The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 97

Friday, August 29, 1986 F-3 Things looking rosey as Arizona improves FOOTBALL '86 PAC-10 PREVIEW 1985 RESULTS (8-3 1) Hatflelds and McCoys: Generally speaking, Tongans and Samoans ere not on the friendliest of lorms. But defensive tackle Stan Mataele, a Tongan, doesn't know why. "Where I live (Hawaii), most of my friends are Samoan," he said. "I don't know why they got Into fighting I guess It was long ago the two Islands fought. I have nothing against Samoans." Wildcats worth watching: OB Alfred Jonkins, TB David Adams, SE Jon Horton, OLB Danny Locketl, ILB Byron Evans, Ruben Rodriguez, SS Chuck Cecil.

How's the weather down there: Tailback David Adams, 6 6 and 170, is the smallest starling player in the Pac-10. "I can't concern myself with that," he said. "As far as I know, I am, but so what? I concentrate on trying to be the best The most important things in 6ports ere speed and quickness. Now if you have size, great." When Oregon camo to Tucson for a game last year, Adams met Tony Cherry, the diminutive Duck who is now a 49er. Chorry is listed at 5-7, 190.

"It may have been the hold, but I could have sworn I was looking down on him," Adorns said. Mr. Mentor: In six years at Arizona, head coach Larry Smith has made steady progress. Starting in 1980, he's gone 5-6, 6 6, 6-4-1, 7-3-1, 7-4 and, last year, 8 3 1. His record at Arizona is now 39 25-3.

Thanks (or the sked: Arizona's first three games (with '65 records in parentheses) are against Houston (4 7), Colorado StHte (5-7) and Oregon (5-6) Alter Colorado and UCLA, iho Wildcats play Col (4 7) and Oregon Stale (38). What's more, Washington is not on the Arizona schedulo this season. Oh, and Arizona finishes the season Nov. 30 against Stanford (4 7) in Tokyo. Don't Dicker with him: In January 1984, Larry Smith was an assistant coach in the Japan Bowl all-star game.

He "coached" the running backs end one of his players was Eric Dickerson. Let Smith tell the tale: "He was on the field a grand total of 26 seconds. We ran him on a sweep, faked to him and threw him a dump pass. He gainnd 10 yards and was through. Why? Because his agent was there and he didn't want a multimillion-dollar player to get hurl.

"He didn't even practice once. We were on this dirt field with no markings. It was like a cow pasture. He wasn't going to hurl his legs and ankles. He was a multimillionaire, or was about to be." John Crumpacker 4 sr United Press International of quarterback Alfred Jenkins ers, Danny Lockelt and Byron is one of the best physical specimens 1 have coached," Smith said.

"He is strong and quick. He has limited football knowledge and is still very raw. He keeps getting better and better." must be in a position to earn a bowl game. And third, you have to win a championship." Toward that end, Smith has decided to add some octane to an offense that produced just 300 yards and 21.7 points a game last year. Little man Adams will play a big role in an offense that now features the option.

"In this offense, the pressure Is on the skill people and I like that," Adams said. "You can't ask for more than that. They trust me and I believe I can do it, so 1 want the ball in crucial situations." Though just W5, Adams is well equipped to be the featured performer in an of fense. He runs the 40 in 4.45 and can bench press 370 pounds, more than twice his body weight. He's at his best in the open field, making defenders tackle air instead of this shifty little runner.

"My role in the new offense is basically, I'll be getting the ball with better odds," Adams said. "Three or four people on me instead of six or seven. One block may spring me now. The main thing about our offense is it's not as predictable." Said Smith, "David Adams is one of the best physically conditioned players we have. Mentally, he's a inner.

He believes he can do anything." Mataele, Adams' massive teammate, is a man of rare talents, athletic and otherwise. Or when was the last time you saw a 280pound rugby-playing surfer who can sit down at a piano (or pick it up) and play a medley of pop music? Matale did not jtlay football in high school didn't like the concentrating instead on rugby, weightlifting and, of course, surfing. The summer after he graduated from high school, Mataele visited a sister in Sacramento. Before he knew it, he was trying to figure out how to put on the pads after convincing the Sacramento City College coaches to give him a look-see. "I came out and asked the coach (Jerry Sullivan) if 1 could walk on," Mataele said.

"He asked me if I had played and I said yeah. 1 lied." But with bis natural athletic ability and imposing strength (he now bench presses 510 pounds), Mataele adapted quickly to playing the defensive line. "I thought football, when I was playing rugby, was an Ariz. 23 Toledo 0 Ariz. 12 WSU 7 Arir.

23 Cal 17 Colorado 14 Ariz. 13 Ariz. 28 SMU 6 Ariz. 41 San Jose St. 0 Slanlord 28 Ariz.

17 Ariz. 27 Oregon St. 8 UCLA 24 Ariz. 19 Ariz. 20 Oregon 8 Ariz.

16 Ariz. St. 13 Sun Bowl Ariz. 13 Georgia 13 1986 SCHEDULE Sept. 6 Houston Sept.

13 Colorado St. Sept. 20 At Oregon Sept. 27 At Colorado Oct. 4 Bye Oct.

1 1 At UCLA Oct. 18 Oregon State Oct. 25 California Nov. 1 USC Nov. 8 At Wash.

St. Nov. 15 Bye Nov. 22 Arizona St. Nov.

30 Stanford i krimf Hi ''4i 7'As ic seventh part of a scries previewing college football teams within the Pacific JO Conference. By John Crumpacker CT THE EXAMINER STAFF UCSON, Ariz. In the ceaseless pursuit of college football talent, two of Arizona's better players are a surfer and a smiirf. Jf they can play the panic, coach tarry Smith wants them. That's why Stan Mataele, with no high school experience, and David Adams, with no height, are promt-' nent Wildcats for 198fl.

Mataele is a 6 foot-, 280-pound defensive tackle from Tonga by way of Laic, Hawaii on the north shore of Oahu. Adams Is a SC, 170-pound tailback, a hometown hero who was almost not offered a scholarship by Arizona. Jf their destinies had taken other directions, Mataele would be surfing the North Shore and Adams would be cursing the snow at the only other school to offer him a scholarship, Weber State in Ogden, Utah. Instead, they are two of the players Smith is counting on to lead the Wildcats to the top of the Pacific 10 Conference after finishing second to UCLA last year. Arizona, entering its ninth year in the conference, has never been to the Rose Howl, but the gap is closing.

"It's going to happen," Smith said. "I don't think there's any jinx. I'm a superstitious person, don't get me wrong. I may wear the same pair of underwear for six days in a row if we beat Arizona State." The Wildcats have done just that the last four years and after a 16-13 conquest of the Sun Devils a year ago, Arizona went to the Sun Howl. The 13 13 tie with Georgia served as an awakening.

"That told me a lot," Adams said. "You play them and do fairly well against them and realize there's not that much difference between the programs. It's just publicity." Smith, too, believes his Wildcats have improved to such an extent they can now challenge for the Pac-10 championship. "We know it's going to take a lot just to win. But we expect to win," Smith said.

"Last year we went a WORTH 4 MILLION Starters lost: 7 (3 offense, 4 defense). Starters returning: 17 (9 offense, 8 defense). Offense: SE Jon Horton, OG Val Bichekas, Joe Tofflemire, OG Brian Denton, OT Jeff Rinehart, FL Jeff Fairholm, QB Alfred Jenkins, FB Jor Prior, TB David Adams. Defense: DT Stan Mataele, NG Lee Brunelli, DT Jim Birmingham, OLB Danny Locketl, ILB Brent Wood, ILB Byron Evans, SS Chuck Cecil, Ruben Rodiiguez. little further.

We achieved and earned a bowl game. You first must have a winning season. Second, you Arizona hopes to ride strong arm easy game," Mataele said. "You just power your way through. But 1 learned there's a lot more than that, a lot of technique." Mataele learned quickly enough to be a force on an Arizona unit that finished second in the conference in total defense, allowing 29.3 yards per game, and first in the most important category, points allowed 12.1.

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