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SECTION A PACE TEN ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALK, ALEXANDRIA-P1NEVILLE, LA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1971 Tigers 10th in Both Polls Back-to-Back Meetings of Top 4 Preparation Most Interesting Ever For Bob Devaney By Bob Devaney LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) From the standpoint of preparation, this Oklahoma Game Thursday is the most interesting I have had the opportunity to be involved in as a coach. down between No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Oklahoma.

Nebraska (1(H)) retained its top billing by receiving 28 first place votes and 334 points from the 34 coaches participating in 10 billing despite three losses already this season. Tennessee, still having offense problems, kicked off the second 10 despite only a 21-7 win over hapless Kentucky, while Toledo, which extended the nation's longest winning streak to 34 games, remained at No. 12. The Rockets completed the regular season at 11-0 by whipping Kent State the balloting and the Sooners (9 bound Cyclones, it was the first time ever in the national rankings. Arkansas and Texas, the top two of the Southwest Confer-encea tied No.

18 nd Florida moved up two place to eight State completed the top 20. Ironically, all the top UPI teams with the exception of Notre Dame which spurned post -season activity, will be playing in upcoming bowl games. UPI Poll By Bill Madden NEW YORK (UPI) What could be better than a pair of back-to-back meetings of the nation's top four teams in one week? Just about nothing could top that and it'll have this week as Alabama and Auburn (which will met for the Southeastern championship next Saturday) have leaped past Michigan in the No. 3 and 4 spots behind Nebraska and Oklahoma in the latest United Press International Board of Coaches Major College Football Ratings. And of course, there's still that Thanksgiving Day show- getting by Ohio State, 10-7, last week.

Perm State (10 0), which should finally get a chance to move up after this week, remained at No. after soundly defeating Pittsburgh 55-18. Georgia improved a notch to seventh, Colorado moved up two place to eighth and Arizona state fell one spot to ninth. LSU, which dropped Notre Dame out of the top 10 with an easy 28-8 win over the Irish, improved all the way from 18th up to 10th. The coaches, apparently impressed by the rare Notre Dame defeat, felt the Bayou Bengals deserved top -0) remained No.

2 with three first place votes and 319 points. Alabama (10-0) moved to its highest rankng of the season at No. 3 with 254 points and Auburn did likewise in jumping Oklahoma's wishbone offense is different from any we have faced this year, and they have ideal personnel for it Quarterback Jack Mildren is a fine leader, a good runner and a good passer. Their halfbacks-Greg Pruitt, Joe Wylie and Roy to fourth with 217 points. Michigan, which hadn't been Houston remained at 13th and Notre Dame slipped from seventh down to 14th after the LSU loss.

After that it was North Carolina (15th), Stanford BOB DEVANEY lower than third since the second week of the season, slipped to fifth after narrowly For the surprising Sun Bowl- There's No Single Key To Victory-Fairbanks By Chuck Fairbanks Oklahoma Football Coach For The Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Thursday's game will be a rarity in college football history. Only a couple of times have two teams come to such a showdown. Our players and coaches are proud to be part of it. I Team Points 1.

Nebraska (28) (10-0) 334 2. Oklahoma (3) (9-0) 319 3. Alabama (1) (10-0) 254 4. Auburn (94)) 217 5. Michigan (2) (11-0) 203 6.

Penn State (10-0) 174 7. Georgia (9-1) 91 8. Colorado (9-2) 77 9. Arizona State (9-1) 68 10. Louisiana State (7-3) 27 11.

Tennessee (7-2) 15 12. Toledo (11-0) 14 13. Houston (8-2) 12 14. Notre Dame (8-2) 10 15. North Carolina (9-2) 9 16.

Stanford (8-3) 8 17. Iowa State (7-3) 4 18. Tie) Arkansas (8-2-1) 3 (tie) Texas (7-2) 3 20. Florida State (7-3) 2 There is no single key to vic tory against a team like Nebraskawe'll have to play a Bell have fine speed. Pruitt especially has been a great back all year, with tremendous speed and agility.

At fullback they have Leon Crosswhite, one of the most underrated ball carriers in the Big Eight Conference. He is the back that keeps the defense honest inside. Oklahoma also has a fine offensive line. In watching films of their games with other opponents, our coaching staff has been impressed by the way their offensive line gets off the ball quickly. They have some great blockers in that line and their quickness is a great asset Oklahoma's defense also is underrated.

In fact I feel Oklahoma could be the toughest defensive team we have faced this year. To stop Oklahoma and move the ball against them, we simply have to do the things we have been doing, but do them better than we have at any time this season. We can't throw out our whole defensive system because we are facing a type of offense we haven't seen yet this year. Yet we have to make some adjustments. On offense, we will need a sound and solid mixture of passing and running.

This balance has been the key to our offense. We can throw the ball and we can run the ball. We are anxious to defend our No. 1 rating and we hope that against Oklahoma we can come up with the best game of the season, because it will require our best effort to defeat this fine Oklahoma team. complete football game.

Defensively well have to hip come up with the big plays. We can't afford to allow Nebraska to control the ball. They've been doing all year with the passing of Jerry Tagge and a strong running game. They ILoimg-MearSiiig doiiMe-foeifcetil TOLEDE gEESHEg THESES have tremendous balance. In addition, we must have ex cellent coverage on punts and AP Poll kickoffs.

We'll have to find a our execution and blocking must be exceptional. You can't have success against Nebraska and have an unusual number of errors. Variety and the ability to adjust to game situations, I feel have been the keys to the success of our wishbone offense. We are not, as some may suppose because of our rushing yardage, an assaulting type of attack. We like to run downhill, adjusting our offense to counter the defensive situations confronting us.

We will pass when we have to and success in passing has helped us win many games. It is my hope that errors or fluke plays will notb a deciding factor in the game; that it will be won by the team with the best players. Then both teams will be able to walk off the field with their heads held high. way to contain jonnny Kod- gers. I don't expect Nebraska to change its attack much.

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Alabama (1) 104) 740 4. Michigan (3) 11-0 695 5. Auburn (1) 9-0 553 6. Penn SL (2) 10-0 625 7. Georgia 9-1 45 8.

Colorado 9-2 356 9. Arizona St. 9-1 338 10. Louisiana St. 7-3 273 11.

Tennessee 7-2 236 12. Texas 7-2 229 13. Notre Dame 8-2 116 14. Toledo 11-0 106 15. Houston 8-2 82 16.

Stanford 8-3 73 17 8-2-1 71 18. Mississippi 8-2 56 19. North Carolina 9-2 56 20. Washington 8-3 50 Of course, our offensive team is well aware that it is facing the best defensive team in the Tim tongh belt pBes under tread reduce "scrubbing" motion and provide long mileage. Wide "78 series" design for superb handling.

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They now trail the division-leading Los Zook, end Claude Humphrey, and tackles Glen Condren and John Small each sacked Hunter once for a total of 31 yards and then Zook hit him in the end zone with just over a minute to go. Hunter fumbled out of the end zone for a safety, icing the Falcons' victory. Prior to Monday night's game, Packer quarterbacks had only been -dumped six times for 56 yards this season. However, Falcon mistakes, especially in the kicking game, kept the Packers in the contest. Green Bay tackle Bob Brown blocked two placement attempts by Bill Bell, one on the first Atlanta extra point try and the other on a 37-yard field goal attempt.

Cornerback Doug Hart Angles Rams by one game and the second-place San Francisco 49ers by just a half-game. FOR "Anything can happen now," for ULjvy; COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (UPI) Texas will win an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, if the Aggies can defeat Southwest Conference leader Texas on Thanksgiving Day. Texas (6-5) would face llth-ranked Tennessee (7-2) in the Dec. 2 contest.

Arkansas (8-2-1) will go to the Liberty Bowl if Texas loses to the Longhorns. But the Razorbacks will be hoping for an victory, for it would make Arkansas 1971 champions of the Southwest Conference. As SWC champs, the Razor-backs would then be the host team in the Cotton Bowl against Penn State (10-1). Texas needs the win to capture the SWC crown and the Cotton bowl berth too. If the Longhorns (7-2) lose to they would be left without a post-season game.

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