I Women's Swimming vs. Iowa Saturday, 10 a.m. Canham Natatorium SPORTS Football vs. Illinois Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium Page% The Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 9, 1988 GODFREY, COOPER HIT HARD TIMES Grads find NFL harsh BY ADAM BENSON This year, former Michigan students Chris Godfrey and Evan Cooper joined the ranks of the nation's unemployed. Godfrey and Cooper lost their jobs to younger workers with more potential. That's how life goes in the National Football League. For all the glamour and glory that surrounds professional athletics, the harsh reality is that there is little security in this line of work. An athlete is fired, and what is a personal tragedy to him is reduced to a footnote on the scoreboard page in the sports section. GODFREY, cut by the New York Giants, and Cooper, a casualty of the Houston Oilers, have been lucky enough to get a second chance with other NFL teams. Although he had been cut by three previous teams, Godfrey appeared settled with the Giants. The 6-foot-4 lineman played defensive tackle for Michigan, but was switched to the offensive line while he was with the Michigan Panthers of the USFL. Godfrey later moved on to New York and started on the Giants' 1985 Super Bowl team. He suffered an injury late last season, but came back to play in the last three games. He trained hard in the off-season, despite rumors of a future release. The Giants cut Godfrey on the final day of training camp. Godfrey has since been picked up by the Seattle Seahawks, but the offensive guard still has many feelings left in New Jersey. "We (the Seahawks) have been watching films, getting ready to play the Raiders," Godfrey said. "The films we saw were from the game against the Giants. I watched Joe Morris become the all-time Giant rushing leader and it hurt that I couldn't share that with him." Godfrey has also missed his family, which is still in New Jersey. His wife, Daria, a former Michigan cheerleader, is happy that Chris has a new opportunity, especially after the way he left New York. "THE MANAGEMENT of the Giants have been very good to us," Daria said. "It was (coach Bill) Parcells decision. The coaches were always giving different reasons to the newspapers, but he handled it well. There was nothing else he could have done. " Chris said of the comments to the media: "The public embarrassment hurts the most. It's almost like slander. (The coaches would) tell the press I wasn't being diligent - that is an attack on my character. They told people I didn't work hard in the off-season, but nobody had a better practice record. To say that I was laid back'in training camp would be a lie." Godfrey is happy with his new organization. "I'm very impressed with the environment here, and (head coach) Chuck Knox is a great coach and man," Godfrey said. "He likes guys who are veterans and are a little long in the tooth." Like Godfrey, Cooper felt cheated by his old team. Cooper, a fourth-round draft pick in 1984, had played defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Cooper feels that he was toyed with before being traded to the Houston Oilers. "I think (the release) was pre-planned," said Cooper. "(Eagles coach) Buddy Ryan didn't want to release me, so he had somebody else do it." D URIN G his surprise vacation, Cooper found time to spend with his family. The role of family man was new for Cooper, but he adapted to it quickly. "Being with my family took my time away from football," Cooper said. "I learned a lot about my fiancee (Hope Jackson) and about my son (Evan Jr.). I knew I should have been on the field, but I was happy to give my family the time they deserved." "I think the only thing he enjoyed was that he could be with his family," said Jackson. "It was the only good thing that came out of the whole experience." Cooper helped his father coach junior football in Miami. This allowed him to stay in the foot- ball mode. "I was able to stay in shape," said Cooper. "During that time, I hit a groove. I became more confident and hungrier." Jackson has noticed a different attitude in Cooper as well. "This is a big challenge for him to have to prove himself again. He is happy to be doing what he enjoys, but he also wanted another chance." Cooper will play on special teams and in the nickel defense for the Oilers. For now, he is happy with his new duties. "I'm glad to have the chance to play in the NFL," said Cooper. "I think I can play for anyone. When I play, I'm going to prove that I belong." Former Wolverine Evan Cooper is finding life tough without football. After four years in the NFL, Cooper was released by the Houston Oilers this season. . ( WHAT'S HAPPENING SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Blue BY JAY MOSES The seventh-ranked Michigan women's swimming team opened its season yesterday with an impressive victory over Bowling Green at the Canham Natatorium. Although the Wolverines took first place in every event, head coach Jim Richardson remained cautious in evaluating his team's performance. "We had some very good swims, and some where people were tired," said Richardson. ACCORDING to Richardson, the team is about two weeks behind where it was at this time last year, due in part to delays in the construction of the Natatorium. "We lost a couple of days of training," said Richardson, "but we should be able to make up for it over winter vacation. "We're about a week away now," he added. "We're in that in-between phase." Some Wolverine swimmers looked in mid-season form already. Senior sprinter Susie Rabiah won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.1 seconds, and the 100-yard freestyle in 52.49 seconds. Rabiah swam her leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay in 51.9 seconds. "Maybe they all ought to do what Susie's doing, because she's swimming really fast," said .................. S00000 - jewelry - accessories " *325 E. 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"They've had some problems," said Richardson, pointing out that Bowling Green has been forced out of their own pool and has had to practice in another pool at times. The Wolverines open the Big Ten season Saturday against Iowa at 10 a.m. at the Natatorium. Richardson is a former assistant coach at Iowa, and although the Hawkeyes finished seventh in the Big Ten last year, Richardson says that Iowa will be looking to pull off an upset. Garagiola quits New York (AP) - Joe Garagiola, one of the first former athletes to become a star sports- caster, is leaving NBC after 27 years because the network delayed negot- iations on a new contract and left the impression he was no longer wanted. "It was an unfortunate case where dandruff turned into cancer," his business manager, Felix Shagin, said Tuesday. Garagiola, 62, sent a resignation 0 WIn letter to NBC Sports president Arthur Watson last week. Watson received the letter Monday. 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