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But this season will be different because most of those great athletes are gone. Everyone wants to know how I’ll go about replacing Alfred Ander son, Gerald McNeil, Bruce Davis and Allen Rice. My answer to that question is that I can’t replace them, atleast not with players who can do exactly the things they did. After all, those four accounted for 72 percent of our offensive yardage 1st fall. So it’s obvious that things will not be quite the same. Our running backs and receivers won’t have the kind of wxperience you’d like them to have. It’s comforting to know that is not the case at quarterback, where we have two of the best I’ve ever been around in Cody Carlson and Torn Muecke. Carlson and Muecke have all the talent it takes to quarterback a team in the Southwest Conference. And they’re such fine leaders, too. I’ve of ten said that if you have a talented, experienced qquarterback, you have a chance to win. We are lucky enough at Baylor to have two of them and that’s a big plus for us. Grant Teaff Evereytime I turn around some body asks me what kind of scheme I’ll devise for playing Cody and Tom. All 1 can say this early is that I’ll just have to wait and see. If one quarterback emerges as a clear-cut leader in two-a-days, them I’ll not hesitate to go with them. “But if they’re even as they were last year, which I imagine they will be, then I’ll probably alternate them one way or another. That’s a deci sion, however, I’ll make toward the beginning of the season. What kind of offensive line we’ll have to protect those quarterbacks is one of our biggest questions. We have three experienced linemen coming back, but twostarters and the majority of the depth will be vir tually untested. We’re hoping the extensive redshirt program mt had going here will begin to pay di(. idends in the line. Luckily, inexperience won’tbci problem on the defense sideofik ball. We have nine starters coming backand 13 other players who started at least one game last yearbt cause of injuries to our regulars That’s quite a pool of talent fro® which to draw. We’re receiving the positive re suits of those injuries last season- lots of players with experience-bin they sure caused problems last year. We were never quite abletoputadel fense on the field that had any de gree of cohesion to it. I hope this year the defensive players hold up. We could have a solid defense ifwt can keep from getting into that re volving door situation likewehadii 1983. Thelinebackers and line will I* our defensive strengths. We have good, talented players whohaveex perience manning those positions Lhesecondary is more of a concern, Back there we have some fine ath letes, but they need to come togethei as a unit. Our kicking game is quite ua settled. I'll just have to put out punters and kickers through a trial by fire in two-a-days to see who steps to the forefront. (Continue L; brad Tc Ject Hatfn Icheme. I throwing t but in the much as th 1 Speakin ; Hogs have well- ; Halfbac |oe Edmut behind an ; turns four ; eluding pi i late Mara | Strong Ither All- beads up t eight playe f You can Iproved ihi |econd yei iHorned F ■way from fers. I The Frc Itinder Wat tently. I Anthon As 1 said earlier, injuries will plan big role in our season. II we can rt- main injury free, we have a chana to become a pretty good football team. FOR GREAT PIZZA a m Cougars United Press International 696-DAVE 326 Jersey Street (Next to Pother’s Bookstore) Don’t Forget Our Cold Beer! HOUSTON — We’re going to run the same offense that we have run for 99 years. Until we start wind ing up lower than second in total of fense we’re going to be real careful about doing anything drastic in the way of changing. I really think we’re going to throw the ball more effectively mainly be cause the kid (Gerald Landry) throwing the football and the receiv ers know that he is gorting to come around a little bit. It is evident by the fact that we had a minimal number of fumbles during our spring work and I think the mental mistakes have been cut down. Before anything has a chance of taking place, your frame of mind has to be right. Then, if your head gets right, you at least have the op portunity to at least have a chance of being competitive. Now as far as the spring was con cerned I thought the work was real good. But what I was really encour aged about was the habits the kids got during the drills. I think their concentration was significantly im- will have a lot better chance of bdni SV Unite Bill Yeoman proved and I thought our effort was excellent. As a result of that I really believe we accomplihed some things that had to be accomplished. I think everyone starts to talk about defense because if you don’t have one of those you don’t have anything. I really thought the de fense was coming on, playing a whole lot better toward the end of spring practice. If we can have that at the beginning of our two-a-days, then maybe we can get where we can play defense and if we do that we competitive. As far as the conference raicjjua* FA YET I saw some article where they WE j s wonf j t six or seven teams that have alegitR, {j M j ver mate chance of winding U P on sure pu and I would subscribe to that. Nonferent Texas A&M, of course, has agrel| e seas collection of athletes as always.ThtN Things are a year older. What's going to^N|, y si ° ce them a chance is their quarterbariK^ j n and I can name you eight or lOgraiH^Q ur S | U) athletes they have. Jways det 1 exas and SMI are goingtobf‘B lam pions factor. Baylor has those two (pmHpnr Dip terbacks who really did an cxceller» am tan ^ job last year and they are comingi:| one ()n OUI with staggering speed out wide, k, before , TCU will he significantly i»BHop some proved because it’s pretty muchikiB j n orc jei same hunch of kids, hutayearoldt | we 0] I know what kind of linemen T®Nill our Tech has gotten over the lastcoupltk orne bai of years. I heir defensive endoffenH^y^,. p ur sive lines will he improved and this' jf Urns anc j kind of where they were wornonE for a couple of years. Kenny Hatfield is an excellem football coach and Arkansas is gtw to be tougher than a boot. I'm surf Watson Brown at Rice isgoingtogf! things going and I think we willbei little hit more competitive. So iti| going to he a lot of funtowatchJ really believe that.” Beat those Back-to-School Blues, With a Party!!! At Graham Central Station where the drinks are ALWAYS ONLY 500