Even before last week's results were in, President Nixon personally presented the Longhorns with a plaque naming them the outstanding football team of 1969. The national pollsters agreed with the President—but a loud demurrer was filed by Penn State's Nittany Lions, who boasted the longest undefeated streak (29 games) in college football.
The Lions' pride was wounded again when bookies made them 3½-point undercats in the Orange Bowl against the high-powered Missouri Tigers (9-1). That was all Penn State and the Lions' voluble ringmaster, Joe Paterno, needed. "We're No. 1 as far as...
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