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Thursday, December 22, 1987/The Battalion/Page 15
Ml) players, coaches remain in limbo
ijWhile NCAA ponders 'death penalty'
DALLAS (AP) — While Southern
S Methodist University waits for the
NCAA to decide the future of the
Mustang football program, players
Hd coaches exist in limbo and pon
der an uncertain future.
MThe NCAA is studying renewed
HHarges of recruiting violations that
‘main; could lead to a two-year suspenson
' of SMU football.
ItolfiMOri the outside, things are run-
8°'nj ning as usual. The Mustangs began
:dtoi their off-season program Tuesday
kand by running and lifting weights.
■But beneath the surface, players
! A&l are worried about their future.
°ints,M‘Tm scared as hell,’’junior Franky
>lloKi iliomas said. “You think about it all
the time. I wonder. I wonder.”
■“Honestly, every player has it in
"the back of his mind — they’re going
^ to kill the program,” junior Ken
Masterson said. “You can look at ev
erybody and see they’re thinking the
NCAA is going to take it away.”
A ruling will likely come after the
Committee on Infractions meets
Feb. 13-16 in San Diego, Calif.
Some players fear the NCAA will
make an example of SMU by making
it the first school ever to receive the
“death penalty” under which its pro
gram would be suspended for up to
two years.
“We know they have done a lot to
clean house,” a source within the
NCAA told the Dallas 7'imes
Herald. “They are saying, ‘We’re
bending over backward and the
death penalty wouldn’t help anyone
now.’ But on the other hand, some
are thinking this is a golden oppor
tunity to use the death penalty.”
Following the resignations of ath
letic director Bob Hitch and Head
Coach Bobby Collins in December,
the assistant coaches are looking for
jobs, and recruiting has ceased.
In Ownby Stadium, posters and
Mustang memorabilia have been re
moved from the walls of the athletic
office and boxes are stacked in cor
ners.
“I’m tired of looking at these
boxes,” defensive coach Randy But
ler said. “They are ready to go and I
am, too.”
While the coaches wait for job of
fers, players mull transfers or life at
SMU without football.
“I’ve been thinking about it quite a
bit,” freshman wide receiver Lynn
James said. “It’s my future but I
have no control over that part. My
future is controlled by somebody
else.”
However, most players remain
hopeful that the SMU program will
not be suspended.
“I don’t think they are going to
give us the gas,” sophomore line
backer Dick Anderson said. “But
we’ll be on probation the rest of our
natural lives.”
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■ EAST RUTHERFORD, N,J. (AP)
-4 Even the Denver Broncos know
what you’re talking about when one
mentions the weak link of the New
Yprk Chants’ defense.
■ For reasons even obvious to the
Gi.mts, the secondary has been sort
ola whipping boy this season.
■ Whether the rap is deserved is an
other matter. What most people do
njinember about the Giants’ second-
afv is seeing Gary Clark of Washing
ton drop two deep passes in the NFC
tith game, passes some thought
could have gone for touchdowns in a
game New York eventually won 17-
0.
■ “I wouldn’t say they are weak in
any sense of the word,” Broncos
tvide receiver Steve Watson said. “If
you look at their linebacking corps,
they are the ones who get all the at
tention. Nobody focuses on the de
fensive backs because they are over
shadowed.”
Overshadowed isn’t the word.
Dwarfed seems more appropriate to
compare the Giants secondary to
their front seven.
“I suppose we are the weak link,”
Giants safety Kenny Hill said. “We
don’t have three All Pro players in
the secondary as we do at every
other position in the defensive unit.”
What the Giants will have in the
secondary for Sunday’s Super Bowl
in Pasadena are a 12th-round draft
choice at free safety, Herb Welch; an
acquisition from the Los Angeles
Raiders at strong safety in Hill; a
free agent at left corner in Elvis Pat
terson, and a seventh-round draft
choice from 1983 at right corner,
Perry Williams.
It’s a group that has allowed an
average of 217 yards per game, a fig
ure that ranks in the lower third in
the league. Against Denver earlier
this year, Broncos quarterback John
Elway completed 29 of 47 passes for
336 yards. He did not throw a touch
down.
“They beat up on our receivers
pretty good,” Watson said. “I think
we have to approach this game a
little differently. We have to change
some things.”
Most of the passes Elway com
pleted were in the comfort zone be
tween the linebackers and in front of
the defense backs.
Denver defensive coach dubbed ‘genius’
■ NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP)
— Try as he might, Denver Broncos
defensive coordinator Joe Collier
can t shake the “genius” tag.
■ He meets the suggestion with a
scowl, saying true geniuses belong in
the laboratory finding cures for life-
threatening diseases, not diagram
ming X’s and O’s for football play-
ers.
■“He’s uncomfortable with it,”
Broncos linebacker Tom Jackson
said. “He’d never refer to himself as
a genius. But as players, we think lie
is one.”
In a business where job security is
rare, Collier has, at least, shown a
genius for survival. As the Broncos
prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl
matchup with the New York Giants,
he is completing his 18th straight
season with the team. He has sur
vived four head coaching changes.
A poll by a national publication
this week showed Collier to be the
most job-worthy assistant in the
NFL. Head coaches were asked to
list the assistants they would choose
to begin building a new staff, and
Collier was the overwhelming
choice.
Vida Blue
signs with A's
for one year
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Pitcher Vida Blue, a major fig
ure in Oakland’s glorious
1970s, made an emotional re
turn to the A’s Wednesday, and
was welcomed by Reggie Jack-
son, who also has come home
again.
“I really want to shed some
tears, because I really am
elated,” said Blue, who is 37.
“I’m really excited about get
ting the chance to play for the
A’s again.”
The A’s announced Blue’s
signing to a one-year contract at
a news conference.
Blue and Jackson, 40, are the
only players still active who
were prominent members of
the A’s rosters during the
team’s championship years.
The club won five consecutive
American League West titles
from 1971 to 1975 and won the
World Series in 1972, 1973 and
1974.
Despite the emotion behind
the return of Blue and Jackson,
both said they came back be
cause they believe they can help
the team.
“The important thing to me
is here’s a guy who om still con
tribute,” Jackson said after the
conference.
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