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Show College Football Coach Expresses Confidence in Years Prospects Bruce Osborne, that optimistic optimis-tic mentor of the College of Southern Utah football team, is chomping at the bit this past week waiting for the opening of the 1961 season. The Broncos, or rather the Thunderbirds, will get their first taste of moans and groans on Monday. Sept. 4 when the first uniform issuance is scheduled. sche-duled. On September 5 a two-a-day practice schedule has been planned by the CSU coaching staff until September 16 when the Annual Intersquads contest will give fans their first look at the Thunderbirds. "This looks like one of the Strongest crop of freshmen we have ever had," Osborne stated, as he checked off applicants for the 19G1 season. Continuing he commented that it will also represent rep-resent the widest area of selection selec-tion that has ever turned out for football at the College of Southern L'tah. Squad members, at least from all indications, will come from east as Newbury, Ohio and from as far west as the Hawaiin Islands. Is-lands. Freshmen will possibily dominate dom-inate the Thunderbird roster this season with only seven men returning re-turning from the 19G1 season, Osborne pointed out. Two top tackles from the 1960 squad will be expected to pace the 1961 addition of the Thunderbirds. Thun-derbirds. they are Ken Mackay of Granger, who tips the scales at 193 pounds and Cardon Dal-ley, Dal-ley, a graduate of Basic High School at Henderson, Nev who' will weigh in at approximately 213 pounds. A third tackle is also expected to help this season. He is Jim Allen of Milford. a 215 pouruler, who came to CSU last season with virtually no high school experience whatsoever. whatso-ever. At guards Leo Lyman of Delta and Bob Homer of American Fork will be returning. Lyman will tip the scales at 180 and Homer is a 190 pounder. In the backfield two halfbacks will be returning including Dar-rell Dar-rell Reeves of Orem, 155 pounds and Ken Kunolfson of American Fork, 170 pounds . The 1961 Thunderbirds will have to come up with something to face the tough schedule of the season that puts them a-gainst a-gainst some of the top ranking junior college teams of the nation. na-tion. Following the intersquad game on the 16th Thunderbirds go on the road to find out just what they have for the year. To test them will be two top nationally ranked teams, Phoenix Phoe-nix and Barkersfeild. The Thunderbirds will be in Phoenix on September 22, and those who can still walk will move on to Bakersfeild on September Sep-tember 30. Phoenix topped tfte rankings on the National Junior College Athletic Association during the past season, and Bakersfield, although not affiliated with the NJCAA, have participated in the Junior Rose Bowl and copped the mytical title on a number of occasions. From these wars the Thunder-' birds return to the CSU campus lo open the Intermountain Collegiate Col-legiate Athletic Conference against Ricks College of Rexburg, Idaho. At the CSU r.tadium the Thunderbirds Thun-derbirds will then entertain Dixie Dix-ie College on October 14 and Snow College on Oct. 19 before Boise on Oct. 28. On Nov. 4 the Thunderbirds will move to Price to meet the Carbon Eagles and will return to Cedar City to host the Weber Wildcats on November 11. |