Evening star., 1961-10-13
Michigan Choice
Over Spurtuns
Despite Rating
BY the Associated Press

Arbor, Mich, before a Sellout
crowd of 101,001 and cross
country TV audience in a game
that could clarity both confer
ence and national honorS.
This fierce intrastate rivalry,
topping an interesting card
Spiced with intersectional
games, will draw the largest |
crowd of the 1861 college sea-
son. The 100000 gate receipts,
plus the 100000 television fee,
also will make it the richest.
Although Michigan State
ranks fifth in the current AP
poll to Michigan's sixth, the
Wolverines are a narrow IA
vorite. Both teams are unde-
feated and both easily disposed
of major early opponents.
Michigan beat UCLA, 1876, and
Army, 1913. Michigan State
rolled over Wisconsin, 300, and
Stanford, 31-3.
Michigan State ranks first
nationally in rushing defense
and the Spartans probably will
need it to stop the Wolverines
powerful backfield of Benny
McRae. Dave Raimey and Bill
Tunnicliff.
Iowa Backs Hurt
While this is the main attrac-
ton, interest also will extend
to Iowa and Minnesota, the Big
Tens defending CO. titliSts, who
make their league debutS to-
morrow.
Iowa, which dropped to No. q
nationally after its Squeaker
against Southern California,
and which will have to play
without Wilburn Hollis, No. l
quarterback, and Halfback
Larry Ferguson, is host to win
less Indiana. Minnesota visits
free scoring Northwestern.
Another Big Ten feature has
Ohio State, ranked No. 7. enter
tanning Illinois. Although
rated with Iowa as the prime
Big Ten favorite in the pre-sea-
son figuring. the Buckeyes have
yet to show their anticipated
exploSiveneSS.
Mississippi. the Nations No.
4 team, puts its 80 mark
against Houston 1-l-D while
third ranked Alabama. leading
the Southeastern Conference
with a 80 sheet, is expected to
have it just as easy against N. C.
State.
Notre Dame. ranked No. 8
and apparently back on the
glory road, goes against South
ern Cal. Among the other top
! 10 teams, Texas mo. A. meets
| twice-beaten Oklahoma; Baylor
| mo. g. opens its Southwest
Conference fight against tough
Arkansas and Maryland mo.
/ 1O) entertains North Carolina.
Duke Faces Engineers
Duke, the Atlantic Coast
leader, goes outside the league
against Georgia Tech, while
Purdue and Wisconsin of the
Big Ten play Miami of Ohio
and Oregon State. respectively,
ialso in non-conference affairs.
The firing actually begins to-
night with Miami, as usual, in
action in the Orange Bowl.
The Hurricane. upset last week
by Navy, once again will be
without Soph Quarterback
George Mira for its date with
Colorado, which is 80. Boston
college travels to play Detroit.
| Other games tomorrow:
East: Holy Gross at Boston U.
Rutgers at Bucknell. Navy at.
Cornell. Brown at Dartmouth.
Colgate at Harvard. Army at
Penn State. Penn at Princeton.
Buffalo at Villanova.
South: Chattanooga at Au-
burn. Wake Forest at Clemson.
George Washington at Rich
mond, night. The Citadel at
William and Mary. Presby-
terian at Davidson. Georgia at
Florida State, night. Howard
at Furman, night. Kansas State
at Kentucky, night. Mississippi
Southern at Memphis State,
night. Arkansas State at Mis-
Sissippi State. LSU at South
Carolina. Tulsa at Tennessee.
VMI VS.. Virginia. at Norfolk.
Midwest: Air Force at Cin-
cinnati. Syracuse at Nebraska.
Missouri at Oklahoma State.
Miami (Ohio) at Purdue. Ore
, gon State at Wisconsin.
Southwest: Wichita at North
Texas State, night. Florida at
Rice, night. TCU at Texas Tech,
night. Texas AIM at Trinity.
Arizona State at West Texas
State, night.
Far West: Arizona VS.. oregon
at Portland. San Jose State at
Stanford. Vanderbilt at UCLA.
New Mexico at Utah State.
Utah at Brigham Young. Idaho
: at Washington State. Colorado
: State U. at Wyoming.