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Thursday, Decernber 3, 1977
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didn't work out, so we left," but the coach gave "no re-
However, Burget injured his larbone in the first game and
back on a summer job and his sat out the year on a hardship
playing status was questionable ruling. He broke his collarbone
from game to game. That again during spring practice the
shoved Tatom into the starting next year and then came back
position early in the season and last seaon to play third string
he finally nailed the spot down behind Kenny King and James
for good about half way tewellh. Culbreath.
Farmers Bank, McDonald’i Van Nese, 21, McDonald's;
and Fibergrate scored wins Greg Hallmark, 14, Carter
Wednesday night in the Men’s Insurance; Marshal Hinton, 16.
City Basketball League spon- Fibergrate; and Bill Lane, 12.
sored by the Stephenville Parks Rokers.
and Recreation Department in games played Thursday.
Dec. 22, Genaut defeated
Farmers Bank defeated Holl- Rokers. 46-29; Holiday Shell
day Shell. 87-63; McDonald’s beat Norton's 70-58; '"and
beat Carter Insurance, 7360); Farmers Bank outscored Car-
and Fibergrate trounced th ter Insurance, 97-56. High
Rokers, 56-25. scorers included Phil lley, 14.
Leading seorers inlcuded Geraut; Bill Lane, 13, Rokers;,
Ables. 26. and Hearne, 11. Rafael Campos, 22, Shell;'
Farmers Bank; Gary Dowell, David Hurt, 26. Norton's;
18. Wade Runyen, 16, and Hearne. 32. Farmers Bank; adn
Jimmy Porter, 14, Holiday Greg Hallmark, 10, Carter
Shell; Joe Haynes, 24, and Park Insurance.
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Walker before the suspensions were later received from teammates
By ENNE H. FREEMAN stadium with a hole in the
AP Sports Writer top.
DALLAS (AP) - So you "It (the stadium) can be
think the Dallas Cowboys distracting.” admitted
should be favored in their Chicago defensive back
National Conference title Doug Plank "It's that Texas
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AP Sports Writer league
OAKIAND (AP) — If the The Raiders have betsUp the
Denver Broncos are a Cinde- NFL's fancy postseason ball,
rella team, the Oakland Raiders the lucrative playoffs, almost
must be the ugliest stepsisters every year while the Broncos
DALLAS (AP) — Outland good game./ game," he added.
Trophy winner Brad Shearer “I haven't been in awe of
game with
the Aggies had the right Trojans ready to upset Mich- whipped defending Southwest
formula a year ago-: igan in the 1976 Rose Bowl. Conference co-champion Hous-
' . , ton 27-7.
Bowl preparations are al- "I don’t think anybody really The most impressive aspect
ways in limbo,” Bellard said knows the secret," Robinson of a&Ms victory over Houston
Wednesday as the Aggies ar- said. “I know we’re going to was the off-the-bench perforg-
rived to begin final prepara- slack off on these guys the last ance of freshman quarterback
tions for their New Year's Eve two days. We’ve worked out Mike Moseley, who will start
meeting in the Astrodome twice in 15 hours since arriving against the Trojans Moseley
against Southern California. and we have our rhythm back," replaced senior starter Dayid
"You never know exactly Both teams were scheduled to Walker, still suffering from1 a
EL PASO, Texas (AP)-Stan- McClendon added,"Stanford what to expect," said Bellard, work out.today in .the Astro- chest injury.
ford and Luisiana State are at is a very .complicated team and whohasttheAggies ? owlfor dome in their nexttolastadril Bellard said his decision to
the Sun Bowl to have a good we’ve got to do some things to the,thirdLstraightyear. "But prior 10 Saturday’s kickofbe- starta freshman quarterback
time, but they are so serious offset that.” we ve been, having good fore a sellout crowd of at least against the Trojans was simple.
Oakland Coach John Madden about Saturday's game that the Stanford Coach Bill Walsh re- workouts soI hope.we ar pre- 54,000. "If David Walker was full
isn t so sure the Cinderella de- practices are behind closed plied,"Seeing as how ISU has Pared to Play Southern Cal. “We’ll follow the same bowl speed he’d start the game,”
seription fits doors. closed their practices, I think Whatever formula the Aggies preparation format that we did Bellard said. “Not because tie
Im surprised how some The Sun Bowl, noted as one of we’ll have to respond in kind, used a year ago worked. They last year,” Bellard said. "In deserved it but because -Jie
people let the Broncos sneak up the fun events on the postseason With a bowl game, you have blistered explosive Florida 37-14 1975, we played the early (bowl) earned it. But if you can’t prac-
on them They ve been awfully holiday football calendar, was more time to prepare and your in the Sun Bowl to complete a game. We were taking final tice full speed, it’s hard to get
close to making It for several drenched by a steady rain game plan is much more elabo- 10-2 season. Things didn’t work exams while we were getting your timing."
years, he notes Eour years Wednesday when the two teams rate. out as well two years ago how- ready to play and we didn’t Mosseley, a 9.4 sprinter anc
ago, we had to beat them in our arrived. "I think we would feel a lot-ever when the Trojans whipped have the players' full ’ at- former schoolboy state hurdles
14th game to win the division Lsu Coach Charley more comfortable closing our the Aggies 20-0 in the Liberty tention.” champion, will pose more of an
and get into the playoffs ” McClendon immediately an- practices if theirs are going to Bowl. Both teams closed out the outside threat than Walker.
, ^jkr nounced his team was closing be closed. Of course, we weL i {
John Eastoni finished 7-6-1 to workouts to the public and the come the press but we don’t A ■ ■ .mi
weltTheBrohcosdroppedtE mndiscoreeniythesecondume Arkansas coaches surprised
8 the next season after quar- Stanford Coach Bill Walsh running what out of .” . _ ;
terback ( >ar ey Jonson quickly followed suit. The game will match the run- n, 4^ c eeemei,e cAIA,pj,
missed most of the year be- "Of course, you can go up on a ning of LSU’s Charles Alexan- Dy T Q III 5 •6656 SlOW | nC
cause of an injury. hill and watch if you want to," der, who finished second na- * - •
"When Johnson was at quar- MeClendon laughed about a tionally in rushing with 1,686 By J- LEE CARRIER ange Bowl game against Ar- I don t see how Bruce does
terback, they had stability at nearby mountain which over- yards, against the passing of AP Sports Writer kansas with one of the finest what he does,” Lacewell said,
the position and the team was looks the Sun Bowl "But we’ve Cardinal quarterback Guy Ben- MIAMI (AP) — The Univer- collegiate defenses in the coun- “He’s not very big and not vry
pretty good,” says Madden, got some things we want to jamin, the country’s No. 1 pass- sity of Oklahoma football team try, and that surprises the fast and not very strong. He
"Then they weren’t sure about work on » er goes into Monday night's Or- Sooner coaches. does it on brains. He just always
the position for a while, but ’ . "If you had told me three in the right spot at the right
when they got Craig Morton and mm m Ll • months ago that we would have time."
decided on him as their MIenA.(Gw eAeeheG Ir DdssiMC this kind of (defensive) team, acewell said another player
quarterback, they got that sta- "-w" • “Z “W-W* F-e--. I‘d have laughed at you,” de- who had performed beyond all
bility back. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Lou Saban, a longtime Na- With Ken Smith of Boston fensive coordinator Larry expectations is senior tackle
Spectators at the Blue-Gray tional Football league coach College — the nation's No. 3 Lacewe said. '
football game Friday had better now with the University of passer this season — on his We just had too many ques- . .. u
keep their eyes on the sky over Miamai, has a pair of strong- lineup, Blue Coach Joe Yucika. tion marks to start the season. .Lace well said Hudgens is
Cramton Bowl, because that's armed quarterbacks on his Smith's mentor at Boston Col- We had to have a lot of unsung "the tyPe.of Player that .prob-
where the action is likely to be Gray squad - Bruce Threadgill lege, is not about to let his squad players come through. ably will notbe here in the fu-
for much of the annual all-star of Mississippi State and Roy spend too much time on the and they did,’ Lacewelll added, ture under the 30 scholarship
showdown. Henry of Southern Louisiana ground, either. f Spring training for the de- rule. It will be difficult to take a
Roth squads in the 40th in- And he promises they will put As Yucika puts it; “It should was a process of‘trying to chanceon marginal player
stallment of the North-South the ball in the air " be an interesting matchup be- findplayers tofil gapingholes, anymore.
battle are loaded with passing Among those on the receiving tween our people and their sec- at both end spots, at linebacker
and receiving — talent, and end of the Gray’s aerial attack ondary.” - an in e.secondary. , ^The star of the defensive te>m
both coaches have made it clear will be Keith Wright of Mem- Sharing signal-calling chores -acewes took a long look at this year has to be Cumby, a
the aerial expertise wiU not go phis State and James Wright of with Smith for the Blues will be the offensive sguasand got full- sophomore who didn't want to
: to waste Texas Christian Pete Woods of Missouri, back George Cumby as a line- make the switch to linebacker.
w backer. To back up Burget he Cumby was a fullback his
m got quarterback Bruce Tatom. freshman year but oroke a
outs, filed suit asking the court The three went to freshman told something different by
to order Holtz and other univer running back Trent Bryant's Holtz than what had actually
sity officials to allow the three room to “have a discussion with happened." He said he con-
to participate in the Orange a < ertain person in the room It fronted Holtz with that opinion,
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in the past threg years has been ing respect from the team and game at Miami The woman
torn down in what, in my Arkansas. We don't want to was not identified.
• opinion, was a rash judgment have them believing something Cowins said Holtz later told
by Holtz,” Cowins testified that is basically untrue." Cow- the rest of the team about' what
Wednesday in U.S. District ins said. had happened "Cowins said the
Judge Terry L. Shell's court He said the three voluntarily three standouts were not
“All that's left now is for us to gave an account of the dorm in- present at the meeting
Don't rush out and bet your Cowgirls (cheerleaders) on
lunch money on it even the side lines...if you aren't
though the oddsmakers have careful you kinds stand back
installed the Cowboys as 11- and watch it all in awe.”
point favorites for Sunday's Obviously, there's no awe
game which decides the NFC in the Vikings
entry into Super Bowl XII in The Vikings and Cowboys
New Orleans have represented the NFC in
eight of the last nine Super
Fact: Minnesota has Bowls.
NEVER lost in Texas “It’s been a great
Stadium. rivalry,” says Viking Coach
The Vikings npped Dallas Bud Grant "We've played in
27-10 in the 1973 NFC title a lot of crucial games. We
game, trimmed the Cowboys have a lot of respect for
23-21 in the 1974 regular Dallas and we feel they have
season and took a 16-13 pre- a lot of respect for us. We
season decision in 1975, certainly aren't in awe of
So much for the home field them. ”
jinx. Dallas has won two of
three playoff games from the
"We might have a little Vikings in 1971 and 1975
edge because the Vikings while Minnesota took the
have to travel but the home 1973 NFC title game,
field advantage is greatly “I think both teams appre-
exaggerated unless you are ciate the other," said Grant,
playing in a wild place like The Vikings, who have
By MIKE COCHRAN the inten
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says hes aware the. national anybody we’ve played. but J Shearer did that the
title is on the line m the Cotton dont think that means I havut Longhorns beneritted from a
Bowl but the thought of Texa# any respect for them. I know it’s -endu break exniainin,
losing to Notre Dame never oc- going t be an1 sordersttree"gameswereKi
curred to.hm.. . . game because are too tough We had a chance to
Dames always piay. pullalrtropstsgthekand
tackiesnitfed ztthinkir we80 ing for the national eh-mpig- have htoughet scbedui tn
out there and take care at our ship. They re not playing for Notre Dame,
which doesn’t
business well win the fooball any fond of a conference cham- mean a damn thing when you
FmWeu be national champions pisnbiperrcanznaisk unbeat. come down to Jan. 2" ’
and we won’t have to argue with en Longhorns played a tougher _ . _ . _ . ?
anybody about it.” schedule than the once beaten Teammate Ear. Campbell.
•Die top-ranked Steers meet fftbranked Irish and deserve the Heisman winnr,
the Fighting Irish in the Jan. 2 their lofty status in the national refused t0 speculate on the eso-
classic and Shearer, an All poU. teric sidelights of Monday’s
America selection, was almost "I think we’ve definitely clash.. He put it this way: , J
flippant as he discussed the played better teams this year ""hat 1 Ve seen 80 fr,
contest during a telephone news than Notre name did. We they’re going tobe rea tough;.,
conference Wednesday. played three teams in the Top when Jan. 2 comes, the Texas
“You're obviously not awed Ten,” he pointed «it Teves shot Longhorns are going to be out
by Notre Dame,” a writer ob- down both Orange Bowl foes, there -doing their very, vety
served. No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 8 best. Whatever takes place,
"Well,” Shearer replied, Arkansas. we're going to have to live wih
"We’ve had more time to pre- "Notre Dame played only ,L. „ ;
pare for Notre Dame...I think USC, and I think Clemson may Either "ay:
By MICHAELA. LUTZ “It’s always been an inter- regular season with impressive
AP Sports Writer esting thing to me how teams victories. USC came from be-
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas come right up to their peak at hind in the final two seconds
A&M Coach Emory Bellard fig- kick-off time for a bowl,” said with a 38-yard field goal by
ures there’s always a mystery USC’s John Robinson, who did Frank Jordan to beat arch rival
to preparing for bowl games but something right in getting his UCLA 299-27 and the Aggies
Cowins: missing bowl game
would damage football career
By LEIGH WISON smarts, ' Cowins Mid. Hutching erybody knew what was going
*—Press Writer and undlutching a roled sheet on I told han basically that
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (AP — of paper, "We can’t make it as about 10 people were in the
University of Arkansas running big tume lawyers This thing room and some of the girl's
back Ben Cowins, who ranks could keep us out of the 'pro) clothes were removed, and
No 2 in yards in the draf ' there was an indication of play
Southwest Conference, says his When asked by Walker if his It was fest a playful act"
liwMMn ewr wd> be irrepe- test umony indicated he would be Cowins said that Holtz
rably imaged if he doesh"t "injured irreparably" by not walked to a table, Mt down,
play in the range Bowl Mon playing in the Orange Bowl, put his hands over his face and
daynight Cowins Mid. "Yes ” peered down We knew some-
owins, running back Mich "We fee something is wrong thing was wrong
eal Forrest and flanker Donny by us not beingin the oxange He Mid we violated the ‘do-
Bobo were excluded from the Bow I I don't think the team can right'rule.....That's‘always do
game by Coach Lou Holtz fol- really come together ” right,’ I guess
lowing an incident Dec 20 that "Holtz Mid that breaking the
' Cowins said involved a partial Walker maintained that Holtz do-ight rule had a negative ef-
ly-clad young woman in an ath- chose to suspend the three “de- feet on the freshman players."
letic dormitory spite the fact" that they had not Cowins Mid the woman in-
Each of the three playershas been charged with a crime and volved in the incident had sug-
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