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Show Page 18 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Football Section, WediteSday, Ain26,J9?2 .Mem ' Teaff: SWC rea&y for period of integrity and solid coaching Through two DALLAS (AP) decades of coaching football in the Southwest Conference, Grant Teaff has seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Entering his final season, the Baylor coach believes the league is ready for an upswing. mCj 7y f .... "We have completely wiped out the scandals that plagued the conference. We now have men of integrity coaching at each school in the conference," said Teaff, who will concentrate fulltime on his post as athletic director after this season. He hopes to leave with the con- ference completely rebounded from a damaging decade that saw . Southern Methodist lose its program for two years, several other schools also penalized by the NCAA, Texas prep players flee the state and Arkansas join the Southeast Conference, a move that threatened the SWC's existence. "The challenge is there to continue to strengthen the conference. We can do that by dedicating ourselves to recruiting, increased attendance and popularity for television," Teaff said Tuesday at a news conference as part of the annual Texas High School Coaches annual Association Photo: Univ. of Houston Two-ye- ar tackles in starter Ryan McCoy was the Cougars' team leader 1991 with 97. He plays inside linebacker. in The Cougars opened last season 73-- 3 victory over Southwestern Louisiana before they were beaten by Miami (40-1and with a 0) (Continued from Page 17) Illinois ), effectively ending their national championship hopes. (51-10- lond Brown (33) and John Brown III (24) have graduated from the receiving corps but Freddie Gilbert, who led the nation with 106 catches, Tracy Good and Sherman Smith and newcomer Keithe Jack will give the unnamed quarterback plenty of targets. "Freddie Gilbert will return better than he was a year ago," Jenkins said. "It's a powerful looking crew at the receiving corps again." TiAndre Sanders returns at to help lead the Cougars' ground attack. He gained 397 yards on 70 catches a year ago. The Cougars' defense allowed 101 points in the final two games of the season, both losses, and ranked 90th among 106 NCAA Division schools in scoring defense. First year defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson expects better this year. Linebackers Ryan McCoy and Eric Blount will be key performers if the Cougars expect, to rebound. "We've got a great amount of experience coming back from the defense," Jenkins said. "The experience was pretty evident this After their opener, the Cougars hope to get revenge from Illinois in the Astrodome and then play at Michigan. 1000 NORTH ic spring." s. n,n,AC,tijoo ing to action in 1989. NN0X CMOS GUNTH " WIWIII fin- second-plac- e 225-1E- 00 Cr '89 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER VM 4qH. hpd, F, , C. MMM 0m, atf 42.000 $10,495 $10,395 winning na- isher also will compete in the coaliof games, and tion's second-tie- r next season a SWC school will be invited to the Alamo Bowl. In past years, coaches have hyped their own teams in the preseason, saying their school's success will help speed the conference's return to glory. But this August, with Teaff the only coach with more than six years in the SWC, the new breed of OREM II cat pw, quarterback at Auburn, where he was an assistant the last six years. Second-yea- r SMU coach Tom Rossley said he expects to emerge this season from the dark shadow caused by the death penalty. He is pinning his hopes on the school's first true senior class since return- coaching which may help determine a tional champion. STATE, '91 ISUZU TROOPER Worth and the surrounding cities to adopt us as their team," said Sullivan, a former Heisman Trophy-- recently formed bowl alliance, LT-- A head coaching job, said "we're fixin' to take off as a conference. " Sullivan has had an instant im pact on TCU. In only a few months, he has installed a new offense, had natural grass replace artificial turf in Amon G. Carter Stadium and tried boosting the program's popularity. "When we play, it needs to be an event. We need to get Fort school. Although the SWC no longer dominates the national polls, the league is still respected. The SWC was chosen to participate in the The league's HOUSTON: coaches say they want to work together to reestablish the league's reputation. "I think the conference is in a really good position," said John Mackovic, in his first season at Texas after four years with Illinois in the Big Ten. "The conference needs time to focus on games, comperebuild tition and recruiting. Because of that, it's a good time to be in the conference," said Mackovic, who has scrapped UT's ground-oriente- d offense in favor of a passing attack. 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