Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, October 29, 1969 CONFERENCE GR UMBLINGS: Officials, bow CHICAGO (AP) -- Four coaches have violated a gentlemen's agree- ment this season and publicly criticized football officiating in the Big Ten. This is the biggest package of beefs ever aired in one season since the agreement was estab- lished 10 years ago "in the in- terests of better officiating based' on the premise that nothing is solved by public discussion of it." The violators are rookie Big' Ten coach Bo Schembechler of Michigan, Duffy Daugherty of Michigan State, Jim Valek of Il- linois, and Ray Nagel of Iowa. Daugherty did it after the Spar- tans' 19-18 loss to Iowa Saturday. Schembechler got in the act in a telephone conversation at the Chicago football writers meeting yesterday. Daugherty said an official made an "unforgivable" error by ruling that an ineligible receiver, tackle Dave Van Elst, was downfield when Bill Triplett threw a 38- yard touchdown pass to Steve Kough. The play was nullified. "Perhaps some officials are not good enough to be in there. But I'm not putting blame on them for any losses." Commissioner Bill Reed in the last 10 years has passed out only two reprimands for public criti- cisrn. They went to Coach Jack Mollenkopf of Purdue in a 1965 outburst and to Woody Hayes of Ohio State last year. Reed would not confirm that reprimands have been given this season to Valek, Nagel a n d Daugherty. "Let's just say we have been in touch with them and leave it at that," he said. "As for Schem- bechler's remarks Tuesday, I don't think they were necessary, in order, or justified." Hayes, whose No. 1 ranked Buckeyes have a 19-game winning streak, can find nothing to beef about. "But it is obvious from a study of our and opponents' films that officials are cracking down on in- fractions and calling them clos- er," he told the writers by phone. ' "And this changes coaches, plans. VI policy CHICAGO 03) - If Ohio State retains its No. 1 football ranking until season end, the team should not be prohibited from going to a bowl game, Buckeye C o a c h Woody Hayes said yesterday. Having gone to the Rose Bowl last season, the Bucks are ineli- gible to return this time under the Big Ten's no-repeat rule. 'When that rule was put in, it was a compromise that gave enough conference votes to swing a Rose Bowl contract," H a y e s told the Chicago football writers by telephone. "The situation has changed drastically since then. "This is the 100th anniversary of college football and I think the best team in the country should be in a bowl game. If it should be j us, we should not be hidden from a bowl game." Hayes did not elaborate further after dropping the hint that if Ohio State can't go to the Rose Bowl, then maybe the bars would be dropped to allow it to go else- where. "Ohio State certainly is not hid- den," said Commissioner Bill Reed. "The conference never w o u 1 d give approval for postseason foot- ball except in the Rose Bowl if such a suggestion were initiated." rapped by coaches The Mournling( rIndy baas AEt e r Schembechler said: "Officiating "This season we had a clipping has not been very good, in my infraction called against us and I opinion. They call penalties that I chewed out the official about it. are not penalties. They call pen- But in viewing the films, I saw alties that should not be called. that he was absolutely right. I'm Officiating could be improved up- I thinking of writing a letter about on greatly. it." -Associated Press SCC ELECTIONS Mike Phipps (15) wards off tackler Reaves nears passing record Your second chance ...Don't blow it Bo SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, in his ultimate kindness, g a v e Michigan a second chance to earn a Rose Bowl berth. Whether or not Michigan will have enough sense not to blow it again still remains to be seen. When the Maize and Blue knocked -off Purdue, Ann Arbor started smelling of roses. After all, if Indiana lost to either Michigan State or Purdue, and if Ohio State won all of its games, the Wolverines had a clear road to Pasadena. Oh yeh, Michigan also had to beat everyone except the Buckeyes. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEBODY overlooked the fact that the Wolverines had to beat State. And of course they lost. Michigan's thoughts of roses quickly wilted, and the Michigan State News lauded their own Spartans and their chances of a trek to California. The Green Meanies, however, reverted to their own bobbling selves last week and booted the game to Iowa. On top of that, hapless Wisconsin came up with the upset of the year in knock- ing off the Hoosiers. Voila, Michigan was put right back in the position they were in before. If Ohio State keeps winning, and if Indiana gets knocked off by one of the same two as before, the Woverines can start packing again. Oh yeah, they still have to beat everyone except O h i o State. This time, though, no one in Ann Arbor is making that supposition. If the Badgers had enough stuff to knock off the Hoosiers too, they just might catch the Wolverines napping. And if Iowa can knock off Michigan State, they too might a give Michigan a surprise. THE KEY TO Michigan's future lies with its coach, Bo Schembechler. There is very little doubt that the team has the potential to knock off Wis- lb Schembechler consin, Illinois, and Iowa. The only question is if that potential will be utilized properly. Against Iichigan State, nearly everyone (including Spartan alumni) were picking the Wolverines to win. Yet Bo brought the team into the game, as he later admitted, "too tight" and they outgoofed the fumble-prone Spartans. Last week, he went to Minneapolis without two backfield starters and mauled the Gophers in what was supposed to be a close battle. But even here, the team had problems in the first half when they were in Minnesota territory. MICHIGAN HAS CERTAINLY made itself unpredictable this season, mostly due to their erratic performances. If Bo can settle the team down and make them play to their capacity, they may deserve a western vacation. If Bo is able to pull the team together, he would be only the second freshman coach in the Big Ten to win a Rose Bowl berth. Fielding Yost is the only Big Ten coach so far to accom- plish that feat when he took over in 1901 and held all his op- ponents scoreless on the way to the first.Rose Bowl game played. He certainly needed no second chance to qualify that year. Bo, on the other hand, has been given every break possible. Ohio State, the terror of the Midwest, went to the bowl last year and is ineligible. Michigan State, Indiana, and Purdue have all gone since Michigan. Thus a tie with any of these other contenders means the Wolverines get the trip. Added onto all this was the recent "gift" allowed the Wol- verines by last weekend's upsets. WITH ALL THIS, and with the team Schembechler has, there is very little excuse for Michigan not to qualify for the Rose Bowl. And if Michigan State makes things even surer this weekend when they have a chance to knock off Indiana for the Spartan's homecoming, Michigan fans and alumni will certainly expect Bo to do the rest. NOVEMBER 10-11 PETITIONING OPEN FOR COUNCIL SEATS Petitions due Oct. 31 NEW YORK (/)-John Reaves, Florida's sensational sophomore passer, continues to gain on Pur- due ace Mike Phipps, t h e na- tional leader, in college football's total offense derby. Reaves, who has vaulted from seventh place to the runner-up spot in the p a s t three weeks, trails Phipps by 82 rushing-pass- ing yards according to weekly, figures released yesterday. AIRPORT LIMOUSINES for information call 971-3700 Tickets are available at Travel Bureaus or the Michigan Union 32 Trips/Day T h e 6-foot-3 Florida flash fired f i v e touchdown passes in last Saturday's 41-20 victory over Vanderbilt for a six game total of 20. Jerry Rhome, the former Tul- sa s t a r, had 21 scoring passes through six games in 1964, when he set the all-time major college record of 32. Phipps has accounted for 1,814 total offense yards to 1,732 f o r Reaves, who also ranks No. 3, be- hind Chuck Hixson of Southern Methodist and Gordon Slade of Davidson, in the passing depart- ment. Reaves leads the country with 1,746 aerial yards, but the pass- ing placings a r e determined by total completions. Only two soph- omores in major college history, Hixson last season and Billy Stevens of Texas-El Paso in 1956, exceeded Reaves' six-game fig- ures for completions, passing yardage and total offense yardage. An injury limited Cornell's Ed Marinaro, the ground - gaining! leader, to 11 rushes for 30 yards against"Yale last Saturday. But Kent State's Don Nottingham, runnerup to the Cornell sopho- more the previous week, also was hurt after just one carry. Marinaro remained on top with; a five-game total of 873 yards. Clarence Davis of Southern Cal- ifornia moved p a s t Nottingham into second place, with 826 in six games. None of the top six picked up more than 93 yards last weekend. * 6 FULL TERM SEATS * 3 HALF TERM SEATS See MRS. SAMUELSON SGC Offices, SAB TOTAL OFFENSE Games Puys RUSHING OFFENSE GamnesRushes 1. Phipps, Purdue 2. Reaves, Florida 3. Richards, Richm'd 4. Plunkett, Stanford 5. Dummit, UCLA ' 6. Ramsey, N. Tex St. 7. Slade, Davidson 8. Ilixson, aSIU . 9. Manning, :Miss. 1Q. Shaw, San Diego St.J 6 254 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 s s 219 290 225 201 253 234 270 233 165 Yds. 1,814 1,732 1,637 1,553 1,534 1,451 1,399 1,383 1,381 1,375 1. Marinaro, Cornell 2. Davis, So. Cal. 3. 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