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Big Ten coaches meet.. .
...Holtz steals the show
CHICAGO
The 1984 Big Ten "kickoff luncheon"
marked the media debut of two new
head coaches. The teams involved just
happen to be the basement tenants of
the Big Ten standings - Indiana (2-7)
and Minnesota (0-9). They appear to
have found a talented new duo of lan-
dlords in Bob Mallory and Lou Holtz.
But the hit of the conference was not
the impressive records of these men but
rather the one-man show put on by
Golden Gopher coach Lou Holtz.
The fourteen year coaching veteran
sports a 106-55-5 record, including a 106-
21-2 stint with Arkansas, for a winning
percentage of .662. But more in-
terestingly Holtz posses a tongue-in-
cheek kind of humor that could support
him as a stand up comic should the
floundering Golden Gophers fail to turn
things around.
He is a reporter's dream. Willing to
talk and talk about things worth prin-
ting. He is something rather rare - a
true quote machine.
Here is some of his more recent
work:
" I went to the University of Min-
nesota and I cannot tell you why. I got
there for a visit in December. It was
below zero but they stuck me in a hotel
and turned the heat up to 97. I didn't
think the cold was that bad.
" A goal for his first year at Min-
nesotaf: "To experience my second
one."
" Rose Bowl chances for the
Gophers? "We have a better chance
than 98 percent of the teams in the
country. Better then Notre Dame,
Alabama, and Oklahoma. Not quite as
good as Northwestern..."
* "I love a challenge ... but I didn't
want one quite this bad."
" "The body and soul of our football
team will have to come from Min-
nesota. Now the arms and legs will
have to come from somewhere else. We
don't have a lot of speed here. It's hard
to run with snowshoes on."
* Who does he see playing on the of-
fensive line? "Big guys."
* For the first time I'm not worried
about depth, I'm just worried about fin-
ding 22.
" "Last year (the defense) gave up an
average of 47 points a game. Now that's
more than our basketball team."
" On standout Andre Harris: "He
may start at corner, he may start at
safety and he may start at both."
T On the new CBS collegiate football
TV schedule, in which Minnesota is not
included: "Well, I'm not going to buy a
TV guide."
" On his late (December 1983) appoin-
tment to the position as coach of the
Gophers: "It's like having one foot in
the grave and the other on a banana
peel."
True, Lou Holtz has taken on quite a
challenge and it's apparent he has little
to work with in the Minnesota roster.
But, if he is able to do nothing else with
the Big Ten cellar dwellers this season,
he'll get team morale up.
Andre Harris agrees.
"He really gets you rollin," Harris
said. His philosophy is to have fun and
play the game."
"Morale is at an all-time high," en-
sures senior tackle Mark Vonderhaar.
Who knows. Maybe the Gophers will
laugh their way up in the standings - I
know the press will be laughing.
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Tentative CBS Big 10/Pac 10 football schedule
Date Game Time
Sept. 15 Washington at Michigan Noon
Sept. 22 Nebraska at UCLA or 3:30 p.m.
Iowa at Ohio State
Sept. 29 Illinois at Iowa Noon
Oct. 13 Illinois at Ohio State TBA
Washington at Stanford
(regional coverage)
Oct. 20 Michigan at Iowa Noon
UCLA at California 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 Illinois at Michigan or Noon
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Oct.27 UCLA at Arizona State 3p.m.
(west coast only)
Nov. 3 Michigan at Purdue or Noon
Wisconsin at Iowa
Nov. 3 USC at Stanford 3 p.m.
(west coast only)
Nov. 10 Washington at USC 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 17 Michigan at Ohio State Noon
USC at UCLA 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 23 Boston College at Miami 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 24 TBA 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 Army vs. Navy Noon
Bo fears overexposure
of Wolverines on TV
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posed on them last year which
prohibited Wisconsin from appearing
on television for two seasons.
Now that the NCAA has no control
over the television rights to college
football, Wisconsin may not have to
adhere to that penalty. But Badger
Coach Dave McClain figures his team
will receive its punishment regardless.
"If we go ahead and appear on
television, (the NCAA) is going to hit us
with something else," said McClain.
"It's just a matter of what.We're going
to just sit back and see where the
NCAA's coming from."
Head Coach Hayden Fry of Iowa, in
contrast to Schembechler's opinion,
said he would like to see all of his
team's games on TV to satisfy fans who
couldn't get tickets to the 66,000
capacity Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
Michigan State Coach George Perles
saw his team completely left out of the
network picture, but isn't bothered by
it. "So what. I don't care if we're on TV
or not," said Perles. "With all the
cables and other opportunities, I don't
think anyone will be shut out."
But according to Wolverine tight end,
Simm Nelson, national television ap-
pearances are something the players
like tosee.
"Playing on TV is an added incen-
tive," said Nelson. "It's nice to know
that your family and friends are wat-
ching you back home."
Anticipation
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The identity
of the torchbearer for the opening
ceremonies of the Summer Olympics
remained a secret yesterday, with
Nadia Comaneci insisting she hasn't
been asked and Peter Ueberroth
seemingly dashing the possibility that
she will be.
Comaneci, now 22 and eight years
older than when she scored seven per-
fect 10s in gymnastics in the 1976 Mon-
treal Games, is a guest of the Los
Angeles Olympic Organizing Commit-
tee. That led to speculation she would
be asked to light the Olympic torch, a
builds in L.A.
dramtic highlight of tomorrow's
opening ceremonies.
The possibility holds not only
nostalgic but political interest. Her
country, Romania, is the only Warsaw
Pact nation attending the Games.
Others lined up behind the Soviet
Union's boycott.
Meanwhile, the U.S. men's basketball
team finished its pre-Olympic
exhibition games with a unblemished
record, but Coach Bobby Knight,
refused to discuss gold medals. "I have
no preconceived thoughts," he said.
Olympic schedule
The following is a schedule of the gold medal events in which present and
former Michigan athletes will be competing:
Benoit Clement 4x200 meter freestyle July 30
Fernando Canales 100 meter freestyle July 31
Melinda Copp 200-meter backstroke August 4
Doug Herland men's pair rowing August 5
Chris Seufert 3-meter springboard August 6
Barry Larkin baseball (special medal) August 7
Ron Merriott 3-meter springboard August 8
Brian Diemer 300-meter steeplechase August 10
Carl Schueler 50-km walk August 11
Bruce Kimball 10-meter platform August 12
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