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stay healthy this season.”
The concern is not as great at
the center and guard positions.
“I feel very good there, both in
starting line-up and depth.”
“The offensive line will start
as a better group than a year
ago,” Brooks continued. “If we
can stay healthy, we will have a
very good offensive line as the
season progresses. We return
more experience than people
think.”
There is still one big question
looming over his offense that
can only be revealed as the
season progresses, Brooks said.
“Are we going to be a consis
tent offensive team that can ac
tually put the ball into the end
zone more than we did a year
ago?”
The defensive line has its pro
blems as well. Brooks is in need
of a player to come to the
forefront of the defense, and be
a leader for the squad.
"I’m hoping that either (John)
Byrne, (Dave) Maley or (Dale)
Doming, because of their ex
perience, will take the next step
and be a dominant player,”
Brooks said. “I think they have
the ability, but they still have to
emerge.”
Inexperience is a major con
cern to Brooks at the defensive
tackle, end and guard positions.
“We have some young players
that I think could be good
players, but need to gain ex
perience,” he added ..“What we
need to do early this season is
develop depth in the defensive
line. I think we have some
capable people.”
Because of the inexperience
on the line, Brooks is concerned
about what an injury would do.
“In the defensive line, an injury
right now would really hurt
us.”
One part of the team Brooks
isn’t worried about is the
linebacking corp. The Ducks
return seasoned junior, Lerry
Wilson, and Bob Hudetz, a
senior this year, at the middle
linebacker positions. The out
side positions are filled with
junior E.J. Duffy, and
sophomore Dan Devaney. “I
think our linebacking corp is
the most solid of our defensive
unit,” he said.
The defensive secondary is
led by senior, Wendell Cason,
who will start in one of the cor
nerback positions. The other
cornerback position would have
been filled by junior transfer,
Donny Brown, but he broke his
ankle in practice on Aug. 29th
and is expected to miss the en
tire season.
The starters in the safety posi
tions have some injury setbacks
haunting them, also. Doug
Judge, a junior, returns this
season having been out since
the Arizona game last year
where he was injured while
returning a kick-off. Judge will
be battling senior Jeff Williams
for the free safety position.
Another junior, Dan Wilken,
will start at strong safety.
The special teams are hurting
because of graduation, Brooks
pointed out. The Ducks lost
both punter, Kevin Hicks, and
f
All in all, Brooks believes
he’s got a better lineup this
year, but he’s unwilling to
predict how that will translate
into wins and losses. However,
he is willing to reveal what he
feels has to be done to ensure a
winning year for Oregon.
“We’ve got to make sure that
our pass defense is sound and
that we’ve got a good pass
rush,” he said. “More impor
tantly, we’ve got to control the
ball a little bit more and score
points.”
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placekicker, Paul Schwabe,
which Brooks said leaves a big
question mark as to where the
Ducks strength will lie in the
kicking phase.
“The return phase is strong
because we’ve got Lew Barnes
and our kick-off returners rank
at the top of the conference.”
“I believe our kicking game
will be in good shape,” Brooks
said. “Our field goal accuracy
will definitely improve this
year. Our punting, I hope, will
be as good, at this point, we’ll
still have to see.”
The punting position is bet
ween Mike Preacher and Paul
Fitzgerald. And the placekicker
position is between transfer,
Mike MacCleod, and freshman,
Kirk Dennis.
Brooks also believes Oregon
has an outside chance at the
conference title. “We’re pro
bably a dark horse,” he added.
“The rest of the league is going
to be better than a year ago, and
the battle will be a very heated
one for the conference cham
pionship. We need some things
to go our way. We also need
some luck in the injury
department.
“We should be a more pro
ductive offensive team,” he
continued. “We should be at
least as good on the defensive
side of the ball. I think we’re go
ing to be a very capable team
that has a good chance of mak
ing a run at it. Although it ap
pears these things are going to
be better, we still have to go out
and do it.”
The best that Duck fans can
hope for is that the offense pro
duces the way it should, the
defense is better than a year ago,
and that the football “experts”
are wrong again.
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