Sport: To the Top of the List

Tennessee's slow-starting Volunteers looked like anything but the nation's top team they were cracked up to be. By the end of the first quarter last week they were losing to Mississippi 7-0, and that seemed only the beginning. Time after time, Ole Miss passes caught the Volunteer secondary flatfooted; Tennessee fumbles stopped every drive before it was well started. But Tennessee Quarterback Johnny Majors was magnificently unflustered. While his team got untracked, Johnny killed time with old-fashioned football: he punted and prayed for the breaks.

For a while, the breaks came slowly. By half...

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