Reporter Volume 25, No.24 April 14, 1994

By MARK WALLACE
Reporter Staff
As spring training camp for the UB Bulls football team began last
week, Coach Jim Ward reported that the camp would be devoted to
teaching and mastering the basics.
	"This spring, we want to teach, teach, teach," Ward said.
"We'll have come contact, but the emphasis will be on the good basic
techniques that help you win ball games."
	Spring training camp is also used to evaluate what people will
be playing where, Ward said. "At the end of spring ball, the guys will
know where they'll be come August," he said. "Right now all positions
are open, and the guys know that.
	"With all our hard work over the winter, we're hoping that
this year we'll turn things around," Ward said. "This year we're going
to be older, smarter, and much stronger physically." 
	Crucial to improving last year's 1-10 record will be shoring
up the kicking game, avoiding injuries, and the play of the offensive
line, Ward said. "We're going to spend a lot of time on the kicking
game in practice," Ward said. "In terms of injuries, last year we were
weak in the lower part of the body. And we always need
linemenQeverybody in the country is looking for linemen. But we have
some young guys on the line who have grown in strength and are more
mature this year."
	Ward said that last year definitely will be on the team's
mind, but as a learning tool that will be used to make this year's
team better. "I felt that sometimes I put too much pressure on the
guys and the program last year," Ward said. "The team was 1-10, but
they did a good job in many ways."
	Max Bowman, new associate head coach who has been head coach
of Greenville College in Illinois for the last seven years, where he
compiled a 49-15-1 record, said that the Bulls were young and still
need maturity.
	"But that's always the case in jumping from Division III to
I-AA," Bowman said. "We've got some very talented guys. We know we're
thin on the line, but everybody's thin there, and we've gotten bigger
and stronger. Now the guys need to put out the effort."
	Quarterback and All-American candidate Cliff Scott said "I
hope we can go into spring ball and do some things we didn't do last
year, and improve on some of the things that we already do well. Our
passing game needs to be more efficientQif it isn't we're not going to
be very good.
	"As leader of the team, I want to be the type of person who
carries the team," Scott said. "I don't feel I did that last year."
	Coach Ward said that the Bulls schedule will be very similar
to last year. They will play some different teams such as Lehigh and
James Madison, as well as top teams including Youngstown State (last
years Division !-AA national champion), Central Florida, and Illinois
State. "We're going to be a good team, but it takes time, and it takes
work," Ward said.
	"One thing I can tell you is that we've got a great teaching
staff," Ward said. "Come out and just watch you'll see a lot of
teaching taking place."