Show Friday May 24 1974 Page 10 n This week Utah State becomes the last of the state’s four colleges to culminate spring football drills Phil Krueger will send the Blues the first offensive and Fufiriman leads cSiarge in solid Ag Bob Fuhriman secondary all-Americ- an Aggie coaches feel there can’t be too many athletes around who have his size (6-- 4 195) plus his fine speed ( :045 for 40 yards) and 5-- unusual range “I’ve worked with some outstanding defensive backs down through the years” said Aggie head coach Phil Krueger “and Fuhriman is as good as the best of them He’s a versatile athlete He’s our ‘centerfielder’ so to speak on defense and I wouldn’t hesitate at all to have him play any one of oua three defensive secondary positions He has fine football sense” 1973 down his starting free safety job he isn’t the only regular who returns The Logan native is expected to be joined in the Lavarato’s Backup by 1972’s Boccio cornerback Jim starting 1973 corner Dave regular Williams and last year’s regular at strong safety (rover) Pete Lavarato all-aroun- d the team’s cornerback because of his strong ability to infiltrate against the run was redshirted last year because of a broken collarbone He is one of the team’s best disciplined athletes he rarely makes a mistake Even with all of his talents Boccio has some way to go before the right cornerback job is his since returning Dan Garcia has played so well during the spring At left cornerback Williams is the man Extremely quick and USU’s fastest athlete Williams let-term- an A Question It may take awhile to select Lavarato’s backup at strong safety but it will likely be either starting rotation best “natural” position rather than cornerback where he spent eight games in While Fuhriman is back to hold Steve Coleman all-arou- nd er after an early season ap- pendectomy He is the quickest of the strong safeties Cliff Kemp who came to USU from Lakewood Calif with corner back Garcia shows some of Fuhriman’s versatility since he played some of the time a year ago at strong safety with Lavarato and the departed Alan McMurray f cAcmsaTiTl Noon: "Sweet i Y Fri Little Christy" Fri & Sat Nite: from Ogden: "WOOD THRUSH' 111 J xiui at exception teams exciting Giammona Louie of running “We’ve seen some good quality talent this spring from the wide receivers such as Kelly Deist and Paul Tippets But we don’t have a lot of wide receivers right now” quarterback safety Bob Fuhriman Bob Dzierzak a returning starter at who has played well during the defensive tackle has played well four weeks of spring drills will there as has letterman Steve miss the game because of his Maughan at one end position” brother’s wedding in California After 16 practices and three “The arrangement was made before spring drills started” said Krueger “so Bill Swanson will quarterback the Blue team in Tommy’s absence along with Kim Oliverson from Smithfield Greg Thompson of Idaho Falls and Chris DeWan of Torrance Calif will lead the Whites” Returning starter Dean Morton or Brian Thurgood Coleman a fine athlete is a Murray native who punted and played free safety for Mesa (Arizona) JC’s national champs a year ago Morton was a cornerback at Mesa (Colo) junior college while Thurgood spent some time with the varsity as a freshman last year An East High (Salt Lake Brian began City) workouts spring just last week all-stat- against the The of the remainder Aggie squad said Krueger “We haven’t will be distributed evenly betthe defensive ween the White and Blue teams developed Cost of the game is $100 for discipline we need to become a adults and 50 cents for students great team there but the athletes USU students may present their on defense have shown a great deal of enthusiasm and we’re activity card for admission “Since Monday’s practice was hoping things will fall into place weathered out we did some fairly Linebackers intense scrimmaging Tuesday and Wednesday” said Krueger “We have three “and following the Wednesday good workout the starting lineups as linebackers (A1 Bettman Brian they were at that time constitute Longuevan and Mike Cunthe Blue team” ningham) and one full secondary Krueger said there would be an unit that is very solid led by free d to play his rover Fuhriman not only regular possibly 175-poun- units and defensive plays the pass with proven adeptness His abilities as a defender against running plays has improved considerably this spring Mark Masson a sophomore from Idaho Falls will be Williams’ replacement at the left cornerback position Masson is a prime example of an athlete who greatly benefited from a redshirt season He played with USU’s 1972 junior varsity squad and sat out last season With the experience of the veterans and the topflight potential of several youngsters USU’s secondary will be improved in 1974 Things look even better since Lavarato will be able is Utah State football University’s candidate because Boccio defensive Whites in the annual spring encounter Saturday at 1:30 pm in Romney Stadium The White squad will be composed of the second offensive along the offensive line” said Krueger “and as a staff that was a big worry of ours But I’m confident we will go into next fall with two good offensive lines Some depth has developed at the tailback spot to go with the Two-Ma- n Tom-Wils- on closely scrutinized scrimmages the coaches have been pleased with the efforts of several of last year’s freshmen: High fullback Paul Tidwell running back-wid- e receiver Steve Smith offensive guard Curt Hough and Bill Swanson Also redshirts like guard Eldon Messersmith and brilliant tailback Danny Cox have been ex-Ogd- pleasant surprises “I would say the most rewarding work has been done at offensive guard at fullback and at the defensive down linemen positions” said Krueger “We lost a good one in Ray Scott from last year’s team and another one of our first priorities this spring was to fill the middle guard spot Senior Ed Crowell has taken a slight lead there but JC transfers Jim Samaduroff and Calvin Sims are both strong athletes “This is a big strong and quick football team” said Krueger “and a group of very intense athletes But until we get to look at some matchups in the Wyoming BYU and Oklahoma games next fall we’ll never really know what the true capabilities of this team are” Battle The first four weeks of spring n drills uncovered a definite battle for the signal-callinjob between the veteran Wilson and the unpredictable but exciting Swanson “One of the things we hope to do Saturday is clear up the picture a little more at quarterback” said Krueger Wilson obviously has been master and his consistent improvement has had much to do with the 23 TD’s the offense has scored during the three spring scrimmages Swanson the uninhibited sophomore that the coaches call an “intuitive” quarterback has not been quite adept as a passer (8 of 27 74 yards) but his rushing totals indicate that he is the best running quarterback (23 carries 129 yards) While Krueger is pleased with the efficiency that has developed at the quarterback position things look just as promising at the other spots “We lost some good athletes like Dave Manning two-ma- g an irf“"lli4i M4j MOW PLAYING They used every passion in their incredible duel! 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