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Cotton fl Bowl
Hannah
This game begins on a downbeat because the football
world assuming such a looney place does exist—had
been anticipating an Alabama-Nebraska Orange Bowl
rematch. Even Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian was
critical of Barna coach Bear Bryant for "avoiding"
Nebraska. Also, Alabama was on its way to a possible
No. 1 national ranking before being dumped in the final
game of the season by Auburn, 17-16. Alabama remains
an explosive team with its high-scoring Wishbone of
fenses. Alabama's strongest point is its offensive line,
led by NEA All-American guard John Hannah.
(Jan. 1; television: 2 p.m. EST on CBS.)
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Sisemore
Texas, winner of the rugged Southwest Conference, lost
only one game this season, to Oklahoma, 27-0 in its
fourth game. Darrel ("Daddy D") Royal would like to
have that one to try again. But Alabama must suffice.
Like Alabama, a strong Texas asset is its offensive line,
bolstered by two-time NEA All-American Jerry Sisemore.
The Texas defense, however, came on strong the last
part of the season, allowing only 24 points in the last
five games. Its offense rolled up 224 points to Alabama's
393 points.
Prediction: Texas 27, Alabama 14
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Louisiana State
(9-1-1)
After a sensational start, LSU stumbled near the end of
the season, losing 35-21 to Alabama, and suffering
through a 3-3 tie with Florida. The redoubtable Bert
Jones is the spark of the Tigers' offense. He threw for
14 touchdowns this season, half of them going to re
ceiver Gerald Keigley. LSU's most effective running back
is Chris Dantin, who gained 707 yards over the season
and averaged 4.3 yards per carry. The defense is good
if not great. Linebacker Warren Capone and tackle John
Wood are the standouts there.
(Dec. 30; television: 7:30 p.m. EST
on the Hughes network.)
Graham
Defense is the shibboleth at Tennessee. The Vols were
consistently third or fourth in the nation in that depart
ment this season. They held the opposition to 7.6 points
per game. NEA second-team All-American Conrad Gra
ham is the star of that unit. Quarterback Condredge
Holloway, with a 61 per cent completion average, was
named sophomore of the year in the Southwest Confer
ence. Ricky Townsend is an oddity only on first appear
ance. He kicks field goals barefoot. Kicks well enough
to be an All-American at it, booting good ones—l 2in 19
tries. Tennessee lost to Auburn (10-6) and Alabama
(17-10).
Prediction: Tennessee 14, LSU 7
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Blue-Gray battle is tonight
By JIM MCGREGOR
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)
—The great battle between the
North and South over a century
ago was fought on the ground,
but the war will be brought out
of the trenches here tonight in
the Blue-Gray All-Star football
game.
Several of the nation’s top
offensive performers of the 1972
college season were to be on
the field for the 7 p.m. (CST)
kickoff of the 35th annual
game. A crowd of about 23,000
was expected in Montgomery’s
Cramton Bowl for the game to
be produced for national
television by Mislou Produc
tions.
An all-out air war appeared
in the making with the nation’s
two top offensive performers on
hand to direct the attacks.
North Coach Vince Gibson of
Kansas State was expected to
start Tony Adams of Utah State
at quarterback. South Coach
Charles Coffey of Virginia Tech
was to counter with his own
Don Strock.
Adams finished second in
total offense and third in
passing in the final national
statistics. He completed 204 of
351 passes for 2,787 yards.
Virginia Tech’s Strock,
however, finished the regular
season No. 1 in both total
offense and forward passing.
He completed 228 of 427 passes
for 3,243 yards.
Adams’ favorite target is
expected to be Utah State
teammate Tom Forzani, who
led the nation in receiving with
85 catches for 1,169 yards. John
Goerger of Kansas State, who
led the Big Eight with 57
North
wins
MIAMI (UPl)—The North
came from behind with two
touchdowns in the final period
Christmas night in the Orange
Bowl to win a game of
turnovers, 17-10, over the South
in the annual Shrine College All-
Star football clash.
The Southerners were the
victims of their own mistakes,
coughing up the ball seven
times to the Yankee defenders.
California’s Bill Armstrong
intercepted a pass thrown by
South quarterback John
Madeya of Louisville and ran it
back 27 yards to set the North in
position at the South 10-yard
line for a tying touchdown.
Wisconsin’s fireplug-sized run
ner Rufus Ferguson, who won
the North’s Most Valuable
Player Award, collected it in
four straight cracks at the line,
going over from the two with
13:50 left in the final quarter.
The South turned the ball over
again moments later when the
University of Miami’s Chuck
Foreman fumbled at midfield
and Villanova’s Kevin Reilly
recovered. Purdue quarterback
Gary Danielson marched his
Yankees to the South 14 from
where Bob McCall flitted
untouched on a weak-side left
run for the winning score with
7:39 left in the game. Marvin
Roberts of Michigan State
booted his second conversion.
Roberts also kicked a 23-yard
field goal in the opening
minutes of the game, a score
that was set up by Purdue’s
Gary Bingham who stole a
south pass thrown by Joe
Ferguson of Arkansas and ran it
back 37 yards.
And it was Bingham who
saved victory for the North by
recovering Foreman’s second
fumble of the game with 58
seconds remaining three yards
in front of the North’s goal.
Foreman was the South’s
leading rusher and gained his
team’s Most Valuable Player
Award despite his costly
fumbles.
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receptions, also was in the Blue
receiving corps.
Strock had two of his Virginia
Tech teammates—Mike Brunop
and Craig Valentine—available
for catching duties.
If the game reverts to a
ground battle, the North will
have the weapons to make a go
of it in the trenches. Gibson
could call on Peter Van
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Valkenburg of Brigham Young,
Mike Deutsch of North Dakota
or Martin Januszkiewicz of
Syracuse. Van Valkenburg was
the nation’s rushing leader with
1,386 yards.
Slated for duty in the South
backfield were Wade Hughes of
Clemson, Bill Sadler of TCU,
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End Roger Goree of Baylor
and linebacker Rodrigo Barnes
of Rice were being counted on
to spearhead the South defense.
Linebacker Eddie Sheats of
Kansas was impressive in
practice for the North defensive
unit.
The South, which won the
1971 game, 9-0, leads the series,
19-13-1.
— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, December 26,1972
Flames face Krulns
ATLANTA (UPI) — The At
lanta Flames do one of the bet
ter jobs in the National Hockey
League of stopping Bobby Orr
and Phil Esposito, but they still
haven’t beaten the Boston
Bruins.
In two losses this year, the
Flames have held Orr, the
NHL’s premiere player, to just
one goal and they have shut out
Esposito, the NHL’s leading
scorer.
“We stop the big buys and
then their kid line beats us,”
said Flames coach Bernie Geof
frion.
Atlanta dropped a 3-1 decision
to the Bruins in Boston Garden
Saturday, and they get another
shot at the defending Stanley
Cupchampions Wednesday night
in the Omni.