September 1, 1982 Table Of Contents
First Person
A DO-IT-YOURSELF SCOUTING KIT THAT LETS YOU PUT YOUR TEAM IN THE TOP 20
By Bob Brown
Reminiscence
A KID'S DREAM, BEING A PRO FOOTBALL WATER BOY, WAS ONE LAD'S NIGHTMARE
College Football '82
This Year You're Going To See Red
A quietly passed NCAA rule that allowed freshmen to be redshirted in 1978 means 1982 should be a vintage year for upsets
By Douglas S. Looney
Don't even bother trying because you can't take the Steel City out of Pitt Quarterback Danny Marino, a hometown hero who has designs on the Heisman Trophy and a national championship for the No. 1-ranked Panthers.
By Douglas S. Looney
This Is A Rush Hour You Can Enjoy
By N. Brooks Clark
By N. Brooks Clark
Beano Cook, who's worth a laugh a minute on network row, seriously lobbied CBS higher-ups to go after college football. Result: ABC shares coverage and Beano's on ABC
By Jill Lieber
Surprise Marriage Of The Year: Joe Kapp And Cal
The Golden Bears' rookie head coach has been a brawler and a litigious sort, and he had never coached at any level, but his mastery of the game as a Viking and his love of Cal, which he had taken to a Rose Bowl in 1959, made him an astute choice
By Ron Fimrite
Scouting Reports
The Panther schedule means they'll have to win the title the old-fashioned way: They'll have to earn it
By N. Brooks Clark
This team is so loaded with pluses that even its coach can't think of anything bad to say
By N. Brooks Clark
It is not running down Walker to say that he's far from being the Bulldogs' only star
By N. Brooks Clark
Now that SMU is off NCAA probation, it's the Mustangs who'll be handing out the punishment
By N. Brooks Clark
The season will pop into place for the Cornhuskers if Quarterback Gill regains sophomore form
By N. Brooks Clark
The Tigers will disabuse one and all of lingering notions that their national title was a fluke
By N. Brooks Clark
The Sun Devils may have lost a lot on offense, but they make up for it with a defense that's hellacious
By N. Brooks Clark
Having paid the price for last season's overconfidence, the Wolverines are meeker—but not milder
By N. Brooks Clark
After scouring basketball courts, Coach Joe Paterno has high hopes, but the shorts at guard and center
By N. Brooks Clark
Injuries made '81 a what-if year for the Tar Heels. With all hands healthy, this is a should-be season
By N. Brooks Clark
After 1981's turmoil, the Bear intends to get back to the business of turning out championship teams
By N. Brooks Clark
There's talent, to be sure, but is it enough to give the Razorbacks an edge in the Southwest Conference?
By N. Brooks Clark
Schnellenberger, a sloganeer par excellence, says this is the year for his Hurricanes to "Go for It"
By N. Brooks Clark
It's a blessing to Golden Eagle disciples that religious scruples didn't halt Collier's career
By N. Brooks Clark
The Aggies have bought the coach they wanted; now it's time to get a return on their investment
By N. Brooks Clark
The Irish were 5-6 in Gerry Faust's first year, so there's no place to go but up, and that's where they're headed
By N. Brooks Clark
The Trojans are ineligible for a bowl game, which could make things rough for regular-season rivals
By N. Brooks Clark
The Gators would like to snap up their first SEC title, but they play a schedule that could eat them alive
By N. Brooks Clark
If any team can sustain the loss of a passer like Jim McMahon without missing a beat, it's the Cougars
By N. Brooks Clark
There are too many new faces to satisfy the longing for a national title that pervades Longhorn country
By N. Brooks Clark
College Football' 82
By N. Brooks Clark
College Football
By N. Brooks Clark
Pro Football '82
Labor unrest, drug abuse, Congress and raids by the new USFL...Pete Rozelle and the NFL owners never had it so bad
Rules changes have made getting to the quarterback more difficult and put a premium on pass rushers like the New York Jets' front four
YOU WON'T HAVE ME TO SACK ANYMORE
So says retired Ram Quarterback Pat Haden, who remembers a lot of bumps, bruises and boos
By Pat Haden
The Dallas Cowboy Organization is the NFL's best because of the four men who have ruled over it since the team's inception in 1960: Coach Tom Landry, General Manager Tex Schramm, director of personnel Gil Brandt and owner Clint Murchison
By William Oscar Johnson
The Cowboys may be hot stuff in Big D, but in the rest of the country America's Team seems to have attracted a multitude of haters turned off by its attitude, image and success
NEED A LINEBACKER WHO HAS BLUE FEET? CALL MIKE
Superscout Mike Giddings uses a unique color-coding system to rate every pro under the rainbow for eight NFL teams
Baseball playoffs in Kansas City. Yom Kippur in Miami. Conventions in Chicago. Those are just a few of the factors the NFL must consider in making up its 224-game television schedule
By William Taaffe
San Diego's Kellen Winslow (left) and San Francisco's Dwight Clark, the NFL's top two receivers in 1980 and '81, proved they are a breed apart during last season's playoffs