Show 6 CEU Friday January 80 1987 Eagles fly high into a new direction! by Willie Gilbert of the Eagle Staff Rumors rumors look at all these rumors During a bleak budget year all kinds of rumors are started and this year has been no exception Like many schools across the country the College of Eastern Utah has been looking at ways to cut their budget Rumor was that the mighty Eagle football program would be dropped False rumor! As soon ss the rumor hit the school there was j immediate support of the program and the rummors were silenced The Eagle football program is in full swing and is headed like a speeding jet onto brighter skies Next fall the Eagles will be crashing and smashing on Carbon High's football field once again battling another rough Western States League opponent Only next year will be a different team and a new coaching staff The new year has not only brought new budget changes but some surprising changes in the Eagle football program A major change occured soon after the players returned from Christmas break head coach of when the the Eagles Bill Flodin resigned to take a step up the college football coaching ladder by accepting a position as defensive coordinator at Idaho State University This move not only will mean a jump in salary for Coach Flo but it is r also a promotion from a four-yeprogram program to a Flodin’s record at CEU was with the one tie coming this year against Ricks College It ended the Viking's hopes of winning a national championship The team felt he deserves their thanks for the quality time he spent with the Eagle program and wish him the best future at ISU who incidentally gave up 38 points per gameon defense last ycAr Coach Kirk Heidelberg along with coach Flodin made a quick flight out of Price headed for Kansu a graduate University to work assistant He will work on his master's degree and coach defense So the question remains: Who will lead the fired-u- p Eagles to battle as the new head coach in 1987? The answer is not yet decided but is soon to come Coach James Spani a defensive line and strength coach for the Eagles in 1986 is the interim head coach until a new head coach is ld two-yea- ar -1 u already received Those applications have come from areas such ss Nebraska Texas California and Utah Advertisements have been run at all of the Utah high schools and the Utah four-yecolleges Of the four-yeinstitutions two ar ar applications have been received one from Larry Wilson of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and one from Parry Christiansen of Utah State University in Logan A committee of about seven people will choose the new coach and will probably include one football player two community members and five faculty members What qualities are the school and community looking for in a new coach? Definitely we need a community coach as this college is based toward a community benefit and needs the community support to develop a winning program Taniguichi felt that certain qualities are going to be carefolly sought alter in a new coach Those qualities include a coach with good football knowledge and background Secondly a very stable coach one who is organized and has some administrative skills normally not the strong points of a football coach Third a coach who will instill a strong sense of discipline in his players both on and off the field Fourth a coach who can motivate The ideal coach will be Utah based with Utah connections and will plan on staying for at least 7 years as the Eagle leader The new coach is going to be selected no later than February 28 Expected to return with the new head coach are coaches Spani Mike O'Shea and Larry Severe id Though the Eagle program is undergoing some changes there is still going to be a strong nucleus of returning players to start off winning ways next year Returning to anchor the defense will be Joel Menna Chris Card Greg Pollard and other returning defensive 5-- lettermen On the offensive scene team leader and quarterback Cole Hyson is expected to return along with James Phillips who was the Eagles leading scorer and rusher this put season An awesome offensive line will also return anchored by Larry Warner at center with choice massive beef on each of his sides at the guard and tackle positions Excellent recruiting by coach Spani will fill in the kicking game and replace a core of receivers of which all but one will be replaced All in all the CEU football program hu never been headed in such an optimistic direction and it should continue its steady climb in the coming years Taniguichi stressed that it will not come overnight "Wearelookingtoa very bright future by recruiting intelligent players who will help the community and state The ratio of hired The CEU head coaching position became available on January 12 and Athletie Director Bob Taniguichi will accept applications to fill the vacancy until February 12 The process of chosing a new head effort and coach U a a somewhat complicated process First approximately 26 to 40 applications will be taken Those applications will be reviewed for Of those about 4 to 6 days of 6 list a applicants applications will be chosen and the coaches players to interviewed before a finalist is players will be 8 to 1 meaning a chosen then the Eagles will have a squad of 60 players will have 45 innew head coach state and local players with 15 There are about 16 application (Continued on page 7) time-consumi- ng in-sta- te out-of-sta- te Coach Flodin relaxes in his office after having announced his resignation u head of the Golden Eagle football program Flodin accepts job at ISU wu by Frank Walter Sports Editor On January 10 College of Eutem Utah’s head football coach Dill Flodin resigned to take a defensive coordinator position at Idaho State University Flodin came here in 1984 and took over the top job in 1985 In the two years he coached he compiled a record He said that he had a three year plan for the football team The first to instill confidence in the players and to gain respect in the league and the third year which would have been next year the team would have been ready to compete He felt that he accomplished the first two goals and said that the team would be much stronger next year He said "I feel that the last two years the CEU football team has gained a lot of respect from other teams in the conference and wont be taken lightly in the future" Flodin hoped that the new head coach which has not been hired would be from the intermountain west He must be an established coach and place a strong emphuis on recruiting He feels the move from CEU to Idaho state is a good step up to Division 1 football and he will be able to concentrate on just football instead of all the aspects that go with a head coaching job Flodin said "The support from the community and administration has been great and I would like to say thank you for all the great support they have given me and the fa-sta- te program" Steroids used widely by ethletes by Joel Menna of the Eagle Staff Steroids can no longer be thought of as a drug just for the power lifters or body builders but also for a lot of the football community The use of steriods is not confined to profootball players but also college and even into the high school athletic programs Athletes take steroids to build muscle and strength When taking steriods most athletes go on a 6 to 8 week cycle They gradually increase the amount of steroids they put into their bodies either through injection such as testosteren or as tablets such as danavore or An example of the increase of strength during a cycle is Tampa Bay's offensive guard Dave Coursen who weighs 285 pounds and is 6 foot L 1 He stands as one of the best offensive lineman in the NFL but it hu not always been like that As a sophomore in college Coursen’s weight wu a mere 225 pounds After going through his first cycle ofsteroids during the summer his weight jumped up to 265 pounds Some of the results for Coursen wu a 100 pound jump in his weight and in all three of his major lifts There havs also been some serious side effects to his Increase in strength and bulk He hu had a serin of severe abdominal attacks and also a very high heart rate At one point his resting hurt rate wu a staggering 150 beats per minute According to prominent NFL player Lyle Alzado over 80 percent of football players In the pros are on steroids The only players noton the drug are kickers and quarterbacks It seems that the general consensus in the pros is that steroids bowl games Of there players the most significant loss wu that of enhance the natural ability the Brian Bosworth who wu has steroids up until the middled player already taking Both college and the gros are March Another critical blow came Jeff when USC trying to cut down the use of steriods but with the drugs so resdily B regel wu also banned from available through either prescripplaying in a bowl game because of tion or the black market it is like use of steroids Are these advantages worth the trying to stop a flood with a gallon bucket risk of what happens during the use The NCAA is beginning to give of steroids after one hu completed severe punishments for the use of his steroid cycle? steroids This punishment wu Athletes who have taken steroids evident during the recent holiday complain of severe abdominal bowl games when over 20 players cramps high heart rates and are tested positive for steroid use They very irritable At some point they were banned from participation in eontinusd on pass 7 an |