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Monday, August 27, 1984/The Battalion/Page 1 IS swc am ive'y) 0 pay dn. von’t bej ide of ibt rs coming f'ers win st yearbf. re gulaa lent fro® ositive rt- season ~ ntce-lm s last year, o putadt- td any 4 hope ibis s hold up, feme if n/ to that rt. twe had® ne will I* We haw to have «■ position!, a concern, e fine ath ne toeethfi (Continued from page 3) Brad Taylor returns to try and di- Sect Hatfield’s “flexbone” offensive Jcheme. Taylor has been used to throwing the ball while at Arkansas, but in the flexbone he’ll run just as much as the next running back. I Speaking of running backs, the Hogs have got those bases covered as well. I Halfbacks Carl Miller and Bobby Boe Edmunds return to run hog wild behind an offensive line which re turns four starters for last season, in cluding pre-season All-SWC candi date Marcus Elliott at guard. Strong safety Greg Lasker, an- Ither All-SWC candidate for ’84, beads up the Hog defense in which leight players return. TCU I You can bet TCU will be vastly im- Iproved this season in Jim Wacker’s Becond year as head coach, but the IlHorned Frogs are still a few' years ■way from being realistic contend- |ers. s must still learn to win er, and then win consis- quite un pin on P The Fro; !,under Wacl tently. | Anthony Gulley and Anthony TCU’s Anthony Sciaraffa Sciaraffa will battle for the No. 1 quarterback spot and with All-SWC wide receiver James Maness as a tar get, look for the Frogs to light up the scoreboard even more this season. A young defensive unit with only four starters returning will probably be the weak point at TCU in ’84. Egypt Allen and All-SWC pick By ron Linwood highlight the defense Tech’s Perry Morren with their fine play in the secondary. Like a fine white wine, the Frogs need only to age properly to become the best. TEXAS TECH Eight returning offensive starters gives Head Coach Jerry Moore alot to be optimistic about this season, but he’s still got a problem. Runningbacks Robert Lewis, Freddie Wells and Troy Smith all re turn to the Tech backfield along with the entire offensive line, but Moore still has a problem. Seven starters return defensively for the Red Raiders, but Moore still has a problem. What’s Moore’s problem? A big fat question mark at quarterback. Senior Perry Morren has never started a down in his five years at Tech. Sophomore Monte McGuire hasn’t been around as Ion as Mor ren, but probably knows just as much. If only Moore could manufacture another Tech quarterback legend like Ron Reeves, Rodney Allison or Joe Barnes, then the Red Raiders could rest a little easier. RICE Watson Brown moves into his first season as head coach of the Owls with nothing but optimism written all over his face. He says the Owl players want to be winners and that they won’t give up until they ac complish that lofty goal. eautiful Savior Lutheran Church Meeting at South Knoll School Langford at Southwest Parkway v. Worship Bible Class & SS 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Come To The Weis Lutheran Collegians Picnic Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Loren Fritz Pastor (409) 693-4514 ********************* ******** SWC Coaches’ Predictions ogs United Press International FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — While . is wonderful to have returned to iaw University of Arkansas, I’m not ; up ontOfU sur e pH recognize the Southwest i^Bonference once we open our hasagrttUagne season. I wavs ' 1^1 Things have changed dramati- ^‘Twlly since I played for the Razor- quarterMW^ in 1 9 62 -64. t orlUgrtlB Q ur s hooiouts with Texas nearly ■ways determined the conference oingtoKiB lam pi ons hjp throughout the de- e two f-'Lcjideor Ole Miss. We think our first anexcdle.n am can ^ competitive with every- e coming R nt , on our schedule Our top prior- uwidc. |ity before we play Ole Miss is to de- ucantly it ■lopsome quality depth, ty much™ i n orc i er to have a good season, a yMtoldt |^ e think one of the key ingredients emen FeuLill be our kicking game. With Greg e last coup!tB orne handling placements, Brad e endofoBayio,- punts, Carl Miller kickoff re- ;dandthi5im rns anc i Bobby Joe Edmonds or re worn oitP Ken Hatfield Kevin Wyatt put returns, we think we can be solid in the kicking game. We think it will be something we can hang our hat on. Offensively we have some experi ence. We probably will start five se niors and four juniors. Taylor did a good job of picking up our offense in the spring and should be one of the premier quarterbacks around. He will learn with each game and we expect him to be much better after two or three games. Carl Miller and Terry Tatum give us a pair of good running backs and Derrick Thomas and Marshall Fore man should be a solid one-two punch at fullback in the flexbone, the offense we brought with us from Air Force. We have quality receivers, but they are young. Our tight ends are among our strengths. Luther Frank lin, Eddie White and theo Young all have played. We have some question marks on the offensive line but Marcus Elliot isn’t one of them. We think he can be an All-American at guard. Depth on our offensive line will be critical. Defensively we should be very solid with our starting unit, even though Mark Lee and Nathan Jones will be the onldy seniors starting. We will be young on defense but I have confidence in our defensive players. The key to our defense will be the return of experienced players like Bobby King, Rodney Beachum, Greg Berry, John Ed Goodman, Greg Gaston and Charles Washing ton, all of whom missed spring prac tice because of injuries. We must have those players in excellent physi cal condition and ready to start pre season practice. Our interior line will be extremely important to our defense. At the close of the spring, two redshirt freshmen, Tony Cherico and John Stitton, were holding down two of the three starting positions. Jeryl Jones, originally a walk-on, had the other spot. We hope Ravin Caldwell at end will be a big playmaker for us. We plan to utilize him in much the same manner as Billy Ray Smith was uti lized at Arkansas two years ago. The top four linebackers from last year are gone, but we feel good about David Bazzel, Nick Miller and Eric Whitted. Our secondary should be a strength with Greg Lasker and Wyatt back and freshman redshirt Kevin Anderson having such a good spring that Gatson may have trouble earning his job back. 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