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8 • The Red and Black /Between The Hedges • Friday, November 30, 1990
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Goff reflects on ’90 woes
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
“Disappointing.”
That was the word Georgia
coach Ray Goff used to describe
the fortunes of the 1990 Bulldog
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“I thought we would be a
better football team than we
have been this season and I feel
that circumstances outside of
the football team are directly at
tributable to this,” Goff said.
Although the Bulldogs put to
gether two of the best recruiting
seasons in the country, Goff ex
pected his youth laden squad to
struggle. Academic difficulties
to defensive linemen George
Brewer, Curt Douglas, Casey
Bamum, and Clay Ware, the
suspension of linebacker
Norman Cowins, along with in
juries to defensive back David
Hargett and wide receiver Ar
thur Marshall — not to mention
legal problems with defensive
back George Wynn and line
backer Bryant Gantt, who were
both cleared of any wrongdoing,
further handicapped the squad.
Beside these hurdles, the
young Bulldogs also had the for
midable task of playing one of
its toughest schedules in years.
Counting probation-infested
Florida and this Saturday’s
battle with number two ranked
Georgia Tech, Georgia played
seven teams destined for bowl
games this season.
“We have had a tough time,
but we have also played some
quality opponents, Goff said.
“Its tough to play as many
freshmen as we did in the SEC.”
The Bulldogs have played 11
true freshmen this season, and
against Tech, the Bulldogs will
have only one senior (William
Wynn) on the offensive line, a
true freshman at quarterback
(Joe Dupree), tailback (Garrison
Hearst), linebacker (Mitch
Davis) and wide receiver (Andre
Hastings, depending on his ipju-
ried ankle).
The Bulldogs and Goff have
taken their share of lumps from
the media and fans, as well as
opponents, on their way to their
first losing season since 1977.
However, GofF isn’t worried.
“I said when I first got here
that we would have a dropoff be
cause we didn’t have the right
number of juniors and seniors
and I said that it would take us
three or so years to develop,”
Goff said.
In year three of the Goff era,
the Bulldogs will be in much
better shape. Beside the ex
pected reinstatement of the aca
demic casualties and full
recovery of its injured players,
Georgia’s doghouse should be
stocked with talented and expe
rienced performers.
On offense, Chris Broom, Wil
liam Wynn, Sean Hummings,
Brian Cleveland, John Kasay,
and Alponso Ellis will be the
Georgia coach Ray Goff
only departing players while on
defense, Gantt and Mo Lewis
leave the team. With another
expected blue-chip recruiting
class on the way, there very well
could be a bright long-lasting
silver lining in the dark cloud of
the 1990 season.
“I feel good about the pro
gress and the work of our foot
ball team,” Goff said. “All the
talk from people surrounding
the team doesn’t concern me be
cause I know that it takes time
to grow and in time and with
hard work, we will be an im
proved football team."
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Coaches Corner
Polls out of Ross’ Mind
By ERIC GARBER
Associate BTH Editor
Sooner or later Georgia Tech
head coach and ACC Coach of
the Year Bobby Ross will wake
up and realize what his Yellow
Jackets have accomplished.
Just take a look at the con
tents of the resume he and his
squad bring to Sanford Stadium
Saturday to take on the 4-6
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Bobby Ross: Tech coach
• The Jackets (9-0-1) are the
only undefeated Division I foot
ball team.
• The team is ranked second
in the nation by the Associated
Press for the first time since No
vember of 1952.
• The Rambling Wreck are
Atlantic Coast Conference
champions for the first time
ever.
Now a possible national
championship looms on the ho
rizon for a team that before this
year, was 12-21 under Ross. If
the Wreck gets by Nebraska on
New Year’s Day in the Citrus
Bowl, and Notre Dame can beat
Colorado in the Orange Bowl,
the Jackets could find them
selves on the top of the heap in
the final polls.
But Rom has done his best to
avoid prophesying his team’s fu
ture and prefers to worry about
the immediate task at hand —
playing Georgia. Wait, is Rosa
actually concerned about a team
that has compiled its worst re
cord since 1961 and has been
outscored 71-17 in its last two
games?
“Everybody says that Georgia
is such a young and weak team
this year and since we Ye doing
well we have nothing to worry
about,” Ross said. “But when
you look at the team’s depth
chart, it is pretty easy to see
that they have a lot of experi
ence, especially in the defensive
secondary. I think that is
enough to frighten any team
into intense preparation. Polls
will have nothing to do with Sat
urday’s action.”
Though Ross appears con
cerned, it doesn’t take much re
searching to see through his
modesty.
The Yellow Jackets average
29.4 points a game this season
to Georgia’s 16.2. In addition,
Tech has only allowed 145 total
points this season, 108 less than
the Bulldogs. The Jackets’ sack
total of 38 is 18 better than
Georgia’s.
Ross is in his 14th college
coaching season and fourth at
Georgia Tech. Ross, who com
piled a 39-19-1 in five years at
Maryland prior to his arrival at
Tech, last year led the Wreck to
its first winning season (7-4) in
four years. Four straight years
(1982 to 85) Ross took the Terra
pins to bowls.
“You have to do it with disci
pline to win big games,” Ross
said.
Under all of Ross’ apparent
fear and uncertainty, a lighter
side prevails.
“Not much about this game
matters unless you make sure
you take care of one thing. The
game has got to be fun."