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...next man to be considered may be retired Nebraska coach Bob Devaney. Told that he was next in line after Paterno turned down the job. Devaney replied with irritation. "Well I could consider it a great honor to be chosen behind a guy who had the best quarterback in the country and wouldn't throw the football...
...themselves to fighting it out for second place in the League, and consoling themselves with the knowledge that the Crimson, unlike some other greedy college powers, never runs its score above 23 points. But non-league teams refuse to play the Crimson. "After all," said Nebraska Cornhusker coach Bob Devaney, "what could I say to my team before they took the field against an opponent that hasn't lost in 100 years...
Local loyalties were an important factor, and the most popular nonpolitical Man of the Year was Bob Devaney, coach of the University of Nebraska's championship football team. "He taught his team to play football the right way," explained one second-grade gridiron fan. Another contender not in public office was John Wayne ("He is one of the few actors who has not appeared on the screen in his birthday suit. As a minor I protest against all these R and X movies"). There was even evidence of Women's Lib on the grammar school level. A fifth...
...lead back with -surprise!-another touchdown pass to Harrison. Eating up the clock, Nebraska launched a 74-yd. drive climaxed by Kinney's fourth touchdown of the afternoon. Final score: Nebraska 35, Oklahoma 3 1. After receiving a congratulatory telephone call from Richard Nixon, Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney pronounced the game "the greatest victory of my 14-year career...
...strong finish by captain Keith Colburn in Friday's Mike Devaney 1000-yard run enabled him to break his Harvard record and equal the former American indoor mark while taking second place with...