Show A a good bit on the il belated side it seems abo about ut time to rearrange a few national to fo dball rankings and also see what might be done about the plight of the far west in hose rose bowl matters mattor s in the first place we can see no argument for putting notre dame over michigan the two teams played three common op op ponente pittsburgh northwestern and a n d southern califor nia in the total count michigan was something like 74 points in front few thought michigan had a chance to equal notre dame s margin G kice itice ot of 31 point points over southern california michigan add ed 18 points to this score the worst that michigan should get is to be ranked on a par with notre dame I 1 believe notre dame has the stronger line I 1 know michi gan has the faster more elusive backs michigan has the better pass attack with several good passers and three or four fine pass re c eivers also michigan has more and better deception in the new rearranged slot here Is how the teams should be placed no 1 slot Tule michigan bigan notre dame champions co no 2 slot texas and S M U on a par no 3 slot penn state the state of texas came through brilliantly aided largely by doak walker and bobby layne layne outclassed harry gilmer in the texas alabama test on the full season s count walker and layne move up with bob Chap chappuis puls and johnny lujack as four of the star backs of the year S M U has walker back tor for two more years and this means two more years of S M U success al though blair cherry at texas will have a lot to say about it same leaders next year you also can add that notre dame and michigan will be almost as strong next season as they were this last year both lose good men but they have plenty left and others coming in it would be no surprise to see michigan notre dame S 31 U and texas rated among the top four for or 1918 1948 minnesota also can crowd into this picture with a break or two the west coast Is still in a bad way when it comes to kose rose bowl competition in the last three years alabama illinois and michigan have run up points in three bowl games 83 points were scored against southern california and 45 points against U UCLA C L A and I 1 know frank thomas thoma in 1946 after scoring 34 poll points in t worked hard to keep the score down we could have made it 70 or 80 he said just why good football mat material erfal should be so scarce on the west coast while extremely good everywhere else Isa Is a mystery but that s the way it Is in the last three rose bowl games far western tion has been so futile and feeble that no semblance of a contest remained I 1 doubt that southern california had a man who could have made either the notre dame or michigan team not a man the team was big enough but slow in movement sluggish both mentally and cally as far as football was con berned the west coast mystery in the bowl game their reflexes and reactions were creaking michi gan made it look even worse by being just the opposite fast quick and smart to an outstanding degree it isn t going to help matters next tall fail if michigan wins the big nine title again this means that a sec ond or possibly a third place team will make the trip and probably win a again gain without any great trouble but what a squawk will rise up along the pacific a rim if michigan wins and either minnesota or some other team is sent out U UCLA C L A last season was supposed to have the best material on the coast yet U UCLA C L A lost tour four games without meeting michigan or notre dame stanford is material materi al was only fair U S and UCLA lose a flock of veterans in 1948 it may be that pop waldorf can start something at california he lost only one game last season and right now pop and his bears seem to be the main west coast hope the west coast is packed with star athletes in every other field there are fine ballplayers all over the landscape just why the football material should suddenly run dry when you recall the stars of other years is a mystery you could un der stand this happening tor for a year or two but the west coast chasn t had a good football team in the last six or seven years it has had no team to be rated close with the best in the other sections it Is about time the picture was changing but at the moment there is no such evidence in sight from the material at hand the great year s of howard jones pop warner buc buck k shaw and babe seem to have faded tito lito the mists |