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...night before New Year's Eve, Georgia Head Coach Vince Dooley decided to enforce an early curfew on himself. Weary from the whirl of practices, press conferences and official functions surrounding the Sugar Bowl showdown between his No. 1-ranked Bulldogs and Notre Dame, Dooley passed up a party honoring the teams and went to bed at 9 p.m. It was perhaps his wisest coaching decision of the year. "If I'd gone to the party, I would never have slept again," he asserted. The reason: while Dooley snoozed, Sugar Bowl officials staged a disco contest between Notre...
...errors and won the day for Georgia: a blocked field goal, three interceptions, a fumble recovery and a kickoff that the Bulldogs picked up on the 1-yd. line after Notre Dame's receivers, confused by crowd noise, missed their signals and let the ball drop unmolested. Marveled Dooley: "We seem to find some way somehow to win. This team hangs in there, gnaws at people, and if one aspect of our game is having a bad day, then another phase will pick us up." Notre Dame's Dan Devine, coaching his final game for the Fighting Irish...
With the national championship, Dooley and his Bulldogs step out of the shadow of Southeastern Conference Rival Alabama and its fabled coach, Bear Bryant. Dooley's 17-year tenure at Georgia is the fourth longest of active college coaches, and his record of 129 wins, 56 losses and six ties is eighth best in the nation. At 48, he has won four S.E.C. titles, an impressive mark in a conference where Bryant keeps shop. Yet Dooley is not haunted by his illustrious rival. "My very first game as a 31-year-old college coach...
...down, Dawgs. Herschel Walker, Rex Robinson, Buck Belue. Are these names out of a storybook? No, they're members of top-ranked, 11-0, Georgia. Notre Dame blew its shot at the national crown with a loss to USC last week, but retains a good chance to upend Vince Dooley's Bulldogs. The Irish magic will fall short, however, and Georgia will prevail, 19-13, despite Notre Dame's remarkably staunch defense...
...clippings won't get me a job. If I'm going to make anything of my life, I'm going to have to work. Be sides, I love going to class and I really like to study." Sometimes Walker sounds too good to believe. Says Coach Dooley: "I think he came from another planet. The kid is as close to perfect as I've ever seen." Perhaps even close enough to make Georgia, by season's end, the nation's un disputed top dawgs...