'Horns and Hogs await showdown
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) — Texas Longhorn coach Darrell Royal Monday admitted he does not relish taking his top-ranked club into the Ozark Mountains and the football hotbed of Fayetteville, Ark., for this Saturday's show-down battle with the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The No. 1 Longhorns and the No. 3 Razorbacks will take identical 9-0 records into the game that will decide the Southwest Conference champion, the host spot in the Cotton Bowl against Notre Dame and the national championship.
"There are no silent sections at that game." Royal said. "When those cheerleaders get out and yell 'sooey pig,' the reaction sound comes at you from all directions.
Red Everywhere
"Playing Arkansas at Favetteville is like parachuting into Russia. All you see is red." The Razorbacks colors are red and white and the rabid Arkansas fans don as many red clothes as possible before heading for Razorback Stadium.
"Even the church marquees have red letters urging the Hogs on," Royal said. "I thought the Lord was supposed to be neutral in these things, but up there I guess not."
Arkansas fans will outnumber Texas fans by about 8-1 in the 41,000-seat Razorback Stadium.
Texas received only 5,000 tickets to the game, and by the time
school commitments were taken care of there were only 400 tickets left for the student body.
At dawn Monday there were more than 1,000 students in line waiting for a chance to buy the precious tickets. The tickets were gone in a matter of hours.
Texas quarterback James Street said last week he did not think Arkansas would have any particular advantage because it was playing at home.
Never in Fayetteville
"James has never quarterbacked a game in Fayetteville," said Royal, dismissing his quarterback's opinion.
As far as the teams' relative strengths, Royal handicaps the Longhorns and Razorbacks as about even.
"They're just a step behind us in scoring, and we're about a step back of them in keeping the other guy from scoring," said Royal. Texas has accumulated 399 points while giving up only 89 to its nine opponents this season while Arkansas has scored 317 and held its opponents to a total of 61 points.
Royal said the Longhorns are in relatively good health and are ready for Saturday. Linebacker Scott Henderson, sidelined two weeks ago by a leg injury received in a practice session, will start Saturday.
"A couple of boys have pulled muscles, but I think everyone in starting positions will be ready to go," Royal said.
Nixon to award grid war winner
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Nixon, who once warmed the bench for little Whittier College, accepted Tuesday an invitation to attend the big college game of 1969 — the powerhouse showdown between Texas and Arkansas this Saturday.
Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler announced Nixon would fly to Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday morning to be the No. 1 fan at what has shaped up as the No. 1 college contest of the year.
The President, an avid sports fan, has been unable to see a college game this season.
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Zeigler said after the contest at the Arkansas Stadium Nixon will present a plaque to the winning team, symbolic of national championship status in the 100th anniversary of college football. He declined to say what would be done if the game ends in a tie.
Texas is ranked No. 1 in the UPI ratings and Arkansas is listed No. 3. The winner will be crowned champion of the Southwestern Conference and will go to the Cotton Bowl to play Notre Dame on New Year's Day. The loser is invited to the Sugar Bowl to face Mississippi.
Nixon as a Whittier student faithfully suited up for the football squad but never made first string.
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NEW YORK (UPI) — Texas,
Penn State and Arkansas continue
to run 1-2-3, but it won't
last for long.
Something will have to give this weekend when Texas meets Arkansas for the Southwest Conference championship and a Cotton Bowl berth, with Penn State watching and waiting in the wings.
Texas holds onto top spot
All three won easily this past week to retain their rankings. Texas, which moved into the coveted No. 1 spot when Ohio State, the season-long leader, was upset the week before, received 29 first place votes from the 34 votes cast by the 35-member United Press International Board of Coaches. One coach did not vote.
Penn State, which completed its second consecutive unbeaten season, had three first place votes and 260 points to edge Arkansas, third with 257.
The national championship will be decided next Tuesday since the ratings are based on regular-season performances only and do not include post-season activity.
Southern California took fourth in the balloting, followed by Ohio
Tennessee was 11th and Auburn and Nebraska tied for 12th. Stanford was 14th, followed by Mississippi, Houston, Florida and West Virginia. Two teams—Purdue and San Diego State—tied for 19th.
State, Missouri, Louisiana State Michigan, Notre Dame and UCLA.
Texas boosted its record to 9-0 on Thanksgiving Day with a 49-12 rout of traditional rival Texas A&M. Penn State 10-0 turned in an awesome defensive performance in beating North Carolina State 33-8 and Arkansas had
little trouble with Texas Tech on Thanksgiving, winning 33-0.
| | Points |
| :--- | :--- |
| 1. Texas 29-9  | 334 |
| 2. x-Penn State 3 10- | 154 |
| 3. Arkansas 9  | 257 |
| 4. Southeastern California 1 9-1  | 205 |
| 5. x-Ohio State 8-1 | 151 |
| 6. x-Missouri 9-1 | 193 |
| 7. x-Louisiana State 9-1 | 184 |
| 8. Michigan State 8-1 | 150 |
| 9. x-North Dame 8-1-1 | 76 |
| 10. u-UCLA 8-1-1 | 50 |
| 11. tie x-Nebraska 1 8-2 | 34 |
| 12. tie x-Auburn 8-2 | 17 |
| 13. Stanford 7-2-1 | 14 |
| 14. x-Mississippi 7-3 | 13 |
| 15. x-Rutgers 8-2-1 | 14 |
| 16. x-Florida 8-1-1 | 4 |
| 17. x-West Virginia 9-1 | 3 |
| 18. tie x-San Diego State 10-0 | 1 |
| x-denotes completed season. | |
38,604
Only 34 of 35 coaches cast ballots in this week's voting.
Wilson blasts rumored successor
MIAMI (UPI) — Troubled Miami Dolphins Coach George Wilson has blasted his rumored successor-Florida State Coach Bill Peterson—as a bush leaguer who "isn't good enough to be a pro coach or get my job."
Wilson lashed out at Peterson Sunday after Miami lost its 9th
game of the season to Boston 38-23.
Wilson's job is in danger and he became enraged Sunday after learning Peterson had viewed the Dolphins' loss to the Patriots from the press box at Tampa Stadium.
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