___Sports__
Brock, Kozak ready to welcome more Ducks
Survive first NFL season
Bv Mike f’ettii nrd
f mer.ild ( nntributnr
Alter llie National football
League draft late last month,
tour members ot I he 1U8H t )re
gun Ducks lootball squad
running hai k Latin Herr\. ot
tensive lineman t dirt 1 )\ kes,
and defensive hai ks (,'hris Old
ham and Darvi Reed stand at
the threshold ot their first NI L
regular season
lour other 'Hu Oregon play
urs weren't dratted hut signed
tree agent < mitral ts u ill] \H
teams Safety Derek I lorton and
receiver lerrv (thee signed
with the Seattle Seahawks. ol
fensix e lineman ( du is 1 luskn
sigma I w it h the I tetroit I.ions
,md light end |oe Vieerten
signed with the Atlanta I al
( oils
Two IUHH Oregon alumni,
defensive lineman Matt Itroi k
and linebacker Si oil Kozak
liar e already ( oilipleted theii
Inst veai in the \1 I and are
ready to well ome them
In the NI I.. reunions be
tween old college acquain
lances are often brie! Kozak re
i .ills meeting running hai k I a n
Hall, formerly of I -( d A
Idle reunion look plai e at the
line ot si rimmage The lions
ton Oilers. Kozak s team, were
absorbing a til-7 heating b\ the
(dnc innati Hengals in ii \ Kiv
ertront Stadium when Kozak
«as sent into the game during
Ihe sei olid hall to mop up
Hall uas i arrvitig the hall tor
the Hengals and Ko/.ak met him
with a fixing takedown as the
game drexx to a men itul i lose
Although the rout was svmp
tomatii ot a liittei long stand
mg 1 louston ( dm innati rivalry
the two former f’a< ifii It! play
ers themselves exchanged
friendly greetings alter the
play
"It’s not often von see a fa
miliar l.u e. ’ Kozak sax s
Kei ipients of numerous I’ai
111 honors during their colle
giate careers. Kozak xxas select
ed m the sei ond round and
Hroi k was selei ted in the third
round nl tin* 1‘IBII Ni l tlr.itt l»v
tht'ir respei 11\ i’ trams
I hr ( arm It.i\ I’ac krrs tram
ing i <1 it)p put a damper on I hr
hours mooli said Brink who
was married after graduating in
PIM'l hut was summoned h\ the
I'.n kers soon ihereaftei
i didn't expei I a lot ot p I a \
mg time liroi k said But he
still applied himself to mastei
ing < ireen I lavs i omplex "two
gap' defense
I ai h detensixe lineman has
to play two gaps Brin k ex
plained 'That means I li.ive to
he prepared to go inside or out
side \\ I' take on the blix kei s
and the linebackers umie up
behind us to make the tai kies
It our defensive line is mnk
ing more tai kies than the line
bai kers during the game some
tiling is w rong,' he said I he
i o.ii lies will (mil out the i hulk
board and scratch their heads
and take another look at it
Now I know that d 1 make
otllv one tai kir hut keep the
opposing lineman husv lor the
entile game, then I've done m\
|oh, said Brock, who credits
Ins disi ipline to Oregon drtrn
sive line c.nai.h |oe Schatleld
It kind ot takes awa\ from
voui stardom hut that’s vxfi.it
the professionals are looking
for
"I don’t think I'll ever be a
major Hash like I xx.is at Ore
gon," Broi k laughs
(anderella stories about rook
ies who take the Ni l bv storm
in then first veat are usuallx
tile feverish creations ot over
worked sportsvv titers seeking
media darlings
Your name lor tfie In st year
is Kook Brin k warns mi om
ing college seniors \mi go
piler this, gopher that t ,u r\
the veterans' helmets go fetch
their drinks All in fun ol
course I xerx night we sang for
out suppei I sang so had the
tost time they never asked me
to smg again
Because most Ni l, teams lie
gin training rump xxilli inflated
rosters, mam players (ace the
prospei t of dismissal before the
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M.itt II mi A I'lJ) mid tiinner Oregon te,miniate Si ott Ko/.ih survived their first xear in the \u
tional hoothall I eague anil xxere put nn the protei led list In their respei live teams tor next sea
son
summer is over Ilus pror ess
i iilleil the < ill ". is the souri e
around rvhir h morbid myths of
fantasy .uni terror have lieen
wov i'ii
We hail |esse the Ifody
Snatcher at (ireen lias, Hunk
said It he knur keil oil your
door during lights out you
were gone the next clay
ko/ak alluded only briefly to
the ()ilei s' traditions of init 1.1
t ion We were required to
sha\ e our he,iris, he said
brock and ko/.ak eai.h sin
x ix i'ii the ' a ul only to find
that this passage was hut the
first ot many obst.n les on a
long road toward a job in the
starting line up
ko/.ak s position is outside
11 nehar kei a spot i urrentIy
held III Houston by |olumy
Meads, a veteran ol seven \l I
seasons
"It's hard to matt h expert
etu e. ko/ak s.iVs lie
/>.. ✓>«« />, „
I Mauds) is mui h hutlui at t.1 k
mu im tin* light unds than I
.1111
! m luai ning to taka on pull
mg guards and ta< kins. sass
ho/.ok. hut snmutimus svhilu
S ou if 1 01 a cl it 1 a 11 tut 1111 t liusu
miss the tight and ssdl 1 nmr up
111 ‘)i 11 id soil and 1 ut you doss 11
I lllu.ss s 1111 has a .1 li it ol u\
pul iuih u it 's hard to pit k it
up hu/ah 1 ontussus
Him k did nut stalt 111 Ills hist
rngnlur suason gamu until No
s uinliur s\ hull thu I’ai kurs host
ud thu ( hii ago Huais
I'm plas mg against |( hu a
go t<u klu kuithl Van I lorn
Him k rui allud \ ss 11 s suturan
svlio’s huun around uluvun
\ uars Thus 1 all a ssvuup
around ins and and that's
sshuru 1 niaku ins lust tTiistaku
in thu Nl 1. I gut sin kerud into
thu (loss and Van I lorn hooks
mu
Hut I tight him ott and
knot k down dir pulling guard
and kind id stumbli* into till1
hall o.iriiur and start a big
pile hr Saul Attn ilia plav
is over 1 raali/a I lav, I made
somathing Itappan'
I hat's what tilt* i oat lias art*
looking lor. salt! Hunk who
In oka his hand in plat In a allal
tha i ha ago gaunt and span! tin*
last of tha saastin on tha suit*
lint's
Doth Hint k and ho/ak want
plaaatl on tha profit! tail lists ol
than raspt't tlva la,mis in I abl'tl
.11 \ . hit h nia,ms that tha\ will
raturii t'i tha summai training
i amps in U 1st onsin and I a\as
in a law wanks In i iinipala with
\ atarans and roukins anti tun a
again hit a Ilia i ill
Although job .at in its is a
long wav olt ilia torinar (to*
gou stais hata passad tha t nil
i al hurdla of tha In ,t vaat and
ait* now thamsalvas hat aiming
Ni l vatarans
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