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10 • The Red and Black • Thursday, July 27, 1989
SPORTS
Georgia coach Ray Goff, at the Southeastern Conference pre
season media gathering told the media to expect more of a
passing game at George. Goff, an all-conference quarterback in
1976, said his strong suit In high school was passing.
Tough line play expected from vets, freshmen
By CHRIS CHILTON
Sports Writer
The Georgia defenses of the last
five years have been characterized
by two things - enabling teams to
pass the ball up and down the field,
and allowing too many points io
beat the top teams such as Auburn
and L8U.
Manv people would naturally as
sume tne defensive backs would be
the main problem, and in many
ases they were. But a big part of
the defense’s problems over the
.list five years has been the lack of
a quality pass rush from the de
fensive linemen.
Georgia defensive coordinator
Richard Bell said part of the reason
for the pass rush dropoff has been
caused by some rule changes.
‘The offensive linemen were
granted a more liberalized use of
their hands in controlling the pass
rushers a few years hack,” Bell
said. That puts the defensive
linemen at a disadvantage, be
cause the holding penalties are
called less frequently ”
This year’s defensive line has a
lot of potential, but is filled with
question marks Senior All-Amer
ican candidate Bill Goldberg is the
only player who started every
game last season. Goldberg has the
Bill Goldberg: Looked at to be the leader of a young line
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tne desire to win to be the type of
defensive leader that the Georgia
defense has lacked since the days
of Tommy Thurson and Knox Cul
pepper
Bell said Goldberg could be the
key to keeping this year’s young
line together.
“Bill is versatile enough to play
either outside or inside," Bell said
“Well probably need him to play
both positions because we don’t
have the numbers on the line in
terms of veterans.
The other starters at the end of
spring practice were senior Hi
awatha Berry and former walk-on
Robert Bell Berry is a talented
athlete who has been plagued by
injuries throughout his career,
while Bell has never started a
game
The most exciting thing about
this year’s defensive line is the
wave of talented youngsters that
will add much needed depth to the
position.
Virgil Cole is a 6-7 270 third-
year sophomore who has yet to de
velop into the type of player his
promise suggested after domi
nating the high school all-star
games following his senior season
The only other returnee with any
playing experience is 6-3 260 ju
nior Rob Wainwright.
Redshirt freshmen Tommy Ing
alsbe and Casey Barnum could also
push for playing time. Ingalsbe is a
6-4 260 pounder with excellent
strength, while Barnum relies on
quickness to overcome a relatively
small 6-3 235 body.
At least two of the five defensive
line recruits that head coach Ray
Goff added last February also
figure to make a contribution at
some point this season.
The most notable member of this
ffroup, 6-4 260 George Brewer from
LaGrange High School, is perhaps
the most touted defensive lineman
to sign with Georgia since Henry
Harris in 1983. He was talented
enough to earn letters in football,
track, wrestling, baseball and bas
ketball while at LaGrange.
Rob Morton, sports writer for
the Newnan Times, and a close fol
lower of the high school recruiting
wars, says Brewer should make an
immediate impact.
“Brewer will give Georgia the
dominant defensive lineman
they've lacked recently,” said
Morton. ‘He’s extremely strong
and possesses deceptive quickness
for someone that aize.”
Another player to watch is 6-5
255 Willie Jennings of Banneker
High School. Jennings was consid
ered a late bloomer by many of the
recruiting experts, but his explo
sive quickness has caused some
people to compare him to former
Bulldog star Freddie Gilbert.
The three other defensive line
recruits are Mike Steele of Wichita,
Kan., Randy Wolford of Cumber
land, Md., and Bill Rosenberg of
Morehead, Ky.
Steele and Wolford were named
players of the year in their respec
tive states, while Rosenberg was
named both All-Conference and
All-Area.
Bell said this group of freshmen
linemen has the ability to be excel
lent overall if they can overcome
the adjustments needed to excell
on the college level.
“None of them are lficking in
DOG TALK
Swimmer makes waves
Paige Wilson, an imooming
freenman ewimmer for Georgia,
made an impressive showing at
the U S. Olympic Festival in Ok
lahoma City, Okla.
Wilson won two gold medale
and a bronze in the three events
■he entered and Georgia coach
Jack Bauerle waa in person to
witness the performances.
Wilson won a gold each in the
200-meter freestyle and 100-
meter butterfly and picked up a
bronze in the 800-meter free
style relay. Wilson was also
named captain of the West
squad before the beginning of
the competition while Bauerle
headed tne North squad.
Wilson won all three medals
on the first day of competition.
— Jeff Hart
Coffin raised at poolside
Georgia program into
tional spotlight. Coffin 1
tain of Doth the 1986 a
Kathy Coffin was named the
new assistant swimming coach
for the Georgia swim teams by
head coach Jack Bauerle.
Coffin was a graduate assis
tant for Georgia in 1988 and was
insturmental in leading the
Georgia program into the na-
was cap-
and 1987
squads which finished ninth ans
sixth in the NCAA meets of
those respective years.
Coffin came to Georgia as a
transfer from the University of
Tennessee in 1984 and earned
All-American honors in nine
events over her three-year stay
at Georgia.
Bauerle was delighted Coffin
accepted the open coaching spot.
"Obviously we’re happy to
have her join our staff on a full
time basis,” Bauerle said. "She’s
an excellent stoke technician,
(and a) good communicator
(with) a great re poire with our
swimmers."
Coffin’s international experi
ence should be a big help to the
young Bulldog swimmers. She
won five medals at the 1986
Goodwil Games in Moscow and
was a member of the Pan-Am
team. In Moscow, Coffin won
two gold, two silver and a bronze
representing the United States.
Coffin also owns two Georgia
records in the 50-yard freestyle
and the 100-yard freestyle.
- JefT Hart
hys
onfy need to make the mental and
emotional jump in order to per-
format the college level.”
This group is a mystery due to
the lack of returning depth. An in
jury could force one of the talented
freshmen to come in and contribute
sooner than they would normally
be expected to. One big positive
will be the total number of linemen
on the depth chart.
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