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sliglith happs to have Mus
grave liai k is senior tailbac k
DiTrk l.ovillc. Omgim's ailtiine
leading rusher who gained
1.202 \arcls hist season and had
m\ names in whic h lie rushed
for at least 100 Yards
When Musgrave went down
the Ducks' passing game went
wilh him
"When he was gone it put a
lot of pressure on me. hec ause
the defense reulh narrowed
down on our running game. "
I.oville said
This season. I^ivillc said
Brooks has told him hr mi^ht
not i arrv the hall as mm h .is hr
did last Year hut lie'll he used
more as a rei river
Obviously Derek l.ovillr is a
Kieat player, and he's gninK to
net the hall in his hands
Brooks said
Another big play performer
yy idr rei river and punt returner
I errv (Hire, didn't net the ball
mm h after Mus^rave vv.is hurt
hut lie Inures prominently in
the Dui ks plans this season
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No does fullbar k Latin H<tr\
the learn s sri onii leading rush
or the past three seasons and
the t\ii 10 long |ump ( harnpi
on.
Oregon lias a new offensive
coordinator in Mike Hellutti
the former Ohico Stale head
< oa< h w ho took over w hen Boh
Toledo resigned to join the
Texas A\ M staff
But Brooks said the offense
won t change mm h. although
Musgrave said he II have more
of ,i ( ham e to dump the hall off
earlier to re< elvers if the situa
tion warrants
()il defense, five starters re
turn including linebacker
M.irk Kearns, who also went
down with a season ending in
|urv against Arizona State last
year
Other top defenders include
all < onfereiK e i ornerbm k (ihris
Oldham, who had five inter
(options last season and led
\( A A Division I in kickoff re
turns at .!') I yards per attempt
lie covers evorv rei elver he
goes up against lie intercepts
ihr l)<ill Hr runs it bat k Hr rr
turns ki< knits likr ,t ( razy m.m
He'll ii« klr ,md Ini with hiiv
unr He's ,in outstanding foot
hull plaver who in im opinion
doesn't have a weakness
Brooks said
Brooks also (.mints on strong
defensive help from nose tai kle
David Hus.mo, linebacker I’eter
Brantlev and free safelv Derek
Horton He said he's confident
about the rest of his front line
defensive players, but worries
about a lack of depth.
Brooks said lie's happ\ with
placrku her Oregg McCallum.
who vs ill replai e kirk Dennis,
but his biggest i oik ern is punt
ing Man I’enso and Ben
Hough .ire battling lor that posi
time
Overall, though he's opti
mistic that, in his 1 till season
as head coat h. Oregon is reads
to finally make it to that
longawaited post season ap
pearam e
"We've been at this level too
long." he said "It's time to go
on to the next one
On paper." Hrooks said, "it
looks as good ,is anv team I've
had here probably How that
translates into wins and losses
I'm not smart enough to figure
out
After mans seasons of strug
gle. he also feels good about
the coming vears New locker
rooms, training facilities and
athletic offic es are under con
struction adjacent to Autzen
Stadium at a cost of nearly $10
million.
And tin- Oregon athletic de
partment expects <11 least $.t
million .1 year from the contro
versial new "Sports Action"
game administered bs the Ore
gon Lottery Commission The
game allows people to bet $1
and try to pic k the winners,
against the point spread, in
four to 14 professional football
games eac li week
"It feels good to see we're
not going from band to mouth,
that there is a future in our pro
gram noss ' Brooks said
I ( ontinued from Page r>l)
predominantIv known for lias
krlli,ill Si hemliet hlor joked.
''but ur will lr\ to livr up to
our basketball tr,im
Tli.it won t hr ,i problrin .it
Nebraska Southern ( ,il and
I’rtin State m hook where has
ketball is a name von play
while waiting tor the loothall
season to begin
Although Nebraska's Tom
(ishoine has the lust winning
percentage ol any active coat h
in college loothall, the Corn
buskers base not won a nation
al t hampionship during Ins 11■
year reign That might i flange
this year, thanks to another dv
naiuite offense and a i reampuff
nun i ontereni e s« liedule th.it
doesn't ini lode a single team
from last year's final lop JO
poll
Southern (ail must replace
lleisman Trophy runner-up
Rodney 1’eete. who went to the
Nil. alter quarterbacking the
Trojans to two Rose Howls Hut
couch Larry Smith has a robust
running att.u k and one of the
nation's best defenses, with
safeties Mark (Carrier and ( ileve
land Colter and a line that has
played together for three years
Losing seasons m cur at I’enn
State about as often as Hailey s
i omet so the Nittany Lions are
expecting major improvement
after last year's fi-ti mark The
biggest confident e booster is
the return of tailbar k Blair
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Thomas who sal out Iasi sea
sun .»ttcr undergoing major
knee surg<T\ Thomas rushed
lur l,414 yards in 1987, the
third highest single season to
tal in I’enn State history
While Joe I’aterno returns for
Ins 24th season at Happy Val
le\. four other powerhouse pro
grams have new t oai lies
| i in m \ lohnson went Irorn
Mi.inn to the Dallas Gowlxns
Oklahoma's Harry Switzer and
Texas A&M's |ai kie Sherrill left
programs plagued hy allega
tions ol cheating and Vince
Dooley retired .liter 2"> years at
(leorgl.i
Switzer. Sherrill and Dooley
yvere eai h replai ed hy an assis
taut (lary Gihbs at Oklaho
ma. K ( Slot um at Texas A&M
ami Kay (loll at Georgia The
neyy head man at Miami is Dell
ms Trie kson. an offense orient
ed roach from Washington
State
i'olloyving in the footsteps of
Switzer. Johnson and Go won't
he easy At schools like Okla
homa and Miami, which has
lost an average of one game per
season since I'lHiT, wins are
taken lor granted
"Kxpei tations are extremely
high." Krickson said. "Losing
is an unheard of word around
here and anytime you folloyy a
successful conch like limmv
that's yy hat y ou expel t
All-Aitieric an (quarterback
Sieve Walsh skipped Ins senior
season at Miami and followed
Johnson to the (lowboys His
sm c essor. junior Craig Frick
son. reportedly has an even
stronger arm
"He has the talent to he .is
good as anybodv I've been
around." said Dennis (no rela
lion) Kric kson That's ipiite a
compliment i onsidering that
last vear he coached the na
tion’s leading passer, Timm
Kosenbai h
I .ike Walsh. Kosenbai h
passed up his last vear of col
lege eligihilit\ to play III the
pros So did running hacks I nn
Worley ot Ceorgia Sammie
Smith of Florida State Hobbs
Humphrey ot Alabama and Har
r\ Sanders ot Oklahoma State
Running re< ords may fall tins
season, but ku king marks ap
pear to be safe her ause ol a new
rule banning the use ot tees for
field goals and extra points
Tees can still be used on ku k
offs
The rule is designed to deem
phasize the importance ol
phu ekn keis, who were booting
the ball longer and more act u
rately than ever
"I think we re going to find
that we re taking the ku kefs
out of the game " said l.arr\
Shank, coach of West Liberty
College in West Virginia A
good field-goal ku ker was good
for a couple ot wins a year
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