Word: northwesterner
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...team, the University of Florida Gators. TIME's Steve Wulf weighs in with his prediction: "It will be a great game," Wulf says. "But I am going with Florida. It will come down to coaching, and Florida's Steve Spurrier is simply the best coach in college ball." Northwestern, a perennial loser and gridiron embarassment, has been resurrected and finds itself going to the Rose Bowl (against USC) ranked number three in the nation. "Northwestern is one of the best sports stories of the year," says Wulf. "They have shown that a school can have a winning football team...
...worth remembering. But this year the retro spirit took us back much farther than 1995. Jane Austen and the Beatles were back, and Bruce Springsteen returned to his roots. Discoveries in science (cave drawings in France) illuminated man's earliest days, and the big news in sports was comebacks (Northwestern?). Even in politics, Colin Powell harked back to an era when presidential candidates could emerge, Ikelike, untainted by the usual rough-and-tumble. Still, the year also had much that was new: Toy Story and Arcadia, Smashing Pumpkins and smashing TV courtroom drama (some of it real life). All that...
...they did, 17-15, for their first victory in South Bend since 1961. When the Wildcats lost to Miami of Ohio 30-28, they looked like a fluke, but then they beat Michigan 19-13 in Ann Arbor (for the first time since '59) and Penn State 21-10. Northwestern finished the regular season at 10-1 but seemed headed for the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, until Michigan upset unbeaten Ohio State, thus making Northwestern the No. 3 team in the country and the representative of the Big Ten's 11 teams in the Rose Bowl on New Year...
None of this might have happened had Barnett not convinced a headstrong and homesick theater major that he should give his college one more try. Like Tony Randall, Warren Beatty, Ann-Margret and Charlton Heston before him at Northwestern, Darnell Autry is an actor. Unlike them, he can explode through the line, break tackles and outrace defenders. He rushed for at least 100 yds. in every one of Northwestern's games this year, and had he not been a mere sophomore, he might have got more consideration for the Heisman Trophy...
...seven years ago, the Wildcats were sent off to Pasadena to play California with signs reading GO WEST, YOUNG MEN AND SMELL THOSE ROSES and MAKE WALDORF SALAD--a reference to Cal coach Pappy Waldorf. Thanks to a 43-yd. run by Ed Tunnicliff with three minutes to go, Northwestern beat Cal 20-14 for coach Bob Voigts...