Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993 TAG: 9310210069
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
"As a matter of fact, it was too many, and that's a concern of mine," said Caldwell, previously an assistant at six Division I-A programs, including Penn State from 1986-92. "We've been fighting that all week.
"It was a good victory, but it's not the Super Bowl. I don't want our players to think we've arrived because we're still a 2-4 football team."
It was Wake Forest's first football victory at Clemson since 1961 and marked the first time in the 40-year history of the ACC that the Deacons have beaten the Tigers in back-to-back seasons. It also marked Caldwell's first win over ACC or Division I-A opposition.
"More than anything else, we just buckled it up and got after them," Caldwell said. "We had been playing well at the end of games, but not at the beginning and sometimes not for three quarters. We were not intimidated by the team or the location."
The victory was particularly gratifying for defensive back Richard Goodpasture, a junior from Salem, who was injured last year and was unable to play in Wake Forest's 18-15 victory over the Tigers in Winston-Salem, N.C.
"I told my teammates that it was nice to experience this first-hand," Goodpasture said. "[The Tigers] might have taken us a little lightly, but I don't think this was anywhere near a fluke. We just outperformed them."
\ IN THE ACC: Clemson, which has led the ACC in football attendance for 15 consecutive seasons, almost surely will yield that distinction to Florida State this season. The crowd for the Tigers' home game Saturday against Wake Forest was 55,000 - more than 25,000 under capacity.
"One of our goals was to take the crowd out of the game," Goodpasture said, "and it was very noticeable. You could hear the fans starting to get loud, but then something would happen - we'd make a play or something - and then it would get quiet again."
Graduate student Richard Moncrief, who was moved to wide receiver in the preseason, will be Clemson's third starting quarterback in three weeks. Moncrief and Travis Harvey, a walk-on from J.E.B. Stuart High in Falls Church, have been the Tigers' only able-bodied quarterbacks in practice this week.
Of the Virginia-North Carolina game this Saturday in Charlottesville, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden observed: "I'd say it's a toss-up at Virginia and I'd [pick] North Carolina at North Carolina, so you can get an idea of what I think is the strongest team."
\ IN THE BIG EAST: Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, an All-America tight end during his days at Pittsburgh, addressed the Panthers before they nearly upset No. 23 Syracuse on Saturday. Syracuse, a 23-point favorite, won 24-21 after stopping Pitt on fourth-and-two at the 3-yard line with 2 minutes, 24 seconds left.
\ FOOTBALL RECRUITING: David Van Dyke, an All-Group AAA defensive lineman from Robinson High School in Fairfax, is glad he made made an oral commitment to Penn State before the season. Van Dyke broke a leg before Robinson's opening game and "the next ball game he plays will be in Nittany Lions colors," coach Nick Hilgert says.
North Carolina has received oral commitments from two in-state linebackers: 6-foot-4, 230-pound Seth Everett from Fayetteville and 6-2, 210 Jamie Carrick from New London. Everett was chosen the most valuable player at UNC's summer camp.
One of the top prospects in Pennsylvania, quarterback Brian Kuklick, has committed to Wake Forest in hopes of playing football and baseball for the Deacons.
\ HOKIES UPDATE: Virginia Tech basketball recruiting target Jason Williams, a 6-foot-1 guard from Belle, W.Va., made an oral commitment to Providence.
Tech has received a visit from 6-9, 240-pound Eric Mason from Pinkston High School in Dallas. Mason also is looking at Colorado, Rutgers and James Madison.
\ OTHER COURT RECRUITS: South Carolina may have the inside track on 6-11 Ryan Stack from Ashland City, Tenn., who also has visited Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky, Evansville and Middle Tennessee.
Seven-foot twins Sam and Simeon Haley from Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Connors (Okla.) Junior College have given a tentative commitment to Clemson, provided Tigers' coach Cliff Ellis keeps his job.
\ MORE BASKETBALL: Roanoke College senior Hilliary Scott, a 6-5 forward from Lynchburg, has been selected the preseason national player of the year by DIII News, the monthly newsletter of Division III basketball. Scott averaged 20.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in helping the Maroons to a 20-6 record in 1992-93.
\ VIKINGS REUNION: North Cross graduates are the leading scorers for Mary Washington, ranked seventh in Division III, and No. 22 Roanoke, which entertains the Eagles on Saturday at 3 p.m. Former Raider Andy McDonald has eight goals for Mary Washington (11-1-2), and former teammate Dustin Fonder has 18 goals for Roanoke (14-2).
\ MORE SOCCER: Former Olympian Dante Washington was one of two players off the bench Sunday for the U.S. national soccer team in its 2-1 loss to the Ukraine in High Point, N.C.
The Radford men are 2-11-2 without Washington, but the Highlanders women are 13-1-2 under Don Staley, who coaches both teams. Staley recently registered his 100th win as Radford women's coach.
\ GATORS SUCCEED: Doug Fonder, who heads the Roanoke Gators swim program, reports that three former Gators have been selected captains by their respective programs: senior J.J. Freitag at Stanford, senior Dan Somerlin at North Carolina and junior Ashley Roe at South Carolina.
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