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SPORTS Saturday, July 16, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B College Football Wildcats, Ducks take different routes to improve defenses Pellum taking demotion in stride By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press AP Photo/Reed Saxon Oregon linebacker Johnny Ragin III speaks at the Pac-12 football media day in Los Angeles on Thursday. LOS ANGELES — When Arizona and Oregon decided to make changes on defense after disappointing 2015 seasons, they did so in a wildly dispa- rate fashion. The Ducks demoted defen- sive coordinator Don Pellum and replaced him with former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke, while the Wildcats completely overhauled their staff, adding rising star Marcel Yates from Boise State. The varying approaches refl ect both the coaches and programs that met in the 2014 Pac-12 title game won by Oregon. The Ducks have long valued staff continuity, promoting offensive coordi- nator Mark Helfrich to the top job in 2013 while fi ve assistants including Pellum have been with the program for at least 13 seasons. Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez has never been a wallfl ower, removing his long- time coordinator Jeff Casteel in January and scrapping the 3-3-5 defense, a staple since Rodriguez’s tenure at West Virginia. “Instead of just putting a Band-Aid on it, let’s just go and start all over again,” Rodri- guez said at Pac-12 media day on Thursday. “It was better just to start all over again, scheme-wise, personnel-wise, recruiting-wise. It just wasn’t working out.” An injury-ravaged Arizona defense allowed 35.8 points per game last season, with All-America linebacker Scooby Wright (knee/foot) limited to just three games and 25 different players making one start. Oregon linebacker Johnny Ragin said Hoke has done the same for the Ducks, but Helfrich has been just as impressed with how Pellum has welcomed the change. “What he did blew me away, just as far as his passion to sell Brady Hoke on the recruiting trail. There needs to be a sociological study done about how great that was,” Helfrich said. Pellum has been with the program for all but two years since 1984 as a player, admin- istrator and assistant, electing to maintain his ties to Oregon even after his defense ranked last in the Pac-12 in points and yards allowed last season. “Coach Pellum is an Oregon man through and through,” Ragin said. “He has been there longer that a lot of us (players) have even been alive, so he is really dedicated to the program and dedicated to our success.” For Oregon to rebound from a 9-4 season — nowhere near the recent high-fl ying standards set by Chip Kelly or quarterback Marcus Mariota — the defense must replace fi ve starters from its defensive front. The tally includes standout lineman DeForest Buckner, who was drafted No. 7 overall by the San Francisco 49ers. But Helfrich saw benefi ts from the turnover, enjoying how players pushed to make their mark. “We would have found a home for DeForest, don’t get me wrong, but the newness, the freshness, the competitiveness that they approached it with was awesome,” Helfrich said. NFL Miller, Wilkerson, Tucker shed franchise tags with big deals By DENNIS WASZAK JR. Associated Press NEW YORK — Von Miller got a monstrous contract, befi tting a sack-happy Super Bowl MVP. Muhammad Wilkerson and Justin Tucker also received big paydays, shedding their franchise tags and getting new deals. Kirk Cousins, Alshon Jeffery, Eric Berry and Trumaine Johnson, however, will all be playing this season under the value of their tags after they and their teams failed to agree on long-term contracts by the NFL’s Friday deadline. Miller and Denver spent the offseason in a contract stare down this season, but the sides agreed to a six-year, $114.5 million deal that includes $70 million guaranteed. Miller and agent Joby Branion parlayed patience into a record-breaking deal in terms of overall value and guarantees. The outside line- backer received $23 million at signing and will earn $61 million over the fi rst eight months of the blockbuster deal that makes him the highest-paid player outside of quarterbacks in NFL history. Miller’s camp had rejected the $38.5 million the Broncos offered in guarantees, and Miller threatened to sit out the season barring a long-term deal. About two hours before the 4 p.m. EDT deadline, the cornerstone of the league’s best defense accepted the Broncos’ blockbuster offer and tweeted a photo of himself in his orange No. 58 jersey with the caption “For Life.” The New York Jets pulled off a last-minute stunner, signing Wilkerson to a fi ve-year exten- sion shortly before the deadline. Wilkerson had a career-high 12 sacks last season. The deal is reportedly worth more than $85 million, including $37 million in guarantees. Tucker and the Baltimore Ravens agreed to a four-year contract. Since joining the Ravens as a free agent in 2012, Tucker has an 87.8 percent success rate that is second-best in NFL history. 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Leo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 44, 12, 22 and 18.