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Page 10 The Red and Hlack Monday, November 10, I9HI 30-95 rule has eliminated great teams In the real world they call it communism A repugnant idea it is. despised by all red blooded, freedom-loving Americans In sports, that beloved real-life microcosm of red-blooded, freedom-loving Americans, there is another term for it. And it is embraced as a sanctified panacea destined to save athletics from un Americanisms like inequality and op pression by the powerful. They call it parity In college football it is cloaked in an atrocity called the 30-95 rule Fred Akers, coach of the Texas l.onghorns, one of many powers raped by the rule, calls it "imposed mediocrity." Take a look at college football in 1981 and you will agree Only two ranked teams boast unblemished records after nine weeks One of them barely beat Boston College, and the other is Clemson! Clemson? Undefeated'’ Five No. 1 teams have lost already. The Rose Bowl could pit Washington State and Wisconsin. And Southern Mississippi tied Alabama!! Of course, this isn't a totally new phenomenon For a couple of years now the traditionally mighty have been slipping to a level on a par with just average teams. Southern Methodist is no longer a sure win for Texas Mississippi State has. in recent years, been one of the better teams in the Southeastern Conference. The great disparity between haves and have-nots began to disappear upon the arrival several years ago of the aforementioned 30-95 rule Schools are allowed to award only 30 scholarships for football each year And no more than 96 members of a given team can be scholarship athletes. The intent was to keep the wealthier programs from scooping up all the best players and to make the game more exciting by enabling some less endowed teams to be more competitive. The result has been the elimination of any truly great teams and a proliferation of barely average teams rising to national prominence. Surely the games are closer Of course there are more upsets Indeed teams at such institutions as Vanderbilt and Baylor have been revitalized. But the games lack the excitement that was formerly there when Southern Cal, Notre Dame. Alabama. Oklahoma and Ohio State could dazzle fans and foes alike with splendid play after splendid play What we have now is innumerable mistakes and im- Frank Reiss precisions which lead to stunning upsets. Actually, it is more stunning these days when there is no upset The once magical match-up between Southern Cal and Notre Dame a few weeks back was a ho-hummer. Oklahoma and Nebraska will meet this Thanksgiving with at least live non-wins between them. The thought of a national cham pionship will be nowhere near when Ohio State tangles with Michigan this year Yes, even the Georgia Bulldogs have been affected by the revolution They won the national championship last season with a perfect record and may very well have been the best team in the land. But they couldn't even compare to the legendary assemblages at Southern Cal under John McKay, the fabulous Texas teams of the late ‘60s or Bear Bryant's record-setting Alabama Crimson Tide. This year’s Bulldogs could win another national title, although it lost nine turnovers to Clemson and yielded 21 points to Vanderbilt! The Robin Hoodian rule has given more fans the taste of victory. It has all but eliminated embarrassing 60-point spreads But for fans interested in seeing awe-inspiring performances by teams flirting with perfection, 30-95 comes up a big zero. It is a great irony that a rule intended to improve com petition has produced the very antithesis of open competition in the communistic society that college football now is. Everybody is relatively happy, but the pursuit of greatness is not a basic right. It is the era of parity. And the Clemson Tigers could become card-carrying national champs Frank Reiss is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Herschel Walker i and the run for th( Win over Gators moves Dogs closer to first-ever back-to-back SEC titles By STEVE CORRIGAN Red and Hlack Staff Writer The only game with any significance in the Southeastern Conference title race was played Saturday in Jacksonville's Gator Bowl. And what a game it was. Herschel Walker showed HARD TO GET CHEMICALS • Laboratory Supplies - • Glassware • Consultation on \ /// * Synthesis Problems CALL OR WRITE FOR CATALOG GEORGIA LAB SUPPLY 340S Covington Hwy. (404) 288-8772 Decatur, GA. 30032 that he could do much more than just run the ball. He caught four passes for 55 yards and two touchdowns. Walker also added two more TDs on the ground. But it took a 95-yard drive with 10:16 to play for the Dogs to win. Walker capped the 17-play drive with a one- yard leap over the Florida defense. Georgia went for two, but the conversion failed. Florida still had a shot at the game with less than three minutes to play. But Steve Kelly ended all hopes of a Gator victory when he racked Spencer Jackson with 2:27 left to force a fumble at the Florida 27. Eddie Weaver pounced on the loose ball. Georgia has a chance to win the SEC with a victory over Auburn Saturday — their second in as many years. If the Dogs manage to win back-to-back SEC titles, it will be the first time in their history that they have done so. In the only other con ference game, Kentucky beat Vanderbilt for the Wildcats' first SEC win of the year. Andy Molls returned a punt 87 yards with 5:29 to play to break a 10-10 tie and give the Cats their win. The largest crowd to ever witness a sports event in Mississippi — 64,112 — turned out to see Southern Mississippi upset Mississippi State, 7-6. MSU, coming off an emotional loss to Alabama last week, was completely shut down by the Southern Miss defense. Southern Miss stopped MSU twice in the second half on short yardage situations. The second came with 1:26 remaining at the Southern Miss 33-yard line. Auburn staged its first shutout of the year 20-0 over North Texas State. Only 13,000 of the 63,000 homecoming fans stuck around for the finish. As mentioned before, Georgia has a chance to win its second SEC cham pionship in a row Saturday at home against Auburn. The Tigers spoiled the Dogs' hopes of the title in 1979 when James Brooks and Joe Cribbs ran all over Sanford Stadium. Other games pit Kentucky against Florida. Mississippi State against Louisiana State and Ole Miss against Tennessee HEISMAN HERSCHEL WALKKR..RB. GEORGIA pounded Florida for 192 yards on 47 carries and two rushing touchdow ns as 8-1 Georgia rallied to beat Florida J26 21. Walker also caught four ’ passes- for 55 yards and the other two touchdowns The four touchdowns tied the school record for the second consecutive week Walker now has 1.501 yards rushing for the year, stifl ahead of last year’s pace and has scored 15 touchdowns. 13 of them rushing MARCUS AIJ£N, RB, SOUTHERN CAL rolled to bis seventh 200-yard game and became the all-Ume leading rusher for a season, as he gained 243 yards on 46 carries and scored all three Trojan touchdowns on one-yard runs. USC. now 8-1, whipped California 21-3. Allen now has 1,966 yards with two games left. ART SCHLICHTER. QB. OHIO STATE was held to 13 completions of 33 passing attempts for 169 yards and one touchdown Ohio Stale fell out of first place jn the Big 10 with a .35-31 upset' loss to Minnesota The senior quarterback failed lo reach the. 2.000-yard mark in passing He has 1,980on 144 of 276and I2TD pisses JIM MCMAHON, QB, BRIGHAM YOUNG unleashed his passing arm on Colorado State and broke records as he went. He became the all-time career total offense leader after an astounding performance of 44 for 65 passing for 538 yards and seven touchdowns. The Cougars buried Colorado State 63-14. DAN MARINO. QB. PITTSBURGH threw three touchdow n passes lo lead No. 1 Pittsburgh to its eighth straight win in a 47 :f rout of Rutgers Marino was 18 of 28 for 239 yards and he now has 1.817 yards passing and 24 touchdow ns He has completed 60 2 percent of his passi-s this season JOHN ELWAY. QB. STANFORD hit 15 of 20 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns to pace Stanford's 63-9 win over Oregon State. Elway is now hitting 57.6 percent of his passes as he has 175 completions in 309 attempts and has thrown for 2,202 yards. Georgia sticks at No. 4 in UPI poll By JIM M AN SOI R Hed and Hlark Stall W rilrr Despite their 26-21 victory over Florida Saturday in what Coach Vince Dooley Most graduates are headed for a good Only a few will influence the world. career. 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Georgia, now 8-1, could not improve their No. 4 ranking in this week's United Press International coaches' poll All three teams ranked above Georgia won their games, but Clemson, a 10-8 winner over previously ninth-ranked North Carolina, jumped into second ahead of Southern Cal The unbeaten Tigers now hold the No. 2 slot in both polls behind Pittsburgh The Panthers are only the third team this season to defend the No 1 position at least once. They routed Rutgers 47-3 to hold on to the top spot. Pitt plays Army at home this Saturday Penn State and Alabama, ranked fifth and sixth this week, meet Saturday in Pennsylvania in a nationally-televised duel which will have major bowl implications. Nebraska jumped to seventh after routing Oklahoma State 54-7. The Cornhuskers will get a test from Iowa State in Lincoln, Neb , this week before facing Oklahoma. Michigan holds down the No. 8 slot this week, followed by Texas, which dropped from fifth after tying Houston 14-14. Southern Mississippi made the biggest jump of the week, moving from 16th to 10th on the strength of a 7-6 victory over Mississippi State, a team that has been ranked most of the season The Eagles are 7-0-1 on the season, with the tie coming at Alabama. Oklahoma climbed to the No. 11 spot this week after the Sooners rallied to beat Kansas State 28-21. The Sooners appear to be rebounding to form after two early-season losses. North Carolina fell to 12th from eighth last week as a result of their loss to Clemson Arkansas moved back up to No. 13. 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Alabama will also compete as a team at nationals as five individuals finished in the top 10 The men traveled to Gainesville, Fla , for the Southeastern Conference meet and placed seventh out of a field of 10 teams. Top in dividual finishers (or Georgia were Scott Griffith, who placed 17th with a time of 25:33.1, and David Sailors, who took 29th with a time of 25:57.8. Tennessee was the meet winner with 38 points, followed by Auburn. Mississippi State, Florida, Kentucky. Louisiana State, Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama and Vanderbilt —Jackie Crosby The National Security Agency More than just a career KIVII NGA NTZ HAD St M/BE 1 rHING INTEI TC NC REST )SA1 UOl ING r. [E. WATCH FOR THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BREW REVIEW. 0 C Jos Schiiti Brewing Co Milwaukee Wl
