Friday, September 3, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Sportscaster Phyllis George at UNL
speaks on career, campaigns for Kerry
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By Cindy Gardner
Balancing the roles of wife, mother, career woman,
author and television personality requires "flexibility
and patience" according to the woman behind these
roles, Phyllis George.
George diverted attention away from television sets
and books when she appeared briefly in the main lounge
of the Nebraska Union Thursday evening. George was in
Nebraska to endorse Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Bob Kerry.
Because her roles as wife, mother and First Lady of
Kentucky are enough alone to keep her busy, George
said she considered not returning to 'The NFL Today"
on CBS.
"Flexibility is the key this year," George said. "I,
in fact, at first was not even considering going back."
Network television's first female sportscaster will
be back for another season but always won't be in the
studio on Sunday's when "NFL Today" is aired.
The former Miss America will, however, appear on
the weekly show either live or on tape. George, who
will open the season on Sept. 12 by interviewing Los
Angeles quarterback Bert Jones, said she will get one
Sunday off this season because of her busy schedule.
Jeorge described her role on CBS as that of
"interviewer and semi-co-host." She added that she is
the one who brings out the people behind the football
players.
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"I think I'm the human interest part of the show,"
George said. "I think the reason my part became suc
cessful on the show was because it was the first time
the audience at home, ever really got to know them."
Her job with NFL Today will take George as far as
Japan this season. In the past, she traveled daily for CBS
covering events ranging from figure skating to basket
ball. Since her marriage to Kentucky Governor John Brown,
George has curtailed her rigorous travel schedule.
George began her sportscasting career in 1974, and
while she still enjoys her work, she said her husband and
two year-old son Lincoln, came first.
"My family's the most important thing to me," George
said. "I can still have a career and work but not like
I did when I was single."
The six-year veteran of the television sports world
added that she would not recommend her lifestyle to
all young women.
"This is perfect for me. I'm not saying it's the ideal
thing for every young woman. What it has done, I hope,
is give women a chance to go out there and be better
and better," George said.
In addition to her many activities, George has co
authored a new book. The "I Love America Diet Book",
written with Bill Adler, will be available soon.
Another project that is keeping George busy is the .
fund raising of more than one million dollars for the
restoration of the Kentucky governor's mansion. The
mansion was closed by the State Fire Marshall in 1980.
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Phyllis George
There's really no season like a football season
It's that time of year again. Football season, in case
you're wondering. The season doesn't really get underway
in earnest until next week, but there are some attractive
games this week to fill any fan's appetite.
Clemson at Georgia. Last year's national champion,
Clemson, meets 1980's national champion, Georgia.
Clemson upset Georgia last year enroute to its 12-0
season. Of course, Clemson also played mighty Wofford
'f Jeff Goodwin
last year. Tiger fans are thankful that obstacle has been re
moved from this year's schedule.
Georgia lost Herschel Walker for the first two games of
the season. That's a bit like taking Rommel's Panzers
away from him and then telling him to go out and whip
Montgomerey.
Intramurals
But Georgia still retains a strong defense and the Bull
dogs are tough at home: Georgia 21, Clemson 16.
North Carolina at Pittsburgh. This is the second tele
vision extravaganza of two Top 10 teams next week.
Pittsburgh has been picked by most pre-season polls as
the best team in the country. That may well be, but it's
unlikely the Panthers will be there at the end of the year.
The Panthers are loaded. Dan Marino, the best quarter
back in college football, heads a high-powered offense
that can score from anywhere on the field. And the
Panther defense is not to be taken lightly.
North Carolina is no pushover, either. The Tar Heels
have one of the finest running backs in the country in tail
back Kelvin Bryant.
The Tar Heels should make a game of this for the first
three quarters or so but Pittsburgh's depth will make the
difference: Pittsburgh 24, North Carolina 21.
Temple at Penn State. Penn State plays one of the
toughest schedules in the country this year. But that's not
because they play Temple. The Lions feast in this one:
Penn State 35, Temple 3.
Miami, Fla. at Florida. One pre-season poll picked
Florida to finish first. Not first in the Southeast Confer
ence, but first in the nation. Like Reaganomics, there is
no reasonable explanation for this. It just is.
Miami beat Florida last year and the Hurricanes have
the players to do so again. Miami is led by quarterback
Jim Kelly, the best quarterback in college football, (oops,
I've heard that one before) and a possible Heisman
Trophy candidate.
The Gators appear to have a stronger defense and that
should make the difference in a close contest: Florida
28, Miami, Fla. 20.
Northwestern at Illinois. Northwestern has lost 31
games in a row and that isn't going to change this week.
Look for Illinois' Tony Eason, the best quarterback in
college football, to pad his stats against the Wildcats:
Illinois 41, Northwestern 7.
Other games:
Syracuse 27, Rutgers 7; Mississippi 29, Memphis State
17; Mississippi State 21, Tulane 17; Tennessee 31, Duke
14; Arizona State 30, Oregon 6; Texas A&M 26, Boston
College 14; Missouri 28, Colorado State 10.
The Wreck Crew, consisting ot Stan Camnhell. Rill
Goa, Mark Hakel, Mona Maly, Mary Pritchard, Sue Olson
and Nadine Ault, came from behind to defeat the Denver
Comets 17-15, 15-10 to win the championship of the co
recreational mud volleyball competition in tft"S UNL-Coors
Intramural Festival last weekend.
open season against UNO,
will stress fundamentals of volleyball
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The Oreos defeated the LNE Connection 15-6, 7-4 to
win the co-recreational three-on-three volleyball competi
tion. Members of the winning team are J. Jones, Jon Jones
and Celine Jochum.
The NPI graduates defeated the Moscow Mules 8-6 to
win the co-recreational indoor wiffleball competition.
Championship team members are Sue Penner, Mike Meier,
Jen Langdon, Ben Birkel, Jim Johnson, Alisa Qualm, Tom
Struebing, Julie Porter, Brad Marucha, Joan Wellnite and
Rick Kyser.
Jim Pfciffer and Linda Capoccia were the winners of
the first heat of the co-recreational water balloon toss.
Nick Foley and Sara Lockwood won the second heat.
The co-recreational bat-n-racc was won by Mike
Malone. Jerry Bartek, Rich Lewis, Carolyn Karlin. Janice
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Dave Boslcy won the men's division of the fun run
with a time of 10.18. Lisa Bedner won the women's
division in ; 1 4.1 2.
By Tom Schipporeit
It's time for the Nebraska volleyball team to get
down to business. The Huskers open their regular season
Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Coliseum against UNO.
The Huskers have spent three weeks working on
fundamentals and preparing for the fall schedule, in
cluding the opener against UNO.
"UNO is one of the better Division II teams. They're
ranked in the top 20 year in and year out," Coach Terry
Pettit said.
Pettit said the Huskers' size and strength advantages
shouldn't play major roles in the first match of the year,
as these qualities develop more importance as the season
progresses.
"This early in the season, fundamentals not associated
with physical size and strength, like setting and passing,
play a larger role and are stressed more than blocking
and spiking," Pettit said.
The Huskers are coming off a 30-10 campaign last
fall, which included their sixth straight Big Eight
championship and a No. 14 ranking in the final NCAA
poll.
Pettit said probable starters for Saturday's match
are sophomores Mary Buysse and Cathy Noth as set
ters, senior Gwen Egbert and junior Erin Dean as out
side hitters, and cither junior Debbie Thompson, fresh
man Michelle Smith or freshman Sharon Kramer filling
the two eenter-blocker positions.
I think we have 14 or 15 nennl vuhn n ctn
and do the job. It's probably the deepest squad J've
had. There's more competition for certain spots " Pettit
said. r
The Mavericks, coached by Janice Kruger, finished
31-12 a year ago.
"She's (Kruger) got a fairly experienced team
retVfS5? Thcy're fundamentally sound," Pettit said.
v .uNVhree returning starters are Brenda Schnebal,
Kristi Nelson and Wendy Melcher, all of whom, ac
cording to Pettit, are top-notch players.
"We're not worried about individual players as much
as just playing against a good team," Pettit said.
Pettit sees the season opener as a match in which
fundamentals will be stressed by both teams. He also
said it will give him a chance to see how the newer players
react under game conditions. v 3
KRNU carries games
.1 fadi ,Si!.!,i0n KRNU (90J FM W will carry
all home UNL varsity and freshman football games
The broadcasts will begin 10 minutes before kick
off which is I 30 p.m. for varsity games and 1 p.m.
for freshman games.
11 hc ?rst. broadcast will be Sept. 10 when the
I usker freshmen play Ellsworth Junior College at
Memorial Stad.um. 6