Statistics helped the committee's decision to ban kicking tees. In the last 30 years, point-after-touchdown accuracy has gone from 68 percent to 95.8 percent.
"The percentages will definitely go down," Harvard kicker Alan Hall said. "The field goals won't be guaranteed anymore. From a kicker's standpoint, they're going to be upset by it. It's such a big change without the tee."
Other minor rule changes included:
Reducing taunting: Players who point fingers or hands at an opponent will be charged with unsportsmanlike conduct. If you watched college football the last couple of years, then you know this rule is needed.
Now they should get rid all of the dancing on the field.
Reducing crowd-noise delays: Defensive teams will be penalized five yards after the first charged timeout. Before the new rule was accepted, defensive teams could only be penalized after all of its timeouts had been used.
Reducing injuries: Officials will now be able to blow the ball dead if a player simulates being down. Defensive players can't continuously contact opponents above the shoulders.
Equipment changes: Yellow or other colored mouthpieces will be allowed. Twenty-five second clocks will be mandatory by 1990. Players may not alter their uniforms with knots or other protrusions.
Basketball: Yale freshman Ed Petersen was named the season's first Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Petersen led the Elis with 22 points in their 83-80 win over Brown. Petersen has a 93.5 accuracy rate from the free throw line.
Yale's Randi Meber was named the women's Ivy Player of the Week. Meber led the Elis past Brown, 58-56, scoring 21 points and grabbing 11 boards. Cornell's Angie Rodriguez earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
Quote of the Week: "One year at Arkansas we beat Oklahoma [31-6] in the Orange Bowl and the state put out a commemorative stamp with my face on it. I was impressed. The next year, we lost to Texas and people were spitting on the wrong side of the stamp."--Notre Dame football Coach Lou Holtz discussing his days as the Head Coach of Arkansas football team.