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— Penn Stale 38, Oregon 20 — Who should be No. 1? Media, November clashes prove pivotal AP TOP 25 I Nebraska (51) 13-0-0 2. PennSt (10) 12-0*0 3 Colorado 11-1-0 4 Florida St. 10-1-1 5 Alabama 12-1-0 6 Miami 10-2-0 7. Florida 10-2-1 0. Texas A&M 10-0-1 9 Auburn 9-1-1 10. Utah 10-2-0 II Oregon 9 4-0 12 Michigan 8-4-0 13. Southern Cal 8-3-1 14 Ohio St 9 4-0 15. Virginia 9-3-0 16 Colorado St 10-2-0 17. N. Carolina St. 9-3-0 18. Brigham Young 10-3-0 19 Kansas St. 9-3-0 20 Arizona 8 4-0 .1 Washington St 8 4 0 22 Tennessee 8-4-0 23. Boston College 7 4-1 24 Mississippi St 8 4-0 25 Texas 8 4-0 Others receiving votes Virginia Tech 75. North Carolina 65, Wisconsin 54 Illinois 45, Washington 41, Duke 9, Syracuse 7. Air Force 2, South Carolina 2, OAR* C.MAVU mmM Despfle finishing 5 undefeated seasons at Penn State, Joe Patwno has ust two National COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Whili* many Udieve llip national title wu decided on Now Year's Day in lht> Orange Bowl, some Penn Slate players think il was decided a! Indiana in a seemingly mean ingless fourth quarter On Nov 5. Penn State was No 1 in the l ',SA Today CNN «ouches poll and Nebraska was the top-ranked team in The Associated Prt>ss media poll The Comhuskers vs ho won the national championship after beat ing No 3 Miami in the Orange Howl on Sunday night, beat Kansas 45-17 that week Penn State led Indiana 2H-7 in the fourth quarter, and |oo Patemo inserted reserves Indiana scored 22 points in the quarter, and the Hoosiers pulled to 15 2't on a last-minute Mail Mary pass The unimpressive victory cost the Nittnny Lions votes in both polls and they wore stuck at No. 2 for the rest of the season 'If i ouch Pntemo knew what was going to happen, he probably would have left the starters in." defensive lineman Vin Stewart said. But Patemo said he never tries to blow anyone out to impress vot ers, and he's content if Penn State wins by pist one point. 'p's .1 U mg season .!; the Big f ei d« tense. t bns M.i/v i.k said "You just can’t blow everybody out. When you’re up by 30 points, you don’t want your starters injured " Penn State completed a 12-0 season with a 38-20 Rose Howl vie* ver Oregon, the first timesince 196B that ■s ith a perfm * ret ord It was also the fourth time a Penn State team had a perfect rei ord but failed to win the title "Who said we didn’t win a championship?" Patemo said Tuesday. "The media said we didn't win n championship We think we won a championship " Sim a the polls liegnn being released after tin* bowls, Penn State's 196B. 1871 and 1894 teams are the only squads to finish with an unblemished re< ord, win a New Year's [lav bowl game and not w in at least a share of the national title But Paterno's mood hasn't been affected "Everything was exciting about the Orange Howl. Everything was exciting about the Rose Bowl What's the difference who's 1 and who's 2’" he said. "Why should I, ten niise of 60 newspaper writers, half of whom I don't really have much regard for their writing, why should we all get uptight?" Paterno said. 1 feel great We're 1 *1-0. 1? games in a row we've won, two great big bowl games back to back." Some players said pollsters probably voted for Nebraska because iloach Tom Osborne had not won a title in his 22-vear tenure. "It's a shame for seniors like ms self and Kerry Collins and peo ple who put in hard work in 103-degree weather during the sum mer " Mazyc k said "We worked pist as hard as the kids at Nebraska "It's true that Tom Osborne didn't have a ring, but J don't have one either and I put in work." lie said. to your HEALTH I Il\ G«?f to know u« before ' you need usI The Student Health Center is open Monday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday Sam - 6pm i Tuesday 9am - 6pm I Saturday Sam - 8pm \ Sunday 1 2 noon - 8pm Appointments are scheduled through 5 20pm Monday - Friday CPR/FIRST AID WORKSHOPS $ 10 Fee Includes 4 hour class • instruction booklet • Red Cross CPR Certification Card IWICrw For registered UO students only Cancellations must be 24 hours in advance or student will be charged for workshop •ludents signing up for First Aid must have current CPR card prior to classtime Gasses held in Student Health Center Cafeteria anuavr CPU/First Aid W oikahopst Wednesday. January 11 Child 6pm ! Opm Thursday, January 1 2 Adult CPR 5pm-9pm Wednesday. January 18 1 st Ad 5 30pm 9 30pm Monday, January 23 Adult CPR 5 30pm-9 30pm Wednesday. January 25 1 st Ad 5pm-9pm Tuesday, January 31 1 st Ad 5pm 9pm \re You Covered} Make sure you're covered for Winter Term and Spring Break Sign up for health insurance between January 3 and January 1 7 at the Student Health Center, Room 101, or call 346-3702 for more information WELCOME BACK! STUDENT HEALTH CENTEB » I3TH & AGATE ♦ i*G.177o\