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-aw The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C., Dec. 10, 1981 19 innP' r-" Nefora ka still hopes to be No 1 ihorovoop.in unA voarMit Moh. son hasn't. But we're un-anrl- raska has been there for 10, 12, coming and we plan on staying 14 vpars fivir and nvpr. Csm- there." NEWYORK(AP) Anything being possible in college football these days, Tom Osborne, coach of the fourth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers, hasn't given up hope of a- national championship.

"It depends on the mind set of the pollsters, and there are as many different mind-sets as there are pollsters," Osborne said Wednesday during an NBC-TV luncheon to publicize the Jan.l Orange Bowl match between Nebraska's Big Eight champs and the, No.l-ranked Clemson Tigers, the Atlantic Coast Conference kings. The loser, of course, won't have to worry about the national championship. If Clemson wins, the final Associated Poll probably will be a foregone conclusion. If Nebraska wins and if No.10 Pitt should beat No.2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and No.6 Texas defeats No.3 Alabama in the Cotton Bowl things would be wide open like never before. "We're just telling our players to try and play well," Osborne said.

"We can't control the rest of it." Osborne predicts a low- imm Heritage Square (In From of Racquetball Center) Cloisonne Beads 8mm $188 Oval $188 12mm $288 Pendants $588 Ali says" -Til know I scoring game on New Year's Night in Miami. "You can't get there without a good defensive team," he said. "Our defense has continued to get better since Penn State ran up and down the field on us early in the season, and Clemson has an outstanding defensive team, definitely the best we will have played this year. I don't know that there'll be a whole lot of points scored. It will depend on turnovers and field position and probably the kicking game will critical.

"Our job is to play the best we can. Then it's in the hands of the pollsters." Despite the rankings and the records (Clemson is 11-0, Nebraska 9-2), the Cornhuskers are 4-point favorites. Clemson can understand that. "When you think of football, you automatically think of raska, Michigan, Notre Dame," said Clemson wide receiver Perry Tuttle, "When you think of the ACC, you think of Ralph Sampson, James Worthy, players like He meant basketball players like that. "I don't mind at all being the underdog," said Clem; on Coach Danny Ford.

"Nebraska will start next year in the Top Ten and they'll start 1983 in the Top Ten. Clemson is the childhood bride. We're walking toward the altar for the first time. "It's awful hard to get where we're tying to get our football program, and it's harder to stay when I through Sportsmanship trophy I Free Gift I 7 i Weacdrpt I Vka MaacrChaige v. Southside' junior High School junior varsity football team recently won the sportsmanship trophy for the Piedmont Junior High Conference.

Standing with trophy from left are co-captain Veil Phelps, principal Raymond Perkins, co-captain Stacey Phillips and head coach Russell Scott. (Staff photd by Patty Drosieko) Davis Gup singles start today Jewelry Repair I jpgflf j. Repair Services done A' We also Reset 1 CINCINNATI (AP) If Ar NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -Someone asked if he would quit should he lose Friday night, and Muhammad Ali immediately feigned sleep, snoring loudly. "You can't tell me when I'm through," Ali told a Wednesday news conference upon "awakening." "I'll know when I'm To many people Ali appeared finished as a fighter in his loss to Larry Holmes, the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, when he failed to answer the bell for the 11th round at Las Vegas Oct.2, 1980. "I didn't win a round against Holmes," Ali admits.

But Friday night the former three-time champion, who will be 40 Jan.17, will fight 27-year-old Trevor Berbick in a scheduled 10-rounder at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre. Many look at it as Ali's final fight. He views it as a step toward a title shot against Mike Weaver, the World Boxing Association champion. "The whole stage is set for me. I love this sort of situation," said the man who beat big, bad Sonny Listen, defied the U.S.

government over military draft and won, scored a shocking knock out of awesome George Foreman in Africa and rallied to beat Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla In Manilla." There were not many offers of a stage for Ali this time. He voluntarily surrendered his Nevada boxing license after that state's commission. started suspension proceedings. He was told by the Hawaii attorney general's office last January that he was too old to fight there, and several other state commissions indicated they would not allow him to fight. South Carolina did issue him a license, but it was Sports Internationale (Bahamas) that put together the financial package not without difficulties and reportedly not until this week.

"After I beat Berbick, I'll be welcomed everywhere," said Ali, who is believed to be getting $1 million. He got $8 million for his one-sided loss to Holmes. Berbick, who has trained in Freeport, Bahamas, reportedly is getting $350,000 for his first fight since he lasted 15 rounds against Holmes in a title bid at Las Vegas April 11. For that loss, which made his record 18-2-1, Berbick got between $100,000 and $200,000. an "Vilas and Clerc are two diffe-: rent players," Junquet said after watching his team work out Wednesday at Riverfront Coliseum.

"Clerc has more of a chance (to beat McEnroe) than Vilas does. But Vilas plays very well in Davis Cup matches, better than he does in other championships." The Argentinians seem to have the odds stacked against them in their quest for their country's first Davis Cup championship. Junquet concedes that the Americans have the world's top-ranked male player in McEnroe and the better doubles team in McEnroe and Peter Fleming. The finals consist of four singles matches and one doubles match, which Junquet says will be difficult to win. "I think we have about a 50-percent chance of winning the singles matches, and a 30-percent chance in the doubles," Junquet said.

"Since you have to win three matches, it makes the singles matches more important for Vilas worked out Wednesday despite a cold. Vilas developed a sore throat Monday night, but Junquet was optimistic that it wouldn't hamper him Friday. Both teams practiced on the light-blue "Supreme Court" surface at the Coliseum on Wednesday. The Argentinians whipped the Americans 4-1 last year on their favorite clay surface, but will have to contend with a medium-fast synthetic surface this weekend. gentinian Captain Carlos Junquet has his wish, Jose Luis Clerc will get the pairing today against John McEnroe in the first-round singles match of the Davis Cup tennis finals.

Junquet believes that Gere, a right-handed player ranked fifth in the world, stands the best chance of beating the left-handed American. The finals between Argentina and the United States begin Friday with two singles matches. Argentina's other singles player, No. 6-ranked Guillermo Vilas, is a left-hander and has a more difficult time handling McEnroe's serves, Junquet said. Pairings for the two opening singles matches were to be decided today.

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