El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 21

College and High School Roundups o' Utah Picked 2nd Then Scramble Defense Running Strong Improved Plus Dragon Could Mean Title Tor Arizona -State JA Y'-- Las Vegas NJR Tha Miners were la camp eight days Meairlk starts his llth season as head coach of tha Devils la Dave Buchanan the leading rusher of the conference in 1969 Also Joe Spagnola Kalian-born quarterback who is a double threat with running and pasting All-WAC split end Calvin Demeiy Mike Tom co at offensive tackle Gary Venture at offensive guard Junior Ah You at defensive end and Ted Olivo at middle guard are outstanding Sun Devils Bill Meek lost his two quarterbacks at Utah Ray Groth and Clint Harden plus full- back Dave Smith But he has two fins runners hi Billy Hunter and Fred Graves and be' counting oa Gordon (Scooter) Longmire a transfer from Michigan State to take over quarterback duties without any loss of strength in that department Dale Nos worthy end and Norman Thompson back are defensive standouts ARIZONA WILL have a big NM State Will Have Powerful Backfield strong and experienced quarterback in Brian Linstrom and possibly a superstar in halfback Joe Petroshus The Wild-' cats also have one of the best running backs in Willie Lewis Top defensive standouts- include Bill McKinley and Mark Arneson Lawrence (The Clutch) McCutcheon gives the Colorado State Rams more speed than the highly ranked Notre Dame Irish had last season according to Jerry Wiwmp-fler the new Ram coach who comes from Notre staff The Rams have a tall quarterback in Chip Maxwell at Defensive line is a strong point led by Jim White Brigham Young hat the leading punt and kick return man in speedy Chris Farasopoulos the Galloping Greek Rick Jones is' an experienced quarterback but Dave Coon a sophomore is being touted as a superstar in this post' Tha Cougars have a good tailback in' Kip Jackson: They may taot be as strong defensively as they were in 1969 WYOMING HAS all-American Bob Jacobs a fabulous punter and field goal kicker plus two experienced quarterbacks in Ed Synakowpkl and Gary Fox Their best runner should be Frbsty 'Fhmklin fast tailback Some big horses on defense are gone i Rocky Long better runner than passer will' lead the Lobos on and hopefully for New Mexico upward Sam Scarber moved from fullback to halfback gives the Lobos a potent runner Late news is that Tom McBee the best receiver may not be able to play on account of a heart condition Top defensive men are Houston Ross linebacker and Rod Wallace tackle InkoS IT Stfeve are Pro Leagues i Seventeen players from the Bobby Dobbs reign at UTwEX Paso have been draft picks of professional gridiron teams Quarterback Billy Stevens now of Chicago receiver Ron Jones linebacker Fred Carr and defensive back Leon Harden have been picked by the Green Bay Packers Stevens Jones and Harden have seen limited action for the Packers while Carr has played in numerous games SAFETY AND return specialist Charlie West Mlnneso- ta Vikings and George Dancy offensive linemen participated in last Super Bowl Both near to J' (205) led with Jack threat either he games year THE good Seniors tackle) (230 last domain takes 6-1 unit stardom 6-0 spot spring the ON are back beaded by KICKOFF preseason All-American pick George Wells The 6-2 240 pounder has dropped the oppoaing back 13 times in his last two seasons of starting duty He's Darby Maryfield at right tackle Great things are expected of Tony Perea 200-pound sophomore who comes up from the freshmen team and will bo at tho linebacker Tho secondary has three men from last year Ken Koval at weak safety Mike Reynolds at strong safety and Eric Washington at right coiv ner Al Kimball a 170-pound sophomore could unseat someone in the backfield Injuries to Koval and Reynolds la tho tag end of the 1969 season hurt the: backfield as a sophomore and should bo i an Improved defensive man this year THE FIELD goal kicking will bo enthrusted to Jeff White who is in his third year He and David Adkins are vying for tha punting Job -Both are sock-footed kickers White can kick a long ball from placement He has a 52-yard field total to his credit at UTEP 35 College Carnes on TV This Season The ABC Television 1970 National Collegiate Athletic Assn (NCAA) football schedule opens Safordky Sept 12 with live odor coverage of the Stanfprd-Arkansas game in little Rdck There are 35 games on tha schedule 11 to be telecast nationally and 24 regionally All games will bo shown la color -Tho ABC Television Network gain has the option to choose one extra game for airing during season jin 1969k tha "wild card" game was tho Purdue-Ohio Stats -contest: Tho previous season Notre Damo-USC was selected As in past years the game or games already scheduled for that date will also bo televised IN ADDITION (our regional choice games will be telecast on Saturday Nov 14 Those games can be chosen at any time but no later than Monday Nov 9 Tho season opener Stan-ford-Arkansas is a night gams for viewers in the eastern half of the country Other nationally telecast night games are Alabama-Mississippi in Jack-ton Miss on Saturday Oct 3 the U5C-UCLA clash in Los Coliseum on Saturday Nov 21 and the gam between Houston and Florida State atTampa on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday Nov 26) IN ADDITION there will bo four night games telecast regionally on Saturday Dec 5: Misrissippi-LSU Nor th Texas State-Tulta Houston-Miami and Arizona SUte-Ari-zona Earlier in the da tha Arkansai-Texas game will ba telecast nationally from Houston 5 The ABC-NCAA schedule with air times (PT) and telecast areas for the regional games follows? Soot 1J STANFORD Ot ARKANSAS (Little Rackl I pm POT S-pt 1 MINNESOTA al MISSOURI pm BOSTON COLLEGE VIL LANOVA IS: JO an NORTH FENN- STATE 0 COLORA- DOct! ALABAMA ft MISSISSIPPI OKLAHOMA at TEXAS (Dal- DAME Of MISSOURI 10 om or pm Oct 34 MINNESOTA- Ot MICHIGAN II Mjnt FLORIDA Ot TENNESSEE 10M Om1 PENN STATE at ARMY 10:30 am DA TMOU at HARVARD 10:30 om Oct 31 CALIFORNIA at USC 1 P-W- FST NEBRASKA at COLORADO II am HOLY CROSS at BUFFALO 10:30 a-m SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA 10' 30 jn nSTJ 7 WASHINGTON ot STAR-FORD 1 P-m- TEXAS ASM at SMM 10:30 am- PURDUE at MICHIGAN STATE IS Om1 LSU-'Ot ALABAMA Four Regional Chalet Nr MCHGAN at OHIO STATE WNeT'3lEHOUSTON at FLORIDA STATE ITompol 4:30 P-m Now ARMY-NAVY I Philadelphia! Bjn Doc ARKANSAS Ot TEXAS 11:30 MISSISMPpToI 5S 0:30 mjtii ARIZONA STATE at ARIZONA pmta HOUSTON al MIAMI :30 pm NORTH TEXAS STATE at TULSA 4:30 pm Wild Card gama will ba pickod during Miners Break Even 28 Times Since 1914 toe Miners have been involved in 28 ties Tho 'record most ties in one season for the Miners is three set in 1955 when they tied North Texas 7-7 Texas Tech and West Texas 12-13 By BOB INGRAM Bobby Dobbs is a man with long needle He wants to immunize the UT El Paso Miners against needless mistakes (such at 29 interceptions against them a year ago) and put more strength in their passing and running games for 1970 The defense carried the team in 1969 and as good as it was it prevent the Miners from having a losing season (4-6 -overall and 2-5 In tha Western Athletic Conference) DOBBS HAS the same passers (plus taro newcomers) that he had in 1969 He wants to make them the Flying Miners again He has a new cast of runners who are faster and stronger than those ever had at UTEP He hopes that James Berry Phil Hatch Robbia Rogers and other of the fleet-leg variety will give him the ground mobility the team has been needing Billy Craigo is a Junior and Neil Lovorn a senior one year older and have had a year of maturity got little Ed Puishes at flanker the top pass receiver in the Western Athletic Conference a year ago They also have Billy Taylor -and national hurdles champion Paul Gibson at split end as receivers the veteran Dennis Mayfield and a promising newcomer Pat a transfer at tight end Berry can catch passes So can other past receiving eligible! Running-wise Berry a red-shirt of 1969 who could have been first string then had he been eligible is the key man If he plays up to his spring and fall workouts give the Miners a good running threat DOBBS HAS TWO fleet and well-muscled fullbacks in Hatch a transfer and Rob erts- up from the 1969 UTEP freshmen The offensive line la a question mark Right now it is anchored by Dwayne Cunningham a transfer at center who has been impressive in workouts At strong guard is Jaime Chavando who was a defensive line standout a year ago Bob Tackett a letterman at weak tackle Lewis Brooks a 'letterman at weak guard and Don Dudley freshman letter wearer of 1969 at strong tackle THE PERSONNEL of this line could undergo some more Changes between now and the first game of the season which will be against University of Pacific next Saturday night The- veteran quarterbacks are backed up by two youth wha paced the freshmen a year ago tall Mike Grabisch a pocket-type of a passer and Ray Brahm the scrambling type who nearly stole the show in the spring game but who has been slowed by a leg injury this fall The defensive line and back-field are solid with tried performers plus a few promising sophomores i GENE MACK and Rich Gunnels look like All-Conference at the ends The 245-pound Cal Taylor and 243-pound Don Croft starters last season are back at left tackle and left guard respectively Jim Sanson aggressive watch-pocket linebacker last -year is at right guard Brooks West a redshirt last year replaces Great Pe James left aad Jesse threat far the New Mexico State A lot of Devil and one Drtg- on could mtu 69-minute nightmare for seven teams in the Western Athletic Confer cnee this season: The Sun Devils of Arizona State with (Hear Dragon at fullback are rated overwhelm big favorites to repeat as champions of the conference frank Kush may be on his way to establishing a dynasty that will rival that of Wyoming before the Cowboys were hurt by the loss of 14 black athletes in J969 I KUSH WON the title In a "building year" If he could negotiate an 9-2 overall mark and a 71 conference record with an immature team what's he going to do this year with Just about everyone back except Art Malone? The departure of Malone shouldn't be felt with Hill returning to the team after a one-year absence Hill had a terrific spring indicating that he's every bit as good as he was two seasons ago UNIVERSITY OF UTAH going with an untried quarter-back is picked by most experts to finish second to Arizona State The Utes lost only one conference game last year and even defeated ASUI But Arizona State was awgrded the championship by virtue of having played more conference games A wild scramble is expected -to taka place among the six other teems in the conference Colorado $tate withnew coach Jerry Wimpfler' could be a surprise and has even been rated by gome as second best In the conference Brigham Yoirng the surprise team in the conference a year ago expects to retain its momentum Wyoming a former power has regrouped Tha seriousness of the racial situation mere has partly abated with tha return of three of the 14 i players ousted by coach Lloyd Eaton Four other black players will be on tha varsity UT EL PASO will bo improved1 New Mexico is on the way back and Arizona will have a number of quality players Back tor Frank Kush as ha Schedule IhWAC ms WSC SCHEDULE September it SacWt at utep (ni Colorado Sow at Now MaMCft September is UTS ot Utah Brigham Vaunt at Wirtom Michigan Colorado Stoto at Artzono Stata IN) Iowa Stata of Now Maaica (N) Mr Farco at Wyomtn Arlatna al Mtcnlawi- SEPTEMBER UTEP at Brigham Young CtloroOa Stow Imm Stott Konio Stoto at Among Slow (N) Now Monica ot Utah Utah Stoto ot grooming Son Jom Stow at grooming ocroaaa a Now Mexico Stow ol UTEP (N) tows Sww gt Utah Bngngni Young ol (NI Cotarnda Stata at Air Form 'Arizona Stata gt grooming NOW MMM Ot Him lavra at Ariiona OCTOaSR to Irghoo Young or Among (NI Utah ol Oregon Stata CiUfW Stoto totitotatot i Stoto oi Arltsae Stata IN) loa Jew Stata at now Main N) octossr UTEP al CatareM Stata uwi Ol arvonung Ariiona Stata gl Brigham Yumy to Mexico Stata of Now MoxJco OCTOeCR Arltono Stata Ol UTEP (NI Colorado Stata ol Ml vrgMOL Utah Stata at Brigham Young rr Now Mexico Oi UTEF UNA ot San Nw Stata INI Wyoming Brlgpgm Young bwi Stata at Coiorota Stata Air Foroo ot Among NOVEMOeN Wyoming or UTEF INI Utah at Utah Stata Brigham Young at Column Stata Sao Jooo Stata mnn Stata (N) Arlxeng at Now Moc NOVEMBER Arizona at UTEF ini Footic at Colorado State Brigham voang ot Now Moxica Utah ot Ancona Stata (NI NOVEMBERS! UTEF Ol Trinity INov tat Wyoming at Ar-zana INI Now Moiico Anzona Stal Cdorndi Stata el Towde Ermham Vtuw at Utah DECIMBEB Mnn Stata Ancona INI 1917 UTEP Team Unproductive The football season in 1917 was probably toe least productive of any oh record In 1917 too Miners record was no wins no losses and one tie with no score going oa the beard That year the Miners played El Paso High School to iM deadlock number-one spot in the spring Transfer Jesse Mims At split-end is' Al Barnes a senior who the team in pass receiving 15 grabs in 1969 Soph Warren' is a as a deep receiver at flanker or split-end and caught 26 passes in four with the Aggie Fresh a ago LINE losing four starters needs rebuilding but a nucleus is present with Hewitt Davis (235 at and Chuck Herndon at guard) Both started fall and quickness is their Newcomer Gene Shepherd over at center with his 222 pound frame Of the sophomores' on the offensive the one best set for future is John Edmondson a 240-pounder at the guard opposite Herndon The tight-end will be either transfer Dick Holloway (192) or let-term an Phil Corley (225) Sophomore Howard Baker the starter there is out for season with an injury DEFENSE ix regulars Dawson Fund Will Help i The Brooks Dawson Memorial Fund was created this year after the El Paso sports world was shocked by the news of sudden death in Houston The fund is headed by Billy Stevens and Ron Jones now members of the Green Bay Packers Gifts for the fund will form a perpetual MemoriaL The principal will neverbe touched Only the interest will be used for grants-in-aid WHILE AT UTEP Dawson authored one NCAA passing record as a senior by attempting 65 passes in one year without an interception Hit greatest moment came against Brigham Young tha same season With the Miners down 25-3 with 10:37 remaining in the fourth quarter Dawson came off the bench to complete 18 of 24 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns and lead UTEP over BYU 31-25 SCHEDULE Series SITE Record El Paso 1-M Salt Lake M4 Provo 4-3-1 El Pas 39-16-2 Ft Colons 444 El Paso 12-29-3 El Paso 21-174 El Paso 944 El Pas 19-29-2 Antonie 5-44 1151 are entering their third year of pro action Grady Cavness was a starter at cornerback for toe Denver Bronoos last year as a rookie Other Dobbsmen 1 to be selected are: Chuck Hughes Eagles: Jim Fabish San Gene' Childs San Diego Clyde Glossen Kansas City Bob Stewart Denver Paul White St Louis Bob Wallace Chicago and Gene Epps Washington Don Maynard Played for UTEP Don Maynard New York Jet all-time professional yardage receiver played his college football at UT-E1 Paso in the middle 1950's and was also a member of the track squad for too Miners Maynard resides in El Paso during the anend anid junior-college transfer Raymond Mack a 245 pounder is the other end The tackles are led by returning regular Joey Mad Moun- tain" Jackson (6-4 and 250) and Sophomore Cal Dietz (6-7 and 250) So the Aggies will be awesome on the defensive Linebackers are lacking in experience with the only let-terman returning being Senior Mike Alcott (240) in the middle Transfers and sophomores will flank him this-season THE "PASS defenders" are headed by Senior James Austin (175) and Junior Bobby Smith (195) Both were 1969 starters' Junior Steve McMahon (210) switched over from an offensive receiver's spot and will occupy a starting safety spot The other regular is Junior-Jack Crooks a transfer Placekicker Po James Punt- ers Jim Peterson and Pat McTeer and kickoff man McTeer all return The schedule got tougher this season with the addition of Southern Methodist and Utah State Five games will be played at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces The Aggies clash with Colorado State iii the opener on September 12th at home and follow up on toe home field against UT Arlington Then comes the Dallas road trip to play SMU In' the Cotton Bowl and a' week later to the Sun Bowl for the' rival battle with the UT El Paso Miners -iljg TERRIFIC The Mims will be a big running Aggies this falL ri: 1970 UTEP Slate 1971 UTEP FOOTBALL DATE OPPONENT Sept12 University ef Paeifie Sept 19 University ef Utah Sept 26 Brigham Yatmg Oct I New Mexico Stata Oct 17 Colored State Oct 24 Arizona State Oct 21 University ef New Mexico Nov 7 University ef Wyoming Nov 14 University ef Arizona Nev 19 Ttinity University THREE A LL-WACS-Arizona State has these three all Western Athletic Conference players back tola aeasan They Jee Spagnola (Xo II) quateiback who is torewiag toe ball Calvin Demery who io nuking a reception and tackle Mike Temco.