Page 10 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1978
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The top teams in college football
will no doubt undergo some shuffl
ing in the national ratings today a
result of No. 1 Oklahoma’s stunning
17-14 loss to fourth-ranked Ne
braska, No. 2 Penn State’s tough
19-10 victory over North Carolina
and third-ranked Alabama’s 31-10
win over LSU.
Nebraska beat the Sooners for the
first time since 1971 as its tough de
fense shut down virtually every part
of Oklahoma’s game, causing the
Sooners to fumble nine times and
lose six. Two of those fumbles were
by Heisman Trophy candidate Billy
Sims deep in Nebraska territory to
kill the final two drives of the game
by the Sooners.
Nebraska halfback Richard Bems,
who always seems to peak in the big
games, rushed for 113 yards and one
touchdown in 25 carries. He tied
the game at 7-7 on a 5-yard run early
in the second quarter and provided
Nebraska its biggest boost of the
game with three minutes left in the
contest when he swept right end for
14 yards and a first down after the
Cornhuskers recovered a Sims fum
ble at the 4-yard line. That moved
the ball out to the 17-yard line and
Berns gave Nebraska another first
down two plays later.
The second-ranked Penn State
Lions, behind four field goals by
Matt Bahr, now have a choice of not
one but three bowls — the Cotton,
Sugar and Orange Bowls on Jan 1.
Bahr kicked three of his four field
goals in the third quarter to give the
Nittany Lions the lead back at 12-7
and Matt Suhey clinched the game
on a 43-yard punt return for a
touchdown with 3:38 remaining in
the game.
Bahr’s field goals of 33, 32, 37 and
30 yards gave him 21 for the season,
enabling him to tie the NCAA rec
ord for most field goals in one year
set in 1975 by Don Bitterlich of
Temple.
Reserve quarterback Steadman
Shealy provided the Alabama Crim
son Tide with the spark it needed to
erase a 7-0 deficit and defeat
Louisiana State as he took just five
plays to tie the score with a 29-yard
touchdown pass and led Alabama in
for the go-ahead TD.
Alabama now has only to defeat
Auburn on Dec. 2 to be assured of at
least a tie for its seventh Southeast
ern Conference championship in
eight years. But if lOth-ranked
Georgia, which is also unbeaten in
conference play, defeats Auburn
next week, that would give Georgia
the SEC berth in the Sugar Bowl
and mean the Crimson Ttde must
look elsewhere.
In other games. No. 5 USC beat
17th-ranked Washington 28-10; No.
7 Michigan downed Northwestern
59-T4, No. 9 UCLA lost to Oregon
St. 15-13 and No. 10 Georgia beat
Florida 24-22.
Quarterback Paul McDonald
threw for two second quarter scores
and fullback Lynn Cain rushed for
128 yards in 25 carries Saturday to
lead the USC Trojans over the de
fending Rose Bowl champion Wash
ington Huskies.
Michigan quarterback Rick Leach
ran for three touchdowns and threw
for two more Saturday to become
the NCAA’s all-time career
touchdown leader. Leach was
7-for-7 for 140 yards, including
touchdown strikes of nine and 42
yards to bring his career total to 75,
bettering the old NCAA record of
73, set by Arizona State’s Danny
White, now with the Dallas Cow
boys.
UCLA suffered its first Pac-10
loss as Kieron Walford kicked a 36-
yard field goal with 3:08 remaining
Saturday to provide Oregon State
with the 15-13 upset. Walford’s field
goal, his second of the game, was
aided by a brilliant punt by the
Beavers’ John Misko who sailed a
41-yard boot out of bounds at the
Bruin six-inch line. The Beaver de
fense held UCLA, and Bruin punter
Matt McFarland stepped out of his
own end zone trying to punt the ball
away, giving Oregon State a safety.
Longhorns still in picture
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AUSTIN — Texas coach Fred
Akers said Monday it will be up to
his players to decide what bowl in
vitation, if any, the Longhorns ac
cept, but said Homs first have to
deal with games against TCU,
Baylor and Texas A&M.
Houston dumped Texas 10-7
Saturday, knocking the Longhorns
out of a share of the Southwest Con
ference lead but leaving them a
prime candidate for a bowl appear
ance.
Asked if he planned to discuss
bowl prospects with his team, Akers
replied, “Yes, but we re not going to
do it until we get some information
from the bowls. They (the team
members) are aware of the bowls,
and aware we are one of the candi
dates to have a bowl opportunity.
But until we get some solid informa
tion from the bowl people it doesn’t
do much good to speculate.
“I think it’s very important for the
players to have a say in deciding if
and where they want to go. If we are
offered an invitation it will be up to
the team to decide on it.
“But right now we’ve got to take
care of business. We lost a tough
football game, but we could have
won it just as easily. We’ve got TCU
this week in Fort Worth, and I don’t
expect our players to be thinking
about anything except TCU.”
Akers quickly answered a series of
“what iF’ type questions about
passes Texas missed and penalties
that stopped scoring threats against
Houston, then suggested his players
pay no heed to that sort of inquiries.
“They’re going to have a lot of
people ‘what-ifing’ them this week,
but they’ve got to put that stuff be
hind them,” Akers said. “It doesn’t
change one thing, and it’s a waste of
time to even think about it or re
spond to it.”
Akers said the Longhorns’ offen
sive effort against Houston was the
team’s most consistent of the sea
son, and picked freshman running
back A.J. “Jam” Jones as Texas’ top
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offensive performer for the game.
Steve McMichael, a defensive
tackle who made 16 tackles against
the Cougars, was the coaching staff s
choice for top defensive player.
Texas passed up a field goal op
portunity with a fourth and four
from the Houston 27 in the first half,
opting instead for a pass which fell
incomplete.
Asked Monday about that deci
sion, Akers said, “We felt like a first
down at that point was more impor
tant than taking a chance on a field
goal. That wasn’t a gimme kick.”
He noted the kick would have
been 44 yards into the wind.
“I think the distance could be
achieved in that wind if you hit it
solid, that’s not the problem,” said
Akers, who kicked during his col
lege days at Arkansas. “Accuracy is
the problem in the wind.”
Texas middle linebacker Lance
Taylor underwent surgery Monday
to repair a knee injured against
Houston, and Akers said he also ex
pects guard Jim Yarborough and
running back Johnny “Ham” Jones
to miss the game with TCU.
He indicated both senior Randy
McEachern and freshman Donnie
Little will play at quarterback
against the Frogs, but declined to
pick a starter. McEachern started
against Houston, but Little came on
in the second half and directed
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Texas to its only score.
“We re still not making any snap
decisions,” Akers said about his
quarterback choice. “We re going to
play more than one and see what
happens as the game progresses.”
Houston loses
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HOUSTON — Injured Houston
Oilers running back Rob Carpenter
Will miss at least three games al
though his strained right knee may
be less seriously injured than first
thought. Oilers Coach Bum Phillips
said Monday.
Mark
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The tale of a team
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I was sitting in the office of the head coach at State Universit)
talking to him about the 1978 football season, when the phoneranj
It was one of the many post-season bowl representatives.
“Yea, we’ve had a pretty good year here at State,” Coach bragged
to the caller. “If it wasn’t for a few bad breaks we could havehadi
heckuva season.” State is 2-7 on the year.
“Sure we’re interested in playing in the Coleslaw Bowl,” Coad
said with a gleam in his eye and a hand on his wallet. “We canalwaji
use the exposure for our program. And my boys deserve toplayim
bowl after the troubled times they’ve been through.”
It is true that the boys from State have been through a di
season this year. After all, they’ve had to rebound after losingtliei: ^ x}-
favorite fan and mascot Snorty the pet turtle. Snorty was li
games into the season because of a too soft shell.
The loss could have been disastrous, coming in the middle oftln
season after two big losses to Tech and College. The State playen
could have folded their last five games after the heartbreak, yettk
re-grouped and came back to win one against University.
"Can you believe that the Coleslaw Bowl wants us this year,
Coach said to me. “I thought that we were out of the bowl pictm
after we lost that close game at North last week. What an honortogi
to the Coleslaw Bowl.
“And I thought we were lucky to get an invitation to play in tb
Honeydew Melon Bowl. But now we nave a chance to play in thebij
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the invitation he had just received. State was asked to play in tit
bowl only because the teams above it in its conference weredestinei
to play in places like Dallas, Phoenix and Houston. State wasf/ieonl
team left in this part of the country not already going to a post-seasoi
bowl
“Coach, why do you think the Coleslaw people asked State topb
in their gala affair?” I queried. Coach was ready with a well reheand
answer.
"For a variety of reasons," he responded. “First, we re a newtean
since we replaced Snorty five weeks ago. People around the countr
want to see how we can do with a new mascot on the sidelines. Wi
have a whole new look these days.
“Second, we re a member of a great conference. Put aside on
record, all the Coleslaw people want is a school with a good re put
tion to play in their bowl.
“And third, we can sell a lot of tickets.”
I couldn’t argue him on that point. Even in a losing season SU:
Stadium was sold-out every week. And the ever-present State alum:
have a record of following their team across the country fork 1
regular season and post-season games.
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office. After all. I’ve always wanted to see the Coleslaw Bowlandl’vf
never been to Laramie, Wyo. anyway.
“Hey Marge, could you get me Fred the Quarterback on
phone,” Coach yelled at his secretary. “I need to talk to him aboii
some important stuff.
“Hello Fred, this is Coach. Listen I need you to get the teas
together tonight for a job. It looks like we’re going to get to play in
Coleslaw Bowl, but we have these tickets.... What do you meanjw r e Aggk
guys have been negotiating for the Prune Bowl? Huh? Fred, I« I Aggies
already turned down the Honeydew Melon Bowl, if we don’t taketl® team
Coleslaw Bowl, the only one left is the...now wait a minute, who® 65 * a n
coaching this team, anyway? Fred. FRED!...”
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Carpenter, the team’s second
leading rusher with 348 yards and a
4.3 average, scored two touchdowns
against New England Sunday. But
he suffered a twisted right knee late
in the game and was pushed in a
wheelchair upon his return to Hous
ton Sunday night.
A team spokesman said an exact
diagnosis of the damage will not be
made by doctors until today.
The injury left Phillips with two
healthy, experienced running
backs, Earl Campbell and Tim Wil
son. Ronnie Coleman, the team’s
fourth back, did not play Sunday
because of a bruised knee.
United Press International
CINCINNATI — Oakland coach
John Madden had good reason to be
exhausted after his Raiders whipped
the Cincinnati Bengals 34-21 in
Monday night’s free-wheeling na
tionally televised NFL game.
“Every time we play Cincinnati
it’s one of those shootouts, a high-
scoring game,” Madden said, trying
to cool off with a cold soft drink in a
steamy locker room after the game.
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way they do things, you’re going to
get into those once in a while.
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