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lener with San Francisco.
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replacement for NFC leading kicker
Efren Herrera, missed one extra
point, had one print blocked and
another tipped during their 41-24
victory over the 49ers Saturday.
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Picking time
Ah, the smell of freshly mowed Astroturf.
Yes, it’s almost that time of year. A time of giving odds and placing
bets, of standing in line for tickets and of reading about Lou Holtz in
the They Said It section of Sports Illustrated.
Saturday Afternoon Fever. College Football 1978.
Five Southwest Conference teams begin their 1978 season one
month from tomorrow. By now, interested fans have mentally in
gested as much of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football as their systems
can hold. They have read the multitude of predictions that have been
presented to them and have begun to form opinions of their own
concerning the upcoming football season.
So have I. Herein are the Battalion sports editor’s predictions for
this year’s college football season:
In picking a likely national champion, I have to go against the two
earliest preseason prognosticators of high reputation. Both Texas
Football and Playboy selected Notre Dame to be the country’s top
football team last year, which it was. This year Campbell is torn
between USC and Penn State, while Anson Mount of Playboy picks
Alabama.
I like the University of Texas at Norman, better known as Okla
homa University. Quarterbacked by San Antonian Thomas Lott and
led defensively by Greg Roberts of Nacogdoches, Daryl Hunt of
Odessa and George Cumby of Tyler, I believe this is the year the
Sooners boom all the way to the top of the polls. Of course, this won’t
be decided until after the post-season bowls.
The Southwest Conference championship will be decided much
earlier. Successfully picking an SWC champion for the past few years
has been no easy task. Predict Texas A&M and Texas wins it. Go with
Texas and Houston winds up in the Cotton Bowl. This year, as several
SWC coaches have pointed out to me, there are five teams that could
win the conference. Most people lean towards Arkansas, and so do I.
Barring upset and injury, which realistically cannot be barred, the
Razorbacks should be in the Cotton Bowl this year.
Speak of a 1978 Heisman Trophy winner and many people look at
LSU’s Charles Alexander. Look a little further west. With a good
season this year, Texas A&M’s Curtis Dickey could be well on his way
to taking home a set of bookends a la Archie Griffin.
Finally, one prediction concerning professional football. With the
regular season schedule increased by two games, I predict that we
will be informed at least 16 times by Pat Sommerall this season that
Tom Landry is the only coach the Dallas Cowboys have ever had.
training camp because of a contract
dispute.
“I think our kicking game is be
hind what it ought to be at this point
and I think we need to stress it a
great deal, ” Landry said, calling the
kicking units’ performance “poor.”
The Cowboys returned to two-a-
day workouts Monday following the
weekend win at Texas Stadium.
Landry indicated rookie free
agent Jay Sherrill woidd handle the
field goal and extra point place
ments against the Denver Broncos
Saturday while Ove Johannson
would do the kicking off.
“Well reverse Sherrill and
Johannson’s roles against Denver
and see how Sherrill handles the
pressure of being the No. 1 kicker
going into the game, he said.
The Cowboys waived two free
agent rookies Monday — safety
Mike Kramer of Alabama and run
ning back Barrett Paige of Central
State (Ohio).
THEREJS A / OUR
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Landry said rookie guard Tom
Randall from Iowa State has tonsil
litis and has been confined to his
room until team doctors make a de
cision on his condition.
Several veterans missed workouts
in pads Monday, but were expected
to be ready for Saturday’s exhibition
game with Denver. They were
Larry Cole (twisted knee), Harvey
Martin (bruised hip), Tom Rafferty
(strained calf), Jim Eidson (jammed
neck), Larry Brinson (strained
groin) and Jay Saldi, who is recover
ing from dehydration suffered in the
game Saturday.
Doctors said Phil Gregory would
continue to work out just once a day
and Rafferty did not work out as a
precautionary measure.
Texas coach
hospitalized
United Press International
AUSTIN — University of
Texas baseball coach Cliff Gus
tafson underwent surgery
Monday for removal of his gall
bladder and doctors said he was
doing well.
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