WINNERS
1. THE COTTON BOWL For the second straight year the once-mighty
Dallas game gets a top five team. The 1998 Heisman campaign for
UCLA quarterback Cade McNown starts here, as the No. 5 Bruins
face Texas A&M.
2. NEBRASKA First a wipeout of the Aggies. Then the Orange Bowl
delivers Tennessee instead of Florida State on Jan. 2. All
that's left for the Huskers is to learn Washington State's fight
song.
3. JIM DONNAN Though the Georgia coach turned down the North
Carolina job, the Tar Heels' interest means he will no longer be
one of the SEC's lowest-paid coaches.
LOSERS
1. GARY BARNETT His Northwestern Wildcats suffer their first
losing season in three years, and now Texas passes over him.
Could it be that two years after going to Pasadena, the bloom is
off Barnett's rose?
2. NORTH CAROLINA The Tar Heels lose their coach and then hear
that the Sugar Bowl doesn't want a 10-1 team without a coach.
Let's get excited about the Gator Bowl—again.
3. THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL Notre Dame and Louisiana State will
meet for the second time in six weeks. And you thought Speed 2
was the worst sequel of the year.
Issue date: December 15, 1997
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