24--The Dash Collegian Fall Sports Preview Monday, September 10, 1973
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Whatlthey are predicting for Penn• State
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11 ,Inexperience could cause problems,
especially early in the campaign., . . " Penn
State was picked 10th ; Crowder tight end
Dan Natale and linebacker Ed O'Neill were
given All-America consideration. _
College Sports Today
i record will be hard to achieve because e of the
. five away games, all figure tough. We feel
. ii the Lions will stumble three times." The
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• 19th ranking included possible All-Americas
in Crowder, Natale and O'Neil. I
Additionally, the wire services placed the
Nittany Lions seventh 'and 10th, while
Dunkel's Index and The Sporting News both
. had them 10th. Other predictions fell pretty
! Ai much in line with those mentioned. Running
back John Cappelletti and offensive tackle
0 Charlie Getty both gained notice elsewhere
as possible All-Americas.
11 4,104. , ,..14 Not surprisingly, Penn State was a
-r-c - - .. ~- unanimous choice for the top position in the
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', East, among those ratings surveyed.
. ;?:,,': '' The consensus, then?' While it's not quite
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so diverse as that (*West Virginia which
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found itself picked 13th in the nation in one
o', , t . Ili f, ranking and projected to go 2-8-1 in another
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... :1-,i,1 ~.t...n- t there is substantial area for debate.
Photo by Randy .1. Woodbury Penn State could well finish third; it will
Randy Crowder: All-America candidate to most - finish 19th. "104 is the worst it can be; "
"another 10-1 record will be hard to
its schedule oh, so easy with the predicted finish was seventh; defensive achieve." The schedule is "oh, so easy,"
Marylands and Navys 10-1 is the worst it tackle Randy Crowder was named an All- "Jo'ugher-than-usual," and has "five away
can be." America. candidate. / games (which) all figure tough."
- Popular Sports Kick-Off "Tougher- Street and Smith's College Football , The choice is yours, at least until the
than-usual schedule features early games at Yearbook—". . . Coach Joe does have an season has been completed. Maybe Paterno
Stanford and Air Force but Lions should "Achilles Heel" at quarterback, where the has the right idea:
make another major bowl trip." The celebrated John Hufnagel has graduated.
They don't mean a thing, nearly any
coach lAtll say
They're merely for the fans. -
Nonetheless. all of the big-time football
universities will use them as promotional
pieces, both in press releases and guides.
and in recruiting pitches. Obviously,
someone is paying attention to thein.
The polls, rating services, magazine
predictions. At best, their validity is
suspect. A third-ranked team would be
stronger than a 63rd-ranked team,
certainly. But would a 12th-ranked team be
tougher than one ranked 13th, or even 23rd?
Penn State coach Joe Paterno puts so
little value in the polls that he refuses to
vote in the one organized by United Press
International, though many other major
college coaches do. It is not worth his time.
But for those who have nothing better to
do than read where Joe's team is supposed
to wind up, days or hours could be spent
thumbing through magazines, newspapers
and tip sheets. A summary of some of the
more interesting follows:
Sports Illustrated This could be the
shocker of all the pre:_season ratings. SI, out
on a couple of limbs, picked Texas to edge
out Southern Cal for the national
championship and picked Penn State to
finish just one notch back of the Trojans.
The explanation of the third-place
prediction: "At the very least, Penn State
should continue to fulfill its well-nigh
solitary mission of keeping big-time college
football alive east of the Alleghenies. Given
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