COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW / WESTERN STATE CONFERENCE : VENTURA PIRATES

1993 OVERALL: 0-10 CONFERENCE: 0-9 PLACE: 6th in Nth.

COACH, YR.: RECORD AT SCHOOL George Rosales, 2nd: 0-10

PLAYERS TO WATCH OFF DEF YR Jason Bendinelli, 6-5, 240 TE -- Fr. Jason Brown, 6-0, 203 QB -- Fr. David Davis, 6-5, 235 -- LB So. Jeremy Davis, 6-2, 260 G -- So. Ben Fausset, 6-0, 195 QB -- So. Damon Hill, 6-0, 200 RB -- So. DeWayne Mathis, 6-0, 180 -- CB Fr. Robert Medina, 6-0, 230 -- LB So. Jay Nirenberg, 6-2, 190 QB -- Fr. Dan Pastorius, 6-0, 215 -- LB So. Shawn Popkin, 6-1, 245 -- NG Fr. Scott Probasco, 6-2, 250 C -- So. Jim Starr, 6-1, 255 -- T So. Aaron Triana, 6-1, 185 QB -- Fr.

FAST FACT

The Pirates have lost 11 consecutive games and have won only eight games in the past four seasons.

OUTLOOK

Rosales will dump the run-and-shoot and try to revive the offense with a more conventional formation that will feature two wide receivers, two running backs and a tight end. The overhaul will give several outstanding freshmen an opportunity to start but perhaps not at quarterback. Fausset, a left-hander who played briefly at Santa Barbara City College in 1992, has earned that job, Rosales said. Hill, a WSC second-team pick and the team’s leading rusher last season with 523 yards, returns and will run behind a line anchored by Probasco, Jeremy Davis and Bendinelli. “Last year was an aberration and it’s not indicative of how things are going to be around here,” Rosales said.