defeated Auburn was 1977, a 24-13 win at Auburn. The quarterback was Jeff Hammond, now an Army ROTC recruiter at USM. Hammond talked Tuesday about the circumstances of the game. "We'd lost our opening game to Florida State in Hattiesburg the week before," he said.

"I was named player of the game. So I had to meet with the Big Gold Club, and they were really on (coach Bobby Collins) back. We were coming off 2-9 season. "I got pretty upset, and got kind of emotional with some of the alumni, and guaranteed a victory over Auburn. "After that, two of our starting players were suspended for the game for breaking curfew, and here I'd guaranteed a victory.

"Then things really started building. The girlfriend of one of our players a girl who we all knew died. "Well, the Friday night before the game, we had a meeting and I asked Coach Collins to leave the room. Not much had to be said. We decided to dedicate the game to her.

"The next day, there was no jumping or hollering. We just got our frustrations out. We beat the tar out of them." Lauderdale makes first splash Former Jackson Prep standout Keith Lauderdale has been holding on to his position as the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles' No. 2 fullback, and last Saturday night against Louisiana Tech Lauderdale got to carry the ball for the first time in his college career. stemmed from a personal problem which he resolved, officials said.

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