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Thursday, Oct. 17, 1963
The Daily Nebraskan
Frosh Squad
Will Battle
'Cats Friday
The Nebraska freshman
footballers clash with Wild
cats tomorrow at 2:30 at Me
morial Stadium, Manhattan,
Kansas.
The game matches Ne
braska frsehman football
with Kansas State in the
season opener. for both
teams. Nebraska has four
boys from Nebraska and
three from Steubenville, Ohio,
starting. Kansas State is start
ing one boy from Kansas and
five from Texas.
Nebraskans on the Univer
sity of Nebraska team are
quarterback Wayne Weber of
Hastings, fullback Pete Tat
man of North Platte, tackle
Carel Stith of Lincoln South
east, and guard George Blank
enshlp of Omaha.
The Steubenville boys are
halfback Harry Wilson, tackle
Harry Meagher and guard Ed
Szypulski.
Halfback Ron Kirkland and
center Bob Placek are from
West Bend, Wise. Starting
ends are Mike Grace of Sioux
City, Iowa, and Langston Co
man of Washington, D.C.
With school starting here
on September 23, Nebraska
has had little practice time.
Freshman coach John Melton
said that three weeks of prep
aration "is just not enough
time."
Melton was not pessimistic
as he added, "I think we have
some real good football play
ers here. Our linemen are
good sized, and the spirit on
the squad is very good."
Kansas State freshman
coach Ed Dissinger is expect
ed to start a team that av
erages 205 pounds in the line
and a backfield featuring
quarterback Victor Castillo,
165-pound passing wizard who
piloted his Breckenridge High
School in San Antonio, Texas,
to the Class AAAA state cha
pionship last fall.
Other Wildcat starting
backs are halfbacks Bob Hen
ry of Springfield, Ohio, and
Don Gabriel of Tucson, Ari
zona. William Ellicott of Rich
mond, Mo., is the starting full
back. Heaviest wildcat starter is
228-pound tackle Dave Lang
ford of Topeka, the only Kan
san starting.
Nebraska's second game is
against Iowa State November
15. Conference regulations
limit freshmen teams to two
games.
Nebraska Freshman
Bniidi, Steubenville, Ohio ....
Coleman, Washington, D.C. ...
Grace, Sioux City, Iowa
Hlnx, Fairmont, Minn.
Hoizapfel, Omaha
Netley, IndianoU, Iowa
Pappas, Riverside, OalU. ....
Ratzloff. Windom, Minn.
Smith, Hastings
Taekles
Bertcel, Da rid City
Boriiu, Kansas City. Mo
Hansen, Blair
Mclntlre, Kansas City, Mo. ...
Otoupal, David City
Philo, Flint, Mich
Smith, Robbtnsdal. Minn. ....
Stith, Lincoln
Wilks, Grand Rapids, Mich. ...
Guards
Blankenship, Omaha
Kudraa. Red Cloud
McKendt, Detroit, Mich
Meagher, Steubenville, Ohio . .
Selcke, Chicago, 111
Snoda, Cleveland, Ohio
SzypulsW, Steubenville, Ohio ,,
Unls, Hopewell. Pa.
Centers
Pempser, Omaha
Hill. East St Louis, TO.
Narish, Chicago, I1L
Placek. West Rend, Wlso
Rockier, Cadillac, Mich. .,..
Quarterbaeks
Churchtch, Omaha
Everett, Lincoln
Cunther. LeMara, Iowa
Weber, IlasUMS
Hainaks
Carstens, FWrbfUT ,.
Clements, Stuart
Dorwart, Sidney ,
Elwell, Follerton. Calif.
Jackson, Bangor, Mich. ,,
Janik, Chicago, Ul ,.
Klrtnr, David CM
Kirkland, West Bend, Wise. ...
Thoreil, Loom Is ,,
WachoUi, North Platte
Wilson, SteotMnville, Ohio
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Brans., Cflrad ,
Brown, Detroit, Mich.
Ptvls, Brewster
Orell, Lincoln
IJmbach, West Bend, Wlso. ...
May, Hickman
Ohri, Spencer
Tatman, Ncrth Platte
Troglaoer, Buffalo, N, Y
Weiman. Steuben villa. Ohio ...
Squad:
6' 187
6"2" 195
6'2" 206
6'2" 206
5' 11" 180
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6' 188
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5'10" 165
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6"1" 167
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By Dave Wohlfarth
Three husky men sit in a dark, quieted room. They
are watching the flicker of a film.
The silence is broken by the noise of the film pro
jector and frequent comments from the men. Occasionally
the men jot down notes on their pads.
This is college football recruiting known to only the
most avid sports follower although the film-checking meth
od has been used for the past five to 10 years.
This process of screening high school films to select
candidates for next fall's freshmen football team is one
of the most time-consuming and important phases of
modern college football recruiting. Coaches across the
country begin checking films when the regular season
ends and continue until the next crop of incoming frosh
gridders has been chosen.
500 Boys Studied
The University of Nebraska football staff, for ex
ample, studied over 500 boys in one or more films since
the end of last fall's season.
Prep movies are still a relatively new method in foot-
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Devaney studies films for long hours to recruit good high
school players.
Rood Aviahenin
By Mick Rood
Sports Editor
It was a disastrous weekend. Nebraska lost. Big
Eight prestige was diminished. Six of the top ten football
teams in the nation lost or tied games with "lesser" pow
ers. Nebraska succombed to an Air Force squad that was
clearly the better team on that particular Saturday. Awe
some Husker power that is there, never was visible. Fal
con determination was there.'
Most of the top-rated teams that lost Saturday, in
cluding Nebraska, were not overrated or stymied by last
minute Injuries. They asked for defeat. The old adage that
any team can be beaten on any given Saturday is true,
but why?
The psychological stresses on a typical college football
player are tremendous. One weekend of success can easily
lead to slacking off the next. Classes, injury worries, and
publicity also can effect a football player. This may or
may not seem obvious to a bystander, but put yourself
in the Saturday performer's shoes. Then wince a little.
The guy that could come up with the formula for
getting a team up every Saturday would become a national
figure. Let's hope that the Huskers have the formula
whatever it is in mind. Ability and attitude makes the
winning combination.
Oklahoma's brash surprise at Dallas might please
over-anxious Husker farts, but the Big Eight's leading rep
resentative looked as undermanned as Iowa State as Ne
braska. Nebraska tumbled from the golden top twenty
list by losing to the Air Force. Missouri, after a good
start had a hard time with a weak Kansas State club.
And finally, Kansas fell to a peppery Iowa State team.
That Kansas loss made the Husker's convincing win over
the Cyclones look important in the young Big Eight race.
A note on the Air Force calamity. Daily Nebraskan
Editor Gary Lacey looked down at a chart I handed him
and marked "A.F." in the little square. He peered at
me as I oathed in disbelief. Every other staff member
had of course picked Nebraska to win on the chart.
For technical reasons, the staff prediction chart didn't
run in last Friday's paper. And now, Lacey might be
known as the gloomy prophet.
A word on lntramurals. The Nebraskan sports staff
has unfortunately little time to cover intramural contests.
Classes and varsity sports coverage seem to fill an after
noon and-or early evening rather well. But we do real
ize the Importance of the program and wish to cover it
more thoroughly.
Consequently.a little assistance would be appreciated
All intramural chairmen
ing living units are asked to supply a little "color" on
games. If your team is doing well or if an individual
does extremely well, let us hear about it. If an unusual
Incident occurs, let us hear about it. Just drop any figures
or comments you Tiave on the sports desk and we'll see
that it is printed if possible.
Perhaps this weekend will reveal desired results: Air
Force to tumble Arkansas; Alabama by Tennessee; Duke
In a battle over Clemson; Iowa State will crush Colorado
success of late; Georgia Tech easily over Auburn; Minne
sota to upset Illinois; Wisconsin to edge upstart Iowa;
LSU over Kentucky; Oklahoma doesn't need Looney to
whip faltering Kansas; Michigan State over Indiana; Pur
due to thrash Michigan; Missouri over hapless Oklahoma
State; Northwestern to beat Mira (and Miami); resurgent
Notre Dame past U.C.L.A.; SMU over Rice; Penn State
win over Syracuse; Texas over Arkansas by 20; T.C.U.
to whip Texas A&M; Washington not too easy over Stanford.
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ball recruiting because only in the last five to 10 years
have high schools sent out films of their games to be
scrutinized by college coaches.
The reason for this is simply that today there are
more high schools taking films of their games. Most big
prep schools shoot movies of their games. At present,
for example, a little over half of Nebraska's high schools
are taking movies of at least some of their games.
Films Serve Dual Purpose
The main purpose behind the production of the movies
is to aid the high school coaches in their instruction
techniques. Now, however, with the widespread use of
movies to recruit college players, the films serve a dual
purpose.
How does the process work? The school sends out one
or two complete game films to the college requesting
them. The college coach and his staff study the films to
determine If the boy they're interested in is capable of
playing college ball. If he is, they will probably offer
him an athletic scholarship.
' This is quite different from the pre-movie days when
most recruiting consisted of personal scouting and rec
ommendations, usually by high school coaches. In some
cases the coaches would bring boys to the college campus
for workouts. This is now outlawed.
Hit And Miss Recruiting
These old methods, called "hit and miss" recruiting
by one college coach, were usually based on hearsay evi
dence and, consequently, not always dependable.
But with today's mass distribution of high school films,
college coaches have a proven system of gridiron re
cruiting. Most college pilots across the country employ
the film recruiting process quite extensively.
One athletic director said, "College coaches rely pret
ty close to 100, say about 90, on movies in the selec
tion of a boy particularly if he's from outside your
own state."
An Accurate Measurement
What are the advantages of films for recruiting pur
poses? Some coaches feel that the movies are simply the
most accurate measurement of a boy's ability. The films
are certainly better than weighing a player's publicity
or simply viewing his physique.
To completely answer our question we went to three
of the Midwest's top college coaches Bob Devaney of
Nebraska, Ohio State's Woody Hayes, and Dan Devine of
Missouri.
Devaney, who coached Nebraska to a 9-2 record in
his first year, remarked, "You can't judge a boy oh his
appearance. Sometimes, those with a less imposing stat
ure have the required desire and ability. We have to go
by what we see."
Hayes Impressed With Film
Hayes, who has guided many a rugged Buckeye eleven
in his 13 years as head coach at Ohio State, was ex
plicit in his praise for the recruiting films.
"It's the most honest appraisal of a boy's ability you
can have," he said.
He pointed out that the use of films is much more
accurate than other means of evaluating a boy's ability
but the films have to be supplemented by a transcript
of the boy's record for a "good lineup of the boy as a
citizen."
"The films serve in that respect to some degree. If
the boy is a loafer and is selfish, the films will show it.
However, the films alone are not enough," Hayes com
mented. Devine Disagrees
Missouri's Devine disagreed on the worthiness of the
films. He questioned the value of the films because every
thing is relative to the opposition.
"You don't know how good the opposition in the film
is," explained Devine, who last fall piloted the Tigers to
an 8-1-2 record, including a victory in the Bluebonnet
Bowl.
Devine also pointed out that films don't measure the
intangibles of football including loyalty, attitude and
citizenship.
There are other disadvantages to the films. Often
the film quality is poor, causing the coach difficulties in
following the player he is studying and, therefore, some
times resulting in the human tendency to undergrade
the boy involved.
NU Uses Grading System
Another is that the college coach must set a standard
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by which to judge the player. The Nebraska coaches use
a grading system similar to that of many schools to
overcome this disadvantage. '
Each player is given a grade of one through five
with one as the top grade. If a boy receives a two or
better, he is offered a Husker scholarship, providing his
academic qualifications are satisfactory and he has the
necessary size and physical strength, Coach Devaney ex
plained. The grading of the films is left up to the coaches
involved. For example, the line coaches will pass judg
ment on a lineman and the offensive and defensive back
field coaches will check a back. A two-man opinion is
usually attempted.
"We try to study a film where the team looks good
and another where it looks bad. From this we can tell
if the boy is a front-runner a boy who looks better
when the going is good or a real competitor who
plays hard all the game no matter what the score is.
The latter is the type we want," said Devaney.
Comparison Of Views
Considering the advantages and disadvantages of the
prep movies, it is interesting to see how different coaches
regard them in comparison with their own scouts.
Devaney and Hayes ranked films better than scouts
In evaluating future football hopefuls. Devine indicated
he would rather have a man at the hall game because
of the disadvantages involved in film recruiting.
Hayes thought that movies were better than having
scouts because there was less subjectivety involved. Also,
he believed that many college coaches tend to be too
conservative in their estimates if they simply watch a
game in action.
Devaney explained that the films " provide us with
people at many high school games. The films are actually
better than having scouts at the game."
Films Can Be Re-Run
Why is this so-? Because the films can be re-run
and the coaches can study each move. In a game, the
scout must get the information as the play goes by.
The coaches look for certain things when they are
studying a boy in a film. General ability, speed, aggres
siveness, desire, hustle and individual abilities, such as
punting or passing, are eye-catching ingredients.
The coaches check for speed in a halfback, power in
a fullback and the ability to run and pass in a quarter
back. A lineman must be fairly big and have initial quick
ness rather than overall speed.
Movies have been a recruiting advantage to more
people than just the college coaches. The boy who played
on a losing high school team often wasn't considered for
college ball in past years. Today's film recruiting has
changed this because the boy's ability, not his reputation
or publicity, is under closer surveillance.
Burden Is Shifted
Also, before movies were made, the high school
coaches were in an unenviable position because if they
recommended a boy who was unsuccessful then they were
subject to criticism. Now, the burden of offering schol
arships rests on the boy's performance in the films.
George "Crump" Redding, football coach at North
Platte High School, agreed that the burden of responsibili
ty has been shifted. Redding, whose Bulldogs were the
number one ranked Class A Nebraska team in 1962, said,
"We (the high school coaches) can give the boy's char
acteristic traits and personal habits. The films tell of his
football ability."
North Platte took films of its games and these were
sent to colleges in three or four different states upon
requests this year, Redding said.
An example of a high school which doesn't take films
is Holdrege, also a Class A team. Jess Keifer, Duster
coach admitted that the films were beneficial in coach
ing but as far as recruiting of Holdrege footballers, he
said, "Most of our opponents take films. It is possible'
for a college coach to see any of our boys in action
throu'gh these films."
Devaney An Advocate Of Films
Many small high schools still don't take films. NU's
Devaney is a strong advocate of all Nebraska schools
taking films.
"We realize that perhaps we might be losing a good
Nebraska boy because of lack of films, but we can't af
ford to offer a scholarship to a boy we haven't seen in
films and to do so, turn down a boy who we have seen
and who can help us," he said.
The process of high school recruiting films has grown
quite extensively in the past 10 years. The popular use of
this method and the importance placed upon it by most
of the country's college coaches today indicate the con
tinued boom of recruiting movies.
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