Coach dismisses staff on second day
ATt-ANTA (AP) — One day
after officially becoming Georgia
Trch's football coach, George
O'Leary dismissed the entire
offensive staff and kept only
three of former coach BUI Lewis'
assistants
O'Leary fired offensive coor
dinator-quarterbacks coach liars
Growl on on Tuesday along with
co-offensive coordinator-line
conch Steve Shankweiler. run
ning bin ks coach Greg Nord,
wide receivers coach Rusty
Burns, and tight ends-special
teams coach Craig Cason
Retained by O'Leary were ms
ondary coach Danny Smith; out
side linebacker coach Brian fink
er, and Lance Thompson, direc*
tor of football operations who
became defensive line coach for
the final three games when
O'Leary was named interim
head coach
All three i oachnd with
O'Leary during his first tenure at
(rtHirgia Tech a* defensive coor
dinator from 1087-1091
"Most coaches always revert
hat k to people they have
worked with sum essfully,”
O'Leary said "That's exactly
what I did "
OTatary said inside lineback
ers coach Dave Unstable'* status
was uncertain
The change in the offensive
staff wasn't unexpected after
O'Leary emphasized the run
ning game when he became
interim head coach Nov 7.
"i just think we're looking in «
different direction now."
0'l.eary said
lie said hiring offensive and
defensive coordinators are prior
ities end he also hopes to have
a new director of football opera
tion* by Thursday, the first day
coaches can go on the road
recruiting
'Titi not going to hurry into «
staff,” he said. "I am in a hurry
to get the rabbits on the road and
get the nn rutting going **
O’BERRY
Continued From Page 19
!h« Oregon secondary emerge as one of the best
defensive hack units in the nation O'Berry was
probably more respected for what he didn't do
than what he did He finished the season eighth'in
tackles for the Ducks in 1994 and pit ked off two
passes, but O'Berry's overall team play better tolls
the story of his success.
"Without the guys around me. I wouldn't
receive All-American and all the other accolades."
O'Berry said. “It's just a team out there."
Oregon placed five first-team members on the
All-Pac-10 Team — the most Oregon players to
make the list in a year since the 191fi squad. Five
Ducks were selected to the First-Team All-Pacific
(’.oast Conference Team that year — coincidental
ly the lost time the Ducks won the Rose Bowl.
Ricky Whittle. Danny O'Neil. Chad Cota and
Alex Molden joined O’Berry on the list of first
team conference honorees.
O’Berry's All-America award marked the first
time a Duck has been honored as such since Chris
Oldham was honored In IMS at tbt iornwba k
position And while O’Berry is quite honored to
have been jmilooted, he was surprised at the same
time O'Berry's sophomore season actually saw
him do better statistic .illy with seven intercep
tions. including one in the Independence Bowl in
addition to recovering two fumbles in the contest
"I didn't think 1 would get All Amerii an,”
O’Berry said. “I didn’t have my best season ”
On Wednesday. O’Borry told the story of his
smiling father Herman presenting his son with a
newspaper over Thanksgiving break, revealing the
new s of his sole* turn to the national honor
"It feels so good I c an’t even describe* it.” the
comerback said
Undoubtedly O’Berry's feelings were much
unlike those he experienced in ton t And as the
Ducks prepare for their first Rose Bowl in 17 years,
they do so with a cornerbac k that has sewn the ups
and downs of college football, and finally seems to
be at the top of his game
“When I got the injury it just looked like every
thing was going downhill,” O’Berry said. ”Tb«m we
got the good news and I was able to come bock "
METZ
Continued From Page 19
wins, beating teams by an aver
age of 26 points a game. Nebras
ka's 16-point win at Iowa State
was barely more than the margin
that the Cyclones lost to Divi
sion 1AA Northern Iowa earlier
in the season. Not exactly the
sign of a hot team.
The argument against the
Lions would be that they strug
gled against Indiana and relied
on one of the greatest comebacks
ever to defeat Illinois a few
weeks ago. Hut isn’t the ability
to comeback a main component
of a top-notch team?
Nebraska was the tiest team in
the nation for a good part of the
middle of the season, but you'd
lie hard-pressed to argue for
their being on top ns the season
wraps up. With a recent win
over Auburn, Alabama seems to
be a better choice for No. 1 right
now over Nebraska
The only reason for concern
in this matter is that the best
team in the nation at this point
should enter its bowl game with
the inside track to the the
National Championship
Nebraska's convincing win
over Colorado proved that the
Huskers won1 a very good team
and probably deserved to be No.
t at the time. Hut struggling with
Iowa State?
I'll even be the first to admit
that 1 would like to see Nebraska
r
coach Tom Osborne win a
National Title, blit I tire quickly
of the politics involved with col
lege football Feeling sorry for <■
guy that hasn't won it and rob
Ding those who deserve the title
|ust as much if not more (sis' fk»b
by Bowden. Florida State) than
them seems pretty ridiculous
All of this talk should take
i;aru of itself on |nn. 1st and 2nd.
Penn State will be espei ted to
win big to even think of a title
while Nebraska needs to sue
cessfully escape defeat in the
Orange Howl against Miami to
bolster its title hopes
Chris Met/ is the sports editor
for the Emerald
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