COC PREVIEW: `SLOPPY' COC WANTS CLEANER EFFORT COUGARS LOOK TO GO FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD, IN HOME GAME.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer VALENCIA - For an undefeated College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. football team ranked No. 2 in the nation, No. 1 in the state and No. 1 in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, this week, they hardly seemed like the words anyone would expect to hear. ``We've gotten progressively worse each week,'' Cougars coach Chuck Lyon said. ``We played our most complete game (in Week 1) against Pasadena. We are sloppy, and we just talked about it as a team.'' ``I don't see us getting better. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether it's coaching issues, player issues. Sometimes when you have 90 guys you have things going in different directions.'' The Cougars (4-0, 2-0 Western State Conference) will have another chance to put together a complete performance tonight at home against Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. (2-2, 1-1). This week, Canyons also dropped from the top spot in the JC GridWire national rankings, replaced by Butler County Butler County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
That news mattered little, however, to Santa Barbara coach Reggie Bolton. ``Regardless of where they're ranked, we know they're good,'' Bolton said. Lyon stressed the word ``character'' to his team this week and suspended three players for disciplinary reasons from the game. The Cougars still boast an offense ranked sixth in the state (averaging 463 yards a game), but the players know something has been lacking. ``We need to improve in a lot of places,'' sophomore center Shawn Huntsinger said. ``We're not really clicking on both sides of the ball yet.'' Lyon's frustration stemmed from Canyons' play in last week's 33-21 victory over Allan Hancock. Marcus Crawford rushed for 231 yards and two touchdowns in the win, but the Cougars threw only four passes in the second half and settled for four field goals on stalled drives. ``We've never been stopped in the red zone like that in six years,'' Lyon said. ``We made four field goals, and if we score just two touchdowns like we should have early, the game would have been over.'' Sophomore quarterback Jason Beck will make his fifth consecutive start for COC See chip on chip. , with Will Savage relieving him off the bench. Beck is in an unfamiliar position for a Canyons starting quarterback, ranked just 31st in the state and having thrown for 500 yards and three touchdowns. Last year's quarterback, Kyle Bauer, was the No. 1 passer in California. Santa Barbara, meanwhile, survived an offseason of turmoil. Bolton, formerly the defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head at Humboldt State, was not hired until June 16, depriving him of the chance to work with his new team in the spring. The Vaqueros lost 34-24 last week to Ventura. ``For him to be 2-2, that guy is coach of the year,'' Lyon said. ``The guy is doing a great job.'' Santa Barbara starts freshmen at 15 of 22 positions on offense and defense. The team also lost starting quarterback Brandon Thomas
Walter Brandon Thomas (24 December 1850 - 19 June 1914), British actor and playwright, best known for the play Charley's Aunt (1892). in the second week of the season to a broken collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. . Sophomore Preston Maloney (784 yards, nine touchdowns) has taken over for Thomas. ``We were doing some things as far as changing the tempo of the game with Brandon, that we can't do with Preston,'' Bolton said. ``He's more of a pocket passer.'' Sophomore Allan Miller Allan Miller (born 14 February 1929 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on television, including Kojak, The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-0, Lou Grant, will start at running back, though Santa Barbara will use several backs. Wide receiver Herbie Smith is averaging 5.5 catches and 121 yards a game. And sophomore center Mike Dean is being recruited by several Big Sky Conference schools, Bolton said. ``We have to line up and play hard,'' Bolton said. ``Just from watching them on film, we know how good they are.'' Canyons will enter the conference's midseason bye week after tonight's game. Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com |
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