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TIip Lincoln Star 13 Saturdoy, Jon. 2, 1971 InlusEter Players IPiredlBctedl IMiy Woiuild Finish Mo. 1 In Country Black Shirts Come XT JV f- lSU-to team around," said Tagge. "And I thought we could really do it if we just got the chance. But I agree with coach Devanev that an undefeated season Is accomplished a game at a time.

Our first task was defeating Wake Forest. Our last was to beat State." Tagge was jerked in the first quarter, but wasn't expecting it. "Coach Devaney didn't say that he was going to alternate Van (Brownson) and said Tagge. "I felt I was being taken out because of my performance. And I was mad.

Not at coach Devaney but at myself. I knew we weren't moving like we should." But Brownson also failed to move the Big Red offensive machine which is second in the nation in scoring. "We thought we could run at them," said Van. "I didn't know I was going to go into JERRY TAGGE the going tough trying to go over the top. ROUGH GOING M4 NU's Kinney finds 1 tuavi Nebraska Sweeps Honors In Orange Bowl MVP's Through the game that early and I wasn't upset that I didn't see much more action.

"I love to play and I would have given anything to be out there, but it doesn't hurt not to play as long as we win. "Aftcrall, It's been that way all year. Well, actually for two years. And It can't be denied that we are winners." Brownson sat down, put on his shirt and cracked a satisfied smile. "Jerry and I have been in competition for this job for a long time," said Van.

"It's been competition like this that has made us the best team in the country. We respect each other and it's the same for every other member of this team." Van and Jerry feel it is this respect and dedication that has made Nebraska the best team in the country. Now they wait to see if the Associated Press voters feel the same way. WILLIE HARPER lineman. Tagge connected on 12.

of 23 passes for 153 yards and picked up 40 yards on 16 running plays. Harper made three unassisted tackles and was in on three while also being a major force in the Husker harrassment of LSU quarterbacks Buddy Lee and Bert Jones. N-lngle Mi 1 4 1 v. V4 it i isT 1 Nebraska's Ingles catch. aY 1 1 1 McClendon es Rulings By VIRGIL PARKER Miami "The turning point came right at the end," LSU "coach Charles McClendon said after the heart-pounding finish his Tigers had with Nebraska in the 37th annual Orange Bowl here Friday night.

"That was roughing the kicker without a doubt. If it's called we retain the ball and are on the move. Instead the ball only goes four yards and gives them good field position." The officials ruled that NU defensive end Willie Harper had been blocked into punter Wayne Dickinson making the collision allowable. "Once I raise that foot to kick it doesn't matter if you're blocked into me or not," Mc- Clendon claimed. "That really lost the momentum for us." Press box rule book students disagreed with McClendon on the question of tho roughing the kicker call, saying that the rules permit contact with the punter if the onrushing lineman is blocked into the kicker or touches the ball.

"He didn't touch the ball," punter Dickinson said, although the while things happened awfully fast. When I looked up and saw the ref signalling that there was no roughness, I couldn't believe my eyes." The LSU grid boss gave the Cornhuskcrs a boost for the final season polls, however, when he added that "it's obvious you don't make mistakes and win against the No. 1 team in the country." Pressed on that comment McClendon said that Nebraska was a big, strong, physical team like Notre Dame, but that "Nebraska scored a lot more points on us. They're also going to be No. 1, so I guess you'd have to say they are better." McClendon, dejected with the loss after coming from behind to take the lead going into the final quarter, said that "if you have to lose, there's no more deserving guy than Bob Devaney." He called the NU great individual and a wonderful coach.

Don't think I like losing," he added. "It hurts." McClendon said the size of the Cornhusker squad caused his defensive unit a lot of problems. "They were a good head taller than most of our guys," he explained, "and they hid the ball well on the handoffs. Our linebackers couldn't see where the ball carrier was going. When they'd peek around one of those big linemen one way, they'd get blocked and the runner would go the other." LSU's standout defensive tackle Ronnie Estay played opposite Nebraska's a 1 1 -American Bob Newton, but he reserved even more play for NU guard Dick Rupert.

"They double-teamed me on almost every play," Estay said. "That Rupert was all-Ainerican as far as I was concerned. He really stayed after me all the way." Estay added that "Newton was awful good too. He's big and strong and hit hard. The thing that you have to admire is the fact that they stick together and don't give up.

When we got ahead a lot of teams would have folded. But they came back all the stronger." Another of the Tigers' highly touted defensive specialists, cornerback Tommy Casanova, said the Huskers were "a lot better than I thought they'd be." He called, the Nebraska receivers "quick" and the backs "simply tremendous." Casanova said Nebraska's offense kept LSU guessing. "About the time we got set for the ran they'd pass," he said, "and several times we got our signals crossed and. they read our defensive mixup and hit us for a long gain." Coach McClendon said the Huskers didn't really do 1 anything the Tigers didn't ex-! pect, however. "The thing that makes Nebraska great," 1 he said, "is the fact that they run a few plays over and over, always with near perfect execution.

The other big factor was their pass protection. It was superb." The LSU coach also called NU quarterback Jerry Tagge "extremely strong. He was hard to bring down on the keeper play, and one time, when we did crack through the protection, he threw the ball Ai with nnp of nnr Olive Dispul By JIM JOHNSTON Star Sports Writer Miami, Fla. Jerry Murtaugh doesn't plan to run for president, but he thinks that he already has one step on President Nixon in the prediction department. "I said at the beginning of the year that we were the bust team in the nation," said Murtaugh.

"President Nixon didn't even venture a guess this season. You know, my predictions have been pretty good all year." Murtaugh, the defensive captain, predicted earlier in that it would be the Black Shirts who would have to produce to make Nebraska No. And he predicted that they would do it. But Murtaugh Isn't the only one who makes predictions. Johnny Rodgers, Jerry Tagge, Dan Schneiss, Ed Periard and Van Brownson also made the same claim at the beginning of the season.

"I know we're not officially No. 1 yet," said Periard, "but if we're not rated the best In the nation after the final poll, AP is really gonna get it." The Cornhuskers were ranked No. 9 when the Huskers made the claim to the top position. And everybody knew that the question defense would have to produce before that would really be. But the Black Shirts did produce against Louisiana State in the Orange Bowl Friday night.

And they gave the Fighting Tigers a double dose of their medicine late in the final quarter. The Black Shirts got the call twice late in the game to stop the Tigers in mid-field after the Nebraska offense had given up the ball. And it was a sophomore end named Willie Harper and junior linebacker Bob Terrio that put an early halt to the LSU offense. Harper blocked a punt and stole the ball in the last quarter Terrio grabbed a Bert Jones pass with :45 remaining to insure the NU win. "I knew I had blocked the punt," said Harper who was made lineman of the game.

"I felt it hit my fingers and I knew I was home safe." "As far as grabbing the ball, I don't know who the runner was and I don't care. All I know is that I got the ball and when I get the ball I like to run." Terrio was just as sure of his interception. "I just followed the quarterback's eyes," said Terrio. "I could see it all the way. All I had to do was sit back and wait for it." Quarterback Jerry Tagge, one of the several Nebraska predictors, carried it a little farther and called the Huskers, "the best in the world." But he was also quick to admit that the NU offense didn't move as hoped against LSU.

"I knew all along that we were the best college football 15 Pro Scouts At Orange Bowl Miami Fifteen pro football scouts were in the stands here Friday night for the Nebraska-LSU Orange Bowl clash. They were: Emla Jorge, Houston Oilers; George Boon. St. Louis Cardinals; Charley Winner, Sk Louis Cardinals; Jo Thomas, Miami Dolphins; Bill Austin, Washington Redskins; Bobby Walston, Chicago Bears; Jim Dooiy, CWcego Been; Doug Hafner, Cincinnati Bengals; Ed Rutledge, NFL Scouting pool; Charles Gauer, Philadelphia Eaglet; Irv Cross, Philadelphia Eagles; Tom O'Connor, Minnesota Vikings; Harvey Johnson. Buffalo Bills; Jesse Richardson, Boston Patriots; Bruce Bea-tty, Boston Patriots.

for a loss as Jacobson I Tiger Calls From Page 11 holding on the play, but after a lengthy stndy of the situation that showed LSU, by taking the half-the-distance penalty, would still be half a yard shot of the first down, the Tigers declined the penalty and settled for the three points. So effective were the Hus-ker Black Shirts that LSU was held to a minus 45 yards rushing in the first half and wound up with a total yardage of only 58 yards. The Husker Black Shirt tale in the first half looked like this: Middel guard Ed Periard throwing Lee for a 10-yard loss. Harper and John Adkins dumping Jones for a 15-yard loss. Adkins 'and Jacobson tossing Jones for a minus 10.

Harper dumping Jones for a minus 10. NU offensive line coach Carl Selmer said his linemen had told him much of the problem in the illegal, procedure and offsides calls came because the Tigers were calling defensive signals while the Husker quarterback was calling signals at the line of scrimmage. The Huskers didn't have to be reminded of what was at stake as they took the field for the opening kickoff. "There wasn't anything said about it in the dressing room," Selmer pointed out. "But everyone, the players and coaches both, knew it and it was on everyone's minds." The Huskers had the same opportunity to capture the na- Staff Photos By Bob Gorham Harald Dreimanis Web Ray i 1 1 i I fly 1 Mix up NU tional championship here five years ago after UCLA had beaten Michigan State and LSU had beaten Arkansas in bowl games earlier in the day.

The Huskers needed only a win in the 1966 Orange Bowl over Alabama to take the No. 1 rating. But Alabama won that game 39-28. Friday night, the unbeaten Huskers didn't let the opportunity go. "I don't see how the vote could go any other way, but ours," Devaney concluded.

The Lineups Nebraska Offense Ends Ingles, Cox, List Tackles Newton, Winter, C. Johnson, Grenfell Guards Rupert, Wortman, McGhee, Weber Center Dumler Quarterbacks Tagge, Brownson Halfbacks Orduna, Kinney, Rodgers, Hughes Fullbacks Schneiss, Carstens, Olds Defense Ends Adkins, Harper, Johnson Tackles Jacobson. Walline Middle guards Periard, M. Johnson Linebackers Murtaugh, Ter-rio, MoreJl, Morock, Jennings Backs Anderson, Kosch, Blahak, Decker L.S.U. Offense Ends Keigley, Coffee.

Michaelson, Kavanaugh, Toms Tackles Alexander, Besselman, Murray, Wright. Stuart Guards Elkins, Daniel, Martin, Demarie, McCann Center aubert Quarterbacks Lee, Jones Halfbacks Cantrelle, Dantin, Hamilton, LeDoux Fullbacks Benglis, Shorey, Walker Defense Ends Davis, Doyle, Millican. Wood Tackles Sage, Weinstein. Estay, King Linebackers Atkinson, Frye, Cassio, Smith, Perry, Picou, Rutland Backs Casanova, Lyons, Barley, Ragle, Norsworthy, Stears, Burns -VP catches LSU's Lee (18) 1 LSU-Lee Miami Nebraska swept honors in Friday night's Orange Bowl here in voting of writers and broadcasters covering the game for most valuable defensive back and most valuable lineman. Husker quarterback Jerry Tagge was named most valuable back and sophomore defensive end Willie Harper most valuable a "Si "1 SURE CATCH haps high to make it f14 (1 tSU-Ccsanovo 1 I it 1 moves in fo hep.

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