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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 32

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A A A aH OT 501j 10 to 1a il 32 THE BOSTON GLOBE SATURDAY, AUGUST 28,1982 Joe Restic's Harvard The United Press International team will be playing its football in a renovated stadium and a new division 1-AA this season. GLOBE divisions they're all shook How they line up for the '82 season Breakdown, by regions, of the 96 schools currently listed in Division 1-A and the 90 schools listed in Division 1-AA by the NCAA: DIVISION I- A EAST (9) Army, Boston College, Navy, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, West Virginia. SOUTH (28) Alabama, Auburn, Clemson. Duke, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Louisville, Maryland, Memphis State, Miami Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Southern Mississippi, Southwestern Louisiana, Tennessee, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. MIDWEST (19) Central Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, lowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue, Toledo, Wichita State, Wisconsin.

SOUTHWEST (13) Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, State, Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas 9-1-1 and nobody even looked at them. The move to 1-AA is a definite plus to the league because now the kids know that winning the conference title means they'll be playing for the national Furman coach Dick Sheridan agrees. "It gives us a national championship to play for," he said of his team, which won the Southern Conference title, finished with an 8-3 record and was uninvited to a bowl game. However, Yale athletic director Frank Ryan said the NCAA buckled under pressure from the College N.E. CONFERENCE Reluctantly, several New England teams will be taking a step down this season.

Holy Cross and Ivy League members Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown no longer will be synonymous with top-level college football. A revision in the NCAA rules. approved by NCAA delegates last Dec. 3-4, slashed Division 1-A the highest ranking accorded member institutions from 137 schools to 96. Thirty-eight schools previously classified in Division 1-A were dropped to Division 1-AA.

Three more Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan of the MidAmerican Conference and Cincinnati were reclassified in 1-AA on Aug. 20, boosting membership to 93. Some schools, however, took a step upward. Alabama State and Missouri State move from Division 2 to 1-A. To accommodate the influx of teams in Division 1-AA, the NCAA has expanded the playoff format.

Now, for example, the champion of the Southern Conference, formerly a 1-A league, will get an automatic bid to the playoffs. Citadel coach Art Baker is realistic about the realignment. "No matter how much we talked about it, up until this year there wasn't much of a chance of us playing any football after our regular season no matter what our record was," said Baker. "Look at Furman two years ago. They went Plymouth is class of the league again By Bob Monahan Globe Staff Plymouth State, which posted a 9-1 record last year while winning its first New England Football Conference title, is an odds-on favorite to retain its crown.

Plymouth's defense was tops among the nation's Division 3 colleges in points allowed (51) last year. and eight of those defensive starters return, including All-New England tackles Paul Hirschfeld and John McNulty. On offense, the Panthers have almost as much experience, led by quarterback Kevin Bradley and running back Dwayne Anderson. Massachusetts Maritime and Maine Maritime are expected to be the biggest threats to Plymouth. Mass.

Maritime has an experienced offense paced by quarterback Jim O'Neil and running back Tim Quinn. Maine Maritime graduated the top three rushers in the conference (Larry White, Al Harrison and Doug Lamson), but it has depth. Both Maritime schools have adequate talent, but from position to position, they don't figure to match up with Plymouth. Curry College will be a factor. its INSIDE FOOTBALL '82 Running back Dwayne Anderson is a bulwark of the Plymouth offense.

GLOBE FILE PHOTO INSIDE SPORTS SPORTING NEWS PLAYBOY STREET AND SMITH SPORT How 2. 1. North Washington Carolina 11. 12. Georgia 2.

1. Alabama Pittsburgh 11. 12. USC Nebraska 1. Pittsburgh 11.

UCLA 1. Washington 11. Ohio State 1. Florida 11. Notre Dame Michigan 2.

Washington 12. Oklahoma 2. Pittsburgh 12. Arkansas 2. Penn State 12.

Illinois 3. Pittsburgh 13. Penn State 3. Oklahoma 13. UCLA 3.

Arkansas 13. SMU 3. Nebraska 13. Brigham Young 3. Washington 13.

UCLA others 5. 4. Alabama Nebraska 15. 14. Florida Arkansas 5.

4. North Washington Carolina 15. 14. SMU Ohio State 4. 5.

Ohio North State Carolina 14. 15. Auburn Oklahoma State 4. 5. Penn Alabama State 15.

14. Miami Michigan (Fla.) 5. 4. Georgia Oklahoma 15. 14.

North Michigan Carolina 6. Miami (Fia.) 16. USC 6. Georgia 16. Florida 6.

Nebraska 16. Notre Dame 6. North Carolina 16. UCLA 6. Alabama 16.

Texas pick 'em 8. 9. 7. SMU Clemson Oklahoma 17. 18.

19. Illinois Brigham Missouri Young 9. 8. 7. Penn Miami Arkansas State (Fla.) 19.

17. 18. Notre Texas Illinois Dame 9. 8. 7.

USC Florida Clemson 19. 18. 17. Penn Arizona Alabama State State 7. 9.

8. USC SMU Georgia 17. 19. 18. Texas Arizona Houston State 7.

9. Clemson Arkansas Nebraska 18. 19. 17. SMU Miami Brigham (Fla.) Young 10.

Texas 20. Notre Dame 10. Michigan 20. Clemson 10. Georgia 20.

Brigham Young 10. Clemson 20. Oklahoma 10. Pittsburgh 20. Ohio State NATIONAL NOTEBOOK A strange recruiting story Tulane plays Mississippi State, a 10-0 Hall of Fame Bowl winner, next Saturday.

Big deal, right? Well, it could be the beginning of a big deal, because Tulane will unveil a sensation named Elton Veals, a runner who broke all of O.J. Simpson's junior college records. But that's only part of Veals' saga. How the 6-foot-1, 231-pound fullback wound up in Tulane after a recruiting tour de force that took up some 11,000 miles is the rest of it. PHOTO BY DAVID L.

RYAN up whole has experienced what appears to be uncontrolled growth," said Frank. "This change is designed to refocus on the intent of the 1973 decision to create the three-division structure and the 1978 plan to reorganize Division 1 football to assure that institutions with similar commitments and essentially like programs are grouped In addition to the Ivy League and Southern Conference, the Southland Conference was reclassified as 1-AA. Southwestern Louisiana, now an independent with 1- A status, withdrew from the South-. land after the 1981 season. The schools in Division 1-A include 71 members of eight conferences the Big Ten, Southeastern, Big 8, Pacific-10, Southwest, Atlantic Coast, Western Athletic and Pacific Coast along with 20 The remaining five schools are Central Michigan and Toledo of the Mid-American Conference and Tulsa, Wichita State and New Mexico State of the Missouri Valley.

An interesting case has developed in the Mid-American Conference, which has a commitment to send its champion to the California Bowl. Two schools remain in 1-A while the rest of the conference dropped to 1-AA. While the MAC champion seems assured of a berth in the 1-AA playoffs, the conference said its winner, regardless of classification, will play in the California Bowl. Veals was originally recruited by Tulane and Southern upon his graduation from Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge, but he couldn't meet those colleges' academic requirements and went to Merritt Junior College in Oakland. After he broke every record imaginable there, USC, California and Illinois among others became interested.

Texas Christian, Texas-El Paso, Texas Tech, Tulsa. WEST (27) Air Force, Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, California, Colorado, Colorado State, Fresno State, Fullerton State. Hawaii, Long Beach State, NevadaLas Vegas, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, San Diego State, San Jose State, Southern California, Stanford, UCLA, Utah, Utah State, Washington, Washington State, Wyoming. Division in 1-AA (x denotes 1-A status in 1981, boldface denotes local team realigned) EAST (22) Boston x-Brown, Bucknell, x-Columbia, Connecticut, x- Cornell, x-Dartmouth, Delaware, Delaware State, x-Harvard, x-Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Northeastern, x-Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rhode Island, x-Yale. SOUTH (38) Alabama State, Alcorn State, x-Appalachian State, Austin Peay, Bethune-Cookman, x-Citadel, Davidson, X- East Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, Florida x-Furman, Grambling, Howard, Jack- Football Assn.

(CFA), a group of more than 60 schools which threatened to secede from the NCAA over a television contract dispute and allocation of television revenues. "It was a move to pacify the CFA, which wanted to split from the NCAA," said Ryan, whose school met the new NCAA guidelines but chose instead to join the rest of the conference in 1-AA. "We're on record as deploring the reasons for realignment, although I don't think it will have any effect on our program." The Ivy League prohibits its teams from competing in postseason play. son State, James Madison, x-Lamar, x-Louisiana Tech, x-Marshall, x-McNeese State, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi Valley State, Morehead State, Murray State, Nicholls State, North Carolina x-Northeast Louisiana, Northwestern Louisiana, x-Richmond, South Carolina State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern, x-Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, x-VMI, X- Western Carolina, Western Kentucky, x-William Mary. MIDWEST (19) Akron, x-Ball State, x- Bowling Green, x-Cincinnati, x-Drake, Eastern Illinois, x-Eastern Michigan, x-Illinois State, x-Indiana State, x-Kent State, x-Miami x-Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, x- Ohio x-Southern Illinois, Southwest Missouri State, Western Illinois, x-Western Michigan, Youngstown State.

SOUTHWEST (6) x-Arkansas State, x- North Texas State, Prairie View, x-Texas-Arlington, Texas Southern, x-West Texas State. WEST (8) Boise State, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, NevadaReno, Northern Arizona, Weber State. The last major realignment in college football came in August 1973, when the NCAA delegates approved a move to split the University and College Divisions into Divisions 1, 2 and 3. In 1978, the NCAA divided Division 1 into 1-A and 1-AA. James Frank, the president of Lincoln (Mo.) University and chairman of the NCAA's Governance, Organization and Services Committee, said the 1978 plan was just not working.

"It's obvious that the 1978 reorganization of Division 1 football has not worked as intended and that Division 1 membership as a It appeared that Veals was ready to join new California head coach Joe Kapp at Berkeley, when, out of the blue, Veals enrolled this. January in some courses at Illinois, and so' it appeared that coach Mike White known for his recruiting IT acumen, had pulled off another v8 coup and would have Veals to com- 09 plement Illinois' passing headed by Tony Eason. But without ever attending any of those classes, Veals headed back to California, where he signed a let-50 ter of intent to play for Kapp. (Face it: given the choice of Champaign, and Berkeley, where ETA would you go?) OK, so Illinois was out of the Veals picture. But California released Veals when he didn't meet course requirements.

That's when the phone in Tulane assistant coach Frank Monica's office rang. eirt was Veals' mother, asking Monica whether it would be all 19 right for her son to come to Tulane. Can you imagine Monica's answer? "Well, I'll have to caucus with Vince Gibson, the head coach, Mrs. Veals. "What number would your son like?" It could be the biggest recruiting coup in Gibson's 16-year career.

tuated with several "freshman, v8 phenom" phrases. The player is Marcus DuPree, and they say he' is actually a bigger version of Herschel Walker. DuPree, a 233-pound id running back out of Philadelphia, le should soon start maybe Sooners' opener Sept. loi even in the 11 against West Virginia in theori same backfield with all-Big Eight" fullback Stanley Wilson. Watchod 08 out, Nebraska.

DA 129 0 mil id1 Syracuse coach Dick MacPher- EW son isn't exactly doing cartwheels; R3 as he prepares his team for Friday night's nice little gathering of 25,000 or so at N.J., against home team Rutgers." Besides the crowd, the former Uni-09 versity of Massachusetts coach has to worry about finding a replacement for tight end Marty Chalk, one of only three returning starters, who will be out for the year cob after undergoing knee surgery last 9d week. sn On the subject of players to watch: As the season unwinds, keep an eye on the Oklahoma stories. Most of them should be punc- entire offensive backfield returns quarterback Todd Cosgrove, running backs Mike Higgins and Rick Walters and flanker Mike Blau. The Colonels also have eight starters back on defense. Framingham State, Bridgewater State and Nichols College will be rebuilding.

Framingham will field a solid defense, but its offensive backfield will be new. Bridgewater has an excellent pass-catch combination with quarterback Kevin Cobban and wide receiver Ron McCarthy. The Bears, however, are hurting on defense. Nichols' biggest problem is depth. The Bisons lost their top three running backs and may lean on the passing of Mike Donehy.

Western New England College was a surprising 5-4 in its first season last year, and most of that club is returning. WNEC has a talented fullback in Jim Bedard. Westfield State replaced Boston State as a conference member. The Owls are coached by former Chicago Bear Roger LeClerc and will be a dark horse. So will Western Connecticut, which has a promising running back in Greg DiOrio and enough lettermen to be competitive.

This week's national college schedule THURSDAY Brigham Young at Nevada-Las Vegas (n) Prairie View State at Stephen Austin (n) FRIDAY Syracuse Rutgers at East Rutherford, N.J. (n).

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