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The Iowa Hawkeyes are be
regulars at the top of the Big T
ference and, with 15 starters bac
last year's 8-4 squad, should ch
for the title for the third straight;
One aspect of the Hawkeye
that will be slightly different is
fense. Iowa has nine starters ba
coach Hayden Fry feels that hi
has a chance to be "explosive
Ten conference .
returning home to face Ohio State. Iowa def
con ten ersalso has to play conference rivals fee
Michigan and Illinois on the road. Bya
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whole starting backfield, Owen Gill, -JOHNKERR Ga
Norm Granger, and Ronnie Harmon, f cat
coming returns and so does quarterback Chuck Tha
en con- Long. Long, a junior, completed a spo
k from school-record 65.2 percent of his passes 0
allenge last season. See team preview, pages 2 and 3 tern
year. DESPITE LONG'S success through say
equad the air, Iowa will most likely remain a rep]
squadf thenair, Ioam willsmostulike pl reminay0ofSt oloss
the of- running team and should get plenty of s
ck and help from its offensive line. The wa
s team Hawkeyes have nine seniors that have Saying Ohio State won't challenge for Rom
." The seen plenty of playing time ready to do the Big ten title is like saying Art He
the blocking. Schlichter. needs a subscription to gua
One part of the Iowa team that is not Gambling Times magazine - it just hol
as stong as in the past is the kicking ain't true. T]
game. Graduation took All-America. Last year's team was 9-3, including sub-
punter Reggie Roby and Fry isn't sure seven straight wins at the end of the that
who will replace him. Right now it looks season, and the Buckeyes have 14 star- and
like Tom Nichol, the placekicker will ters back in Columbus. ben
also do the punting. LAST SEASON'S sore spot, the of- war
On defense, the trademark of Fry's fensive line, should provide little pun
Iowa teams the past two years, the trouble for the Buckeyes this year. fiel
Hawkeyes have six starters returning. Head coach Earle Bruce said that the Li
The only area of concern is the defen- line "is the biggest" since he has been bec
sive line. Iowa has plenty of holes to fill at Ohio State and is "fairly experien- pre
in the middle of the line in order for it to ced." Quarterback Mike Tomczak, who to sa
keep opposing teams off the board. finished at the top of the passing ef- "As
Fry feels that his team has a ficiency charts last year, returns for his I re
legitimate shot at a Top 20 ranking and junior year. Vaughn Broadnax, who is Iowa
the Big Ten title, but in order for Iowa as powerful as his name suggests, will stroi
to achieve those goals it will have to be the fullback. He had 514 yards on 103 D
overcome a very tough schedule. The carries for nine touchdowns last Bucl
first two games take the Hawkeyes to season.
Iowa State and Penn State before The loss of tailback Tim Spencer
initely hurt the Buckeyes, butBruce
Is that Kelvin Lindsey and Keith
ars should be able to do the job.
other loss was at split end where
ry Williams, the .leading pass-
cher in Buckeye history, graduated.
ad Jemison will attempt to fill that
t.
hio State lost four defensive star-
s, all right up the middle, and Bruce
s he is more concerned about
lacing them than he is about the four
ses on offense. One move he made
s to switch returning starter
wland Tatum to inside linebacker.
also hopes that experienced middle
rd Spencer Nelms will help plug the
e.
he Buckeye kicking game was a bit
-par last season but Bruce hopes
t returning punter Karl Edwards
place-kicker Rich Spangler will
efit from added experience. Ed-
ds averaged only 38.5 yards per
t, while Spangler made nine of 18
d goals.
ike Michigan coach Bo Schem-
hler, Bruce is hesitant when making
dictions about his team. He refuses
ay his Buckeyes will be in the race.
to which team is favored,
eally don't know," he said, "but
a, Michigan, and Illinois look very
ng and improved over 1982."
on't be modest Earle. You know the
keyes will be right there.
-JOHN KERR
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Fry
.. . likes offense
Does Illinois coach Mike White have a
double? Listen to these quotes at-
tributed to him and its easy to draw that
conclusion.
"My philosophy is to run the ball
twice for everytime you throw it."
"A lot of things we hope to do this
year will be centered around having a
defense capable of controlling the tem-
po of the game."
ALL THIS coming. from a man whose
teams have set passing records the past
two seasons, and whose defenses have
always been a bit suspect.
Apparently, White doesn't have much
choice. The defense will be the heart of
this team because it returns nine star-
ters, and the Illini will not throw the
ball as frequently as last season
because they lost star quarterback
Tony Eason. In fact White hasn't even
settled on Eason's replacement. It's up
for grabs between Jack Trudeau, Kris
Jenner, and Ken Cruz.
. An Illinois team with a strong defense
just won't seem right. The Illini were
eighth in the Big Ten in total defense
last season, relying on their offensive
production to win games. This season
will be different according to White.
Three of the four defensive lineman are
back, including Mark Butkus, nephew
of Dick Butkus. All three of the
linebackers return, led by the leading
tackler from last season, Mike
Weingrad. In the secondary, Illinois
lost only one player.
Despite all these returning players,
it's uncertain whether the Illini can
challenge for the title this season. Last
year was supposed to be their season
but it ended with only a fourth place
conference finish and a 7-5 record. Af-
ter this season, Illinois fans may wish
their team had taken advantage of its
opportunity last year. .,
- JOHN KERR
Three dark horses
The schedule is just a killer.
But at least it will give second-year
coach Leon Burtnett an opportunity to
see just what kind of football team he
has.
Purdue has sixtroad games and opens
up the season at home against Notre
Dame before heading south to play
Miami in the Orange Bowl. "How well
we fare in those two games will make a
big difference in the season," he said.
year's leading rusher, Mel Gray, and
starting fullback Rodney Carter.
Up front, the Boilermakers will have
an offensive line that averages about
265 pounds per man. 6-6, 285 pound
tackle Tom Jelesky will head up the
line.
Perhaps Burtnett's biggest concern is
the defense. Purdue has six starters
back but the coach still feels thesBoilers
could be lacking.
"We will have to improve the overall
play of our backs...and put more
pressure on the quarterback up front,"
he said.
The best part of the Purdue defense
will be the linebackers, led by Brock
Spack, All-Big Ten last season. Also
back are tackle Chris Scott and defen-
sive end Andy Gladstone.
Purdue was only 3-8 last year but
Burtnett feels that was due to inex-
perience. "We traveled with 18 fresh-
men last year," he said. "When you
rely on that many young players, its
almost impossible to stay away from
critical mistakes."
This year there should be less
mistakes, more experience, and a
powerful offense. All which could mean
a first division finish for the Boiler-
makers.
-JOHN KERR
Wi Co Ut
The Wisconsin Badgers, despite
finishing only fifth in the Big Ten last
season, accomplished one goal that no
other Badger team had ever done. The
Badgers won their first bowl game in
the history of their school last season,
knocking off Kansas State-14-3, in the.
Independence Bowl.
This season, coach Dave McClain
hopes to keep that one-game bowl
streak going with a team that could
have one of the strongest passing at-
tacks in the conference.
QUARTERBACK RANDY Wright is
back for his senior year, after setting 11
school records last season. All the
Badger receivers, except Tim Stracka
ar~e also returning. With Al Toon, Jeff
Nault, and Michael Jones catching
Wright's passes, the Badgers will be
capable of striking quickly.
McClain, however, wants to have a
balanced attack, though that could be
tough with the Badger running backs.
Wisconsin lost four career 1000-yard.
rushers last season so it is very inex-
perienced in the backfield. If the
Badger running attack is adequate, it
will probably be because of the offen-
sive line. Wisconsin has a solid corps of
returning linemen, although, the
backups are very young.
The Badger secondary was always a
terror to opposing quarterbacks. But,
with the loss of All-Big Ten performers,
David Greenwood and Matt Vanden
Boom, may be more susceptible to the
passing game this season. The strength
of the defense is the linebackers. Jim
Melka, last year's leading tackler, and
Mike Herrington, a tri-captain this
season, are the top two players at that
position.
The Badgers open up at home against
a poor Northern Illinois team, so Mc-
Clain will get a good chance to see just
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win number two.
-JOHN KERR
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A hFUNNY THING happened when I began readi
had to say about the upcoming Big Ten footba]
forecaster had Michigan ranked third in the count
picked them to do no better than third in the conferen
If you think that's inconsistent, how about Ohio St
the Big Ten and ranked eighth in the country in one
conference in another poll, and ranked number 17 nat
Want more? How about Iowa as high as tenth in the
Big Ten, or third in the Big Ten and not ranked na
even had the nerve to sign his name to a national po
Tony Eason and the rest of last year's starting offe
country.
What's going on here? Could it be that hard to dete
talent in the Big Ten really is? I always thought you
State at the top, gave one or two other teams an out
the picture, put Northwestern at the bottom, and fli
spots.
Sure the Hawkeyes went to the Rose Bowl two ye
year's Wolverines walk right into Iowa City and mak
though they had belonged in the Corn Bowl instead of
And just how good are the Fighting Illini this year'
season was their best in 16 years and all they could
Bowl loss, this year without Eason and others I woul
Mike White's crew drop a game to newly revitalized 5
But someone out there is sure that those same Illir
teams in the nation!
What all this mess tends to suggest is that no one
where all the talent in the Big Ten is. On one hand, wh
are saying is that the Big Ten has finally begun t
among its members. This of course is good news for
known as the "little eight".
On the other hand, this lack of being able to find a c
the conference is very disturbing. The fact that no
sistently appears in the Top 10 of any poll also spelle
Big Ten as a national football power.
Granted, in past years the Big Ten's "power" has be
the Wolverines and Buckeyes, but even that is better
all. What the Big Ten race is becoming is a chance to
of going out to Pasadena and losing to the Pac 10 tear
py to cheer for Iowa if they could restore a little natior
conference, although I feel the Wolverines are betters
But can Michigan fans expect another Big Ten t
pearance from Bo and company? And how about a wi
change. In te past one would answer with a resoundi
year people aren't even willing to bet that Michigan
third.
I've decided, however, that this just can't be. The
~are synonymous with college football and will carr
means of one element that most.statistics-on-the-bra
take into account when making their sure-fire predict
Winning tradition has to be good for at least one o
contests that lesser teams would lose. take Michigar
victory over Indiana in 1979 when A.C. scored on the l
last year's 16-10 win over Illinois, highlighted by Mici
time ran out. In both games Michigan relied on a wir
diana game was not a miracle, and the Illini did not I
teams just ran up against an opponent that was use
how to earn a victory.
So perhaps on paper, the Big Ten is not what it use
me that if you throw out the other garbage and look a
how to win, there should be no question that the Rose I
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Burtrett
... defense rests
BURTNETT ALREADY knows what
kind of offense Purdue will have this
season-one that will put points on the
board. Scott Campbell isback at quar-
terback and he will probably be the best
passer in the conference. Cliff Benson,
oof the top tight ends in the league is t
back. In the backfield Purdue has last
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