The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
STRONG OPINION
 FOR NEBRASKA; |FORDHAM PICKED
Georgetown Also Gets Call Over Mississippi State;
 Texas AIM on Edge?

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 New York, Dec. 31-(UP)-I give you the winners of the New Years bowl games-not my selections but the picks of 21 of the prominent coaches attending the American Football Coaches association corl- vention now in session here in New York.
 They are:
 Rose Bowl-Nebraska.
 Sugar Bowl-Tennessee.
 Cotton Bowl-Tordham
 Orange Bowl Georgetown.
 Tennessee and Georgetown are tremendous favorites among the coaches who participated in the United Press poll. Nebraska is fa- vored rather heavily and Fordhan1 is a close second.
 In other words, the coaches be- Meve that three of the four under dogs will win. Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A. & M., and Mississippi State are favored in the betting odds. Out of this group only Tennessee is rated winner by the top ranking coaches.
 Here's how the vote went:
 Rose Bowl-NebraSka 13, Stan. ford 8.
 Sugar Bowl-Tennessee IS, Boston College G..
 Cotton Bowl -Fordham l2. Texas A. & M. g. ~
 Orange Bowl Georgetown IS, Mis- sissippi State 6.
 The coaches who participated in the poll follow: Lou Little. Colum- bia; BoMcMillin, Indiana: Herb Kopf, Manhattan: DIX. Bible, Texas U. Nal Stevens, New York U.; Har- " Stuhldreher. Wiscinsin; Dick Harlow, Harvard: Ray Morrison. Temple; Moon Mullins, St. Ambrose (Iawo): Fritz Crisler, Michigan: Os- sic Solem, Syracuse; Frank Murray, Virginia; Doc Spears, Toledo; Buff Donelli, Duquesne; Joe Meyer, Cin- cinnati; Don Peden, Ohio university; Hooks Mylin, Lafayette; Frank Wil- ton, Miami U. (Ohio): Pete Caw- than, Texas Tech: Wallace Butts, Georgia: and Rex Enright, South Carolina.
 One of the strangest things about the poll was the preponderance of opinion for Nebraska. Every coach who voted for Nebraska was con- vinced that the Cornluskers would win. Many of the Stanford votes were lukewarm or sentimental. Only two coaches out of the 21 who voted really thought Stanford would win because it has superior football team.
 The Cotton Bowl game developed new angles. Several Texas and southern coaches favored Fordhaim and when they were asked why re- piled: "The Texas A. & Ms team heart isn't in the game. The boys didn't want to play in any bowl game after they were beaten by Texas. Pressure caused them to ac- cept the Cotton Bowl bid" One prominent coach who knows the situation at both Fordham and Texas A. & M. said, "If the Aggies think they are just going to duck their feet in water they'll be licked soundly. If they dive, in and play to the best of their ability they'll win. But doubt If they can do it. Mental attitude still plays a vital part in football" Most of the heavy thinkers believe Tennessee is a cinch in the Sugar Bowl game. The six votes cast for Boston college were by three east ern coaches who admitted that they were hoping and by three middle west coaches who admitted they didn't know an awful lot about the two clubs.
 One coach who must be unnamed said, T hope Boston college has a good football club because If they do it'll be swell game in New Or leans. know Tennessee is good and I know the boys are up. If Boston college isn't ready for its toughest game of the year it'll be just too bad"
 !: Contrary to public opinion the coaches believe that Georgetown will vanquish Mississippi State easily in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Three of the six who picked Mississippi State were southern coaches who admitted they made their selection solely on sentiment. NThe leyel- headed pickers rank Georgetown as superior in material. both as tc quality and quantity.