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him will have quality receivers
to throw to. Both of last year's
leading receivers. Derek Hill
and leff Fatrholm, are back
looking for more. The pair com
bined for 56 catches. 905 yards
and five TDs in 1986. And
kicker Gary Costen, who led the
Pac-10 in scoring last year,
should put points on the board
when called upon.
Arizona graduated 75 percent
of its linebacking corps, in
cluding the heart of its defense
in Pac-10 Defensive Player-of
the-Year Byron Evans. Returner
Boomer Gibson is a potential
All-Conference performer.
Strong safety Chuck Cecil
figures to be the YVilcats big hit
ter, but Tomey plays a 50
defense that relies heavily on its
linebackers to make reads and
plug holes. If Cecil leads this
team in tackles it is in trouble.
7. Oregon Ducks
Projected Record: 5-6 (3-5)
Replacing Chris Miller is just
one of many difficult challenges
facing coach Rich Brooks and
his staff this fall, as Oregon foot
ball opens the second decade of
the Brooks era.
Nearly every element of the
Ducks' game plan needs an in
fusion of personnel, but that
isn't necessarily the harbinger
of doom everyone thinks. There
is youth, but there is also talent
that will develop with time.
Oregon returns only 10
starters from last year's 5-6
squad, the fewest of any team in
the Pac-10. Besides Miller, the
Ducks also graduated their
leading receiver, their punter
and placekicker. and both
defensive cornerbacks.
Redshirt freshman Bill
Musgrave was the clear leader
in the race to fill Miller's cleats
when fall camp opened, after an
impressive spring. A preseason
injury to backup Pete Nelson,
who will be out until late Oc
lober at least, puts the pressure
squarely on Musgrave's
shoulders
The Ducks have a solid
nucleus of young receivers and
running backs to supply a
balanced attack. Ball carriers
Derek Loville and I^atin Berry
are two talented sophomores
who should provide the offen
sive backbone for the next three
years.
Loville scored 10 TDs last
year, but Berry must learn
fullback after missing most of
spring drills to compete in track
and field. Fellow tracksters Rod
Green and J.J. Birden are both
fleet-footed and sure-handed
receivers. Green averaged near
ly IB yards per grab a year ago.
and Birden was leading the
team in receptions before going
down with a leg injury.
The defense will be totally
revamped in 1987, as Brooks
scraps the 4-3 alignment in
favor of the 3-4. which employs
four linebackers and only three
down linemen. For a team that
was the Pac-10's worst against
the run and in points allowed,
any change is potentially good.
Nose tackle Rollin Putzier
will be counted on to plug up
the middle, and consensus
preseason All-Pac-10 safety An
thony Newman will shore up
the secondary. If the linebackers
can fill the gaps, this team
could finish betterthan anyone
expects.
8. California Golden
Bears
Projected Record: 3*8 (1-8)
The Bears return 15 starters,
the most of any team in the
Pac-10. But considering that
last year’s squad won only two
games, all that experience could
lie detrimental New coach
Bruce Snydor is in for a rude
awakening
Cal had an offense that was
virtually nonexistent last
season, producing just 16 TDs
and an average of 13 points per
game.
Things may not lx? any better
this time around with the
graduation of running back
Marc Kicks. Kicks led the team
in rushing in 1986, was second
in receptions and third in
scoring.
Cal's quarterhack-by
committee situation has eased
somewhat with the moving of
number two signal-caller Brian
Bedford to receiver (three
players shared the snaps last
year) That leaves the quarter
back chores in the hands of
sophomore Troy Taylor, who
threw just one touchdown pass
last season
The Bear defense should la
solid. and if this team is going
to win anything, it will have to
hold down the opposition's at
tack. which is something it
couldn't accomplish in htHti.
The entire line returns, as do
both safeties and two starting
linebackers. If Oregon State
wasn't on Cal's schedule, the
Bears would most likely finish
this season ninth in the con
ference. This is a team in danger
of sinking to the depths for
several years to come
9. Oregon State Beavers
Projected Record: 2-9 (0-7)
Uric Wilhelm will probably
lead the conference in passing
again in 1987 and rewrite the
Q8U record books, but he won't
produce more wins for the
Beavers until third-year coach
Dave Kragthorpe develops a
running game and a defense
that can make an impact on op
ponents. Until the Beavers pro
ve otherwise, the assump
tion remains that they don't
have either.
Oregon State had the most in
ept running attack of any team
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