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6 ♦ The Red and Black « Thursday, October 1, 1992
SPORTS
Linebacker Butler's improved
performance inspires defense
FANFARE
At Wednesday's football practice, Georgia Coach Ray Goff an
nounced the captains for this week’s game against Arkansas
are tackle Greg Jackson and safety Al Jackson on defense, and
center Jack Swan and receiver Damon Evans on offense.
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
Whether it’s from Head Coach
Ray Goff, defensive coordinator
Richard Bell or from the man him
self, the word most often heard de
scribing Carlo Butler is “improve
ment.”
“When I first got here, I had
some trouble,” Butler said. “But,
I’ve worked extremely hard, and
now that I’m settled in I feel com
fortable."
Butler is not the only one who
feels more comfortable about his
performance this season. The 6-
foot-2, 208-lb. junior has gone
from the third-string outside
linebacker spot at the end of 1991
spring drills to being named Most
Improved Defensive Back at the
end of 1992 spring practice.
“He has matured and started
playing with confidence,” Bell
said. “He has become a leader of
the team.”
“I’m very pleased with his work
ethic and his attitude,” Goff said.
Despite all of Butler’s improve
ment, both Goff and Bell point out
that he must keep up the pace.
“He’s got real good competition
behind him, and he knows that he
needs to play well,” Goff said.
Butler has started all four of
the Bulldogs’ games thus far at
the outside linebacker spot oppo
site Mitch Davis. Prom this posi
tion he has recorded 23 tackles
and two special teams tackles. His
single interception ties him with
host of Bulldogs for the team lead.
Although he doesn’t receive as
much publicity as Davis, Butler
does not feel that he is being over
shadowed by his defensive coun
terpart.
“The way I look at personal ac
colades is that everybody shares
them because we play as a team,”
Butler said.
Contrary to the traditional log
ic, Butler doesn’t feel that Davis’
impressive performance influ
ences opposing offenses to come
his way any more than usual.
“He sees as much action as I
do,” Butler said.
With the prominence of this
year’s Air Georgia offense, the big
question of the 1992 season was
the defense. However, Butler
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Carlo Butler was named Most Improved Defensive Back
in the 1992 spring practices and has made 23 tackles.
maintains that he was never wor
ried.
“There was never any question
in my mind that we had a great
defense,” Butler said. “We’ve got
talent, speed, heart, hustle and we
play with a lot of effort."
Bell is the first to attest to
Butler’s heart and hustle.
“His motor is always running,”
Bell said.
The only major lapse for the de
fense thus far has been the final
drive in the Tennessee game.
Since that drive the Bulldogs have
allowed only 11 points in two
games.
“We came out to make a point
(in the Cal-State Fullerton and
Ole Miss games),” Butler said.
“We let them know we were for
real."
In addition to his improvement
on the football field, Butler has
improved greatly in the classroom
during his stay at the University.
This has definitely been a refresh
ing change in a time when
Bulldogs have had so many trou
bles off the field.
“He has done really well in the
classroom too (as well as on the
field)," Goff said.
“I feel comfortable with aca
demics at this point," Butler said.
“We have a great academic staff
over at the dorm and they have
helped a lot."
Jones content with back up QB job
By RONNIE ROBERTS
Contributing Writer
When Preston Jones first put on a Georgia foot
ball uniform in 1988, he entered a program known
for its talented tailbacks, not quarterbacks. When
the fifth-year senior leaves this season, though, he
will have been a part of the Bulldogs’ offensive trans
formation - one that saw a dominant ground game
S ve way to a talented quarterback’s pass attack.
nfortunately, Jones is not the focus of the new
scheme.
After spending 1988 as a redshirt freshman,
Jones became the No. 1 quarterback in ’89, playing
nine games. His top performance came against
Temple that year, where he completed six of 10 pass
es for 166 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown
bomb to Rodney McCoy.
Things began to change quickly from that point
on for the Anderson, S.C., native, however. After
starting the first two games in Ray Goffs inaugural
season in 1990, Jones gave way to Greg Talley and
later, Joe Dupree. Last season, Talley retained the
starting job, but Jones was not the No. 2 guy any
more.
Freshman Eric Zeier came in and had a record
setting season. Ever since then, he’s been positioned
as the backup in Wayne McDuffie’s offense, which
went through a major overhaul last season. The re
serve role doesn’t seem to bother Jones, though.
“It wasn’t tough for me," he said. “It would have
been easy for me to just hang it up, but I knew my
role coming into this season. I came because I want
ed to be a part of a really good team."
Jones has appeared in three of the team’s first
four games, completing 8 of 13 passes for 84 yards.
“My situation was different when I came in,"
Jones added. “We’ve made a 360-degree turn, but
Eric’s done a great job. I’m just glad to be a part of
this team."
Quarterback Coach Steve Ensminger appreciates
that desire. He feels having Jones on the sidelines is
good insurance in case of ir\jury. The extra eyes also
shed light on things Zeier may not detect.
“It makes you feel comfortable to have a senior
backup who’s a real quality quarterback,"
Ensminger said. “I have all the confidence he’d get
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Preston Jones gives Georgia the luxury
of having an experienced No. 2 QB.
the job done, but a guy like Preston can help (Zeier)
on the sidelines as well. It’s a luxury.”
With his father coaching high school football at
his alma mater, Hanna, Preston was raised with a
football in his right hand. He now knows, though,
that his playing days could be numbered.
“Some people say I should try out for the World
League, but that’s not even going to happen this
year," he said. “I don’t really know what 111 do after
this season. It’s going to be interesting to see how I
react to not being in the thick of things when they
start practicing next spring. It’ll definitely be differ
ent.”
Zeier feels things will be different without the aid
of Jones next year as well.
“It’s always great to have Preston there to help
out,” Zeier said. “He sees things that I don’t and he
knows what we need to do. Next year, we won’t have
that experience to work with. We’ll see."
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By JJ. COOPER
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It’s been a tough year to be an
Arkansas Razorback.
Expectations in Arkansas,
where football almost qualifies as a
religion, are normally high, but
with the Razorbacks addition to
the Southeastern Conference, fans’
expectations grew even higher.
Success is measured by bowl bids,
failure is measured as a .500 sea
son.
The Razorbacks have neither
fulfilled their expectations, nor
their fans.
In their season opener, the
Razorbacks were shocked by the
Citadel Bulldogs 10-3. Citadel was
expected to be a tune-up for the
Razorbacks SEC opener against
South Carolina, but it proved in
stead to be a nightmare.
The Razorbacks did rebound the
next week, with a 45-7 win over
South Carolina, but it was too late
for Head Coach Jack Crowe, who
resigned after the Citadel loss.
Since then, Arkansas has been
manhandled by Alabama and
Memphis State.
“We’ve always found a way to
stop ourselves this year," tailback
E.D. Jackson said. “We’ve just been
misfiring. Now weYe at the point in
the season when we should get
those things eliminated."
In a way, Jackson’s performance
this year has symbolized the
Razorbacks. He is seventh in the
SEC in rushing yardage per game
with 58.8 yards per game, but he
has not scored a rushing touch
down this season.
In the same way, the
Razorbacks have stumbled and
sputtered whenever they come
close to putting points on the
board.
“It seems like well have two or
three good plays and then a mis
take," Jackson said.
Now as they face Georgia, the
Arkansas players are looking at
this as a game that could deter
mine their season. It’s already
been a tough year in Fayetteville,
but a victory against Georgia could
help take edge off of the pain of a
1-3 start, and it would give the
Razorbacks a chance to turn things
around.
“Right now we need something
good to happen to us,” Jackson
said. “I can’t think of a better way
then winning this weekend.
“A win would give us the confi
dence we need,” he said. “That’s
the incentive we are using going in.
I think everybody knows how much
this game means.”
For Arkansas the memory of the
1990 season, when Jackson was a
sophomore, also lingers. The
Razorbacks were fresh off of a
Cotton Bowl berth in 1989; they
were expected to challenge for the
Bowl bid again. Instead, racked by
injuries and bad luck, the
Razorbacks fell to 3-8.
“Since I’ve been here I’ve seen
good break and bad breaks,” he
said. “I guess that everything that
could go wrong that year did. We
didn’t have any time to recuperate.
It was a snowball effect. One thing
after another happened."
The Razorbacks are not at 3-8
yet, but the confusion of a 1-3 start
has left the team puzzled.
“I’m kind of surprised,” Jackson
said. “I didn’t know we would be
dismantling ourselves like this. I
thought we would be clicking,"
Jackson said.
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