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The Battalion
Wednesday, August 25,1993
Helton and Houston begin
phase-out of run and shoot
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Jimmy Klingler
will gladly trade some of his
passing records for more victories
at the University of Houston.
New coach Kim Helton is glad
to hear that because the 1993
Houston Cougars won't be re
writing the record books with the
run-and-shoot offense as Klingler
did a year ago and his brother
David did before him.
Helton will retain much of the
run-and-shoot but he's seeking
more balance in the offense.
'T'm pretty comfortable with
what we are doing," Klingler
said. "It's different from what
we're used to but all the Super
Bowl teams have both running
and pass attacks. We have to do
both to be successful."
That presents a problem for
Helton, who would like to use a
two-back alignment. But he inher
ited a pile of small, quick re
ceivers and has only four running
backs.
"If our wideouts will perform
at the level of their God-given
ability, we'll be okay, if they per
form less, than that, we'll be in
trouble," Helton said.
The Cougars led the nation in
passing offense and total offense
last year with Klingler leading the
nation in total offense..
Helton is determined to get
more balance this season, despite
his depleted running backs.
"We'll have a hard time using
two backs too many times," Hel
ton said. "We have a very good
running back in Lamar Smith and
Tommy Guy is a plugger type."
TiAndre Sanders and
Lawrence McPherson are the only
other running backs on the roster.
And they're not super backs
anymore. Now they are tailbacks,
conforming to the two-back style
that Helton hopes to install.
Helton has no concern about
his starting quarterback.
"He has the 'innards', the in
testinal fortitude or whatever you
want to call it," Helton said.
"When things get heated, he's
humming.
"He sometimes tries to win the
games all by himself. Instead of
trying to throw and catch the ball,
we want him to just play quarter
back."
The Cougars have a tough
preseason schedule that includes
games at Southern California,
Michigan and Texas A&M.
But Helton doesn't want a soft
er early schedule.
"There's certain people you
have to play to win the national
championship," Helton said.
"USC and Michigan are two of
them. If we beat them and Texas
A&M, then we've got a chance."
Soccer
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coming to meet and (wel
come) us. It just helps when
we're being pushed real hard to
know we'll nave some fans be
sides boyfriends and parents."
Junior Michelle Crofts, who
is returning as goalie, agreed
and said having the attention of
other athletes helps to motivate
them.
"You feel more respected
and it makes you want to earn
it," she said.
According to Guerrieri,
catching the attention of stu
dents and faculty will dot be too
difficult a task either, but it may
take some time.
"Texas is the number one
spot for soccer in the Western
hemisphere," he said. "The
only problem is getting non
soccer communities such as
Bryan/College Station to warm
up to it."
Getting the locals to "warm
up" to soccer is the least of
Guerrieri's worries right now.
Guerrieri said their schedule
will prove to be very challeng
ing, especially playing Top 20
teams such as Arkansas-Fayat-
eville and Washington State as
their season openers.
With the tough schedule and
lack of experience - there are
only nine returning players out
of 24 -Guerrieri has set simple,
obtainable goals.
"One goal is to make sure we
create a team atmosphere that is
conducive athletically and acad
emically," he said. "And, we
want to make sure that the girls
in this program are people that
the University will be proud of
and their parents will be proud
of."
But even with a young team
playing in a new program,
Guerrieri is optimistic of their
performance in the upcoming
season.
"The team is surprisingly
strong," he said. "The team is
stronger in every position than
Texas A&M has ever been," he
said. "And this is really only
the starting point - from here
on the program only improves."
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Owls set to fly into tough
schedule without Cobb
The Associated Press
HOUSTON - Rice coach
Fred Goldsmith used long odds
to make a point Tuesday about
the Owls' season opener Sept. 4
against Ohio State.
"Maybe we're arrogant to
even go up there and play Ohio
State, maybe it's a million-to-
one odds," Goldsmith told
touring SWC writers and
broadcasters.
"But this is the game we
want. It's how you get better. It
was a million-to-one shot four
years ago that we'd have a win
ning season too."
Point well taken.
The Owls finally erased their
doormat status last season with
a 6-5 record for their first win
ning season since 1963 and nar
rowly missed a bowl invitation
by losing to Houston in their
season finale.
This season, the Owls want
to be more than upstarts.
"Early on in the first year we
had no potential on defense,"
Goldsmith said. "Now there are
players who can compete for
starting roles or go in and spell
the starters.
"I know that every time they
go on the field, they're getting
better. That's the first time I've
been able to say that about de
fense at Rice."
The Owls lost 38 percent of
their offense when Trevor Cobb
graduated but All-SWC quar
terback Bert Emanuel is back
and new tailback Yoncy Ed
monds is faster and stronger
than Cobb.
So the Owls will be shooting
for the stars once again, daring
to say aloud that they want to
fight for the SWC title instead
of win a few games.
"One of the great feelings in
football is coming down the
tunnel at the Cotton Bowl, rep
resenting your conference and
looking out at 70,000 of your
fans," Goldsmith said.
Goldsmith had that experi
ence as an assistant coach at
Arkansas, but he said he real
ized last year that the Owls had
never set their goals that high.
"My expectations for this
team is that we go recruit play
ers who can compete for the
Cotton Bowl," Goldsmith said.
"Rice hasn't thought like that
before."
"I want our guys to have the
thrill of walking down that tun
nel one day," Goldsmith said.
The Owls will be a different
team without Cobb, but Ed
monds won't be expected to
bear such a heavy burden.
"I think we'll be able to mix
the run and pass and keep the
defense off-balance," Emanuel
said. "I'll do the same things
that I did last year but my pass
ing has improved."
Emanuel expects a smooth
transition from Cobb to Ed
monds.
"He's the type of athlete that
doesn't get down on himself,"
Emanuel said.
"He's a lot stronger than
Trevor. He bench presses al
most 400 pounds and he's faster
than Trevor too."
After opening that season at
Ohio State, the Owls play home
games against Tulane, Sam
Houston State and Iowa State
before beginning SWC play.
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