Evening star., 1952-11-03
Southern Cal, UCLA
Meet in 7 Weeks So
Both Can't Survive
BY the Assoeiufed Press

politicians would say, the time ha.
come to start looking ahead.
Five coaches of the country.
major football teams are doine
just chat today. They're looking
ahead to the rest of their sched.
ules and hoping they can remain
unbeaten and united. Michigan
State. Maryland. Georgia Tech
Southern California and UCLA
are the teams still in the select
circle.
| One thing is certain and that
is, barring q tie, either UCLA's
Red Sanders or Southern Cali.
fornia's Jesse Hill is going to be
disappointed before the season
ends. Their teams meet head-on
two weeks from Saturday and on
the result probably will go the
Pacific Coast Conference title and
a bid to the Rose Bowl.
Neither has a particularly tough
task this week. UCLA meets Ore
Igon State and the Trojans 60
against Stanford, the defending
conference champion. UCLA, in
|cidentally, whipped the Indians q
couple of weeks ago, 24-14, SO the
result of Saturdays game should
throw some more light on the rel
ative merits of the two leaders.
Tougher Road for Trojans.
Southern Cal also must play
Washington and Notre Dame be-
fore closing out its season, so it,
purely on the basis of having
more games. stands the better
chance of getting beaten.
AS for Biggie Mum and his
Michigan State outfit. the No.
team in the weekly Associated
Press poll, the Spartans' next
three opponents-Indiana. Notre
Dame and Marquette-are think
ing up ways and means of keep
ing the score down. OF them, the
Irish stand the best chance of
upsetting the Spartans.
Jim Tatum's Maryland forces
face the two toughest foes on
their schedule when they get back
into action two weeks hence
Mississippi and Alabama. Ole
Miss has couple of ties on it's
record but otherwise is clean,
while Alabama has lost only to
Tennessee
If Bobby Dodd and his Georgia
Tech operatives can get by Ala
bama on November IS, they should
be able to close the seasons busi-
ness with a perfect slate. Their
other opponents are Army, Florida
State and Georgia.
SoOners Tied Once.
Like Mississippi, Oklahoma and
Villanova still are among the un-
beatens although tied. The Soon
ers. except for their 21-21 dead
lock with Colorado in the opening
game of the season, have been
numbering all opposition as they
march toward the Big Seven
crown again. Notre Dame. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Oklahoma
A8SM provide the remainder of
the opposition. 49,.
Villanova, one of the best teams
in the East. was tied by the Paris
Island Marines, 1920, last Friday,
but otherwise it has whipped
every one. There's some excuse
for the performance against the
Marines. Paris Island is loaded
with former college stars. Villa.
nova's final two opponents are
Tulsa and Boston University.
AS for the bowls, the picture
still is cloudy and probably will
be for at least another week.
Georgia Tech is a certainty to
go to either the Orange or Sugar
Bowl-probably the latter. Mich
igan State, which operates under
Big Ten rules. is ineligible, as is
Maryland, which is on a one
year suspension from the South
ern Conference for playing in the
Sugar Bowl January l.
Purdue Big Ten Leader.
The Rose Bowl probably will
have UCLA or Southern Califor-
MIA as the host. The Big Ten
representative is far from being
determined. Purdue is the cur
rent leader, but still has three con-
ference foes to play-Minnesota,
Michigan and Indiana.
The Southwestern Conference
champion acts as host in the Cot
ton Bowl. The best that can be said
is that Texas. on the basis of its
31-l4 triumph over Southern
Methodist. is in the favorite's role.
Mississippi. Villanova and once
beaten Tennessee and Penn State
all are strong candidates unless
disaster befalls them. Oklahoma.
being in the Big Seven, Is ineli-
gible.
So there's just a possibility that
the big ones could wind up like
this New Years Day:
/. Sugar Bowl-Georgia Tech vs..
Villanova.
Rose Bowl-Southern California
VS.. Purdue.
Orange Bowl-Mississippi VS..
Tennessee.
Cotton Bowl-Texas VS.. Penn
State.
No guarantees, though.
Except for South Carolina's 21.
IA victory over Virginia, most of
Saturdays games followed the ex-
pected script.