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Wednesday Aug. 23, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Schembechler hopes to capture national title
The Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On a shelf behind Bo Schembeche's desk is an autographed picture of George C. Scott, posing in his award-winning role of Gen. George S. Patton.
If Schmbechler weren't a great football coach, he would have made a great general. Also, he admires both Patton and Scott; if they ever get around to making a movie of Schmbechler's life, Scott certainly would be his choice for the lead.
Schemebcheler, starting his 21st season at Michigan, has begun to loom over college football the way Patton did over World War II. He dominates the Big Ten conference—and has ever since his mentor, Woody Hayes, was forced to step down at Ohio State.
Schembecher denies that he's bigger than his own program.
"God, I hope not," he said last week. "I'm not big at all. I'm a coach, a plain and simple coach, first, last and always. I blow the whistle, I raise hell, I coach up a storm. That's it. That's the extent of it.
"I've won a couple of games, yes, I understand that. But I'm not bigger than this program. Bo Schembechler could leave here tomorrow and Michigan will be Michigan. Now I
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I'm not big at all. I'm a coach, a plain and simple coach, first, last and always. I blow the whistle, I raise hell. I coach up a storm.
That's it.' — Bo Schembechler
may have helped the program some-
while while I was here, but that all's.
"Hey, we all go sooner or later. Just look around and you'll see that. There are only a few old-timers left. They are all on the job. I will always be a coach."
What he would like, before he goes,
is the one prize that has eluded
Schembechler: the mythical national
championship.
"We're playing to win the 'western
conference.' If we win the western conference, win the Rose Bowl and go undefeated, then we'll claim the national championship," Schembecher said. "I want to beat 'em all, but to say my career has been empty is silly."
The Wolverines, coming off a championship season and a victory over Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl, have the horses to give Schembecher a national title. They're two deep into the game, on the cover of almost every forecasting magazine. But that's happened before, too.
"Time and again." Schembecchier said. "They put that on me in 1981 and I lost the first game to Wisconsin. Of course, I'd feel a hell of a lot worse if they left me out of the Top 20."
Schembechler said the Wolverines' success will depend upon four factors:
Will the team have the same attitude as last year?
■ Will this team lead the nation with fewest turnovers? Last season, Michigan lost the ball only eight times on fumbles and just twice on
Will the defense be consistently good? Last year it wasn't, as evidenced by the second-half collapse against Ohio State.
interceptions.
- Will they have a great kicking game? The coach worries most about the graduation of punter Mike Gillette.
"Now, if we can have all those things, we'll be a decent team," Schembechier said.
Michigan won the Big Ten with a 7-0-1 record and was 9-2-1 overall in 1988. The Wolverines open the season with Notre Dame, UCLA and Maryland. If they get through that, there is only the conference to fret over.
"It's tough to repeat in any sport," Schembechler said, "You lost that edge. You say you'll be tough in the game." An appeal is still ringing in their ears.
Michael Taylor has the edge over Demetrius Brown in the battle for the starting quarterback job. Taylor started Michigan's first nine games last season before suffering a broken collarbone. Brown, who took the Wolverines the rest of the way,
including the 22-14 Rose Bowl win, had to go to summer school and is sweating out his eligibility.
Tailback Tony Boles and backfull Leroy Hoard are one of the country's best running tandems. Boles was fourth in the nation with 1,359 yards. Meanwhile, Hoard, who had an appendectomy last month, rushed for 639 yards last year and was the most valuable player in the Rose Bowl.
"Our backfield could be the same people as the last couple of years," Schemebecher said. "Boles, if he gets a little bit bigger and stronger, he'll be even better. He's an awfully skilled runner who can make you miss.
"The other thing that might happen is that (tailback). Alan Jefferson will return (from an injury). He's got a great thirst to play."
Split end Greg McMurtry, flanker Chris Calloway and tight end Derrick Walker form a strong receiving corps. The beetly offensive line will be anchored by Tom Dohring (272 lbs.), Greg Skrepenk (322) and Dean Dingman (230).
Defensively, the Wolverines must
replace All-American tackle Mark Messner, but the remainder of the front seven returns. The secondary, which allowed just six TD passes last season, returns Tripp Welborne, David Key and Vada Murray.
"Tripp makes his big plays at big times in games," Schembecchler said. "He and Key have really developed."
Schembecheler has his biggest concern is replacing Gillette, who handled all of Michigan's kicking chores — placekicking as well as punting — last season. Gulam Khan will battle J.D. Carlson and John Albertson for the kicking job. Chris Stapleton, an incoming freshman, could be the player.
"After spring ball, with the exception of the kicking game I thought we were a better team than a year ago." Schembacher said. "The one guy I would like to have back from last year's team is Mike Gillette."
If扑unct is all he has to worry about, 1969 could indeed be the year for Michigan's general.
UCLA team optimistic Offense remains question as Bruins search to fill vacancy left by Aikman
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — UCLA, always well-stocked with blue-chip recruits and top players, has been one of the football's best teams this decade.
The Bruins compiled a 79-23-5 record and set an NCAA record, winning bowl games in each of the past seven seasons. A major reason for the success is UCLA's quarterbacks, a position where every player who started a game since 1980 has gone on to play in the NFL.
But now, the cupboard is bare. Still, Brians' coach Terry Donahue that was so much more useful.
rie and Matt Stevens.
"The biggest question mark offensively is finding a replacement for Troy (Aikman)," Donahue said. "We're going to enter two-a-days with Jimmy Bonds and Bret Johnson head-to-head."
Alkman was the latest, and probably the best, in UCLA's line of quarterbacks during the 1980s. The others were Jay Schroeder, Tom R雇鼠, Rick Neuheisel, David Nor-
Alkman started the past two seasons, finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting last year and was the first winner of the draft, taken by the Dallas Cowboys.
His successors? Jimmy Bonds and Bret Johnson. Johnson is a redshirt freshman, while Bonds is a third-year sophomore who completed four of seven passes for 42 yards in limited duty last season.
"I think both of them are good players and are capable of playing," noumane said. "We always have two quarterbacks and we have always used two quarterbacks."
"I wouldn't be surprised if we use both of them, but we'd like to pick one as the starter. That's our biggest chore."
Donahue hopes to select a starter by the end of the month. The Bruins open their season Sept. 9 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena against Tennes-
The other quarterbacks on the roster are fifth-year senior Ran Car-
agher, who played briefly last season, and three in-come freshmen, none of whom Donahue expects to use this year.
Donahue hopes that, despite the inexperience at quarterback, his team will be good enough to qualify for a bowl game and extend its unprecedented winning streak in the postseason to eight games. No. 7 came last Jan. 1, when the Bruins beat Arkansas 17-3 in the Cotton Bowl.
"We want to get in a position to make it eight," he said. "We'd like nothing better then to make it eight right around the corner (at the Rose Bowl). We know it's going to be hard."
The Bruins have eight offensive starters returning from last year's team, which went 10-2 and was ranked sixth in The Associated Press poll, but only five starters back on defense.
"We're young on defense," Donahue said. "I'm concerned about the depth of our defensive team.
players . . . to carry a large share of the burden early, until the quarterbacks get settled in. Our offensive line is experienced and physical.
We're a little more physical than we've been defensively. Our kids are a little bigger. But we're not as fast. That's got us worried.
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We'd like nothing better then to make it eight right around the corner (at the Rose Bowl). We know it's going to be hard.
"The last two or three years, we've put a lot of speed on the field, and we're not as deep as we've been. We've got to stay healthy on defense."
Offensively, Donahue said he'll try to keep the pressure off the quarter-backs, at least at the outset.
"I think what we'll do differently, particularly early, is try to be a better running team and not put as much pressure on the quarterback to do things that Troy did.
— Terry Donahue UCLA head coach
"It's not that we're not going to throw the ball. We are. I think we'd be better served by being a better running team early."
The two positions of strength on the team, Donahue said, are tailback and tight end.
"We don't have a lot of tailbacks, but the three we have are good," he said, referring to junior Brian Brown, sophomore Shawn Wills and redshirt freshman Kevin Williams. "I hope they can stay healthy so that we can expand their roles, utilize
"I'd rather put pressure on other
their talents in various wavs."
Brown gained 410 yards last season and led the Bruins in rushing in each of their final three regular-season games, where they yaced on his 172 carries as a Bruin.
Wills set a true-freshman rushing record last year, gaining 622 yards on 94 carries. And Williams was one of the nation's blue-chip recruits a year ago. He wound up redshirting after suffering hamstring problems.
UCLA also has three quality tight ends — Charles Arbuckle, Corwin Anthony and Randy Austin. Arbuckle is considered one of the top tight ends in the country. He missed four games and most of a fifth with strained knee ligaments last year, but still had 17 receptions for 259 yards.
The Bruins play four of their first five games at the Rose Bowl, with four of their final six on the road. The highlight of the early-season schedule is a match against defending Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion Michigan at the Rose Bowl on Sept.
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