The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 5, 1981-Page 9
Junior college transfers invade Big
Ten
By SARAH SHERBER
In the past, the sight of a junior
college transfer starting for a Big Ten
football team was about as rare as a
Michigan loss to Wisconsin. But with
the unpredictable behavior of the con-
ference this year, both have become a
reality.
The Michigan-Ohio State domination
of the Big Ten has given way to the
emergence of former doormats such as
Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin as
Dlegitimate conference title contenders.
While the Wolverines and the Buckeyes
have yet to actively recruit players
from the ranks of the junior colleges,
other teams in the league are looking at
the transfer students as their hope to
equalize the conference.
MIKE WHITE, the. head coach at
Illinois, explained the need for some
schools to seek this source of im-
Wmediate help. "Very honestly, it's a
simple fact-for me to bring the Illinois
football program to any kind of a com-
petitive position with OSU and
Michigan, I've got two ways'to do it,"
said White. "One way is to beat them,
and then go beat them recruiting.
"But I've got to find a way to get my
talent up to a position where I can beat
them," he continued. "Then maybe we
can go head-to-head recruiting."
While it is new to the Big Ten, the tac-
tic of bringing in junior college players
has been a common occurrence on the
'west coast for many years. White, who
coached at Stanford and UCLA before
travelling east, has been given most of
the credit for bringing the practice to
the conservative Midwest.
"I JUST SEEM to get all the press,"
said White. "If you look at Purdue and
Iowa and a few other teams'they have
had several junior college players."
The reason a four-year school would
Underdog schools may
gain competitive edge
see and Indiana's Laufenberg, with'
Eason of Illinois scheduled for this
Saturday.
THE GOLDEN Gophers have also
enlisted the aid of tailback Frank
Jacobs, a transfer from Ellsworth
Junior College in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Jacobs currently leads Minnesota in
scoring with 48 points on the year, while
also piling up 554 yards on the ground.
Perhaps no team in the Big Ten
depends on the transfers more than
Illinois. Plunged into the limelight last
year with quarterback Dave Wilson and
the question of his eligibility, White has
increased the number of transfers on
his roster three-fold.
Along with the Illini's quarterback,
Eason, three of their top five receivers,
Darrell Smith, Kerby Wilson and Oliver
Williams, also hail from junior
colleges. Illinois is presently the Big
Ten leader for passing offense as well
.as ranking fourth in the nation in that
category, evidence of White's success
with JC transfers.
IN THE PAST, the majority of the
junior colleges which sent players to
the big schools were located on the West
Coast. But colleges such as Ellsworth
and Garden City Junior College in Kan-
sas have recently started producing
quality transfers. Ellsworth has sent a
total of 13 players to Big Ten schools in
the last four years, in addition to four
who suited up for Pac Ten schools. Ac-
cording to Bob Reece, the offensive line
coach at Ellsworth, the two reasons an
athlete would attend a junior college
are because they do not have the
grades to attend a four-year school or
they feel they should improve their
playing ability.
He also noted that because of a new
rule change by the NCAA, the situation,
might start to change soon. Under the
new rule, if a student doesn't have the
required grades from high school, he
must graduate from a junior college
before he can transfer to another
school.
White agreed that the new rule will
have an effect on the recruiting of
junior college students. Though he
thinks it will add more dignity to the
student, he also felt it might have some
detrimental effects.
"THE RULE itself is really a penalty
for the less fortunate student," said
White. "It really penalizes the student
who is not a good student." White also
noted that it is "a real tough assign-
ment to get a degree for these studen-
ts."
A high school student who is recruited
by a major college but does not have the
grades to attend will often be en-
couraged to attend a junior college.
Such, according to Reece, was the case
with Andre Tippett, a former student at
Ellsworth who is currently a standout
defensive end at Iowa. Tippett is the
Hawkeyes' co-captain this season, and
is a candidate for All-America honors.
According to White, it may no longer
be practical for a college to recommend
a junior college to an ineligible student.
"In the past we have (recommended a
potential recruit attend a junior
college). When we were at Stanford or
UCLA we would suggest that he (an
ineligible student) go to a junior
college, but not-here," said White. "The
new rule makes it difficult."
For the most part, schools tend to
recruit from the junior college circuit
when they are in need of immediate
help. "If they're trying to rebuild, then
they have to go to the junior colleges,"
explained Reece. However, even the
traditional powerhouses might start to
explore this source of immediate aid
soon. "Eventually, Michigan may look
into junior college players," admitted
Wolverine head coach Bo Schem-
bechler.
White, on the other hand, is hoping to
get away from the practice. "It is my
whole dream to only recruit blue-chip
high school players," he said, "and I'm
praying that's what happens."
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Tippet
...standout transfer
White
... started the trend
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