European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 Byus big guns Back for 1985 by Bob Black Utah a Brigham Youngs defending National Champion football team this season will still pack the one two punch of quarterback Robbie Bosco and wide receiver Glen but the offensive line has been gutted by last the coaching staff had to find replacements for the name like quarterback Steve who were lost to this the big names Are return and coach Lavell Edwards has to find replacements for the relatively Little known players who were among the squads mainstays last Robbie Bosco at this were not As Good now As at the end of last said his team won its first National title with a 130 record last were at about the same Point As a year the the Only undefeated Dosseff sorry for remarks thousand a Back Tony who returned to the Dallas cowboys training Camp thursday after a lengthy said he is sorry the Nam calling got out of hand and that he be happier with his new i never dreamed things would get As ugly As they said who had called the cowboys Dou blew rosters at one Point during the in Happy to be Back and i never thought id say that about training its been an or Dorsett has agreed to a new five year contract that includes deferred payments going into the next Cen but he declined to go into Spe in not talking about my con Dorsett in Here to play he said he decided to come Back last weekend after watching the dal la Green Bay exhibition game on satellite fed i just want to be a part of this and in extremely Dorsett through All there has been a lot of things some that have apologies have been made and i owe an apology to the fans of the nine year Veteran said i have no bad feelings towards the Dallas but he blamed the Media for saying he asked to be i was just considering that As an Dorsett i never demanded to be who said he is at his play ing weight of 185 pounds and ready to play almost said he is on a Mission now to help this gain some last year we lost some and Imback to help get it major College football team last were ranked 25th in the associated press pre season but catapulted to 13th after a 2014 win Over from by edged upward in the weekly poll and finally achieved the 1 ranking in the 17 vote of sports writ ers and Only senior offensive tackle Dave Wright returns to this years offensive the line kept Bosco away from defend ers he led the Western athletic conference in throwing for Yards and 33 and Rushing for 57 Yards to Lead the wac and the nation in total offence with his favorite receiver was who had 55 catches for 879 Yards and 11 touchdowns last both Bosco and Kozlowski Are and Edwards is confident they will have time to maintain their Aerial he said the new starters will be ready 29 when the cougars open the College foot Ball season against Boston College in the Kickoff classic at giants stadium in East Bosco also said he is confident the line will give him time to i kind of feel it May take a couple of games to really get a lot of he just from the beginning of the sea 1 think do a great Job for that line will be tested after the cougars return Home to play Urcla and the huskies had one loss in 12 games last year and finished second in the final a critics said the cougars played an easier schedule than Washington the huskies should have won the National int dwelling on last or setting a goal to repeat Asna tonal Champion this we take them one at a Edwards we can continue to make the program get better each week and stay the important thing is to improve As a football the who hold the nations longest College football winning Streak at 25 do have their Eye on one title this season the wac a Crown by has either won or tied for nine straight by has been the wac representative in All seven Holiday bowl but the cougars will be absent this one Rea son is that the game will be played on a sunday and operated by the mor Mon Doest play on Edwards the wac Champion wont win an automatic berth in this years Holiday freeing by to consider other Edwards admits a 1 bowl invitation is in the Back of his this the team has to improve and stay with a schedule against some of the nations More physical Edwards said injuries Are a by also has the longest schedule in major College the game in new Jersey and a conference game in Hawaii dont count toward the Caas 1 game regular season that lengthy sched ule could make for a Long especially if the team has a lot of Edwards he said the pressure on the players is no different this year than despite the winning Streak and a National title to de Bosco its kind of Good in a couple of Bosco it gives us something to shoot for every its not a big Deal if we lose a its not going to ruin our Stokes draws Praise As he winds up tour with army sports in Germany by Bucky Fox staff writer Heidelberg Van Stokes stared at the windswept baseball All the while knowing his Days Here were num in said the army sports specialist who leaving next sat urday to take the sports directors Job at fort because its an Opportunity to return to the states to work in the sports Field and live in an area that will feel Good for my its a family oriented Ive been Here nine its time for my kids to know their grandparents As Well As for my family to get reacquainted with it has nothing to do with my arrived on the army sports scene in he spent six years As v corps Western Region sports coordinator directing the communities of bad Wiesbaden and Tom who worked with Stokes As the Mainz sports director before moving to 21st support Van leaving is probably one of the greatest losses to the Usa eur sports program in 11 he really helped develop the programs philosophy do it for the no Job too the Cornerstone of the program is Van helped build that Stokes said his Best experience at v corps was being on the ground floor of the first Frankfurt Marathon in its developed into a really Fine and v corps is firmly entrenched in Stokes moved to Heidelberg in March 1982 to assume his 1st personnel come he helped run army clinics and tournaments throughout the real High Stokes was holding the 1983 track and Field meet in just the thought of an army meet in that olympic stadium the opening the the Sand hitlers Jesse realizing youre part of history of that stadium can be a moving Larry a Stokes colleague at Usa eur who once worked at Van Stokes is the Best thing to Hap pen in Usa eur he had a Knack photo by red grand Van Stokes headed Back to for calming Down volatile he had great he was untiring As far As whenever he was on a hed be writing letters of commendation on the Parker credits Stokes with boosting army wrestling and the wrestling program probably would be null and void without he helped the the his other Forte is track and he orchestrated clinics five Stokes was born in Poplar and grew up in he played baseball and football in High then concentrated on football at Marietta College in where he played varsity running Back three Stokes met his at he followed Bis graduation in 1970 with a stint in the where he played intramural and earned his masters degree in sports administration at Ohio while coaching football at Marietta in the 197576 school Stokes received a faceless message that offered him a sports Job in he eventually he discovered that the face on the other end belonged to v corps sports director Bill Merrill picked up Stokes at Rhei main and that night had him running a softball Hes the 1 sports director in the Merrill not just the the Hes an dedicated if a Soldier missed the bus to a track Van would drive him 100 and he could talk with Stokes remembers those Early Days on the Job As a Point of revitalizing the Usa eur sports had been dormant since so Many pro Grams were starting from the ground the Community Structure was now i see it As firmly that cant be attributed to the Effort of any one who has three underwent hip surgery soon after taking the usar eur he can no longer run but swims and bikes he believes football helped injure that but he says that not the reason Hes opposed to the army playing football on a Europe wide i dont adhere to the philosophy of football As a recreational Stokes football is based on three in order to be prepared in those you have to be there All week for in the youre Lucky to get All the Guys there for the whose Job will be filled after a recruiting stared at the baseball game he thought of that first Day working for the army in Europe work ing for Bill Merrill at that softball Tournai the Challenge was staying one step ahead of Bill he when i got out of v if i was not 1 was neck and
