4—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Jan. 4, 1979
Consistency needed Lady cagers bounce back to win
in ranking system
There is no unanimous choice for
the national champion in college
football this year.
For the first time in recent years,
the United Press International, and
the Associated Press have disagreed.
The UPI is the coaches' poll and the
AP is the sportswriters' poll. Now
that the bowl games are over the UPI
has named the University of Southern
California No. 1 and the AP has
picked Alabama.
The National Football Hall of Fame
chose Alabama. So if majority rules
in this case, the Crimson Tide has the
bragging rights.
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What the AP and the UPI do agree
on is that Oklahoma is third and Penn
State is fourth.
The debate over Alabama and
Southern California began after the
Sugar Bowl. Penn State, the only
team that could have won the
national championship on the field,
was decisively beaten by Alabama.
The No. 2 team beat the No. 1 team.
That shouldt be enough to make
Alabama top ranked. At least that's
how most of the Penn State players
and Alabama coach Bear Bryant saw
it.
"There are a couple of reasons I
would vote for our team as No. 1
and I am they overcame all the
injuries and peaked today and our
schedule was extremely difficult,
there were no soft touches," Bryant
said after the Sugar Bowl win. "Our
team came from behind to win eight
times this season and that's another
thing I'm tremendously proud of.
AP picks Alabama No. 1
By The Associated Press
Coach Bear Bryant was - elated
Wednesday - over Alabama's fourth
national collegiate football cham
pionship, captured in the final
Associated Press poll of sports writers
and broadcasters following a 14-7 Sugar
Bowl upset over previously undefeated
and top-ranked Penn State.
"Naturally, I am thrilled, for our
' . - 'plaYers and, coaches," said Bryant: ,'-','lt
is a great honor for them. They set their
goals high and they will have a lifetime
of pride for having achieved it. They
worked awfully hard and overcame a
great deal of adversity this year, not to
mention the most difficult schedule we
have ever had."
Alabama received 38 first place votes
and 1,317 points from the panel of 68
voters in the final AP poll. The Crimson
Tide finished 32 points ahead of No. 2
Southern California, which received 19
first place votes and 1,285 points.
Oklahoma was third with 11 first place
and 1,251 votes. Penn State, No. 1 before
the Sugar Bowl, slipped to fourth with
1,168 points.
All of the first four teams finished the
season with only one loss. Early in the
season, Alabama lost to Southern
California, which beat Michigan 17-10 in
the Rose Bowl; USC lost to Arizona
State; Oklahoma lost to Nebraska, a
defeat it avenged with a 31-24 victory
over the Cornhuskers in the Orange
Bowl; and Penn State lost to Alabama,
ending a 19-game winning streak.
Despite the Rose Bowl loss, which
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This afternoon I thought we were the
best team in America."
"Alabama beat an awfully good
football team and has as much right
to claim it as anybody," Joe Paterno
said after the game. "They played a
very tough schedule." .
"If they beat us, they're the best,"
Lion senior Rich Milot said.
But the UPI mysteriously saw it
differently. Southern California beat
Michigan 17-10 in the Rose Bowl. But
that one touchdown difference turned
out to be an official's error. Southern
California running back Charles
White fumbled the ball before
reaching the endzone. The television
cameras saw it, the referees didn't.
• Referees call the game as they see
it, or in this case, as they don't see it.
Human error has decided many
games in the past and will decide
many more in the furture. Un
fortunately, this oversight may have
meant the national championship.
The controversy over the rankings
makes it clear that there needs to be a
better way to determine the national
champion. At least something that
everyone can agree on. Who is more
qualified to choose, the coaches or the
writers? Can the bowl ganie mat
chups really determine who is the
best at the end of the season?
Paterno has been saying for a long
time that a playoff system is in order.
He never puts much regard in what
the polls say. The Sugar Bowl mat
chup was the closest one possible to a
national playoff. Penn State could
have won the national title at the
Sugar Bowl. Alabama should have
but the polls didn't agree.
The Lions were No. 1 in 1978, since
the voting after the Nov. 11 North
Carolina State game. That is
something to be proud of. The season
was not a failure despite the Sugar
Bowl.
Penn State is not No. 1.
But then again, which team is?
came on a controversial touchdown,
Michigan remained No. 5 with 989 points.
Sixth place went to Clemson, which
moved up from seventh with 950 points
after defeating Ohio State 17-15 in the
Gator Bowl. Notre Dame jumped from
10th to seventh with 914 points after
rallying in the final minutes to nip
Houston 35-34 in the Cotton Bowl.
Nebraska droppeckfrom sixtb,toeighth
"with' 865 •` , Points ' Ver;b:l -'
Sooners in . the , Ohnge Bawl. Texas,
beaten for the championship a year ago
by Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl,
climbed from 14th to ninth place with 706
points after routing Maryland 42-0 in the'
Sun Bowl.
Houston, ninth in the final regular
season poll, completed the Top Teri with
698 points.
The Second Ten consisted of Arkansas,
Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA,
Missouri, Georgia, Stanford, North
Carolina State, Texas A&M and
Maryland in that order.
The final regular season Second Ten
was Georgia, Michigan State, Maryland,
Texas, UCLA, Pittsburgh, Purdue,
Missouri, lowa State and Ohio State.
The AP poll of sports writers and
broadcasters is . the oldest national
championship award. United Press
International's board of coaches voted
Southern California first and Alabama
second. The Football Writers of America
and the Football Hall of Fame conducted
separate votes and both awarded their
versions of the national championship to
Alabama.
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By DENISE BACHMAN
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Illinois State's women's basketball
team discovered what poor sports the
Lady Lions actually are when they go
down in defeat.
After suffering two heartbreaking
losses against nationally ranked teams
in the Orange Bowl Classic over term
break, the lady cagers certainly didn't
waste any time getting back on the
winning track; they handed the Red
birds their third defeat in six decisions,
demolishing them, 74-48.
Despite the wide margin, Penn State's
play was extremely shaky. The team got
off to a slow start, until Jen Bednarek
forged the team into the lead it never lost
late in the first half. But then in the
second half the squad fell back into
defensive lapses.
"We did not play well at all,': Coach
Pat Meiser said. "We weren't in the
game for the first 15 minutes."
Gagers outleg Richmond Spiders, 69-63
By JON SARACENO
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The new year has ushered in many
new things, but it hasn't changed the
manner in which Penn State plays
basketball under pressure.
The Lions managed to win their fifth
game of the year last night when they
outlasted Richmond 69-63, and did it in
characteristically difficult fashion.
With Penn State holding a 59-49 lead,
and less than five minutes left in the
game, Richmond began a mild
comeback that saw the scrappy Spiders
cut the lead to 63-57 on two free throws
by leading scorer Mike Perry, who
scored 19 for the game.
A Steve Kuhn tip-in off a missed free
throw by Tom Wilkinson put State ahead
by eight, and when Wilkinson went to the
free throw line for a one-on-one situation
the game appeared to be tucked away.
However, the junior guard missed the
freebie giving Richmond new life with
less than three minutes remaining.
• Freshman Paul Sember hit a jumper
for Richmond to close the gap to 65-59,
,end,; follow Stag tupover,
Itictimond'O ' rg i to four
points on a turnaround jump shot by
Vince Cowan, who finished with 13
points.
But it was the Lions' unlikely hero for
the night, Craig Buffie, who clinched the
win with a layup and two clutch free
throws in the final minute of play. The 6-
Grapplers find competition , tough at Midlands
By WILL PAKUTKA
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Just think, in only one more year it will be 1980. Then,
we'll start a new decade, elect a new president and, oh
yes, hold another Olympics.
So, with the deadline drawing nearer every day, is it
any wonder why some of the top athletes in the world
are starting to polish their acts?
Over the holidays, a few membeKs of the Lion
wrestling team caught up with some of those who were
getting ready when they flew to Northwestern for the
annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament. No, the Lions
didn't knock off most of America's hopefuls. In fact,
none were lucky enough to place in the meet. But as it
turned out, they were in some pretty good company.
The meet boasted names such as Olympic gold
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"We just weren't ready to play,"
assistant coach Maura McHugh said.
"The defense wasn't ever the way it
should've been.
"Mentally we weren't in the game. We
were tired from the trip '(the squad
returned from Miami yesterday af
ternoon) and we took the game more
lightly than we should've. Our execution
was poor and we made a lot of silly
mistakes."
Bednarek led all scorers with 21
points. She scored 19 of those in the first
half before being used sparingly in the
second. The only other Lady Lion to hit
double figures was Mary Donovan with
10. .
In the Orange Bowl Classic, the 11th
ranked Lady Lions captured fourth
place, compiling a 1-2 mark. But these
statistics are deceiving, as they lost one
game at the buzzer and the other by only
four points.
"I was very pleased with the way we
played," Meiser said. "We used some
3 freshman guard, who came in to spell
forwards Mike Owens or Steve Kuhn,
finished with 15 points.
The final moments of the game
brought back memories of earlier Penn
State games West Virginia, St.
Francis, Syracuse and Colgate where
the Lions' shabby last-minute play cost
them victories.
Lion coach Dick Harter cited his
team's lack of clutch foul-shooting and
heads-up play, despite the victory.
"We made every mistake we could
have at the end, but we'll take the win,"
he said. "We did not play well in the first
Lions 2-2 over holidays;
By JON SARACEN°
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Penn State's basketball team didn't
shake up the college basketball world
with two wins in four tries over the
holidays, but it continued to improve
under fitst-year coach Dick Harter.
Tonight, Penn State will try to con
tinue that improvement al,Rec Hall, as it
hosts a smallet, 'weaker; eisinus team 'at'
8:10.
The unpredictable Lions won a
squeaker over Colgate, 82-80, at Rec
Hall, before splitting two games in the
Dayton Invitational, first losing to
Tulane, 54-50, then upsetting Florida
State in the consolation game, 64-57.
medalistS John and Ben Peterson, Clemson coach Wade first two bouts before falling. Matter called the 167-
Schalles and two-time NCAA champion Mark Chuiella. pound class the toughest one in the meet. It was won bv i
But even the mightiest were not safe in the meet as Schalles who pinned his man in the final round.
John Peterson did not even place and Churella finished
third in his class.
"It was probably the best meet I've ever seen,"
assistant coach Andy Matter said. "It picked up a lot
from last year because all the old men are coming
back."
The team from Penn State was far from old but they
still held their own with their elders. In the 158-pound
class, State's John Hanrahan won his first two matches
before falling to Chuck Yagla of lowa. Yagla went on to
defeat (previously second-ranked) Kelly Ward of lowa
State to win the title.
In the 167-pound class, the Lion's Rick Snyder won his
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zones very effettively that we weren't
used to using, But we did have some
difficulty with the press that we should
not have had."
Bednarek paced the team's only
victory of the tournament, tallying 20
points, when it squeezed past No. 17
Mississippi,, 82-79, in the opener. Penn
State led at the half, 37-25, and main
tained that lead throughout much of the
second half, until the Lady Rebels pulled
ahead by one, 75-74. But Donovan,
Bednarek, and Nancy Kuhl struck back
to preserve the win.
Their two losses came against No. 4
UCLA, 85-81, and No. 5 Tennessee, 74-72.
Against UCLA, Bednarek once again
sparked the squad's offensive attack,
connecting for 31 astounding points. But
it wasn't quite enough as the Bruins
were able to hold off the Lady Lions'
surge late in the second period.
And in the final game, the Lady Vols
overcame numerous 10 and 12 point
half. We played good basketball for ten
minutes in the second half."
Harter said Richmond did the things
they had to do to stay in the game, and
did them well.
"I don't think we played well, but you
have to give Richmond credit. They
played a good transition game and
pushed the ball up the court well," he
said.
The Spiders, 3-7, played Penn State
even or better the entire first half, while
holding a slim 31-30 halftime advantage,
despite not having any seniors on the
team and being relatively smaller.
However, the Lions went back to their
losing ways against North Carolina
State, losing badly to the Wolfpack, 80-
58.
Against Colgate the Lions fell behind
early, 31-20, before coming back to grab
a 53-51 lead at the start of the second
half, as Steve Kuhn finished the game
with a career-high 36 points to pace Penn
' State. ' ` '
In the Dayton Invitational the Lions
lost to Tulane in a game described by the
Dayton Daily News as ". . . not a game
for the glory of basketball. The film of it
will not be shipped to the Hall of Fame
and savored for posterity. . . ."
In the consolation game
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State's Bob Bury, Tom.Bilodeaux and George Medina
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Many of the wrestlers in the meet competed as part of
the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. The club is made up of ex
wrestlers from midwest schools such as lowa ar t I
Michigan. Also, members of the Athletes In Actioh
team were on hand. AlA's Mike McArthur, who
narrowly defeated Bob Bury earlier in the season, took
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heavyweight champ.
The Lions will be off until the ninth when they take on
Temple at 7:30, in Rec Hall
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deficits in the second half, to sink a Shot
at the buzzer and pick up the win. :
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Halftime: Penn State 42, Illinois State 25
Freshman guard Mike Edel;nan
turned in another sterling performince
for Penn State, scoring 23 points, while
at one point making eight straight field
goal attempts.
The Lions, however, were hut:ting
somewhat from an abSence of scoiOig
from the pivot position. Penn St.ite's
three centers Frank Brickowski, Gary
Korkowski and just-returned Mike Ike
did not score any points, but did proyide
the muscle that Harter needed.
Forwards Kuhn and Owens added
,b 5.
and nine points, respectively, for Penn'
State.
Florida State, Penn State showed: the
poise it has lacked all season as it ralliti
from an early 23-9- deficit to defeat t e
Seminoles
In fact, the Lions' defense was , ex
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Florida State to only foui• baskets in the
second half,
"If we ,PlayAhat kind_pf, defense', wf
will become.fs pretty good basketball
team . . . The comeback helps us. It
helps our confidence," Harter said.
The Lions will need all the confidence
they can get as they play seven of their
last 12 games on the road, including
games at Syracuse, Virginia Tei/ja,
Rutgers, Pitt and Temple.
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