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Show Sports - Page Three Openings 1988 FOOTBALL -- WAC from sports - page two The play of running back John Harvey, who is only 22 yards away from being the all-tileading rusher in Miner history.-i- s the key to UTEP's offense. WAC newcomer of the year Pat Hegarty quarterbacks the team and linebacker Doug Morgan solidifies the defense. Despite a solid nucleus of talent, Head Coach Bob Stull is plauged by a schedule, and a trip to Cougar Stadium to meet BYU on Sept. 17th. The weakness of the UTEP schedule and a loss to BYU will guarantee the Miners a spot in front of the TV, watching the bowl games. 4 ) AIR FORCE FALCONS ( Names can be deceiving. The Falcons may be better represented by a ground hog. Air Force loves to run the ball. They easily led the WAC in that department by running up an average of 386 rushing yards per game. In the passing, department the Falcons averaged only 57 yards alignment this year. Mario Mitchell and Morey Paul are expected to be the top forces in the new SDSU defense. Mitchell, a senior candidate at had 36 unassisted tackles last season and Paul was named freshman player of the year at linebacker last year by Sporting News. Coach Denny Stolz, entering his third season at the helm of the Aztecs, will face a very tough schedule of opponents this year. The Aztecs travel to UCLA, Stanford and UTEP. On the bright side, the home slate includes Air Force, BYU, and . me 6-- 2, per game. ; cor-nerbac- k, f . . Wyoming. WAC The schedule looks promising with many of the games set for San Diego. 9-- The problem is the home team looks rather unpredictable. The only "bowling this team will do is in a waxed alley. . COLORADO STATE RAMS ( ) The hard-luc- k team of a year ago returns anxious to prove last season was a fluke. The woeful Rams lost four very close ball' games to Utah, Wyoming, SDSU and BYU 1-- 7, - ; '. ": : Ail-Americ- an Junior standout Dee Dowis rushed for ; I, 315 yards last year. That mark broke the NCAA record for rushing by a quarterback. Against the Utes last year Dowis accumulated 241 yards in three quarters of action. Thanks to the blocking of Anthony Roberson, the Falcons wishbone offense will once again raise Air Force to prominence. After finishing third in the WAC last season, Air Force lost to Arizona State 8 in the Freedom Bowl However, it is '. important to note the Falcons were without the services of Dowis. The Falcon signal caller suffered a broken wrist and missed the game. The key loss to Air Force was Outland Trophy winner Chad :' ' Hennings. If they can replace Hennings and beat BYU in Colorado Springs, then the Falcons can win the conference: But a lot of "ifs" constitute a lack of continuity, and that means another year of playing in a bowl game somewhere other than San 1-- 11 last season. The only consolation came against BYU, because that game was played in Australia. This season the Rams travel to Arizona State, BYU, Utah and UTEP. Although these places will hardly be as exotic as Melbourne, they will likewise prove to be places where the Rams will lose. , This tough schedule will be the downfall for the veteran Rams. CSU returns 37 letter winners from last , seasQijeam;. The problem is that only five starting players return for the CSU offense. This lack of experience will seriously hinder this team's performance. The senior tandem of Scooter Molander and Scott Whitehouse will have to carry the weight of the CSU scoring machine Molander passed for 3,168 yards last season, while tossing 16 touchdown passes. However, Molander also threw 18 interceptions." The Ram defense appears to be solid, with the return of eight starters. Ron . v Cortell, the WAC's Diego. premier defensive back 10-- 3 ) WYOMING COWBOYS ( Dave Mundt. linebacker as does returns, The' CSU will A team 'Amazing! Stunning! WACky! suk healthy chalknge a prising Cowboys fooled everyone en route bevy of other teams for a spot on the to a perfect WAC season and a trip to the fence. Translation-.5- 00 at best, V; Athletic WARRIORS Bowl. RAINBOW Director HAWAII ( Wyoming Holiday Paul Roach made the most of his rookie Hawaii will either be a sleeping giant or year as the Co wboy head football coach. The only real disappointment came in the biggest bust since Jane Russell. San Diego where Iowa prevailed in the Despite 43 returning lettermen, the Rainbow Warriors have a lot of holes to Holiday Bowl 20-1of WAC coach the the Roach, year, fill. Of the nine returning starters, only returns six starters on both offense and two return for the defense. Considering tackle Al Noga, defense. Returning for Wyoming this year the loss of is junior fullback Steve Bena. The durable the impact will be even more unsettling. runner rushed for 524 yards a year ago, Last year Hawaii had the WAC's finest defensive unit. It gave up an average of caught 19 passes and scored six touch347 yards per game, in comparison to downs. Mexico's 507 yards per game. offensive include New Other top returnees The inexperienced defense will be the tackle Tony Kapushion, a senior who never played the game before last year, key for Hawaii. Sophomore linebacker Mark Odom will anchor tins young unit. and a pair of defensive linemen-Mitch- ell Donahue and Pat Rabold. The latter two Odom had 32 unassisted tackles last year and also led Hawaii with 11 quarterback combined for 21 quarterback sacks. fill sacks. to of voids lot a have The Cowboys v; 'V; second his Coach Bob Wagner enters at the skill positions as they need to break in a new quarterback. The good news for year at the helm of the Rainbow Warriors, ; offense Wyo fans is that the offensive line returns Wagner instituted a v this on is season and last intact. year's counting ; If Roach can fool everyone again, the team being familiar with it. The quarterback situation is rather Cowboys will be competitive. But lightcandining rarely strikes twice.' Wyoming will unstable, but with have a winning season, but a bowl game date Amosa Amosa on the line, whoever is calling the signals will have plenty of seems highly unlikely. 7 to execute the offense. AZTECS time ( SAN DIEGO STATE Standout seniors Heikoti Fakava and The Aztecs will quietly leave the Todd Santos Era this season and enter a very Chris Gaskill will be the mainstays at the skill positions. Fakava was an unstable future. Santos is the NCAA's running back last year. He rushed for 792 yardage leader. The SDSU quarterback finished his career last year with yards for the Warriors. . 33-2- . . . . ; u "o.. 11 ' fn-- i is: mirv II n 11 - x o. 11 : 9 a Hi r'ce A '"tew 7. 8-- 0, Or, 39" hi 5-- 7) .hj "hiI 3-- 5, 'hi,. s f'A . 0. J'er I i non 9. rr. Ail-Americ- an run-and-sho- : ; ) NEW MEXICO LOBOS ( 0-it said have couldn't Michael Jackson any better, "This team is bad, they're bad, you know they're real bad." Last season was a total disaster for rookie Head Coach 8. : Aztecs. However, the rest of the offensive skill positions appear to be quite solid. Paul Hewitt, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards last year returns for his senior season. '. ' Alfred Jackson is another standout per- former returning for the Aztecs. The senior wide receiver averaged nearly 17 yards per reception last season. ; Defensively the Aztecs will shift to a 4 3-- 1. All-WA- C - Finding a suitable replacement for Santos is the glaring weakness for the ; a it o0t 'P. 'on 'Or Utah 9r UTAH STUDENT T 1CKET POLICY 5-- all-ti- . SI r 4-- 4, . Kn ot All-Americ- an II, 425 yards. 11 7 . " e0c . 0-- 11 Mike Sheppard. The Lobos were the worst defensive team in the nation, 104th overall, a title they took from the Utes who moved up 101st. As far as returning lettermen are concerned, the Lobos will only welcome back 27 players. Perhaps UtyM would bo hotter off locking all the doors after last season. . : - All U of U students who are registered for Fall quarter are FREE ' with their current activity card. do not have a current activity card you may purchase a y refund ticket for $5. After you receive your activity card, take your ticket stub to the Huntsman Center ticket office for a refund. - Students can purchase up to three guest tickets at $5 per ticket. n - Students will be admitted into the game on the East side of Rice" Stadium. hours - Students will be allowed to enter the stadium 1 and one-ha. ;:; prior to kick-of- - If you ; ; lf f. : |
