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frlday, September 28, 1979
NU-Penn State TV viewers unaware of technical work
By Kim Hachiya
When television viewer tune in Saturday morning to
watch the NU-Penn State game, few will be aware of the
technical work involved in relaying the game across the
nation.
Saturday's game is ABC Sport's number one regional
game, which means it will be broadcasted to about 70 per
cent of the nation, to be followed immediately by the
nationally televised Ohio State-UCLA game.
ABC pulled liito Lincoln Wednesday night with 31
engineers to begin setting up the miles of phone cable and
equipment needed for the undertaking.
According to Warren Malsch, a technician, the phone
company Is one of ABC's closest allies.
"Without the phone company we are dead," Malsch
said. "The phones relay everything from point to point.
We can get the picture to our trucks; but we can't get it
out to be broadcasted Without the phone hook-ups."
Maisch, who came to Lincoln from New Haven. Conn,
after working last week's Yale-Brown game, said that Ne
braska has been cooperative in helping ABC to set up.
"They give us everything we heed. Most college people
are very cooperative, however," he added .
Peter DiPaola, unit manager, said Nebraska has a good
facility for telecasts. Although he said the press box isn't
ideal for cameras because it's too high, the camera posl-
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tions parallel to the west baiconics In the stadium plus
the room for mobile camera vehicles and hand-held cam
eras along the sidelines make for good coverage.
DIPAOLA SAID ABC does not generally make the
decision on which games to broadcast until Monday be
fore the games.
"ABC Sports tries to show the best games subject to
NCAA rules concerning broadcasts" he said. NCAA rules
prohibit any team from appearing on TV more than twice
a season except for bowl appearances and play-off games.
Les Wise, technical director, said he just came off a
soccer tour, where the technical implementation is totally
different from NCAA tours. He said most of the crew has
been covering NCAA tours for 10 to 15 years and they
begin to know instinctively what is gdod and what isn't.
Wise said the director makes the judgment on what
sidelines shots to show.
'Sometimes we'll inadvertantly show a coach in the
middle of a profarie remark. The audience may read the
lips and the damage is done. But in a sense it was blipped
because there isn't any audio. It's usually no worse than
any thing people would see on Johnny Carson," he said.
BOB GOODRICH, the producer for the game, explain
ed that he is in charged of formating the pre-game show,
selecting what highlights of former games to show, when
to insert commercials and which replays to show.
Working with 30 television monitors and relying on
past experience, Goodrich said he would have several
options for any given play.
For example, in a third down and long situation,
Goodrich would assume a pass play. He tapes the live
line (what the home audience is seeing) as a backup plus
isolates on the wide receivers from the sidelines and iso
lates the ball from the endzone. If the play makes it, or
even if it doesn't, Goodrich has fou options and camera
angles to replay.
Goodrich said deciding who to isolate on its a judg-
mentcall. . , . . , , ,
"For instance, if a defensive secondary back has had a
good record of interceptions, we'll isolate on him and
hope to get some spectacular catch' m tald.
Goodrich said it is Up to the director to decide which
shots of the crowd and sidelines are shown. The camera
men point their cameras and the director checks to see
who has a nice shot, Goodrich said.
"HE IX LOOK for pretty girls, cheerleader winning
coaches, losing coaches and Injured players. With seven
cameras, well have seven options," he said.
Goodrich has been a producer for five years and has
been with ABC since September 1971 . He will be at Lake
Placid this winter covering his fourth Olympic games. He
was in Munich in 1972 during the terrorist kidnapping of
Israeli athletes.
"That was a really tense situation,' he said. -'We didn't
know If they (the terrorists! would try to take over the
TV center to try to make demands or what. It was very
scary for everyone."
Goodrich said the worst incident of1 his career, how.
ever, was not the events at Munich.
"Very simple. It was the Woody Hayes incident," he
said. Hayes, former Ohio State head football coach punch
ed a player In the Gator Bowl last year during Ohio State's
losstoClemson.
"I was the producer for that game and 1 made the mis
take of not recording the live line that the home audience
sees. That was the only feed thai had the incident. Keith
Jackson, the announcer didn't see it and We replayed the
end zone shot, the only tape we had' of the play and It
stopped short of Hayes' punch .
"We were accused of covering up for the NCAA and
Ohio State. But actually because of ah unfortunate series
of events, we just didn't happen to have It."
"It was unfortunate. It really was hot funny. It was
just embarrassing," Goodrich said.
Early start hurts downtown businesses
Downtown business managers contacted this week said
the early kickofT in the Nebraska-Fenn State Saturday will
affect business.
Walter Stephenson of Magee's said he was excited that
the game Is televised but "It's possible that it may cut
down on business."
"Football Saturdays are a Vital business day. The out
state people make the difference," he said.
To accommodate the fdotball crowd, Magee's will open
at 9 a.m. bri football Saturdays instead of the usual 9:30
a.m. Opening.
Deb O'Hanlon of Brandeis said, "Qf course we would
prefer that the kickoff be at a later time."
But, she added, because the game will be over earlier,
business may increase after the game.
"A lot of people come into the store in the morning to
look around. Then after the game they'll come back and
buy."
Lawlor's downtown manager, Jim Fvertsort, said Law
lor's will also open a half hour earlier than usual on foot
ball Saturdays.
"There's no doubt about it, we expect a 25 percent
decrease in business," he said because of the earlier game
time.
Ben Simon's men's clothes manager, Bill Bures said,
"In general we expect it Will affect business a little."
Simon's will be open at 9:30 instead bf 10 and will
stay open until 6, he said.
Steve Adams of TWs said that they have a fairly con
stant crowd on football Saturdays.
"But because the game is televised, I don't expect as
many people will leave their homes," he said.
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