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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 33

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The Miami Heraldi
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Miami, Florida
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33
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Orange Bowl Acorns Become Giant Oaks Tricky business looking into Orange Classic and back into 36 old ones at the same time Many Nebraska and Louisiana State players are only beginning their football careers as they converge in the great saucer at 8 pm They will become profes- stars and coaches of top high school college pro teams But which ones? the rub Who could have peered into the 1949 Orange -Bowl and foreseen the destiny of the quarterbacks involved? Longhorn main man was Tom Landry direct-' ing offense in a 41-28 upset of Georgia dog quarterback: John Rauch Landry coaches the Dallas Cowboys in their National Conference championship with San Francisco Sunday Rauch did not do as" well as coach of the American Buffalo Bills this year but he already has made one Super Bowl as head coach He as a Cincinnati defensive tackle is rated the best rookie defensive lineman in the AFC That Kansas coach victimized by Reid in the 1969 Orange Bowl was the only OBC hero to return as a head coach The name was and is Pepper Rodgers who in 1952 gave Georgia Tech a 17-14 victory over Baylor with a six-yard field goal in the final seconds Kansas end John Zook is a feared defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons Meanwhile Penn All-American tight end Ted Kwalick has blossomed in his second season with the title-bent 49ers Eddie 20-yard touchdown pass-reception helped Oklahoma nudge Tennessee 26-24 here in 1968 Sunday Hinton will be speedball receiver against Oakland in the game to decide the AFC championship Oklahoma teammate and later Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens turned into a late-season starter for the Detroit Lions Larry Smith vent 94 yards to a touchdown when Florida decked Georgia Tech 27-12 in the 1967 Orange Bowl That was only a yard short of the alltime record for scrimmage-running in any bowl game Steve Spurrier quarterbacked the Gators Smith is a mainstay as a Los Angeles Rams fullback Spurrier has fretted on the San Francisco bench every since and presumably will sit out championship game except for coming in to punt brought Oakland into Super Bowl II here only to give vay to Greeii j3ay 33-14 RAY PERKINS hear from him Sunday too Catches passes for the Colts Got warmed here with three touchdowns Two were in 39-28 rouser over Nebraska in the second Orange Bowl played at night That was 1966 The year before Perkins had taken a scoring pass in TAKE IT from the top Mike Reid was a headliner in Penn back-to-back victories here 10-3 over Missouri last year and 15-14 over Kansas the previous Jan 1 Now Reid Turn to Page 2E Col 3 up 21-7 i4 is a 5 6 i Nebraska Collide Toni In OB Clas yV -r yfv Sb fKiami Herald Friday January 1 Top targets for passes from Lee and Jones during the season were Andy Hamilton and Kert Kavanaugh Jr FOR NEBRASKA the ground attack will naturally be led by Orduna with Jeff Kinney and Dan Schneiss backing him up The aerial shots from Tagge and Brownson will usually go to a pair of speedsters named Guy Ingles and Johnny Both are under 6 feet Ingles weighs 158 and Rodgers 171 If you think this war be a down-to-earth fight be Tommy Casanova ijp rA 1st So Long to Smoking Interrupt TV Ads For Football Tilts? 1971 Section tween defense and offense consider this: Nebraska was the second highest scoring team in the nation rolling up 409 points to the 177 an average of 37 to 16 LSU had the best defense limiting 11 rivals to 96 points while scoring 277 an average of 25 to less -than 9 NO TEAM held Nebiaska to less than 21 points and only two foes accomplished that (Southern Cal in the 21- vision will ever give us even 15 minutes of commercial en- joyment uninterrupted by -programming For the sophisticated viewer the guy who just get enough of cigaret commer- cials the situation is about to get worse A LAW banning cigaret advertising on TV and radio becomes effective at midnight Jan 1 The sports fan of course will be one of the hardest hit Sports programs have long been one of the tobacco favorite advertising vehicles So on New Day be saying goodby to a lot of dear friends Among them will be the no-nonsense guy who buys 21 tie and Missouri beaten 21-7) Nebraska shut out one rival Army Only Tulane Texas A and Ole Miss managed to score more than one touchdown against the Tigers After the opening loss to A LSU yielded 14 to Tulane and 17 to Ole Miss in easy 28-14 and 61-17 victories Both head coaches agreed at a Thursday morning press conference that would probably decide the But as Devaney cautioned: McKay (Southern Cal coach) told me once that his wife was very emotional but she much of a football Each said his squad was in excellent physical condition McClendon in particular said the Tigers were in their best shape of the entire season If the Nebraska and LSU players are as when they take the field as their coaches were on Thursday the 80000-plus fans are in for one whale of a football game Camel filters not for instead of some of those silly faddish brands (made by the same manufacturer) And the Tareyton man whose wholly admirable product loyalty has gotten him into a lot of fights all of which he seems to have lost And that lovable but bungling Benson Hedges man who keeps getting the first 10 millimeters of his cigaret chopped off in the elevator door And all those wonderful Winston people who have invented so many delightful ways of telling us that good grammar hardly no substitute for good taste And the provident Raleigh man who has saved up enough coupons to get himself a new armchair (to replace the one he threw out because it had cigaret burns all over it) And the guy who came all the way up to Kools only to find they taste so hot And of course the good folks at Salem who have ben reminding us that if we ever get caught in the great outdoors we should be sure to smoke constantly so as to avoid contaminating our lungs with fresh air IF YOU read the story about the cigaret ad- ertising ban in paper you are perhaps unaware of the extent of our loss as TV viewers In one recent year the story said cigaret makers spent $226 million on TV and radio adver- By BOB ELLIOTT Herald Columnist Highly publicized individual performers will be conspicuous by their almost total absence Still a record crowd of 80065 will jam the Orange Bowl tonight for the clash of offense-minded Nebraska and defense-prone Louisiana State in the 37th annual OB Classic All tickets for the contest have been gone for some time despite the fact it will be on local television for the first time since 1962 Professional odds-makers see the game as the tightest of the four major Jan 1 bowl affairs Corn huskers being favored by less than a touchdown Only a 21-21 tie with Southern California mars the 1970 record of Nebraska Which whipped 10 rivals LSU won 9 of 11 losing to Texas '20-18 and Notre Dame 3-0 in one of thfe bitterest defensive brawls EVENTfeE-'fliore dedicated football fan would have trouble recognizing any of the Nebraska or LSU names Probably the best known are Tommy- Casanova the jack-of-alt-trades for Louisiana Tigers and Joe Orduna running star of Nebraska Casanova a junior who Sends Coach Charlie McClendon into positive ecstasy when he hears his name will play both offense and defense An All-American he also returns kickoffs and punts rated one of the best cornerbacks and while injuries held down his offensive efforts during the regular season McClendon makes no secret of the fact Casanova will see plenty of action tonight when LSU has the ball Orduna a senior is a 196-pounder who led Nebraska rushers with 834 yards an average of 45 per carry Three other all-Americas will be on the field great offensive tackle Bob Newton a 248-pounder who stands 6 feet 4 inches the defensive ace Jerry Murtaugh (6-3 212) and brilliant linebacker Mike Anderson (6-3 225) FOR PROBABLY the first time in any bowl game clash will see both teams use alternating quarterbacks LSU will start senior Buddy Lee but after two or three series be replaced by sophomore Bert Jones starter junior Jerry Tagge will share quarterback duties with another junior Van Brownson After the first period both Nebraska Coach Bob Deva-ney and McClendon say go with the boy who has the hot hand but come as a surprise if the four quarterbacks wind up playing about the same amount of time Most of running will be done by Art Cantrelle and Cris Dantin along with Allen Shoret and Jimmy LeDoux OB Facts I Kickoff approximately 8 pm depending upon finish of Rose Bowl game Pre-game show 7:30 pm Gates Open 6 pm Weather Fair with temperatures in low and northerly winds at 15 mph at game time Tickets one available By CHARLES MAHER Miami Herald-Los Angeles Times Wire LOS ANGELES There weje-'some of the usual annoyances on television over the weekend For example every once in a while they would interrupt the cigaret commercials for a word from the announcer at a football game It never fails Just when you figure something interesting is going to happen to the Marlboro man (maybe go to the dance town and fall for a pretty school-marm who will agree to see him again only if he promises to kick his disgusting smoking habit) a break the action and back at some fool game probably too much to expect that tele Today SUGAR BOWL 12:55 pm Tennessee vs Air Force Channels 10 12 Radio WGBS COTTON BOWL 1:45 pm Notre Dame vs Texas Channel 4 Radio WKAT ROSE BOWL 4:45 pm Ohio State vs Stanford Channels 7 5 Radio WIOD ORANGE BOWL 7:15 pm Nebraska vs LSU Channels 7 5 Radio WIOD Saturday GATOR BOWL 2 pm Auburn vs Mississippi Channels 7 5 Radio WIOD SHRINE LAST-WEST 4:30 pm East Stars vs West Stars Channels 10 12 Sunday AFC CHAMPIONSHIP 2 pm Baltimore vs Oakland Channels 7 5 Radio WIOD NFC CHAMPIONSHIP 5 pm San Francisco vs Dallas Channel 4 Radio WKAT Season Record rVi- -i.

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