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Friday, Nov. 20, 1953
Still No Champions In Many Grid Leagues
New York—(U.P.)This is the fast-fleeting time of the year when college referees should be producing clear-cut champions, but instead 1953 may go down in sports history as the "year of the big tie" in football.
With only one more big game left on the schedules of most teams, the Big Ten title race could easily end this Saturday in a 3-way tie and the Pacific Coast conference in a 2-way tie, while there's a virtual tie in the Atlantic Coast conference and there might be a 3- or even 4-way tie in the Southwest conference.
Thus the pairings for those golden Bowl games on Jan. I may not be known until special committees in several conferences have voted to pick their teams.
The Rose Bowl could be forced to the ballot box this weekend for both berths.
In the Big Ten, Michigan State completed its first league season on Saturday with its 14-6 conquest of Michigan in the nationally televised game of the week and thus posted a final league record of 5-1-0. Wisconsin and Illinois are deadlocked for second at 4-1-0. Following the Badgers' surprising 34-7 rout of the Illini on Saturday. Wisconsin finishes its league season against Minnesota this Saturday, while Illinois winds up against Northwestern.
If both of the second-places win, the Big Ten race will end in a tie among Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Wisconsin is not eligible for the Rose Bowl, because it went last season. So that would leave it up to a committee to pick either Michigan State or Illinois.
In the PCC Stanford and UCLA are knotted for first at 5-1-0, followed closely by Southern California with a 4-1-1. If UCLA beats Southern Cal this Saturday and Stanford downs California, then UCLA and Stanford will finish in a dead-heat.
Maryland and Duke are tied for top honors at 3-0-0 in the Atlantic Coast conference, whose champ goes to the Orange Bowl. But Maryland has finished league play while Duke has one game left—against North Carolina, Nov. 28. The ACC will ballot for its Bowl team in any case, since it isn't crowning an official champion this season, but the vote will be mighty complicated if Duke beats the Tar Heels to finish 4-0-0.
Texas leads the Southwest conference with 4-1-0 with only one more to play—against the Texas Agenges on Thanksgiving Day, Baylor, Rice, and SMU all are tied for second at 3-1-0 and each has two games to play. The Baylor-SMU game this week should eliminate one candidate, but chances for a multiple tie still are strong.
Tough confusion reigns in these conferences, the situation is clear and settled in others—Oklahoma has clinched the Big Seven title and one berth in the Orange Bowl, Utah is champion of the Skyline conference, the Oklahoma Aggies have earned at least a tie for first in the Missouri Valley, and West Virginia clinched the Southern conference title a week ago.
A lot of the luster was taken off West Virginia's crown on Saturday, however, when the Mountaineers'
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13-game winning streak, the longest in the nation, was smashed by South Carolina, 20-14. The talk in New Orleans was that the defeat probably cost West Virginia a Sugar Bowl bid.
The Mountaineers' loss left mighty Notre Dome and Maryland as the only major unbeaten teams in the nation. Both posted the expected easy victories on Saturday, Notre Dame trouncing North Carolina 34-14, and Maryland crushing Mississippi, 38-0. The Irish still must meet Iowa, Southern Cal, and SMU, but Maryland can complete its perfect season this week by defeating Alabama.
Despite its non-league trouncing by Maryland, Mississippi moved to the top of the Southeastern conference when pacemaking Georgia Tech was upset by Alabama. 13-6. Ole Miss now can clinch first place by winning its league finale from Mississippi State, Nov. 28.
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Oklahoma pu t the finishing touches on its seventh straight Big Seven title and wrapped up the Orange Bowl berth by crushing Iowa State, 47-0.
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Five Jayhawks Possible All-Star Picks
The Big Seven all-conference football team this year should be one of the easiest in many years to select. Only two and possibly three positions are in doubt. The rest of the outfit is pretty cut and dried.
For instance, where are you going to find a better Big Seven quarterback than Gene Calame of Oklahoma's perennial Big Seven championships? Bob Dahnke of K-State and Vic Eaton of Missouri are his closest challengers and neither have the finesse of the smooth-working Sooner leader.
At halfbacks, the problem is very little harder. Again Oklahoma should nail down one position, that one going to the leading conference scorer, Larry Grigg, Veryl Switzer, the K-State double-duty workhorse, is the logical choice for the other spot.
Of course there are others who could make it with little trouble. Corky Taylor of K-State, Don Hess of Kansas, Homer Jenkins of Colorado, and Merrill Green of Oklahoma could place high on the list. The fullback position is one of the few spots where the selection will be rough to make. Emerson Wilson, the Wyandotte product now at Colorado, probably has the inside track but Bob Bauman of
Missouri and Buddy Burris of Okla-
lahoma also must be considered.
The line is full of stars and the picking will be tougher than in the backfield. The big problem is at the ends where four men rank about even. Morris Kay of Kansas, Barney Alleman of Iowa State, and Max Boydston and Tom Allison of Oklahoma are the four best bets.
The tackle problem isn't too difficult, although three men are outstanding for their work done this season. Roger Nelson of Oklahoma. Jerry Minnick of Nebraska, and Joe Lundy of Kansas probably are the top prospects.
Tom O'Boyle of Kansas State and J. D. Roberts of Oklahoma can the front-running guards but Bob Hantla and Joe Fink of Kansas may be able to poll enough votes for a first-team ranking.
Kurt Burris of Oklahoma probably will have little trouble nailing down the center berth but Ken Gowdy of Kansas State has come along fast this year.
There are others and many might show better than in this analysis. Certainly this year will be different than the previous few years because of the limited substitution rule.
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