| Show — y lya 'ijHJ'XM imnprl Wyl 8B The Salt Lake Tribune " x 9 lj”1'np""r iqi 'yTif- jj j ' y iyr yi ' y y yi ly H eynayt yi rrpr — yyit yyymi ipyr tyy iffiif 19 1987 Saturday September Gila Monsters Roll Into Widemeyer Leads Way Rexburg After Rare Win For Weber By RC Roberg Tribune Sports Writer Once upon a time in the Western In other games Dixie States Football League teams couldn't wait to play Eastern Why? Because the Gila Monsters were about as ferocious as a house kitten and allowed opponents to score like a Gatling gun Eastern Arizona had lost 19 straight games before College of Eastern Utah gave head coach Don Conrad his first victory since leaving Southern Utah State College in the fall of 1985 The Gila Monsters beat CEU last Saturday 28-- 7 Conrad had been agonizing over that elusive first win He had no fulltime assistants last year and recently hired Doug Bluth a veteran Utah high school coach as offensive coordinator Now the Gila Monsters are on a e roll heading into Saturday's game with Ricks at Rexburg The Gila Monsters will be without quarterback Steve Varner Varner separated his shoulder on the first play of the CEU game and will be replaced by backup Jon Jacobsen Ricks meanwhile is coming off a loss to Phoenix heartbreaking in the closing minutes of play The Vikings are 1 in league play 2-- 1 0 (1-- Phoenix at CEU: The Eagles will be looking to rebound from last loss to Eastern Arizona week's 28-- 7 CEU's John Johnson leads the conference in punt returns averaging 17 yards a return Phoenix was a preseason favorite to win the conference title CEU is 1 in the conference Phoenix is 0 in league play Arizona Western at Snow: The Badgers are the league’s top passing team averaging 3335 yards a game Snow quarterback Joe Evans ranks second in total offense with 3195 yards a game Snow has lost its last two games in the closing minutes of the final quarter Snow is 1 in the conference Arizona Western is 0 0-- 24-2- 1 Arizona Western is Scotts- 0-- 1 one-gam- ' at CEU Dixie at Scottsdale: The Rebels will be looking to get back on the winning track after a 44-- 7 trouncing last week at Arizona Western Dixie’s Kelvin Minefee is the leading ground gainer in the conference averaging 1913 yards a game The Rebels have also been able to put tremendous pressure on opposing quarterbacks with 13 sacks Bud Orr and Piliki Tauteoli lead the team with three sacks each Scottsdale is the only team in the league yet to commit a turnover 1 in the conference) Dixie is in the conference Scottsdale is Arizona i Is Glendale at Mesa and Arizona Western at Snow dale Phoenix at in the 0-- conference Coogs Seek Texas Trophy Continued From B-- 6 scheme each week If TCU has a strength on defense it Is according to BYU quarterbackre- ceivers coach Norm Chow excellent size and speed "They cover the field well" said Chow "Our defense is our main concern right now” said TCU Coach Jim Wacker “We set out to improve in that area The last game of our 1986 to Texas schedule we got beat 0 A&M and we haven’t shown a whole lot this year yet” 247-pou- ' Each team has injury concerns BYU will start without running back Matt Bellini who is on the shelf for one more week with a knee injury linebacker Bob Davis stress fracture of the leg defensive back Rodney Rice dislocated elbow and defensive back Troy Fuller neck injury “We are a little thin in the ary right now and we are keeping our Tingers crossed” said defensive coor- dlnator Dick Felt "Scott Peterson will have to be an ironman at safety He’ll have to play a lot more than we’d ‘ ‘ " - ' 6-- 295-pou- 6-- like" Peterson stepped in for Fuller last week and turned in a solid game “He showed me a lot the last couple of weeks" said Felt “Fuller beat him out in early fall practice and instead of griping and moping around he went out and worked hard” TCU lost starting quarterback Scott Ankrom with a hamstring pull 267-pou- Badgers Utes May Alter Script think we have they don’t have is the Continued From Utah which leads the nation after two weeks with a average “I’ve got to make sure I bring my team out with a lot of confidence — even an arrogance” Ute Coach Jim Fassel said after the Utes’ charter flight landed here in a rainshower ‘They’ll try and intimidate us with that inside power running They get behind those big milk cows the Badgers’ offensive line averages 278 pounds and ram it at you’’ Fassel said “We just have to say ‘You aren’t going to get away with it’” Wisconsin had 294 yards rushing against Hawaii and controlled the of the game — ball for “Hawaii tried to blitz a lot and Wisconsin would just run right past them We’re going to try to stay tighter inside” Fassel said Wisconsin had just 84 yards passing on 15 attempts by quarterback Buddy Keyes Ute defensive coordinator Tom Gadd who claimed his unit was celewin over brating the opening-seasoNew Mexico too long (with a resultant lack of intensity at San Diego) said he felt the Utes have a better chance at stopping Wisconsin’s run than Hawaii did “We play more people than Hawaii did and it will be cooler here That will help us And I think we should be able to handle their quarterback In the veer offense you have to have a real quick QB and this guy is not that quick” Gadd said "We have to keep them from controlling the clock We have to keep our offense on the field One thing I B-- 6 an offensive player who can go all the way at home-ru- 378-yar- d hitter n — anytime" ded Utah will find its fense against the rush receiving a severe test Artley a junior had 120 yards and two TDs against Hawaii 25th-ranke- 2zb-pou- Wisconsin Coach Don Morton will be cautioning his troops to not get into a track meet with the Utes “That Ute offense is something We think our defense is solid Hawaii got just 236 yards a week ago but our best strategy is to hold the ball on offense ’’ two-thir- Morton in his rookie year here afinto the top five in the country in rushing offense over the last two years (3rd in 1986) will find some surprises in Utah's offense No not "Daffy Duck" although the Utes have the unorthodox formation at the ready ter guiding Tulsa "With Eddie out you'll be seeing an awfully lot more of Martel Ute sophomore fullback Black and well be playing Cliff (freshman running back Smith a lot" Fassel said Black a 2 225 pounder with speed had 118 yards rushing against SDS And Wisconsin (leading this series will have to 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Before You Buy DOWN PAYMENT 15000 SAVE 40-ya- running back Tommy Palmer with a knee injury The Horned Frogs also are not counting on defensive back Robert McWright for immediate duty McWright has a broken middle finger The Horned Frogs’ best pass rusher junior end Darrell Davis has yet to see action this season due to injury “TCU has a strong front” observed Cougar guard John Borgia "From what I can see on film they may be better than Texas’ line” Borgia said he will operate mainly against the two tackles: 5 Mitchell Benson and 3 Kent TrameL “They flop their tackles a lot and I will be facing both of them” said Borgia The Frogs’ offensive line averages 283 pounds one of the beefiest units BYU will face this season Last year the Cougars suffered an inordinate number of turnovers "I think we were last in the country in ratio of giveawaytakeaway ” said Coach LaVell Edwards "This year we have turned it over only four times and we must rank very high actually BYU is fifth in the nation in turnover ratio” While the Cougars have cut down on turnovers thus far TCU has been stopping itself with costly fumbles and interceptions The Frogs have turned the ball over seven times in two games 74-1- Continued From B-- 6 out of the lineup with injuries in ’84 and '85 He started all of 1986 despite playing on a broken foot the final six games of the season 'Tm glad I sat out that time” said Widmeyer a senior majoring in law enforcement and corrections “I matured a lot in those years When I first came out of high school I wasn’t into lifting working out or doing any of the things it takes to be a champion ‘Tm more mellowed out now and I grew several inches in the years before I came to Weber "I really feel lucky to get the chance to play after being out for so long My mom and my sister have really helped me out from the beginning They pushed me and helped out financially” This year — Widmeyer’s last — he’s hoping his high profile will not only lead the 'Cats to a Big Sky championship 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