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College Station, Texas Thursday, December 7, 1972 THE BATTALION
Will Bowl Loss Kill USC?
NEW YORK (A*)—Top-ranked
Southern California is taking a
ho-hum approach to playing Ohio
State in the Rose Bowl and Coach
John McKay thinks the Trojans
are No. 1 win or lose.
“Losing to Ohio State certain
ly won’t make us No. 2,” McKay
said Wednesday. “We’re 11-0
now. If we lose and are 11-1,
now who is going to be better
even then?”
USC’s silver-haired coach came
to New York for a joint news
conference with Ohio State boss-
man Woody Hayes. Only Woody
didn’t show up.
“It’s tough to get a flight here
from Columbus,” joked McKay.
The Trojan-Buckeye matchup
in Pasadena gives the Big Ten
champions, 9-1, a shot — with a
victory — at convincing voters in
The Associated Press poll that
Ohio State is No. 1.
Final voting comes after the
bowls.
“Now, if we were playing an
undefeated Ohio State or Michi
gan team in the Rose Bowl,” Mc
Kay said, “I would be in favor of
putting the chips on the table.
But not against teams that can’t
be better than you anyway.”
McKay said the 1972 USC team
is superior to his national cham
pions of 1962 and 1967. “Those
other teams had off days now
and then, but this one never
has,” he said.
The polls, McKay said, are the
“greatest things that ever hap
pened to college football. They
turn it from a regional game to
a national. It makes people in
Alabama or Nebraska root like
hell against us. Without the polls,
they wouldn’t care.”
Still, puffing on a cigar at
New York’s fashionable “21”
restaurant, McKay said, “Being
No. 1 isn’t the ultimate thing for
us at USC. Going to the Rose
Bowl is the biggest goal of all.”
While not planning to over
work his squad, McKay said, “We
still want to win against Ohio
State and plan on winning. But,
we’re not going to ask our kids
to win, win, win and then ask
them to bust their hides a month
later and win one more for us.”
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Last Friday night’s crowd in G. Rollie White was the largest ever to
watch a non-conference A&M basketball game. The crowd, nearly
4,000 students, was highly praised by coach Shelby Metcalf and his
players.
After the contest, the players couldn’t believe that so many people
were interested and excited over their team. It was just a great night for
basketball. ^ , .
Everyone got involved. The fans, yell leaders and the team got
caught up in what turned out to be a fine contest.
Only one game remains at home for this semester when George
Washington University comes to town on Monday but beginning Jan.
13th, Southwest Conference action begins which should really prove
interesting.
SMU and Texas have been picked to cop the crown this year with
A&M and Arkansas tied for third. So far this year the Aggies stand in at
4-0 while SMU and Texas stand in at 1-2.
Only other league teams standing unblemished are Baylor and
Arkansas. Arkansas has defeated Rockhurst and Missouri Western while
Baylor has defeated St. Mary’s and Abilene Christian.
A&M’s first SWC tilt will be in Arkansas on Jan. 13 and it may turn
out to be a much bigger game than it now stands.
Maybe next semester we can get the band at some games and not
have to play “The Aggie War Hymn” over the public address system
from a cassette recorder.
Speaking of preseason picks, this year’s football prognostications
were quite a blunder.
Arkansas was a unanimous choice for the crown followed by
Texas, A&M, TCU, SMU, Tech, Rice and Baylor.
It ended up with Texas winning an unprecedented fifth straight
crown while Arkansas finished as the cellar runner-up. A&M and TCU
tied for last, while SMU and Tech tied for second. Baylor and Rice tied
with Arkansas.
Speaking of blunders. SMU made a pretty big one dismissing coach
Hayden Fry. Mustang boosters should have been pretty excited with
their second place finish considering that they have only given Fry 24
full scholarships to work with compared to 40 by most schools.
His recruiting prowess has enabled him to pick some of the most
exciting players ever to hit SWC football ranks. Remember Jerry Levias,
Gary Hammond, Chuck Hixson and Mike Richardson? He never had a
wealth of talent but his teams were always enjoyable to watch.
Johnny Majors, Iowa State’s young coach, is today interviewing for
the job and has the inside track as he does for head jobs at Michigan
State and Kentucky.
In all, ten jobs are open in collegiate football so don t be surprised
if some of the top SWC assistants are mentioned.
For the first time in SWC history, three players picked up over
1,000 yards rushing in one season. Along with Texas’ Roosevelt Leaks
are Dickey Morton of Arkansas and Alvin Maxson (again) from
SMU. Also for the first time, the conference has had five clubs with
over 3,000 yards total offense in one season as well as only the third
time that five teams have scored more than 200 points in a campaign.
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geles trip to the Rose Bowl is “a
reward for a great season. Since
we don’t practice as hard for the
bowl, we often don’t play as well
as we have in the regular season.
But, that’s my approach.”
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phy winner Johnny Rodgers of
Nebraska doesn’t figure in the
Houston Oilers’ first round selec
tion plans if the Oilers follow
their present trend and earn the
first choice in the 1973 pro draft,
Coach Bill Peterson said Wed
nesday.
“We need a bigger back to go
with what we have,” said Peter
son, who improved his running
back corps by trading with Cin
cinnati for Fred Willis and Paul
Robinson.
“In building a program we are
looking for the guy who can come
in and play for us the first year
and stay around for a long time.
You take a guy of Rodgers’ size
and the length of his career is
questionable.”
“I think Rodgers is a great
athlete,” Peterson said. “But
when you’re building a program
you have to look at your needs.
If we had an established pro
gram we might go after an all-
around performer like Rodgers.
But to have a great football team
you’ve got to have a great de
fense.”
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