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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. On December
30th, between the hours of 9 p.m. and I a.m.
a number of crimes were committed in the
cavernous Gator Bowl stadium in
Jacksonville, Flar
Item one: a felony, about 6381 1 people
were forced to pay $8 for the right to seea!
game that deserved about $2. Item two:
murder one, the Auburn Tigers, or War
Eagles, or whatever they are, murdered the
Texas Longhorns by a score of 27-3. Item
three: murder one, ABC television murdered
the fans and the press by extending an
' already snail-paced game.
Fact is that it is not that bad a place. The
city is split by a large river, the St. Johns,
which adds beauty to the place and the ocean
is about 15 miles from downtown Jax. Live
oak trees spread huge limbs over two-lane
roads. And the weather is warm most all year
(the day of the game it was in the 80i.)
But like any city, Jacksonville has its
problems. The people of Jacksonville believe
they are truly progressive, calling themselves
"The Bold New City of the South." Yet
among the city's newcomers, the greatest
area of debate is over the idea that
Jacksonville is not in Florida at all, but really
South Georgia.
Perhaps the greatest fallacy lies in how
Gator Bowl officials view the game and its
importance. George Olsen. a chubby man
with a butch haircut, feels the game is one of
the best. ""
"The Gator Bowl is the number five bowl
(behind the Orange, Rose, Cotton and
Sugar) and that is a position we are content
with. We will try to maintain the numer five
position as long as possible," he said.
When asked if there is any room for
improvement, Olsen said, "We think maybe
we could catch the Sugar Bowl. They are
moving out of Tulane stadium and into the
Superdome, which may hurt the Sugar Bowl
game because they will have to compete with
the pro leagues."
But the plain fact is that the Gator Bowl
may be in jeopardy of losing even the
number five position if things continue as"
they are. The game was not sold out for the
second year in a row. The single-level
stadium holds around 72,000, capacity. The
1973 game between Tennessee and Texas
r Tech drew the smallest crowd in almost 10-
years. This year's game was little
"improvement.
i Auburn and Texas, two biggies in the
f world of professional big time college
; football, each sent back a large ticket
number (Auburn 1800, Texas 1200.)
Still, both schools brought many
followers and the motels at Jacksonville
I Beach were buzzing with pot-bellied-ahd::
balding men, along with their wetf-taaned
and talkative wives. The weather at the
; beach was warm, at times almost hot. It can
now be revealed that the Texas players were
more interested in the beach than the game at
Auburn, for the ocean is what they talked
most about.
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Auburn senior linebacker Mike Flynn flashes the famous "Hook-'ern-Horns"
symbol of Texas, as coach Darrell Royal watches his Longhorns get smashed 27-3 ,
by the SEC Tigers. Auburn and Texas clashed in the Gator Bowl Dec. SO at
Jacksonville, Fla. (Staff photo by John Dunlap)
This infatuation with waves proved fatal
as the already mentioned murder became
inevitable from the early moments of the
game.
Everywhere, even in the men's rooms, one
would hear the cry "War damn Eagle." In
fact, it even came to be a code that one had to
use before he could go on with a normal
conversation. There were, of course, a"
smattering of "Hook em Horns" signs
flashed, but they never lasted long.
The game was over by halftime. Auburn
came out fired up and took advantage of
some Texas turnovers early in the first
quarter to hold a 14-0 lead. Quarterback Phil
Gargis, the game's most valuable player, ran
at will, and passed a great deal more than the
Longhorns expected.
Still, the game was not a good one. Twelve
times the ball was fumbled, nine times
resulting in turnovers. Five times the ball
was intercepted, and 1 1 times penalties were :
called.
Then, there was the trouble with ABC
television. It is hard enough to enjoy a boring
TV game at home. Commercials always
come along to divert one's attention. But it is
next to impossible to get into a game that is
both boring and being broadcast on
television. Everyone just stared at the official,
waiting for the commercials to end.
Television may be the death of college
football.
So what we have is an extra game that was
not well-planned for by one team (Texas),
not well played by either team, not well
attended by spectators, and not meaningful
in the least. .
And though Jacksonville is a nice spot,
and though the. Gator Bowl has had good
games in the past, did the fact that Auburn
beat Texas prove anything? Not a damn
thing.
So it goes. Hook em Horns, War Eagle,"
and good-bye.
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