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12 -The Missoulian, Fndav. December 31, 1971 Hn." In Shrine Game Today I Si TJm Bench Jockey Marinaro Leads East Against Pac-8 Stars 1. -4 A Sports With Jeff Herman If SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -All-American Ed Marinaro, the top attraction in the 47th Shrine East-West Game, will be joined by unheralded Mike Rich of Florida in the East's starting backfield Friday. A crowd near capacity at Candlestick Park, along with a national television audience, will see Ivy Leaguer Marinaro running against a West defense loaded with Pacif-ic-8 Conference stars. National Football League scouts will be on hand to take notes, too.

Cornell's Marinaro gained yards in his three-year career. He totaled 1,881 this season, about 1,200 more than Rich. But East head Coach Murray Warmath of Minnesota called the 6-foot-3, 217-pound Rich the most impressive running back in practice. Marinaro was named over Eric Allen of Michigan State Thursday as the second starting running back. Rich played on primarily passing teams at Florida with quarterback John Reaves, another East player.

Reaves is one of the East's co-captains, along with defensive tackle Ron Curl of Michigan State, but Craig Curry of Minnesota will be the team's starting quarterback. The West offense is expected to depend mostly on the running of Bobby Moore of Oregon and Bernard Jackson of Washington State, who both gained more than 1,000 yards this season. The West defense awaiting Marinaro and others includes California tackle Sherman White, a 6-5, 250-pounder considered a blue chip pro prospect. Southern California's Willie Hall leads the West linebacking corps. Dave Chaney, an All-American linebacker at San Jose State, will play strong safety for the West.

"It's a big change," said Chaney, who at 5-11 is considered too short to be a pro linebacker. "I'm used to being the first guy to chase the ball, but now I'm supposed to be the last." The West has won the last three East-West games and leads the series 23-18-5. In Astrodome Super Botch Hunches are for horse players. Using this method of prediction I attempted to put the Cleveland Browns in the super Bowl. The other half of my Super Bowl forecast, the San Francisco 49ers, is still alive.

I also missed on two other NFL playoff games, choosing Minnesota over Dallas and giving Kansas City the home field advantage over Miami. Picking one out of four games right without hedging. Now that's some percentage. Logic tells me Dallas should beat San Francisco in Sunday's NFC title game, which begins at 11:30 a.m. MST.

However, I picked the 49ers originally and they received backing earlier in the week from Washington Redskin Coach George Allen and his quarterback Billy Kilmer. So, sticking with the losers, I'll take the 49ers, who will probably be playing without cornerback Bruce Taylor. Baltimore Over Miami After watching the Colts disassemble the Browns, I think they'll be back to defend their Super Bowl title. Miami's double overtime victory over Kansas City could have taxed the Dolphins more than a normal game. In any event, it should be close, but visions of Baltimore's Mad Stork" Hendricks, Big Bubba and Mike Curtis keep cluttering up my mind and they will probably clutter the Dolphin offense.

The AFC championship game begins at 2:30 p.m. MST. It's highly probable Baltimore and Dallas could end up in the Super Bowl again in 1972, but let's hope they don't repeat the comedy of errors they staged in 1971. Another exhibition like that will set the so-called sophistication of pro football back another decade or two. College Bowl Picks Coach Bob Devaney and his Nebraska Red Shirts should handle Alabama in the Orange Bowl.

Nebraska doesn't like the thought of being No. 2 when it has been No. 1 all season. Oklahoma should annex the Sugar Bowl, especially after the way Alabama mangled Heisman winner Pat Sullivan and his Auburn teammates in the final game of the regular season. A healthy Texas team shouldn't have too much trouble with Penn State in the Cotton Bowl.

Penn State still could be having lingering effects from its loss to Tennessee. The Rose Bowl could end up in a route, with Michigan rolling over Stanford. Time for Hockey Nuts Local hockey nuts have been waiting nearly nine months for their belated Christmas present, but on Jan. 9 the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks will kick off the 1972 National Hockey League game of the week telecasts over CBS. This will mark the sixth straight year that the network will present the series.

Dan Kelly will again call the play by play this season. Jim Gordon will be the color commentator. The schedule: Jan. 9 Montreal at Chicago (noon MST); Jan. 23 Buffalo at Boston (noon MST); Jan.

30 -Minnesota at New York (noon MST); Feb. 6 Toronto at New York (noon MST); Feb. 13 -Montreal at Boston (noon MST); Feb. 20 Boston at Chicago (noon MST); Feb. 27 Pittsburgh at Montreal (11:30 a.m.

MST); March 5 Chicago at Minnesota (noon MST); March 12 Chicago at Detroit (noon MST); March 19 Minnesota at Boston (1 p.m. MST); March 26 St. Louis at Chicago (noon MST); April 2 Montreal at New York (noon MST); April 9, 16, 23, 30 anofMay 7 Stanley Cup games; and May 14, a Stanley Cup game if necessary. PLAYOFF GENERALS Dallas Cowboys' Roger Staubach (above) and San Francisco 49ers' John Brodie (below) will match their quarter-backing skill and savvy Sunday when their teams meet in Dallas for the National Football Conference Championship. Staubach is shown scrambling, passing and being dumped during a game with the Washington Redskins earlier in the season.

Brodie is shown in action last weekend when the 49ers eliminated the Redskins from the NFL playoffs. (AP Wirephotos) Colorado, Houston Crank Up Tonight "AS By MICHAEL A. LUTZ Associated Press Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) Seventh-ranked Colorado and 15th ranked Houston crank up potent triple-option offenses in the 13th annual Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in the Astrodome Friday night with both teams aiming to increase their national prestige. Colorado, which overcame losses to defending national champion Nebraska and Oklahoma for a 9-2 season record, operates Coach Eddie Crow-der's option offense from the I-formation. Houston, which has led the nation in total offense over the past five years, lost only to once-beaten Arizona State and unbeaten Alabama en route to a similar 9-2 season using the Veer-T option offense developed by Head Coach Bill Yeoman.

Two of the nation's leading rushers provide the main thrust of each team's offense sophomore sensation Charley Davis of Colorado and senior Robert Newhouse for the Cougars. Newhouse was the nation's second leading rusher this season with 1,757 yards, trailing only Cornell's Ed Marinaro who had 1,881. Only four ball carriers have rushed for more than 1,700 yards in the history of college football. Newhouse averaged 159.7 yards a game this season and rushed over 100 yards 16 times during his career, including in 10 of Houston's 11 games this season. He rushed for 99 yards on the other occasion.

Davis, a sophomore from West Columbia, didn't take long to get into the Colorado record books. He rushed yards to become Colorado's top rusher ever. He had a 342- -7 tt Mr A Tiv v. yard performance against Oklahoma State. The outspoken Buffaloes see an Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl victory as a springboard to better national prominence next season possibly even the national championship, for the sophomore dominated team.

The Cougars, who have finished in the top 20 for the past six years, also would like to cap a rebuilding year with a victory to impress the schoolboy recruits that have been at daily workouts. Quarterback Ken Johnson will direct the Buffaloes, completing an exciting season for a sophomore. He directed Colorado to an upset of Louisiana State in his first game as a starter. Two games later he scored two touchdowns to key another upset over Ohio State, ranked No. 5 in the nation at the time.

Johnson completed the season with 1,475 yards in total offense, third best in Colorado history. Gary "Moon" Mullins, often criticized as being too slow, near-sighted and weak-armed, will quarterback the Cougars in his final college game. Mullins owns all of Houston's passing and total offense records, including 37 career touchdown passes. "All he does is win," says Yeoman in sizing up Mullins. Redskins' Allen Coach of Year Grizzly Stats Eight Games FG-FGA Pet FT-FTA ST.

LOUIS (AP) George Allen, first-year coach of the Washington Redskins, has been named the National Football League coach of the year in a poll of NFL coaches by The Sporting News. Allen, who took over the Red skins after being fired by the Los Angeles Rams, led Washington to the playoffs and a 9-4-1 record this year, the club's best in 29 years. Allen received 10 votes to five for runner-up Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins. Reb. 14 80 61 21 46 55 10 3 12 11 1 0 0 0 368 338 Pts.

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Griese suggested Wednesday that the percentages are against 18-play drives. "I'm not concerned with that at all," Unitas said in reply. "I try to do the best I can if it works it does. If it doesn't it doesn't. I don't have any comment at all other than that." In the Dolphins' camp, meanwhile, safety Jake Scott continued to work despite a broken bone in his left hand, cracked during last Saturday's 27-24 sudden death overtime victory over Kansas City.

Coach Don Shula said Scott would play, but listed linebacker Bob Math-eson as questionable. Matheson has a sprained ankle and may have to give way to Mike Kolen, who had his job taken away by Mathew-son for the game against the Chiefs. Matte because of his savvy." McCauley has been less active than Nottingham for the simple reason that the two running back positions in the Baltimore offense call for totally different responsibilities. Because of that, McCauley has been working behind Matte and Nottingham behind Bulaich. Bulaich has been in and out of the Colts' line-up, which has forced the use of Nottingham but Matte has rarely given way to McCauley.

McCauley ran with the ball only 56 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns during the regular season while Nottingham gained 388 in 92 carries and scored five times. Bulaich was the Colts' leading rusher during the regular season with 741 yards gained. Matte gained 607, but also was a major threat coming out of the backfield for the short passes of quarterback Johnny Unitas. While the injuries to Matte and Bulaich were the main topics at the Colts' quarters, Unitas declined to be drawn into an argument with Miami quar The Missoula Winter Skeet League will have its first team competition Jan. 6 at 6:30 p.m.

at Missoula Trap and Skeet Club grounds situated across from the Go-West Deive-In Theatre. The club will be open Sunday at 1 p.m. to acquaint prospective league members with the facilities. Paul Cordoza, cochairman of the league, said persons may still sign up for the league Sunday. He added that teen-agers and women are welcome.

The club has extra weapons Sugar Bowl Stung by Tide, Auburn To See Wishbone Again By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA. Fla. (AP) Tom Matte joined running mate Norm Bulaich on Baltimore's injury list Thursday, raising the strong possibility that the Colts will be forced to use an all-rookie combination of Don Nottingham and Don McCauley in the American Conference championship game against the Miami Dolphins. Matte's injury was revealed by the Colts following their Wednesday workout which the 11-year veteran watched from the sidelines with a puffed right knee, the result of a severe bruise in last Sunday's playoff victory over Cleveland. Bulaich, slowed by a hamstring pull in his right leg, did not play against the Browns and remains a question-mark for Sunday's clash with the Dolphins.

He was replaced against Cleveland by Nottingham, who gained 92 yards in 23 carries and scored both Baltimore touchdowns. Nottingham, a 17th round draft choice, surprisingly is more of a known commodity to the general public than McCauley, a No. 1 draft choice out of North Carolina who has seen only limited action and has not started a game this season. Nevertheless, Coach Don McCafferty remained confident of McCauley 's ability to handle the job Sunday in the event of Matte's absence. "I have complete confidence in the guy (McCauley)," McCafferty said.

"I feel he's ready." But McCafferty did add: "You hate to lose a guy like Sr' i -r-- which led the nation in total offense, in the Sugar Bowl game Saturday. "I don't know whether we didn't play well or Alabama didn't let us play well." said Jordan. "Everything seemed to work their way. "If anybody is selling Alabama short I suggest they )W (Jew wiiMf r. iifrrrrnti utfAD NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Coaches Chuck Fairbanks of Oklahoma and Ralph Jordan of Auburn agreed Thursday that the Wishbone offense Alabama used to devastate Auburn bears little similarity to the way Oklahoma runs it.

"They are similar in that they both line up in a full house backfield," said Jordan, whose Tigers were whipped 31-7 by an Alabama team that held the ball almost 75 per cent of the time in the Dec. 5 game "But Alabama used more split men and when the ball was snapped there was very little similarity in what they did and what we've seen Oklahoma do in the films we've seen." said Jordan. Since that defeat to Alabama, there has been much speculation on how well Auburn could stop the Sooner Wishbone. change their thinking," added the Auburn coach. Jordan appeared with Oklahoma's Fairbanks at a joint news conference Thursday.

"Even though both teams (Alabama and Oklahoma) line up in a Wishbone formation, we were not running the same offense at all," said Fairbanks. ''Alabama has stronger people up front and uses an assaulting type running game. We are not an assaulting team. Our offense is based on speed and finesse." Fairbanks added that the doubts Oklahoma can control the ball against Auburn like Alabama did. "I wish we could." he said, "because that may be the best way to defend them.

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