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Naturally, he wants to leave with a They are somewhat of a jack of all trades - winning record. expected to be big enough to pancake a defen- "I'm really ecstatic that it's going to be in sive lineman, yet swift enough to run a precise Pullman," he said. "My last home game - pass route, and unselfish enough to do whatev- against the Huskies, in Martin Stadium - I er the play calls for. wouldn't have it any other way." David Knuff, senior tight end for WSU, is Knuff, being a native of Huntington Beach, all of these. Calif., didn't really understand what the Apple "David Knuff is the ultimate football play- Cup meant to people in the state when he first er," WSU quarterback Ryan Leaf said. "He arrived. doesn't care about statistics; all he cares about It didn't take him long to learn about the is winning." emotions involved in the state's premier game. Knuff, who is often called upon by WSU "Coming from Southern California, ~e coach Mike Price to pass protect rather than have USC-UCLA, but it's not like the Apple run routes, is happy to do whatever it takes to Cup," he said. "My first Apple Cup, I really help the team be successful. didn't see much of it; I was a redshirt huddled "It's definitely a role-playing position," behind the heater. But it was amazing, and I Knuff said. "You have to know your role and had never seen anything like it. It's great. I love do what you're asked to do when you're asked it." ~odo it. Blocking or catching a pass, whatever And it didn't take him long to learn to It takes to get it done. You can't be selfish." despise the Huskies, either. Many tight ends don't like to block. But "I didn't like the Huskies even before I got Knuff, who is 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, does- here," Knuff said. "They were recruiting me, n't see blocking as a chore. then backed off, basically creating ill will "I have just as much fun blocking a guy as I toward me. From then on, I never really cared do catching the ball," he said. ''1'd almost for them, and coming here just intensified it." rather block a guy, you know, and drive him Since the Cougars' chances of making a back a couple of yards and then onto his back." bowl game have all but disappeared, and Knuff For Knuff, the experience of flattening a won't be playing in a senior bowl, he has come guy rivals that of catching a pass. to terms with the fact that this will likely be his " "That's a pretty good feeling," he said. last football game. He also knows that this last YOu're one-on-one with the guy, doing that. game can make or break the memory of what It's a pretty good feeling." has been an up-and-down season. Knuff wasn't called on much to block in last "For us, this is a whole new season," Knuff week's loss to Stanford, though. He had his said. "It would make everything better [to rnost prolific day as a Cougar, catching seven win). balls for 108 yards. "Coach Price was reading us a column Not bad for a guy who had caught just 16 about a guy who went 2-8 then played over in passes in three previous seasons. Seattle and beat the Huskies, and that's the Knuff hopes to do more of the same against highlight of his career. And this is a guy that's Washington on Saturday, his final Apple Cup. been to the Rose Bowl twice, and the highlight "A bunch of us seniors have been talking of his career is beating the Huskies. If we can STAFF PHOTO BY SHINICHI SUGIVRA about it the last week," Knuff said. "People say get a victory this weekend, I think it would Even Southern California native David Knuff has taken a disliking to the You don't know how much you'll miss it until mean the same thing." Huskies. ORIGINAL BRAND .@Towing ~ ~. COUGARS! Show your pride with a Cougar flag. ) :3'X 5' nylon, dye printed, Cougar flags. 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Chicken Snacks Kid's Menu 600 NE Colorado St. Pullman, WA. 99163 In front of the Palouse Mall locals 332-2113 @ Adams Mall pDc........ , Moscow 882-3207 PAGE 4 THE DAILY EVERGREEN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1996 __ ® BASKE'IBALL PREVIEW- '96 ®__ Fontaine leads young team in 1996-97 campaign By DOUG DUER Fontaine to set the tempo. The Daily Evergreen "The freshmen look to me to get things going," Fontaine said. "I have to be in the flow of the game from During the 1995-96 season the WSU men's basketball team the get-go to get everybody else involved." averaged 75.6 points per game. Mark Hendrickson, Shamon With 549 points this season, Fontaine could break Antrum and Donminic Ellison combined for 39.6 of those Steve Puidokas' lO-year-old career record of 1,894. points. By averaging 18.3 points over the team's 30 games Hendrickson is playing for the Philadelphia 76ers in the this year, Fontaine will break the record. NBA Antrum is playing for a USBL team in Portland, Maine, "It's nice to have my name in the paper and in mag- and Ellison transferred to New Mexico State University. azines," Fontaine said. "But that is all speculation off of As a result, third-year WSU coach Kevin Eastman had to last year. I haven't made a point officially this year." find a way to replace over 50 percent of the Cougars' offense. III his two preseason games, Fontaine averaged 24 And he did that by recruiting four freshmen - Blake points. Pengelly, Beau Archibald, Chris Crosby and Justin Mott - and Mack (6-83/4,223, Sr.) - Mack is the only fifth- one transfer, Rodrigo de la Fuente, to give WSU one of the year senior on the team. youngest teams in the Pac-lO. Last year Mack started 13 games and came off the "The only expectation that I have is for them to get better," bench for the other 16 games. Eastman said. "If that happens, everything else will just fall into Mack, who averaged 7.4 points and 4.5 rebounds, has place." the potential to significantly increase his numbers from Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a preseason all-American a year ago, said Eastman. candidate in Isaac Fontaine for the young players to learn from. Kareem Jackson (6-3, 193, Sr.) - As a junior, As a junior last season, Fontaine led the Cougars in scoring Jackson was named to the Pac-lO all-newcomer team, with 18.1 points a game on his way to being selected an all-Pac- despite playing in only 25 games. 10 first team player.