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Easy Schedules
By GARY SHERER
The subject of easy schedules
{or college football teams pops
up often when discussions of top
teams arise.
The experts who pick these
teams will usually use the spe
cific team’s player strength and
experience to equate that team’s
power. It follows that they do
not consider the team’s schedule
in these rankings.
On the other hand, a team that
is picked to have a bad year by
the experts usually has a tough
schedule and cannot cope with
the teams it is playing.
As one can see, it is a very
pro-and-con situation and one
that is not easily settled.
Yesterday we received a report
on schedule power ratings com
piled by Professor Gordon L.
Wise of Wright State University,
Dayton, Ohio.
Wise has received some noto
riety from these ratings, as this
is the second year he has done it.
The Battalion ran an article yes
terday about Wise’s ratings of
basketball teams and their sched
ules.
Wise, assistant professor in the
marketing management depart
ment at Wright State, teaches a
course in statistics and has used
this knowledge to analyze sched
ules of football and basketball
teams.
He has compiled a list of the
top teams of this past football
season.
His system works like this, he
gives each rated team what he
calls “power points.” He then
arrives at a total for each team
by the number of times they ap
pear on post-season top team
rankings. After compiling a list
of 33 teams, Wise then uses his
frequency method and arrives at
a final total.
Notre Dame, which was at the
top of most of the rankings, re
ceived the most points (34).
Michigan State was next with 33,
Alabama 32, UCLA 30 and so on.
When a specific team played
any of these top 33, it received
that team’s power points to add
to its schedule rating total. The
team that totaled the most points
was naturally the top team as far
as tough schedules were con
cerned.
Consideration was given for
road games and for the school
whose schedule contained games
with opponents who had an over
all edge in their series.
With all these facts in mind,
Wise arrived at a final result.
Vanderbilt was acclaimed the top
team for the toughest schedule
by compiling 151 points from
their 10 games this year.
The top nine teams in the rank
ings had losing records to further
bear out the tough schedule
theory. USC and Purdue were
ranked 10th and 11th and were
the highest winning teams rated.
Notre Dame was ranked 15th and
Michigan State, 14th.
The Aggies were ranked in a
tie for 11th with two other teams.
While complicated, Wise’s find
ings prove that the teams that
consistently have winning seasons
play the so-called easier sched
ules. Wise emphasizes that these
ratings do not take away from
the strength of these top teams.
It only compares their schedules
with the losing teams.
The controversy of easy sched
ules will no doubt keep on for
seasons to come. But with more
people like Professor Wise com
ing up with these reports, the
NCAA will have to finally con
sider the prospect of a football
championship playoff similar to
the one that is used in college
basketball.
This, we think, will finally
solve the problem.
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Kelly Leads Two
For Rushing Title
NEW YORK i/P) — Leroy Kelly
of Cleveland leads by 81 yards
but the race for the National
Football League rushing title
is a three-man battle going into
the final games of the season.
With one game to go, Kelly
has 1,122 yards and Dick Bass
of Los Angles 1,041. However,
Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears’ flash,
is only seven behind Bass with
1,034.
Kelly must run against the St.
Louis Cardinals, Bass must take
on the Green Bay Packers and
Sayers faces the Minnesota Vik
ings in the last games this
weekend.
Pat Studstill, Detroit flanker,
has completed his season with 67
pass receptions and is threatened
by Charley Taylor of Washington
with 64 and Dave Parks of San
Francisco with 61. Bob Hayes of
Dallas needs 10 to catch up at
57. Taylor has become a real
whiz since coach Otto Graham
moved him from his running back
position.
Bart Star, Geen Bay quarter
back who was injured in the first
half of the Baltimore game last
Saturday, remains the top passer
with Sonny Jurgensen of Wash
ington No. 2.
The scoring race goes down to
the wire. Bruce Gossett of Los
Angeles and Danny Villanueva
of Dallas, a pair of field goal
kickers, are tied for the lead
with 102 points. Charlie Gogo-
lak, whose kick gave Washington
a victory over Dallas last week,
is next with 101 points. Then
comes Dan Reeves, Dallas running
back, with 96 on 16 touchdowns.
Dave Lee of Baltimore still
leads the punters with an average
og 46.8 yards.
St. Louis hogs the kick re
turns honors. Johhny Roland is
the punt return leader with an
average of 11.1 and Roy Shivers,
also of the Cards has a 29.8 aver
age on kickoff runbacks. Larry
Wilson of St. Louis still has the
most interceptions, nine.
Bobby Mitchell Is
Good Guy Again
By TOM SEPPY
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON CP) — Wash
ington flanker Bobby Mitchell
apparently is back on coach Otto
Graham’s Good Guy list.
After the Redskins’ 34-31 vic
tory over Dallas, in which Mit
chell scored on an 11-yard touch
down pass, Graham went out of
the way to end speculation that
he is disenchanted with Mitchell.
Graham said emphatically the
31-year-old flanker is not avail
able for trade and voiced doubt
that he would retire at the end
of the season.
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season be bright with Peace and
Happiness.
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Beasley, Ponies
In 96-74 Victory
DALLAS, Tex. CP> — Charles
Beasley flipped in 24 points to
lead Southern Methodist to an
easy 96-74 basketball victory
over the touring Mexico Oylm-
pic team Wednesday night.
After the first few minutes
Mexico never led and was able
to pull within three points only
twice during the game.
Denny Holman, with 20 points,
back up Beasley’s hot shooting.
Arturo Guerrero, who scored
repeatedly from outside, led the
Mexicans with 20 points.
A technical foul was called on
the Mexico coach, Lester Lane,
who kicked his sideline chair in
disgust at a ruling of the offi
cials. The crowd booed and the
announced had to ask, “Please
be better sportsmen and quit
throwing ice on the court.”
Landry Predicts Tough
Game With Giants Sunday
DALLAS, Tex. CP> — Coach
Tom Landry of the Dallas Cow
boys, not paying any attention
to the odds, says New York has
no trouble scoring, has improv
ed the past couple of weeks and
that he expects a tough game
when the Cowboys close the re
gular season against the Giants
at New York Sunday.
“It’s the last game for them,
they have nothing to lose and
they’ll be relaxed,” said Landry
at his weekly news conference
Wednesday when he discussed
Dallas’ chances of winning the
Eastern Conference title of the
National Football League.
Dallas leads by a game and
won’t have to win over New
York should Cleveland beat the
second place St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday. But a St. Louis tri
umph would leave Dallas with
the option of either tying or win
ning over New York to prevent
a playoff Christmas Day.
“If we start winning in terms
of Cleveland winning it could be
a big psychological disadvan
tage,” he declared. “However,
my team isn’t thinking along
this line; it’s thinking only of
beating New York Sunday.”
Landry anticipated some big
changes on defense from New
York, although he said he had
been working on a 4-3 and un
dershift, the types of defense
the Giants have been using up
to now.
“You can’t figure out what
any team will do and have to
go along with their customary
style,” he explained.
He said he was going to New
York prepared for all emergen
cies. “A frozen field is quite
likely this time of the year in
New York,” said the Cowboys
coach, who once was defensive
coach of the Giants. “An icy
field favors the offense over the
defense.”
Landry said the club was free
of injuries except for a rib dis
location for George Andrie, start
ing defensive end. But he will
be ready to play, Landry added.
Houston Defeats
Centenary, 97-66
HOUSTON (AP) — Ninth-rank
ed Houston, held to a 36-36 dead
lock at the half of Centenary,
broke the games open in the
second period with 61 points to
whip the Louisiana team 97-66 in
the Bluebonnet Basketball Classic.
Elvin Hayes, 6-8 junior, scored
43 points for Houtson as the
Cougars found the range in the
final 20 minutes and outscored
Centenary 61-30.
Hayes opened the second half
with three straight points. Mel
vin Bell followed with a pair of
jump shots, and Houston moved
quickly to a 10-point lead. The
Cougars were never threatened
again as they won their sixth
game in seven starts.
Sophomore Larry Ward led
Centenary with 14 points. Leary
Lentz had 15 for Houston.
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