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TIME went to press last week only a few hours after the undefeated Notre Dame football team met undefeated Oklahoma-and trounced it 38-0. With Quarterback Terry Hanratty and End Jim Seymour on our cover, it seems a good time to debunk the TIME "cover jinx." If an athlete dares to show his face on TIME'S cover, so the old legend goes, he is doomed...
After Notre Dame's victory last week-despite an injury to Jim Seymour's ankle-Teammate Hanratty observed: "I don't believe in jinxes. I think what happens is going to happen, regardless...
...hardly have helped being impressed. If he was, he sure didn't let the boys know. Hanratty was competitive with Fellow Sophomore Coley O'Brien for the quarterback's job, and he still had a lot to learn. Endlessly, Terry practiced "quick release": dropping back, spotting Seymour, and firing, all in the space of 3½ sec., the average time it takes a strong defensive lineman to penetrate a passer's protective pocket. When he got his time down to 3½ sec., he began trying for 3 sec. Then Terry practiced varying the speed...
...Hanratty sent Fullback Larry Conjar crunching through the line for a pair of touchdowns in the first and second quarters. Then, his injured arm soothed with cortisone shots, Hanratty delivered the bomb that the Irish fans had come to see. Down the field full speed went Jim Seymour. Zing! Terry Hanratty shot a perfect pass against the wind for a 56-yd. touchdown. Jogging back to the bench, Hanratty grinned: "Sore arm, eh?" Before the bludgeoning was over, the score was 32-0, and Notre Dame students were parading through the stands with the banner...
During practice that day, Hanratty had pulled a tendon in the fabulous passing arm that had spiraled the Irish to three straight victories and No. 2 ranking in the nation. With Hanratty unable to connect with Sophomore End Jim Seymour in their dazzling game of catch, the Tar Heels might just have a chance...