Orange Bowl
by Jim Johnston
How much would you bet
on the outcome of the
Thanksgiving Day game
between Nebraska and
Oklahoma? Would you bet
everything that you've . been
striving to achieve for the past
1 1 months?
If you're a member of the
Orange Bowl selection
committee, you might bet the
prestige of your bowl. And
that prestige is something
you've worked on since Jan. 2,
1971.
BOWL BIDS can be
submitted at 6 p.m. Nov. 20,
five days before No. 1 -rated
Nebraska and No. 2 Oklahoma
meet. Will the Orange Bowl
gamble and try to pick the
winner of the game by
extending a bid Nov. 20? Or
will the Miami Classic talk to
the two schools and agree that
an invitation will be extended
to the winner after the
Thanksgiving Day game?
Indications are that the
committee will gamble.
If the Orange Bowl's gamble
pays off, the No. 1 team in the
nation will be in Miami New
Years night. If the gamble
loses, the No. 1 team will
probably be at the Sugar Bowl
in New Orleans.
When asked if the Orange
Bowl will extend a bid to
either Nebraska or Oklahoma
before Thanksgiving Day,
Orange Bowl representative
Jim Lewellyn said, "That
possibility exists."
LEWELLYN, former
Orange Bowl president, fears
that neither Nebraska nor
Oklahoma would agree to an
agreement where the winner of
the Thanksgiving game receives
the Orange Bowl invitation.
"We haven't talked to
officials from either school
yet," said Lewellyn at the
Nebraska-Iowa State game
Saturday, "but I seriously
doubt if either school would
agree to a situation where the
winner goes to the Orange
Bowl. Each school would be
afraid that the loser would
have too much to lose."
Asked if extending a Nov.
20 bid wasn't an extreme
gamble, Lewellyn replied, "Yes
it is, but we just have to hope
we gamble right."
A Nov. 20 invitation might
favor Nebraska. The Orange
Bowl has adopted an unofficial
policy of inviting the highest
ranked team available.
Assuming Nebraska was still
No. 1 and Oklahoma No. 2,
would that mean a pre-game
bid might be extended to the
Cornhuskers?
THE ORANGE Bowl was
impressed with Nebraska's fan
following at Miami last year.
Nebraska people put on quite a
show. Nebraska would have the
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advantage if the Orange Bowl
submits a Nov. 20 bid.
But Bob Hurt, highly
respected sports editor of the
Daily Oklahoman, talked to
long-time Orange Bowl official
Ernie Siler and left the
opposite impression.
"When I looked at
Oklahoma's schedule, I decided
in my own mind they would be
No. 1 if they could get through
that three-game stretch," Siler
told Hurt. That three-game
stretch was' USC, Texas and
Colorado.
OF COURSE," Hurt noted,
Siler may be more prejudiced
toward Oklahoma than other
members of the selection
committee. He went to high
school in Oklahoma City and
played basketball at Oklahoma
A&M in the early 1920s.
The Orange Bowl
committee may have more
than the Nebraska-Oklahoma
game to gamble. Auburn and
Alabama, the two other leading
contenders for an Orange Bowl
bid, play Nov. 27. That's a
week after bids can be
submitted.
That problem could be
partially solved Saturday,
however, when Auburn plays
Georgia. An Auburn loss would
eliminate the Tigers from
consideration.
The pressure of selecting
either Nebraska or Oklahoma
might have been lessened
Saturday when the Sooners
scored a narrow 20-3 win over
Missouri. It showed that the
Wishbone can be stopped.
WITHOUT issuing policy
statements, Sugar and Cotton
Bowl officials have indicated
they will offer bids before
Thanksgiving. But the Cotton
Bowl has lost most of its
appeal this season since the
Southwest Conference
champion (the host team) will
not have a high national rating.
It's no secret that the
Orange Bowl has developed
into THE bowl. Its night time
TV viewing and the glamour of
Miami have turned it into the
biggest attraction on New
Years Day.
Dance to the live sounds
of
Jack Nolan Trio
Friday and Saturday Nite
8:30-12:30
appearing at the
RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE
NORTHEAST LANES
HIGHWAY 6 and 77
to Make early bid
Husker defensive tackle Larry Jacobson ... Big Eight Lineman of the Week for
second time this season.
Flag football final ratings
All-University
1- Pro Students (11-0)
2- Alpha Tau Omega B (9-2)
3- Triangle A (7-2)
4- Phi Gamma Delta A (-2)
5- Abel VI (-2)
6- Phi Delta Theta A (-2)
7- Kerngers (-2)
8- Harper 111(6-1)
9- Hawks(7-l)
10-Phi Gamma Delta B (6-1)
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Fraternity A
1 - Triangle (7-2)
2- Phi Gamma Delta (-2)
3- Phi Delta Theta (-2)
4- Delta Tau Delta (5-2)
5-Phi Kappa Psi (6-2)
6- Beta Theta Pi (4-2)
7- Ag Men (4-2)
8- Acacia(4-l)
9- Beta Sigma Psi (4-2)
10-Alpha Gamma Rho (4-2)
Dorm A
1- Abel VI (8-2)
2- Harper 111(6-1)
3- Schramm IV (i-2)
4- Glen(7-l)
5- Abel V (6-1)
6- Gooding (5-2)
7- Carson(5-2)
8- Abel VIII (5-1)
9- GusII(4-l)
10- Kennedy(4-2)
Hfiguenims
Independent
1-Pro Students (11-0)
2- Kerners(7-2)
3- Hawks(7-l)
4- Know Buddies (6-2)
5- Dirty Dozen (6-1)
6- Fagowies (6-1)
7- Phi Delta Phi (5-2)
8- Apple Huskers (4-2)
9- Stoned Cowboys (5-2)
10-B. Gang (4-2)
Fraternity B
1 - Alpha Tau Omega (9-2)
2- Phi Gamma Delta (6-1)
3-Phi Delta Theta (5-1)
4- Triangle(4-2)
5- Sigma Nu(3-2)
6- Theta Xi (4-2)
7- Sigma Phi Epsilon (4-2)
8- Delta Upsilon(301)
9- Beta Sigma Psi (3-1)
10-Tau Kappa Epsilon (3-2)
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1971
