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— Griffin Daily News Friday, November 22,1974
Page 12
The Griffin Bears will play
the Rockdale Bulldogs tonight
for the Region 6-AAA cham
pionship.
An over-flow crowd will be at
Memorial Stadium to see the
classic confrontation.
Both teams have 9-1 records
and are rated among the best
triple-A squads in Georgia.
Griffin has a 9-0, 6-AAA
record. Rockdale finished 8-1.
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ATLANTA (UPI) - His
fellow coaches in the Southeast
ern Conference are all in
agreement that Alabama’s C.
M. Newton should have the
league champion this winter.
Their figuring is simple
enough. Alabama has four
starters returning from a team
that posted a best-in-the
conference 22-4 record a year
ago.
But C. M. thinks they are
being hasty.
“I don’t think we’ll be that
great,” said Newton. “I hope
we are. But, it’s a new season,
and each year a team takes on
a personality of its town.”
Newton is aware that peren
nial-power Kentucky appears
ready to resume its place at the
head of the Southeastern
Conference. He knows that
although Kentucky was only 13-
13 last year, the Wildcats also
have four starters returning
and appear to have picked off a
better group of freshmen than
any other college team in the
nation.
Newton knows that Ken
tucky’s weakness last season
was at center, that 6-9 Bob
Guyette performs better at
forward. And he knows that
Kentucky picked up two of the
better big prospects in 6-11, 235-
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6-AAA title game here tonight
The lone defeat was at the
hands of Griffin.
Griffin won the Division 11, 6-
AAA (subregion) champion
ship. Rockdale won the Division
I title.
Most observers rate the game
a toss-up despite Griffin’s
earlier victory.
Griffin operates from a pro
type formation with flankers
and split ends. The Bears
pound Rick Robey of New
Orleans and 6-11 Mike Phillips
of Manchester, Ohio.
The only freshman expected
to see much action at Alabama
is 6-3 guard Anthony Murray of
Birmingham. Newton plans to
start Murray as a replacement
for Ray Odoms, last year’s only
senior regular.
“People keep saying we only
lost Ray Odoms, but that is a
heck of an only,” said Newton.
“It changes a lot of things for
us. We’ll be bigger this season,
but, without Odoms, we won’t
be as quick.”
Alabama tied Vanderbilt,
with matching 15-3 league
records, for the Southeastern
Conference cage title, but
Vanderbilt got the NCAA berth
because the Commodores beat
the Crimson Tide both times
they met.
Some observers figure that
Alabama would have been in
the NCAA playoffs if it had had
a leader like Vandy’s Jan Van
Breda Kolff, and that the more
muscular Tiedmen would have
made a better showing.
“I don’t want one person to
run our team,” insisted New
ton. “But, Charles Cleveland
will be our leader.
“We can be a better
basketball team. I feel we will
Griffin vs Rockdale
balance their running with the
passing of quarterback Willie
Jordan.
Rockdale uses the wishbone
formation and depends mainly
on a powerful ground game.
The wishbone is operated by
quarterback Don Bonner, a
very good runner.
If there is an offensive differ
ence it is the passing of Griffin.
(Rockdale does not rely on
be a better team. But, our
record probably won’t show it.
Other teams also will be better
and it’s hard to go 22-4 if you
play a representative schedu
le.”
The SEC coaches predicted
the conference race would go
like this:
1-Alabama, 2-Kentucky, 3-
Tennessee, 4-Vanderbilt, 5-Au
burn, 6-Florida, 7-Mississippi
State, 8-Louisiana State, 9-
Georgia, and 10-Ole Miss.
The coaches weren’t allowed
to vote for their own teams so
Newton picked Kentucky to win
the conference while Ken
tucky’s Joe Hall picked
Alabama.
They were also asked to pick
who they thought would be the
top five players in the
conference and they named six.
The list included Cleveland,
who Newton is pushing for All-
America, and 6-10 Leon Dou
glas of Alabama; Kentucky’s
Kevin Greavy, last year’s SEC
scoring leader; Florida’s 6-8
Chip Williams; LSU’s Glenn
Hansen, compared by many to
John Havlicek of the Boston
Celtics; and Auburn sophomore
Eddie Johnson, last year’s No.
2 scorer in the SEC.
The past recruiting period
was supposedly a super one for
the Southeastern Conference.
Kentucky and Auburn both got
four from a list of the top-100
prospects (Kentucky actually
for four of the top 17), and
Georgia got three. One survey
listed Kentucky No. 1, Georgia
No. 3 and Auburn No. 5 in the
recruiting. However, Georgia’s
ranking is a bit misleading at
the moment since 6-10 Lucius
Foster is academically ineligi
ble to play.
passing because of the power it
gets from the wishbone ground
game.)
Jordan is considered the
finest passer in 6-AAA.
He completed nine of 10
passes for 123 yards in the
previous Griffin-Rockdale
game.
Griffin will counter Rock
dale’s ground attack with
tailback Johnny Roberts and his
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South Carolina
making bid
for Lou Holtz
By United Press International
The University of South
Carolina is making a bid for
North Carolina State’s Lou
Holtz as the successor to Paul
Dietzel.
Holtz, whose team plays in
the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl,
says he may talk to Gamecock
officials but “anything beyond
that would be pure speculation.
“I still have a job at N.C.
State, the last word I had, and
I plan on being at N.C. State,”
said Holtz, in the third year of
a five-year contract at State.
Holtz, a former South Caroli
na assistant, said he was out of
town Thursday but was left
word “to call some people in
South Carolina.”
N.C. State chancellor John T.
Caldwell said William H.
Patterson, president of the
University of South Carolina,
had asked his permission
Tuesday to approach Holtz.
Caldwell said he gave his
approval since the request was
merely a matter of courtesy.
Dietzel, under fire for failing
to build a consistent winner at
South Carolina, said shortly
after the start of the football
season that he was resigning as
head coach at the end of the
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stable of running-mates.
Roberts rushed for over 1,000
yards during the regular
season.
Rockdale’s excellent wish
bone attack will pressure
Griffin’s defense. That first
string defense allowed only two
touchdowns in the last three
games.
Coach Dowis figures Griffin’s
defense holds the key to the
season. He will remain as
athletic director.
The Gamecocks end their
season Saturday against arch
rival Clemson. South Carolina
is 4-6.
Elsewhere in the Southeast
Thursday, Tennessee wrapped
up is preparations for Satur
day’s battle with Kentucky for
the Liberty Bowl bid opposite
Maryland, and Coach Bill
Battle said the contest could be
decided by the kicking game.
“Both teams have quality
personnel for their kicking
game and neither can afford to
make any mistakes,” said
Battle.
At Kentucky, Coach Fran
Curci said freshman Bob Winkel
would start at right defensive
tackle instead of Jerry Blanton.
Mississippi State worked out
90 minutes for its traditional
clash with Mississippi, and
Vanderbilt reviewed its strate
gy for Louisville and worked on
its two-minute offense.
BARNES MISSING
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (UPI) -
Marvin Barnes, leading scorer
and rebounder for the Spirits of
St. Louis, was AWOL Wednes
day night for a game against
the New York Nets.
Ohio State, Michigan
tickets are unavailable
By United Press International
The definition of a “big
gamq” can’t always be deter
mined by what transpires on
the field.
In some cases, the setting
can be even bigger than the
reality of combat.
Such a scene will take place
at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday
when Ohio State hosts Michigan
in what may be the Game of
the Year—both on the field and
off. It is being preceded by
such a frantic scramble for
tickets that one hopeful Ohio
State entrepreneur placed a
price of SIO,OOO on a pair of
seats and another coed actually
sold three tickets for S6OO.
At whatever price they pay,
there will be a noisy, holiday
high crowd of 86,000 fans in
attendance, plus untold millions
of freeloaders who will watch
on television. In addition to a
highly-prized victory, at stake
for Michigan and Ohio State
will be the Big Ten Conference
championship and a Rose Bowl
berth.
The Wolverines, still steam
ing over last year’s decision by
the Big 10 to bypass them in
favor of Ohio State as the
conference representative to
the Rose Bowl, carry a 10-0
record into their season finale
and the No. 2 position in the
national rankings.
The Buckeyes are ranked
third with a 9-1 record, the loss
coming in a highly controversi
al 19-13 decision to Michigan
State two weeks ago. Ohio
State, with the home field
advantage, has been listed as
an eight-point favorite, but the
two rival coaches discount the
spread.
“There’s no such thing as an
underdog in this game,” said
Michigan Coach Bo Schembe
chler, and Woody Hayes of Ohio
State responded, “You and I
both know that it’s going to be
a tossup out there.”
Top-ranked Alabama is idle
this week in preparation for
next Friday’s donnybrook with
sixth-ranked Auburn, but sever
al other traditional rivalries
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game.
“If we can’t stop them, then
we’re in trouble,” he said.
Griffin’s defense has Carl
Imes and Greg Head at end,
Tom Mason and Mule Crawford
at tackle, Ronnie Bass at
defensive guard, Steve Harri
son and Joe McGhee at line
backer and Craig Nelms,
Johnny Wilder, Phillip McCrary
and Randy Cooper in the
and bowl berths will be decided
on the final big weekend of the
1974 college football season.
At Los Angeles, seventh
ranked Southern California is a
15-point favorite over UCLA,
with the Pacific Eight crown
and the host role in the Rose
Bowl at stake. This game also
will be televised nationally.
The Big Eight Conference
title will be decided at Lincoln,
Neb., with fifth-ranked Nebras
ka hosting unbeaten Oklahoma.
The Sooners, who are unranked
and unable to go to a post
season bowl because of their
probationary status, are fa-
Georgia accepts
Tangerine Bowl
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - The
Georgia Bulldogs have officially
accepted a berth in tie
Tangerine Boowl in Orlando,
Fla., on Dec. 12, when they will
battle 12th-ranked Miami of
Ohio.
The University of Georgia
Athletic Board Thursday ap
proved the Bulldogs’ participa
tion in the bowl.
Miami, which had a 9-0-1
record in a season marred only
by a tie with Purdue, accepted
its Tangerine Bowl berth
earlier.
Georgia, 6-4 with Georgia
Tech yet to be played Nov. 30,
had earlier hoped to go to the
Liberty Bowl but accepted the
Orlando offer after last week’s
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Griffin’s offense has Scott
Ross at center, David Mc-
Donald and Tom Fetzer at
guard, Joey Crosby and Jeff
Hunt at tackle, Kenny Ellison at
tight end, Johnny Wilder or
Phillip McCrary at split end,
Willie Jordan at quarterback,
Ronnie Bass at fullback, Johnny
Roberts at tailback and Alonzo
Mathis at wingback.
vored by 14 points.
Elsewhere, unbeaten Yale is
a 5M>-point favorite at Harvard
in a battle for the Ivy League
crown, Tennessee is a 1 Mi-point
pick at home over Kentucky in
their Liberty Bowl duel, Purdue
is 4% points at home over
Indiana, Illinois is 13*4 points
at home over Northwestern,
Mississippi State is 7*4 at home
over Mississippi, Oregon State
is 11 at home over Oregon,
Washington is picked by 1%
points at Washington State, and
California is 3*4 at home over
Stanford.
17-13 loss to sixth-ranked
Auburn blocked the Liberty bid.
This will be the eighth time
in the 11 years that Vince
Dooley has been head coach
that Georgia will be going to a
postrseason bowl. Last year, the
Bulldogs beat Maryland, 17-16,
in the Peach Bowl.
The Georgia acceptance gives
the 10-school Southeastern Con
ference seven bowl teams. The
winner of Saturday’s Tennes
see-Kentucky game will go to
the Liberty Bowl and Alabama
(Orange), Auburn (Gator),
Florida (Sugar), Mississippi
State (Sun) and Vanderbilt
(Peach) have already accepted
bids.