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Bad Barna' Bears Down On Auburn 31 7 Sports With Sparks EB DAVE SPARKS THE GREAT DEBATE overwhether the Big Eight or Southeastern Conference is the strongest college football circuit in 1971 will not come to a head until New night The wire service polls suggested that the Nebraska Oklahoma game matching teams rankeq 1 2 would decide the national championship of 1971 But a few folks in the South sure but what the Alabama Auburn game mat ching teams also undefeated but ranked 3 4 would settle it ortunately Alabama against Nebraska in a super duper showdown in the Orange Bowl on New night And Auburn against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl Those two games match the Big Eight and the SEC champions plus the runner up teams from the two conferences obvious that the Nebraska Alabama game will decide the national cham Sports Editor noted Wilkinson aware that the Wishbone is a high risk offense He was right Oklahoma lost three fumbles and Nebraska only one and the Sooners lost a heart breaker With the SEC sending six teams and the Big Eight four to bowl games I think there is much doubt as to which two leagues are the strongest in the nation The only remaining debate appears which has the best single team MADISON COUNTY one of the high school football teams of 1971 has a fierce opponent in the cham pionship game against Appalachia In my seven years at Bristol I had the opportunity to see Appalachia play football several times and the of Jim Riggs are one of the most dedicated physical football teams I have seen pionship Then where does that leave Michigan (11 0) and Penn State (10 0) It probably leaves both out in the cold because Penn State and Michigan have two things in common neither played a tough schedule and both have everything to lose and nothing to gain in bowl games Penn State is matched against twice beaten Texas in the Cotton Bowland Michigan meets thrice beaten Stanford in the Rose Bowl If Penn State and Michigan win folks will fail to ootball is a way of life at Appalachia which sits in the heart of the extreme Southwest Virginia coal country in Wise County The Bulldogs are traditionally rugged and no one blocks and tackles any better than these troops There is nothing fancy about Appalachia The just physically punish opponents and the spirit and love for football in Appy is much like the new craze which has engulfed Madison County Seal I BW kr lx PAUL BRYANT RIDES HIGH AGAIN After Crimson Tide Rolled Over Auburn Sports Sunday Morning November 28 1971 Charlottesville A13 Sun Bowl Bound LSU recognize either as a national champion And if they happen to be upset it will really be a blow to their prestige myifojniongptatjjjthe Alabama Nebraska winner is the national champion at any rate And vou can bet that the Orange Bowl officials who landed these two for the night classic in Miami are rejoicing today truly a dream game and makes the previous Nebraska Oklahoma and Alabama Auburn games appear as national semi finals I would have to say however that it would be almost impossible to see a better football game than the one the Cornhuskers and Sooners engaged in at Norman Bud Wilkinson called the shot perfectly before the Big Eight showdown win if it loses more than two fum Thunders By Tulane nr ATONROUjGE La (AP) 'Wide The Bulldogs have one of the finest backs in the state in fullback Roy Talley and a pair of rib rattling ehdsin 6 4 pdund Tom Turtoand 6 4 190 pounder Luke Marsingill Turner is rpparded as one of the finest college prospects in the South and he intimidates teams on both offense and defense NORMAN SLOAN head basketball coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack thinks people are expecting too much of 7 4 sophomore center Tommy Burleson going to take a little more time for him to adjust because he come up playing in rough pick up games on a city playground" noted Sloan ot the giant from Avery County NC receiver Andy Hamilton who earned national lineman honors last week dazzled a home crowd for the last time Saturday night with a pass catching show that triggered Louisiana State to a 36 7 season ending football victory over tra ditional rival Tulane The 6 3 190 pound senior from Ruston La grabbed six passes for 161 two of them for as the powerful Bayou Bengals flexed their muscles as they aimed toward a Dec 18 Sun Bowl date against Iowa State The victory closed regular schedule with eight victories against three losses while outgunned Tulane took its eighth setback against three victories The triumph also extended superiority over its downstate rival to 23 games since Tulane has not beaten the Tigers since 1948 Hamilton scored on a 14 yard pass from quarterback Paul Lyons and took a 35 yard toss for another tally from alternate quarterback Bert Jones Ham ilton's cousin from Ruston He also caught a 55 yard bomb that carried to the Tulane five to set up Chris short trip for another Tiger touchdown LSU rated a solid three touchdown favorite hung up nine points in the first period on an 11 yard pass from Jones to tight end Jay Michaelson and 21 yard field goal The Tigers pushed another touchdown across in the second quarter on seven yard bullet to Ken Kavanaugh Jr and the Bengals sported a 15 0 lead at in termission short smack after the long toss to Hamilton upped the LSU margin to 22 0 and 14 yard grab in creased it to 29 0 pf sjjp5 TSCMbm iW I Wa Il IffO UGi B'lftlfl UM 1 331 I i MBM bUI 4 KzK oiA Ik Virginia Cavaliers Of 1971 72 Here is the 1971 72 edition of the Virginia Cavaliers who launch a new basketball season at Washington Lee Wednesday night In front from left are Barry Parkhill Chip Miller co captain rank DeWitt co captain Scott McCandlish Tim Rash and Jim Hobgood In back from left are assistant coach Chip Conner Steve Morris Al Drummond Bob McKeag Lanny Stahurski Bob McCurdy Larry Gerry and head coach Bill Gibson Nebraska Tide Duel or No I nl ii an Classic ShowdonX To Come New Year's Night In OrangeBowl BIRMINGHAM Ala (API Third ranked Alabama paced by the clutch running of Johnny Musso and a blitzing defense that shackled Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan crushed previously undefeated Auburn 31 7 Saturday giving the Orange Bowl a dream match of unbeaten powers The Crimson Tide rolling to its 11th straight victory will meet top ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl New Night in a battle that should de cide the national championship Alabama solved the Sullivan mystique for the first time keeping the strong armed Auburn quarterback on the side lines with a time consuming offense that enabled the Tide to control the ball more than 40 minutes JOHNNY MUSSO Bad Boy r' IK I I fe 1:7 1 I'i AJr Smmb MbH AWvA Tigers Rip Gamecocks By 17 7 Meanwhile defense forced two interceptions off Sullivan that led to touchdowns and batted down three other passes at the line of scrimmage Musso called by Alabama Coach Paul Bryant the greatest running back he has ever had scored touchdowns on runs of 12 and 6 yards and punched out 155 yards in 32 carries Junior quarterback Terry Davis gave the Tide a 14 0 first period lead with touchdown runs of 6 and 11 yards Ala other score came on a 41 yard field goal by Bill Davis in the final period Sullivan named the Heisman winner Thursday night had sparked Auburn to comeback victories the past two seasons over Alabama and as a freshman overcame a 27 0 Tide lead to lift the Auburn frosh team to victory The defeat ended 11 game winning streak including nine this year as the Tigers approach their Sugar Bowl confrontation with second ranked Oklahoma which lost to Nebraska 35 31 Thursday The victory also gave Alabama the Southeastern Conference championship only touchdown came on a 31 yard halfback option pass from Harry Unger to Terry Beasley with 13:08 left in the opening half It came on the first play after Johnny Simmons recovered fuihefe COLUMBIA Underdog Clemson struck for 17 points in the second quarter and then relied on a rugged defense to hold on for a 17 7 football victory over old intrastate rival South Carolina this windy cold Saturday afternoon A crowd of 57242 the largest ever to see a football game in South Carolina jammed the newly englarged Carolina Stadium to watch the 69th renewal of this bitter rivalry that started back in 1869 Clemson under second year coach Hootie Ingram shackled the South Carolina offense with a hard charging line and an alert secondary that picked off six passes Clemson was stopped in its first serious offensive thrust at the South Carolina one foot line when the Tigers failed to get over in four tries from the fiveyard line But from then on it was a Clemson show irst it was kicking specialist Eddie Seigler who put the Tigers on the scoreboard with a 52 yard field goal against a stiff breeze setting an all time Clemson record Clemson got another chance midway of the second period when Ben Anderson' interceptcd 'a Gamecock gave nfhe Tigers the ball only 3l yards from The catch by Beasley was the first of his college career from anyone other than Sullivan Alabama quickly established the tempo of the game at the start with a safety blitz that held Auburn to only nine yards on their first series following the opening kickoff the goal line Clemson needed only seven plays to move in for the touchdown with halfback Smiley Sanders going the final yard The fired up Tigers then drove 64 yards in 13 plays for another touchdown climaxed by a 10 yard pass from Tommy Kendrick to tight end John McMakin The Tide then got their first of three turnovers leading to touchdowns Auburn punter David Beverly fumbled a low snap from Bill McManus and failed to get his punt off giving Alabama possession at the Auburn 20 Terry Davis scampered 10 yards on a third down option to the eight and scored from the 6 two plays later giving Alabama a 7 0 lead after only four minutes had elapsed Despite its almost total control of the ball Alabama led only 14 7 going into the final period The Crimson Tide drove from their 22 to the Auburn 24 early in the final period from where Bill Davis kicked his 13th field goal of the year tying a conference record In that drive' Musso reeled off runs of 18 12 and 6 yards all in clutch situations helping Alabama overcome a 15 yard clipping penalty The field goal came with 13:03 remaining and 18 seconds later Musso scored on a 12 yard run following a 21 yard interception return by Chuck Strickland Several minutes later Jeff Rouzie in tercepted another Sullivan pass and raced 33 yards to the Auburn 6 Musso scored from there on the first play Sullivan completed 14 of 27 passes for 121 yards but failed to break the NCAA touchdown responsibility record he tied at 71 two weeks ago against Georgia The Clemson win snapped a three game losing streak to the arch rival Gamecocks The victory left Clemson with a 5 6 season record and the Game cocks with a 6 5 VHSL inals Scheduled orSaturday The VHSL state championship football games in all three classifications will be played at 2 pm Saturday afternoon at Roanoke Radford and Appalachia The announcement of the times and sites was made by the VHSL last night The Group AAA showdown sends Williams against Andrew Lewis in Victory Stadium Radford and John Yeates clash for the Group AA crown at Radford and Madison invades Appalachia for the Group A classic in Riggs Stadium at Appalachia All six teams have 12 0 records New champions will be crowned in each classification with 1970 champs James Wood(AAA) Gate City(AA) and Chilhowie (A) having been eliminated Wood did not qualify for the playoffs despite having a 9 1 record while Gate City and Chilhowie were knocked off in the Alabama I Auburn 7 7 Davis 6 run Davis kick Davis 11 run Davis kick Beasley 31 pass from Unoer Jett kick ru uavia Musso 12 run Davis kick Musso run Davis kick A 48821 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts umbles Lost Yards Penalized Squires Win Scott Hits 41 NOROLK Va (AP) Charlie Scott scored 11 of his game high 41 points in a fourminute span of the fourth quarter Saturday night as the Virginia Squires turned back a Dallas comeback and whipped the Chaparrals 111 100 in an American Basketball Association game playoffs Huff LeadsSeminoles Over Panthers 31 13 TALLAHASSEE la (AP) Junior Gary Huff first staggered by a pair of interceptions snapped back to pass for three touchdowns and 261 yards to lead iesta Bowl bound lorida state in whipping Pittsburgh 31 13 Saturday night The Seminoles ended their regular season 8 3 with a Dec 27 date in the first iesta Bowl against Arizona State in Tempe Ariz A crowd of 19292 surprised one minute into the game when Pitt finishing at 3 8 for the season jumped to a 7 0 lead Bill Adams intercepted a Huff pass at 42 and ran into the end zone Two drives later SU was halted at the Panther 30 with a theft of a Huff pass by George chrcr but the Seminoles roared back with a 24 polnt second quarter Alabama Auburn 7 70 278 18 28 122 152 0 10 12) 15 28 2 2 38 43 3 1 10.