European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 College football �?T90 targeted in Sec by Denneil. Freeman Dallas apr it probably wont be decided until the last a pig Dies away in late november. The Arkansas Razorbacks Farewell appearance to 76 years of Southwest conference football should provide some interesting fireworks. The eight other teams Are going to give the hogs something to remember them by and vice versa. A a we la have a target on our Jersey a said Arkansas quarterback Quinn Gro icy. A. A. A of course emotion works both ways and Baylor coach Grant teat said the hogs Aloha will have them playing at the top of their game. A they will be playing with a lot of emotion and determination a Taft said from this Corner Here a the Way it looks i Arkansas a the hogs Hay their toughest game Texas a amp a in Fayetteville. Groncy is a Slick Quick operator who can beat you 15 different Allen is Southwest preview ways. Arkansas will have a great ground game. The defense must get better and probably will 2, Texas a amp my look for a re Lunf to form by running Back Darren Lewis who was being mentioned in Heisman trophy talk before he had a sub Par Junior year. A amp a coach . Slocum is worried about his defensive Tine and he should be. If the aggie have an Achilles Heel it will be there. 3, Houston a John Jenkins the Mastermind of the cougars run and shoot offence takes Over As head coach. Although Andre Ware the Heisman Winner is off to the pros the cougars will still have enough firepower to give defensive coordinators a nervous breakdown. You May not have heard of quarterback David King Fer but you will. He a no Ware but he a very very Good. 4, Baylor a if the bears can survive opening with Nebraska and Arizona slate on the Road they could claw hair Way into the first division once Grant tafts veer offence takes hold. 5. Texas a Colorado Penn state and Oklahoma give coach David Mcwilliams a heavy non conference Load. Still the a horns could be a Surprise if quarterback Peter Gardere has a big season. 6. Texas tech a Ohio stale and Miami could Chew up the red raiders depth. Also playing Ohio state and Houston within a five Day period Isnit exactly the Road to a championship for coach Spike Dykes the raiders arc talented and will Deal their share of head aches but they Are a year away right now. 7. Thu a the homed frogs arc Short on Talent and this is the year it could Cost Jim Wacker his Job. 8. Rice a the owls arc talented and will win some games but done to have the depth for a first division run 9. Smut this will be Forrest Gregg a last year As head coach and the Mustangs probably wont win As Many games 2 As they did last year. The Mcaa probation crippled ponies arc still several years away from Fielding a competitive team. Filo Arkansas a a Quinn Groncy ,. ,. Stick and Quick at Long Beach by Bernie Wilson Long Beach Calif. Apr the future is now. Again. George Allen is Back in football. Thirty four years after he left Whittier College to become an assistant coach with the los Angeles rams Allen has returned As a College head coach and takes on a colossal Challenge. At 72, he will see if his Quick fix touch will work at Long Beach state which almost dropped the financially shaky football program in 1986, and Only Allen could have a positive Outlook. A i just saw a Job that was so Tough so difficult that when about five people told me it was impossible that a when i got interested a Allen said. A thank s ram said a absolutely Barry Switzer said a you re to sch Beehler said a we played those Guys. That program is everybody i talked to said it can to be Schembechler who has since ditched the pressures of College athletics knew what he was talking about. His Michigan wolverines beat Long Beach state 49-0 in 1987. Since then the 49ers have lost 22 of 31 games. There were Only four winning seasons in the 1930s at a the Beach a which has 33,000 students and is the second largest of the 20-school California stale University system Allens predecessor Larry Reisbig was 11-24 in three seasons. A they almost dropped the program a Allen said. A i want to try to save the program. Football is a great spoil 1 want to build a stadium and leave inc program on a healthy financial hut Allen is realistic. A you done to take a program that almost dropped football and turn it around definitely not in the first week. The Allen Era begins at Clemson. A it will be like an Amateur fighting Mike Tyson. Hopefully we wont get All banged up. We re playing at death Valley. Be have Only three starters on defense returning and Clemson has 10 of 11. �?o1 done to know what to expect. A lot of these Guys will be playing their first College game i hey in be m shape they la play hard and they la play with Pride he said. A �?o1 realize this could be a disastrous season because we be got a rough schedule and we done to have tile players we Don t have any depth. I m prepared Tor Allen who has lived in nearby Palos Verdes estates for 1 i y ears has been putting in his usual 12 to 14-hour jays. A returning to College football after 34 years George alien addresses Media after taking Over at Long Beach state. A eighty percent of it has been non football by that i mean these other things that have lobe most arc simple things that other programs take for granted a carpeting in the Loeker room a Fence around the spacious practice Fields new equipment and new uniforms and a chartered flight to Clemson. Quot those things arc More important right now to our program than going out and trying to gel new players Quot Allen said. A we want the present players to feel that they Are first class Allen had 12 winning seasons As an nil head coach a five with the rams and seven with the Washington redskins. He took the redskins to the super bowl in his second season. He was also constantly surrounded by controversy lie was fired by the redskins following the 1977 season and lauded Back in los Angeles. But the rams fired him just two games into the 1978 exhibition schedule. Allen also had iwo winning seasons in the now defunct . Football league in the mid-1980s. By ail appearances Allen is sticking with his pro philosophies even to the Point of calling walk on a free a the big difference of course ii that he can t Trade pm overs he he did mom than 130 times in the pros. Allen was t Given Hirisi Marks for Bis first recruiting class but the turnout for fait Camp was 12l players the most in school history. Of the 36 walk on 30 were invited to stay. A the seems to be relating Fine Quot senior offensive lineman Dan Turin Icli 11 said. Quot he just makes a lot of references to his pro times. But he seems to be dealing with us Fine except lies not All sure on All the rules that a what some of the other coaches have told me. F hats what he said is a big adjustment. Quot he a definitely different. I enjoy listening to him a Allen loves motivational sayings. When he became coach of the redskins in 1971, he coined a the future is now Quot a slogan he s recycled Here. Spring drills led to this one a everything Here is waiting for you to such motivation a is not foreign to higher education Quot University president Curtis Mccray said a George is a Little More elaborate but he makes his Point. There is kind of a classroom attitude. He a a teacher. There a Power in those Mccray said signing Allen to a three year contract Quot Wasny to purely a football a football is the focus but i expect him to do More. He has close contacts and we think he can draw attention and resources we need Quot he said. A the schools general athletic Campaign met is goal of 4900,000 m Cash and gifts and will shoot Lor is million next ear. Met Ray pointed to a mechanized Tower used Lor videotaping practice and said �?o3 his is something someone wanted George to use simply because he a
