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Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1971 Tlic Lincoln Star IT m-mm Mm Ml uv nn rvn JV uvu rft. 0)3) 1 1 i i i uu uu All-Big 8 Sooners All-Big 8 Huskers SPORT SIGNALS By Hal Brown Sports Editor. The Star 4 hmm0mm. 'i mm EnliBsker Gains ytland IHIonor TAB 2 HUSKERS Chicago Nebraska defensive tackle Larry Jacobson Tuesday was named winner of the Outland Trophy, the Football Writers Association award which annually goes to the top interior lineman in the country.

Jacobson, a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., is the first Husker ever to win the award. He was joined ori the Football 1 Writers Association all-American team fyy junior slotback Johnny Rodgers as the No. 1 ranked Huskers and No. 2 rated Oklahoma each landed two players on the all-American team: Halfback Greg Pruitt and center Tom Brahaney were named from Oklahoma. Completing the offensive backfield were Cornell's Ed Marinaro and Alabama's Johnny Musso at running back and Auburn's Pat Sullivan at quarterback.

All but four of the 23 team members were seniors with Pruitt, Brahaney, Rodgers and offensive tackle Jerry Sisemore of Texas the only juniors. The Offensive Team Wide receivers Terry Beasley, Auburn, and Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska. Interior linemen Dave Joyner, Penn State; Reggie McKenzie, Michigan; Jerry Sisemore, Texas, and Royce Smith, Georgia. Center Tom Brahaney, Oklahoma. Quarterback Pat Sullivan, Auburn.

Running backs Ed Marinaro, Cornell; Johnny Musso, Alabama, and Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma. Kicking Specialist Bill McClard, Arkansas. TIia rtefoncivn Team mmiJl 'i I Jerry Tagge i f-A v. y- Jeff Kinney ALL-BIG EIGHT AIP iallotiiirig Kansas City UPl Oklahoma's Greg Pruitt and Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers were named co-captain3 Tuesday of the 1971 Associated Press All-Big Eight Conference football team on offense. Rich Glover, Nebraska guard, was selected captain of the defensive unit.

Pruitt, a running backhand Rodgers, a wide tied in the 'voting by sports writers and sportscasters, receiving more' votes than any of the otherplayers named to "the offensive team. Glover polled the most votes among the defensive aces. --Pruitt, the Big Eight rushing leader who has -averaged 9.5 yards a play, was the ringleader of the backfield that also includes teammage Jack Mildren and Jerry' Tagge and Jeff Kinney, both of Nebraska. The four backs will oppose each other Thursday at Norman, where top-ranked Nebraska battles second-ranked Oklahoma. Mildren, who has gained most of his yardage running, needs only 32 years to become the league's first quarterback ever to gain 1,000 yards rushing in a season.

Tagge, the Husker" quarterback, has a 62 per cent completion mark: on his 202 passes. Kinney, the No. 5 ground gainer, is averaging 4.6 yards per play. Rodgers, like Pruitt, has scored 90 points. He leads the league in pass receptions with 45, in kickoff returns with a 32.6-yard average and has a 15.9-yard average in punt returns.

Coach Vince Gibson of Kansas State says he has "seen two super stars this year Rodgers and Pruitt." The team's other receiver is John Schroll of Kansas, who has 40 receptions, second to Rodgers. Oklahoma's Tom Brahaney is the center. The four interior linemen are Nebraska's Dick 'Rupert and Carl Johnson, Oklahoma's Ken Jones and Kansas State's Mo Latimore. They are all big bruisers, averaging 238 pounds. In all, the Cornhuskers placed five players on the first offensive team and the Sooners four.

Glover, a 231-pounder, is one of four Nebraska stars on the top defensive unit, the same number of positions claimed by Oklahoma. Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas got the other posts. With Glover on the interior line are teammate Larry Jacobson, Herb Orvis of Colorado and Derland Moore of Oklahoma. Willie Harper of Nebraska and Raymond Hamilton of Oklahoma are the defensive ends. Three seniors, Steve Aycock of Oklahoma, Keith Schroeder of Iowa State and Kenny Page of Kansas, man the linebacking slots.

Iowa State Coach Johnny Majors has said that Schroeder is the "greatest linebacker I have ever seen." Bill Kosch of Nebraska and John Shelley of Oklahoma won the defensive back positions. Nine of the top 22 players are juniors and will return next year, including Pruitt, Rodgers and Glover. 3 Lineman Larry Jacobson, Nebraska; Mel Long, Toledo; Walt Patulski, Notre Dame, and Sherman White, California. Linebackers Jeff Siemon, Stanford; Mike Taylor, Michigan, arid Jackie Walker, Tennessee. Backfield Tommy Casanova, LSU; Eric Hutchinson, Northwestern; Ernie Jackson, Duke, and Bobby Majors, Tennessee.

-COACH DEVANEY Payday Even For Losers Many, Big Eight football fans, notably those at the six other schools, surely must have mixed emotions about being in a league that includes Nebraska and Oklahoma. It couldn't have been much fun for the coaches to prepare, or for the players to play, or for the fans to watch as their teams were demolished by the two Big Red powers. But when the post-bowl loot is divvied up, with Colorado and Iowa State also chipping in, the business manager of those athletic departments can smile all the way to the bank. With Nebraska In the Orange, Oklahoma in the in the Astro-Bluebonnet and Iowa State in the Eight commissioner Chuck Neinas estimates the league will get about $1.1 million dollars in additional revenue and each school in the league will net about $60,000 after expenses. Even the ones staying home, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Kansas and Missouri, will get their $60,000 and that's more than some, who are going to bowls, will net after they pay their bowl expenses.

Iowa State, for example, which figures to get about $90,000 from the- Sun Bowl, could wind up losing money by going to a bowl. Nebraska's Orange Bowl payoff figures to be in the $470,000 neighborhood, according to Neinas, with Oklahoma getting $350,000 from the Sugar Bowl and Colorado $205,000 from the Astro-Bluebonnet appearance. Speaking of money, with the way things have been going the past couple of weeks, we're fortunate that we have sense enough not to bet our picks with last week's 'mark only 33-16-2 for a .667 percentage, dropping the season mark to 404-164-7 for a percentage of .708. But for persistency sake, here goes again: Thanksgiving Day NEBRASKA 28, Oklahoma 24 Don't be surprised if it takes one of those patented late-in-the-game Husker drives to get the win. GEORGIA over Georgia Tech MISSISSIPPI over Mississippi State TEXAS over Texas Saturday, Nov.

27 ALABAMA 35, Auburn 27 If it hadn't been for Nebraska and Oklahoma, they'd be calling tihis one The Game of The Decade. IOWA STATE 33, San Diego State 14 A year ago, Iowa State coach Johnny Majors was calling this the Cyclones' bowl game. This year it's just another game. ARIZONA STATE over Arizona ARMY over Navy NEW MEXICO STATE over Colorado State FLORIDA STATE over Pitt NEW MEXICO over Hawaii BOSTON COLLEGE over Holy Cross HOUSTON over Utah LSU over Tulane CINCINNATI over Louisville MIAMI, FLA. over Florida RICE over Baylor SOUTH CAROLINA over Clemson TCU over SMU SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI over West Texas State TENNESSEE over Vanderbilt LONG BEACH STATE over a 1 Paso VPI over VMI TULSA over Wichita.

Saturday, Dec. 4 -it NEBRASKA 42 Hawaii 7 Some may think this is just a fun trip, but the Huskers take their football seriously. OKLAHOMA 45, Oklahoma State 14 The Cowboys may be a little better prepared for the wishbone this year, but so is Oklahoma and last year it was 66-6. MIAMI, FLA. over Syracuse SAN DIEGO STATE over North Texas State TENNESSEE over Penn State.

-HOME FIELD NO FACTOR Devaney Says NU Should Be Favored QtifOusrsQSS eplaees Flu By HERSCHEL NISSENSON Norman, Okla. Ml Hanging out the college football wash: What they're saying about the big game: Coach Bob Devaney, Nebraska "I'm over the flu and now I've got a case of nervousness." "There's another aspect of this game that might be as much a key as the Nebraska defense against the Oklahoma offense. The key might lie in how well we move on them." "I've never seen an offense as dangerous from any spot on the field as Oklahoma's." Brahaney Ken Jones Jack Mildren Greg Pruitt John Shelley Steve Aycock Derland Moore Raymond Hamilton Caravan Carries Band, Yell Team To Sooner Land A five-bus caravan will transport the Cornhusker Marching Band and yell squad to Norman, for the Thanksgiving Day football game. The band will perform marching drills to "blues" music during the halftime show. The caravan will leave Lincoln at a.m.

Wednesday and the ba will spend the night in an Oklahoma City Motel, returning Thursday night. jr 4 jj. L3 "Oklahoma gets great value from their speedy halfbacks, Greg Pruitt and Joe Wylie, but their greatest value just may lie in quarterback Jack Mildren." "We haven't faced a Wishbone offense since the Oklahoma game last year, and then we did a relatively poor job defensing it, although we won 28-21." "We haven't had a great deal of success in Norman, although we had a good game two years ago (44-14). It would be nicer to stay in Lincoln and not make the trip down there." "We'll probably use some variations of the defense that Notre Dame and UCLA used against Texas last season." Coach Chuck Fairbanks, Oklahoma "We're in the best shape we've been in for several weeks. We expect Joe Wylie to play at full strength for the first time in several weeks.

Defensive linemen Raymond Hamilton and Derland Moore are much better." "Nebraska's defense has created so many real fine scoring opportunities for the offense. I think our offense will really have its work cut out." "Nebraska has exceptional team speed on defense. We've seen quite a few defenses against our Wishbone. Several teams have left their basic defense against us, primarily in the secondary. Most crowd their secondary upreal close, overcommitting to the running game.

We've had some success because of this." "I think our own defense is sound with good speed. But it's not overpowering. It's not so strong that it can go back in the game and stop the other team cold and get the ball all the time. We come up with big plays rather than shutting a team down completely." "Nebraska is primarily a two-formation team. They use the I a lot in their running game with a lot of play-action passes.

An almost equal, amount of the time they run from a spreadformation with two wide receivers on each side and only one running back. From that formation they're pretty much wide open, with an lof of dropback passes and draw plays, some option to the fullback and lots of screens." Ken Johnson, Colorado quarterback "Nebraska's got the better defense, but I think Oklahoma has got the better rr v. i Johnny Rodgers Carl Johnson Dick Rupert Larry Jacobson Rich Glover Willie Harper 9 i tti 4 i. j. II mi arfi ilr 4 I A i I 'Greek' Picks NU Over OU By -1 Point Tulsa, Okla.

UP) Jimmy the Greek, the a i 's best-known oddsmaker, has given Nebraska a one-point edge in its football showdown with Oklahoma Thursday. The Las Vegas oddsmaker, in an interview with KTUL-TV of Tulsa," said, "The secret to Nebraska's winning this football game is to keep Greg Pruitt from going outside. If Nebraska cannot do that it will not win." He gave two points to Oklahoma for its speed and three points for being the home team. But he gave Nebraska two points for its defensive line, one point for its speed in the secondary, two points for the likelihood of Oklahoma fumbles and mistakes and one point for Nebraska's finesse and execution. That adds up to six points for the Cornhusker to five for the Sooners.

The oddsmaker concluded that the winning team will have to score least three touchdowns, probably four. It should be the most interesting and exciting football game played in the last 15 years." GRIMSLEY SEES SOONER WIN By WILL GRIMSLEY New York tl Make a snap a wishbone on Thanksgiving Day, get the big end and the wish comes true. So says an old saw. The saw won't hold true for the No. 1 'Nebraska Cornhuskers Thursday.

Even with the nation's No. 1 overall defense, they'll find it impossible to crack Oklahoma's wishbone which is averaging 563.2 yards a game. Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 28: Sooners' powerful offensive line opens a pathway for Jack Mildren, Greg Pruitt Co. The Sooners, as No. 2, should try harder, especially at home.

Arthritis Foundation To Sponsor Tribute Omaha (UPD The Arthritis Foundation is sponsoring an appreciation and victory rally for coach Bob Devaney on Dec. 15. The dinner will be held at the Hilton Hotel with the social hour starting at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30. The tickets are $30 per couple, with the proceeds going to the Arthritis Foundation. All-Big 8 Choices First Team Offense TE John Schroll, Kansas WR Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska Tom Brahaney, Oklahoma Dick Rupert, Nebraska Ken Jones, Oklahoma Carl Johnson, Nebraska Marion Latimore, Kansas St.

Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma Jack Mildren, Oklahoma Jerry Tagge, Nebraska Jeff Kinney, Nebraska Defense Willie Harper, Nebraska Raymond Hamilton, Okla. Rich Glover, Nebraska Larry Jacobson, Nebraska Herb Orvis, Colorado Derland Moore, Oklahoma LB Steve Aycock, Oklahoma LB Keith Schroeder, Iowa St. LB Kenny Page, Kansas Bill Kosch, Nebraska John Shelley, Oklahoma Second Team Offense TE Albert Chandler, Oklahoma WR Cliff Branch, Colorado Doug Dumler, Nebraska Bill Kralicek, Colorado Jake Zumbach, Colorado Dean Unruh, Oklahoma Geary Murdock, Iowa St. George Amundson, Iowa St. Charles Davis, Colorado Leon Crosswhite, Oklahoma Bill Butler, Kansas St.

Defense Eddie Sheats, Kansas John Brown, Missouri Bud Magrum, Colorado John Cowan, Missouri Barry Price, Oklahoma Carl Taibi, Colorado LB Dave Mason, Nebraska LB Bob Terrio, Nebraska LB Matt Blair, Iowa State Joe Blahak, Nebraska Tom Carraway, Oklahoma St. Honorable Mention Offense Tight ends Jerry List, Nebraska; Reuben Gant, Oklahoma State; Henry Kansas State. Wide receivers Ike Harris, Iowa State. Linemen Keith Wortman, Nebraska; Darvl White, Nebraska; Bobby Chllds, Kansas. Backs Oelvln Williams, Kansas; Jerome Nelloms, Kansas; Dean Carlson, Iowa State; Joe Wylle, Oklahoma; John Tarver, Colorado; Ken Johnson, Colorado; Dick Graham, Oklahoma State; Dennis Morrison, Kansas State.

Defense Ends John Stavely, Colorado; Harold Bassett, iowa State; John Adkins, Nebraska. Interior linemen Bill Janssen, Nebraska. Linebackers Keith Best, Kansas State; Mark Driscoll, Oklahoma. Backs Jim Anderson, Nebraska; Johnny Robertson, Kansas State. Huskers Presented 'Winning Wishbone' The Nebraska football team was presented with a "Winning Wishbone" Tuesday by the Nebraska Poultry Industries, Incorporated.

The wishbone was especially selected from a Nebraska "all--American bird the turkey." A By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor Nebraska head football coach Bob Devaney allowed Tuesday that his Huskers should be favored in Thursday's Game of The Decade with Oklahoma. "I don't know how the people that decide who's the favorite will figure this one," he said, "But I imagine they might make Oklahoma the favorite because they're playing at home. "But if anyone is the favorite, I think we should be because we're ranked No. 1." The Husker coach doesn't figure there's ever been any home field factor involved when his team has taken the field, whether it be in Lincoln, or in Norman, Okla. "Our record is as good on the road as it is at home," he said.

"Through the years I've been at Nebraska, I think our record is nearly dead-even in home field winning percentage as opposing to our percentage on the road." Tuesday was the final day of preparations for thn Thanksgiving Day affair except for a brief limbering-up session Wednesday after the team's arrival in Oklahoma. "I think you'd always like to Sports Menu have a few more days to get ready," Devaney offered, "A few more days might be of advantage technique-wise, but too long between games can bo harmful from a psychological standpoint." In an understatement, Devaney figures, "It should be quite a game. "As far as the regular season goes, there's never been two teams who have so completely dominated their opponents and then met each other like Nebraska and Oklahoma have this year. "Even back in 1966 when you had Michigan State and Notre Dame meeting, at least one of them I'm sure had a game or two where they were pressed. "But this is the first time two teams have been so dominant and now they're playing each other to see which is the better team "I ithink even a one-point victory would show that the winner was the better football team Regardless of what the statistics might show." TheHuskers will have the services of all-Big Eight offensive' tackle Carl Johnson, who w1as cleared Tuesday to make the trip as part of the 50-man traveling Devaney waited until after Tuesday's workout to make the final decision on Johnson, who has been slowed by knee injury suffered in the win Over Kansas State 10 days ago.

"I'd say now that it's possible he would start; but not probable," Devaney said, The traveling John Adklns, Frosty Anderson, Jim Anderson. Austin, Mike Beran, Joe Blahak, Randy Borg, Jim Branch, Van Brownson, Jim Carstens, Woody -Cox, Maury Dale Oidur, Gary Dixon, Doug Dumler, John Dutton, Rich Glover, Dave Goeller, Willie Harper, Bruce Heuqe, Gary Hollstein, Jeff Hughes, Dave Humm, John Hyland, Larry Jacobson, Doug Jamail, Bill Janssen, Carl Johnson, Monte Johnson, Jeff Kinney, Bill Kosch, Jarry List, Brent Lonqwell, Steve Manstedt, Dave Mason, Tom McClelland, Pat Morell, Bill Olds, John Pitts, Johnny Rodgers. Dick Rupert, Rich Sanger, Jerry Taooe, 3ob Terrio, Bruce Weber, Daryl White, tab Wolfe, Keith Wort-man, Dennis Zanrosso, John Peterson. Peterson. uiicusc.

is a guuua uc uurcai. Coach Eddie Crowder, Colorado "The outcome of the game will depend on which team can play the best defense." Dean Carlson, Iowa State quarterback "I don't usually make any predictions, but I'll say Nebraska will beat them two touchdowns. I think the Minnesota Vikings are the only ones who have a defense like theirs." Lee Snider, Oklahoma State scout and freshman coach "Nebraska is as big or bigger than any Nebraska team we have seen in recent years. The impressive thing about Nebraska is that they do it all Their defense gives them so many great opportunities. Their defensive line looks like a professional team.

They have great size and they are very agile." Bob Devaney again "Up to this point, this is my best football team." ATflt AnllF Orill XT fkk.l elr tu 1 rt t. am Tliiil.ilnn and Alabama vs. Auburn on Saturday, but it also will be ABC vs. NBC. Nebraska and Alabama are in the Orange Bowl (NBC) while Oklahoma and Auburn are in the Sugar Bowl (ABC).

Last year's Thanksgiving night football game Houston vs. Florida State was such a flop that Roone Arledge, president of ABC Sports, was relegated to his second TV set while his children watched a movie on CBS on the main set. Name of the movie? Oklahoma. If you'd like to thank someone for arranging Thursday's TV attraction, Wayne Duke, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, is the man. Duke was a member of the NCAA Television Committee, which put in an extra TV game for Thanksgiving, and, at the time, he also was commissioner of the Big Eight Conference which boasts both Nebraska I Wednesday HOCKEY Ft.

Worth at Omaha Knights, Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, I p.m. BASKETBALL Stata Colleges: Wayne at Northwestern, Iowa. Thursday FOOTBALL Nebraska at Oklahoma, 1:50 p.m. BASKETBALL Nebraska Junior College Tournament at McCook. Friday HOCKEY Omaha Knights at Oklahoma City.

BASKETBALL State Colleges: Hastings at Sioux Falls, S.D.; Nebraska Junior College Tournament at McCook JFK at Yankton, S.D. GYMNASTICS Nebraska at Midwest Open, Chicago. V. BiU Kosch FEATURE RACES At Tropical Oberstar 3.80 t.M Princess Nashima 3.20 3.4B Fess Point 1 10.20 3 and Oklahoma as members. Duke was instrumental in getting Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to move their game, originally scheduled for this Saturday, to Dec.

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