LSU receives tentative Orange bid
by JIM JOHNSTON
Associate Sports Editor
Notre Dame went Cotton
plckin'. Louisiana State is
looking for oranges. And the
Orange Bowl Committee has
apparently decided to wait until
Dec. 5 to select Nebraska's
New Years Day foe.
That's the picture after col
lege football's big bowl bid
Notre Dame's Fighting Irish,
who tripped seventh ranked
Louisiana State S- Saturday,
voted Sunday morning to ao
cept the Cotton Bowl bid for a
possible rematch with Texas.
The Irish had also beea ex
tended a bid from the Orange
Bowl for a date with third-rated
Nebraska.
Meanwhile, down in the
bayous of Louisiana, LSU
coach Charlie McCIendon is
dealying on a bid from the
Liberty Bowl in hopes for a trip
to Miami. Louisiana State's 34
showing against second-ranked
Notre Dame can do nothing but
help their seventh -place
rating.
And late Sunday night, the
Orange Bowl committee issued
a tentative invitation to
Louisiana State to meet
Nebraska provided LSU wins
its last two games. The Bengals
play Tulane this week and
Gator Bowl-bound Mississippi
Dec. 5.
Although toe tentative bid
sounds quite conclusive,
Nebraska's opponent is still
between three teams
Louisiana State, Texas and
Arkansas.
Arkansas and Texas play
Dec. 5 and the winner will meet
Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl
as the Southwest Conference
champ. Arkansas is presently
rated sixth and Texas first
Assuming the Texas
Arkansas game is close, the
loser would also be a top at
traction for the Orange BowL
And if the two teams tie,
Arkansas would go to the Cot
ton Bowl because Texas went
last year.
That would leave a still on
defeated Texas team as a
natural for the Orange BowL
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That's providing the Longhpms
can defeat Texas A & M on
Thanksgiving Day.
But should Texas take a big
win ever Arkansas and Louisi
ana State defeat both Tulane
and Mississippi, LSU would
probably be a most choice to
meet the Cornhoskers.
The Orange Bowl has little
fear of losing Louisiana State
as a candidate. Although the
Liberty Bowl may seek for
tunes elsewhere, the Bengals
could always rely on a Peach
Bowl bid.
Louisiana State coach Char
lie McCIendon told the Orange
Bowl committee Sunday, MWe
want to earn our way Into
your bowL After that game
with Notre Dame, I dont think
we would disappoint any bowL
We held the best offensive
team in the country without
a touchdown, and you can't of
fer more than that"
To add to McClendon's
statement, LSU hasn't allowed
a touchdown on the ground
the entire" season.
So the Cornhuskers may
have to wait two weeks before
knowing what's on their menu
in Miami New Years Day.
Will it be beef (Texas Long
horns), pork (Arkansas Razor
backs) or . . . tabby (Louist
ana State Bengals)?
Cagers open
season with
f rosh tilt
Nebraska basketball coach
Joe Cipriano will unveil his
1970-71 cagers tonight at the
Coliseum in the annual Varsity
Freshman contest
Student tickets for the game
and the entire season have not
yet arrived at the NU ticket
office.
According to ticket manager
Jim Plttinger, if the tickets
arrive today they will be on
sale at the door. But if the
tickets don't arrive Nebraska
students will be admitted free
tonight upon showing their
student ID.
TliMrff time will be at 7:35
p.m., same as the regular
season, and half-time action
will feature midget basketball
players from the Salvation
Army Red Shield Center.
Cipriano Is still undecided on
his starting lineup, but he's set
at three spots. "We'll open with
Leroy Chalk at forward, Chuck
Jura at center and Marvin
Stewart at one guard,
Cipriano said. "At the other
forward it will be either Mike
Peterson or Tony Riehl, a
sophomore who has been
playing well. Either Al Nlssen
or sophomore Tom Gregory
will be at the other guard."
The Frosh will be making
their debut under new assistant
Moe Iba, son of the famed Iron
Duke of Oklahoma State. Henry
Iba.
The Husker Frosh will start
6-7 Bob Allen of Gault, Calif.,
and 6-5 Dave Rezac of Omaha
at the forwards, with 6-8 Bran
dy Lee of Brush, Colo., at
center. Tom Novak from Lin
coln, 6-3, and Rick Crown
5-11, from Scottsbluff will be
at the guards.
AGE 6
THE NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1970