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Show Cougars May Not Improve M ' '' t ?' Ik -s Gone from Cougars is All-American quarterback Virgil Carter a red-shirt from last year; Don Griffin, up from the freshmen; and John Erdhaus, a junior college transfer. All have had nill varsity experience. All but Griffin played in the victory over New Mexico, but none was impressive. Hudspeth also had something to say about his passers: "One of our quarterbacks quarter-backs is so slow that when he runs the option he kills the stadium grass," and on one of Ms long-throwing long-throwing quarterbacks: "He's quite long, really 15 yards over on a 10-yard pass." BYU will probably go undefeated until October 7 when they meet Wyoming. They will also be lucky to defeat either Utah or Arizona State and finish any higher in the conference than fourth. The familiar fa-miliar Hudspeth "smile" may well turn to a "frown" before this season sea-son is over. Tommy Hudspeth may not always al-ways be smiling with '67 version ver-sion of Cats. (This is the third in a series of articles by this writer analyzing analyz-ing the prospects of the football teams in this area.) By MIKE JACOBSEN i Chronicle Sports Writer ) It would appear that "smiling" Tommy Hudspeth and his Brigham J Young Cougars have something to be happy about this year. Twenty-eight Twenty-eight lettermen are back from last year's 8-2 season 3-2 in the WAC ; for a second place tie), and all- f WAC players Bobby Roberts and Phil Odle are among them. Almost all of the vacated positions left by graduation have been filled by lettermen let-termen or newcomers who have beat the lettermen out, and there are three easy games with Western Michigan, San Jose State, and New Mexico. On paper, then, the "Y" looks very impressive. No Virgil Carter But there is no Virgil Carter. The man who led the nation in total offense with 2,545 total yards, in touchdown passes with 21, who was third in passing yardage with 2,182 yards, and who was eighth in passing with 141 completions, is gone. There is no longer the all-American all-American quarterback whp 'ec the Cats to second in total offense and fifth in passing offense) in team totals in the nation last fyear. Yes, and he is one man the Cougars are no where near to replacing. Big fullback John Ogderi has also graduated. There goes the WAC leader in rushing for the past three seasons, and there is also no one to replace him. ') The offensive ends are back. Phil Odle, who already has set career records in the WAC, and Casey Boyett, a second-year man, are close to sensational, but they will be useless without someone to throw to them. Mike Jacobsen and Bill Leeper will be the back-up men. Rodrique Leads Backs Sophomore Ron Wakley has the chore to replace Ogden at fullback. Perry Rodrique and Wally Hawkins, Haw-kins, who sat out a year will round Call, who starred on the state championship at Davis High two years ago, and Wes Homolik, just out of the Army (not the Marines), are quite good also. The offensive line with veteran guards Richie Lopez and Dick Thieman, tackles Max Newberry and Max Huber, and sophomore center Mike Weinkauf, will be good. Defensively, the Cougars are ready. Dave Allphin and Steve Peterson Pet-erson were regulars last year at ends as were Dick Banky at tackle, Joe Scanlan at middle guard, and Brent Olson at tackle. Tackles Gary Harmann and Leo Presley and middle guard Jerry Cook can fill in adequately. The linebackers are exceptional with Sid Frazier and Craig Bozich. Of these men, Hudspeth said: "We have a couple of linebackers I wouldn't trade for any in the league." All-Conference Bobby Ro- ,' berts along with Terry Colson and Bob Bean make up a very strong i defensive backfield. Quarterback Joke And now for the quarterback. This could 'be the joke of the team. ; First of all, there was Stu Simpson, the guy who played second fiddle to Carter for two years, then quit when he finally had his chance. This left Terry Sanford, a sophomore sopho-more from West High; Marc Lyons, |
