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38 HI I HI NEWS-PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1992 NFL CUTSTRADES Bad day too a Doit off NFL players Walsh getts back into college spiriti ROUNDUP WALSH FACTOH Coach Bill Walsh has left the National Football League to return to the college ranks at Stanford, but he leaves behind five former assistants who now are head coaches of their own NFL teams. Here is the list, along with their NFL coaching records and how they compare with Walsh: Name Years Record Bill Walsh 10 102-63-1 G.Selfert 3 42-11-0 Sam Wyche 7 61-55-0 Bruce Coslet 2 14-19-0 Mike Holmgren First year Denny Green First year Former 49ers coach gears up Stanford for Pigskin Classic By WENDY E. LANE The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. Sitting in front of Cinderella's castle flanked by Mickey, Minnie and the Three Little Pigs, Bill Walsh was back in the college spirit again Monday.

No way would some pro coach, except maybe Jerry Glanville, willingly come to Disneyland and clown with Mickey in front of a pack of reporters and tele-If vision cameras. But f. Walsh handled the (V lT' prelude to his re turn to college coaching with 1 tl poise. i "Thic Ic (huhon. piest and most ex- walsh cited I've been in my career," said Walsh, who returned to Stanford after 10 years in the pros and a stint as an analyst for NBC.

"The National Football League is really a tough arena to spend a lot of time in because the pressures are immense. "I can't say I was excited (as a pro coach). I was just trying to survive in the NFL." As for Wednesday's Pigskin Classic between his 17th-ranked Cardinal and No. 7 Texas the man who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl titles is a little edgy. While it will be the first test of how Walsh's coaches work together, Stanford returns 16 starters from last season's squad that went 8-4 under Dennis Green.

The Cardinal, which brings a seven-game regular-season winning streak into the game, will be facing one of the nation's toughest defenses after having practiced only two weeks. The Aggies, the 1991 Southwest Conference champions who went 10- Placed Millard Hamilton, wide receiver, and Charles Young, running back; on Injured reserve. I NEW YORK JETS: Waived Bruce Collie and Claude Jones, guards; Joe Mott, linebacker; Roy Hart and Matt Willig, offensive linemen; Patrick Nelson and Thomas Woods, wide receivers; Kelvin Fisher, running back; Mike Norseth, quarterback, and Wayne Williams, cornerback. Placed Eric Boles, wide receiver, on Injured reserve. I PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Waived Melvin Patterson, wide receiver; Greg Daniels, tight end; Doug Aronson and Chris Conlin, guards; Richard McCullough, defensive end; John Shannon and Willie Wyatt, defensive linemen; Chuck Bullough, Patrick Hinton and Curtis Moore, linebackers; Tim Broady and Darryle Holmes, defensive backs; Ian Howfield, placekicker, and Pumpy Tudors, punter.

Placed Willie Bouyer and Titus Dixon, wide receivers, and Keith Neubert and Ron Williams, tight ends, on injured reserve. Placed Chris Mitchell, Thomas Sanders and Ben Smith, defensive backs, on the physically-unable-to-perform list. Placed Corey Barlow, defensive back, on the reserve-non-football illness list. I SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Waived Harjan Davis and Steve Wilks, cornerbacks; James Harris, defensive end; Leroy Holt, fullback; Bryan May and Kris Rongen, guards; Andy Conner, linebacker; Tank Stephens, punter; Don Silvestri, placekicker; Judd Garrett, running back, and Greg Thomas, safety. I TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Waived John Garrett, wide receiver; Todd McGuire, center; Kirk Kirkpatrick, tight end; Willie McClendon, running back; Curtis Maxey and Tim Newton, defensive linemen; James Malone and Ken Swilling, linebackers; Sammy Lilly, Marcus Hopkins, Herbert James and Carl Carter, defensive backs, and Klaus Wilmsmeyer, placekicker-punter.

CLEVELAND BROWNS: Acquired Frank Stams, linebacker, from the Los Angeles Rams and Ron Mllstead, guard, from the Dallas Cowboys for undisclosed draft choices. DALLAS COWBOYS: Waived Bernard Clark, linebacker; Anthony Butts, defensive tackle; Patt Evans, tight end; Anthony Green, wide receiver; Chris Hall, safety; Jay Hillman, fullback, and John Terry, guard. DETROIT LIONS: Waived Bubba Paris, tackle; Rodney Rice, Tony Crutchfield and Darryl Milburn, defensive backs; Spencer Hammond, linebacker; Dan Sileo, nose tackle; Ben Mitchell, Darryl Brooks and Mark White, offensive linemen; Mike Riley and Wilson Hoyle, placeklckers; Greg Jones, quarterback; Byron Sanders and Darrell Wallace, running backs; David Little and Eugene Riley, tight ends, and Darrln Eaton, Eddie Thomas, Ken Ealy and Yale Van Dyne, wide receivers. GREEN BAY PACKERS: Waived Andrew Oberg and Tom Rother, offensive tackles; Gabe Mokuwah, Rob Hinckley and Jon Lauscher, linebackers; Bernard Ford, wide receiver, and Bryan Wagner, punter. Placed Shawn Patterson, defensive end; Mark Chmura, Charles Henry and Corwin Anthony, tight ends, and Orlando McKay, wide receiver, on injured reserve.

LOS ANGELES RAIDERS: Waived Terrence Flagler and Vance Mueller, running backs; Niko Noga and Matt Gee, linebackers; Tom Roth, offensive lineman; John Diggs and Leon McGlockton, defensive backs, and Scott Woods, quarterback. NEW YORK GIANTS: Waived Clint James, Dave Davis and Lubo Zizakovic, defensive linemen; Torrey Wright, running back; Kevin Carroll, Mike Peloskey and Scott Van Bellinger, linebackers; David Cool, placekicker; Bob Dressel, Chris Dyko and Mike Kiselak; offensive linemen; and Greg Taylor and Nate Singleton, wide receivers. rookie WR Orlando McKay. All are out for the season. Seahawks: Starting DE Jacob Green will miss 1-3 weeks with a sprained right knee sustained in Saturday's 17-10 win over Phoenix.

The Seahawks also cut 11 players including OG Kris Rongen, an llth-round draft choice from Washington, and CB Harlan Davis, a fifth-round pick a year ago who was on the practice squad last year. Among those cut was RB Judd Garrett, one of the much-traveled Garrett brothers from Princeton who starred in the World League. Cardinals: Phoenix released 10 players, including Craig Patterson, a third-year DL who started 12 games at right end last season and oneatNG. The 6-foot-4, 317-pound Patterson was a casualty of the development of second-year DEs Mike Jones and Teams trim rosters; must be at 60 today By The Associated Press Two weeks before the season opener, Denver coach Dan Reeves remains concerned about the left side of the team's offensive line. He did something about it Monday, cutting veteran Harvey Salem as the Broncos reduced their roster to 60 players.

It was a bad day for a lot of players rookies, veterans and free agents alike as the first mandatory cuts were made. All teams have to be down to 60 by noon today and to season limit of 47 by next Monday. Among those cut were Niko Noga, one of the eight players suing the NFL for free agency in a Minneapolis court. Noga was cut by the Los Angeles Raiders, who also released FB Vance Mueller. NOGA The Cardinals cut Craig Patterson, a part-time starter last season.

Two former members of the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl offensive line were cut, OT Bubba Paris by the Detroit Lions and OG Bruce Collie by the New York Jets. The 31-year-old Salem, acquired by Denver from Detroit last year after being a regular with both the Lions and Houston Oilers, played 10 regular-season games and both postseason games with the Broncos last season. The release of Salem reflects concerns Reeves has about his line. "There's a lot of questions there, in an area offensively that you've got to execute," Reeves said of a unit which has allowed 18 sacks in four exhibitions. Sean Farrell has recurring shoulder problems and Reeves said rookie Chuck Johnson, Farrell's competition, "didn't play very well" in a 17-3 loss to Dallas.

At OT, neither Jeff Davidson nor Salem has solidified the position that caused so much concern last season. In four exhibitions, the Broncos have rushed 91 times for 274 yards, a 3.0 average. But Reeves said many mistakes were a result of the exhibition schedule. In a 19-day span, the Broncos played four games, three on the road, including one in Berlin. "We've had no time to prepare," he said.

"I don't want to get so down on our players because of missed assignments and missed execution when they haven't had, in my opinion, a chance to execute." Bears: DE Richard Dent says William "The Refrigerator" Perry is a relatively svelte 328 pounds. Other Bears say they don't care what Perry weighs just so long as he's in camp to shore up the middle of the defensive line, which gave up big yardage in a 28-17 loss to Pittsburgh Sunday night. "Not that he's going to solve all our problems, but having him will help a lot," Dent said. "It takes two guys to block him on a run, just like it sometimes takes two guys to block me on a pass." Perry's agent, Jim Steiner, and Bears negotiator Ted Phillips met for two hours Sunday. Steiner said some progress was made, but the Bears insist on weight clauses in the contract because they say Perry's performance suffers if he is overweight.

Coach Mike Ditka has said he won't put Perry on the field until he's down to 320. Last season, while effective early, he reportedly weighed close to 400 pounds by season's end. Steelers: Rod Woodson, Pittsburgh's Pro Bowl CB, is out for four weeks after tearing a calf muscle in the Steelers' 28-17 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. That's only one of a series of injuries in the secondary. CB Stan Smagala underwent arthroscopic surgery Monday on his left knee and also will not play for four weeks.

DJ. Johnson, who started opposite Woodson last season, has a sprained right shoulder and will be out for three weeks. Raiders: Los Angeles released eight players, including veteran RBs Terrence Flagler and Vance Mueller and LB Niko Noga. Mueller had been a backup FB for the past five years. Noga, signed as a Plan free agent, had been a special teams specialist and is one of eight players suing the NFL over free agency, a trial currently taking place in a Minneapolis court.

Jets: Among those cut by New York was Bruce Collie, a part-time starter at OG on San Francisco's 1988-89 Super Bowl champions. He had been cut by Philadlephia in April. Also among the 10 players cut were Joe Mott, a two-year veteran LB, QB Mike Norseth and Roy Hart. Norseth had spent time with Cleveland, Cincinnati, Houston and Green Bay and also played in the World League. Hart also played in the World League and was signed when not protected by the Raiders this year.

His only full NFL season was with Seattle in 1989. Giants: Two injured regulars, Myron Guyton and WR Ed McCaffrey returned to practice while ninth-year LB Gary Reasons underwent an MRI on his sprained' left knee. Coach Ray Handley said doctors will evaluate the test. The Giants cut 13 players, including Clint James, a DL who spent two years with the team on injured reserve, and llth-round draft choice Nate Singleton, a WR. The Giants also placed WR Millard Hamilton and RB Charles Young, both free agents, on injured reserve, meaning they cannot play this season.

Packers: Green Bay waived seven players and put three others on injured reserve. The team waived lOth-round draft choice Andrew Oberg, an OT from North Carolina, and 11th-rounder Gabe Mokuwah, a LB from American International. Also released were three veterans of various camps, WR Bernard Ford, Bryan Wagner and OT Tom Rother. Shawn Patterson, a veteran DE, went on IR with a knee injury along with rookie TE Mark Chmura and top cut "If I can get Browner) to he should Freshmen impress Spurrier I WHERE THEY ARE: Walsh (Stanford); Seifert (San Francisco); Wyche (Tampa Bay); Coslet (New York Jets); Holmgren (Green Bay); Green (Minnesota). 2, have had three weeks to prepare for their earliest game ever and also return 16 starters.

But the big question is at quarterback, a Job won by Jeff Granger despite having missed spring football while playing baseball. In trying to get a handle on what the Cardinal might do Wednesday night, Aggies coach R.C. Slocum stud-led reels of tape, from Walsh's days at Stanford from 1977-78 to his decade with the 49ers. And even though Walsh is like a newcomer to the college ranks, Slocum doesn't expect anymajorphilosophyshifts. "Any coach, particularly one who's been as successful as Bill Walsh over his career, has things he believes in," Slocum said.

"You prepare for those and go into the ball-game and try to adjust to what is done in the game." GATORS NOTES "If I have to make an impact right away, I'll try to do it," he said. "It's a lot for me to learn right now. There's a lot I need to work on. College ball is a whole different level. Freshman Johnnie Church, a Cypress Lake graduate, has been moved from LB to DE.

"He's a good athlete and he has really quick hands," Spurrier said. "(Defensive end) may be a better position for him." In the wake of Hurricane Andrew, several players were concerned for relatives in South Florida and Bahamas. Rhett, from Pembroke Pines north of Miami, said he heard his house "was blown into a new zip code." Freshman McDonald Ferguson, a native of the Bahamas, said he hadn't been able to contact family members yet. He added that he has a girlfriend and two children In Miami and that he's considering moving them north. BOWLING David Wasson's bowling column will resume next Tuesday.

I Scores 2B mm Architect jy null Udll Newest Design Wckory Go Professional Jeff Sarver Eric Swann and the strong training-camp play of rookie NG Michael Bankston. Rams: The Rams traded LB Frank Stams to Cleveland for a future undisclosed draft choice. Stams, in his fourth season, was a second-round draft pick in 1989, one of the players chosen with picks obtained in the Eric Dickerson deal. He played in only five games last season when he was hindered by injuries. The Los Angeles Rams waived LBs A.J.

Jenkins and Terry Crews, QB Matt Veatch and Tom Rouen. Lions: Paris was among 20 players cut as the Lions got down to the 60-man roster limit. Paris, a 6-foot-6, 315-pounder, was signed as a free agent last December after being cut by Indianapolis, which had signed him after he was waived by the 49ers. Bucs eye former All-Pro Browner By PETER KERASOTIS Florida Today GAINESVILLE Florida Gators coach Steve Spurrier continues to be impressed with his freshmen, which is good because impressed or not, he might have to start several of them this season. "I impressed with these young guys," Spurrier said after Monday night's practice.

"We had a physical practice tonight, three scrapes out there and six freshmen were Involved." He didn't name I I trie freshmen. 4 "It was nothlna serious," he said, "but we've got a tough bunch." One freshman whose name keeps SPURRIER running across Spurrier's lips is RB Tony Davis, a recruit out of Chipley High School. With Kedra Malone out four to six weeks with a strained knee, the Gators are searching for a backup to Errict Rhett. Spurrier said Davis and speedster Daryl Frazier are the top candidates. "He's a tough kid," Spurrier said of Davis.

"He got a lot of work in today. He hit a lot of linebackers." In Saturday afternoon's scrimmage, Davis rushed seven times for 57 yards and a touchdown. Frazier, a junior walk-on, has also caught Spurrier's attention and recently was awarded a scholarship. A track athlete, Frazier is considered the fastest of the running backs. Of the handful of true freshmen the Gators will likely suit up this fall, DE Cameron Davis continues to see more repetitions in practice.

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This is the same system he had up there (Minnesota) for nine years. I can control what I call on the field and see what happens." Floyd Peters TAMPA Floyd Peters knows what strong safety Joey Browner can do for a secondary. Now defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he spent five seasons in Minnesota watching him do it. Five Pro Bowl seasons. But can Browner, 32, still do it? Peters and the Bucs plan to find out.

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Monday's cuts included: to camp hoping to regain the starting job he held for all of last season. He ended up not making it through the first cut. The decision to cut Newton set off a flurry of insults between his agent, Jeff Durand, and Wyche. Durand called Monday morning and left a message for Wyche with his secretary. The message: "You're a coward and a bully." Then he spent the afternoon talking to reporters from all over the state, repeatedly ripping into Wyche and team vice president Rich McKay.

"This was personality conflict between Jeff Durand and Richard McKay and Jeff Durand and Sam Wyche," he said. "I wanted to hold them to their promise to reward Tim Newton." Wyche laughed about the "coward and bully" message and placed the blame for Newton's sudden unemployment on Durand. "I have no problems with Tim; I want to make that clear," he said. "We could not convince the agent. He felt like he was getting an edge by holding Tim out.

He left this guy with not enough time to make this team. But Tim will catch on somewhere else. He's a hard worker." Swilling, a former Georgia Tech star, knows where he probably is headed: to the pulpit. He has plans to become a minister if his football career doesn't pan out. Thissummer he gave a sermon at a church in Atlanta.

"I know the Lord has a plan for me," Swilling said. "I'm not afraid of anything." Swilling was an All-American safety at Georgia Tech. But his stocked slipped after a disappointing senior season. The Bucs drafted him in the seventh-round, hoping they got a steal. It didn't turn out that way.

"He's a special guy, a tremendous human being," Wyche said. "But he's a victim of not being ready. He's got all the God-given skills, but he's not far enough along. If he comes back next year, or plays in the World League, he might make it." Peters said: "The guy has the intelligence. He has the speed.

But he doesn't have the fire He's not a mean, tough kid. And this a tough business we're in." Vr yi BROWNER ance. "He had an off-year last year," Peters said. Well, it was an off-year compared to the previous eight. But Browner still made five interceptions and 102 tackles his seventh consecutive season above the 1 00-tackle mark.

The problems were a bad shoulder, and according to some Vikings' sources, a bad attitude. They decided he was overweight and overpriced ($1 million a year) and opted to release him. Atlanta looked at Browner last week but decided to pass. Indianapolis and Kansas City also showed interest But no one has come as close to giving him a new home as Tampa Bay. Bucs coach Sam Wyche has heard the stories from Minnesota, but he says he's not concerned.

"Whatever happened there probably was because of a lack of communication," he said. "I know Ross Browner (Joey's brother). He played for me In Cincinnati. I know the family. They're good people But even if he comes to camp, that doesn't mean he's going to make the team." Just ask Newton.

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