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Garden State Bowl, tomorrow, at East Rutherford, N.J. The 8-3 Midshipmen of Navy take on the disappointing 6-5 Cougars of Houston. An interesting matchup, Houston's potentially explosive offense against Navy's well-funded defense establishment. The only sure thing is whom President Carter will root for. Navy has only permitted 10.1 points per game, fifth in the nation. Will Houston rebound from an impotent SWC season? Will Navy catch Giants' disease in Rutherford? Unpredictable at best. Navy 15, Houston...
...Holiday Bowl, December 19, at San Diego: One of the best and entertaining bowl games, with 10-1 BYU--which might have retained a shot at the national title had it not succumbed to New Mexico in the season opener--pitted against 8-3 Southern Methodist University. Brigham Young led the nation in offense, directed by the country's passing leader, quarterback Jim McMahon. McMahon's numbers make stat freaks drool--284 for 445, 4571 yds. SMU has improved gradually over the course of the autumn. BYU in a wild...
Tangerine Bowl, December 20, at Orlando, Fla.: Maryland (8-3) versus Florida (7-4). The Terrapins' Charlie Wysocki should run wild, but the Gators have the better squad. Together with the home field advantage, Florida's superior talent and the experience of playing tough games (it held second-ranked Florida State close last weekend) should push the Gators over...
...Fiesta Bowl, December 26, at Tempe, Ariz: A pair of not-quites line up in tepid Tempe, 9-2 Ohio State and 9-2 Penn State. Earl Bruce's Buckeyes, led by signal-caller Art Schlichter, did not live up to pre-season expectations. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions (love that nickname) fell to archrival Pittsburgh, spoiling an otherwise superlative schedule against a slew of talented teams. Both sides can salvage up a little bit of pride. Truthfully, they'd rather be in Pasadena and New Orleans. Ohio State 32, Penn State...
...Bowl, December 27, at El Paso, Texas: Ole Miss, which finished the regular season at 9-2, meets Big Eight runnerup Nebraska. Whatever happened to Cornhusker running back I. M. Hipp, the rusher with the self-sobriquet? He was replaced by Jarvis Redwine, who churned up 1119 yds. on the ground on a mere 156 attempts. The Husker defense is also tenacious, second in fewest points permitted (8.5 per game). Nebraska in a waltz...