Alabama at Georgia Tech

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  Evening star, November 19, 1962, page 33

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  WIN LOSE OR DRAW How utiIe 1t Seems To Rank College Teams BY NOW 1T MUST RE-OCCUR to those designated, dedicated and wholly naive persons who attempt to rank major college football teams just how foolish and futile is the whole idea. Careful bub, some of ‘em are friends and work in the same shop). But, consider. Alabama went unbeaten for so long that even the natives couldn’t remember the last team to beat the Tide. But just as Paul Bryant’S crew achieved the No. spot, after being damned for playing weak schedule, Georgia Tech scored 7–⁠6 upset Where will that put Alabama when this weeks votes are counted? Northwestern plummeted from No. to No. after having the poor taste to lose to Wisconsin. For a while Texas was in the top position, but the LonghornS got tied by Rice and when last noted were in fifth place. The toppling of a giant (Alabama) normally suggests that No in the land will move up. That would be Southern California, which is 30 and testifying to a possible resurgence of West Coast football. But the Trojans just barely licked Navy Saturday, 1875, and the Middies are those who were well clobbered by Penn State, Notre Dame and Syracuse, who ran up al most 100 points among ‘em in those three games. NAVY VERSUS ARMY, less than two weeks away, could be puzzler if one takes these matters seriously Both have looked embarrasSingly weak on occasion-Army notably against Michigan, Oklahoma State and, more recently, Pitt. Navy, you know about. Up and down. 1t was rough Saturday on coaches, it may be noted Army and Alabama, for instance, might have settled for tie games but chose to go for broke Rather than be fouled up with TT score against Pitt (Which Navy had beaten, 32–⁠9) ArmyS Paul Dietzel dictated a two-point effort after the Cadets had made their third period score Didn’t work. Bryant made approximately the same decision in the final quarter against Georgia Tech. He gambled on an 81 victory for ‘Bama instead of TT deadlock (Georgia Tech already had lost twice and was tied once) and was thwarted. COACHES ALMOST CONSTANTLY seem to be confusing and compounding the efforts of the pollsters with their own persistent brand of psychology. 1t is of the homemade or basement type; strictly self taught This penchant certainly does Moth ing to decrease the job that faces the peopie who think they can rank teams in proper order.

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Alabama leads 28–⁠21–⁠3 in 52 meetings, counting the eight since this game.