Page 12 -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, September 27, 1990 MIAMI Continued from page 10 students and potential students with ties to the Northeast, Foote said. "On the Big East, we gave the highest concentration of our alumni from that region, outside the state of Florida," Foote said. "To be able to play quality intercollegiate athletics; in an area where we have lots of students and lots of alumni is certainly an advantage. "On the other hand, the ACC... has a significant impact on the, Washington-Baltimore market, where we also get a lot of students." Larger television markets on the East Coast also figured in Miami's decision to discontinue discussions; with the SEC and Metro, Foote said. In response to Miami's; announcement, SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer said no invitation had been issued to the school. He said, the league is happy with its present 12-school alignment. The ACC expanded to nine teams with the addition of Florida State last month, and assisitant Commisioner Tom Mickle didn't rule out the possibility of further expansion. "We're very flattered Miami is considering the ACC," Mickle said. "The ACC certainly is not aggressively seeking expansion, but in this day and time we're obviously willing to keep our options open." Jankovich said an expanded Big East could take several forms. Three of the league's nine members - Pittsburgh, Boston College and Syracuse - play major college football, all as independents. The football-playing schools might affiliate with the Southwest Conference * to fill out their schedules, Jankovich said. Remaining an independent in football and joining the Big East in other sports would also be a possibility, Jankovich said. 8 Jeff Sheran :; . THANKS FROM THE FESTIFALL 90 COMMITTEE... The Festifall '90 Committee would like to thank all of the organizations and departments that participated in this year's program. As a committee, we had to make a difficult decision at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, September 14th on whether to proceed with the program as planned or to cancel due to conflicting weather reports. We decided to proceed with the hope that any rain would hold off until after the event. Unfortunately, we did have to cancel at 2:00 p.m. due to adverse weather conditions but only after we had 3 hours of good weather and student participation in large numbers. Thank you all for your cooperation and assistance. We look forward to your participation in FESTIFALL '91. A special "thank you" to the group of students who helped during clean-up, even in the rain. For any student who wanted to contact a particular student organization and was not able to, please call the Student Organization Development Center (SODC) at 763-5900 for names of student organizations and their representatives. Stop by the SODC office, 2202 Michigan Union, for your own copy of the FESTIFALL '90 Program. AP Photo Foreman longs for O'Sullivan's fish Former World heavyweight champion George Foreman celebrates his 24th straight victory after making his comeback three years ago. Foreman is awaiting news of the outcome of the October 25 title fight between champion Buster Douglas and challenger Evander Holyfield. Foreman would like to fight the winner, but obviously needs to gain some extra pounds if he is to be considered a serious contender for the belt. "I feel good now, but with a few more meals from O'Sullivan's, I'll look and feel a lot better," the slim, former champ expounded. "The Friday night all-you-can-eat fish dinner has always been my favorite. I'm sending in my Griddes picks Federal Express to beat the 5:00 deadline." You too can go after that fish dinner by submitting your picks for the week and dropping them off at the Student Publications Building at 420 Maynard by 5 p.m. Friday. The winner goes a $12 gift certificate to O'Sullivan's Eatery and Pub. On fat coaches, hairy It is my honest opinion that Daily readers deserve an explanation as to why an all-too-big photo of George Foreman adorns the sports pages today. And why a similarly space-consuming photo has accompanied Griddes each day this week. If nothing else, these pages should entertain, and entertainment value is hard to come by when fresh sports news just doesn't happen. Ergo, I will do my best to make your task of killing time run a smoother. In the words of the immortal Vin Scully... "It's interesting to note:" ...Steve Walsh, an NFL first-rounder two seasons ago, just netted Dallas a potential package of two first round and one third round draft choices. ...Bob Woolf, the Boston based sports agent of agents, represents six NBA first rounders. Two of these are Terry Mills and Loy Vaught. However, Rumeal Robinson, who hails from the Beantown area, elected not to sign with Woolf. As it stands now, Robinson has signed with the Hawks for presumably millions, while Vaught, Mills and the rest of Woolf's disciples remain unsigned. .. But, don't you think if Woolf were Rumeal's agent, the announcemeD of the contract would have been made at a better time than as to coincide with the awarding of the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta? That way, at least more than one reporter would have attended the press conference. ...ZZ Top is comprised of three band members, two of whom sport waist-length beards. The other member, the beardless drummer, is none other than Frank Beard. ...Ever see that Slim-Fast commercial with all the newly-svelte NFL coaches? They say Chuck Knox won, while he and the other five combined for a total weight loss of 249 lbs. Well, the Raiders' Art Shell supposedly lost 45 lbs., and yet he still looks bigger than Buddy Ryan's ego. ...This is what the instructions on the automatic hand-dryers should read: 1. Push button to start dryer. 2. Rub hands gently under warm air. 3. Dryer stops automatically. 4. Wipe hands on pants. ...Illinois' Howard Griffith scored eight rushing touchdowns by himself last Saturday against Southern Illinois. That's more than four NFL offenses combined this season. ...There will be a great asterisk in the Elias Sports Book when Willie McGee, now of the Oakland A's, wins the National League batting title. ...Consider the accomplishments of the men's swimming team this past month: Jon Urbanchek won Coach-of-the-Year. Then Mike Barrowman w his second consecutive Swimmer-of-the-Year title, beating out teammar Eric Namesnik, while fellow Wolverine Eric Wunderlich finished in the top five. All this for a northern team. Apologies to the rest of the university sports teams and coaches, but this is by far the most dominant Michigan athletic program in a long while. ...The athletic department can amass ticket revenues in the millions per football game, plus television contracts for even more. It boasts a lucrative basketball program, and a near break-even hockey team. In addition, Bo and his assistants (namely Fritz Seyferth) raised $12 million in private contributions in nine months. However, the department still runs a deficit. Maybe somebody in that organization ought to take Accounting 271. s Hope that helped make the time run faster. But for those who need stil more entertainment, try this for a hobby: read the obituaries every day and cross the names off in the phone book. - ___ 1. Maryland at Michigan 2. Mich. St. at Rutgers 3. Purdue at Notre Dame 4. Tennessee at Auburn 5. USC at Ohio State 6. BYU at Oregon 7. Iowa at Miami 8. Texas A&M at LSU 9. Wash. at Colorado 10. Cal. at Arizona 11. W. Va. at Pitt 12. EMU at Indiana 13. Duke at Clemson 14. Va. Tech atFla. St. 15. Kansas at Okla. 16. Ore. St. at Nebraska 17. Ari. St. at Missouri 18. Colo. St. at Arkansas 19. W. Mich. at Iowa St. 20. 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