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WIDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 2 1980 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM I-7Wrqe 1RPF1-PwTtfeefra---- -1-Aufrormsvonwevvortr-mvf Me--- s- 0-7-4S-q-- iot--A-'- slt 4-4 4--L2----(---' -e-asngarailoq4s1 -oMA--9-1-41--Fialr--i4-Ptee---- -thr-itwelekv10 tv-t 4 ------c-441i-rove--4 -A ---'4-7-- Asik -m MNIMMINOINIIIk 141 a 0 1 Ell 1 co l' nv or r- io 0 itt ra El 0 -4 410 11 rl a 0 a 0 0 Vt i f71 1 i 1 ILI L'oil 011 LI I ertv 1m-1A 4 is4 Mon eywatch a MDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 2 Ac tvtril 1980 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM IllignIMMIIIIIIM 0 'If W1 pass chills the SWC hardly does handsprings when Houston books into the Cotton Bowl Indeed the game was less Lhan a blockbuster attraction with more than 10000 ticket buyers electing to skip the festivities Irregardless of the these secondary themes eighth-ranked Ilouston was primarily interested in blotting out last year's haunting chilly memories In winning for the Ilth time in 12 starts the Cougars accomplished their mission in the mos't hair-raising fashion "Last year we stopped playing in the last quarter and got said Herring while basking in the euphoria of the biggest catch of his life It was a good lesson for us I think this season really started after that loss last year" Coach Bill Yeoman not a man prone toward superlatives summed up his team like a doting parent "'This is the greatest outfit in my 18 years here" said Yeoman "They played the entire football game We went 11-1 against a tougher schedule than we've ever played We won seven games in the fourth quarter These kids have a way of turning the spigot where they want it to be" Expensive champagne rather than last year's tepid lager flowed from that spi got -When we win we like to celebrate" said running back Terald Clark who finished with 49 yards "Redwine said we nvino kicking SAID HOLTZ: the thing that mikes Alabama what they are is that they can run pass defend and kick I voted for them on the polls) virtually all year arid I'm going to do it again The only thing I can't understand is why our team wanted to play them Personally I wanted New Hamtishi re" Bryant used nine different running backs to open a 17-3 halftime lead with touchdown marches of 82 and (after a fumble) 22 yards Then when the Razorbacks bhefly made it a game in the third quarter 17-9 the Tide rolled 98 yards in the final period to knock them out with an awesome nine-play series "I thought we had them until they suci denly went 98" said Arkarlsas' best run Deflected By KEN SINS Star-Telegram Sports Writer Completing a year-long pilgrimage to atone for their past Cotton Bowl sins the University of Houston Cougars traveled the extra mile Tuesday afternoon and were rewarded with a 17- 14 verdict over Nebraska seemingly accomplished with divine intervention The indefatigable Cougars still nursing a badly bruised ego from last year when they blew a 22-point lead in the second half to fall to Notre Dame on the aftemoon's final play followed the Irish's raucous script almost to the letter Eric Herring's tumbling catch of Terry Elston's desperation 6-yard pass with 12 ticks remaining gave the Coogs their miracle The fourth-and-goal last gasp effort became all the more miraculous since it plopped into Herring's grateful hands after glancing off Cornhusker defender Ric Lindquist's fingertips Unloved Houston punching its third Cotton Bowl ticket in four seasons of Southwest Conference existence had a number of scores to settle on this sun-splashed afternoon Stacked upon the choker tag they inherited from last year's misadventure was Nebraska tailback Jarvis Redwine's charge that the Cougars were a "hot dog team" AND IT IS A oft-repeated rumor that Tide By BOB OATES (e) 1979 The Los Angeles 'limes NEW ORLEANS Lou Holtz the Arkansas coach was saying the other day that the academic standing of his football players should have been questioned when they voted to play Alabama on New Year's Day "I really think the NCAA ought to investigate them" he said jokingly It turns out that Holtz knew something Attacking Arkansas aggressively Alabama made a powerful bid for the national football championship Tiiday with an easy 24-9 win in the Sugar Bowl "I feel that we are deserving of the honor of being No said Paul "Bear" Bryant Crimson Tide coach after his team had dominated the Razorbacks all three defensively and -eie 'T IT: i)r A I lit --2 1 A 1 1 14 i 1: 2 7761i1 1: 't 'c' 1 '-04-' C': 1 Ir'' ''1 1 4 4 ir il '4' "2 7--- i' 'A 7 'N' ry- 4 1 '11- rl '5 7 i''''L'" 'e-'0'''--'''''v 4 1 7- 1 '47 i' i 0-414'''' '4-- '14t 7 ''47' rtr- 1 $1' 'r'll 'te4 411' '1 'k' 'A 1' i ''k''''' 7''''''''44: A I 41 a''' ''W 'T'4 k' 4- 70 '44: Ile'' 447: )4 '''S IA 7-- 7i 1 i r' 'e1' tf) A I ez" i-t i' i 'i: ''S l'i 4 11 1 A'! 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I Star Telegram Photo by RON HEFLIN quarter he gained 87 yards on 22 carries and scored once completed 9 of 16 passes for 119 yards including the winning touchdown with 12 seconds left in the game COUGARS' Terry Elston came out of the bullpen Tuesday to rescue the University of Houston against Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl After entering the game in the second 454 1Gralailllk 4Ctr 11 kt kl I a 3Enzy c)6ELsor A ANNUAL A le al ro A JANUARY PP ski letymit le -cro'1t 44444 CLEARANCE dr STORE HOURS: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10 AM7 PM THURSDAY 11 AM TILL 8 PM -1' A 4 i '1 trtf SAVINGS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT! Don't wait another minute Hurry in to any of Henry's six casual and sportswear locations for exciting ashion bargains that will send you home smiling 3EMS SC7 ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE STORE HOURS: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10 AM7 PM THURSDAY 1 1 AM TILL 8 PM SAVINGS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT! Don't wait another minute Hurry in to any of Henry's six casual and sportswear locations for exciting ashion bargains that will send you home smiling I I All sale merchandise selected from our regular stock )f fine fashions Specially-Selected Fashion Savings throughout our stores! Elston of these years the college football ticket-buying public is going to discover that the University of Houston is for real Oh coaches already know it The word is that the reason Houston wasn't included in the November sweepstakes for a Sugar Bowl berth (Texas and Arkansas recall had a deal whereby the one which didn't play in the Cotton Bowl would go to New Orleans) was that Bear Bryant didn't want any part of Houston What play is it? If so it wasn't that Bear feared the Cougars He has a team which needn't fear anybody But it might be that he saw less glory for greater risk in playing Houston Tuesday's Cotton Bowl game was sold out One way or another every ticket was accounted for But there were whole sections of seats which were 75 per cent empty The eplanalions include that a Boston travel agency bought 4800 tickets back in the idea that Penn State or Notre Dame would go to Dallas and the tickets could be peddled in the north Finally the tickets went to Sears for emergency sale Dallas banks they say buy bunches of tickets But if Texas or Arkansas or ASi were in the game those non-public tickets would find a way into the hands of eager individuals willing to use the seats Despite a perfect day for football it didn't work that way with Houston which had sold its own 17000-seat allotment So Tuesday's 17-14 Houston victory over Nebraska went somewhat unappreciated by the public The folks who might have keen in those thou will be sands of empty seats missed a heck of a fourth quarter And they mimed Houston's junior quarterback Terry Elston The Aggies can tell 'cm about Elston He nipped at the wire with a 59 yard TD drive in the last seconds Ask Florida Elston beat the Gators with a fourth quarter touchdown run Or get Texas Tech's testimony Elston dashed 72 yards in the final period to nip the Raiders Pat Truly Tuesday he whipped his team 66 yards in the final 312 minutes to beat Nebraska with a bullet pass to Eric herring "We know what type of team we have" said Elston "We're confident We can move on any team It helps to know we can get the job done even if it is in the last minute" They know they can do it Even if there was some confusion as to what play came from the bench Herring said it was "3-37 hook" Elston said it was "3-37 bootleg" arid added that he doesn't bootleg on that play Coach Bill Yeoman settled it (he called the play) as "Opposite It-flex 3-33 Ft hook" Anyway it worked just like things have worked all year for the Cougars In their third Cotton Bowl appearance in four years they win their second Cotton title Elston is sort of a sleeper In 1978 he wis used mostly as a kickoff re 4 If IA I four years they won Cotton title rt of a sleeper In 1978 nostly as a kickoff re- back turner or played on the junior varsity He'd been red-shirted earlier Ile didn't start this year but regularly came on to save flouston's bacon He got to Itouston because a friend from Alabama Charlie Lynch had played there and liked it "So I liked it too" says Elston "and I'm here" He'll be there next fall too Presumably as a fifth-year senior he'll be the starting quarterback And that's bad news for the rest of the SWC "We'll be defeAding the title" Elston says of 1930 "We lose an offensive guard a tackle the quarterback (Detrick Brown) and the tight end but we have a lot coming back" The Cougars lose more than that on David Hodge nose guard Robert Oglesby both defensive ends and the entire starting secondary But they'll be tough and they will have Elston How good can Elston be? "Oh" says Yeoman "he has good equipment he remains calm and he works real well" Mother words pretty durn good A close Cougar Watcher says Elston and Dan Pastorini have the best arms in Houston and refuses to say which is best Ile saw Elston off balance and on the run throw a 60-yard pass sidearm in a spring scrimmage Herring has knack' Elston kept speaking of "execution" in the post-Cotton Bowl interview "You don't worry about being behind" said Elston "You just w3rry 1 I SPECIAL GROUP MEN'S SWEATERS VALUES TO 20 00 1299 Ea MEN'S FASHION CORDUROYS VALUES TO 30 00 1299 Pr ENTIRE STOCK MEN'S VELOURS VALUES TO 3500 1999 Ea SPECIAL SELECTIONS! 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