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6 Page - THE! HERALD. 3 Proo. Utah. THURSDAY, August 30. 9M pong A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events t J ) X i V I f . J, . Phil Shurtletf Photo BYU's conditioning coach Chuck Stiggins advises Cougar running back Vai Sikahema on proper technique in lifting weights for leg strength. 9 ins: By ROD COLLETT Assoc'ate Sports Editor Jl Jl fun fVICffl the fire. At BYU, some of the most dramatic victories have come from a Jim McMahon or Steve d Young hurling a touchdown. But whether it be McMahon tossing a TD or a linebacker recovering a football, conditioning means everything and the man the Cougars turn to is Chuck Stiggins. Officially called BYU's "conditioning coach," Stiggins has been at the Provo university for five years. He advises players on these areas: muscular strength, endurance, running (aerobic and anaerobic), flexibility and nutrition. While football is his chief concern, Stiggins counsels athletes Huge mountains of Hesh are smashing into one another on a football field where the temperature on any given fall day can reach upwards of 110 degrees. This is the typical scenario on a fall Saturday. And to the average football fan, the antics and athletic accomplishments of college players is often taken for granted. But to those players on the field giving headaches and re-- ; ceiving them, success in a game "situation may well depend on ; how rugged, mean and in shape the final few min-- '. ; they are for utes of a game. These few min-- . utes are usually when an opposing team can pull victory out of last-secon- a B Behind Cougars from other BYU sports, including basketball and baseball. "We try to educate our athletes on the proper means of exercise and the implementation of the four basic food groups into their conditioning programs. Along with advice on the positive and negative affects of vitamins and protein supplements, we discourage players against the use of steroids and growth hormones." Another area which Stiggins stressed for the "complete football" player was body composition. "This applies to the amount of adipose tissue or fat content. Fat is a tissue thus it doesn't contribute to force as muscle does." Stiggins said it's important that Cougar footballers be big and strong as well as fast. "We try to make our athletes as big and strong as possible, but while retaining their quickness. Although some body fat is necessary, an excess does affect mobility, reflexes and speed of movement." The BYU coach said a good measure of the effectiveness of any conditioning program is in the fourth quarter when players begin to tire and rely on endurance to finish the game. "I've been here five years I like to think the program has played a very positive role in our total athletic program." A quick look into the BYU weight room, located just off the track at the Smith Field House reveals what kind of pro in the making but when the BYU Cou- gars tangle with the Pitt Panthers Saturday afternoon in Pitt Sta- dium and the Cougars get the ball for the first time, Adam Haysbert will fasten his chin strap and trot onto the field and into the huddle as the starting flanker. A majority of fans in the crowd of around 56,000 will little note Haysbert at that moment, but to a few it will be a moment of g significance. Making the starting lineup has been a long, hard struggle for Haysbert. The fact he will be opening the season as the starting flanker is a tribute to his patience and heart. Hey, You gotta have heart, miles 'n miles of heart. ..and Haysbert has proven he has heart to spare. Adam Haysbert came to BYU as an prep running and defensive back out of San Mateo, Calif, high school. He was fJ 175 pounds and could fly. BYU coach LaVell Edwards saw in him the type of wide receiver the Cougars have long needed, one who runs the 40 in .4.5. overnight suc 11 He had so much to learn. He had to learn to catch the ball and he had to learn the way BYU receivers do things. BYU's offense is complicated. in traffic or in the open. And while much attention is placed on the BYU quarterback's need to read the defenses, the same thing is required of the wide receivers. This isn't easy. It takes time and it takes patience. Haysbert had the patience and it has payed off. It payed off last year when starter Mike Eddo was injured against Utah State and Haysbert moved into the starting role. It was Haysbert who caught a touchdown pass on an important drive late in the game to help the Cougars hold off the Aggies. It was his third touchdown reception of the year, the others coming against Bowling Green and For the year Haysbert caught passes for 167 yards and the three scores. Haysbert reported to BYU in the fall of 1980 and played jayvee ball. He redshirted in '81 and played most of '82 with the cess. jay-vee- J ine receivers must run diSCi- - Adam Haysbert plined pass patterns over and over and over then catch the ball Cougars Off To Pittsburgh For Opener i, . SPORTS EDITOR . But Haysbert would not be an -- Marion Dunn heart-tuggin- tall, weighed about i "The hardest thing for me was learning the plays," he recalled as the Cougars were preparing for the game with Pittsburgh. "I had to learn to run the patterns right and I had problems.'' Receivers coach Norm Chow says of Haysbert, "He's a fine It was shorts and shoulder pads this morning and the wild blue yonder this afternoon for the BYU football players as they count down the final two days before they meet the Pittsburgh Panthers in Pittsburgh Stadium Saturday. The Cougars got in their final licks in Provo this morning in a short, intense practice, then young man who persevered and was patient and his pntience has payed off by earning him a starting role and making him into a real pro prospect." With Robbie Bosco at quarterback ana Haysbert at flanker, the long pass will once again be part of the BYU offensive arsenal for the first time since Marc Wilson moved on after the 1979 Holiday Bowl. I know, Jim McMahon and Steve Young both threw the long pass but it was more to let the other side know they could throw it than anything else. Mostly it was short and medium range passes that moved the Cougars through the air. Haysbert loves the idea of the long bomb. "Yeah. I love the bomb," he said. "I like to go all out. I ran the sprints and also high jumped in high school. I think I can out run some defensive backs and I think I can out jump them for the ball. I can get up. "Bosco throws a great pass, long or short. It is accurate and very catchable." How did Haysbert get to BYU? It was this way: "Doug Scovil recruited me," he said. "I had letters from a lot of bodi ed me plane tor Pittsburgn about 1:30 p.m. The arrived at 5.30 MDT (7:30 EDT) and caught a bus to the Hilton, their this weekend. BYU will get the feel of Pitt Stadium tomorrow in a 2 p.m. practice before taking the field for the real thing Saturday aiter-nooIt will mark the seventh straight year mat the Cats have gram Stiggins has developed. There are free and attached weights located throughout, with tall, short, lean and stocky athletes busy pumping iron. Stiggins said free weights are the favorite of many players as they work major muscle groups, but with different exercises at various angles cf resistance. "We like to design various programs for various athletes. a .For example, we tailor-mad- e program for Robbie Bosco over the summer. We put 60 pounds on his bench press tand 90 pounds on his squat exercise. Another example would be former lineman Junior Filiaga. He could bench press over 500 pounds, but I wouldn't say it made him a better player. He had reached a level of strength that was common, but he was poor in flexibility and poor in cardiovasucular endurance before his senior year. But we put him on a program that concentrated more on flexibility and speed reaction such as eye and hand coordination and quickness of feet." Another big challenge for Stiggins is the sheer number of players he has to counsel. In this case, 160 athletes (varsity and junior varsity) use his ex- pertise. But Stiggins doesn't work just 5 during the football season. "We had over 50 athletes at BYU this summer. I had a chance to go one on one with most of them and some of these will be the top players you see 8-- this fall." Sports Briefs in Form of Adorn Mayshert It has been five years E ndurance U.S. college coaches but Scovil visited me and invited me to visit BYU. I had heard a lot of negative things about BYU, but I got the real picture when I visited the campus. It wasn't anything like I'd heard it would be. It is different than any place- - I'd been, but it is a good place to be. I'd do it over again if I had the choice. I don't see why more good black athletes don't come here and I think they will in the future." Haysbert plays the drums and likes to go trout fishing when he gets the chance. He is majoring in but hopes to get a chance in pro ball after graduation. Chow says he is sure to get the chance. "All the pro scouts say he is a definite prospect. I think he is now a very good receiver, as good as any we've had. All his patience and hard work have made it possible and he could make it in the pros after he leaves here," Chow said. Haysbert is looking forward to Saturday's battle with Pitt. "Up to now, I think Baylor is the best team I've played against," he said. "But I know Pittsburgh has a very good team. I think they will be tough. In getting ready for them, the receivers have been helping each other. We are like family and that will help us Saturday. "Up to now playing in the Holiday Bowl was the most exciting game in my hie, but Pittsburgh might beat even that. "Before each game our offense sets certain goals we want to reach in the game, like complete 80 percent of our passes, get 18 first downs, things like that. I know we'll have goals to aim for against Pitt. We'll do our best to reach them." opened Hie fall football season on the road. Brigham Y'oung starting defensive tackle Shawn Knight will miss the Cougars' season-opene- r Saturday at Pittsburgh, Coach LaVell Edwards announced. Knight, a sophomore, cracked a bone in his ankle Aug. 25. 262-pou- Amateur Continues EDMOND, Okla. (UPI) -Some call it the scourge of amateur golf and some call it the saving grace, but regardless of its popularity, match play opens today in the U.S. Open. The field of 64 players who qualified through two rounds of stroke play in triple-dig- it temperatures will be narrowed to 16 through two rounds of match play today on the rugged 7,015-yar- d Oak Tree Golf Club course. Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank of Dallas grabbed medalist honors Wednesday with a 66 on the shorter record Oak Tree Country Club course. Verplank's stroke play 137. total was The original field of 282 divided the two qualifying rounds between the two courses, but all match play will be on the longer course. Verplank led a prep charge on the course that left University of Florida golfer Scott Dunlap in 140. Dunlap second at of Sarasota, Fla., shot a 72 on the one-und- er easier country club course Wednesday to go with the 68 he on the Oak Tree Golf Club course Tuesday. One shot back at par-14- 1 was University of Arizona playar Jerry Foltz of Las Vegas, Nev. Foltz shot a 70 Wednesday after recording a 71 Tuesday. carded Russians May Pass On Korea make committee MOSCOW (UPI) The head of the Soviet sports said Thursday the Soviet Union was not committed to attending the 1988 Olympics in South Korea and did not have to announce its decision until six .weeks before the Games. Marat Gramov spoke at a news conference marking the end of the Friendship-8- 4 Games, competitions held for socialist countries that joined the Soviet-le- d boycott of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. "As far as I'm concerned, we have four years ahead of us to a decision about Seoul," Gramov said. "The (Soviet) National Olympic Committee will consider the issue later. "What happened in Los Angeles should be a lesson to the International Olympic Committee and the opinions of national committees should be taken into ac- count." The Soviet Union has no diplo- matic relations with South Korea and Gramov said there has been no discussion on sending Soviet officials to Seoul this year for the opening of the new Olympic stadium. Rozier Can't Strike NFL Deal tions. (UPI) - plan that "We have informed give the USFL's HOUSTON A would Pittsburgh Maulers $1.9 million to release Mike Rozier from a contract fell through, also ending the chance of the former Heisman trophy winner joining the NFL Houston Oilers. Houston Oilers General Manager Ladd Herzeg said Wednesday night negotiations with Mike Rozier's agent, Art Wilkinson, had been suspended until the end of the season. Herzeg said Wilkinson, had been unable to resolve a $1.9 million settlement with the Maulers in time to meet Houston's Wednesday deadline for negotia Art that any further negotiations with him and our attempts to get Mike under contract will be for the 1985 season and beyond," Herzeg said. "I don't anticipate any more negotiations until the conclusion of the 1984 season." Rozier, selected by Houston in a supplemental draft this summer, won the Heisman Trophy at Nebraska before signing a three-yea- r, $3.1 million personal services contract with Maulers owner Edward DeBartolo Sr. The deal included a $1 million loan and a $900,000 signing bonus which DeBartolo wanted to re coup. |
