Evening star., 1960-09-21
WIN, LOSE OR
DkAW By FRANCIS srANA
Our Towns First Bio One

FOOTBALLS FIRST BIG one in our town comes off
saturday at College Park where hopes high but not
yet orong It's Maryland versus Texas and the LonghonS
are the same who blasted the Terrapns year
sending Coach Tom NugentS young men reeng into
three game losing streak.
Maryland aconados are thinking the Terrapins could
be fielding their best squad in five years. an impression
partly based 1aShy win last over West Virginia
But memories of SO restraining Then too Nugent
with his Iformaon dispose of West Virginia. only to get
$50 Shelacking in Texas
But there mitigatory aspects in connection
with Saturdays game event which may draw crowd
close to 10000 For thing Marylands two uuarerbacks
seemed to have grown since last fall Dale Betty and
Richie Novak have been running the Terps like pair of
pros since the last half of So
WHEN THE TERRAPINs picked themselves off the
oor last season to win their last three games became
EVIDENT that Novak and Betty longer the nervous
unsteady quarterbacks they at the start The entire
squad indeed beginning to absorb the teachings of
Nugent, who is not at all pedestrian coach
In beating Clemson to launch their finish drive in SO
e erpS scored 28 points They rolled SIS against
Virginia and 80 against North Carolina State Last spring
against the big beefy Alumni they rolled up "a more and
last week those 81 points against West Virginia were i'm
preSsive.
That makes for total of 181 points in five games if
you include the Alumni and that kind of offense breeds
respect It's the kind that Nugent here to install
Nugen also arrived with players Those 20 sopho-
mores on Maryands 4Oman squad his but Betty and
Novak were left from Tommy Mont for whom thew
apparently weren't as ready now.
IF MEMORY SERVES, not even the late Jim Tatum'S
good teams scored in such manner over stretch And
certainly not since Tatum the Terrapns won four
straight.
Texas which was rated in the preseason Associated
Press poll and others the No. team in the nation came
cropper last Saturday night Down from Nebraska came
very good team which probably down-rated as 15-
point underdog Nebraska pulled it off, 1413 If it was an
upset. consider it mild The Cornhuskers YOU NAV
remember stopped Okahomas 73-game streak without
loss in the Big Eight.
Whatever their rating the Longhorns aren't likely to
overaWe the Terrapns despite last years game
Maryland supporters may take satisfaction in reaz
ing four of the five Southwest Conference teams which
beaten This just might suggest the Southwest not as
strong as presumed.
IN ADDITION TO NEBRASKA'S squeaker over Texas
missouri licked Texas Christian Louisiana State beat Texas
A6M and Kansas took of Southern Methodist Texas
1ecn' the new member, did get by West Texas 1t was
not banner day for the Lone Star State.
II Maryland is indeed beginning to ell under its
coor1u taS-taking COACH the TerrapnS might well be-
come the dark horse in any major
conference They were not highly rated in At
anc Coast Conference ratings but there new respect
for them now
Ihey may lack some experience and maybe they are
not as oeep In running backs tesmS but Nugent
mas nucleus particularly in those quarterbacks and
pair OF crack ends Gary Collins who catches passes
punS and Vincent Scott who catches passes and kicks for
points
In his time Nugent has won with less