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With the recent resignation of legendary head football coach Lou Holtz from Notre Dame, an important question is raised among sports enthusiasts: Is an era of football coaches dedicated to teaching players over?

Fall is finally here. The smell of fresh cut grass, and the hint of a slight breeze can only mean one thing-it is perfect weather for football. But according to head football coach Don Morel, the weather is the last thing on the Leopards' minds.

A baptism by fire is what Football Coach Don Morel is hoping tomorrow’s first football game of the season will not be. But going against the large defensive line of Chapman University may be what the University of La Verne needs to have another winning season.

There will never be another football season like this year’s. The fighting Leos may take it all the way to the playoffs again, but missing from the cast will be the players that Rex Huigens molded in his first year as head coach.

As Darren MacLellan goes, so does the University of La Verne football team. He may not be the strongest, biggest or fastest player on the field but the senior running back is a winner.

With the glow of winning two straight Southern California Inter­collegiate Athletic Conference crowns gone for now, the Leo football team prepares for its Division III playoff match-up against St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., tomorrow afternoon.