The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition - Thursday, September 6, 990 - Pagg 7 CHANGING OF THE GUARD by Steven Cohen Daily Football Writer A coach with integrity who can provide 194 wins in 21 years of service is not easy to replace. Neither is one who can produce thirteen Big Ten Championships and fifteen straight bowl game appearances. But Bo is gone and Mo will now be the one storming the sidelines of South Bend, Madison, West Jafayette, and last and perhaps least, Columbus and Lansing (take your pick). Gary Moeller, who had been at Michigan for 18 years as an assistant, was promoted to the head coaching position last December when the 61-year old Schembechler decided to hang up his headset. ;The 48-year old Moeller had been named the pffensive coordinator in 1986 and previously had been the defensive coordinator for five seasons. Moeller played under Schembechler at Ohio State, where he was the team's captain, and later served as an assistant under Schembechler at Miami of Ohio. Aside from a head coaching stint at Illinois from 1977-79 in which he endured three losing seasons before being fired, he has always been at Schembechler's side. In 1988, while Schembechler was at home *recovering from heart surgery, Moeller coached the Wolverines to a 28-24 victory over Alabama in the Hall bf Fame Bowl. Quite clearly, Moeller has a great deal in commoih with Schembechler outside of their status as former offensive lineman. "I want a man here who thinks like I do, and who believes in the Michigan system," Schembechler said as he resigned. "A man who has great integrity and great character.... So I'm naming Gary Moeller as my successor.". "This is not going to in any way change Michigan football," Schembechler said. "It will go on and it will be successful, I can guarantee you that." Though Michigan lost the appeal Schembechler brings to potential players, the Wolverines choraled lvhat recruiting experts consider to be one of the top five classes in the nation. Moeller had anticipated such success. "I think I'll be able to sell Michigan," Moeller said. 'As I said before, I'm going to have a Gary Moeller *program with a lot of Bo Schembechler in it." Recruiting coordinator Bob Chmiel and Moeller did It's Mo not Bo, but the outlook remains very rosy scholastic player. Jesse Johnson and Juan Kemp are thought to have star potential as well. "We got some kids who I think can carry the ball," Moeller said. "We got what I would consider a good class of linebackers, both inside and out. The other thing we had to do was help ourselves at the quarterback position andI feel like we accomplished that as well;" Powers will fight for time with the incumbents, led by Allen Jefferson, last season's third-leading rusher, who has averaged around six yards per carry during his career. Jon Vaughn ran wild in the spring contest, rushing for 165 yards, 108 more than he ran all season. Sophomore Burnie Legette and senior Jarrod Bunch are two more reasons why the Wolverine backfield could remain rock-solid. Todd Collins and Nate Holdren are the two top guns Michigan inked, but they will likely have to wait their turn as several returnees-Elvis Grbac, redshirt frosh Doug Musgrave, Wilbur Odom, and Ken Sollom - will battle for the starting quarterback assignment. Grbac, thought to have the inside track on the head job, had a lackluster performance in the annual spring game, completing 13 of 24 passes for 179 yards with two interceptions. What softened the concern over Grbac's performance in the spring game was the identity of the interceptors - All-American Tripp Welborne and second-team Big Ten selection Vada Murray. The duo, along with cornerbacks Lance Dottin and David Key, will compose one of the nation's most formidable secondaries and should cause most signal- callers distress. The offensive line, spearheaded by the humongous Greg Skrepenak (6-foot-six, 320-pounds) remains intact. Like the defensive backfield, the unit, which comprises tackles Tom Dohring and Skrepenak, guards Dean Dingman and Matt Elliot, and center Steve Everitt, is among the nation's best. The defensive line loses Brent White and Mike Teeter but should not be slowed down as returnees Chris Hutchinson, T.J. Osman, and Mike Evans provide a menacing front three. With talent like this returning, it is no wonder that the Michigan football program has sported a rosy outlook in anticipating the upcoming season. It can almost make one forget about old Whatshisname. UDAVID LUtSLIINR/Daiy Mr. Jackson isn't the only Bo who knows football and baseball. After 21 years as head football coach Bo Schembechler retired last December to become president of the Tiger's baseball club. Here Bo chats with his hand-picked successor Gary Moeller before his final game, the 1990 Rose Bowl. such an effective job recruiting that the experts make Michigan the odds on favorite to win the conference. They would become the first Big Ten team to go to three consecutive Rose Bowls since the Wolverines' squads in 1976-78 accomplished the feat. Michigan returns a great number of players from last season's 10-2 squad, while also filling gaps in other areas. Two areas which appear unstable are running back, where a knee injury to Tony Boles and the loss of Leroy Hoard to the NFL deprive Michigan of its leading two rushers, and linebacker - where Michigan lost starters Bobby Abrams, and J.J. Grant. Six heralded linebackers should help soften the blow - although it remains to be seen how second-team all- Big Ten inside linebacker Erick Anderson recovers from an off-season knee surgery. At running back, the recruits are even more ballyhooed than the linebacking contingent. Ohio-native Ricky Powers was hailed by many, including Parade Magazine and the USA Today as the nation's top Hoard proves .himself iy Steven Cohen Daily Football Writer Former Michigan running back Leroy Hoard was prepared to endure all the "I told you sos." "I told you you should have stayed in school." "I told you you shouldn't have gone out for the draft." "I told you the value of a *Michigan education." As one of 36 juniors who declared himself available for the 41990 NFL Draft, Hoard left himself susceptible to the second-guessing of his critics. If Hoard, the 1989 Rose ;Bowl MVP, were to have been drafted particularly late, Hoard's ,detractors likely would have come out of the woodwork. ,1. Instead, Hoard was the first Michigan player selected among the five Wolverines who were drafted. The Cleveland Browns used their second round selection, the 45th overall, to pick Hoard. "I'm happy now, now I just have ,to show them that I am capable of performing," Hoard said after the draft. "I got worried after only one running back was taken in the first fifteen picks. I'm ready to show :them that they made the right choice." It remains to be seen whether or not the New Orleans native made the correct decision to forego his final season of eligibility, but Hoard is determined to make things work for dim. Hoard had been only six credits away from graduating, but the rigors of NFL tryouts and tests have set him back somewhat. Hoard does elan to earn his degree. t"That's definitely one of my riorities," Hoard said. "I think even f I never use it - just to show that ,Look, I said I was going to come back and get it and I did."' STUDENTS! Getyour 1 RESUMES e BOOKREPORTS* NEWSLETTERS & DESKTOP PUBLISHING professionally , typed. 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