Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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One word describe's this year's football season better than any other-frustrating. After last year's season I really believed that this year would be the beginning of a winning tradition at Bethel. At football camp I could sense that the rest of the team was also expecting to be winners. Even though we lost our first game to Hamline, our hopes were even higher because we played a respectable game against them, which is something Bethel hasn’t done for at least 3 years. Ralph Gustafson

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First Row, L to R: Fred Witzgall. Robin Robinson. Jack Rossi. Terry Karlsgodt. Marshall Shelley. Tri captains Steve Conklin. Dave Pearson and Perry Johnson. Bob Goodsell. Al Weiss. Roy Thompson. Brent Lundgrcn, Gary Nonson. Mark Lindgren. Second Row: Ass't coach Dennis Sjogren. John Faust. Shelley Carlson. Mark Howard. Ron Johnson. Jim Blair. Randy Brodeen, Bob Bristow. John Frickson. Brad Meinecke. Dan Blornquist, Doug Larson. Dave Hoehl. Mark Wood. Mark Bussa. Coach Dave Klostreich. Third Row: Ass’t coach Bob Olson, Dave Bjork, Ralph Gustafosn. Bill Catto. Gary Hipp. Ken Ullmann. Dan Horn. Dave Horn. Tim Horn, Jim Gulian. Jce Thompson. Ed Babcock. Ed Klink. Chuck Jackson. Dave Johnson. Dave Asp. Head coach Chub Reynolds. When I was asked to relate my feelings and opinions on Bethel football, my first reactions are jumbled somewhere betv een frustration and anger. The complaints that I feel deserve public voice are the lack of support from the school and the lack of player dedication. I begin to burn when I consider a school that allows a football team to exist as a sort of comic entertainment, but refuses to give them sufficient funds and support to build and maintain a team that the school can be proud of and that avplayer can feel that he has a legitimate witness and or reason for playing. I also burn when I see a large number of my fellow team mates who are either too unconcerned with football success or just too lazy to try to improve themsleves in the off season. I consider these the greatest problems that confront Bethel football. A positive solution to both is necessary for football success at Bethel College. Dan Blornquist 1. The team 2. Jack Rossi 3. Coach Reynolds 4. John Faust. Randy Brodeen (next page) 1 Good walls make good neighbors 2. Dan Blornquist 3. Boola Booia Boola 4. TO against Hamline 5. Gary Hipp (probably), Dave 8jork, and prey.

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Will things change? As long as you have a football team, you've got to have a desire to win. It’s useless to have a losing team. Something drastic has to happen-it’ll be either improvement or annihilation. Dave Asp Are you a violent person? No. If a guy hits me hard I respect him but I like to put a move on him and beat him. To me. if a Christian football player can hit a non-Christian player hard, that non-Christian will respect him a lot more. So many schools consider a Christian school a pushover. I'm not afraid of getting hit. This season wasdisappointing-l figured we'd do better, as most of the guys on the team did. I think it was mostly the offense's fault; we just couldn't move. I really don't know why we didn't have an even season. Mark Wood How do you feel about this year's win loss record? It would be difficult to find any amount of satisfaction in our record except that I was able to play. I play because I love the game and I want to win. Playing on a losing team does not affect my love for the game, but it is frustrating. For me, losing doesn't diminish the desire to win-it seems to increase it. It’s all the more frustrating when the team doesn’t win. Dave Bjork How are you looking toward the next season? I guess I feel like most of the others that went through last year's frustrating season. I stand between the confused pessimism of the past and hopeful optimism of the future. With the full knowledge of the failures of the-past. I’m playing next year in hopes for a winning season. David Horn