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Miller, Coleman look to right State's sin
The Michigan State football
team is undefeated, but don't
expect it to last past Saturday.
The Spartans have not won a
season opener since 1987 and
have only had three winning Sep-
tembers during George Perles'
10-year reign as head coach.
Although Michigan State fin-
ished third at 5-3 in the Big Ten
last season, a
winless Sep-
tember cost the
team any post-
season appear-
ance. Further-
more, season-
opening losses
to Central
Michigan each
of the last two seasons pulled the
plug on any chance of a quick
start.
"For us to be successful, we
need to get out of the blocks well,"
quarterback Jim Miller said.
"We've been getting out slow.
We're sitting at home at Christ-
mas time watching teams. We
think we should be there instead
and it's frustrating."
While Perles may have been
disgusted then he's ready to at-
tack the new season.
"We're always positive here,"
Perles said. "I have reason to be
optimistic - I've got eight back
on offense and eight back on de-
fense. I'm not going to come and
make a soft landing in case things
don't go well."
Fifth-year senior Miller will
head the effort to keep Perles
from needing a soft landing. Over
the past two seasons he has
thrown for 2,768 yards on 409
attempts and stands second on
the career list for completion per-
centage at .614.
Miller has an outstanding
corps of targets to choose from.
Mill "The Thrill" Coleman has
become one of the Big Ten's pre-
mier performers, averaging 15.8
yards a catch over 37 receptions
last season. Speedster Napoleon
Outlaw will be beginning his first
season as full-time split end but
already has a 107-yard game.
Tailback Craig Thomas will
be replacing 1,000-yard rusher
Tico Duckett. After just 47 yards
in his first two years, Thomas
exploded for 887 yards last sea-
son. Thomas also has a deep sup-
porting cast beneath him includ-
ing Steve Holman, Hickey Th-
ompson and Duane Goulbourne.
The past few seasons have
seen the Spartans lose a number
of extremely gifted offensive
weapons. Perles will be looking
to "The Thrill" to fill that role this
season.
"I think Mill is an excellent
choice to do something like that.
I think Mill is going to have an
excellent year," Perles said. "He
has got natural abilities -hands
speed, and quickness. He's go
determination."
"Mill lives up to his nickname
every weekend," Miller said. "He
can run, block. He can do it all.
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