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Western Carolinian Volume 62 (63) Number 13

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western ■ • • arolmian by Greg Iredell This week's Wrestling Update is dedicated to the guy I saw on Halloween dressed like Sting, walking by the Cash Points around midnight. On WWF Raw, Gold Dust gave Marlena back his wedding band in a "Days of Our Lives" type scene. When the sexy Marlena cried, I almost needed a tissue. Stone Cold Steve Austin accepted a challenge from Ahmed Johnson. Cain came out instead of Austin and abused Ahmed. Mankind then snuck in and clobbered Cain with a turnbuckle. That's the first time Cain has been knocked down. Austin challenged anyone from the locker room. The Nation came out and got beat up by Austin and the Road Warriors. Mark Mero, AKA Johnny B. Badd, is showing signs of jealousy of his girlfriend and manager, Sable. It seems everyone would rather talk to and watch his stunning counterpart, yours truly included. Shamrock was robbed again as he had Shawn Micheals submitting but the ref was distracted. I hope Shamrock destroys Degeneration X. Sunday night is WWF Survivor Series; here's a short preview. Mankind faces Cain in a Broiler Room Brawl. This match could go anywhere in the building and any weapon imaginable will be used. Steve Austin will get his shot to regain the Intercontinental title from Owen Hart. Hart injured Austin's neck with a piledriver a few months back, so look for this one to be brutal. Shawn Micheals and Brett Hart will fight for their respective championships. These two have been feuding for almost 10 years and I for one am ready to see it end. It's official, Sting and Hogan are signed to meet on Dec. 28.1 predict right now that Sting will win the World Championship from Hulkster, despite what Cassels says. WCW Nitro took place in my old hometown, Philadelphia. I didn't recognize anyone in the crowd though. Eric Bischoff stated via telephone that next week the entire NWO will appear on Nitro with a huge announcement, possibly to introduce a new member. Let's hope the new guy is under 40 years old. Saturn, one of Raven's ECW gang, defeated Disco Inferno to become the new TV champion. This is brilliant marketing as Philly is home of the ECW. I want to take this opportunity to express my renewed admiration for Ric Flair. Just when I thought this guy was on his way out, he returns better than before. Long live the Natureboy, Whooooooooo! NCW Thursday at Bailey's. Dean Biasucci: The Lifelong Road Trip by Donald Costello Many college road trips start with a Volkswagen Beetle and a suitcase, but very few end up in the NFL. For Dean Biasucci, that road trip had many road blocks but has now gone beyond the NFL. This past weekend, the Biasucci road trip added another leg when he was inducted into the Western Carolina University Athletics Hall of Fame. Biasucci's road trip began when he came to Cullowhee from Florida in the summer of 1980 with a friend who had received a scholarship to play quarterback for the Catamounts. Dean became a walk-on for the football team when they found out he could kick. Biasucci said it was tough getting started at Western due to personal setbacks. That tough beginning came to an end in the first game of the 1980 season when Dean hit a game-winning field goal against VMI. He recalls walking back to his dorm, alone, when numerous cars stopped and offered him a ride. That was just the beginning of the wild ride at Western that would propel Biasucci to a career in the NFL. In the four years Biasucci was the kicker for the Catamounts, he was a two-time All-Conference selection and was, at the time of his departure, the Southern Conference's all-time leading scorer with 280 career points. Dean Biasucci also holds the NCAA record for field goals in a half (five), which occurred against Mars Hill in 1982. He also won eight games with his kicking in his career at Western. Biasucci's game-winning field goal versus East Tennessee State early in the 1983 season spurred the Catamounts to a 12-week unbeaten streak that ended with a loss to Southern Illinois in the I-AA Championship game. Biasucci said that the championship run in 1983 is the greatest string of moments he had at WCU. Biasucci's career at WCU almost never made it to 1983. Biasucci says there was a little resistance on his part of being in Cullowhee. "Part of me wanted to go back home," he recalls. Biasucci says that the main reason he stayed in Cullowhee was due to the legendary Coach Bob Waters. "Coach Waters helped me through Western Carolina. He made me feel like one of his family," said Biasucci, whose father passed away before he came to Cullowhee. "He was an inspiration to me, a father for me. He was so many things to me." He then moved on to the National Football League where he spent 11 seasons. Ten of those came with the Indianapolis Colts where Biasucci became the team's all-time leading scorer. Biasucci was also a Pro Bowl selection with the Colts in 1987 when he connected on 24 of 27 field goals and all 24 extra point attempts. Those accomplishments were almost nonexistent. Biasucci was waived by the Atlanta Falcons in August of 1984 and the Colts in August of 1985. Sports Information Director Steve White recalls Dean coming to his office every Monday during the 1985 season and reading the newspapers to see which NFL teams had kick ers miss field goals. "He would call every team to see it they were having try-outs," says White. Biasucci could have given up and pursued another career but said that "my love for the game kept me coming back. I knew I wanted to be in the NFL." Dean Biasucci spent 11 seasons in the NFL. Photo courtesy of WCU Sports information. "I'm just passionate about the skill of kicking and competing against myself," he said. Biasucci said that the passion for kicking even occupied his leisure time when he could have been doing other leisurely activities such as golfing. "I had more fun kicking then I did golfing, but that's how much I like to do it and that's why I excelled at it." He made it back with the Colts in 1986, played every season through 1994 with Indianapolis and ended his career the following sea son with the Saint Louis Rams. Biasucci said he had a "blast" playing in the NFL but added that playing and being a part of the team was not enough. "Winning is what it's all about and I knew that," said Biasucci. "We weren't winning in Indianapolis, so it wasn't a whole lot of fun." Biasucci says that he's not complaining because it could have been worse, "a whole lot worse." Now he has moved on to his second career, acting. Biasucci was a drama major at WCU and worked on projects at Western while finishing his degree in the first couple of offseasons in the NFL. In the next three off-seasons, Biasucci did three shows with the Indiana Repertory Theater. He went on to study drama for three seasons at the Strasbourg Theatre Institute in New York City. Biasucci then married and had a family. He said that he had to make a choice between football and acting. "I couldn't do both, fully, so I decided on football for four or five more years," he recalled. When his NFL career ended, the acting career began to take shape. Biasucci now lives outside of Los Angeles, where he is auditioning for movies. He said that he has yet to sign with an agent because agents are hard to get in Hollywood, and he is taking the "proactive" approach to advancing his acting career. "They're not too interested in the kicking video," jokes Biasucci. He is currently involved in creating different projects that include short films and small theater productions. "It's a process. I'm in the early stages of the process," he says. That is one of the reasons he is living in Los Angeles. "It's a great place, but not where we want, but where you need to be to pursue an acting career," he said. Biasucci said that it was nice to escape Los Angeles for the weekend he spent in Cullowhee. Before Biasucci departed Cullowhee this past weekend, he took one more stroll through campus to walk by the theater, the Jordan- Phillips Field house and the classrooms which house so many of his memories. "You get so busy with life with three kids and living on the West Coast. It's so great to see that the beauty of the campus is still here through all the growth," said Biasucci. "It's thrilling to be back [at WCU] one more time," he concluded. Beaches Tanning Salon

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - Date original: 1997-11-05
  - Date digitized: 2020-01-13
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  - Dimension: 14" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 16 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_1997-11-05_Vol62_No13
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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