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SUNRISE Although One Of Two May Play There No Gator Bowl Florida Georgia Matchup ycf dim Sel man Assistant Sports Editor "It's a community thing. I love Florida State. I know we are just as good as anybody we play. I will always be a Seminole, no matter what. "I see Fred Rilitnikoff (Raiders) on television and I wish I could get as good as he is and everybody would see me and say he ent to Florida State'.

"You know what keeps me going? I have a lot of guys who are recruits that 1 talk to. I don't try to fancy it up. I just tell them how I fell in love with Florida State, then tell them to get some love and stick it out. If I can help get enough of them, we'll have a winning program here. "IF I can play as good as I can and help win our last two games and then go to the pros, I'll help Florida State.

I'll never put Florida State down. The coaches are thoughttutand courageous. I don't think any school can top Florida State. I don't think anybody through all the losing seasons we have had could have the support of the fans that we have. "We'll never give up.

If we were going to give up. we'd have given up at the goalline tonight." Would Spark Nixon? A long hunch the prediction that Cincinnati Reds Manager Sparky Anderson will go all the way to the Reds' Class A Tampa team and choose Manager Russ Nixon to join his coaching staff as a replacement for Alex Grammas, who took the Milwaukee managerial job. Why? Because the Reds like Nixon so much he has been down to Tampa prior to the minor leagues' spring training to work with the Reds. The FSU game program Saturday night saluted 29 scholar athletes who have earned a 2.75 grade point-or above average, led by 'defensive back Chris Griffin of Tampa Hillsborough, who carried a straight-A. 4.0 average into his senior year Scouts for upcoming opponents usually compliment the team they're scouting, but Harold Sawyer of Miami, which.

FSU will play Saturday, couldn't believe that the Seminoles didn't go for a tie with six seconds left Saturday night. "From there." he said, "it's like an extra point, he said of a field goal that would have been 31 yards." On Miami. Sawyer Please See Page 2, Col. 7 gether. This team is like a family, like a community.

I wouldn't do anything to hurt my fellow players and I ouldn't expect any of them to do anything to hurt me. "Football gives you a common ground. If I saw on, the street a guy wearing a Florida shirt or a Georgia shirt. I'd say. 'hey.

you play'for Florida or 'you play for or maybe 'Memphis State' and he would have something good to say about us and I would have something good to say about them. There will be no Florida-Georgia rematch in the Gator Bowl although both of the teams likely will play in a bowl and Florida probably right there in the Gator Bowl. Georgia's 10-7 upset of Florida in the GB Saturday stirred some thinking that the Gator'Bowl might like to rematch them, 5 George Olsen. executive director of the Gator Bowl, said television in no way can control who the bowl signs, "but it is doubtful that there will be a rematch." THE GATOR BOWL is interested in Florida. Georgia.

North Carolina State. Maryland. Penn State. Notre Dame. Oklahoma.

Texas and Texas It probably will sign Florida to play Penn State or Maryland Saturday. Bowls can begin signing teams at 6 p. m. local time at the game sites Saturday. The way the bowl lineups were taking shape.

Florida may. have been" headed for the Gator Bowl any way, regardless of Saturday's loss although the opportunity certainly was there for possibly an Orange Bowl appearance. The Orange Bowl probably will get Nebraska and Michigan. It is committed to the winner of the Big Eight championship, which Nebraska either is going to win or share with once-beaten Oklahoma. But, Nebraska plays Iowa State Saturday, probably will win and then get the OB spot a week before it plays Oklahoma.

The Rose Bowl is committed to the Big fen champion which is going to be Ohio State, and the Pac-8 champion, hich could be California. THE BIG TEN now permits its second, third and fourth teams to take post-season berths, which at this point makes Michigan. Illinois and Wisconsin eligible after Ohio State. The Southwest Conference champion, either Texas or Texas will go to the Cotton Bowl to face Notre Dame, "probably. Alabama is favored now to win the Southeastern Conference and play Oklahoma in the Sugar Bow 1.

Arizona State, as Western Athletic Conference champ, the Fiesta Bowl, maybe against Georgia and either Georgia or Georgia Tech win head up the Peach Bowl in against NC State. Miami of Ohio, as Mid-American champion, goes back to the Tangerine Bow l. These are just my guesses. We'll know some of them, probably most of them, at nightfall Saturday. USC Names i i At i A -4 cee8or SlfNRIsr LOS ANGELES (AP) Jo I I 15 Av V.

SECTION CLASSIFIED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1975 What Keeps Them Going? Football is not a life-and-death matter, so it is easy some-'times to enjoy the other fellow's troubles. You might look without sympathy at the Florida State Seminoles. laugh and say something like, "My, they're snakebit" or to think they must be born losers. Have you ever wondered what the gut feeling is to play "one losing game after another? Not talking about whippings. I'm talking about a 9-7 loss to Wake Forest, a 14-10 loss to Miami, a 21-14 loss to Baylor and a 13-10 loss to Memphis State in that 0-11 season of 1973; that 9-6 loss to Pitt, 14-7 loss to Colorado State, 21-17 loss to Baylor and trie 8-7 loss to Alabama in the 1-10 season of 1974.

and the 10-6 loss to Iowa Stae, 13-10 loss to Virginia Tech, 17-14 loss to Auburn and Saturday night's 17-14 loss to Memphis State in this thus-far 2-7 season. DEFENSIVE tackle Greg Johnson of Fruitland Park has played in every game since that 9-7 last-minute defeat by Wake Forest in the 1973 opener when the Seminoles began that horrible slide into mediocrity following seven consecutive winning seasons and four bowl appearances. At Leesburg. Greg Johnson's teams won 35 games and lost in four years. As a sophomore, he played in the state Class A championship game in Tampa Stadium in which Leesburg lost to Abe Brown's Tampa Blake High.

i Through Saturday night and another heart-ripping defeat. Johnson has tasted victory only three times and defeat 28 times in a Seminole uniform. Can the experience possibly be worth as much to him as, Florida defensive back Robby Ball, a senior from Eustis. whose team through Saturday's loss to Georgia has won 22 games and lost 11 in his three years? "Football has made me, a better man," Greg Johnson said, still emotionally depressed Saturday night after the b-. 1 "It has taught me not to be selfish.

Even when you're down, you keep the faith. You don't give You say to 'you don't have to be a loser even though the team is losing'. You can keep your head up. ucs LaRue son. Who moved from colli coaching ranks to the pros a year a1'.

came back today the head conch for 1976 of the Univt r. 'y of Southern California Trojans, sum ling John McKay. Taking over the half of McKay's dual jobas athletic director at USC is Dr. Richard H. Perry, the vice chairman of the school's Committee on Athletics.

McKay, coach and athletic director, two weeks ago announced he would become coach of the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise of the National Football League. The 40-year-old Robinson currently is offensive backfield coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders. He was a Southern Cal assistant under McKay during 1972-74 after spending 12 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater. Oregon. PRESIDENT JOHN R.

Hubbard announced the selections which came as a surprise since two merribers of McKay's current staff. Dave Levy and Craig Fer-tig. had been most prominently mentioned for the posts. "Needless to say, we checked all over the country for the judgement of people we respected in the naming of a coacn." Dr. Hubbard said.

"We arrived at a consensus, but I want to emphasize that I alone made the decision to select John Robinson. "As an ex-USC assistant coach, he's familiar with the elements that make up this university. He has a rare comination of technical skills and human qualities. "And I believe he has one of the best minds in football." Robinson, in taking over the Trojans next season, will be the 16th head coach in their history. HE PLAYED end at Oregon and was on the Ducks' team that played in the 1958 Rose Bowl when they lost to favored Ohio State 10-7.

Robinson's career roughly parallels that of McKay. Both were players at Oregon and both were assistant coaches there. The new Southern Cal coach met McKay when the former was a player at Oregon and McKay an assistant. "I was very interested in coaching, even as a player," said Robinson. "I asked John McKay a lot of questions." Robinson was the offensive backfield coach under McKay at Southern Cal from 1972 through 1974 when the Trojans compiled a 31-3-2 record and played three times in the Rose Bowl, winning twice.

McKay is in his 16th and final season as head coach. His Trojan teams have won more games during that span than any other coach at the school has posted. esigns -L'PI Telephoto 49ers' Ralph McGill Minutes Before Injury grad (L) now satisfactory after head injury "FOOTBALL has taught me something about being to- cGill' Satis fa M9er ctory certain, but most observers think he will miss next Sunday's match against National Football League Eastern Conference rival St. Louis. SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Ralph McGill of Sebring, the San Francisco 49ers free safety, was in satisfactory con-J a spokesman for the team said yesterday.

McGill, injured in the fourth quarter J-of Sunday's game against the Rams in Los Angeles, will remain at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles for another day I or two for further examination, the said. "It appears that all he has is a concussion, that there are no further complications or injuries," the team spokesman said. McGILL suffered a kick in the head while Rams' kicker Tomp Dempsey was attempting a field goal in the game which the 49ers won 24-23. McGill is expected to miss next Sn-day's game against Chicago.

The status of Washington Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer, linebacker Brad Dusek and cornerback Mike Bass all of whom were injured Sunday in the Redskins' 21-13 victory over the New York Giants remained a questipn mark. A club spokesman said Kilmer's injury was diagnosed as a mild, partial shoulder separation, with no evidence of fracture. His immediate status was un- BASS suffered a jammed neck (a contusion sprain of the cervical spine), while Dusek partially dislocated his right shoulder. Both are listed as questionable ByTOMMcEWEN Tribune Sports Editor Ken LaRue, the third executive hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has resigned, effective immediately. LaRue's position was that of special assistant to Ron Wolf, who is vice president for Buc operations.

LaRue came here with Wolf from the Oakland Raiders, where Wolf was director of player personnel and LaRue business manager. LaRue, Wolf said, is resigning for "personal reasons." He apparently will leave Tampa after a six month tenure with the Bucs. His post will not be filled and may not be filled in the future, Wolf said. HE INDICATED he and Bill Marcum, who is the director of marketing and public relations, will take over LaRue's responsibilities. Among the projects on which LaRue was working was location of a training site for the Bucs next summer, as well as development of the permanent complex near Tampa Stadium.

LaRue's resignation was not unexpected. "Yes, I'm disappointed things didn't work out," said Wolf. "I am crushed they didn't. He is a longtime associate and close friend." LaRue did not indicate what his future plans are. He recently purchased a home in Car-rollwood Village.

OWNER HUGH Culverhouse said he had no comment only that "Mr. LaRue has made a decision and we respect that." Wolf wanted to make Unclear the LaRue post will not be filled. He feared, he said, a flood of applications for the job. for theCardinal game. SUNRISE Sooners.

Gators Both Fall Co rnhtiskers Second In Polls From Tribune Wires The Nebraska Cornhuskers replaced the fallen Okalahoma Sooners as the No. 2 team in this week's AP and UPI college football polls, which were released yesterday. The Sooners dropped from second to sixth in the AP poll and from second to seventh in the UPI as a result of their 23-3 upset loss at the hands of the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday. The Cornhuskers, 12-0 shutout winners over retained the top spot in both as they upped their record to 9-0 with a 40-3 thrashing of Illinois. Florida Gators dropped from 11th to 14th in the AP poll and from 10th to 15th in the UPI as a result of their 10-7 loss at the hands of Georgia.

The Bulldogs managed to gain the 19th spot in the UPI poll and 20th in the AP. Rounding out the AP top 10 behind the Buckeyes and Cornhuskers are Texas A Michigan. Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas. Arizona State, Notre Dame and Colorado. Penn State, eighth a week ago, dropped to 11th after losing to North Carolina State over the weekend.

Behind the leading pair in the UFI are Texas Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona State. AP Poll UPI Poll Kansas State Saturday, moved from 1. Ohio St. (9-0 (39) 417 ll hirH 1- K.h 2. Nebraska (9-0) (3) 373 9-0.

The Ohio State Buckeyes, meanwhile. Bucs Will Build Facilities At Redsland 1,138 1,054 875 721 687 621 605 393 252 223 214 206 186 111 107 88 56 53 1. Ohio St. (49) .......9 0 0 Nebraska (8) 9 0 0 3. Texas (1) 8 0 0 4.

Michigan :.7 0 2 S.Alabama ...8 10 6- Oklahoma 8 10 7. Texas 8 10 8. Arizona St. ....9 0 0 9. Notre Dame 720 i 10.

Colorado 720 rnn St 8 2 0 12. Arizona 7 1 0 S. California 72 0 H-. Florida 7 2 0 15. California 6 3 0 16.

Miami, 0 8 10 17. Kansas 6 3 0 18. Missouri 6 3 0 'TM 1 3. Texas (8-0) 303 4. Michigan (7-0-2) 271 5.

Alabama (8-1) ............269 6. Texas (8-1) ..........214 7. Oklahoma (8-1) ......178 8. Arizona St. (9-0) 93 9.

Notre Dame (7-2) 33 10. Penn St. (8-2) 29 11. Arizona (7-1) 25 12. Colorado (7-2) 24 13.

California (6-3) 15 14. UCLA (6-2-1) 12 15. Florida (7-2) 11 16. Missouri (6-3) 9 17. (tie) Southern California (7-2) 6 17.

(tie) Arkansas (6-2) 6 19. (tie) Kansas (6-3) 10 P.onrrH (7-1) li 4' Permission was granted by the Tampa Sports Authority yesterday. The Bucs, who begin play in the National Football League in 1976, were granted the use of four acres northeast of the Reds' dressing quarters on Himes between Columbus Drive and By JLMSELMAN Assistant Sport Editor The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will build an in-season practice field and dressing facilities at the Redsland spring fncili'vnf THEY PLAN to build the field plus parking and a building to house the coaches' offices, training room and dressing quarters. The Authority also gave permission to build a second field, if needed, across the outfields of the two northernmost baseball fields in the cloverleaf baseball complex. These facilities will be used by the Bucs for daily workouts after the NFL pre-season begins.

The Bucs will hold their pre-season training camp elsewhere. That site has not been revealed. -Pleas, Si-p Pa I 'r 'r: Bav Blvd. SUNRISE.