Four Football Divisions Classified
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FOURFOOTBALL DIVISIONS CLASS IFIED Football-playing member in- consideration at the Association’s “It was a difficult two days, but and the Committee, in imple- Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, stitutions of the NCAA have 71st annual meeting, January ll- I compliment the Committee for menting the four-division con- Richmond, Rutgers, San Diego been assigned to four divisions 13, 1977, in Miami, Florida. its conscientious effort,” said cept include 97 in Division I, 91 State, South Carolina, Southern Louis A. Myers, Committee chair- in Division IA, 82 in Division II Mississippi, Syracuse, Te m p 1 e , by the Association’s recently ap- The new membership structure man and faculty representative and 196 in Division III.” Tulane, Utah State, Villanova, pointed Classification Committee. would be for competitive and for athletics at the University of Virginia Tech, and West Virginia. The 70th annual NCAA Con- limited legislative purposes in the Division I Arizona. vention authorized formation of sport of football only. To become Included in Division I are all Division IA effective, it would have to be ap- “Currently, there are 138 mem- the Committee and charged it to 60 members of the Atlantic Coast, The 39 current Division I in- proved by the 1977 NCAA Con- bers in Division I, 131 in Divi- present a report on divisional re- Big Eight, Big Ten, Pacific-8 stitutions placed in proposed IA alignment for the membership’s vention. sion II and 197 in Division III, Southeastern, Southwest and include all members of the Ivy Western Athletic conferences. Group and the Southland Confer- Bowling Green, Kent State, ence; the remaining members of Miami, Ohio University, Toledo the Mid-American, Missouri Val- and Western Michigan from the ley, Pacific Coast and Southern Mid-American Conference; Tulsa conferences; Idaho of Big Sky and Wichita State from the Mis- and independents Colgate, Ha- 1976 Football souri Valley Conference; East waii, Holy Cross, Illinois State, Carolina and William and Mary Northeast Louisiana and North- from the Southern Conference, western Louisiana. and Pacific Coast Athletic Con- ABC AnnouncesTe lecastSeries All Ohio Valley, Southwestern ference member San Jose State Athletic and Yankee conference also are included. institutions and the other mem- The major portion of the 1976 The Oklahoma-Texas game Independents classified in Di- bers of the Big Sky also were NCAA football television sched- originating from Dallas will re- vision I are Air Force, Army, classified in Division IA, along ule has been announced by ABC- ceive national coverage Satur- Boston College, Cincinnati, Flo- with 25 other colleges currently TV Sports. day, October 9, while Alabama at rida State, Georgia Tech, Louis- in Division II. National coverage of 13 con- Notre Dame may enjoy national ville, Memphis State, Miami Continued on page 3 tests and 28 regional presenta- or regional coverage on October (Fla.), Navy, North Texas, Notre tions will be offered by the net- 16. work, according to ABC Sports Possibility of a national dou- President Roone Arledge. ble-header exists for Saturday, NACDA Selects Byers as Pairings for 20 telecasts have November 20. Michigan at Ohio been chosen to date, Arledge re- State already has been confirmed vealed. The other contests to be for national exposure, while televised will be selected during UCLA at Southern California James 1. Corbett Recipient the season. will be designated for regional or national release. Walter Byers, NCAA executive Popular TV sports personality director the past quarter century, Keith Jackson will open the Back-to-Back ha,s been chosen as recipient of ll-week series Tuesday, Sep- Thanksgiving Friday (Novem- the James J. Corbett Memorial tember 7, with national coverage ber 26) will offer the first of Award by the National Associa- of UCLA at Arizona State, ac- back-to-back double-headers rem tion of Collegiate Directors of cording to Arledge. ceiving national attention. Athletics (NACDA). Regional telecasts scheduled Oklahoma at Nebraska will be Announcement of the selection featured the afternoon of the include Pittsburgh-Notre Dame, ROONE ARLEDGE was made by Cecil Coleman, ath- Tulsa-Oklahoma State, South 26th and Penn State will face letic director at the University ABC Sports President Carolina-Georgia Tech, and Hou- Pittsburgh that evening. of Illinois, and chairman of stonBaylor September 11; Ohio Then on Saturday, November regular-season series Saturday, NACDA’s Honors and Awards State-Penn State, Georgia-Clem- 27, the annual Army-Navy clas- December 4. Committee. son, Colorado-Washington, and sic in Philadelphia, will precede “We have filled the first four The Corbett Award, honoring Yale-Brown September 18; and Notre Dame at Southern Cali- weeks with a slate of outstanding one of NACDA’s chief organizers fornia. Tennessee-Auburn, San Jose games, which sets the stage for and first president, the late Jim State-Stanford, and Massachu- A national telecast of Arkansas another exciting season of cov- Corbett of Louisiana State, is sett-Harvard September 25. at Texas will conclude ABC’s erage for NCAA college foot- presented annually to a dis- ball,” said Arledge. tinguished administrator in the “It’s the strongest September collegiate athletic field. ABC Schedule schedule we’ve had in years, and Formal presentation ceremon- we’re proud to again be associ- ies will take place at a special Tuesday, September 7-(national) ated with this magnificent NCAA noon luncheon, Tuesday, June JAMES J. CORBETT UCLA at Arizona State series for the next two seasons,” 22, during NACDA’s 11th an- late LSU Athletic Director Saturday, September 11-(regional coverage) Arledge added nual convention in Hollywood, Pittsburgh at Notre Dame ABC Sports has presented ex- Fla. Roone Arledge, president of A key to Byers’ success as ABC Sports, will make the pres- Tulsa at Oklahoma State clusive coverage of NCAA foot- NCAA Executive Director has ball for 10 consecutive seasons. entation. South Carolina at Georgia Tech been his ability to build a staff of talented administrators. Houston at Baylor Following is a complete sched- Though best described as a Many former aides have gone on Saturday, September 16-(regional coverage) ule of the games announced to quiet, behind-the-scenes leader, date: the growth the NCAA has en- to become successful directors of Ohio State at Penn State joyed during Byers’ tenure other major organizations. Georgia at Clemson speaks loud and clear of his Among them, Wayne Duke, com- Colorado at Washington achievements as an administra- missioner of the Big Ten; Chuck Yale at Brown tor of intercollegiate athletics. Neinas, commissioner of the Big- Saturday, September 25-(regional coverage) 8; Pacific-8 Executive Director Years Tennessee at Auburn (Birmingham, Ala.) Early Wiles Hallock, and NACDA’s San Jose State at Stanford Byers, born March 13, 1922, in Executive Director Mike Cleary. Massachusetts at Harvard Kansas City, MO., was an active Byers is the 10th recipient of Other game(s) to be announced participant in athletics through the Corbett Award. Previous his high school and college years. Saturday, October G(nationa1) honorees include Bernie Moore, Oklahoma at Texas (Dallas) A member of the Iowa class of commissioner of the Southeast- ern Conference; Fritz Crislcr. Saturday, October 16(national or regional) 1943. Byers pursued a career in journalism with the United Press athletic director at the Univer- Alabama at Notre Dame sity of Michigan; Asa Bushnell, International as a general report- Saturday, November ZO-(national) commissioner of the ECAC; for- midwest sports editor, and Michigan at Ohio State er, mer Ohio State AD Dick Larkins; UCLA at Southern California (national or regional) foreign sports editor. Tom Hamilton, commissioner of Friday, November 26-(national) Byers launched his career as the Pat-8; Bill Reed, commis- Oklahoma at Nebraska an athletic administrator in 1947 sioner of the Big Ten; Ernie Mc- Penn State at Pittsburgh-(night) when hc became assistant to Coy, athletic director at the Uni- Kenneth L. “Tug” Wilson, com- versity of Miami; former Rut- Saturday, November 27-(national) missioner of the Big Ten, who gers AD Al Twitchell; and Jesse Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia) also served as secretary-treasurer T. Hill, one-time University of Notre Dame at Southern California of the NCAA. Byers was hired as Southern California athletic di- Saturday, December 4-(national) the first fullltimc executive di- rector and current commissioner Arkansas at Texas KEITH JACKSON rector of the NCAA in 1951 at of the Pacific Coast Athletic As- ABC Sportrcosf.r the age of 29. sociation. The Editor’s View Columnary Craft Reprinted below is an errerpt from the writing of a news columnist commenting pertinently about col- lege athletics. It is selected becuuse the NCAA NEWS happy Birthday Col!hegeWo rld Series feels it makes a point and discusses a topic which will interest NEWS readen. One of America’s top sporting events is hav- Hearty congratulations are extended for this ing a birthday this month. 30th celebration, and best wishes for many pros- By JOHN MOONEY perous years ahead. Beginning June 11 and continuing through Salt Lake City Tribune the 18th, the College World Series will cele- NYSP Begins Seventh Year On the eve of the NCAA Media Seminar here at brate its 30th anniversary, and 27th straight at Texas Tech, Don Canham, the Michigan athletic di- Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium. Approximately 45,000 young people will par- rector, was holding forth on his favorite legislative ticipate at 135 institutions of higher learning target-legalized gambling on sports events. Since 1947, participants, spectators, officials this summer, as the National Youth Sports Pro- “Proponents of the legislation to legalize all gam- and interested people across the nation have en- gram begins its seventh year of operation. bling on sports, under federal control, generally fall joyed the color and excitement of the climax to Thanks to passage of House Joint Resolution back on two arguments-l.