Page 14-Tuesday, December 11, 1979-The Michigan Daily The Michigan Deily-Tuesday, Decen OHIO STATE BA TTLES USC IN ROSE BOWL Holidays filled with bowl action ROSE BOWL JANUARY 1 at i ' Pasadena, California OHIO STA TE vs. SOUTHERN CAL. It was way back in 1901 that Fielding H. Yost led his Michigan team to Pasadena to compete against Stanford in what was to be the first Rose Bowl game. The highly superior men in blue walked away with a 49-0 win withY the players from Stanford leaving the field before time ran out. Not many people can remember that first Rose Bowl game, but it's starting to become difficult to even remember the last time a Big Ten team defeated its West Coast rivals. The last time that happened was back on New Year's day 1974, when Ohio State whipped USC 42-21. Since then it's been five years of nothing but frustration for BiF Ten teams in Pasadena. USC is going to try to stretch that string to six straight by preventing a repeat of the '74 game. Both teams come into the game undefeated and highly ranked. USC is 10-0-1 and ranked second in both polls, with the Trojans only blemish on their record coming in a 21-21 tie against Stanford. Meanwhile the Ohio State Buckeyes are a perfect 11-0-0 and stand one not- ch behind their opponents in the polls. Ohio State's success this year came as a bit of a surprise. Prior to the season's start, most experts picked the Buckeyes for a fourth place finish behind Purdue, Michigan and Michigan State. The key to the year's surprising success can be attributed to first year coach Earle Bruce and sophomore quarterback Art Schlichter. Filling in for a lelgend is not easy to do, however Bruce has done just about anything one could do to make the people of Columbus forget Woody Hayes. He has earned the respect of all his players and more importantly earned a trip to the Rose Bowl with a perfect record. There seem to be two reasons for Bruce's over- whelming success. First of all, he opened up the of- fense and let Schlichter do what he does best: throw the football. Schlichter completed 94 of 179 passes for 1519 yards and 13 touchdowns, good enough to rank him fifth in the nation in passing. The other factor was the great performance of the defense, which was criticized in the preseason. The defense allowed a stingy 10 points a game, while the offense piled up an average of 34. USC, on the other hand, was ranked number one by almost everyone before the season started. They didn't drop from that ranking until the shocking tie with Stanford. The strength of Coach John Robinson's Trojans lies in their well-balanced, but explosive, of- fense. Tailbck Charles White leads the nation in running with 1803 yards in 293 carries for a 6.2 average. His ,sensational year moved him into second in all-time rushing yardage behind former Heisman 'Trophy winner Tony Dorsett. The other half of USC's two pronged attack is All- American quarterback Paul McDonald. His 153 com- pletions in 240 attempts for 1989 yards and 17 touch- downs ranked him third in the nation in passing. All together, it rooks like the 1980 Rose Bowl could be the best matgp-up of the year. If Alabama should lose the Sugar Bowl, the Rose Bowl winner would un- doubtedly stake its claim to the national champion- ship. --Brad Grayson COTTON BOWL JANUARY I at Dallas, Texas NEBRASKA rs. HOUSTON The Cornhuskers of Nebraska will square off against the Houston Cougars in the 1980 Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day in Dallas, Texas. Both teams have 10-1 records, although Ne- braska was the runner- up in the Big Eight while Houston shared the Southwest Conference title with Sugar Bowl-bound Arkansas. Houston earned its bid to the Cotton Bowl because the Cougars defeated Arkansas 13-10 earlier this season. Jeff -Quinn and Tim Hager have shared the quar- terbacking duties for Nebraska, but Quinn has emerged as the leader of the 'Husker offense. Quinn has hit on 51.6% of his passes for 624 yards and four scores, and he has run for another 240 yards. I-BACK JARVIS Redwine has rushed for 1024 yards and 8 scores, having taken the job away from I. M. Hipp, one of Nebraska's all-time leading rushers, earlier this season. All-American tight end Junior Miller is a fine receiver and he is also dangerous carrying the ball on reverses. Nebraska's "no name" defense has allowed only 4 10.3 points per game to their opponents, and it recor- ded three consecutive shut-outs earlier this season. The Cougars' veer formation offense is run- -oriented, and quarterback Delrick Brown runs the option extremely well. Gerald Clark and John Newhouse, the brother of Dallas Cowboy running back Robert Newhouse, give Houston a pair of backs who are capable of breaking away for a long gainer at any time. -Eric Luttinen The play that doomed Michigan. Ohio State's Jim Laughlin col- lides with Michigan punter Bryan Virgil after taking Virgil's kick in the chest. Buckeye Todd Bell re- covered and scored, as Ohio State notched its first win over Michi- gan in four years. SUGAR BOWL JANUAR Y 1 at New Orleans, Louisiana ARKANSAS vs. ALABAMA For the third consecutive year, the Alabama Crimson Tide will spend New Year's Day in New Orleans and play in the prestigious Sugar Bowl. Bear Bryant's squad duels the Arkansas Razorbacks, in a game featuring two of the best quarterbacks in the country. , . . ° : ry; rs i .,. ij Arkansas QB Kevin Scanlon completed 92 of 139 passes and threw for 1,212 yards and 9 touchdowns. He led the Southwest Conference in passing and was named Offensive Player of the Year in the SWC. By defeating Auburn on December first in Bir- mingham, Alabama recorded a perfect season and gained the Southeastern Conference crown. The number one ranked Crimson Tide is lead, by all-_ purpose quarterback Steadman Shealy. Shealy has gained an average of 5.2 yards per rush. He also has a passing completion percentage of .556 (45/81), throwing for 717 yards and 4 touchdowns. Arkansas reached the Sugar Bowl by virtue of the upset win by the Texas Longhorns over Texas A&M, coupled with a Houston victory over Rice. Alabama reached the Sugar Bowl with an un- blemished conference record and a twenty game winning streak, the longest in the nation. Arkansas coach Lou Holtz summed up the game in a few well-chosen words, "It's two great teams playing each other." Well put coach. This year's Sugar Bowl could be the closest, most exciting game played this New Year's Day. Look for the high-flying, talented Razorbacks to shock the Crimson Tide, crushing their hopes for another national championship. -Mike Werner See MORE, Page 17 Tar Heel defense challenged (Continued from Page 2) overemphasized, however. 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