 | The Cavalier daily Friday, October 9, 1970 |  |
'Hoos Ranked Sixteenth
an excerpt from The Houston Post of October 1 written by Steve Hardy
A narrow brush with victory Saturday cost Wake Forest the
Number 1 position in the Bottom Ten.
The Deacons actually came within a touchdown of winning a
football game, losing only 19-14 to Florida State.
The near victory dropped Wake (0-3) to Number 2 in the ratings,
behind Navy, Which rolled to a second consecutive defeat.
The Middies (or Minis, as they are sometimes called), followed up
their 55-7 loss in highly over-rated Penn State with a 28-14 defeat to
Boston College to jump from Number 8 to Number 1.
It appears that Navy may be building a dynasty. Seven of the
starters on its defensive squad are sophomores, meaning the Midshipmen
will have the nucleus of a poor team returning for two more
years.
In the Ivy League, Brown and Columbia opened their season by
beating up on two little guys, Rhode Island and Lafayette. From now
on they'll have to pick on people their own size. Lafayette hasn't had a
good team since the Revolutionary War.
1) Navy (1-2)
2) Wake Forest (0-3)
3) Brown (1-0)
4) Columbia (1-0)
5) Maryland (0-3)
6) Wyoming (0-2)
7) Baylor (1-2)
8) Utah (1-1)
9) Vanderbilt (2-1)
10) Utah State (2-1)
11) Oklahoma State (1-2)
12) New Mexico (1-1)
13) Penn (1-0)
14) North Carolina State
15) New Mexico State (1-2)
16) Virginia (1-2)
17) Mississippi State (2-1)
18) Syracuse (0-2)
19) tie between Army (1-2)
and Ismael Laguna (63-4-1).
CRUMMY GAME OF THE WEEK: Wake Forest at Virginia
ROUT OF THE WEEK: Baylor at LSU
SPECIAL CITATIONS: Washington State had 8 passes intercepted.
| The Cavalier daily Friday, October 9, 1970 | |