The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 46

oryTFY' inrnTyYvrnnrfTiii r-rr yyvT prr -rT" 6-D THE MIAMI HERALD Sat Jan 2 1971 llcvaney Believes His Huskers Proved They Are Host the By LUTHER EVANS Herald Sport Writer see how even the Pope could vote for Notre Dame as No 1 after said Bob Deva-ney Friday night after his Nebraska football team defeated LSU in the Orange Bowl Classic 17-12 Of course a few million Irish fans may think that Devaney is all wet Matter of fact he was all wet when he said it His undefeated athletes had just thrown him in a shower certainly should be No 1 after winning this game the biggest one of my life" he said the only team left after bowl games that is undefeated I see how it could go any other TRYING to shake water out of his thinning hair Devaney said that his Big Eight champions got an extra shot in their incentive when they learned Ohio more authoritative than the other one (United Press International) Coaches vote in that and coaches know anything about SOMEBODY asked Devaney what his feelings were when he saw No 45 (Bob Terrio) intercept quarterback Bert pass with 45 seconds left in the struggle felt great I think go out to the dog track tomorrow night and bet a 4-5 State had followed Texas into the ranks of beaten before we went out for the kickoff I told them that they had a chance to be recognized as the best football team in the country psyched them up even more they are the Kidding on the square Devaney said hope that you astute writers who vote in the Associated final poll will cast your vote for us Was LSU the best the Huskers met this season? think that either LSU or Southern California (which tied Nebraska) is the best about on a par Fine football Devaney savored the thought when he was reminded (as if he had to be) that the Huskers scored two touchdowns on LSU by rushing as many as Tiger opponents got on the ground all season game plan was to run on them when we got down near the goal got a big strong line and got big powerful backs I thought we could run on them I think we can run on DEVANEY grinningly admitted more than 20 years of coaching I learned a new rule tonight I found out that a defensive team can hold on a field Bob looked as if he was going into angry orbit with 49 seconds left in the half when a penalty was called on Nebraska as Mark Lumpkin kicked a 36-yard field goal That carved advantage to 10-3 but then the Tigers were given the option of taking the play and having a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty levied against the Huskers As the Nebraska coach raged on the sideline officials measured and informed LSU that the 10-yard fine would leave inches short of a first down with-fourth down coming up again LSU decided three points on the scoreboard were worth more than taking a chance of getting a first down at that late stage of the second quarter LSU refused the penalty REFEREE (Vance Carlson) explained to me that one of our linemen was holding He said our guys grabbed a LSU lineman and tugged him forward so it was illegal use of hands not arguing the call now sure he was right Officials know more about the rules than I do certainly never seen such a thing The first three times Nebraska had possession quarterback Jerry Tagge threw on first down was part of our game plan to throw on first down out of the option figured we might loosen them up and then hit with screens draw plays and other delays is truly a fine club Their defense is just as tough as everybody HE FELT the Huskers lost momentum after striking for 10 points within a 34-second span late in the first quarter sort of dominated the first quarter then lost the ball on a fumble and an interception LSU had made mistakes early and we began making mistakes in that second Devaney paused to try and wring out his Nebraska-red coat He sighed sure gave LSU a lot of opportunities to catch us in that last quarter We were very kind about giving them chances to beat us they beat us And nobody else did" Devaney heard one of his athletes yell Nixon on the and smiled like he thought it was a good idea Jerry Ta'c Makes Certain Ball Crosses Goal Line on One-Yard Plunge for Nebraska Winning TD McClendon: Cornhuskers So Hot Smoking 1 By GATY LONG Herald Sports Writer Charlie McClendon come right cut with env comparisons between Nebraska and Notre Dame But neither did the Louisiana State coach leave any doubt about who he thinks will be rated the No 1 teem in post-bowl college rankings just don't make the mistakes we made and win football games against the No 1 team in the he said of LSU's 17-12 Orange Eowl loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers ilKT I McCLENDON was blowing a little smoke too He was hot over the fact that a rcughing-thc-kickcr penalty called against Nebraska late in the fourth quarter think they roughed the kicker without a he said tried to get the official to come over and explain the call But he A reporter asked if the rul- McClendon also indicated that the earlier results Notre 24-11 upset of hexas and 27-17 surprise of Ohio State helped fire up Nebraska said just before the game (the Corn-huckers) blowing smoke over there so the colorful head Tiger said shaking hi- head IJlf 1 I I UfAdb I A 7 4 lrf 4 rrv A A pits ing wasn't that Willie Harper had been blocked into LSU punter Wayne Dickinson make any McClendon answered Dickinson said he (Harper) did not even touch the But McClendon taking anything from Nebraska or its coach Bob Devaney I've gotta lose it happen against a better guy than Bob Devaney But think I'm at all happy That loss hurts We came down here to win and we McClendon cited size awfully strong and their leverage hurt us They (the Cornhusk-er offensive linemen) were head-high over our linebackers and they kind of engulfed us a little bit with that physical over-all He also praised Nebraska quarterback Jerry Tagge unbelievably strong tough to bring McClendon said pointing to several Tagge passes with Tigers hanging onto him just did a very fine job of throwing the football in clutch situations and we couldn't get to the THE LSU coach had two other regrets Dantin did a real fine job out McClendon said it sure is a shame when your No 1 tailback is out after only two The reference was to Arthur Cantreile eliminated early by a sprained ankle Cantreile had broken Steve Van 27-year-old one-season rushing record at LSU Neither will McClendon be used in any Poly-Turf ads in the near future young rug out there that ball sure docs lake some funny bounces" he said Grinning through his disappointment he added think this turf is great for bad v4- rpffs Jubilant Cornhuskers Tell the World TlieyVe No 1 Tagge Directed Surprising Cornliusker Attack 'Z after the Tigers went ahead 12-10 skittered off to the side Lumpkin had made good on 32 of 34 extra points during the regular season Yet this miss could have allowed Nebraska to win by 13-12 with just a field goal The Cornhuskers were kindly enough in their otherwise vicious approach to take the monkey off young back by scoring a rather than a field goal Those five points made an accurate reflection of the difference between two superbly prepared teams I thought that as a twosome they were the strongest teams to meet in the Orange Bowl since Oklahoma beat Maryland 7-0 here in 1954 a long time but these were two hairy bunches Now the rankings people can put a proper lid on a real classic by naming Nebraska the best college football team in America Continued From Page ID ing up the Tigers at halftime He must have invoked shades of Huey Long or somebody in the LSU bathhouse The Tigers came back winging from a 10-3 halftime deficit Or perhaps Nebraska simply was softened by its intermission presentation of a theme Whatever the case when LSU stomped ahead 12-10 that put it squarely up to Nebraska to behave like a No 1 team should The Cornhuskers did it just that way They plowed 67 yards and over to start the fourth quarter with Tagge scoring their second ground touchdown against an LSU defense that had allowed only that many scores rushing the entire season GOAT of the game could have been Mark Lumpkin Unaccountably his conversion attempt LSU Coach McClendon Glumly Observes Action.