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2-C Sr. Petersburg Times, Tuesday, December 29, j. .....4, Theismann Is Cheat, Theismann Says 'VK I- 'I "We are just going to go out and show the people the kind of football Notre Dame can play." Thelsmann's low opinion of himself stems from Notre Dame's 38-28 loss to Southern DALLAS (UPI) Joe Theismann, that tall, lean, cleancut, All-American fellow who quarterbacks Notre Dame, figures he is nothing more than a cheat. And he wants to do some thing about the self-imposed image. "I personally feel I have cheated coach (Ara) Parse-ghlan," Theismann said Monday before a workout in preparation for Friday's Cotton fri.ii)lllliiiiiiii)ik.ni'iHiiiiiiwlli't MriiiMwiJwittLiiiiha.it:)wiiiiiwi a national clwnnphm.sli'p.

If we can brat Texas and break its winning htrcak, we can at least give him a little part of what he couldn't have. JOE THEISMANN self criticism. Bowl Menu Perfect Dilemma Faces Devaney Tarheel Coach Prays For Rain i i V. I V'Kt'. i 'ti i 1 i i "71 Ai r1 lit 4 i All i I AP California in the Irish's final regular season game.

The loss left Notre Dame with a 9-1 mark compared with Texas' 10-0 showing and took a little of the gleam off the 35th annual Cotton Bowl game. "When you throw four interceptions (as Theismann did against USC) and when you fumble two times you can't win," the Notre Dame quarterback said. "I took it as a personal loss. I thought we could come back, and I never gave up hope until I threw that last interception (with 35 seconds left in the game). We couldn't buy a break.

I guess it just wasn't really in the stars for us." Theismann figures the psychological makeup of the two teams will go a long way to deciding the winner, just as it did when the emotionally peaked Texas Longhorns drubbed the seemingly flat Arkansas Razorbacks earlier this month. "They say Texas is a six-point favorite," Theismann said. "When you have so much riding on one game I wouldn't give anybody any points if I was an oddsmaker. "The way kids are today psychologically if they set their minds to it they (are going to be hard to stop." And how does Theismann figure Friday's game from a psychological standpoint? "Well, Texas has won 30 games in a row, and when you do that it makes you eager to win 31. "And we want to redeem ourselves for last year's loss to Texas.

And we have some redeeming to do about the way we played against USC." field would favor Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina, which relies heavily on the running of All-American back Don McCauley and an all-senior offensive line led by tackle Paul Hoolahan and guards Jim Hambacher and Ron Grzybowski. Kush said his team hasn't played a game in bad weather and added that the Arizona State offense, with its passing and reverses, needs good footing. BROCKINGTON EAGER Bowl rematch against No. 1 Texas. "I have been a part of a tram that could have given him an undefeated season and eclipse the efforts of Otis, Bob Ferguson and Bob White, three Buckeye All-American fullbacks.

"I had a lot to prove," Brockington said. "This has really been a satisfying season for me." Brockington, who led the Big Ten in scoring with 72 points this season, wants to make up for only a brief appearance as a sophomore in the 1969 Rose Bowl. "I looked up at the clock and there were only 48 seconds left when I went in. I got to carry the ball twice," he recalled. Keep This Play Under Your Hat Don't knock it.

His team is 10-0. Arizona State assistant coach Don Baker works with the offensive backficld during drills for Wednesday's Peach Bowl with North Carolina. The Sun Devils' assistant frequently wears odd hats in practice. TV: p.m. Friday, Ch.

8 MIAMI Iff) Coach Bob Devaney goes about in a quandry as he prepares his Nebraska Cornhuskers for the Jan. 1 Orange Bowl football battle with the Louisiana State Tigers. His question is: "Who will be the starting quarterback?" He has two with incredible statistics for men who have operated on the same college club. Jerry Tagge hit 104 of IK passes (63 per cent) for 1,383 yards and 12 touchdowns. Van Brownson connected with 47 of 72 (65 per cent) for 659 yards and six IDs.

After guiding the Huskers to their last three regular season victories in 1969 and to a 45-6 romp over Georgia in the Sun Bowl, Brownson was ticketed to be the starter when the 1970 season began. But Brownson developed tendonitis in his throwing elbow a week before the opener and watched as Tagge led Nebraska to victories over Wake Forest, Army and Minnesota and to a 21-21 tie with Southern California. OPEN DAILY 9-9; SUN 12 A Division of S.S. Bucks Want To Finish In Style TV: 4:30 p.m. Friday Ch.8 PASADENA, Calif.

UP) -John Brockington has proven he belongs with Ohio 'State's long line of great fullbacks. Now the big senior wants to go out in style against Stanford in the Rose Bowl. "We really want to win. We would hate to be the first time for Woody Hayes to lose out here. I want to go out right," the 6-foot-l, 216-pound Brooklyn N.Y., power runner said.

Hayes has won all three of his previous Rose Bowl assignments and his Big Ten champions rate 11-point favor- United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia But when Tagge couldn't get the Huskers moving against Missouri, Brownson came on to turn a 7-7 first half stalemate into a 21-7 victory. Going back into the starting role Brownson then guided Nebraska past Kansas 41-20 and Oklahoma State 65-31. His elbow went bad again as Nebraska beat Colorado 20-13 and Tagge did the job in the closing victories over Iowa State, Kansas State and Oklahoma. Now Brownson is ready to go again and Devaney isn't sure which one he will call on to attack LSU's awesome defense, the toughest in the nation. "It's going to depend on how the games goes," Devaney said.

"We might probe around a little with one quarterback and, if we're not mov-. ing the ball, give the other one a shot." 7 Kresgo with Storei in the ft. ites over the Pacific-8 kings for the New Year's Day contest. In his senior year Brockington more than made up for two seasons of bench-riding behind All-American Jim Otis. He bulled for 1,040 yards in 240 carries, both school records.

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10 ATLANTA tP Arizona State Coach Frank Kush said Monday his football team will be ready for anything when it 'meets. North Carolina in the 'Peach Bowl Wednesday night. Tarheel Coach Bill Dooley said his players haven't faced anything like Arizona State. ft The two appeared at a joint conference Monday their squads went through a brisk afternoon 'workout under sunny skies and cool temperatures. "We'll go in prepared for anything throwing or running," Kush said.

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