Updated at 6:54 a.m., Sunday, May 13, 2007
Ex-Hawai'i coaches unveil new offense for Portland St.
By Anne M. Peterson
Associated Press
The Vikings used the run-and-shoot under Mouse Davis, who coached the team in the 1970s. Now Davis is the offensive coordinator under Glanville, who is bringing the offense back.
The spring game was at Portland's PGE Park, home of the Triple-A Portland Beavers baseball team, before 2,014 fans who braved un-springlike temperatures in the 50s and drizzle.
The green team opened with Brian White's 46-yard pass to Kenneth Mackins, and took an early 24-0 lead over the white squad. White, a senior, transferred to Portland State from Colorado and played in four games last season.
He's competing with sophomore Tygue Howland, who injured his knee last season against California.
White also hit receiver Reggie Joseph, another Colorado transfer, with a 55-yard scoring pass and the green team went on to lead 43-7 at halftime.
White passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Howland threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns. Both were playing for the green team, which won 49-7.
Glanville said the idea was to limit the defense to see how the offense was coming along.
"I told Mouse I wanted it to be 70 to nothing. He said he could get me the nothing but he wasn't sure about the 70," Glanville joked.
The Vikings went 7-4 last season under Tim Walsh, who resigned after 14 seasons at Portland State to become offensive coordinator for Army.
"Everybody's excited. The offense is fun," Mackins said. "It's difficult, but we'll adjust."
Glanville, former coach of the NFL's Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons, was defensive coordinator at Hawaii for the past two seasons under June Jones.
Glanville, 65, developed the so-called "Gritz Blitz" defense and was known as much for his personality as his coaching. Outspoken and often dressed in black, he playfully left game tickets for Elvis to pay homage to the late singer.
He also worked for 11 years in television, with such shows as "NFL Today" and a five-year run on Fox.
Glanville joined Jones' staff at Hawai'i in 2005. Glanville said Jones, who starred at quarterback for Portland State in the mid-1970s, was the one who persuaded him to take the job with the Vikings.
Glanville was pleased at the turnout, especially in light of the weather. A team spokesman said he thought it was the biggest crowd ever to watch a spring game.
"We want all of them to come back and bring three neighbors," Glanville said. "If everybody brings three neighbors we should be able to get this thing going."
