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' agreed to help USADA unmask other cheaters dozens of doping cases as far back as the 1996 ' Probably Are we looking at solutions that Since then four other US track and field ath- Atlanta Olympics and is applied regularly in Ictes — world record holder Tim might cause some rumbling in our guts? I the United States in professional misconduct Bill said the Martin who so” Montgomery Michelle Collins Alvin Harrison guess guided ' cases such as those involving doctors and and Chryste Gaines — have been accused by US Olympic Committee through a series of USADA of steroid use lawyers administrative reforms before stepping down Two sources familiar with the letter &ent to recently as the organization’s president' Attorneys for some of the athletes under the are “But it's an on to to the important investigation preparing challenge keep eye big Montgomery who spoke on condition of it should and added whether he “and standard that's that apply changed picture” ensuring anonymity told The Associated Press that - ' sup-porte- rs ' 0 the Aggies the Eye Continued from BL ' “great” but pointed out Arizona uses' a lot of three-ste- p drops in its passing game so it will be hard to get to the Rattler quarterback Jacobs is tied for the school record at USU for tackles for a loss in a game with six He was a four-yestarter for the Aggies in the defen- g West sive trenches earning honors in 1991 and 1992 Following k senior season in a team-be‘92 Jacobs played in the Shrine Game Following his playing days with ar All-Bi- st six-sac- East-We- st 277-pound- cr signed a free agent deal with the Detroit Lions of the NFL He spent a season with the Lions then went north of the border to play' a year in the CFL with Toronto In 1995 he began his AFL career “It’s been a long career” Jacobs said “I never thought I would be playing especially in the arena league” Which has become well established and now has a TV-dewith NBC Jacobs said some players in the league are making 5200000 He does well enough during the five to six months depending on the playoffs to not have to worry about another full- time job The league offers full benefits and a 401 K plan he said al er Jacobs has two years left on his contract then plans to retire “I’m still playing great” Jacobs said “I feel like I’m one of the best linemen in the league In two years I’ll be 35 and feel I can play at a high level until then I still could play but I don’t need to play ' until I’m 38’35 is good” Learning to play both on both sides of the ball was not hard for Jacobs He credited his days at USU two-way “I was always on the first defense so when the second defense was on the field sometimes I would join the offense to give the second unit a good look” Jacobs explained ” It takes ’ toughness to make it in the this league Arena football is like the outside game : ff f tworun : ’: - - i White’s promise to cooperate with investiga-- ’ “If I can make a difference in cleaning tore up the sport” she said “I wj11 have done more : for the sportThan anything I could Have done ' bn the track” already prompted many of her 'fellow competitors to start looking over their shoulders Montgomery has been a fixture in track and ' field circles longer and as a result he’s dcvel- oped more and sharper rivalries He's also the gold medalist Marion companion of three-tim- e Jones who is under investigation by USADA but has not been accused of any wrongdoing If USADA can make good on its threat it doesn't require much imagination to come up with a list of questions agency officials might want answered in exchange for leniency - ar 100-met- s US ADA informed Montgomery that it is seek- ing to ban him froth the sport for the rest pf his fv- life His lawyer accused the agency of resorts tactics” While such V ing tavMcCairthy 'comparisons sound overblown at the moment let’s hope they don’t turn out to be premature instead-- i Anfi-Dopi- Phil Nevin hit a r homer for San Diego allowed a single to Pedro : For defensiveoffensive linemen you can make it if you are really good on one side of the ball They will try and teach you the other side but a lot of NFL guys come in and can’t play both” He also creied a former USU teammate — Dean Dowty — with teaching him some offensive moves Dowty will be watching today's cham- pionship thanks to tickets from Jacobs Reflecting back on his Aggie days Jacobs also praised then head coach Chuck Shelton who also coached the New York CityHawks for a while in the AFL “I haven't talked to him in a while but he really helped me out” Jacobs said “He disciplined me” " Jacobs said he tries to make it back to Logan once a year but hasn't for several years! He docs plan on trying To make it to Homecoming this fall He has kept in contact with former student manager Rich Gitlins He has also crossed paths with several other Aggies over the years in the AFL Linebacker Jermaine Younger quarterback Ron Lopez defensive' - back Israel Byrd defensive lineman Ben Crosland and defensive lineman Lindsay Hassell were some he remembered Hassell is with the Rattlers but injured “It's been awesome” he said of his AFL experience No 93 hopes to add one more title to his resume today and make it even more “awesome” - |