MOW -.dMmmwmger, ,-.Mi '- d~lfak. A ua4.: i fl 4 t " RNMOMINNFROPUPW PigeI -Sbi-foy) Dbcknbei 10, 1978-ThMichigah Daily Yes, there is more bowl action ." . _.. _ tf1E'fY IFfTFi Qfi hlu 7 r- vi uur; vcu=' 156 TACKLES, NOBODY NOTICED * Simpk ins shines on in sien (Continued from Page 16) Deep in the land of Dixie, where the cotton grows white and the people speak in drawls, lies the city that many Johnny Rebs feel is still the capital of the nation-Atlanta, Georgia. Come Christmas. Day, Atlanta will be the scene of the 11th Annual Peach Bowl, pitting (pun intended) the Purdue Boilermakers (8-2-1) against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-4). THE PEACH BOWL marks only the second time in Purdue's 92-year history that the Boilermakers will make a post-season appearance in a football game. Their only other bowl game was in 1967, when they came back from Pasadena with roses after beating USC, 14-13. "We're really excited and happy to play in the Peach Bowl and to have the opportunity to play on national television on Christmas Day," second-year head coach Jim Young said. "We put a sign up in the players' locker room before last season that reads 'Reserved For The Next Purdue Bowl Team.' We'll be putting a picture in it now." THE BOILERMAKERS sat atop the Big Ten standings for the entire season until their confrontation with Michigan in Ann Arbor. Purdue finished for the year in third place, a half game behind co-champs Michigan and Michigan State. Their offense has been led all season by its sophomore passing sensation Mark Herrmann, but the second-year slinger was sidelined early in the Michigan game with a pinched nerve and saw limited action in the Boilermakers' regular season finale for the Old Oaken Bucket against Indiana. The Yellow Jackets got off to a shaky start this season, with losses to Duke and California, before they turned it around with seven consecutive victories until they were stopped by Notre Dame. -BRIAN MARTIN HALL OF FAME BOWL DECEMBER 20 at Birmingham, Alabama TEXAS A&M vs. IOWA STATE With Texas A&M holding a 7-4 record matched up against 8-3 Iowa State in the Hall of Fame Bowl, some close cut competition should be pro- vided. IOWA STATE will be at a disadvantage with ten of its players recently declared academically ineligible for the bowl, including four starters. Freshman defensive tackle Chris Boskey, who led the Big Eight Conference in tackles with 131 this year, was among those declared ineligible. He was also voted by AP and UPI as the Big Eight Conference newcomer of the year. Also declared ineligible was junior quarterback Terry Rubley, who led the Cyclones in the Peach Bowl last year. Rubley lost his position to junior college transfer Walter Grant this season. Grant took over the quarterback spot midway through this season. He holds to his credit five touchdown passes and has run for three others. Iowa State's offense is powered by two year All- Conference tailback DexterGreen. He is fourth in all time Big Eight rushing, and he is among the top ten in career scoring with 228 points. TEXAS A&M IS led by quarterback Mike Mosley. Tailback Curtis Dickey, with 10 touchdowns to his credit, will also drive the Aggie offense. Texas A&M place kicker Tony Franklin is the leading scorer on the team and holds 17 NCAA records. -DIANE SILVER HOLIDA Y BOWL DECEMBER 22 at San Diego, California NAVY vs. BIRGHAM YOUNG them in mind. Navy (8-3) is going to its first post- season contest since the 1964 Cotton Bowl. There is no better spot in the nation to send the Midshipmen than the site of America's largest naval station. THE OPPONENTS are the Cougars of Brigham Young who likewise had a 8-3 mark and almost nowhere to play over the holidays. BYU Avon the title in the Western Athletic Con- ference (WAC) whose champion used to automatically earn a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. But that game was created especially for Arizona State who has since defected to the Pac-10. The Fiesta Bowl people had developed something respectable and they didn't want to lose that image by con- tinuing the commitment with the WAC. Instead, the Holiday Bowl agreed to give the orphaned con- ference a home. Brigham Young is favored in this game, although not too many people are familiar with the Cougars.. They play a brand of football that could pass for the neighborhood pickup game. Coach LaVell Edwards' philosophy is anything goes-up, around and over as BYU's offensive stats will attest. Quarteback Jim McMahon has passed for 1263 yards and run for another 261. Fullback Bill Ring has gained 509 yards, a 4.5 average. Navy can counter with QB Bob Leszczynski who led the team against Michigan last year, and a defense that is one of the toughest in the nation. -BOB MILLER LIBER TY BOWL DECEMBER 23 at Memphis, Tennessee MISSOURI vs. L.S. U. By PAUL CAMPBELL When the wire service All-American teams came out, it was only a mild sur- prise that Michigan's Ron Simpkins was passed over as a first team linebacker selection. After all, 1978 was a vintage year for these most versatile of defenders, and no one could deny the credentials of Bob Golic of Notre Dame, Tom Cousineau of Ohio State, or Jerry Robinson of UCLA. But it was quite surprising that Sim- pkins didn't even break into the second team. It was a shock that he failed to receive honorable mention. In fact, the man who had 156 tackles this year had one honor taken away from him. Last year, he was first team all-Big Ten. This year, he had to settle for second string behind Cousineau and Indiana's Joe Norman. Still, the junior from Detroit can't get too lathered up when talking about the conspicuous lack of praise he has received. "I know what I did," said Simpkins, who called the defensive signals for Michigan from his spot in the middle. "I led in tackles on the d which was best in the Big Ten." The Michigan squad led the con- ference in every significant defensive category - total defense (213.1 yards per game), rushing and passing defen- se (113.2 and 99.9 yards per game) and scoring defense (7.1 points per game.) But the stats belie the fact that the defense had to overcome a mid-season crisis of confidence after they gave up 496 yards to Michigan State. "That's probably - make that definitely - the hardest week of prac- tice I can remember," said Simpkins of the five days following the loss to the Spartans. "It was us against everybody who thought they could move on us. The defense gave up only 33 points in the last six games and the defense had fulfilled its goal of another trip to the Rose Bowl. On the coast, USC held off UCLA again, regrettably nullifying Simpkins' chance to be spotlighted in competition with Robinson. Simpkins has already shared the field- with the other two first team linebackers. When Michigan beat Notre Dame, Golic played well but Simpkins was the game's leading tackler. When it was Cousineau vs. Simpkins, the Buckeye senior came up with more tackles, but Simpkins and Michigan walked off w of the Big Ten "We playe half againsi said. "But th freshman." Simpkins s reminded of school, whe Last year 5 all-Big Ten settle for sec sidelines as Rick Leach Ohio State. I was sold on M1 In the last the oppositi ganged up c coach has fi other Michij suck as Mike Simpkins a lead to greate senior year. to gear th seniors," sa Leach this ye that for me n He didn't would please when the pr pkins, whose up to conten dards. But it's b: college game time and tim year, this do ignore than drastic cons have its linebacker. San Diego, the city known for illegal aliens and high suicide rates, has come up with another winner: the Holi- day Bowl. Competing in the inaugural contest will be a couple of' teams who must have thought the bowl was originated with 'p Alexander the Great, aka Louisiana State's All-Ameican tailback Charles Alexander, should enjoy facing Missouri's defense in the Liberty Bowl. The Tigers' defense allowed an average of 200 yards rush- ing per game this year, which is enough to make Alexander's mouth water. abc See FINALLY, Page 20 9, 9 / /' V -"9,'..' .,v, -"'~- . .9/.9, ~' #~ SPECIAL 7,11 p.m. HALF PRICE on MICHIGAN WOL VERINES 1978 RESULTS MICHIGAN 31, Illinois 0 MICHIGAN 28, Notre Dame 14 MICHIGAN 52, Duke 0 MICHIGAN 21, Arizona 17 Mich. State 24, MICHIGAN 14 MICHIGAN 42, Wisconsin 0 MICHIGAN 42, Minnesota 10 MICHIGAN 34, Iowa 0 MICHIGAN 59, N'western 14 MICHIGAN 24, Purdue 6 MICHIGAN 14, Ohio State 3 SOUTHERN CAL TR OJANS 1978 RESULTS USC 17, Texas Tech 9 USC 37, Oregon 10 USC 24, Alabama 14 USC 30, Michigan St. 9 Arizona St. 20, USC 7 USC 38, Oregon St. 7 USC 42, California 17 USC 13, Stanford 7 USC 28, Washington 10 USC 17, UCLA 10 USC 27, Notre Dame 25 USC 21, Hawaii 5 INSIDE LINEBACKER Ron Simpkins (40) makes one of his team high 155 tackles during action of the 34-0 Michigan victory at Iowa. !' BEER Vednesday-Haif Price on Beer & Liquor 7-10 pm Friday -154 Hot Dogs. 2-5 p.m.-(while they lost) 310 Maynard St. OURS: 1 PM-2 AM, FRI. 11:30 AM-2 AM SAT. 11 AM-2 AM -_._ ____ _ -----------------------_-----------_ -- IMAGES IAIroMPANY I I We sell these This Month j professional products: RECEIVE 10% OFF I I " KMS Nucleoprotein on our already l " Redken UNBELIEVABLY I " RdkenLOW PRICES " Vidal Sossoon I TCB L .'J.. 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