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The Iowa Hawkeyes were in an
unusual position the past two years:
they were bad. In 1992 Hayden Fry's
club needed a win over lowly Minne-
sota in the final game of the season to
ensure its 11th bowl bid in twelve sea-
sons. They lost.
Then, last year, the Hawkeyes
squeaked into the Alamo Bowl de-
spite an eighth-place Big Ten finish.
California pummeled Iowa, 37-3.
The big problem a year ago was a
five-game losing streak, which can be
a slight problem in an 11-game sched-
ule. The offense looked like it just
came back from an appointment with
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, averaging a pa-
thetic eight points per game over that
span.
If the Hawkeyes are to return to
their 1980s prominence they will need
to start with an improved running
game. The two players who likely
will get the most carries are Ryan
Terry and Sedrick Shaw. Terry and
Shaw are decent if unspectacular run-
ning backs, but they are probably just
holding down the fort until native son
Tavian Banks, a redshirt freshman,
steps into the role.
The passing game is led by sopho-
more quarterback Ryan Driscoll, who
has never taken a collegiate snap.
Driscoll's main target figures to be
wide receiver Harold Jasper, Iowa's
best offensive player. Jasper caught
38 passes for 641 yards a year ago and
should be in contention for All-Big
Ten honors this season.
Fry remains nervous about the
quarterback situation.
"We've always had problems
when we've had a new quarterback,"
he says.
That will present problems for an
offense that had trouble moving the
ball last year. The Hawkeyes finished
last in the conference in total offense
with only 297.7 yards a contest, the
first time Iowa could not average more
than 300 yards per game under Fry.
The defense returns just four start-
ers. The most prominent returnees are
defensive linemen Chris Webb and
Parker Wildeman. Webb had five
sacks a year ago, while Wildeman
made 107 tackles, a phenomenal num-
ber for a defensive tackle.
Linebacker is Iowa's most inex-
perienced position on the defensive
side of the ball. No starters return
although John Hartlieb and Bobby
Diaco saw extensive playing time.
After that, Iowa has no linebackers
who have seen the light of day. Damien
Robinson and Bo Porter lead the de-
fensive backfield.
Switching from a 3-4 de
alignment to a 4-3 may make
even more difficult for such a
team.
"They're all so young the
able to run the wrong way," s
of his entire team.
Fry has been taking he
Hawkeye fans lately for the
poor play. It seems that Fry, v
won 200 games, fourth-best
active coaches, is a victim of
success.
Iowa won just 29 games i:
years before his arrival. Whe
rived in 1979, he revived d
gram, bringing his team to thr
Bowls. That success raised e
tions, and Iowa has fallen
those the past two years.
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a much-talked about ultimatum in the
spring: either win, or take a nice, long
vacation at the end of the season.
While he obviously does not have
the support of the administration,
Perles does have one thing going for
him: a strong team that should play its
way into a bowl game.
"We're good," Perles says, enthu-
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a new quarterback. Tony Banks, a
transfer from San Diego Mesa Col-
lege, replaces Jim Miller as the Spar-
tans' signal caller. While Banks's
skills as aquarterback are not known,
nobody can doubt his athletic ability.
He has played two seasons of minor
league baseball for the Minnesota
Twins' organization.
Banks will have plenty to work
with, because Michigan State returns
two of the top offensive players in the
Big Ten in tailbackDuaneGoulbourne
and flanker Mill Coleman.
"He can see the defense well,"
says Coleman of the 6-foot-6 Banks.
He has a good arm, and he's a little
more mobile (than Miller.) We'll just
try to make him feel welcome. I'm
confident."
Coleman is not just Michigan
State's best receiver - he also re-
turns punts and kickoffs for Perles.
One position Coleman won't need
to play is tailback. Goulbourne takes
over those chores full-time after shar-
ing the job with Craig Thomas last
year. That could spell trouble for
Michigan State's opponents.
Goulbourne slashed and burned de-
fenses for 973 yards and eight touch-
downs as a freshman in limited play-
ing time. With fullback Scott Greene
and an offensive line that averages
297 pounds opening holes,
Goulbourne should breeze past 1,000
yards.
The Spartans ranked eighth in the
league defensively each of the past
two seasons, and Perles is shaking
things up for 1994. Out is the 4-3 stunt
defense Perles has used since his days
as architect of the dominating Pitts-
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coach Hank Bullough, who steps in
for his first season as defensive coor-
dinator. Watch for more blitzes from
the Michigan State defense
If Bullough is looking for a player
to build his defense around, inside
linebacker Reggie Garnett fits the bill.
Garnett, the Big Ten Freshman of the
Year last season, is that rare player
who is equally adept against both the
run and the pass.
Seniors Juan Hammonds, who
Perles views as an NFL player, and
Aaron Jackson will be counted on to
anchor the defensive line. Hammonds
was an All-Big Ten performer a year
ago.
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Callender leading the way.
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