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Which, for someone who has played competitive football since second grade, is not the easist thing to do. As a freshman a year ago, Cordova played offensive halfback; his decision to switch to the defensive secondary was based on his desire to play...
...that's as a sophomore. What about next year? "With each year," Cordova explains, "your goal changes. Next year my goal is to start, and it would bother me if I didn't. You bank more on accomplishing your goal, put more into it. I'll come back next year a lot more prepared, ready to fight back. I don't consider the idea of not starting as an alternative, because you can't think negatively. It's a strike against you from the start...
...Cordova, the first, foremost and only thing is to play. "Everyone's personal desires and motivations are different," he says. "Mine are to play...
...Cordova really doesn't feel like a part of this year's team. Sure, he practiced with it, and in that sense helped the starting players to improve, but as he says, "I feel a little distant. I don't feel any credit for what's going on. My effect has been indirect. I feel more responsible for a loss than happy for a victory...
...years from now, for all anyone knows, Fred Cordova could be the 1978 version of Bill Emper. Or, he could still be on the bench. One second thought, though, Fred Cordova doesn't talk like the type who will spend too much longer on the bench. He is different than Bob Peabody, and if you don't find Cordova on the field in the next year or two, you probably won't find him on the bench, either...