Thursday, January 15, t 976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'ttgf 1 ine Thursday, January 15, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pogt Nine .1 1 - 11 -- I WWWA I B LOWN DEAD Chicago duo boosts cage hopes 58 ABy RAY.O'HARA Super Bowl . . .super dull By RAY O'HARA I WAS IDLY BEMOANING the advance of 'America's 200th birthday' the other day when a good friend advised that\ he had some bad news for me. "What kind of bad news?" I queried a little uneasily. "Something worse than the Bicentennial is coming up," he intoned someberly, "and sooner, too." "Worse???" "The Super ;Bowl." I had forgotten but in a flash it all came rushing back. Marching bands by the dozen, tedious halftime shows, gaudy floats, and endless pre-game ceremonies. Not to mention the prize money (fifteen grand for the winner as EVERYBODY knows), lengthy renditions of the National Anthem, the In- tolerable finals of the Punt, Pass and Kick competition (where the best kid is always the 13-year-old, with the dimensions of Billy Dufek), and the ubiquitous Pete Rozelle. Had enough? There's more. There's the world's leading Dallas fan, Phyllis George, who showed she could still cry two weeks ago after a dreamy little 'This is you Life' sequence which dwelled on her great triumph of being named Miss America. The spectacle was made possible by her horny colleague Brent Musberger. If you think old Brent would like to see a lot more of Phyllis, you're not alone. Irv Cross will continue to lend un- intentional humor to the position of Odd-Man-Out. But enough. What about the game? The main event, so to speak. In my view this game has all the makings of a classic Super Bowl. That is, it looks like it has the potential to become insufferably dull. Dallas is explosive but whether they'll go off is another question. Pittsburgh has Franco Harris but unfortunately they also have Terry Bradshaw. Defense will dominate, like always. Both teams will look flat, also like always. But what else can be said? And who will win? Someone once said that each Super Bowl reflects the season which produced it. If true, the principle implies that this one will be memorable for fluke plays, injuries and atrocious of- ficiating., The Steeler defensive rush is frightening, but look for a lot of skillful holding on the part of the veteran Dallas offensive line. The referees know that any large number of penalties would spoil the event. Consequently the Steeler secondary will also have more latitude in dealing with Cowboy receivers. The game will probably be decided by the more incom- petent elements,, the Steeler offense and Cowboy defense. The team with the last mistake should lose. A comeback win is not likely but Dallas is better equipped to pull one off should the opportunity arise. Roger Staubach has developed the ability to outwit defenses. This allows him to scramble lea and throw more. Terry Bradshaw may acquire this talent at about the time the moon falls out of the sky. The point is -that to come back, one needs a quarterback. Dallas has one and Pittsburgh doesn't. The luckier team will almost certainly win but I give a slight edge to Dallas because they are just slightly better at overcoming adversity. One thing is certain, however. Dazed watchers will once again stumble away from the set mumbling something about a 'Stupor Bowl.' Too bad it's only a year until the next one. By KATHY HENNEGHAN After a two-year lapse, Michi- gan basketball players John Robinson and Rickey Green are playing together again. Robinson, a second-year start- er at forward, and Green, a lightning-quick starting guard, led CQbicago Hirsch High School to the Illinois State Champion-, ship in 1973. Both earned All-City and All-State honors. Green was a starter on varsity since his freshman year, wastvoted bas- ketball Player of the Year in Chicago in 1973. "I'VE BEEN playing with Rickey since eighth grade," said Robinson, "and he's just about always been the leading scorer. Rickey's just Rickey- he's never beencon the bench." As far as college was con- cerned, "If we found a school that was good for both of us," said Green, "we kind of fig- ured we'd go to the same, place." Michigan coach Johnny Orr contacted Robinson by phone after the state championships, and arranged for the pair to visit Ann Arbor. "We had other visits all lined up," explained Robinson, "so we just came up on a Tuesday afternoon. Coach Orr met us at the airport. I don't know if he had ever seen me play. When Rickey and I met him, we figured we'd better wear our Hirsch jacket with the em- blems so he'd know who we were. "We met Campy (Russell), Joe Johnson, and some of the other players," Robinson re- called. "I thought, 'Michigan seems really nice. I'd like to go to Michigan."' ROBINSON compared his situation to that of another for- mer Chicago player, Cazzie Russell. "Cazzie's high school team won the state championships in '63," he said. "In ten years, no other school in the city had won. it 'til Hirsch won in '73. I thought, 'well, Michigan had done him some justice . . So, "Johnny Rob" signed with the Wolverines. "A lot of people were surprised I came someplace like this," he said. "They didn't think I'd make it academically or athletically. "But I had a determination to stay here and make it. Black players from Chicago usually go to school and flunk out, and end up working in the steel College Basketball N. Carolina 99, Wake Forest 74 Maryand 87, N. Carolina St. 69 Clemson 102, Duke 96 Dayton 62, Miami, Ohio 61 Texas A & M 93, SMU 87 W. Michigan 79, Loyola, Chicago 77 Rutgers 94, Columbia 65 E. Michigan 66, Oakland 54 Marquette 79, Depaul 72 NBA Kansas City 106, Boston 101 Seattle 112, Atlanta 110 New York 107. Houston 103, OT NHL Detroit 8, Kansas City 3 mills or something." ademically ineligible after the Green could not attend Michi- first term, and missed most of gan straight out of high school his first season. because his high school grades "Freshman year, I had the were not up to par. 'worst luck of anybody," Rob- "I DIDN'T know I was going inson stated. "Rickey was to junior college until the last skeptical about coming here minute," said Green. "My when I was ineligible. He knew coach started telling people my theacademics were tough here grades weren't good enough, -that was his main concern. and after awhile they stopped "I wanted to play with Ric- calling. I had to call' them." key again, and I wanted to Green went on to Vincennes show him I could make it here, (Ind.) Junior College, where so he could, too." he was a two-time All Ameri- ROBINSON got off to a slow can. start his sophomore season, as Robinson did not fare well in he sustained an ankle injury Ann Arbor. He was declared ac- 'the night before Michigan's op- ening game, losing a starting berth to Rick White. "Talk about somebody having' bad luck," he lamented. "I fig- ured I'd be back in there about the .third game, but then Rick. White did good, and I thought 'Oh No!' I juststayed on the bench, and I had to work my way up all over again." Robinson came into his own, though, and led the Big Ten in field goal percentage last sea- son, hitting 60.3 per cent from the flor in 18 cnference games. In, the meantime, the Michi- gan. coaches kept their eyes on Robinson's former teammate at Vincennes. APPARENTLY, Green had little trouble making the tran- sition from junior college to Big Ten play. His quickness has made him practically indispen- sable on the fast break, and he's no slouch on defense, ei- ther. "Rickey's noted for being just an offensive player," said Robinson, "but I've always said he could play the defense. He comes up with those steals." Now that the duo are at the same school; Green and Robin- son have visions of playing 'on championship teams again. "I want to win the Big Ten," said Green, "I think we've got a good chance-this year, hope- fully. I know we can win it next year." F WHY WALK FARTHER! LEVI'S BRAND Available at Wild's Varsity Shop FEATURING: " Denim Bells 0 Panatelta 0 Work Shirt Brush Denims Knit Slaks Flannel Shii " Corduroys 0 Pre-Wash Slaks 0 Denim Jack is Efts kets Red Wings pummel hapless Scouts, 8-3 Wild's Varsity Shop 311 S. 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Chuck Arnsson blasted Jim Rutherford's shutout hopes in the Detroit goal at 7:29 of the middle period on a power play but the Wings came back with Lapointe counting his second at 10:35. Polonich drew a game miscon- duct as the third man in a* scuffle between Steve Durbano and Maloney in the same frame. Arnason scored two goals for Kansas City. starting at forward for the Michigan cagers, strains for a layup in action from Mich- igan's 108-94 loss to Nevada- Las Vegas earlier this year. Robinson, despite hitting only five of his last 16 shots, leads the team with a superb .587 field goal percentage. Air Force senior linebacker Dave Lawson of Shawnee Mis- sion, Kan., holds five NCAA kicking records ,including most career field goals and most ca- reer points by kicking. ib lt ki Chlb presents U N VALLEY, IDAHO SPRING BREAK TRIP for more info and sign-up call now Referee Greg Madill assessed 51 minutes in penalties in the rugged contest with Detroit drawing 35 including a major to Bryan Watson for opening a nine stitch on Wilf Paiement's lip in the second period. Dennis Tom: 668-7092 Lisa: 995-2891 Andi: 995-2161 i DON'T MISS' this SUNDAY or MONDAY OFF o ANY PIZZA with this ad LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Sunday, 8- 11 p.m., featuring BOLINAS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Monday* 9- 12 midnight, featuring MIKE & RICH NO COVER m.ammewsmaar Latin American Film Festival SAT., JAN. 17 CAMILO TORRES (Colombia) Father Torres' last interview before joining the guerrillas in Colombia. MEMORIES OF THE CANGACO (Brazil) Documentary on the "congaceiros" (bands once known to have roamed the N.E. of Brazil). CAMPANERO (Chile) Story of the Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara, who was killed in the 1973 military coup in Chile. SUN., JAN. 18 POR la PRIMERA VEZ (Cuba) Short film depicting Cuban peasants at the movies for the first time.- HEALING Restoring health, wholeness, harmony, justice. In our culture, healing of mind, body, spirit and community are most often considered separately, for instance, through psychology, medi- cine, religion, and politics. Are there principles, processes, images, forms on which seemingly diverse kinds of healing are based? Canterbury House invites you to a series of discussions this term on "The Connections Among Physical, Psychological, Spiritual and Political Healing." FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1976--8 P.M. PSYCHIC HEALING STERN MORGAN, practicing psychic healer 8:00 HERB TEA, 8:30 DISCUSSION 218 N. DIVISION STREET corner of Catherine and N. Division UPCOMING: February 13th, Max Heirich on "Non-Western Medicine." 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