thursday, dccember 10, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 7
Huskers head To the beach
Clemson team intends to stay at top
of football polls, says sports director
By L'irry SjKu ks
Being No. I in college football hasn't been easy this
year. Clemson, which earned that spot two weeks ago,
has every intention of staying in the top position after the
bowl games, CU Sports Information Director Bob Bradley
said.
"It's been the kiss of death, kind of like being on the
cover of Sports Illustrated" Bradley said. "But it is an
added incentive. We've got a chance for our first national
championship."
Bradley said going into the Orange Bowl No. 1 will be
easier than having to depend on other teams to lose in
their games. He also said he isn't surprised the Tigers have
been made a three-and-a-half point underdog to No. 4 Ne
braska. "We kind of expected it. We had the reputation of not
playing a very tough schedule," Bradley said.
"You (Nebraska) will be given the edge in talent," he
said. "But the heart has a lot to do with it, too. We're
going to show up ready to play the ball game." Bradley
said the Tigers knew what they were up against long be
fore the oddsmakers came out with their prediction.
"These players know what Nebraska football is all ab
out. They know they'll be up against a powerful team,"
he said. "Any team that can make it through the Big
Eight conference has to be pretty good."
Bradley isn't ready to accept the idea that the Tigers
played a weak schedule and didn't earn their way into a
major bowl.
Not a weak schedule
"We played all the ACC teams plus South Carolina and
Georgia," Bradley said. "I don't think that's too weak of
a schedule."
"We probably didn't play a schedule the caliber of Ne
raska's. Top to bottom, the Big Eight is probably tough
er," he said.
The Tigers opened the 1981 season against Wofford, a
National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics school
witha an enrollment of less than 1,000, but Bradley said
the game was scheduled in desperation.
Villanova had originally been scheduled for the open
ing date but the school dropped its football program in
May, and since Clemson had alrcad sold its season tickets,
a new opponent was needed.
"I bet our athletic director made over 100 calls. No one
else could play us," Bradley said.
Ilusker fans attending the game will see a Tiger offense
very much like Nebraska's. In fact, the Ilusker coaching
staff helped Clemson establish its program before Charley
Fell resigned three years ago.
The Tigers use alternating running backs, just as Nebr
aska. One of those, Cliff Austin, is Clcmson's leading
ground gainer with 842 yards and eight touchdowns on
156 carries.
The other half of the one-two punch is Chuck Mc
Swain, who picked up 668 yards in 132 carries this sea
son. Nebraska outnumbered
Even though the Big Eight school is considered the
host team in the Orange Bowl, Nebraska fans will pro
bably find themselves outnumbered. Bradley said Clem
son sold out of its 12,500 tickets within a few days, and
many Tiger fans went to Miami for tickets.
"The Orange Bowl people told us they sold 3,000 tic
kets to people from this area after wc beat Maryland," he
said. "I'm sure we'll have more than our 12,500 allotment
there."
Bradley said the Clemson players arc working on cond
itioning now. The Tigers will leave for New Smyrna, Fla.
Dec. 19 and will have their bowl practices there. The team
will go to Miami Christmas Day.
Bradley said no Clemson players are expected to be
held out of the game because of injuries.
Miami is tourist-ready for Orange Bowl crowd
By Laura Garrison
Forget the rumors that everyone who
lives in Miami carries a machinegun to the
grocery store for protection. If you're
lucky enough to be able to see the Huskers
play in the Orange Bowl on New Year's
night, relax and enjoy the vacation geta
way, there's a lot to see and do.
For openers, Miami will open its tourist
loving arms for both Clemson and Nebras
ka supporters. The Orange Bowl publicity
committee in Miami has activities set up
from Dec. 20 through March. Fans who
will be in Miami a few days before and af
ter the game, might want to go to the Mi
ami Metro Zoo Carnival which will run
Dec. 25 through Jan. 3. According to a
committee spokesman the zoo is one of the
10 best in the country.
Dec. 28 in Key Biscayne, Fla., a sailing
regatta of inter-collegiate teams will be
sponsored.
Coaches and players will attend the
Orange Bowl Coaches Honors luncheon in
the Omni Hotel in Miami Beach Dec. 29.
The public is invited, and tickets are $15
per person. Also Dec. 29th, is the Orange
Bowl fashion show at the Fontaine Bleu
Hilton Hotel at 11 a.m. Tickets are $20
and $30.
That evening in the Orange Bowl stadi
um will be a band concert, with six bands
from high schools across the country. The
concert will begin at 7 p.m. Cost is $4 for
adults and $2 for students.
If horse races are your forte, Miami's
Calder race track will sponsor Orange Bowl
day Dec. 30.
New Year's Eve features the Orange
Bowl parade at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Mi
ami, Tickets are $5.50
New Year's night the game itself pits
Nebraska against Clemson.
The Orange Bowl committee said tick
ets for the game are sold out.
Jason Haikara, editor of the University
of Miami student newspaper, the "Miami
Hurricane" said the Orange Bowl stadium
located in downtown Miami is not in a
good section of the city. But 10 to 15 min
utes away from downtown there are rest
aurants, motels and shopping to suit every
one's taste.
For jazz music lovers, Ruffles is the
place to go. The bar is well-known for it's
tropical drinks, and has live jazz bands
nightly. Ruffles is located in the Dade
Land shopping center on south Dixie high
way off Interstate 95.
Tony Roma's is a Miami restaurant
known for its ribs. It is located 10 minutes
from the University of Miami campus.
Coconut Grove is a Miami district with
quaint speciality shops, Haikara said. The
Coconut Grove is similar to Greenwich
Village in New York. It has lots of European-type
restaurants.
Haikara said there are hundreds of shop
ping centers in Miami. The Omni shopping
center has dozens of designer shops and
carnival rides for children.
Sight-seers who are willing to drive out
side the immediate Miami area can go to
Everglades National Park. The park is a 30-
minute drive from Miami and offers camp
ing facilities and a warm, tropical climate
complete with tropical animals. Thirty
minutes north of Miami is where the boys
are - Ft. Lauderdale.
Ft. Lauderdale is famous for the young
crowds that frequent the many clubs that
line the beach.
On New Year's Eve after the parade one
can go to the Diplomat Hotel in Miami
Beach and for $130 a ticket can see Liza
Minelli perform. Also on New Year's Eve a
bar in the Coconut Grove called "Faces"
has a big bash each year for a $10 cover
charee.
People should also check at motels and
hotels at which they are staying for a
schedule of New Year's Eve parties in
Miami.
Click-click, TV bowls hot
By Cindy Gardner
New Year's Day will involve more than
football competition as television net
works go head-to-head with their bowl
game lineups.
The national championship will be de
cided in the evening hours when the
Orange Bowl on NBC competes with the
Sugar Bowl on ABC. The Orange Bowl
matches No. 1 -ranked Clemson against the
fourth-ranked Huskers. Just a flick of the
dial away, the defending national cham
pion Georgia Bulldogs will meet the sixth
ranked Pittsburgh Panthers in the Sugar
Bowl.
Network officials said they are uncer
tain how the viewing audience will split
between these two contests.
"Anytime you have audience splitting,
it hurts everyone," Donn Bernstein, ABC's
NCAA media director, said. "You can't
get away from going head -to-head with
someone which is ashamed. It's the viewer
at home who gets hurt."
ABC has signed a six -year contract with
the Sugar Bowl which includes prime-time
television coverage. Bernstein said the
Sugar Bowl has "come of age" and prime
time is appropriate.
Ed Goss, Orange Bowl Publicity Direc
tor, said the Sugar Bowl will have an im
pact on Orange Bowl ratings.
"I don't think there's anyway we can
generate the television audience we've had
in the past," Goss said. "The market is sat
urated with two bowl games. Our audience
will drop. It has to."
Network officials agreed that the
Orange Bowl has an advantage with Clem
son being able to control their own destiny
in the national championship race.
"We feel the match is the best of the
day and the best of the college bowl sea
son," Mike Wiseman, NBC Orange Bowl
Producer, said. "This is the game that will
determine the national championship."
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