The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 65, Ed. 1 Monday, November 22, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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OU cheerleadrs. Ruff-Necks.
Greeks accused of chicken kill
may go to game victor
By ROBERT MARTIN
Year, Mb. gg
Championships on the line
Natioaal, Bif 8 title
Newspaper Department
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Roy BeU and Joe Wyls haw 4C
■nd 303. re^jectively Heil and
Wylie will alternate at the
halfback opposite ITwtt
Nebraska's running attack
features tailback Jeff Kinney and
his backig). Gary Dixon They ve
gained 1.257 yards between them
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Beta Theta Pi president,
Richard Taylor said. I was out
d town at the tune so I really
<k»n t know what happened ”
Mark Nuttie, assistant director
of residential programs in charge
ut fraternities said. The two live
chickens were bought as
decorations They were roosters
See Fraternity, page I
* national owipiohs*
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Some guys, who were in and
out of the house, were dung some
chickens.' Kramer satd "one
guy was twirling one chicken by
the head imtil it came off He
picked It up and held the head m
one hand and the twiching body in
the other.'' Kramer added "He
l<x>ked like he was really enjoyuut
for the wage-price stabilization
program
A story that appeared in an
Oklahoma Qty newspaper
-Sunday revealed that the gou«
price for choice seats on the 50-
yard line was running around
Greek party goers may not be
chicken" to compete in con-
tests bto some party antics can
carry a prison sentence
About ten chickens had their
necks rung m preparation for the
Beta Theta Pi’s Farmers
Daughter Contest held last
Saturday afternoon. Pete
Kramer. Norman senior said
The get-rich-quick operations
of Sooner ticket scalpers may
soon be in for a rude set-back
Prompted by a query from the
Oklahoma Daily, the Oklahoma
Qty office of the Internal
Revenue Service (IRSi is
1100 End zone seats are nettuqi
as much aa 150 a piece The cost
of the ticket to the initial buyer
was six dollars before the sellout
of the game was announced
Ed Green, director of the
Oklahoma Qty IRS office, said
that a decmon on the matter
would probably be handed down
Tuesday
A spokesman for the public
affairs office in Washington uud
hr thought inflated ticket prices
would be ruled in violation of the
statelizabon program but that an
mal ruling on the price hikes
would have to come from the
Internal Revenue Service The
IRS is the federal agency
charged with seeing that
Rresideni Nixons stabilization
program is carried out
officials will attend, including
GW. David Hall. Lt. Gov George
Niffl, Srretary of Stair John
Rogers. Congressman Happy
Camp, Big Eight Commiactoner
(huch Neinus and OU Athletic
Director Wade Walker
Coach Chuck Eair banks said he
would spend Wettoeaday evening
with the team, but would send a
recorded message to the rally
Music will be provided by
members of the Sooner band
^xnt hasn't been this high
ance IMS- said OU Athletic
Director Wade Walker "I'm
obviously excited," Walker said.
everyone has been talking about
this game since Texas "
Walker reminded everyone to
wear red and white to the game
"I'd like to see that,” he said,
not just at this game but every
OU game ”
Jack Mikfren one of the tri-
captains of the (MJ football team
said. I’m glad that people are
proud enough to wear rod and
white Io the games ”
"Groat teams win or lose nose
to nose and toe to toe." Walker
aMd "The script couktat be
written better The eyes of the
nation will be focused on Norman
Thursday to see the number one
and two ranked teams both
from the Rig Eight Conference
compete for the big title. ’
Walker said.
"To win the Big I. you’ve got to win the national champwndup "
After those words of revelation emanated from the much-quoted
Vince Gibson of Kansas State last fall, Nebraska proved him a correct
mthsayw by sweeping through the tough Big I and on to the 1170
national title
Thursday at 1:M pjn., No. 1 ranked Nebraska and No. 2 OU
wpiare off in Owen Stadium Three hours later the No. 1 te«n for 1171
may be determined And to that team will also go the Big I crown
Certainly, the Thanksgiving Day battle is the most importwit
game of the season for both teams OU wants to be No. 1 Nebraska
would like to remain there It is the game of the decade if not the
century for OU, Nebraska and college football
It was OU that created the
game Everyone knew Nebraaka
would be good this year Before
the season began, the Sooners
faced the toughest schedule ever
seen by an OU team but they
went through their non-
conference opponents with
surprising awesomeness in
devastating SMU, Pittsburgh.
Southern Cal and Texas From
then on. OU cnased past five
conference rivals to set ig> the
game
Meanwhile. NU was beating its
noixunference foes badly, too.
Nebraaka crushed Oregon.
Minnesota Texas AAM and Uttoi
Stztr
To be sure, the game will be the
most isuque match of the century
in that it will feature two com-
pletely different-etyied offenses
OU uses its Wishbone-T to go for
the game-breaker on every down
and it streaks to new rushing
records in every game. The
Nebraska Cornhuskers pound
■way with 1-formation power
naming, while comtoning an
above-avsrar paatong attack to
remain ondafeatod in * games
Rallies
building
spirit
Pep rallies, decoration contests
and pre-victory parties are all
doing their part to help build
campus spirit m anticipation of
lhe OU-Netoraaka game here on
Thankagtvtng day.
Radio station KOMA has
scheduled a pep rally for 7:»
pjn Wednesday night in the old
Arlans' Department Store
parking lot at 24th and Main We
think thousand of fans will help
boost qxnt for an Oklahoma
win," said J. Robert Dark,
program director for KOMA
The 50.000 watt station will
carry the JtMnmute rally live and
"well point the program north to
Nebraska." said D»k “1 will be
the biggest pop rally to Norman
__________ktotory at toast as long as anyone
Among OU barks halfback "
Greg Pruitt h* 1,4D yvds, ()t cheerleadrs. Ruff-Necks,
quarterback Jack Mi dren h» the kseaer Schooner and a host of
totaled 900. fullback Lean
Ticket scalpers violating freeze?
awaiting an official ruling from
the central office of the IRS in
Washington DC to determine if
the inflated paces being charged
by scalpers for tickets to the OU-
Nebraaka football game are in
violation of the federal guidelines
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