Evening star., 1955-11-15
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The Fot and the Happy

YEAR AGO there was occasion for the Orange Bowl
fathers TO rue their contracts with the Atlantic Coast and
the Big Sx-Eeven Conferences They wound up with the
secondbest teams each circuit because Is unlawful for
the best to repeat in the bowl Thus instead Of Maryland
and Oklahoma they grudgingly settled Tor Duke and
Nebraska.
II the January l. 1856 Miami Offering not the worst
and most meaningless the bowl games close to it.
The na Duke 34 Nebraska, 4 During the regular
season Navy had cobbered Duke 407 and Oklahoma had
with envious eyes the Orange Rowiers watched the Sugar
Bowl Committee Navy New Orleans to play Mississippi
the best Of the New Years Day attractions Ohio State
southern Cal in the Rose Bowl was another better spec
tace than Mams and the Georgia Tech Arkansas
meeting Id the Cotton Bowl. sssss
But this year the Grange Bowl pappes are at and happy
They've got it made Oklahoma versus Maryland which
merely happen to rank Nos and It's at
the moment and other bowl can make that statement
THE ROSE BOWL could be beaut too. with luck. That
good UCA team which has lost only to Maryland has only
Southern Cal beat this week to cinch the Pacific Coast
title But the Ucans faand they lost their Ronny Knox
the other day with broken egt Is possible that oregon
state can get the bid This would raise the standard Of
the Rose Bowl because earlier in the UCA convnc-
ingly beat Oregon State, 38-0
AT Ann Arbor this week. perhaps win be raised more
important question which has to do with the Big Ten team
that win play in the Rose Bowl Even without Knox the
Uclans figure to dispose Of hricebeaen Southern Cal and
In the minds Of It would be only meet ana Just tnat
Michigan State not Michigan. represent the Big Ten
Michieans trip to Pasadena win become automatic
the wolverines beat Ohio State, l954s No. team But
Michigan State has the stronger team an mpausne cary
loss to Michigan Notwithstanding according % Wnat
appears To be majority Of coaches Not only stronger than
Michigan but perhaps the real No. team n the Nation
The Rose is the only bowl other than the Orange that
operating 100 per cent contract pasFacne Coast
champ the Big Ten, provided the ieadeE not
reneafer like the Orange Bowl advantages and dsad-
vantages are evident Sometimes you've got soe1Mns'
sometimes not.
NAVY, IT SAYS HERE can help the Cotton Bowl to
draw attention next January provided the Adshpmen Lick
Army In the finale The Middies would then have Till
record and might well rank among the top 10 teams Of the
Nation.
Ii Is obvious that Navy Is operating under certain
momentum. When bid to the Sugar Bowl accepted
last year after dressing vote Of players following
defeat Of Army 1t only the rst time since 1914 when
Navy tied washington At Pasadena that high brass
and at Annapolis condoned such shenanigans
The result eminenty successful Not only did Navy
make good showing n defeating ole Miss last January but
marked increase In enlisments was noted This time It
been Army In bowl but after Michigan Syracuse
and Yale licked the Cadets the enthusiasm for the West
Pointers waned whereas at Annapolis the policy boys seem
to have caught the bug again Navy wins from Army
week from Saturday it Is possible that both the Sugar and
Cotton Bowls win bid for the ddie who viii be instructed
to choose Texas as the next recruiting center
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RI is TOO BAD that paul Bryants Texas Ann team
should be ineligible for the Cotton Bowl The Agges
doubtsdly viii wind top Of the Southwestern Confer
ence which normally means an automatic biz by the Cotton
Bowl but ID the rat to produce winner Bear Bryant
apparently detected clipping clipping to short cuts
toward gifted personnel
Miami Of Florida did the same thing few years ago
forfeng rights 70 play in bowl with the NCAA blessing
in order ID build hot team in hurry The Hurricanes
drew oneyear suspension from bowls did Texas AIM
This, then. leaves Texas Christian.
TCU, barring accident, ought TO wind up IN Dallas
possibly against Navy Auburn, Georgia Tech Mississippi
But As the In the Orange Bowl year ago. TCU
win only stand as the secondbest team in Its league
E%A#
THE BoWLERS WITH the real trouble this time the
sweettalking folks from New Orleans AT time they
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