The Key West citizen., 1954-11-20

Ohio State
Can Clinch
Bowl Date
BY Ed coRRicAN
The Associated Press

BY Ed coRRIcAN
The Associated Press
The talk was all bowls and con-
ference championships Saturday
when the major college football
powers of the country trotted on
the field.
Two of the three top clubs were
going after their league titles, but
neither was interested in a post
season test because they are in
eligible, both having appeared last
New Years Day. The two were
UCLA and Oklahoma.
The Uclans could win the Pa.
cific Coast Conference title again
by dumping Southern California,
already assured of a Rose Bowl
The Uclans could win the Pa
cific Coast Conference title again
by dumping Southern California,
already assured Of q Rose Bowl
bid.
Oklahoma, the perennial Big
Seven ruler, also is barred by con-
ference rules from appearing in
bowl game two years running. So
the Sooners' interest in their game
with Nebraska Is one of knocking
the Cornhuskers out Of q shot at
the Orange Bowl. II Bud Wilkin-
sons forces whip Nebraska and
Kansas State overcomes Colorado,
there viii be . tie for the runner
up spot. The K-State probably
would get the nod, having beaten
Nebraska, T:3, earlier In the sea-
son. +
Southern California no doubt viii
have one eye cooked on Columbus
where Ohio State, the No. team
in the weekly Associated Press
poll, and Michigan clashed with
the Big Ten title hanging in the
balance. Ohio State needed only
tie to clinch the championship and
automatically become the Big Ten
Rose Bowl candidate.
A Michigan victory would tie the
two teams for the title, each with
60 marks. Then the conference
would tale o vote with the Wolv-
crimes probably getting the ma
| jority on the basis of their victory
over the Buckeyes.
Two other teams with bowl as
piraticns can only sit back and
wait. Arkansas, which would like
the Southwest Conference Cotton
Bowl spot, win have to await the
results Of the Southern Methodist.
Baylor game Saturday and the
SMU.Texas Christian game next
week. An SMU defeat and Arkan-
sas Is In. Two victories and SMU
gets it.
Maryland, the national cham
pion last year, also will watch
Duke with q wary eye. The Blue
Devils, with an Atlantic Coast Con-
ference record of 20, play South
Carolina. Next week, it's North
Carolina. Two victories and Duke
plays in the Orange Bowl. A de-
feat in either game, and Maryland
makes q repeat appearance.
In another big one, Notre Dame
was out to erase the stigma of last
years 14-all tie against Iowa and
possibly enhance its national pres
tige should either of The top three
Ohio State, UCLA or Oklahoma
falter. The Irish are No. 4.
Yale can win the mythical Ivy
League championship by beating
Harvard in the list renewal Of
this ancient series.
| Miami, ineligible for q bowl
game because it is in the bad
graces Of the NCAA, overpewered
Alabama, 1871, In the only major
game on Friday nights schedule.
'Bama tied q record in reverse
by going is straight scoreless
quarters before Bart Starr went
across In the third period. The
record was set in 1910.
| Other major games on Satur-
days schedule:
Rutgers at Columbia, Syracuse
ut Fordhsm, Connecticut at Holy
Cross, Penn State at Pittsburgh,
Dartmouth at Princeton, Boston
University at Temple.
Northwestern at Illinois, Mar
auette st Michigan State, Kansas
at Missouri, Indiana at Purdue,
Detroit 1t Wichita, Minnesota at
Wisconsin.
/ North Carolina State at West
Virginia, Clemson at Auburn, Ken.
lucky st Tennessee, North Caro-.
lins at Virginia, Villanova at Van
derbilt, Wake Forest at William
l& Mary, George Washington al
Maryland, Arkansas at Louisiana
State.
Arizona State at Arizona, TCU
at Rice, Houston at Texas Tech,
Wyoming at Tulsa, New Mexico
A & M at New Mexico.
Stanford at California, Oregon al
Oregon State, Washington at Wash,
ington State, Utah at Montana,
Idaho VS.. Brigham Young at Boise.