The Key West citizen., 1954-11-22
Ohio State,
Nebraska
Only Sure
BOsCI Teams
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The Assoeiafed Press

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The scramble Of lucrative bowl
berths was not over by any means
today, but no matter how the final
pairings line up the natural" Of
the year won't take place.
The Rose Bowl is the only one
Of the four big postseason extray-
aganzas filled. II will pit twice.
beaten Southern California against
mighty Ohio State. UCLA, possib-
II the only team in the country
capable of giving the Buckeyes an
argument, played in the Rose Bowl
last Jan. /, and by Pacific Coast
Conference edict, can't appear
again.
AZ far 20 college football goes,
that's q genuine tragedy. Both
Ohio State and UCLA boast proud
90 records. Both are undisputed
masters of their conferences -
: UCLA the Pee and Ohio State the
Big Ten-and they rate the Nos.
1 and z teams in the nation.
II there was any doubt as to who
was best in the Pee, it was dis
PEELED last Saturday when UCLA
clubbed the Trojans $40. Ohio State
meanwhile, was winning its sew
enth Big Ten game, 21-7 decision
ever Michigan.
Two other teams emerged with
bowl assignments. They were Ar
kansas Cor the Cotton Bowl host
and Nebraska as the visitor for
the Orange Bowl. Both sneaked in
the back door.
Arkansas was beaten by Louisi-
ana state rs, and Nebraska suf-
fered q 55-7 pasting at the hands
Of Oklahoma. But Baylor beat
Southern Methodist 1921 in South
west Conference game. Since SMU
was Arkansas only competitor for
the Cotton Bowl assignment, the de-
feat spelled finis for the Mustangs.
Baylor still can tie Arkansas for
the league title, but the Razor
backs had the forethought to whip
Baylor earlier in the season to
elinch 1t.
Oklahoma, like UCLA is barred
from appearing In the Orange Bowl
two years in 4 row, the runner
up gets it this year. Oklahoma's s
victory over Nebraska gave the
Sooners their seventh straight Big
Seven title.
Kansas State was the only team
that had chance of overtaking
Nebraska in the race for second
place. Colorado beat State 3S-14
and that settled things.
II Duke can get past North Car
olina Saturday, the Blue Devils no
doubt will get the Atlantic Coast
Conference spot In the Orange
Bowl A vote Is taken. but Duke
will have a spotless record COM
pared to one tie against Maryland.
Conversely, if the Blue Devils lose,
Maryland probably will get the nod
for the second straight year.
Should Mississippi win the South
eastern Conference championship
by getting past Mississippi State
Saturday, OF Miss win act as host
team In the Sugar Bowl. Baylor has
q good chance Of being named the
visitor.
The settling Of the Southeastern
race also will enable the Cotton
Bowl selectors some width in de-
Gliding the team to oppose Arkan-
sas. Auburn and Kentucky, winners
of their last five in row, appear
70 have the inside track.
Wichita finally won a Missouri
Valley crown with 200 victory
over Detroit and probably will get
a bid to the Gator Bowl. Any of
the teams passed over for the Cot
ton or Sugar bowls can get the
other spot.
The mythical Ivy League title
still 10 unsettled because Harvard
upended Yale, the leader, 1873. As
4 result, Harvard won the Big
Three championship (Harvard-
Yale-Princeton) and this one is
more important to the three teams
involved than the league crown.
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