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THE TAMPA TRIBUNE-TIMES, Sunday, September 7, 1969 5-P Ways Of Looking At Season Ahead By MURRAY ROSE AP Sports Writer Ohio State's loaded Buckeyes are favored to roll on to a second straight national collegiate football championship. With 40 lettermen, including 18 of the starters in the 27-16 victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl, back and battling for positions, the Buckeyes are so deep that they had to be an over whelming choice to be No. 1 again in the Associated Press' annual pre-season poll. Finest Of '68 The Associated Press' final poll last year taken after the post-season Bowl games. Won-Iost-tie records include Bowl games.

1. Ohio State (44) (10-0) 968 2. Penn State (2) (11-0) 782 3. Texas (2) (9-1-1) 762 4. Southern Cal.

(9-1-1) 693 5. Notre Dame (7-2-1) 482 fi. Arkansas (1) (10-1) 478 7. Kansas (9-2) 465 8. Georgia (8-1-2) 319 9.

Missouri (8-3) 297 10. Purdue (8-2) 263 TIGERS Twenty-six of 33 sports writers and broadcasting experts in the national panel picked Ohio state riding a 14-game winning streak, for the championship honor in college football's centennial season. THE BUCKEYES are deep and talented and so are the teams picked to finish right behind Arkansas, Penn State and Texas in what shapes up as one of the most exciting seasons in years. Top pre-season honors went to the four winners of New Year's Day Bowl games. Now they'll have to prove it on the playing field.

It won't be easy. Arkansas, 16-2 conqtierer of unbeaten Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, was picked for second. Penn State, unbeaten now in 19 straight games and 15-14 winner over Kansas in the Orange Bowl, was the third choice, and Texas, which blasted Tennessee 36-13 in the Cotton Bowl, was the No. 4 selection. Ohio Slate piled up 611 points.

Arkansas, with two first place votes got 420. Penn State, with three first placers, collected 390 and the Texas Longhorns, with one first placer, accumulated 343. Then came: 5, California, 290; 6, Oklahoma, 264; 7, Houston, one first place, 231; 8, Georgia, 219; 9, Mississippi 211, and 10, Missouri, 209. The Associated Press' final poll for last season was taken alter the Bowl games because of the matchup of Ohio State and Southern California, the No. 1 and No.

2 teams and both unbeaten, because nine of the Top Ten were involved in the post-season spectacles. Lookinrg Ahead The Associated Press pre-season poll Top 10, with first place votes in parentheses. Points awarded for first 15 picks on basis of 20-18-16-14-12-1 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-3-2-1: 1. Ohio State (26) 611 2. Arkansas (2) 420 3.

Penn Stale (3) 391) 4. Texas (1) 313 5. Southern California 292 6. Oklahoma 261 7. Houston (1) 231 8.

Georgia 21!) 9. Mississippi 211 10. Missouri 209 SECOND 1011. Notre Dame 201; 12. Michigan State 148, 13.

Alabama ISO, 14. Indiana 98, 15. Tennessee 67, 16. Stanford 53, 17. I'CLA 52.

18. Purdue 42, 19. Minnesota 40, 20. Auburn 37. OTHER TEAMS receiving voles, listed alphabetically; Air Force Academy, Arizona Slate, Colorado.

FLORIDA STATE, Kansas, Kansas Stale, Krnt State, Louisiana State. Memphis, MIAMI, Michigan, Nebraska. SECOND 1011. Oklahoma (7-11 257. 12.

Michigan (8-21 197. 13. Tennessee (8-2-li 165. 14. Southern Melh.

(8-3) 14.1, 15. Oregon State (7-31 105, 16. Auburn (7-4) 36. 17. Alabama (8-3) 32, 18.

Houston (6-2-21 31, 19. Louisiana St. (8-3) 23, 20. Ohio U. (10-1) 22.

OTHER TEAMS receiving votes, listed alphahetirallv; Arizona Slate, FLORIDA. FLORIDA STATE, Harvard. Minnesota, North Texas State, Wyoming, Yale. By STEVE HARVEY Special to The Tribune For some, life begins a' 40. For New Mexico, that's where most of its football games ended last year.

The winless Lobos gave up an average of 40.3 points per game, the most benevolent team in the country. THIS YEAR, their hopes rest on 40 young sophomore players. Unfortunately, they can't all play at once and, so the Lobos have been selected to repeat as the champions of the bottom ten, the poll which ranks the nation's most dismal major college football teams. They will have able competition from a list of celebrities which includes Maryland, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin (the most futile offensive team: 8.6 points per game), and those two old faithfuls, Mississippi State and Pittsburgh, which have finished in the bottom ten for three straight years. AS ALWAYS, the season starts with questions.

They can perhaps be boiled down to these: can New Mexico's defensive team repeat last year's atrocities? Can Wisconsin's offensive lined be any worse? Can Maryland finally put together a winless season? What is the population of Bolivia? Only Time will tell. THE BOTTOM TEN ring the family This year's turkeys: SCHOOL '68 MARK 1. New Mexico (0-10) 2. Maryland (2-8) 3. Oklahoma State (3-7) COMMENT FIRST LOSS May never win Army Sentimental choice W.Va.

Should field Arkansas team anyway Last win in 1966 Okla. Needs team Brigham (Continued from Page 1) John wanted to be one, too, but, well, he wasn't big and all. He went out for the high school team, "played one game when I was a sophomore at center because the others were hurt," and then the next two years he snapped the ball lefthanded. MEANWHILE, brother Buddy practiced place-kicking in the backyard and everywhere and as a reward for catching for chasing the kicks, Buddy let the kid kick some. "I guess that's how it started.

I wanted to play football and I wanted to kick." Pretty soon, "Well, I was kicking them longer than he was and he was helping me." The coach let him kick one of 30 yards in a game in which Abbeville had the game in its hip-pocket, and he made it, but "I only made about 50 per cent of my extra point tries." Actually, he was a darn-good center. Better than he'll admit. He's a modest boy, a fine student, "if we had 100 like him we'd have a troubleless squad," said an Auburn coach. "I always wanted to go to Auburn. Nowhere else," Riley said.

"But, I wanted to play football and kicking was the only possibility. "When nobody wrote me, I wrote Coach Jordan for a chance to kick. He said anybody who wanted to could have a chance and told me to write to Coach Jones (Tom)." Well, he did, got the chance and was put on the freshman team. He kicked a 37-yarder there and kicked off. AS A SOPH, he beat out a good one Auburn already had, Rattlesnake Jones, and was put on scholarship.

Last year, as a soph, John Riley kicked 25 of 26 extra points, those eye-popping over 50-yard field goals, and 10 more, including an SEC record four to lead to the 26-7 win over Kentucky. In that Kentucky game, one Riley kickoff soared straight through the goalposts and over the back bleachers. John Riley is 6-0 and 184 now. He started his dream to do what he's now doing at 140 pounds and the not perfect arm. It had to be a Iongshot he'd one day be out there with 50,000 of his statemates applauding him.

You know he did try a 60-yarder against Florida but it was hurried and short. He does not feel that such a kick is beyond reach. Apparently he believes nothing is. "He's the strongest leg we've had here," said Jordan. "He's a valuable weapon for us this year." 4.

Wisconsin (0-10) 5. Colorado State (2-8) transplant Young 6. Mississippi State (0-8-2) Lost to La. Richmond Tech last year Will room in 7. Columbia (2-7) Lafayette Ivy cellar 8.

San Jose Stale (3-7) Don't count Stanford out of top five 9. Wake Forest (2-7-1) Searching for N.C. State QB, 21 others 10. Pittsburgh (1-9) Nucleus of UCLA bad team back Second Ten with '68 records: 11. Rice (0-9-1); 12.

Washington State (3-6-1); 13. Baylor (3-7); 14. Cornell (3-6); 15. Kentucky (3-7); 16. Brown (2-7); 17.

Virginia (7-3); 18. Brigham Young (2-8); 19. Tulane (2-8); 20. Florida (6-3-1). Caution to Readers: Columbia, Mississippi State and Brown expected to win first games, against small-fry competition.

Crummy Game of the Week: Colorado State (No. 5) at Brigham Young (No. 19). Route of the Week: Oklahoma State (No. 3) vs.

Arkansas. Uniias QBs Jordan, was careful to warn that his defense NFL Team OTHERS selected as No. 1 feels, has received too much publicity. Everybody's back from last year, but "Southern Methodist scored 35 points on us." Jordan doesn't want the favorite monkey on his back. He says Auburn shouldn't be put way up there in the pre-season SEC predictions.

SIX GEORGIA stars Friday picked Auburn as Georgia's most serious challenger for the title. Jordan won't even put his own team in the top five. But, without equivocation, he put Georgia number one, suggesting that team of Vince Dooley, Jordan's former aide, may even have a national champion. And, Jordan is the first SEC coach encountered who warned Florida might be a sleeper. But, that game's here and Florida never wins here, I mean, never has.

He'll know soon how good his team is. The first SEC foe is arch-rival Tennessee at Knoxville. John RileyTI do the kicking off then and the opener against Wake Forest, and he can't wait, he said. "You don't know what all this means to me," said the self-made talent. But, even John Riley can't coast.

THERE'S A BOY on the Auburn freshman team, who as a senior last year at Pisgah High, toed seven kickoffs through the enemy uprights 70 yards away. NEW YORK (.41 Quarterback Johnny Unitas, running backs Jimmy Brown and Gale Sayers and flanker Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch formed the backfield on the alltime National Football League team selected yesterday in a i on of the league's 50th anniversary season. THE 16-MAN squad reflected in the opinion of the Hall of Fame selectors from each of the NFL cities the superiority of the modern ball player to the oldtime pioneer, all but three of the all-stars having played in the last 20 years. The only oldtimers to make the squad were Jim Thorpe, the legendary Indian, in a special category "as the star that never tackle Cal Hubbard, who played with New York, Green Bay and Pittsburgh, and split end Don Hutsen of the Packers. at their positions offensively were John Mackey of Baltimore at tight end, Jerry Kramer of Green Bay at guard and Chuck Bednarik of Philadelphia at center.

The top defenders were Gino Marchetti of Baltimore at end, Lee Nomellini of San Francisco at tackle, Ray Nitschke of Green Bay at linebacker, Diek "Night Train" Lane of Detroit at cornerback, Emlon Tunnell of the New York Giants at safety and Lou Groza of Cleveland as the kicking specialist. The entire team, as were the five decade squads honoring players from each period of NFL history, is featured in a book The First Fifty Years, published by Simon and Schuster in conjunction with the NFL. I mWr FINEST AND LARGEST DISPLAY OF 'WHAT'S NEW IN Bw 00 -AND AROUND THE HOME FRI. SAT. 12 NOON TO 10 P.M.

'j SUN. 12 NOON TO 7 P.M. I CURTIS HIX0N CONVENTION HALL 1 few fi ADMISSION ADULTS 50e I jpi Children 12 and under admitted FREE Mm WM when accompanied by an adult fj The Best In 50 Years Of NFL Stars Ken Strong, 1929-47. Statcn Island Slapletons, New York Giants, New Y'ork Yanks. TACKLES HALFBACKS Herb Adderley, 1961-present, Green Bav Packers.

Jack Butler, 1951-59, Pittsburgh Steel-ers. SAFETIES Jack Christiansen, 1951-58, Detroit Lions. Larry Wilson, 1960-present, St. Louis Cardinals. 1958-present, Forrest Gregg, 1956, Green Bay Packers.

Joe Stydahar, 1936-42, 1945-46, Chi- The runners-up OFFENSE QUARTERBACKS Sammy Baugh, 1937-52, Washington Redskins. Norm Van Brocklin. 1949-60, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles. FULLBACKS Bronko Nagurski, 1933-1937, 1943, Chicago Bears. Joe Perry, 1948-63, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts.

HALFBACKS Harold (Red) Grange, 1927-27, 1929-34. Chicago Bears, New York Yankees. Hugh McElhcnney. 1952-1964. San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Detroit Lions.

SPLIT ENDS Raymond Berry, 1955-67, Baltimore Colts. OFFENSE Quarterback Johnny Cnitas, 1956 present, Ballimore Colls. Fullbac-k Jimmy Brown, 1957-65, Cleveland Browns. Halfback Gale Sayers, 1965-present, Chicago Bears. Flanker Elroy (Crazy Legs) Hirsch, 1946-1957.

Chicago Rockets, Los Angles Rams. Split End Don Hutson, 1935-1946, Green Bay Packers. Tight End John Mackey, 1963-present, Baltimore Colts. Tackle Cal Hubbard. New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates.

Guard Jerry Kramer, 1958-1968, Green Bay Packers. Center Chuck Bednarik, 1949-1963, Tbiladelphia Eagles. DEFENSE End Gino Marchetti, 1953-1964, Baltimore Colts. Tackle Lee Namellini, 1950-1963, San Francisco 49ers. Linebacker Kay Nitschke, 1958-prescnt.

Green Bay Packers. Corner back Dick (Night Train) Lane, 1952-1965, Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions. Safety Emlen Tunneli. 1948-1961, New York Giants. Green Pay Packers.

Kicker Lou Groia, 1946-1967, Cleveland Browns. cago Bears. GUARDS Danny Fortman, 1936-43, Chicago Bears. Jim Parker, 1957-67, Baltimore Colts. CENTERS Mel Hein, 1931-45, New York Giants.

Alex Wojoieehewicz, 1938-50, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles. DEFENSE LINEBACKERS Joe Schmidt, 1953-65, Detroit Lions. Clyde Bulldog Turner, 1940-52, Chicago Bears. ENDS Len Ford. 1948-58.

Los Angeles Dens, Cleveland Rrowns. Green Bay Packers. David IDeacon" Jones, 1961-present, Los Angeles Rams. TACKLES Art Donovan, 1950-61. Ballimore Colts, New York Yanks, Dallas Texas.

Ernie Stautner, 195 -63, Pittsburgh 4lcrs. Dante Dilka, 1961-present, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas September Qef Special I Green Play All Day I Cowboys. Ron Kramer, 1957, 1959-67, Bay Packers, Detroit Lions. FLANKERS Boyd Dowler, 1959-present, Green STARLITE PAR 3 GOLF Apollo Beoeh en Hwy. 41 nay racxers.

Lenny Moore, 1956-67, Baltimore Colts. KICKERS Ernie Never, 1926-27. 1929-31, Dululh Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals. t. i TL I4 A J- A A A A A A A A A.

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