European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday december 28, 1985 ifs could make final a poll interesting by . Nissinson a football writer in la so Miami Nebraska Auburn Georgia and Texas All with one loss finished no. I through no. 5. Respect Els in the associated press College football poll in 19x2. Penn state won the National championship with an ill record to 11-0-1 for run Crup sum. While no. .1 Nebraska. No. 4 Georgia and no. 5 Urcla All bad one loss. In i97x, Alabama. Southern cat. Oklahoma and Penn state All finished with one setback and no. I through no 4. Respectively. And in 1977, notre Dame. Alabama Arkansas Texas and Penn state were All i la while no. 6 Kentucky was 10-1 if third ranked Oklahoma should Deleat no. 1 Penn state in the Orange bowl while second ranked Miami beats Tennessee in the sugar howl and no. 4 Iowa turns Back a c 1 a in the Rose bowl All four teams would have ill records and the i9h5 National championship w Ould be up for grabs. In the in ears that the a has named its Champion after the bowl games the no. 1 team going into the bowls has had a 5 1 percent Success rate. That includes the 1974 Oklahoma team which was on probation and did t go to a bowl but still won the National championship. The first no. 1 team to put its ranking on the line in a bowl game was Michigan stale in 1965. But the spar tans lost to fifth ranked Urcla 14-12 in the Rose bowl and wound up no. 2 behind Alabama which vaulted from fourth to first by Downing third ranked Nebraska 39-2s in the Orange bowl. The pos bowl poll was a one year Deal and the nation Al Champion was determined by the regular season in 1966 and i9 7. But in 1968, the vote was taken after the bowls As it has been each year since. Besides Michigan stale. Texas in 1970. Alabama in 197.1. Ohio stale in 1975. Texas in 1977. Penn state in i97x, Ohio state in 1979. Georgia in 1982 and Nebraska in 19fn All blew no. I rankings in a bowl game. It s Lime for the annual bowl picks. The final regular season pc diction Mark was 448 Righi. 153 wrong and 14 lies for a percentage of .745 against the Point spread the record was 232-227-8 .505. Dec. 28 t Illus bowl no. 9 Brigham Young favored by i is. No 17 Ohio state the defending National Champion cougars who brought a 24-Gamc winning Streak into the season arc on another Roll with five straight wins. Ohio state blew a trip to the Rose bowl by losing to Wisconsin and Michigan. By 31-24. Sun bowl Georgia by 5 is. Ari Ona Georgia is i la 1-2 in postseason games Arizona is 0-4. Arizona 17-14. Aloha bowl no. 15 Alabama by 5 is. Southern California these schools were balding for National championships in the 1970s but this trip is a Nice Congo Lalion prize for the winning est bowl teams in the Nalion us Wilh 21 postseason triumphs and Bama w Ith 20. Alabama 24-14. Dec. 31 Preedom bowl. Washington by 41 is. Colorado it s Colorado s first Dow i game since the Jan. 1, 1977, Orange bowl. The buffs arc the most improved team in the country at plus-6 1-10 in 1984, 7-4 this year. Colorado 27-20. Gator bowl no. 18 Florida slate by 7 is. No. 19 Oklahoma stale. It s offence flu is. Defense Osu. Oklahoma stale 21-17. Dec. 31 Bluc Bonnel bowl. No. 10 air Force by 5 is. Texas. Now thai the game has been moved from the Astrodome to Rice stadium the Falcons can Fly High. Air Force 24-14. Peach bowl. Army is. Illinois by 61/ two contrast ing sulcs of offence the run Happy cadets ranked Sec Ond nationally in Rushing and the pass Happy Zillini ranked eighth. Illinois 28-14. All american howl Georgia tech by i is. Michigan stale an intriguing matchup Pilling stale s Lorenzo while the nation s leading rusher against tech s stingy Black watch defense. Michigan state 24-17. Jan. 1 Sunkist Ficula bowl no. 5 Michigan by 3 is. No. 7 Nebraska a lop flight pairing of two schools with More than 600 victories. Michigan is tops Wilh c64 it would be More but for a 2-10 record in bowl games under to  sixth Wilh 602. Nebraska 20-13. Colton bowl. No. 11 Texas am is. No. 16 Auburn by 2vthe aggie have had too Many distraction with All the newspaper stories of numerous Mcaa rules violations. Auburn 21-14. Rose bowl no. 4 Iowa by 3 is. No. 13 Urcla co can t the Pacio always beat the big ten almost with four in a Row 10 of 11 and 14 of 16. Urcla 28 24. Sugar bowl. No. 2 Miami by 8 is. No. 8 Tennessee Miami s Jimmy Johnson was the defensive coordinator for Tennessee s Johnny majors at Iowa stale in 1968-69. But the Date Johnson wants everyone to remember is oct. 19. 1985 Miami 27. Oklahoma 14miami 28 17. Orange bowl. No. I Penn stale is. No. 3 Oklahoma by ? has a no. I team Ever go ten this Little respect from the Odds makers Penn stale has played in three previous Orange bowls and every Lime the Kittany Lions have comp cled an in Scalen untied season 11-0 m 1968 and 1969, 12-0 in 1973. Oklahoma 24-17. That would leave Penn state Miami and Oklahoma with i la records. The National Champion Superb Book Marks Abc sports 25th by Barry  a sports writer Abc sports closed out a celeb ration of its 25ih anniversary this year with a Superb Coffee Laboc Book the first twin by five  the Book is separated into three sections the 60s, 70s and 80s punctuated b photos ranging from Muhammad Ali then known As Cassius Clay standing Over and taunting the beaten Sonny  to the fireworks display marking the end of the closing ceremonies at the  Angeles olympics. The text is kept to a minimum but is Well written and educational. Lach set of photos is accompanied with prose Aboul the events. Some such As the description of Tommy Smith s and John Carlos Black Power Salute arc Short and succinct reflecting i hair country s racial Una Cal. . Olympians Tommy Smith and John Carlos caused a major Contro Versy at the 1968 summer olympics with their Black gloved clenched fist Black Power Salute following their Gold and bronc medal performances in the 200 meter dash while others Are More inspiring. A Trio of photos concerning the 1980 . Olympic hockey team s Miracle on a photo Abc s Roone Arledge. Knew a Good thing ice really spurs the memory. Goalie Jim Craig draped in an american Flag and the . Team wildly celebrating its Victory Over the soviets almost make you hear the chants of us a us a once again. And yes. A Michaels we do believe in miracles. The introduction traces the Early years of Abc sports under the leadership of Roone arc dec now the network s presi Dent of news As Wal As Sporis. Arlt de was hired away from Abc and convinced the Bosses Al Abc that an aggressive approach to Sporis was essential. The net work did Gamble by signing an agreement w ill the american football league which was just Starling. And luring College football from Abc. The Book also tells of the beginnings of wide world of sports and Arledge explains just what he had in mind with the show the longest running sports show in television history. " wide world was conceived As a showcase for the Vasi Range of human in Deavors we classify As sporting activities he says. Our philosophy has been to focus on the people of sports showing viewers who they arc what they arc like and Why they have devoted so much of their lives to the Pursuit of excellence. And we have tried to place our coverage of the spec Lacoc of cd cols in the con Cal of i hair cultural historic and geographic  prior to each chapter is a description of the most meaningful Abc Sporis telecasts for Hal decade. The 1960s highlights in clude the 1964 and 68 Winter olympics and the 1968 summer games and the first sports telecast from behind the Iron curtain the 1961 .-u.ss.r. Irack and Field meet. The pictures Range from a Crew Cut Jim Mckay Al Hal meet to . Simpson s last game at Southern California and Chuck Mckinley winning Wimbledon. The 70s concentrate on the Advent of monday night football and the Lechno logical advances in coverage. The personalities Cal Rcd in photos include sugar Ray Leonard Lee Trevino and Vinko to Galaj. Vinko Bogataj he s the yugoslavian ski jumper who takes that incredible Flop off the runway in the opening scenes of wide world of Sporis he s the agony of  for the 80s. The Book concentrates on Lake Placid. N.y., and los Angeles on monday night football Cha coverage sports Cal and. Of course the rest of the decade. Appropriately the final photo in the Book is a shot of the Skyline of Calgary where Abc s cameras will be for the 1988 Winter games. Mus president wants a get tougher policy Lansing Mich. A the Mcaa needs to gel a Little tougher on serious violators of athletics program guidelines but also should establish a warning system to help schools avoid More serious penalties later John a. Dibiaggio the president of Michigan stale University says. I think it s Lime for us to gel a Little tougher on those constant violators or those serious abusers of National collegiate athletic association recruiting rules Dibiaggio told the Lansing state journal in an interview that appeared in wednesday s editions. I guess what bothers me is that there have to be certain kinds of established Vio lations that tend to advise people that they re moving in the direction that might cause them serious trouble he said. Minor rules violations should be identified and punished Dibiaggio said. But when those things continue. Or get More serious that s when i think we ought to get very serious about the penalties he said. Dibiaggio who came to Michigan state on july 1 after serving As president of the University of Connecticut said his ideas on clean recruiting carry Over into his expectations of coaches. I think intercollegiate athletics create a level of interest on Campus enthusiasm and morale if you will. And hat s All very Good Debiaggio said. But from my perspective coaches employment will not depend on the won and lost record. It will depend on our institution maintaining in leg Rily. And a coach Here will have to be Giorc worried about our abandoning Acu a Mic standards and violating fundamental rules than he would about winning and  Dibiaggio said he favors proposals to set minimum academic standards for incoming freshmen athletes but said the guidelines should not penalize freshmen who had inadequate schooling before they came to Mich Igan state. It was my opinion that we had to establish some standards and i intended that it was a Standard Only for the freshman year that would t preclude an athlete from All four years in a sport Dibiaggio said. "1 intended that it was a Standard Only for the freshman year that it did not mean a student still could t play four years of athletics and it did t mean that a student would be do Nidd academic support during the freshman year he said. I meant if a student came in with academic deficiencies they would at Leist have some time to get some remediation before they got involved in the program  spending four years on Campus May make an athlete a better person but in this very competitive world in which we live it certainly does t make him any More competitive for jobs without a degree the president said