From an acorn a mighty oak tree grows

From an acorn a mighty oak tree grows
Bob Toledo looking for acorns in TO
By: Malamute, 17 August 2002

QB Cory Paus took some time out to sign autographs and pose for pictures

Leaving the cool summer behind in Camarillo, with its omnipresent ocean breezes, we found a warm a summer day--just 15 miles up the grade in the city of Thousand Oaks. Under the sun and much scrutiny, Bob Toledo’s Bruins basked in the warmth of TO at their Cal Lutheran University training camp.

Losing 23 seniors from last season, eleven of them starters, Toledo will plant eleven acorns and hope they turn into mighty oaks trees before the season opener with Colorado State on September 7th.

Toledo’s immediate future may be inextricably woven with his quarterback Cory Paus, who has had a history of injuries during his career at UCLA. If Paus should go down, head helmsman duty falls to redshirt freshman John Sciarra, who had a binary spring game--one that was off and on. Loaded with talent, Sciarra will need some playing time to develop as a quarterback. He wore number 15, and as I remember, his dad wore that number when he played for the Bruins a few years back.

Paus threw the ball crisply and accurately in practice, as did Matt Moore (6-4, 180) and Drew Olsen (6-2, 188). Olsen, the freshman sensation from Piedmont, was particularly impressive.

TE Matt Seidman (6-5, 254) was hauling in everything conceivably catchable, and repeatedly drew applause from the Bruin fans in attendance. Mercedes Lewis (below) is a stud, no other way to put it.

What was I doing at a UCLA training camp at Thousand Oaks? Mmm, just catchin' some sun and a football jones. BTW, Cory Paus, Casey's brother, is a darn nice kid.

TE Mercedes Lewis	DT Rodney Leisle
CB Matt Clark