12 —The Dail% Collegian Tuestia%. No% ember 12. 1974
Late Luck
leaves Lions
but bowl stays
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Tim Panaccio
Ass't Sports Editor
\ member and Penn State football. The two go together as
-oloth as peanut butter and jelly. Since 1966, when Joe Pater
no hr,t started coaching Penn State football he's been
I riaNliing out those P.B&J sandwiches every game after All
Saints Da'
don't think it ain't been hard winning all those football
match ups during that month year in lad year out. In 1967
North Carolina State came here ranked fourth in the country
n e November afternoon and Paterno pulled : out a 13-8
,queziker
I.asi ear the Pack came tracking up Mt. Nittany again and
l'aterno's November Luck withstood the cold and other factors
in a chtf , fianging 35-29 victory. -
But something happened this year. Some will say Paterno's
luck spilled out in Raleigh. Actually, it has been oozing out
since ilikfirst kickoff this fall.
Penn State barely toppled Stanford. It lost to rain soaked
NaV) , Army gave it a chill for a while. Maryland won the
,t at> and inmost took the game with it.
N (' State knew that Paterno's luck was almost drained. It
knew i this was the one year the first trme it had a chance
to ,Itpsome marshmallow in that peanut butter and jelly sand
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last Sat urday Penn State lost for the first time in November
ince• 1966. Just for. the record, that was a 21-0 beating to
;yorgiaLl'ech in Atlanta during Paterno's rookie season.
People area very happy in Happy Valley this year with the
Lions Aro people are even unhappier 150 miles southwest of
State College. That's Johnny Majo - Fs land.
So tar, Majors and Ins Panthers 17-21 have yet to get a bowl
hid. minor or major. rid pun intended.
Majors is faced with an emotionally tense and disgraceful
,a wit ion lie has been told, in so many words, that to secure a
bowl bid. Pitt must beat Notre Dame.
Now when was the last time someone told Joe Paterno he
had to beat a team ranked higher than his to get a bowl bid?
Holy Rudeness! Penn State looks terrible in a loss to N.C. State
and the Cotton Bowl comes knocking on the door. Majors is
riot able --- and rightfully upset with the bowl people.
Which sorta brings us back to Penn State.kre the Lions
deserving of a Cotton Bowl bid? Here's one vote for "No."
Penn State (7-2) shouldn't be going to any bowl. On the other
hand. Nebraska and Florida have no business going to the
sugar 1lqw1; or anyother major bowl for that matter.
inakes the fifth straight year that the team we've in
vited to the Cottonlßowl lost before it got to Dallas," Wilbur
Evans, executive director of the Cotton sowl gloomily stated
last Saturday.
"We're not embarrassed."
It Penn St ate isn't . it should be
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Lions lead nation in pro grid grads
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP)
Ask any football lan what
college team has the most
plAyers in the National Foot
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Ten Penn State players
are he'll say Notre Dame or
were drafted this year by the
Grambling •or maybe
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Penn State has 27 players in
Tennessee State, UCLA, Kan- • starters. '
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than Grambling, 13 more.than Nine made it this season, four
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Lion grapplers prepping
for cold winter schedule
Bill Koll officially begins his eleventh season as coach of the
Penn State wrestling team December 1. That µIH •be the
eleventh straight season in which his grapplers face - dne of the
toughest if not the toughest schedule in America's wrestling
circles. It is a situation that Koll is proud to be in.
"We're trying to develqp quality wrestlers year by year for
the purpose of trying to•prepare them for the nationals," Koll
said. We can't do this by wrestling patsies every year."-
Penn State, beginning this year, will no longer compete in
the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Instead the
grapplers will go independent and face such schools like Ken
tucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Indiana State; Michigan,
and Michigan State. The latter two both top ten teams -- will
make themselves known to the Lions Dec. Hand 2 'when' Koll's
men travel to the Great Lake State for the opening two Meets
of the season. "They're two of the toughest around," Koll
praised, "there's no question about that."
"Overall," added the veteran coach, "we'll be goin' up
against the best in the south, the best j in the midwest
(Oklahoma), and the best in the east, of course."
Key returnees this season will include John Fritz I ( 126 ).
Jerry Villecco (167), Jerry White (190), Dan Brenneman (1771,
Dennis Sciabica (142), and Kevin Woodrow at 118. Both Fritz
and Villecco were Eastern champs last year with Fritz
finishing third and Villecco t fourth in the nationals.
Jerry White, a sophomore„ grappled his way to a second
place finish in the Easterns last year.
Newcomers that Koll is particularly high ;on include fresh
man Ray Frantz ( 118), a two-time Pa. high school champion
freshman Jim Earl (134), a former New York State titleist
and Dan Baum (126).
It is fitting that both
Robinson and Baker are
Robinson. and Baker, Jack
Ham with the• Pittsburgh
Steelers, Jim LaSlavic with
Detroit, and John Skorupan
with Buffalo are the starters.
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State's other pro:, line
backers are John -Eber
sole with the Jets, Ed O'Neil
of the Lions., the Dolphins'
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Collegian Sports Writer
Bruce Bannon, Doug Allen
with the Bills and Tom Hull of
the 49ers. Ebersole and
Bannon were defensive ends,
at Penn State, as was Robin
son.
Overall, 13 of the 27 Penn
Staters start with tillipros
Robinson, Bake'r, Ham,
LaSlavic, Skorupan, Glenn
Ressler, a guard for
Baltimore; Dave Rowe,
Chargers' tackle; Bill
Lenkaitis, Patriots' center;
Ted Kwalick, tight end at San
Francisco; Cincinnati's Mike
Reid at defensive tackle;
Franco Harris, running back
of the_Steelers; Lydell
Mitchell, running back at
Baltimore; Charley Getty,
offensive rookie tackle with
Kansas City.
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"We'r- gonna expect these guys to come through for us."
Koll said. "Whether or not we have a good or bad year will
depend upon whether our freshmen and our middle weight men
will come through."
Heavyweight Brad Benson and Larry Suhev are not pray
tieing with the team at present. They're working tor Joe Pater
no.
Keymen lost from last year's 1041-1 squad are heavyweight
Charlie Getty, and 134-pounder Bob Medina.
"You really can't replace a guy like Getty: - Koll said. "But
generally the young kids are able to take the place of the guys
who graduate. We've got potential this year for a lot of guys to
Wise over. That's our hope anywtlf
Koll said this sear's editiort will be the youngest contingent
he has ever had.-It will be, for the most part, an underclass
squad. We lack experieie in a lot of - places.
"The upper weights will be a problem as far as depth goes."
Koll added. "That's been a perennial problem because WC . % e
never had the numbers in those positions.
"We'll have a good, balanced team until we get one guy hurt
We just have to hope for an injury-free season."
Koll said he wants to trim the squad down to 20 b term
break. "We're now in the middle of the quarter-final round of
our round-robin tournament for our tryouts. We' e u orktld
real hard to get into shape the last two \‘eeks "
The Lions have placed in seven national tournaments, all
told highest among eastern - schools. They'll get an op
portunity toperform before the home folks this season. because
at the end of February, Penn State will be hosting the Nt'AA
regional tOOrnament.
One of the Penn State pros,
Chuck Crist did not play foot
ball in college. He was cap
tain of the Penn State basket
ball team and signed with the
Giants in 1972 as a free agent.
He made the team as a safety
man, and has played in every
Giants' game the last two
years. = •
A breakdown of the
positions the Penn State
players play in the pros in
dicates the versatility coach
'Joe Paterno has , produced.
Included in the 27 are ten
linebackers, four running
backs, three offensive
tackles, two tight ends, two
offensive guards, two defen
sive tackles, a quarterback
and a safety.
In addition. 13 other Penn
Staters are playing pro foot
ball in Canada or with the
World Football ,League,
That's 40 in pro football for
the Nittanv Lions.
Playing in Canada are
quarterbacks Don Jonas and
Pete Liske. tackle Steve
Smear, linebacker Charley
Zapiec and flanker Chuck
Herd. With the WFL are
quarterback TOm_ Sherman,
tackles Dave Joyner, Rich
Buzin and Dave Bradley;
guard Carl Schaukowich.
linebacker Gary Gray, tight
end Bob Rickenbach and
center Mike Botts.
So next time if you are a
Penn State fan if anyone
chides you about Eastern
football or a soft schedule,
point-to the pros and smile.
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