The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Arkansas Is
Seer, As Sugar
BOiUI Starter
BY Ed coRRIcAN
The Associated Press

The list OF candidates LOT the tour
major New Years Day bow
games was down to manageable
proportions today but there still
was only one team with its spot
definitely nailed down.
No matter what happens in its
final two games against UCLA and
Notre Dame, Southern California
will be the host in the Rose Bowl,
II they stop UCLA, the No. l team
in the country Saturday, they'll
win the Pacific Coast Conference
title. If they lose, UCLA will take
the crown, but the Trojans, as
runners up, get the bid anyhow
UCLA played in the bowl last Jan,
and is therefore ineligible this
year.
Otherwise, everything is up in
the air.
Here's how they shape up:
Rose Bowl - Southern Cali
fornia's Big Ten opponent will be
determined Saturday when Ohio
State and Michigan meet. If the
undefeated Buckeyes, second in
the weekly Associated Press poll,
win, they viii get the bid.
However, if Michigan wins, both
teams would have 81 league rec
ords. A vote would have to be
taken. In that case, the Wolver-
ines probably would be selected
on the basis Of having beaten Ohio
State.
Cotton Bowl - The Southwest
Conference winner, which usually
Is decided on the last day of the
season, is the host team. Until last
Saturday, Arkansas seemed 70
have it all sewed up. Southern
Methodist beat the Razorbacks
fila and changed that.
Now if SMU whips Baylor and
Texas Christian, its last two foes,
it is in. One loss and Arkansas,
which has completed its league
season, plays in the bowl.
The visiting team probably will
be the club that finishes second
in the Southeastern Conference
race.
Sugar Bowl - The Southeastern
Conference champion makes the
trip to New Orleans. Right now
Mississippi is In front with a Al
record and the chances are the
Rebels will 60 on and take it,
barring an upset. They have to
get by Mississippi State two weeks
hence.
Should State win, the survivor
Of the Georgia G Georgia Tech game
would emerge the champion.
Even if Mississippi loses to State,
the Rebels would be the leading
candidate for the Cotton Bowl.
The second team In the Sugar
Bowl probably will be Arkansas
or SMU, whichever fails to make
the Cotton Bowl. West Virginia of
the Southern Conference was the
visiting team last year, but the
l2-19 pasting the Mountaineers
took from Georgia Tech repeatedly
has soured bowl officials.
Orange Bowl - The host in this
one is the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence champion. Maryland, last
years national champion, Is striv-
ing to make a repeat appearance
The Terps lost to Oklahoma last
year TO and have finished. their
conference schedule with a 4-O-l
mark. Duke, currently sporting a
20 record, still must play South
Carolina and North Carolina. II
the Blue Devils win both, they'll
show 40 mark and win head
for Miami.
The opposition is bound to be
easier than last year. Oklahoma,
the perennial Big Seven champion,
o. ineligible, having played in the
game the past year. That leaves
Nebraska and Kansas State still
in contention. Nebraska plays
Oklahoma Saturday and State goes
against Colorado. Should State win
and Nebraska lose, a distinct pos
sibility, the Wildcats would get the
bid, although the two teams would
show identical AZ records - be-
cause State beat the Cornhuskers
earlier in the year.
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