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MEN'S SOCCER Nittany Lions edge Michigan State Penn State notched its second Big Ten victory on Oct. 14, outlasting Michigan State, 2-1, at Jeffrey Field. The Nittany Lions improved to 7-4-2 and 2-1-1 in the Big Ten. Penn State jumped out to a 2-0 lead before holding on for the win. Senior Daniel Burnham opened the scoring for the Lions, sending home a re- bound in the 20th minute for his third goal of the season. A bit of bad luck for the Spartans increased the Penn State lead in the 48th minute, as John Gallagher's corner kick de- flected off a Spartans defender and past goalkeeper Zach Bennett. FIELD HOCKEY Klingler scores winner in victory over Iowa It was Senior Day at Penn State, but junior Ashtin Klingler provided the decisive goal, as seventh-ranked Penn State routed No. 11 Iowa, 5-1, on Oct. 14. The Nittany Lions im- proved to 12-3 and 3-1 in the Big Ten, while the Hawkeyes suffered their first Big Ten loss. Klingler scored the winning goal just under 10 minutes into the game. It was her fourth winner of the season. WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY Lions top Vermont to begin varsity era Penn State made history Oct. 6 at Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse, win- ning its inaugural game, 5-3, over the Catamounts. Shannon Yoxheimer and Micayla Catanzariti each scored twice for the Nittany Lions. Vermont bounced back with a 3-1 victory the following day, and Penn State dropped two games to Syracuse in its first-ever homestand, falling 4-0 Oct. 13 and 6-0 Oct. 14. CORNER CONTINUED FROM 13 Defensive coordinator Ted Roof said the Roadrunner package gets the best athletes on the Nittany Li- ons' defense into the game. "We're just trying to be as athletic as we can be and put our most ath- letic people out there," Roof said. "It's almost like a big nickel or a lit- tle linebacker, whatever you want to call that or however you choose to look at it. We're doing a lot of the PRATO CONTINUED FROM 51 in the next six years and become one of the NFL's premier franchises. Two years earlier, Radakovich had been the Steelers' defensive line coach, and he is credited with putting to- gether the defensive line now famous as the Steel Curtain. As Dan tells the story in his book, after the Steelers had traveled to Oakland and defeat- ed the Raiders, 24-13, for a berth in Super Bowl IX, his cousin Raymond telephoned Cosell out of the blue. Raymond did not know Cosell but somehow he convinced him to do a commentary on Dan's coaching. The next morning, Monday, Dec. 30, 1974, Cosell's 90-second com- mentary on the ABC Radio Network hailed Radakovich as the "unsung hero" of the Steelers and included these words about Dan's back- ground: "This is a fellow who for 17 years was an assistant coach at Penn State. He was the man who same stuff." The Roadrunner package brings versatility to the defense, and it's an aggressive, penetrating style that complements the tempo of the NASCAR no-huddle set on offense. They are the most aggressive styles of football I've seen at Penn State in the 31 years I've spent covering the program. I'm not saying the Nittany Lions will win the rest of their games, but I'm eager to see what happens from here on out. turned out all those great lineback- ers who now seem to inhabit the National Football League – lineback- ers led by No. 59, Jack Ham, who had such a marvelous season for the Steelers." You can read the entire commen- tary in the book. No, Cosell never said those two celebrated words, Linebacker U. But, after that com- mentary, Radakovich and Cosell de- veloped a closer relationship. And with Cosell's imagination, creative- ness and flamboyant, off-the-cuff broadcasting style, one can specu- late that it might have been he who eventually came up with the unique nickname. If not Cosell, then who? Certainly, Linebacker U continues to flourish under the coaching of Ron Vanderlinden. The play of Michael Mauti, Gerald Hodges, Mike Hull and others this year should further enhance the reputation of the man who started it all, Dan Radakovich.

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