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Football notebook

By Dan Moran and Dave Tuley | November 2, 1987

MUNCIE, Ind.—NIU came into the game tied for fourth in the nation in turnover ratio with a plus-1.6 ranking.

Normally you wouldn't expect such a team to fumble eight times, but that's what the Huskies did Saturday. You also wouldn't expect all eight of those fumbles to be recovered by the Huskies, but they were.

However, Ball State did manage to pick off a Marshall Taylor pass to set up their fourth touchdown. It was the Huskies' only turnover of the day, but it also killed Taylor's string of 78 pass attempts without an interception, dating back to the second game of the year against Western Michigan.

Long-snapper Joe Spillane, who left last week's game with a neck strain, made the trip to Ball State but did not travel with the team Friday. Pettibone said men's basketball secretary Sandy Gilchrist volunteered to drive Spillane to Muncie Saturday morning so he could attend his law classes.

Huskie boss Jerry Pettibone said the overwhelming loss would be "a real gut check for the coaches, and a character check for the players. I'm counting on the right response."

Assistant coach Pat Ruel said he did not know the reason Ball State has won 13 of 14 from NIU, but, "we're going to find out what the hell it is and do something about it."

Down 42-17 in the fourth quarter, the Huskies resorted to trickery when Kent Iwema took a pitch from Pete Genatempo and tried an option pass back to Genatempo. The senior quarterback made a diving attempt, which one official ruled successful and back judge Eugene Wodzisz overruled.

"I caught it," Genatempo said. "The ref who made the call was behind the play—way out of position. I tried to ask him about it. He didn't say anything."

Former NIU coach Bill Mallory's Indiana Hoosiers fell out of first place in the Big Ten with a 29-21 loss at Iowa Saturday.

O’Dell pitches for NIU AD job

By Jim Wozniak | October 21, 1987

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

Coaches critique 1st two candidates

By Jim Wozniak | October 20, 1987

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

Rosborough pursues trip

By Tom Clegg | October 20, 1987

Men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough would like to get his Huskies away from DeKalb next summer—far away. The NIU coach is working on plans to have his squad travel to Europe for exhibition games in Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Rosborough sees such...

Correct AD choice necessity to NIU athletics

October 19, 1987

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...

MetroCentre situation still up in air

By Paul Keller | October 6, 1987

NIU's basketball contract with the Rockford Metrocentre terminates June 30, 1988. The big question is whether or not NIU renew its contract with the MetroCentre after this year's basketball season. The actual five-year agreement was made between NIU and...

NU interim AD applies for NIU position

By Jim Wozniak | September 14, 1987

Northwestern interim Athletic Director Ken Kraft said Monday he has applied for NIU's permanent directorship. Kraft's statement comes on the heels of the search committee's first meeting Friday, where committee members began to set up shop and screen...

5 of 6 recruits meet Proposition 48 rules

By Jim Wozniak | July 28, 1987

With only little over a month until full academic life resumes, the NIU men's basketball team's roster is molding into its final shape. Final results have come in from the most recent ACT exam, and the incoming Huskies will trudge into DeKalb. Everyone...

Two athletic administrators leave

By Jim Wozniak | June 23, 1987

More than a year after being fired as the NIU men's basketball coach, John McDougal, 63, returns to college hoops and to the same conference he coached in for 10 years—the Mid-American Conference. McDougal accepted Western Michigan Coach Vernon Payne's...

Shriver takes position with Chicago Sting

By Dan Moran | June 23, 1987

NIU Associate Athletic Director Chuck Shriver, citing career opportunity and family priorities, will leave his post June 30 for a front-office position with the Chicago Sting. Shriver's duties will be divided among members of the athletic department until...

Brigham takes stock of stormy athletic year

By Jim Wozniak | April 28, 1987

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...

$35,000 budget cut needed for FY 1988

By Jim Wozniak | April 22, 1987

After reducing projected profits for Fiscal Year 1988 by $35,000, the budget committee of the Athletic Board voted Wednesday to allow the athletic department to cut its budget during the fiscal year instead of before the budget is presented to the board...

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