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ceive plenty of carries in an all new crew in the<br />
backfield. Cary McLaughlin (Minnetonka,<br />
Minn.) has perhaps the most experience of<br />
the running backs and is coming off knee surgery<br />
healthy, stronger and more physical than<br />
he was a year ago. Junior transfer<br />
Derwayne Moore (NDSCS / St. Paul,<br />
Minn.) is a bruising 250 pound back<br />
that is versatile enough to be a feature<br />
back or a blocking fullback.<br />
Also competing hard for the position<br />
will be freshmen Sam Campbell<br />
(Cary, Ill.) and Ed Cotton (Champlin,<br />
Minn.).<br />
With so many spots to be determined<br />
on the offense, the defense should be<br />
the strongest phase of the team. “We<br />
have a chance to be a very good defensive<br />
football team this year,” added Mauer. “We<br />
are more athletic than we have ever been and<br />
we have some depth that, should injuries<br />
occur, we have the guys who are able to step<br />
in and contribute at a high level.”<br />
The defensive line features returners on the<br />
interior such as sophomores Orien Facion<br />
(Minneapolis, Minn.) and John Borchert<br />
(Champlin, Minn.), while junior Donny Severs<br />
(Burlington, Iowa) will hit the field after sitting<br />
out his transfer year last year with CU.<br />
On the ends, junior Kyle Tidemand<br />
(St. Francis, Minn.) is coming off of<br />
knee surgery, but played through the<br />
injury for most of the year last year<br />
and still earned All-NSIC honorable<br />
mention honors and should continue<br />
to be an explosive player. Meanwhile,<br />
senior Tim Oachs (Mankato, Minn.) is<br />
a senior “who is probably the best defensive<br />
end that CU has seen since<br />
the likes of Joe Peters,” Mauer explained.<br />
Also factoring in as a pass<br />
rushing end is Will Brown (Shoreview,<br />
Minn.).<br />
Behind the defensive line, the linebackers<br />
are anchored on the inside by<br />
second team All-NSIC senior Duy<br />
Huynh (Apple Valley, Minn.) who<br />
posted 103 tackles last year. “Duy anchors<br />
our defense. He’s a very smart<br />
player, he makes all of our calls and<br />
checks. He has a great nose to the<br />
football as well.” Joining him on the inside<br />
are seniors Mike Kudick (Denmark,<br />
Wis.) and Shane Roach<br />
(Minnetonka, Minn.). Freshman Jarid<br />
Jackson (Champlin, Minn.) “is big,<br />
strong and physically capable of contributing<br />
as a true freshman.”<br />
On the outside, three young and athletic players<br />
will be relied upon for their athleticism and<br />
playmaking ability. Sophomores Tyler Johnson<br />
(St. Paul, Minn.) and Rojeer Wright<br />
(Minneapolis, Minn.) will see plenty of action.<br />
“Tyler is a player that continues to improve<br />
every game and every year while we are excited<br />
to have a player of Rojeer’s caliber back<br />
on the field.” Wright was not on the roster last<br />
year after earning All-NSICHonorable Mention<br />
S E A S O N P R E V I E W<br />
GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL<br />
honors as a redshirt freshman in 2006. Another<br />
redshirt freshman, Al Quaye (Champlin,<br />
Minn.) will also factor into the OLB rotation.<br />
In the secondary, the free safeties will be led<br />
by senior Dario Moore (St. Paul,<br />
Minn.), and junior Travis Meyer<br />
(Champlin, Minn.) while freshman<br />
Micah Koehn (Lino Lakes, Minn.)<br />
will compete for field action.<br />
Da.Moore began last year as a<br />
wide receiver, but moved to cornerback<br />
after injuries depleted the secondary.<br />
His ability as a ball-hawk<br />
nabbed him four interceptions and<br />
the move to free safety this year<br />
should see more playmaking ability.<br />
Meyer split time at free safety last<br />
year with former All-NSIC free<br />
safety Chuck Miesbauer, a four year starter at<br />
the position, allowing Meyer to learn from one<br />
of the smartest players in the program. Koehn<br />
should see action because of his size,<br />
strength and athleticism.<br />
Dario Moore<br />
The strong safety has less faces, with junior<br />
Joey Lehman (Coon Rapids, Minn.) holding<br />
down the position. “With Joey’s solid year last<br />
year and becaue of his experience, we have<br />
no reason to doubt that he will continue to improve.”<br />
Tim Oachs<br />
Cornerback could be the deepest<br />
position on the squad, with seniors<br />
Mark Sullivan (La Crosse, Wis.)<br />
and Dalton Outlaw (St. Paul,<br />
Minn.) healthy after injuries marred<br />
their success in 2007. “Sullivan is in<br />
great shape again this year, has<br />
great instincts and can run. Dalton<br />
returns from a broken leg. He had<br />
a great spring, worked hard in the<br />
summer and is one of the better<br />
lock-down corners.”<br />
Behind them are a pair of transfers<br />
who sat out in 2007, junior Joe Butler<br />
(Kansas City, Mo.) and Jeremie<br />
Watson (Eden Prairie, Minn.). Butler<br />
is arguably one of the better athletes<br />
on the team, has great cover<br />
skills and is very physical while<br />
Watson “is one of the hardest working<br />
young men I’ve ever been<br />
around. He has great talent, can<br />
run, is physical, and can hit.”<br />
The special teams are virtually intact<br />
with junior Stephan Bjerke<br />
(Stillwater,<br />
Minn.) handling<br />
the place kicking<br />
duties and sophomore T.G.<br />
Schoenberg (Woodbury,<br />
Minn.) will again serve as<br />
the punter. The holding and<br />
long snapping jobs have<br />
been contested in camp,<br />
while the return game<br />
should feature explosiveness<br />
with the depth of athletes<br />
on the roster.<br />
Duy Huynh<br />
Stephan Bjerke<br />
1999<br />
<strong>2008</strong> NSIC PRESEASON<br />
COACHES POLL<br />
NSIC Overall Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Points<br />
1. Minnesota Duluth (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151<br />
2. Winona State (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148<br />
3. Minnesota State (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141<br />
4. Augustana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127<br />
5. St. Cloud State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120<br />
6. U-Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116<br />
7. Wayne State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
8. Bemidji State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
9. Concordia University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
10. Northern State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
11. Southwest Minnesota State . . . . . . . . 46<br />
12. MSU Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
13. Upper Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
14. Minnesota, Crookston. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
first place votes in ( )<br />
NSIC North Division Poll. . . . . . . . . Points<br />
1. Minnesota Duluth (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
2. U-Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
3. St. Cloud State (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
4. Bemidji State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
5. Northern State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
6. MSU Moorhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
7. Minnesota, Crookston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
first place votes in ( )<br />
NSIC NORTH PRESEASON HONORS<br />
PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR<br />
Ted Schlafke, Minnesota Duluth (QB, Sr.)<br />
PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR<br />
Shawn Melland, U-Mary (OLB, Sr.)<br />
NSIC South Division Poll . . . . . . . . Points<br />
1. Winona State (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
2. Minnesota State (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
3. Wayne State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
4. Augustana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
5. Concordia University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
6. Southwest Minnesota State . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
7. Upper Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
first place votes in ( )<br />
C U G O L D E N B E A R S . C O M / F O O T B A L L<br />
NSIC SOUTH PRESEASON HONORS<br />
PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR<br />
Silas Fluellen, Wayne State (QB, Jr.)<br />
PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR<br />
Tyler Reed, SW Minnesota State (S, Sr.)<br />
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