Houston on top in balanced SWC

By OWEN MEDD
The Southwest Conference boasts of
one of the most competitive, and
probably one of the strongest, conJ
ferences in the nation.
Having had at one time or another as
many as five teams in the top twenty,
ranked teams in the nation, and with
five of its members having at least a
chance at the conference title, the SWC
does communicate its point to the rest
of the country.
TOPS IN THE Southwest is the
University of Houston. 'Ranked sixth in
the nation, the Cougars are 6-0-0 in their
conference (8-1-0 overall) after a
dismal 4-4-0 fourth place finish last
year.
Houston has two games remaining
this year, with Texas Tech and Rice,
and should win both with not much of a
struggle. So, barring any major upsets,
Houston looks to be the banner carrier
for the SWC in the Cotton Bowl.
Right behind Houston are the Texas
Longhorns. At 4-1-0 (6-2-0 overall), the
Longhorns are ranked number nine in
the polls. Last year, Texas won the con-
ference with a perfect 8-0-0 record and
one Earl Campbell, but this year were
nipped by Houston for their only loss so
far, 10-7.
THE LONGHORNS have three
games remaining (against Texas
Christian, Baylor, and Texas A&M) and
still have a mathematical chance of sit-
Rangers roll
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Pat Hickey scored
three goals and had two assists, Ulf
Nilsson had a goal and four assists, and
Anders Hedberg a goal and two assists
Wednesday night as the New York for-
Ward line combined for 13 points and
carried the Rangers to an 8-1 National
Hockey League rout of the Chicago
Black Hawks.
Hickey, defenseman Carol Vadnais
and Hedberg scored in the first 7:06 of
the contest. Dean Talafous and Phil
Esposito added power-play goals
around a tally by Hickey.
Then Hickey - on his third swipe at
the puck in front of goalie Tony
Esposito - made it 7-0 before Chicago's
Bob Murray ruined John Davidson's
shutout bid with 8:43 remaining.
Iowa innocent
WASHINGTON - The Associated
Press reported erroneously last week
that Iowa was among several univer-
sities whose basketball coaches were
paid up to $10,000 each to endorse Nike
shoes.
The Associated Press quoted the
Washington Post in its Saturday; Nov.
11 edition, which stated that Iowa was
one of 17 schools to have coaches accept
money from the Nike shoe company.
GRIDDE
PICKS
John Loyd, British tennis player, has
confessed why his play has gone
downhill in the past month.
"It's true that I've been thinking too
much about Chris Evert. But the thing
that has me really bothered is those
bloody Gridde picks! Only two more
weeks left and I still haven't won.
Blimey! I can just taste that two-item
Pizza Bob's pizza!
For you other love-struck Gridde-
guessers, remember to bring your
picks along with your name and ad-
dress to 420 Maynard before midnight
Friday.

1. Purdue at MICHIGAN (pick score)
2. Illinois at Minnesota
3. Ohio State at Indiana
4. Wisconsin at Iowa
5. Michigan State at Northwestern
6. Southern Cal at UCLA
7. Clemson at Maryland
8. Navy at Florida State
9. Notre Dame at Georgia Tech
10. Rutgers at Holy Cross
11. Southern Methodist at Texas Tech
:12. Central Michigan at Western
Michigan
13. Missouri at Nebraska
14. Texas A&M at Arkansas
15. Georgia at Auburn
16. Stanford at California
17. Syracuse at Boston College
18. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
19. Florida at Kentucky
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ting alone atop the Southwest Con-
fer'nce.
Should Houston lose both of its final
two remaining games and Texas go un-
defeated the rest of the way, the
Longhorns would go to the Cotton Bowl
for the second consecutive year. This is
unlikely, however, and the best the
Texans can realistically hope for is a tie,

SWC Standings
Conference All Games

Houston......
Texas ........
Arkansas.
Texas Tech ...
Texas A&M ...
SMU ......
Baylor......
Rice.......
TCU.......

W
6
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
0

L
0
1
2
2
2
3
4
5
6

T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

W
8
6
6
5
6
4
2
1
2

L
1
2
2
3
2
4
7
8
7

T
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

The only two losses suffered by the
Arkansas team were at the hands of the
two frontrunners, Houston and Texas.
With three tough games left, the
chances are slim for the Razorbacks to
improve their number two showing last
year. Texas A&M, Southern Methodist,
and Texas Tech will all be tough en-
counters, and winning all of them is
necessary to give Arkansas a chance at
a tie for the top spot.
THE TWO TEAMS knotted with the
Razorbacks in third position are Texas
Tech and Texas A&M. Tech is 5-3-0
overall, while A&M is 6-2-0.
Both teams have the not-so-coveted
position of tangling with Houston and
Arkansas among their final three
games of the season. Wins are essential
in both games for each team.
Tech has lost by convincing margins
to both Texas and Texas A&M but is
still alive in the conference and in the
race to garner a bowl bid.
TEXAS A&M is in essentially the
same position as Texas Tech, while its
two losses were to Baylor and frontrun-
ning Houston.
Southern Methodist follows closely
behind the third place bunch at 3-3-0 (4-
4-1 overall). Having lost to both
Houston and Texas, as well as Texas

A&M, the SMU team is down but not
out.
This same team gave both Penn State
and Ohio State tough games, losing to
the Nittany Lions by the score of 26-21,
while tying the Buckeyes.
SMU HAS TWO games remaining on
their schedule, against Texas Tech and
Arkansas. Bowl chances are still faintly
alive for Southern Methodist.
Baylor is at 2-4-0 in the conference
and has little chance of moving up, with
one game remaining against number
two Texas and the other against Rice.
Rice and Texas Christian round out
the SWC at 1-5-0 and 0-6-0 respectively.
ALL IN ALL, five and possibly six
teams from this conference will
probably receive' bowl bids. The SWC
claim of strength can hardly be
disputed. Who will go to what bowl,
however, is still in doubt. Predictions in
the SWC are all conjecture with the
teams being as close as they are.
A word to the wise: Many Southwest
coaches are of the opinion that a major
scramble is in the works for the spots
behind the team from Houston, since
most teams have three games left and
nothing is definitely decided. The next
few weekends will be worth the whole
season to the teams from the South-
west.

The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 16, 1978-Page 11
Wings burned, 5-3
ATLANTA (AP)-Jean Pronovost and Willi Plett scored goals 46
seconds apart in the third period last night to give the Atlanta Flames a 5-3
National Hockey League victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
The score was tied 3-3 when Pronovost drilled a 40-foot shot from the
right point past Detroit goaltender Rogie Vachon. Plett's shot, which Vachon
at first appeared to have stopped, trickled out of the goalie's grasp and over
the goal line.
The victory broke a two-game losing streak for the Flames, now 13-3-2. It
also extended their string of home victories to nine and their unbeaten streak
on home ice to 18 games, both club records.
Detroit, 5-7-4, took a two-goal lead in the second period by continuing its
long-range bombardment of Atlanta goalie Dan Bouchard. Reed Larson
drilled in a shot from the right point at 1:26 and Perry Miller was on target
with a 40-footer from the left side at 6:45.
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for the top spot.
Texas will definitely go to one of the
bowls. Which one is difficult to say and
no one will know for sure until such
time as the picks are announced.
ARKANSAS IS in a three-way tie for
third position in the SWC, with Texas
Tech and Texas A&M, at 3-2-0. Overall
the Razorbacks are 6-2-0 and ranked
thirteenth in the country.



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